1. |
I Just Can't Honestly
04:58
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I
Wanna know what it’s like
To feel the same way everyday
'Cause I
I keep showing the same face
To the world, but they don’t treat me the same way
And I
I wanna figure it out
Wanna take a vacation to avoid the ominous drought
Yeah I'll
I’ll say I know all about
Not giving thoughts to anyone who won’t help me out
Can’t I?
And I
I wanna see it like you
A grand opportunity to catch a beautiful view
'Cause I
I don’t know what I’ve learned
Though sometimes it feels like I can’t keep a stone unturned
Oh Why?
I just can’t honestly figure it all
I just can’t honestly figure it all
And I
I wanna get something else
'Cause this isn’t working with my self
And I
Don’t wanna let it all out
If someone can keep it in, sit still, be happy without
Can’t I?
I just can’t honestly figure it all
I just can’t honestly figure it all
I just can’t honestly figure it all
Oh oh oh oh
Oh oh oh oh
Oh oh oh oh
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2. |
What I'm Thinking
02:53
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Why do you always wanna know what I’m thinking?
But why do you never wanna see what I’m seeing?
I think you’re always getting sore on me
I know that I really just want you to be what I want to be
Why do you never wanna chill with the talking?
Keeping it up 'cause I’m jotting it down while I’m walking
You know we really can't stay that way forever
I swear you sound like you’ve been defeated
You’re not the man that you were last season
Last season
Why do you never wanna know what I’m knowing?
You can’t understand when you can’t understand where I’m going
I can’t believe you’re walking out on me
I want you to see what I want you to see and it’s got to be
I swear you sound like you’ve been defeated
You retreat, get deep, and stay where you’re seated
You let your mind go deep into fever
You’re not the man that you were last season
Last season
I swear you sound like you’ve been defeated
You retreat, get deep, and stay where you’re seated
Where do you go? 'Cause I know it’s the reason
You’re not the man that you were last season
Last season
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3. |
As It Waits
04:20
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I drove out in the morning
A fear of what I left behind
A river runs through my way to the other side
I fell in
The frigid air and shallow breath
My central nervous system keeping me from death
Oh, is there nothing more to find within?
Why did I leave the outside of your skin?
The outside of your skin
As it waits
I lie awake
Shivering and praying in the dark
What does it take
Until I break?
I hope I never live to find it out
I see
The signs beginning right now
And then ending right about now
We swear we didn't always
We didn't always feel this way
But some invisible thing has filled this changing space
How can we gain reprieve from broken minds
When cures create pathology's design?
Pathology's design
What does it take
Until we break?
Shivering and praying in the dark
I can't wait
For what it takes
Wanna lay myself before it all
If you see it come your way
Let your mind subside
'Cause if you try to fight
It never goes away
Left with nothing else
I nearly killed myself
I drove out in the evening
Two crossing paths where he resides
A man of lies to buy this failing enterprise
I felt the burden of divergence
And he appeared right by my side
He gave me something, and I gave him what was mine
But as I turned I saw him ride away
There was no vanishing, he didn't leave this earthly plane
And I wondered
Does shame require us to feel resigned
To deals we made at crossroads in our minds?
Well why not cross the line, and shift the tide?
Cross the line, and shift the tide
As we wait
We'll lie awake
Pretending nothing's waiting in the dark
It's not too late
For us to break
Away from where intelligence resigned
As it waits
We lie awake
Shivering and praying in the dark
It's not too late
For us to break
Away from where intelligence resigned
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4. |
I'm Looking Through You
04:21
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I’m looking through you, where did you go?
I thought I knew you, but what did I know?
You don’t look different, but you have changed
I’m looking through you, you’re not the same
Your lips are moving, but I cannot hear
Your voice is soothing, but the words aren’t clear
You don’t sound different, I’ve learned the game
I’m looking through you, you’re not the same
Ooh, tell me why, tell me why
Did you not treat me right?
Yeah, love, it has this nasty habit
Of disappearing overnight
You’re thinking of me, the same old way
Ooh, you were above me, but not today
And now the difference, is you’re down there
I’m looking through you, and you’re nowhere
Oh, tell me why, tell me why
Did you not treat me right?
Love, it has this nasty habit
Of disappearing overnight
I’m looking through you, yeah, where did you go?
Oh, I thought I knew you, but what did I know?
You, you don’t look different, but you have changed
I’m looking through you, you’re not the same
Ooh, ooh baby, I’m changed
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5. |
Sunshine
03:45
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I bet you wouldn't want to be my friend
'Cause I'm too naive
But everybody's seen this shit before
And we still don't leave
Yeah, 'cause it's alright, where you going?
And it's alright, whatcha knowing?
Try to walk down Ludlow on your own
On a Friday night
You can't part the seas, but in a group of ten
You know that might makes right
Yeah, yeah and it's alright, where you think you're going?
And it's alright, whatcha knowing?
Sunshine, battling thoughts at the
Same time, my phone is blowing up
Boom, time to get going, it's
Noon time, I need to get out of
My mind, people rushing to
Lunch lines, can't get hold of the
Night time, it's the right time to
Make sweet love and fluff and get back for the
Sunshine
Hungover drunk I ran three miles
Just to meet my friend
The sun was up, we set up shop and took some shots on East River Park
Trying to take it in
Pretending it's alright, where you going?
And it's alright, whatcha knowing?
Sunshine, battling thoughts at the
Same time, my phone is blowing up
Boom, time to get going, it's
Noon time, I need to get out of
My mind, people rushing to
Lunch lines, can't get hold of the
Night time, it's the right time to
Make sweet love and fluff and get back for the
Sunshine
I bet you wouldn't want to be my friend
'Cause I'm too naive
But everybody's seen this shit before
And we still don't leave
Yeah, 'cause it's alright, where you going?
And it's alright, whatcha knowing?
Sunshine, battling thoughts at the
Same time, my phone is blowing up
Boom, time to get going, it's
Noon time, I need to get out of
My mind, people rushing to
Lunch lines, can't get hold of the
Night time, it's the right time to
Make sweet love and fluff and get back for the
Sunshine, battling thoughts at the
Same time, my phone is blowing up
Boom, time to get going, it's
Noon time, I need to get out of
My mind, people rushing to
Lunch lines, can't get hold of the
Night time, it's the right time to
Make sweet love and fluff and get back for the
Sunshine
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6. |
I'm The Man
04:24
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There were nerds at the table, my nerves felt more stable
As I walked in to the interview
Despite an open work couch, we walked to his office
I was humble and honest, had only entered few
There was nothing canned of what I brought, I told the man what I thought
And when I walked to the open window he said, "Get used to the view."
Well, right then and there, they offered me the money
They said the nephew ran things, a man they called Mr. Lucky
I shook their hands and left, wept at my new paycheck
And descending from the elevated floor, more and more, I said
I’m the man, I’m the man
I rock so hard, I’ll make tons of money
I’m the man, I’m the man
I rock so hard, I’ll make tons of money
A few weeks of meetings inside a shiny glass case
Until the fortunate son had made his entrance in haste
I saw him through the glass wall, and of course, I am tall
But he was short and understated, I didn’t understand
I saw him peeking out from behind the catered lunch
Then I saw the look in his eyes, and I had more than a hunch
This man was the real deal, he opened all the seals
He couldn’t be held back, he had a talent for feels
And then he burst into the meeting, he was stinking of gin
And he proceeded to lie on the table
And tell us it was an exercise of will
He wouldn’t move until he was sure we could realize our desires
Because this wasn’t about him, no, it was about
Raising us up, filling our cups, raising our bucks
And that the frothing of his artisan cocktail was a metaphor for class
And how life was more than all that
“But before I go on,” he said, “I need another drink"
And he turned to uncle and said, “You know what I think?”
I'm the man, I'm the man
I rock so hard, I make tons of money
I'm the man, I'm the man
I rock so hard, I make tons of money
I'm the man, I'm the man
I rock so hard, I make tons of money
I'm the man, yeah, I'm the man
I rock so hard, that's why I make tons of money
Now the payouts and accounts of uncle’s frequent advances
Left the family feeling fragile about their foreign finances
And they knew better than to leave the kids with uncle alone
But as life goes, things were busy, they let it go, and let it go
And uncle kept coming and coming over, watching the kids
Having fun with them made him feel that it was actually his
'Cause Sam was a part of the fam, they were no better, just hustling debtors Federal contenders for never-ethical-trend-setter
Same hot guest list? You betcha
Cold public interest? Don’t sweat her
Just better cut Sam in to cut out cause for a vendetta
So a little incentive arrives to keep their scent by your side
While we decry, and sit by, and our money resides
Inside a box we all believe in, just a stand-in for the scene
In which displays of power get devoured by our coward monkey heads
If there remain any doubts, let’s put those doubts to bed, Ha
I'm the man, I'm the man
I rock so hard, I make tons of money
I'm the man, yeah, I'm the man
I rock so hard, I make tons of money
I'm the man, yeah, I'm the man
I rock so hard, I make tons of money
I'm the man, yeah, I'm the man
I rock so hard, that's why I make tons of money
I'm the man, I'm the man
I rock so hard, I make tons of money
I'm the man, yeah, I'm the man
I rock so hard, that's why I make tons of money
I'm the man, I'm the man
I rock so hard, I make tons of money
I'm the man, yeah, I'm the man
I rock so hard, that's why I make tons of money
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7. |
Sea Breeze (Paul's Song)
05:03
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Searching for lines left by artists’ design, I’ll notice
Something a higher register opens and closes
Flying tones that float so eagerly
On tepid grounds
'Cause I know, nothing flies for me
If you don’t want me around
Yeah, I'm waiting on your everything
Oh, oh, someday they’re gonna hear me sing
I’m walking, and it cuts me
And I can’t help, that it hurts
And it wakes me, and it cuts me
And it hurts
And it wakes me, in the seabreeze
Searching for lines left by artists’ design, I’ll notice
That you don’t arise when the feeling of God is closest
It feels like I’m stuck in a land
Where honesty is never cool
And my heroes are being dragged in the street
While the jester is begged to rule
And the cynics start to do their bit
Stuck feeling in the dark and full of shit
And it wakes me, and it cuts me
And I can’t help that it hurts
And it wakes me in the seabreeze
If it'll only bring me fear to carry me over the water
(And it hurts, and it wakes me, and it cuts me)
Then would you please let me know what you intend to do with me
(And it hurts, and it wakes me, in the seabreeze)
If nothing changes, I don't get better, and you don't see me anymore
(And it hurts, and it wakes me, and it cuts me)
'Cause no new views arise from this careful mind, would you still carry me
(And it hurts, and it wakes me, in the seabreeze)
In your seabreeze? (And it hurts, and it wakes me)
(If it'll only bring me fear)
In your seabreeze (And it cuts me, and it hurts)
(To carry me over the water, then would you)
In your seabreeze (And it wakes me, in the seabreeze)
(Please let me know what you intend to do with me)
In your seabreeze (And it hurts, and it wakes me)
(If nothing changes, I don't get better)
If you hear my pleas, catch me in your seabreeze
(In your seabreeze) (And it cuts me, and it hurts)
(And you don't see me anymore, 'cause no new views arise)
'Cause I long to be where you’re going to be
(From this careful mind, would you still carry me)
(In your seabreeze) (And it wakes me, in the seabreeze)
In your seabreeze? (And it hurts, and it wakes me)
(If it'll only bring me fear)
If you hear my pleas, catch me in your seabreeze
(In your seabreeze) (And it cuts me, and it hurts)
(To carry me over the water, then would you)
'Cause I long to be where you’re going to be
(Please let me know what you intend to do with me)
(In your seabreeze) (and it wakes me, in the seabreeze)
In your seabreeze (And it hurts, and it wakes me)
(If nothing changes, I don't get better)
If you hear my pleas, catch me in your seabreeze
(In your seabreeze) (And it cuts me, and it hurts)
(And you don't see me anymore, 'cause no new views arise)
'Cause I long to be where you’re going to be
(From this careful mind, would you still carry me)
(In your seabreeze) (And it wakes me, in the seabreeze)
In your seabreeze? (And it hurts, and it wakes me)
(If it'll only bring me fear)
If you hear my pleas, catch me in your seabreeze
(In your seabreeze) (And it cuts me, and it hurts)
(To carry me over the water, then would you)
'Cause I long to be where you’re going to be
(Please let me know what you intend to do with me)
(In your seabreeze) (and it wakes me, in the seabreeze)
In your seabreeze (And it hurts, and it wakes me)
(If nothing changes, I don't get better)
If you hear my pleas, catch me in your seabreeze
(In your seabreeze) (And it cuts me, and it hurts)
(And you don't see me anymore, 'cause no new views arise)
'Cause I long to be where you’re going to be
(From this careful mind, would you still carry me)
(In your seabreeze) (And it wakes me, in the seabreeze)
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Grant Swift New York
NYC native Grant Swift is an acclaimed vocalist, guitarist, composer and producer. His music is uncanny but warm, inspired by an eclectic mix of 60’s pop and R&B, jazz standards, 90’s alternative, and the choral, baroque and classical music he was trained in as a boy. ... more
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