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We're Still Making Noise
02:55
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let's turn it up
so we can turn it around
it's time to say enough
I'm tired of being kicked down
you gotta stand up so you can never lose
we're tired of feeling somehow we never had a dance
but you and me and those who never thought they'd fit
we get another song, yeah another chance
it's about you and me
and C-O-M-M-U-N-I-T
and how a lifetime later we're still making noise
it's about love and friends
It's all about that C-O-M-M-U-N
It's about you and me
and C-O-M-M-U-N-I-T
and how a lifetime later we're still making noise
it's about love and friends
It's all of that C-O-M-M-U-N-I-T-Y
U-N-I-T-Y
I heard the hopeful sounds and saw some unity
they try to set us up yeah they try to distract
I wouldn't trade what we built for an eternity
it's good to know that the lost can find a way back
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2. |
American Crows
03:04
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I could feel it in my busted heart
when it stopped beating
I’m so tired of retreating from
being treated wrong
it's like a fire in the sky
that won't stop burning
thunderclouds kept spitting
midnight rain and autumn fog
no sooner than it was meant to be
well I guess it's all the same
the same means nothing's changed
and I want out
I found a corner of a memory
in the cemetery rain
I pulled at it so hard
I thought I’d drowned
and I went down
god it's lights out
take the time we borrow from the devil
to try to make some sense of the drivel
I made a point to point you in the right direction
but you weren't listening
you'd rather sail straight headlong into a window pane
like that AMERICAN CROW last may
and maybe maybe maybe yay or maybe nay
so tell me hey, are we AMERICAN CROWS today?
and I went down
hell it's lights out
we take the time we borrow from the devil
to try to make some sense of the drivel
it was a poignant point to point you in the right direction
but you weren't listening
you'd rather sail straight headlong into a window pane
like that AMERICAN CROW last may
and maybe maybe maybe yay or maybe nay
so tell me hey, are we AMERICAN CROWS today?
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I used to wake up every day
I couldn't stop thinking it
over and over and over
so I made it that every day
I wish I was dreaming
but I'm not dreaming
I must have gave up once every day
but I started thinking
that I could be better, do better
pull my ship out from all of the waves
don't want to be sinking
I’m glad I’m not dreaming
I broke down all of the walls
that I saw as hurdles
now their just lines on a ruler
a form of measuring up
all of my actions
a test of the truth in my mettle
you're not alone
I used to wake up every day
I couldn't top thinking it
over and over and over
so I made it that every day
I wish I was dreaming
but I wasn't dreaming
you're not alone
I broke down all of the walls
that I saw as hurdles
I broke down all of the walls
a test of my mettle
you're not alone
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4. |
I've Been Around
04:35
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I’ve been around
situations like this before
and I've been around
long enough to know the score
and I've been around
all the stories left untold
and I've been around
when the winter's weren't so cold
oh I've been around
I've been around
all the bad news that you bring
and I've been around
when we used to be a thing
and I've been around
all the good times and the bad
and I've been around, you've been around
when we both wish we never had
and I want out
I've been around your name dropping
but don't stop I’m listening
the fuck out it's useless
they've all been sung out
my heroes with different mouths
I've been around your shit talking
but don't stop I’m listening
I guess I'll keep fretting
the same old haunts alone in this 40's house
oh cuz I've been around
oh I've been around
I've been around
when you could barely say my name
and I've been around
so I refuse to play that game
I've been around
hell I’m not sure just where I've been
I've been around, you've been around
long enough to have dead friends
they're underground
I've been around your name dropping
but don't stop I'm listening
the fuck out it's useless
they've all been sung out
my heroes with different mouths
I've been around your shit talking
but don't stop I'm listening
I guess I'll keep fretting
the same old haunts alone in this 40's house
whatever happened to common decency anyway?
or just a little give and take
I can't take much more of this anymore
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5. |
Fired and Blue
03:05
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the interest adds up
on top the losses
and this bad luck
has got me rubbing crosses
when it all weighs in
I check the score
and a feeling I don't want no more
I'm tired of breaking my back
on just about anything
that's fired and blue
that's fired and blue
I'm tired of feeling my heart
get broke about everything
that's involving you
that's involving you
the answers are never easy
like they were before
and now we're knee deep
beneath the floor boards
and barely breathing
as we clamor for
an awful I don't want no more
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6. |
Sad Songs on the Real
03:01
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broken luck and broken teeth
or someplace in between
losing sleep like gaining weight
and giving up my dreams
make every last ditch effort
to stay happier these days
I'll second that, hell triple back you
every goddamned day
when this fades away
I'll be damned if I can't say
what this even means to me
iron-clad and sort of sad
feeling older all the time
this goes out to all my friends
for keeping me alive
summer can't come sooner
and that snow won't burn away
coaster brakes and coffee shakes
M-Blanket all damn day
when this fades away
I'll be damned if I can't say
what this even means to me
it's just these sad songs on the real
it's just these sad songs on the real
it's all these sad songs on the real
it's all these sad songs on the real
when this fades away
I'll be damned if I can't say
what this even means to me
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7. |
Hold On Hold Fast
03:20
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if you've got something to say then just say it
when you make a mistake then just own it
and I hope what you say hell you mean it
cuz this here ain't a place where you loan it
if you've got money to make, shit go earn it
you should know by this hour you're not owed it
and I hope you find peace, we all need it
so if here ain't your place then go find it
a happy memory to share best believe it
and I hope like our graves hell we're in it
I saw this couple they kissed, were committed
kind of like how we were but we didn't
I've seen better days
this too shall pass
this too shall pass
I'll route a better way
let's lock and last
let's lock and last
so work with your time not against it
be grateful for every single moment
make no mistake this is all we get
be the example not the opposite
put your mark on this world (better than you found it)
find what you love and go love it
i wrote this for you, let it sink in
i wrote this for me cuz we're sinking
I've seen better days
this too shall pass
this too shall pass
I'll route a better way
let's lock and last
let's lock and last
I know that I gotta hold on
I swear that I'm gonna hold on
I know that I'm gonna hold on and hold fast
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8. |
Breaking on the Brakes
02:49
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last night I passed out early
and this morning I was running late
I get so disappointed with how I'm determined
but struggle to relate
this summer hit some high notes
and this winter won't come close
I've had the same fucking song stuck in my head
and I'm ready to go home
wherever that is
whoever that is
whenever that is
whatever that is
however I can
for a spell I lost my sorrow
like a number in my phone
I dodged an evening of regret brought on by the sunset
and me walking home alone
I ain't been promised no tomorrow's
and I ain't laying here in bed
my heads under water with weights on my ankles
but I ain't hit the bottom yet
wherever that is
whoever that is
whenever that is
whatever that is
however I can
and I'm breaking on those brakes
I'm head faking on those brakes
it's a pump fake on those brakes
and I'm still alive
my friends all think I'm lazy
or just some big old time try hard
I took the longest way possible back to the hospital
counting every car
dragon slaying don't come easy
and being cool lacks all the heart
it was a feeble pilgrimage that ends at the last hedge
in the corner of our yard
wherever that is
whoever that is
whenever that is
whatever that is
wherever that is
whoever that is
whenever that is
whatever that is
however I can
and I'm breaking on those brakes
I'm head faking on those brakes
it's a pump fake on those breaks
and I'm still alive
and I'm breaking on those brakes
I'm head faking on those brakes
it's a pump fake on those breaks
and I feel alive
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9. |
Skin in the Game
03:18
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I was fine until I wasn't
I'll be here until I'm gone
the hurt keeps finding all these different ways of piling on
and the moon it looked like fire
but I couldn't see it then
doubled over from the pain of losing everything we'd been
you've got a lot of nerve
with so much skin in the game
for what it's worth
i had some real bad breaks
we were fine until we weren't
and now we can't enjoy the view
I want an easy answer but I know that just won't do
you were it and that won't change
had true love and watched it die
was I standing in the rain or simply moving to the side?
you've got a lot of nerve
with so much skin in the game
for what it's worth
I had some real bad breaks
I have a real loud mouth
and a rookie's heart
I'm calling me out
christ this has gone too far
christ this has gone too far
christ this has gone too far
christ this has gone too far
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10. |
Turn It Around
04:15
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it's Thursday morning in the month of march
we’re sort of torn apart
I’ve got a hurting heart these days
it’s time to turn it around
it kinda happens like it always does
I’d love to be no one
I guess oh what the hell I'll stay
it’s time to turn it around
it's Friday evening
and my minds gone dark
I try to set a spark
I tend to miss the mark most days
it’s time to turn it around
I'm kind of empty with the way I feel
I try to keep it real
or something like that anyway
it’s time to turn it around
I wound up in a tidal wave
not lost, not found, not MIA
no one really knew my name
and I was damned to just repeat it
the hungry became starving
the lonely became lonesome
the quitting I’d been trying was anything but wholesome
I can only give my best
and it's not enough
to turn this around
I'm kind of lonely like I'm lost somewhere
I just sit and stare trying to find a better day
I had a plan to set the world on fire
I bought a shitty lighter
I've learned to improvise this way
I can only give my best but it’s not enough
I can only give my best but it’s not enough
the hungry became starving
the lonely became lonesome
the quitting I’d been trying was anything but wholesome
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One If By Land Meadville, Pennsylvania
One If By Land is a 4 piece rock band from Meadville, Pennsylvania. The band includes ex members of The Twirpentines, Signal
Home, The Walnut Street Project, The Caddies, and Waiting for Never.
The band consists of members Fred Oakman (guitar/vocals), Paul Dean (bass), Troy Messerall (guitar/vocal backups/keyboards), and Jim Stone (percussion).
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Fred, Troy & Paul's previous band.
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