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I'm Not Ready for This
02:44
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I’m not ready for this
She told me I'm not ready for this
She told me I should leave it alone
They told me I should sleep on it
Late tomorrow it won't be unknown
Stay together for a little while
Run its course on this crooked mile
Convinced ourselves that it couldn't exist
The possibility is far too low
Way too different with an added twist
Explanations given blow by blow
Hopping on this merry go round
At the mercy of the lost & found
She told me I'm not ready for this
If the luck has turned away in spades
Visions of a life we could have made
History repeating like before
But for me you've always been the one
Even with the years that's come and gone
Forgetting first loves can't be done
No it can't be done
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Rattled and Rolled
03:45
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Rattled and Rolled
You rattle me
And make me second guess
I'll work for free
Cos i figured that I don't wanna go
Send for some help
Can't win this on my own
I've come prepared
For the minute that you decide to show
Though it's wiser to forget
Three words we can't regret
Walk way before the heart melts
The hole is wide
It can fit a thousand lies
I'll justify all the reasons that I don't want to go
Send for some help
Can't win this on my own
I've come prepared
For the minute that you decide to show
Bow your head low
Keep your eyes glued on the page
Read the words slow
And tell me you still feel the same
I've laid it out so you can scrutinize
Leaving out nothing to trivialize
My head is sore can't feel my face
Scratching the surface is where we are
Dig my heels for the chase
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3. |
Like the Cruel
04:28
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Like The Cruel
I try to be nice
But I like the cruel
A dedicated play from an old fool
I try to stay away for my own health
But I’m committed to boring you to death
Losing all control
On the seventh day of the seventh hour
We’ll proclaim the word from the lowest tower
Give me time to dwell
Give me ample speed
Give me everything that I’ll ever need
Losing all control
Say it loud dear lady
But we’ll be the only ones
Who’ll make it out but we’ll barely float
And you gave me nothing
But me on the losing side and tear apart what we already own
Leaving all the ones we love and hurt to ease our load
Have the tables turned?
Have you had your say?
Have you given more than you could take?
Put it in a jar buried it in the deep
Celebrate the ways that we’ll never be
Losing all control
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4. |
Another Kind of Madness
03:52
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Another Kind Of Madness
Out on my own
Out of my way
Been willing myself
To ignore the pain
And let it all slip and hide
To a corner of my mind
Someone will fall
Someone will stay
Bottle up the dirt
To remain the same
And brush it off to the side
Spill it on the floor
What's yours is now mine
Hey, is this another kind of madness
And stay, to revel in your bursts of sadness
We're only as old as we feel we are
We can't stop running cos we've come to far
And hey, is this another kind of madness
I know that you couldn't buy it all
Dangle the proof that we can't ignore
For everything I say will be sold
Hey, this ain't the way you're meant to see me
And shake, the cobwebs off the hidden meanings
We're only as old as we feel we are
We can't stop running cos we've come to far
And hey, is this another kind of madness
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5. |
No Ordinary
03:29
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No Ordinary
I see your heart is racing
infatuation
Can't say I blame you
I would be just the same
She's not so ordinary
She'll be your mission
And use those people skills
To get in the frame
Recall your history and
It ain't so pleasing
Slow off the Mark
It's got you feeling the dread
She's not so ordinary
Maybe the greatest
And gamble everything
Till you're seeing red
Keep your head on boy
Make it right
Don't rely on what they say
Bend the limits of what you know now
Step inside and seal your fate
Come tonight
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6. |
Granted
04:14
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Granted
Don’t take each other for granted
Though it’s easy to forget
The little things the years did bring
And the Sparks when we first met
Though it’s second nature
And we move with a certain grace
We trip over each other
Like were strangers from a foreign place
The anchored ships are drifting
With no directions to be found
And the sun is unforgiving to those lost and nowhere bound
Somewhere in the middle
A solitary sound
Will arrive to those who understand
All the other ways around
Carry on till we both find another town
Don’t take each other for granted
As where there’s comfort there’s gotta be pain
We leave our fate to others while the familiar ones refrain
Though it’s second nature
And we sway to a broken beat
Our clinging hands and worst laid plans
Are the ones that we tend to keep
Made to wait out in the shade
But it ain’t the cover we arranged
Now baby you should know
Nothing is certain while the trust is low
And you’ll be the storm
that breaks us down and bring my senses round
Around to you
I thought as much
Play it through
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Drawn like Magnets
04:26
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Drawn like magnets
Rubbed you off the wrong way
It'll leave us looking sidewards, awkward and vague.
Hide my tracks so you can't see.
Run away Run away till there's no-one left but me
As the night time rolls we'll fade
into the waiting dark. Like the tricks
you start.
Leave the hand that feeds you
and cut to your favorite part.
Skip the lonely hearts
With every turn you concede
Brings a string of luck in return for your good deeds
Found your tracks now I will lead
Get away Get away till we're only a memory
We left it running way too long
Can not resist the words of sadness
Aimed to cross
Over the good we take for granted
Either way we're drawn like magnets
I'm not taking what I'm not sure of
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8. |
Anything and Everything
04:06
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Anything and Everything
As soon as you spoke we heard the pin drop
It's the thickening the plot
Eyes turn away as you made your escape
But you'll stop right before the gates
It'll take a lot to change me
Don't feel bad it didn't work out
Come tomorrow maybe
I will realise that I don't want anything
Let me introduce myself
I'm a shadow and fake at best
Made up tales to get me through
Taken every inch I can from you
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9. |
Valleys
05:11
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Valleys
I have come to break your spell
I've been under for so long
God knows I've tried to free the line
But the pull is far too strong
It's as steady as it goes
If it works I'm not quite sure
We're entitled to our secrets
While we're looking for a cure
Like a heart that's barely there
Or pretending to get by
All the others try to understand
Why you have made up your mind
We are too late to rewind
We were following the rest
Repeating moves that dragged us down
and screaming from our chest
If we learn to how deal with the valleys
The hills will take care of itself
And no matter what your shoulder carries
The next one won't be felt
And float on, give more
Riding on a tide of the one trick kind to shore
With all my might, I'll hold
onto ragged strings and dented rings we go out alone
Guiding missions to the front
But your leading from the back
In an endless stream of no replies
A tonic for a heart attack
Could I have been more aware?
Could I have been more inclined?
To meddle with the fortunes of the paths
That’s intertwined
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10. |
Measure of a Man
04:29
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MEASURE OF A MAN
I've been pondering this question for a long, long time
As I work my way up the status line
Nobody get in my way
I will tread and barge all day
Or do I wake up
Before the break of dawn
And swelter in the sun 8 hours long
I'll ache so we'll be free
Give you what you depend from me
We can turn the tables
And reverse our roles
I'll be the king of the house
While I drown in chores
The world will learn to see
There's no difference in you or me
I'll give all of myself
Not leave you high & dry
I don't value my worth by what's supplied
Confusion there may be
Like a million thoughts from a tree
We can go through all the motions
And play everything to plan
Carried on with what I thought was enough, I didn't understand
Tell me when you find this measure of a man
So I gave in
Where did you go?
We’re selling ourselves short
Should I try to check out
Leave it all behind
And burden you with my gutless mind
Turn up every few weeks
Play the role I was meant to keep
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Bryan Estepa Sydney, Australia
Bryan Estepa is an Australian Singer-songwriter who has been part of the Australian independent music scene for over 20
years. Estepa has released 6 critically acclaimed studio albums and undertaken several tours through Australia, Europe, USA, Japan and The Philippines. Bryan has once been labelled one of 'Sydney's best kept secrets'.
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