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Loud and Clear
04:47
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Tell me all about the weather where you are
Is it colder than you thought? Did you make it there by dark?
I was certain I would hear from you, but didn't hear a thing
You packed up all your pictures, but don't remember anything
You don't miss a thing about your home
No, you don't ever think of where you're from
You don't ever lie awake at night and think about your former life
No, you don't have to tell me I was wrong
No, darling, I have known this all along
I'm sorry I am the way I am
But you're the only you
Now I'm sure you must be settled in your place
I'm sure you're making lots of friends and going out on lots of dates
Just don't forget who waved you goodbye on the day you drove away
You smashed your rear-view mirror so you wouldn't see a thing
You don't miss a thing about your home
No, you don't ever think of where you're from
You don't ever lie awake at night and think about your former life
No, you don't have to tell me I was wrong
No, darling, I have known this all along
I'm sorry I am the way I am
But you're the only you
If you cared at all, you never showed it
You are sharp but you don't catch on quick
You've meant the world to me but never known it
You've been gone for months but it's felt like years
I don't hear from you but you're loud and clear
This distance was no accident, I see
Our lives pass by, my dear, now, without a word
If you want me hurt, well then I am hurt
This silence has been deafening to me
You don't miss a thing about your home
No, you don't ever think of where you're from
You don't ever lie awake at night and think…
No, you don't have to tell me I was wrong
No, darling, I have known this all along
I'm sorry I am the way I am
But you're the only you
Honey, we're older now
You're living over the ocean now
In a week I will be in town
Do you think we could just sit down?
Maybe order some coffee now
Have one of our long talks now
But you don't remember me
No, you have forgot me now
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2. |
If It's Anyone
04:32
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More, I just can't take no more of this
I've had my fill, now I’m calling it quits
But still, it's hard to come to grips with this
Time has taught me nothing but despair
And I miss you even more than I can bear
I wrote you out a letter telling how I'm glad we met
But you left before you read it, maybe some things are better left unsaid
I'll never let another know me like you do
It was you, dear, if it's anyone at all
Drove, I drove coast to flee from this
City's haunting memories of you
See, I sat out by the sea to see
Just how truly lonely I could be
Even the night was lonely next to me
I wrote you out a letter telling how I'm glad we met
But you left before you read it, maybe some things are better left unsaid
I'll never let another know me like you do
It was you, dear, if it's anyone at all
I'm not sure why you had to go
I’m not sure I will ever know
If you want to you can keep your secrets to yourself
And should our paths cross down the line
Should they pass or intertwine
There will always be a torn and tattered place for you with me
I wrote you out a letter telling how I'm glad we met
But you left before you read it, maybe some things are better left unsaid
I'll never let another know me like you do
It was you and only you
And this heart of stone is hardened up for now and ever more
And this life of mine was hard enough without you pouring salt over the sore
I'll never let another know me like you do
It was you, my dear
If it's anyone at all…
You, dear, if it's anyone at all
It was you, dear, if it's anyone at all
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3. |
Trying to Forget
04:20
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All the things I never told you
Will never see the light of day
Like how I always loved your smile
And how I wish you would've stayed
I couldn't bring myself to tell you
You never seemed to want to hear
And now the final nail is in the coffin and my last chance has been put to rest
I will change the names and places
So you don't have to live with that
All our talks are spoken
And all our time was stolen
All these years now gone to waste
Still I, I'm so glad we met but
It killed me when you left me
Maybe someday you'll remember
But I won't hold my breath
All the things I never showed you
All are long since packed away
I couldn't hang on you no longer
No, I got tired of the wait
I just can't bring myself to move on, but know I cannot stay the same
So where's that leave me now? I'm somewhere in between
I'm somewhere I cannot remain
I've never had a mind for faces
But yours I never could forget
All our talks are spoken
And all our time was stolen
All these years now gone to waste
Still I, I'm so glad we met but
It killed me when you left me
Maybe someday you'll remember
But I won't hold my breath
Oh, I wish you'd want to see me, but know it's not the case
And that I have to live with, and with that I've made my peace
But if ever you should change your mind and want to meet
You know just how to find me
Yeah, you know where I'll be
But I can't promise how I'll be then
After all this defeat
I might've had to build a wall around where you were
In my heart to set you free…
As long as we're apart, I
I'll always be broken
From forever to the grave
Still I, I'm so glad we met but
It killed me when you left me
Maybe someday you'll remember
But I won't hold my breath
No, I won't hold my breath
I will be quietly trying to forget
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4. |
Nothing for You Here
04:37
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What a perfect ending to an awful year
To watch you pack and disappear
Now things are quiet, and they've settled down
But your ghost still haunts the shadows of this ever-haunted town
Just take a minute
Just take a breath
You can climb on down from inside your head
Were you tortured the same way I am by things you want to say?
Were you lost until you found the things you lost along the way?
But hours in an ambulance will never dull the pain
These scars you have to live with
I just wanted you to know, but never knew the way
I'm clear inside my head, but never know just what to say
And here it goes again, heart breaks as it's on the mend
If misery loves company, then why is no one here with me?
Did you pull away from everybody else?
Always rejecting anybody's help
Did you wake up in the gutter and wonder how it got so bad?
Did you clean yourself and crawl out the next day to wander back?
A life spent in the hospital made me a nervous wreck
These scars you have to live with, from your heart up to your neck
I just wanted you to know, but never knew the way
I'm clear inside my head, but never know just what to say
And that's the way it goes, heart breaks as I overdose
If misery loves company, then why is no one here with me?
Oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh-oh
And that's the way it goes, heart breaks as I overdose again
Oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh
Oh-oh-oh
I wrote you on your birthday, but didn't hear from you on mine
I finally get the message, you won't hear from me next time
No, I never meant to bother, or be the thorn stuck in your side
I'll leave you here in peace, my dear…
I can run from this no longer, no matter how I try
You burn inside my memory for the rest of my hard life
Though I never will forget you, you don't have to fear
I hear you when you say to me, "There's nothing for you here"
There's nothing for you here
There's nothing for you here
No, there's nothing for you here
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5. |
Waiting Me Out
04:33
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All this time and nothing's changed
I'm still wrapped around your finger, I'm still bound by all these chains
The days and nights, oh, they all just feel the same
I'm a glutton for your punishment, madly in love with pain
Curse this heart of mine
And its stranglehold over my life
Oh, I didn't always know the things I sure as hell know now
I was so naive for all these years, my head up in the clouds
All the while I thought I was waiting for you to come around
But little did I know what I know now
That you were waiting me out
Take these words I never found
Darling, pry the from this hollow chest, this prison cell of bone and flesh
And wait, just wait, 'til my blood is all you taste
Maybe then you will remember just what you gave away
Or maybe you don't mind
Me tossing and turning through my life
Oh, I didn't always know the things I sure as hell know now
I was so naive for all these years, my head up in the clouds
All the while I thought I was waiting for you to come around
But little did I know what I know now
That you were waiting me out
I cry but not too loud
I try to keep it down
But what's the difference now?
I lost you long before you were ever found
Oh, I didn't always know the things I sure as hell know now
I was so naive for all these years, my head up in the clouds
All the while I thought I was waiting for you to come around
But little did I know what I know now
That you were waiting me out
You were waiting me out
I sure as hell know now, that you were waiting me out
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6. |
Heart of Stone
03:44
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You cut your hair, as if it weren't hard enough already to picture your face
You are fading every single day, my dear
The blackest hair to match your heart and help you disappear
Out in the twilight, or just anywhere but here
Or just anywhere but here…
You were more to me than words could ever say
And my heart just can't convey
And time will never change
But I cared for you like I just can't explain
But you never felt the same
Now as strangers drift apart
Just like time you slipped away
I hear your voice, but it isn't quite the same, and now something's changed
It's just an echo of a distant memory
I shout out into the night, but just the howling wind
Answers me, and nothing else, you couldn't wait
You couldn't wait to be anywhere but here…
You were more to me than words could ever say
And my heart just can't convey
And time will never change
But I cared for you like I just can't explain
But you never felt the same
Now as strangers drift apart
Just like time you slipped away
I hope you never have to know the way this feels
I hope no one ever leaves your heart with its vacancy light always on
But its doors and windows boarded up for good
Please just treasure what you took
This soul of mine is hardened to the grave
But a heart of stone still breaks…
And feels…
And aches…
And reels…
Oh, my dear, if I could I would change
Oh, I've run and run but can't escape
How I cared for you like I just can't explain
But you never felt the same
Now as strangers drift apart
Just like time you slipped away
(And so you want it, so it shall be
Not another word spoken, not another time seen
Never again will I question if I think you'd want to meet
And should your heart change down the line
Then you'll know how it's felt all this time
And for certain, you won't wonder
Why surely I'll be gone)
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Jared Knapik Hartford, Connecticut
Jared Knapik is a songwriter from Northern Connecticut.
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