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Bad JuJu
03:35
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From the very first time I saw you
I just knew I was in love
The way made me feel I could never get enough
After just a couple days with you
I was at your beck and call
Because of your control I nearly lost it all
You’re a bad woman, an evil temptress
You put me under your spell
(I can’t see you anymore)
You look so sweet and you feel so right
But you’re only good for yourself
(You broke up my world)
You’re a bad woman, an evil temptress
Now it’s plain to see
You’re the whole reason why the whole world just crashed down on me
I remember back in the glory days
Before you ruined me
(Let me go)
Didn’t worry about anything
The words came out free
(Leave me alone)
The day you busted on the scene
You changed everything
Now I wonder what they mean
Every time you breathe
From the very first time I saw you
I just knew I was in love
Now that I know you
I think I’ve had enough
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2. |
You Might Like It
05:06
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An invitation is you not stopping
So stop your screaming, I want to kiss you consensually
So don’t push me away
Don’t let your tears say all that’s all on your mind
So, what’s been on your mind?
I’m the king of the castle
You drown in the mote. I’ll leave without a hassle
I’ll leave you in control
You always accentuate your best qualities
They’re my worst habits
You always wanted the best
But you wound up with me
You hoped for the very best
And you lost it all with me
So don’t look back
It’s far too black, but the future’s not too bright
It’s not looking bright
Cross my heart and hope to die
With fingers crossed in case I lie
Cross my eyes to hide the cry
Until you never cross my mind
Just lay there and take it
Either love me or fake it
Please don’t try to fight
When I leave you here to die
You’ve crossed me for the last time
Think about what it is that
You always wanted
And isn’t that what you really wanted all for yourself?
I mean, honestly, I want to kiss you so selfishly
But consensually
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3. |
Over You
03:45
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You look through the window staring straight through me
And you laugh
You can’t see me at all because I am nothing
And you smile
You smile for no reason, you don’t know why
The future waits on no one and so do I
I will not live in the past anymore
I will not cry over you
You’re thinking of me, I think of nothing
And you laugh
The road’s waiting for me, my mind is packed
And you smile as time just slips away
But you pretend not to notice
Just trying to live, I’m dying to live on my own
Wish you could come with me, but it would kill me
So you leave
I’ll never cry over you
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4. |
Pieces of You
02:56
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There’s a piece of you in everything I do
Your eyes watch over me at night when I’m dreaming
Your hair rests on my shoulder, your head on my chest
In the morning you steal my breath
I stumble and fall, you have it all
Your reflection’s in the rear view mirror
Your hand on my leg
The street passes quietly with your legs on my dash
Your fingers through my hair
Your voice with the radio, it’s the only sound I know
All the time we swerve around these curves …And we crash
I collect your blood in this bottle
Your fingers in my pockets
Staring into your blank eyes
Placing hair in my wallet
And your tooth’s around my neck on a chain
I don’t know if I can pick up everything
Every night I always pray
While these souvenirs will keep me awake
There’s a piece of you in everything I do
I keep these pieces of you
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5. |
Jacob
04:31
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Hear me, children
Step into the light
Don’t be scared of noises in the night
Please don’t ever look me in the face
I can never help you understand
I feel nothing, no remorse for the dead
I see bloodstains painting red my calloused hands
I wish I could show you what it is I see inside
But the voices in my head tell me to hide
Everything from everyone
I was sent from above
I am the holy killer, my name is Jacob
Countless deaths are brought on by one man
Broken promise all by my hands
You can’t stop me from making these fall
Remember, always, victims aren’t we all
And the voices are telling me to eat from the forbidden tree
They say that I should kill you before your “ayes” can kill me
Hear me, children
Step into the light
Don’t be scared of noises in the night
If you want to, you can come with me
My own bloodstained hands will set you free
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6. |
7 Years Bad Luck
04:10
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Retrace the minutes, come turn back the clock
We’ll be ok as soon as we stop
When the wind’s breathing quietly the stories not told
And the birds are all screaming and it’s getting old
For over three months, it’s been nothing but rain
August is coming, there is no time for pain
If you come in closer now, we could live forever
With these postcard reminders to rewrite love letters
Everything is different except you and me (On and off you change the way you feel)
So let’s make our plans to give up eventually (Call it quits and play the field and we’ll give up eventually)
But for right now I won’t take less than your word
You tried to avoid them but you can’t forget
All the shared distractions, all the lost steps
When we’re chasing a future we make for ourselves
We lay all the obvious to die on the shelf
Sins stain the sheets where we used to lay
Tomorrow’s not bright, but neither is today
So let’s paint our emotions on these bathroom walls
And ask all the questions that lead to our fall
For right now I won’t take less that your word
Accusation premises
Question mark lies
I can see better
After it dies
Everything is different when it doesn’t matter
My mirror’s been broken, your world is shattered
If it doesn’t matter, just go (Everything is different if we change the way we feel)
You would do nothing, you would not try (Call it quits, let’s find out if it kills)
Just go if that’s what you want
For right now I won’t take less than your world
Then we’ll give up eventually
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7. |
The Superman Song
03:34
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Run, go duck for cover if you think you can
Now that the hero’s gone, what’s your plan?
Are you gonna sit and moan like a guy at the gallows pole
Saying “please, someone come save me from the wrath of this man!”
It’s the day that Superman died
Trying to save us from the bad guys
It’s the day that Superman died
When he fell down from the sky
We called him the man of steel
But now he’s just roadkill
It’s the day that Superman failed and now we’re all gonna die
You’ve got a head start but it won’t help you in the end
You can try to survive, but you know you’ll never win
If the greatest hero of them all couldn’t make it through without a fatal flaw
What makes you think you will?
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8. |
Victoria's Confession
03:53
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Before you were these 40,000 memories
You were just a name I heard around town
A silly flame I told my friends about
Just a stupid game
Since the day I met you, my life’s been twisted
And since then, I’ve gotten more addicted
I can’t start to count all the ways you’ve done me wrong
And your black lingerie won’t help this time
My body’s broken and my mind is gone
After I woke up with painful screaming
When you hated the fact you loved me
And the special ways I returned it
And the way you pulled my hair
If you want the best, I’m still around
Put it to rest, put me in the ground
I know that you hate it
Wasting your whole life wasted
These words always come out wrong
When you’re not turned on
But I’m giving us our best shot
But you’re only using it to break my heart
Put down your weapons
Because I’m retreating
Take down our pictures
Tear down the permanent fixture
Of the times we shared
Back when you used to care
Before you were breaking my heart
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9. |
Tears of Joy
03:18
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I call you up to say your lover’s dead
Just one more time to hear you scream
Your vocal cords tearing through my veins
Just one more time to feel your pain
You stare with evil eyes
You start with desperate cries
Nothing more than the sighs
You claim for your own
The heart in your chest
Barely beats at best
Rhythms to detest
But lead you home
You speak in tongues
These ancient rituals
Drive me mad to make me love
The taste of blood teardrops fills my throat
My insides dry and you scream in pain
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10. |
It Looks Like Rain
03:26
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Dark skies, damp air
It looks like rain today
When I look outside through the window
I can see the way our world was really meant to be
But it looks like rain, clouds the sunshine can’t cut through
And it breaks out the pain though there’s nothing I can do
And the light, would you shine?
Then everything would be just fine
But it looks like rain
If I close my eyes, I can imagine nothing’s wrong
And I know that if I keep the faith, it won’t be long
Until the day when we won’t have to close our eyes just to see
The way our world was truly meant to be
And it looks like rain
Oh, Lord, come quickly we need you to replace
The mess that we all helped to make, if the light would just shine…
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11. |
Wrong Side of the Bed
03:18
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I woke up feeling tired and tired of life
Will I get out of bed today?
Window closed, darkness grabs me and throws me down
Sleeping is stealing my life away
I sit down feeling faint while chemical smiles
Get more fake with every forced time
All alone crying out “Please, save me now!”
Voices speak, but they can’t hear mine
Falling down, feeling empty, this emptiness
Doesn’t yield me much power
All the day, barely living enough to die
These seconds pass me by like hours
Everything you took was mine to be lost
You swore you’d kill me no matter the cost
(You swore you’d drown in matching gloss)
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12. |
Part 2
01:20
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I act like that there’s nothing wrong with
My life is clouded and confused
And I don’t think there’s anything left to do
My abstract thoughts are fueled by intoxicating
Self-indulgence, but I don’t care about anyone else but me
Bound and broken by addiction
Losing all of my ambition
I just want to fly away
Get rid of doubt and pave the way
For the next part of my life
Just need to take a stance
Figure out and make my plans
For the next part of my life
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13. |
The Tender Injustice
03:19
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Do you really think that it would matter if I let myself die?
Don’t I deserve it?
Keep my soul locked in a cold tin box
The key is melted, I take the blame
The devil swallows us on burnt and neon signs
But I’m lost, just cut me open
Let me kill and spill the tainted blood
That is poisoning the drenched soil
The keeper of this mind won’t ever let me in
Stares blankly waiting to kill me again
The keeper of this heart has riddled me with sin
Take what’s left of the innocence within
Wings are broken, I fly in circles
My spirit’s willing and the body’s good
About this bleeding of the place that I change
Heart attacks us to take the blame
Forever never breaks the coffin, no
Tears are escaping
Please nail it shut
Do you really think that it would matter if I let myself die?
Don’t I deserve it?
Once more before I go, let me die in peace, don’t I deserve it?
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4 Star View Cape Canaveral, Florida
Originally from Northeast Mississippi and living in Cape Canaveral, FL, 4 Star View is a cathartic songwriter who swings among genres to create emotionally laden soundscapes. He is the poet laureate for the city of Cape Canaveral. Every album is unique in sound and themes. Most songs are single take, single track to produce a raw sound. Mistakes are not fixed because flaws are part of the art. ... more
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