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Headlights
03:15
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Headlights
little fawn with the blue eyes
blinding me with your headlights
what goes on behind those eyes?
I can see them shine on
even in the daytime
when I’m not there, do they still shine?
do they shine for me and others that you see
or is it only me you wish to blind?
when the sun goes down and there’s darkness all around
will I see your love light shine?
will I see your love light,
see your love light, see your love light shine?
I always wonder why, blinded by your headlights
could it be those blue eyes lie?
a fuel for the fire? a warmth behind the light?
will they shine on through my nights?
do they shine for me and others that you see
or is it only me you wish to blind?
when the sun goes down and there’s darkness all around
will I see your love light shine?
will I see your love light,
see your love light, see your love light shine?
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2. |
Feeling Never Dies
02:52
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Feeling Never Dies
look what you found
something new comes around
and changes your sound for a while
look what you bought
have you found what you sought
would you smile if I caught you in style?
chorus:
the feeling never dies
you can’t disguise your eyes
in time you realize
the feeling never dies
I’m looking at you
and I’m wanting you too
‘cause you’re making it new for me now
I’m caught up in change
in complete rearrange
and the familiar is strange somehow
repeat chorus:
things are fine and normal
night and day, then night again
but then you wake to find a break
you thought was just pretend
I’m looking at you
and I’m wanting you too
and I’m wanting to do you in style
look what you found
something new comes around
when you’re no longer bound by the miles
repeat chorus:
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3. |
Passion (I Feel Alive)
04:07
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Passion (I Feel Alive)
I feel the passion
burning rivers through my veins
I feel the passion
to balance mundane with insane
I feel the heat
that glows in the cold
a will to compete
despite what I’m told
with a passion
Chorus:
and I feel alive
my eyes are open wide
I feel alive do you?
I feel alive
I can’t stop to reason why
I feel alive do you?
a view of the street
from my hermetic, ample hole
from the jaws of defeat
comes a light to console
but don’t look at me
with that want of my control
I’m a cat on the street
with countless clashing roles
and a passion
Chorus:
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4. |
Stop The Wind
04:36
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Stop the Wind
he wanders through a life unchained
but he knows nothing ever stays the same
so he grabs every moment for its worth
and he hopes there’s something more beyond our earth
he sees the light one dawn
and starts to fight for the side he’s on
he gives his time ‘cause it’s there to give
his belief gives him life to live
Chorus:
but you can’t stop the wind
no, you can’t stop the wind
some will try thinking they might win
me, I don’t know where to begin
you can’t stop the wind
you can’t stop the wind
he tried so hard to put it across
he senses now that the game is lost
he was beaten by a bigger foe
he was beaten by the world ya know
Chorus:
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5. |
Find Your Own Way
02:47
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Find Your Own Way
we’ve got temporary stuff in a temporary world
with temporary friends and temporary girls
it all leads somewhere else to a place we haven’t seen
in our minds we have dreamed beyond temporary scenes
Chorus:
and we find we’re on our own
our hearts become as stone
we’re really all alone
so, find your own way home
we’ve got temporary love in a temporary time
with temporary songs for temporary rhymes
but every piece you make in your world away
is just a substitute for a brighter day
Chorus:
don’t cry out loud when you cry
though hope disappears with every sigh
Chorus:
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6. |
Distant Ringing
03:50
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Distant Ringing
I remember what you told me
it holds me once in awhile
every song that I’m singing
distant ringing fills the verse
Chorus:
when I get lonely only for awhile
a lovely lady turns to me to smile
in a world of fantasy she gives me time
time to worry more about these rhymes I find
I get lonely
I’m not lost yet I wander
do I squander the wealth that is me
is it safe, is it over,
yes it’s over, what do you see?
Chorus:
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7. |
Fire Rushes In
03:55
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Fire Rushes In
do you ever think about what’s gone
and wish you’d taken someone along?
until the fire rushes in
do you ever wonder what is real
and wish you felt the way we used to make it real?
until the fire rushes in
you’re farther on and more alone
less inclined to hold the phone
‘cause happiness is passed a gate
that you can’t find and you can’t wait
until the fire rushes in
do you ever think about your soul
to find your body out of control?
until the fire rushes in
do you ever think the end is straight ahead
or did you plan for all of the changes instead?
until the fire rushes in
you’re farther on and more alone
less inclined to hold the phone
‘cause happiness is passed a gate
that you can find, if you can wait
until the fire rushes in
I asked are you happy
she just said everything’s alright
I asked are you smiling like you used to every night
is it hard or is it easy
how are you doing in the fight
I asked are you happy
she just smiled and said goodnight
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8. |
Time In The City
03:54
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Time in the City
doin’ time in the city
where my wall of space is thin
doin’ time in the city
but I can’t win
living life like a poet
with a pen in my hand
keeping time with my strumming
to commands
chorus:
I’ll meet you where
the sun shines through the poison air
I’ll meet you where we dream
I’ll meet you where
the sun shines through without the glare
I’ll meet you where we dream
keeping time with the anthill
pushing forward again
headlights and streetlights
never end
doin’ time in the city
forcing smiles for the pay
doin’ time in the city
day after day
chorus:
today, I’d rather spend the day in bed
where the clock and the calendar don’t rule my head
chorus:
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9. |
Anymore
03:46
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Anymore
if you find me here today
it’s the same as yesterday
it’s the same spot everyday
‘til the daylight goes away
my life’s in syndication
everyday is duplication
won’t you pass the stimulation
‘til the daylight goes away
chorus:
I wanna be this way
then I get this way
don’t wanna be this way anymore
I wanna feel this way
then I feel this way
don’t wanna feel this way anymore
if you find the time then call me
or send me something to enthrall me
it’s the nothingness that stalls me
‘til the daylight goes away
there’s a clock inside my mind
if I’m late that’s where you’ll find me
rest assured I will not stay
I’ll return to everyday
‘til the daylight goes away
chorus:
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10. |
Distant Conversation
04:07
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Distant Conversation
frozen hearts and beaten minds
distant thoughts of bad design
take good care of what you find
it’s all I have, it’s all that’s mine
all the smiles you left behind
the lull of distant conversation
the heavy dues of steady consternation
fulfilling sadness of inward contemplation
the inner drain of calculated starvation
a steady climb without road signs
that hardens hearts and closes minds
in all the smiles I left behind
and all the thoughts that make me blind
lies the world that I can’t find
the haze of little concentration
the maze of steady hesitation
the chains of my frustration
I long for distant conversation
the lull of distant conversation…
a stolen kiss with stolen wine
it’s all I have that makes me fine
it’s all that’s left of what was mine
a distant world that once was mine
the lull of distant conversation (a distant heart in search of signs)
the heavy dues of steady consternation (a restless worried state of mind)
fulfilling sadness of inward contemplation (it’s all I have, it’s all that’s mine)
the inner drain of calculated starvation (all the smiles you left behind)
the haze of little concentration (my mind unwinds)
the maze of steady hesitation (but I can’t find)
the chains of my frustration (the smiles of time)
I long for distant conversation (I left behind)
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11. |
Everywhere
03:08
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Everywhere
clouds are playing in the sky
tell me why am I this way
if you could reach beyond the shell
what I’d tell if you were there
everywhere, everywhere
life to me is reverie
wishingly, you are there
when in time you find you care
I’ll be there, we’ll be there
everywhere, everywhere
meaning changes with the time
will it rhyme in days to come
words are symbols in our lives
do they hide what’s really there
everywhere, everywhere
the world’s a movie in my mind
I can see through time
everything is real that I want to be
and I can see it in the air
everywhere, everywhere, everywhere
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Matt Kjeldsen Austin, Texas
With well over 1000 songs to his name and about one hundred independently produced and released albums over the past decades, Matt Kjeldsen is a veteran of the music industry and the eclectic Austin, Texas scene. His sound ranges in tone from irreverent to sublime, from angry to resigned, from simple tracks to grand soundscapes, from singer-songwriter to avant-garde groove designer. ... more
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Woe to the Vanquished
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