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A Colourful Headache
04:08
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Someone’s changing her mind without a plan of action
Loosely drawing a line between points A and B
Now she’s hoping to find another new distraction
And I tend to see so much of her in me
Someone’s turning away from everyone around him
Always ready to say he’d rather be alone
Now the truth of his claim is starting to astound him
And I feel part if his world like it’s my own
Some people just can’t help but imitate
I wonder, can you relate?
In my mind there’s a true sad story for everybody that I’ve ever known
I though I’d find it’s just fiction for glory, that everyone’s happy to be alive
But every time I let it go, there’s an answer I don’t know
And now in my mind there’s a new sad story but I am never gonna let it show
Someone’s losing the fight against their alter ego
Failing, try as they might to walk the borderline
Now they’re holding so tight to what they’d rather see go
And I face their dilemma as if it’s mine, I feel inclined
‘Cause choosing our battles can be an easy as one two three
But choosing who to care about will be the death of me
In my mind there’s a true sad story for everybody that I’ve ever known
I thought I’d find it’s just fiction for glory, that everyone’s happy to be alive
But every time I let it be, the solution I can’t see
And now in my mind there’s a new sad story but I am never gonna set it free
Someone’s giving up too fast
Someone’s inner peace won’t last
Someone’s wasting all their time
Someone’s living a lie
In my mind there’s a true sad story for everybody that I’ve ever known
I thought I’d find it’s just fiction for glory, that everyone’s happy to be alive
But every time I let it go, there’s an answer I don’t know
And now in my mind there’s a new sad story but I am never gonna let it show
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Tomorrow is Leaving
03:30
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Tell me your secret
Give me a broken smile
I’ve got no place to be for a while
Summer is ending
I’ve no use for wasted time
Give me a reason to make you mine
But make it quick ‘cause I’m starting to think thoughts of you wanna scatter
Just like the dust on the windiest day
Somebody told me it’s mind over matter
But I’ve got a feeling it all blows away
It’s gonna blow away
Tomorrow is leaving
Unless you’re giving it a reason to stay
Your favourite illusions
They can pretend all night
But something that different is not quite right
Tell me your secret
Is wondering such a crime?
I need an answer that sounds divine
Tell me what I’ll find
But make it quick ‘cause I’m starting to think thoughts of you wanna scatter
Just like the dust on the windiest day
Somebody told me it’s mind over matter
But I’ve got a feeling it all blows away
It’s gonna blow away
Tomorrow is leaving
Unless you’re giving it a reason to stay
Summer is ending
I’ve no use for wasted time
Give me a reason to make you mine
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A Hidden Smile
03:26
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Quit running around
You’re not going up in flames
Try standing your ground for a change
Why stay where you are?
You’re not frozen to the spot
Try venturing far now that you’ve got nothing to lose
Save for the world you cannot amuse
I don’t know what you want anymore
You can’t stand what I told you
And it’s been a while since we felt any new emotion
We’ve been looking for a hidden smile
It’s not much but it’s all that we’ve got
It’s our hearts that were breaking
Thank god they’re versatile
‘Cause we’ll need something to rely on
When we’re looking for that hidden smile
I think it’s gonna take a while
Don’t feel so distraught
There’s no time for mindless games
Try rational thought for a change
Why are you so blue?
There’s no need to think everything through
Don’t look down, observe, there’s a better view
Nothing to hide
Save for the smile that you keep inside
I don’t know what you want anymore
I can’t stand what you told me
And it’s been a while since I’ve felt any new emotion
We’ve been looking for a hidden smile
It’s not much but it’s all that we’ve got
It’s our hearts that were breaking
Thank god they’re versatile
‘Cause we’ll need something to rely on
When we’re looking for that hidden smile
I think it’s gonna take a while
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A Heartfelt Hurricane
03:14
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You care for the world like a little flame that lights up a candle in your heart
But you handle the truth like it’s a hurricane, you’re not to blame
But as it is I think it’s blowing us apart
I want to know what you saw in me so I can reclaim who I am
‘Cause I can’t find the answer in my memory, presently
And I was hoping you could help me one day understand
With all that we wanted swept under the rug
We shrug off the reasons we can’t rise above
But there is a difference between you and me
You see what you want and I want what I see
So light up the candle in your heart
As you handle the truth like it’s a hurricane, you’re not to blame
But as it is I think it’s blowing us apart
In the whirlwind of your mind, are the storm clouds by design?
Did the cyclone of your day put the chaos on display?
Is the summer rain you feel just a show or is it real?
Did your heartfelt hurricane put out the flame?
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Tomorrow’s already over
Yesterday has yet to begin
Love is as cold as your shoulder
Desire burns like a sin
The world around us was perfect
The world within us was too
Who ever thought it’d be worth it
To pretend we could be something new?
Now every time I see you I panic for leaving you without a trace
I’d lose my mind (assuming I had it) but I can’t pin it down in the first place
I thought that we would keep it together to see the end of you and me
But when we couldn’t get to the start, that’s when everything nearly fell apart completely
We could’ve had what we wanted
But honestly, what’s the use?
A world of perfection is haunted
When you have to bury the truth
Tomorrow’s already over
Yesterday has yet to begin
Who would’ve known it’d be colder when keeping warm
With just a fire within
Now every time I see you I panic for leaving you without a trace
I’d lose my mind if only I had it, but I can’t pin it down in the first place
I thought we would’ve lasted forever or long enough to be set free
But when I learned the truth of your heart that’s when everything nearly fell apart
And I mean it when I say completely
Yeah that’s when everything nearly fell apart completely and you were a little less than not obsessed with seeing it through
Yeah that’s when everything nearly fell apart completely and I was a little more than not quite sure and wondering what to do
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Panic And Freak Out
03:24
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There’s a fire rising high
Through the window of the sky with a violet sun
And on the mirror of the water
I see your name spelled backwards in the flames
Don’t you feel the way I do? Well if it’s true why don’t you tell me?
I want to know (if just to find out the way that I feel)
It’s time to panic and freakout
We’ve got enough serenity saved away for a lifetime of going insane
There were footsteps by the door
They’re not moving anymore
But I’m sure they did
Cause in the pattern of the paces
I heard the code your heart left for my soul
Don’t you feel the way I do? Well if it’s true why don’t you tell me?
I want to know (if just to find out the way that I feel)
It’s time to panic and freakout
We’ve got enough serenity saved away for a lifetime of going insane
But is it madness or love that runs the game?
As far as I see, it’s really all the same
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7. |
A Brief Interlude
00:58
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8. |
Don't Be Delusional
04:03
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Is there any way to tell between confidence and a compulsive rush to your own defence?
Sometimes finding answers only leads you to feel you are more confused
But if that’s what you try to do
It’s ok to chase a dream up against the odds
Give it all you’ve got
It’s alright to stand behind the good you want to last
Even when you see the glass is not half full
But don’t be delusional
There’s gonna come a time when you have to make a choice
Between eternal silence and using your voice
But there should be a difference between speaking your mind and not making sense
So if there hasn’t been yet
It’s ok to chase a dream up against the odds
Give it all you’ve got
It’s fair to be convinced there’s only one right path, if you just remember every other way
You might change your mind someday
It’s alright to stand behind the world you want to last
While everybody’s saying that it’s impossible
But don’t be delusional
I’m not delusional
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Dante Matas Toronto, Ontario
Dante Matas is a singer, songwriter, producer, and multi-instrumentalist from Toronto. He began by writing music at a young age before forming his first band at Etobicoke School of the Arts where he majored in visual art. In university, Dante studied philosophy and completed an MA in the field. Today, Dante combines his wide-ranging interests to make what could only be called cosmic folk pop. ... more
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