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From Nowhere

by The Terns

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1.
From Nowhere 05:02
I met a man at the market Wearing his old brown shoes He said that he was from nowhere And that's where I'm from too He put his hand in his pocket Where his family resides He said that they were from nowhere Then he broke down and cried I met a girl from the knolls I'm told her house burned down She said she's under construction Her head was stuck in the ground She wears her life on her shoulder And swears it's not that bad I say we're both growing older She said don't be so sad I haven't felt this way in a long, long time Spend my day in the shade now it's sunshine I haven't felt this way in a long, long time Spend my day in the shade now it's sunshine
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Everybody's lonely in their own way Everything's a song if you sing it Everybody's following their own way Everything is harder if you make it Don't you put yourself under the spotlight Everything's a joke if you mean it Don't you know it's all in your peace of mind Everything is harder if you make it Open your eyes, there's a ghost close behind Everything's better now, burn all your letters And don't go down Everybody's lonely in their own way Everything's a song if you sing it Everybody's following their own way Everything is harder if you make it
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My baby crawls up beside me She calls on no one else My baby swears that she loves me She wants me all for herself Don't hold your silence, no Just keep your eyes to yourself And in the morning she's waiting She lives for no one else Until the sun is fading She keeps me all for herself No one's invited We keep our eyes to ourselves My baby don't need a reason She says it's all in good health My baby won't see me leaving She wants me all for herself Don't get excited Just keep your eyes to yourself And when she begs me to love her forever She puts her heart on the shelf And when there's nothing left to uncover She keeps me all for herself Don't call it violence Just keep your eyes to yourself
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Wax Eyes 03:01
I fell into a nasty habit I want something, I just go grab it I melted into your wax eyes So this should come as no surprise When I cause a scene It was for you to see When jokers fall No one laughs at all I'm thinking things you can't imagine And I'm not one to push aside You gotta want to make it happen So this should come as no surprise When I cause a scene It was for you to see When jokers fall No one laughs at all
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Always wasting time Always so unkind And I'll never be clever enough to say goodbye Yeah, I'm always doing time Give me a reason Leave me your name There's something inside me That I wont deny me Invite me inside to stay Insanely wasting time Always out of line And I better be clever enough to save my mind Yeah, I'm always doing time Call me indecent Throw me away There's nothing beside me So come down to find me Invite me inside to stay, and say You act like you've changed You act like you've changed Don't act like you've changed
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"There's always something to say, I suppose" she said But she's talking enough for the both of us Every thought I think to say gets lost on her So I'll say it again, all my time gets spent Picking up after you and your drunken friends So I'll drink to the end and let it blow over No more secrets, happy wedding Don't look back until you say I do All four seasons, we were just pretending All in all it's what he takes from you So I drove out of town just one more time Far enough to ease my mind But these city lines won't lead me home sober But I laugh to myself as I play it back Like a record stuck on the same old track Singing over the bridge until it starts over No more secrets, happy wedding Don't look back until you say I do All four seasons, we were just pretending All in all it's what he takes from you No more secrets, happy wedding Don't look back until you say I do All four seasons, we were just pretending All and all it's what he takes from you
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Strangers 05:08
Turn off the lights cause you know I won't be home Screaming at me through an unlocked door just to keep yourself alone It's an awful fight that you know you'll never win But i'm only concerned with the way you say my name When the gin is running through your veins I didn't clothe you with the shirt from my back just to say that i'd give you away But at the same time, it's not a well placed rhyme just to give you a reason to stay It's an awful sight that a man can't give away But I've only just learned there's a shame in the way A stranger can enjoy the rain You backed out from the pact that was made on the day you said we never would change But keep in mind, in the story you will find we were always on a different page It's an awful lie, that I'd ever see the light of day But I've only just learned of the bridges that you burned In an effort to show me the way Now it's a small world or so you've been told by the man you thought would never complain Just understand that the blood in your hands is bigger than what you can claim It's an awful crime that you'd ever turn to me and say I'm only concerned with the way you say my name When you're staring at me through the rain Now that we are strangers The sympathy is in our favor Now that we are strangers The sympathy is in our favor Now that we are strangers The sympathy is in our favor Now that we are strangers The sympathy is in our favor
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Calousa 03:21
I'm going on a trip, back to 1996 How could I be if I never even knew you? I dreamt you were a child And no one recognizes you If you stay here for a while I'll grow to despise you So fall for their tricks, how could you insist? That I couldn't be if I never even knew you? Calousa, Calousa Calousa, Calousa All in good time I told you I'm fine How could I be if I never even knew you?
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Take Me Over 03:27
Give me a push now Give me a fight Go on and drink yourself to sleep and see if I mind How will you notice if you never take the time? Is it any wonder? Is it a crime? Go on and make yourself believe it's all in your mind How will you focus if you never could decide? How will you focus if you never could decide? (Yeah) Take me over, (Yeah) under your spell! (Yeah) Take me over, (Yeah) under your spell!
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Stalemate 03:59
It takes time but I've tried to be real with you And in my mind I've reserved my place See these pleasantries have taken me over And to break is to make myself see It's a joke that I'm winning in a stalemate Here alone it's so hard for me to stay awake And I'm tired of being stuck in a mind game There's a lesson to be learned if you heard it the wrong way It's a joke that I'm winning in a stalemate Here alone it's so hard for me to stay awake And I'm tired of being stuck in a mind game There's a lesson to be learned if you heard it the wrong way
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Run Me Down 05:12
She took the fall for the words that I said I need an excuse to get her out of my head I meant it all, and I'd do it again If not for love then for a trusted friend All my years are starting to run me down And I've been looking around in fear I took too long, she gave me her time But I wasn't careful enough to keep myself in line Was I wrong? Am I losing my mind? If only I'd seen myself through someone else's eyes All my fears are starting to run me down And I've been looking around for years I feel ashamed, I've been put in my place Her voice is a whisper that keeps me up for days Was I to blame? Am I being erased? If not for love then for a passing phase All my years are starting to run me down And I've been looking around in fear I've been here before, and I'm losing my grace In a perfect world and in a perfect sort of way She'll bring me love, and I'll make her sway If only I'd been wise enough to be the one to stay All my fears are starting to run me down And I've been looking around for years All my years are starting to run me down and I've been looking around in fear

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released July 20, 2013

Recorded, Mixed and Mastered at The Lab Studio by Will Volkmann
Music and Lyrics written by James Guidi & Nathan Principe
Drums - Jonathan Carr
Bass - Rey Corpuz
Guitar/Vocals - James Guidi
Guitar/Vocals - Nathan Principe

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