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Try
03:51
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Try
Try, even though the well seems dry
and there’s nowhere else to hide
only the devil’s on your side
you’re untied, you’re beaten, but alive
desperation’s kept inside
always swallowing your pride
and still, you try
Silence and indifference
are you left for dead?
forgotten and unnoticed, never said
disrespected, never really heard at all
nothing’s gained when all is lost
but, the journey’s worth the cost
so, you try
Silence and mediocrity
it seems you’ll never, ever leave your mark
you’re insignifigant, background noise
any melody will do, when it all starts anew
‘cause there’s no give up in you
so, you try
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Beautiful Toys
03:47
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Beautiful Toys
Beautiful toys
they give us beautiful toys
and beautiful noise
while our freedom’s destroyed
(our country’s destroyed, while Rome is destroyed)
they give us beautiful toys
Who’s there to follow?
where can we go?
our leader’s are hollow
they’ve sold us we know
What will now follow?
should the children be told?
the dream has been hollowed
the future’s been sold
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3. |
Summer of Sadness
03:44
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Summer of Sadness
The summer of sadness
summer of sadness
summer of loss (cost)
summer of rain (pain)
Baby Polo died
she didn’t get the chance to grow
my little friend died
I still can’t seem to let it go
And that ol’ tree came down
where my boy used to climb
that mesquite came crashing down
but, it left a seedling behind, to grow…from the summer…
What was ever precious
was stolen instantly
what was only blooming
was ripped away from me
The life that once existed
remains only memory
the spirit that was granted
was vanquished suddenly
and scattered in the wind
The summer of sadness
my little friend lost her life
and water kept pouring down
and nothing at all seemed right
The summer of sadness
the summer of sadness
the summer of cost and never ending rain
the summer of loss
the summer of pain
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4. |
Turn Inside
03:40
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Turn Inside
And in the darkest hours
not so far from now
when every drop of hope has soured
and we don’t know why or how
And when all daylight’s gone
and there’s gunfire in the mist
there’s nothing left, but a troubled song
and the ghosts that you now miss
Turn your face to cry
conceal your sighs
turn your face to cry
turn inside
And in these dire days
only several moons from now
we’ll drink to the ghosts of what once was
and carry on somehow
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5. |
Believe Your Eyes
04:06
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Believe Your Eyes
Believe your eyes
believe the facts
believe what’s real, connect the dots
and the truth, you will find
think for yourself, don’t believe the party line
Don’t believe your heart
your heart’s been brainwashed
believe the hunger and the wars
and the taxes are by design
and we the people, we must save the day in time
Trust your instinct
and feel the threat
question everything they tell you, question everything they say
and think for yourself
before they’ve taken everything away
think for yourself, before they take it all away
Think for yourself
and warn your neighbors, save your family,
stir the herd
think for yourself and we might make it
think like a man,
think like a soldier, like an animal of prey
for hungry wolves and we might make it,
just in time
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6. |
Waiting Out The Night
03:02
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Waiting Out The Night
The night
defies the day
the day
waits out the night
the night
gives in gracefully, to the light
until night,
goes away
The night
waits out the day
until dusk
has dawned again
and day goes away
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7. |
I Remember You
02:53
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I Remember You
I remember you
I remember you
I remember clothes lines (swimming pools)
pitch and catch (and skating boards)
and running in the dark ‘til the bell rang, I gotta go
(and flying around on our bikes of freedom),
it’s late and there’s so much work to do
but, I remember you
I can picture the night sky
I can still feel the warm air
I can taste the summer wind
all the hopes and innocence,
all the dreams in the safe woods
and yesterday’s visions of tomorrow
and a world brand new
and, I remember you
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8. |
Fictitious Train
03:22
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Fictitious Train
I woke up and I looked around
came to terms with the truth I found
realized my will was gagged and bound
I’m gonna leave ya baby
I woke up from a fantasy,
where everybody thought that they were free,
to this cold hard reality
I’m gonna leave ya baby
I woke up to a nightmare day
where everything I knew was blown away
everything I said, I was told to say
I’m gonna leave ya baby
I woke up and I saw the light
unfamiliar with this brand new sight
gonna take some time to make it right
I’m gonna leave ya baby
And I guess you could say
I stumbled to enlightenment
and I wished that I could pray away
this plasticine reality I once believed was real,
it’s just a role in someone else’s play
I woke up, but not until
I found the answer on the window sill
just beneath the latest banker’s bill
I’m gonna leave ya baby
I woke up to the pouring rain
surrounded by the sunshine of the still insane
surrounded by riders on a fictitious train
I’m gonna leave ya baby
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9. |
Icy Expanse
02:21
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10. |
Just Bad News
01:27
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Just Bad News
Everywhere I turn
it’s just bad news
it’s a cold blue
Everywhere I turn
it’s just broke down
it’s a dark frown
it’s just bad news
Everywhere I look
it’s a deadline
it’s a flat-line
Everywhere I turn
it’s just bad news
it’s a code blue
it’s just bad news
it’s just bad news
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11. |
Opus 5105
02:06
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12. |
Walls are Gone
08:07
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Walls Are Gone
You can’t save me no more
you can’t save me no more, you can’t save me
The roof and walls are gone
the roof and walls are gone, the walls are gone
Nothing they say is real
nothing they say is real, it isn’t real
The price of freedom’s blood
the price of freedom’s blood, the price is blood
The razor wire surrounds
the happy picnic grounds, the siren sounds
Behind the lies, are truth
behind the lies, are truth, the lies are truth
Nightmares become the real
nightmares become real, nightmares are real
But, evil always falls
evil always falls, evil falls
But, you can’t save me no more
you can’t save me no more, you can’t save me
but, save me
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13. |
Waiting for You
03:27
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Waiting for You
Waiting for someone
waiting for anything
waiting for someone
waiting for you
‘cause baby, you and I
were never through
Waiting for someone
I’ve been waiting for you
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14. |
What If I Fall?
01:49
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What If I Fall?
What if I fall,
what if I fall,
I fall down?
What if I quake,
what if I break
and my world comes crashing down
and I fall down?
What if this rhyme
just fills time
and it’s all a house of cards?
and if they fall
one and all
and the world comes crashing around
will I fall down?
What if I fall,
what if I fall
and the world comes crashing down
will I fall down?
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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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