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Summer of 2009
03:14
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It's something I could not explain to you because
it's something I cannot obtain no matter how
hard I try to quantify it
drive myself insane
And each time I try to find myself
I end up back again
I can feel the sunshine
what a time to be alive
in the summer of 2009
we had it all for the last time
Remember staying up all night
communion by the firelight
nothing to do, out past curfew
Running from the cops
and each time we thought they pinned us down
we'd come out on top
I can feel the sunshine
what a time to be alive
in the summer of 2009
we had it all for one last
summer
2009
the lazy days would end
with sunsets on the beach
2009
I almost feel it now
but it's just out of reach
2009
the crimson red, the death knell
fated summer's end
2009
all summers end
I can feel the sunshine
what a time to be alive
in the summer of 2009
we had it all for one last summer
we had it all for one last summer
the summer of 2009
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October Air
03:34
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How did we make it here
Summer sun slowly disappeared
When did it get so cold and so dark
Leaves are falling in the park
It's okay
Going grey
And someday
We'll all fade away
Walking alone facing the cold October air
I don't remember the way
And I've got nowhere to go
And no reason to stay
Look in the mirror there is no souvenir
We can't go back this is how we appear
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Lightyears
02:57
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In the distance there's a fading light
It's a losing battle that I have to fight
There's a part of you I'll never know
There's a part of me I can't let go
Lost in space
I'm with you standing face to face
I feel out of place
Trying so hard to retrace
Just in case memories are erased
Have you seen the stars burn so bright
Lightyears away from me, but still in sight
I feel so far away from you tonight
Time and space so deeply intertwined
There are things you have to leave behind
The universe can be so unkind
Impartial and uncaring in design
Lost in space
I'm with you standing face to face
I feel out of place
Trying so hard to retrace
Just in case memories are erased
Have you seen the stars burn so bright
Lightyears away from me, but still in sight
I feel so far away from you tonight
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Enough to Go Around
03:40
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On the Southern end of Eleventh Street
Was a corner store named "Albright's"
And the neighborhood walked to get their groceries
And they had enough to go around
See, we all went to Albright's
Who were mostly stocked by Sanderson's Farm
But the bigger stores came and we could not compete
So we had to shut the small stores down
They shut us down
And sourced their goods from out of town
The prices they can't be beat
Remember convenience is everything
Just bypass Eleventh Street
Imagine the revenue this will bring
That's how they made it sound
But there's not enough to go around
They never cared and never will
Hindsight is 20/20
When they discover they don't need us
They leave us all with nothing
There's no way we can compete
Remember convenience is everything
It's not just Eleventh Street
Imagine the revenue this will bring
That's how they made it sound
But there's not enough to go around
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Trying to Be Happy
03:24
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Welcome back home
It's so nice to see your face again
The sun going down on the patio
No obligations darling
just get yourself a drink
Tomorrow we have nowhere to go
We have nowhere to go
I'd do anything
to obtain the freedom
just to do nothing
here with you
They can say that we're
childish or lazy
wasting their lives
Chasing paper dreams
I've had enough
take off the handcuffs
Don't you want to live
Like you want to be happy
Live for the sunset
Live for the breeze
Live like you want to be happy
Not for the future
Right now, here with me
It's getting colder
now that the fire has died down
Though there are embers still aglow
Let's get you back inside
before you drift off to sleep
We have a long long way to go
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Millennium
01:46
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I slept in today
I didn't mean to
It's such a shame
to waste this time
The sun is up already
and its hazy rays
illuminate the dust
motes as it climbs
The golden glow
it stings my eyes
as if to tell me
that it's time to rise
New Year's Day
and it seems that
it's no longer 1999
Yet I feel the same,
But somethings changed
and I'm too young
to realize
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I almost picture, light as air
the last thing you said when I thought you cared
the weight of words, a cruel cliché
I’d say goodbye, but you left yesterday
I thought that I could trust you’d tell it to my face
it’s plain to see
that nothing happens for a reason
Don’t kid yourself. Don’t lie to me.
I know the road to hell is paved
with intentions pure as the lies we crave
They say the truth will set me free
so rip my heart out and leave me to bleed
I thought that I could trust you’d tell it to my face
it’s plain to see
that nothing happens for a reason
Don’t kid yourself. Don’t lie to me.
Maybe in time our wounds heal
I guess it doesn’t matter
what you made me feel
I thought that I could trust you’d tell it to my face
it’s plain to see
that nothing happens for a reason
Don’t kid yourself. Don’t lie to me.
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Moonracer
03:17
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When I was young I would look to the sky
To find the moon would follow me home
Now that I've grown it's a trick of the eye
But I would rather not be alone
My face against the glass
As cars and buildings pass
The moon retains its speed
But Moonracer takes the lead
I look back to see I'm driving the car
And it's been so long and I've come so far
In the backseat there's a new Moonracer
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Day by Day
03:05
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Frozen after waking
paralyzed, yet shaking
It isn’t that I can’t move
I see no reason to
The sun will rise and fall regardless
Day by day
Everything stays the same we’ve all got
bills to pay
Hoping for some change
Go to work and carry on
Get out of bed and try to stay strong
But I know that there's something wrong
Wishing the weeks away till they’re gone
Day by day, there’s bills to pay
(Wishing away, all my week-days)
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Smoke Before the Flame
02:46
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You held the cards, but you let go.
Back to the wall, nothing to show
You made off running after the sun.
You thought you'd won.
You opened your eyes
to see the light pierce through the clouds,
a darkened shroud just like
smoke before the flame.
We should have put you out, but you became
fervid. You're too much.
You burn everything you touch.
You watched the forest reach its peak
Under the trees you felt so meek
a tinderbox waiting under the lens
the light wave bends
igniting the hate.
You rise as devastation looms
a vile plume, you're like
smoke before the flame.
We should have put you out, so we're to blame.
Now you're too much.
You burn everything you touch
right to the ground
just look around
everything you have done
it's killing everyone
ash remains to cover up your pain
but through the weight
a seed will germinate
you're like
smoke before the flame.
We should have put you out, so we're to blame.
Now you're too much.
You burn everything you touch
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Wasteland
03:20
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I saw it on the TV
and honestly, I'm scared
no one will be spared
But no one seems to care
and all around me
people go about their day
Did no one hear them say
Disasters on way
In the distance buildings crumble
this city's on the brink
I need some time to think
I think I need a drink
Laughing while the world is burning
Drinking poison by any other name
I know it's hopeless, but
don't I deserve happiness now and then
Here in this wasteland
In the distance buildings crumble
this city's on the brink
I need some time to think
I think I need a drink
Laughing while the walls are spinning
Drinking poison by any other name
I know it's temporary
Don't I deserve happiness now and again
Here in this wasteland
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Summer's End
02:54
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As dusk approaches
I know that summer's over
The shadows reach out for darkness
getting closer.
I know that I'm never getting younger.
And I know now that everything will change.
The months and seasons
You had your reasons
you stopped believing
now summer's leaving
I know that in a couple of years
We'll look back fondly despite all our tears
It's over, it's okay to cry
at least we had the opportunity to say goodbye
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Mike Brunacini Jamestown, New York
Mike Brunacini is an American songwriter hell-bent on crafting wistful melodic pop with retro sensibilities. His melancholic lyrics disarm with their quiet introspection while his lush, cinematic string and horn arrangements transport the listener to sepia toned landscapes. ... more
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