1. |
Real Life
04:45
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VERSE 1:
you can give blood
and the next day spill it all out
trade your low for time in the clouds
and never have to come down
See pictures of your smilin face
Miles away in some mid-west town
Keep ridin as the credits fade
not lookin back at your sunset crown
PRECHORUS 1: (hold/build on “D”)
but the kids on the street
you know their life's not about finding out
bout livin like a dog in a cage
CHORUS 1:
real life will help us understand how
real life will help us understand how to
feel high and feel low
I feel high, I feel low
VERSE 2:
you can get kind with the wrong lie
kill some guy
now dividends you pay with your thoughts
til the end of time
you can throw it all away, all away, all away
6 ft down
or hide it from the radio waves
cover it up with some hip new sound
PRECHORUS 2: (hold/build on “D”)
but the kids on the street
you know their life's not about findin out
shout “someone come and take me away”
CHORUS 2:
real life will help us understand how
real life will help us understand how to
feel high and feel low
I feel high, I feel low
Fast times will teach us how to slow down
Hold tight I’ll offer you my hand
We’ll pull through it
Feel high and feel low
I feel high, I feel low
It’s better to jump, feel it all at once
It’s not as cold as you think
INTERLUDE:
You can’t keep waitin forever 2x
BRIDGE: (band slowly builds)
When the party’s over
Casting shadows in the sunrise
When I held my daughter
I held my daughter for the first time (I thought this feeling was impossible)
so what if a home is just a place where you're admired
so what if the tomorrow you picture passed expired
so what if you never again become inspired by
singin in the rain
pretending to be cool like it matters if we fit in
I'll push you in the pool when you're standing at the deep end
it's better to jump
feel it all at once
it's not as cold as you think, it’s not as cold as you think
CHORUS 3:
You can’t keep waitin for ever (real life will help us understand how)
You can’t keep waitin for ever (real life will help us understand how)
You can’t keep waitin for ever
To feel high to feel low
I feel high I feel low
It’s better to jump
Feel it all at once
It’s not as cold as you think
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2. |
Ride
03:54
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INTRO/CHORUS 1:
She’s lookin for it
She’s lookin for it
I can’t afford it
She’s lookin for a ride
VERSE 1:
Don’t you fight it She seems so mean
Like a bad trip Made a fool out of me
To take her love, no, it wasn’t for sale
What her body does, to, me could break my car
CHORUS 2:
She’s lookin for it
She’s lookin for it
I can’t afford it
She’s lookin for a ride
VERSE 2:
More and more in love I’m findin my self
If it wasn’t for you, I’d never see the 48 states
Don’t you know that you, are my green light
Come over, and pick the ripe fruit and eat it by the vine
You know you got that good, refined, that bitter taste is satisfying
CHORUS 3:
She’s lookin for it
She’s lookin for it
I can’t afford it
She’s lookin for a ride
CHORUS 3:
She’s lookin for it
She’s lookin for it
I can’t afford it
She’s lookin for a ride
No doubt about it
Ooh that girl has got a body
She’s down to party
She’s lookin for a ride
OUTRO:
I’m your roller coaster darlin step inside
I’m your roller coaster darlin step inside
I’m your roller coaster darlin step inside
Ever since I met you I’ve been waitin to drive
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3. |
The Minute
04:31
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VERSE 1:
never guessed you knew me like that
shock, clear, my pulse had gone flat
I was out in the cold, all alone
makin room for the chip on my shoulder
VERSE 2:
once I tried to give it all back
ripped a hole inside me so vast, oh
CHORUS 1:
but the minute you call me
oooh the minute you call me
you know I'll answer the phone
your lovin makes me whole
VERSE 3:
Broke down and built me back up
after 20 years of bad luck
black cats, shards of glass
white clovers in my path
couldn't level my fortune
CHORUS 2:
but the minute you call me
oooh the minute you call me
you know I'll answer the phone
I need my good luck charm
VERSE 3:
dead asleep in the heat of the night
fever struck burnin up past 109
shower floor in the corner crashed down
from the demons crawlin into my garden
CHORUS 3:
but the minute you call me
oooh the minute you call me
you know I'll answer the phone
before the first ring tone
CHORUS 4:
but the minute you call me
oooh the minute you call me, call me, call
oh the minute you call me
you know I'll answer the phone
before the first ring tone
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4. |
Morning Sun
04:05
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VERSE 1:
How do I really know
What's for real and who's for show
Is it a lesson time will tell
A sentence in white lies they sell, me
that truth is never free
and I can't afford it
no, I can't afford it anyway
CHORUS:
So now I'm facing defeat
I'm goin down in flames
better than livin life in chains
You never fear the name
of the man in second place
I'm too young to die
and carry on into that endless night
this battles lost
so bury me beside my gun
I'll never live to meet the morning sun
I'll never live to greet the morning sun
VERSE 2:
I remember how it felt back then
Illuminate my skies with one blue pen
I'd write the troubles of the world away
and let the midas touch drive me to shame
that truth was not for free
now I can't afford it
no, I can't afford it anyway
you know I couldn't spare a penny
I got no patience for the games they play
CHORUS 2:
So now I'm facing defeat
I'm goin down in flames
better than livin life in chains
You never fear the name
of the man in second place
I'm too young to die
and carry on into that endless night
this battles lost
so bury me beside my gun
I'll never live to meet the morning sun
BRIDGE:
This war it won't stop haunting us
Scars in places no one's ever touched
Notes in bottles reach the shore
Battle wound spilt on the floor
CHORUS 3:
So now I'm facing defeat
I'm goin down in flames
better than livin life in chains
You never fear the name
of the man in second place
I'm too young to die
and carry on into that endless night
this battles lost
so bury me beside my gun
I'll never live to meet the morning sun
I'll never get to meet the morning sun
I'll never live to see the morning
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5. |
Eulogy
05:48
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Backseat Soundtrack Austin, Texas
An eclectic blend of pop, indie, rock, funk, and new wave music, Backseat Soundtrack is a 5 piece band based in central Texas.
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