1. |
Photograph
04:11
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I feel like a photograph like I’m almost real
Life all around me not a thing I can feel
Caught in perfection, but none of its true
A moth to the flame it melts into
I feel like a memory fading away
I’m torn at the edges starting to fray
Loosing connection I’m trapped in the past
Frozen in time like a photograph
But in your eyes I come alive
All of the gray gives way to beautiful light
When I’m in your arms it’s written in stars
Is everything real again?
Do you want me tonight?
Do you want me tonight?
Do you want me like I want you tonight?
I feel like a photograph still in a frame
Yearning to touch you and here I remain
I hold it inside so it never shows
But when I’m with you I feel so exposed
Love is the rush the risk that I take
If you can’t feel the pain then there’s nothing at stake
All of my heartache seems frozen in time
The past isn’t past unless you leave it behind
‘Cause in your eyes I come alive
All of the gray gives way to beautiful light
When I’m in your arms it’s written in stars
Is everything real again?
Do you want me tonight?
Do you want me tonight?
Do you want me like I want you tonight?
You’ve got a thousand ways to capture my heart
That gives you a thousand ways to tear it all apart
But when I’m in your arms it’s written in stars
Is everything real again?
Do you want me tonight?
Do you want me tonight?
Do you want me like I want you tonight?
Do you want me tonight?
Do you want me tonight?
Do you want me like I want you tonight?
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2. |
Stronger
03:24
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When you don’t know what it is that you’re running from
You run faster than your legs can carry you
Suddenly the thing you fear becomes
The thing that just might pull you through
Don’t know what I’m worthy of
But I know that when I love
It makes me stronger, makes me stronger
To face all my demons till they fade away
Makes me stronger, makes me stronger
If I give up there’s hell to pay
I’m gonna have to live
Oh, I’m gonna have to live with myself everyday
When you wind up in a place you’ve already been
And it’s further from the truth you’re looking for
Will you let go of the limits you’ve been living in?
So your heart becomes an open door
Don’t know what I’m worthy of
But I know that when I love
It makes me stronger, makes me stronger
To face all my demons till they fade away
Makes me stronger, makes me stronger
If I give up there’s hell to pay
I’m gonna have to live
I’m gonna have to live with myself everyday
Every answer comes undone
When you realize there are none
It makes you stronger, makes you stronger
To face all your demons till they fade away
Makes me stronger, makes me stronger
If I give up there’s hell to pay
I’m gonna have to live
I’m gonna have to live with myself everyday
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3. |
Heavy, Heavy Heart
03:27
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I think I'm moving, but it feels like I'm standing still
I think I'm loving, but it feels like I lost my will
Under other circumstance
No one could have taken me apart quite like you
It was just a game of chance
You were holding all the cards like you do
Heavy, heavy heart
Sinking like a stone
Stop before we start
Going it alone
Have a little faith
You know what we are
Living in this world
Of heavy, heavy hearts
We both want something that is always out of reach
We both want everything, but never what we need
Every time you hesitate
I shut down and give myself away just like you
Careful what you speculate
Every day you overthink the truth like you do
Heavy, heavy heart
Sinking like a stone
Stop before we start
Going it alone
Have a little faith
You know what we are
Living in this world
Of heavy, heavy hearts
Everybody’s waiting, everybody’s waiting
For a little bit of saving just like us
We leave the way we came in, leave the way we came in
Leave the way we came in on a cloud of dust
Heavy, heavy heart
Sinking like a stone
Stop before we start
Going it alone
Have a little faith
You know what we are
Living in this world
Heavy, heavy heart
Sinking like a stone
Stop before we start
Going it alone
Have a little faith
You know what we are
Living in this world
Of heavy, heavy hearts
Hearts, woah oh oh
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4. |
The Answer
03:03
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Life made me some promises it never meant to keep
Set me up to break me down in places where I’m weak
Held me up against each day hope on the soles of my feet
But life made me some promises it never meant to keep
Love took my heart before it wandered off to find
Something prettier and lovelier then what it left behind
It didn’t mean to break me, that’s just its design
Love took my heart before it up and left me blind
And I had never known
Just how strong my soul had grown
Just how wild my old dreams had become
Till I gave them all away
And forgot who I was yesterday
No longer held to the place I’m from
The answers come more often than the questions you seek
If you’re giving when it’s hard when life has got you beat
Maybe what’s important ain’t the truth or the lie
But to hold up your words and look them in the eye
To know yourself through and through so on the day you die
Your love becomes an answer we can all live by
Your love becomes an answer we can all live by
Your love becomes the answer we can all live by
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5. |
The Way Things Go
02:43
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Sitting tight on the edge of my tongue
Silent and ready to burn you like a shot gun
If the truth needs an angel or the devil his muse
And we’re already lost then there’s nothing to lose
Tall tales, loose lies, love songs, alibis
Another day in paradise if you keep your eyes closed
Tall tales, loose lies, love songs, alibis
All just seems to be the way things go
The way things go
Maybe love isn't what it's all about
What does you in is the thing that you can't live without
But it's enough to be with you tonight
If you don't know what's wrong well then just maybe it's right
Tall tales, loose lies, love songs, alibis
Another day in paradise if you keep your eyes closed
Tall tales, loose lies, love songs, alibis
All just seems to be the way things go
The way things go
Would you come down, would you come down
Would you come down and have your way with me?
Would you come down, would you come down
Would you come down and stay with me?
Tall tales, loose lies, love songs, alibis
Another day in paradise if you keep your eyes closed
Tall tales, loose lies, love songs, alibis
All just seems to be the way things go
The way things go
The way things go
The way things go
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6. |
Better Days
02:56
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Underneath the currents
I will be an anchor
I will plant my feet down
Weather the storm
Underneath my weakness
I keep growing stronger
I’ve been seeking high ground
Since I was born
Better days, better days
Who knows what tomorrow brings
Cast away, cast away
All my sad and foolish things
Hold on tight as the world pulls you astray
For better days, better days
Every breaking wave
In solitude and silence
Is louder than the whole ocean
When it crashes over me
It always comes to pass
Love will somehow be reborn
Never true till it is broken
And the heartache sets you free
Better days, better days
Who knows what tomorrow brings
Cast away, cast away
All my sad and foolish things
Hold on tight as the world pulls you astray
For better days, better days
I won't wait forever
For the best to come
Sometimes the parts
Are better then the sum
Better days, better days
Who knows what tomorrow brings
Cast away, cast away
All my sad and foolish things
Hold on tight as the world pulls you astray
For better days, better days
Hold on tight as the world pulls you astray
For better days, better days
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7. |
Some People
03:27
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You told me once you had a room
That gets the perfect light in June
Put a smile on your face
Filled your eyes with grace
Your perfect little room
I got a letter from you friend
Said it’s the beginning of the end
You’ve done all you think you can
And won’t do it again
A broken letter from you friend
Well you want more and more and more of things
Sometimes more is less it seems
Some people are so poor
Some people are so poor
Some people are so poor
All they have is money
Remember this when times go bad
When nothing was more than what you had
You found ways to get by
Watching clouds pass in the sky
Remember this when times go bad
When you want more and more and more of things
Sometimes more is less it seems
Some people are so poor
Some people are so poor
Some people are so poor
All they have is money
You got a roof over your head
Got a book you haven't read
Got a song that you can play
You've got the one that got away
You got some sugar for your tea
A faithful friend in me
The laughter from a joke
And just a little bit of hope
Some people are so poor
Some people are so poor
Some people are so poor
All they have is money, money, money
Some people are so poor
Some people are so poor
Some people are so poor
All they have is money
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8. |
Summer Song
04:17
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Don't you miss the summer? Lord knows I do
Throw the windows open watch the wind blow in across your face
Don't you miss the summer? Lord knows I do
And the thing I miss the most about the summer is you, you, you, you
Don't you miss the autumn? Leaves blowing ‘round
All the colors falling from the sky in a million pieces
All the colors I miss in your eyes in a million pieces
And the thing I miss the most about the autumn is you, you, you, you
You, you, you, you
Don't you miss the winter? Holding me tight
Snowflakes slowly falling as we dance in a wind spun lullaby
Build up the snowmen till they melt before our eyes
And the thing I miss the most about the winter is you, you, you, you
You, you, you, you
You, you, you, oh
Don't you miss the springtime? When I said it first
I love you and always will till our hearts meet again
It’s awfully hard to wait till I could see you in the end
And the thing I miss the most about the springtime
And the thing I miss the most about this lifetime is you, you, you, you
You, you, you, oh
(You, you, you, oh)
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9. |
Love Me Let Go
03:25
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Love, love, love let me go
Love, love, love let me go
I was the last to know
I was the last to know
Love let me go
You decided to put my things into a box
You decided one day to change the locks
And where was I? A thousand miles away
And I asked you why, you couldn't say, you couldn’t say
So love, love, love let me go
Love, love, love let me go
I was the last to know
I was the last to know
Love let me go
You decided I was better off alone
You decided what I guess I should've known
Things might be easier when you’re too young to understand
That things might work out but never like you planned, like you planned
So love, love, love let me go
Love, love, love let me go
I was the last to know
I was the last to know
Love let me go I want out of your unhappiness
Love let me go I see better days ahead
Love let me go set me free and I'll be heading west
Like a bird you have pushed out of the nest
The same little bird you used to hold to your chest
Yeah love, love, love let me go
Love, love, love let me go
I was the last to know
I was the last to know
Love let me go
You decided to put my things into a box
You decided one day to change the locks
And where was I? A thousand miles away
And I asked you why, you couldn't say, you couldn’t say
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10. |
The Devil
03:16
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Will you sell your soul to the devil
When he comes offering his price?
‘Cause it takes the man to break a man
Will you even think twice?
Will you sell your soul to the devil
Will the devil even buy?
He’s got bills to pay, he’s got the need
To keep the fires high
Will you sell your soul to the devil
Will you see through his disguise?
When he comes to you so beautiful
You can't believe your eyes
I sing out to empty tunnels
Breathe deep in the subway air
And the oxygen is almost gone
And then I see him standing there
He doesn't want my mind or body
But he'll take them just the same
And he'll twist me in so many ways
Till I don't even know my name
Then he'll give me what I wished for
Leave me with his business card
It reads, "Success is just a call away
If you don't want to work so hard"
Suddenly I'm somewhere else
Playing to ten thousand strong
It feels so right here in hell
There’s no such thing as “wrong”
There’s no such thing as “wrong”
There’s no such thing as “wrong”
Will I sell my soul to the devil
When I’ve used up all I can?
Will there be anything left to give him
That was here when it all began?
All alone with my guitar
When the night has turned me in
And tomorrow I'll be leaving
If this nightmare ever ends
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11. |
I'd Do It Without You
03:00
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Let me sing you a song that you don’t know
It may sound familiar the places I go
It’s not about you, not entirely so
You’ll see
Once upon a time from a big, big city
A girl takes a plane and gets lost in a pity
Finds herself in your arms, you tell her she’s pretty
Enough for you
You’re a sad, sad, sad excuse for a man
If I could go back to where it all began
I would do it without you
I would do it without you
One minute I’m at the top of a hill for a friend
Strumming guitars, songs that he penned
For broken hearts so that he would mend
Your mistakes
I was next in line to be one of them
As I picked up the guitar to sing about when
Your eyes met my heart it all started then
You know
That you’re a sad, sad, sad excuse for a man
If I could go back to where it all began
I would do it without you
I would do it without you
What were you thinking
Was it the drinking or chill?
Now I’m future tripping and dream sipping
Waiting on all of my life to kick in
Without you if it will
You lead people on you cheat and you lie
You gave me a kiss that I didn’t deny
And I felt like it meant so much more to me
Than you
You were every dream I thought that I had
You told me the truth and it all went bad
Like the drinks that you pour to survive one more night
By yourself
‘Cause you’re a sad, sad, sad excuse for a man
If I could go back to where it all began
Maybe I would do it all again
But, I’d do it without you
I‘d do it without you
I‘d do it without you
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12. |
Unloving You
04:14
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You fooled me
Thought you knew me
Thought you wanted
What I do
It’s careless
The way its come to this
Watching the things I say
In front of you
The silence is what drives us mad
But we can’t unhave what we’ve already had
There’s so much left to unsay
So much left to undo
So much left to understand
Even the truth seems untrue
So much left to unthink
We never thought it through
So much left to unbreak
Because I can’t start unloving you
Unloving you, unloving you
With time I
Could go on I
Could find reasons
To let go
Try to fix
All this brokenness
But the pieces
Are all I have to show
The silence is what drives us mad
But we can’t unhave what we’ve already had
There’s so much left to unsay
So much left to undo
So much left to understand
Even the truth seems untrue
So much left to unthink
We never thought it through
So much left to unbreak
Because I can’t start unloving you
Unloving you, unloving you
You fooled me
Thought you knew me
Thought you wanted
What I still do
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13. |
Won't Matter Anymore
05:26
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With each step in you break a little more
Turn your back to the pain
Leave your judgments at the door
We’re all criminals, in here we’re all criminals
They will take your pride and me from your side
Put a thorn in its place till it’s what makes you feel alive
But what is living, when we’re dying everyday?
At the bitter ending with your hollow broken heart
I could say goodbye a thousand times, each time it breaks my swollen heart
Oh, but everyone’s got something to hide
Some get convicted before they are tried
All the stupid mistakes you did or didn’t make wont matter anymore
Everyone’s got some secrets to tell, mine just happen to be yours as well
And it won’t matter anymore, it won’t matter anymore
When I see your face in those cold bare walls
Every tall green tree standing between us all
The rocks and the road, the sky I am told they are beautiful
And they never seem to make her smile they just stand and lay cold
Like they’ve known for a while nothing will change
So get used to the pain
And these prison walls that hold you in and keep us apart
I could say goodbye a thousand times, each time it breaks my swollen heart
Oh, but everyone’s got something to hide
Some get convicted before they are tried
All the stupid mistakes you did or didn’t make wont matter anymore
Everyone’s got some secrets to tell, mine just happen to be yours as well
And it won’t matter anymore, it won’t matter anymore
With each step in I break a little more
Turn your back to the pain
Leave your judgments at the door
We’re all criminals, in here we’re all criminals
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Natalie Gelman California
Natalie Gelman is a modern day troubadour, writing and performing songs straight from her soul. Natalie's music is infectious with finely crafted and emotionally raw stories punctuated by her stunning range as a vocalist, spanning delicately emotive phrasing to powerhouse full-voice singing. Her songs linger in the brain and the heart, begging for repeated listens. ... more
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