Before Their Eyes : Midwest Modesty

Post Hardcore / USA
(2015 - InVogue Records)
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Lyrics

1. IT'S DARK INSIDE WITH YOU

(In the deepest parts of the human heart,
That's where I play a piece of art,
And when I'm done...
Well I can't be held responsible.
Take a look at me now,
Standing oh so tall and proud
When you know that inside
I must be feeling miserable.
Take a look... at me now...
Turn around before you forget your way out.)

Take yourself far away.
Take yourself far from me,
And go to sleep with the lights...

I'm the charm you need, but I always leave.
You just don't know what to believe.
I've always got all my mistakes
Right there in front of me.
It's in everything, oh you don't believe?
Well then take a look at me,
Watch me grind words through my teeth
As I try to sing in key

(And I'm not worth it...)

Take yourself far away.
Take yourself far from me,
And go to sleep with the lights on!

I love the look in your eye
When you beat your wrists,
The sounds it makes.
When your heels, they click,
You know, you know just how to get my...
On an modest night with our thick eyesight,
We spoke of heaven, made out quick.
Like a thief in my sight I saw you,
You tried to get in my... head.

Take yourself far away.
Take yourself far from me,
And go to sleep with the lights on!

Before you take a step... my way,
I want you to know
That you need to go back where you came from!
Seriously!
(Get out!)


2. THE POSITIVE AND THE NEGATIVE OF BEING ALONE

This time maybe this time
Maybe this time they’ll all know my name
This time after all of this time
After this time things won’t be the same
And I’m sure you won’t understand

And my friends are the ones always being dishonest
So I just learn ways to go on living without them
They tell me over, over, and over
They want closer and closer
I’m leaving soon

I offered what was left of me
And I know the things they say
Give me real or make me feel
Give me real or make me…
The positive and the negative of being alone

When words are spoken
Where will you be
And when I’m down and broken
Where will you be
If I reach my hand for you
Where will you be
I’ll find you hidden in old photography


3. WE WON'T MAKE THE SAME MISTAKE AGAIN (FT. HOTEL BOOKS)

I learned that you could choose why you hurt
Or you can let the world hurt you while you do nothing
The moment of that decision will change everything
I realized my heart was a stranger to me
When someone ripped it open
And showed me parts that I've never seen
And the past will pace back and forth
Waiting for me to fall asleep
And haunt me in my dreams

Take me back to a place we used to be
What if the real victory is knowing that
We will not make the same mistakes again
Show them again and again who I am
What if the real victory is knowing that
We won't make the same mistakes again
What if there's no victory at all

I'm caught in the crossfire of my God and my mistakes
Is there more to learn if this is all that I can take
Clever words are no escape
Feelings shouldn't be written in vain
My God…

Take me back to a place we used to be
What if the real victory is knowing that
We will not make the same mistakes again
Show them again and again who I am
What if the real victory is knowing that
We won't make the same mistakes again
What if there's no victory at all

I have no alibi
I live beneath these northern lights
We celebrate on autumn nights
With the cement beneath our feet
Brings our advice

Take me back to a place we used to be
What if the real victory is knowing that
We will not make the same mistakes again
Show them again and again who I am
What if the real victory is knowing that
We won't make the same mistakes again
What if there's no victory at all

And the past will pace back and forth
Waiting for me to fall asleep
And haunt me in my dreams
(Forget everything that you know)


4. HOW IT FEELS TO BE DEFEATED

Dark spots that have broken down
An annual Calvary clover

On this day
I can finally say
I am defeated

I watch the clouds disintegrate
In front of me, everyday
I tell them not to go so soon
And I need you
And I know
You need me too
God, I hope you do

On this day
I can finally say
I am defeated

It's too late
Too late to turn back
But my stomach tells me
Something else is waiting
Where the forests don't seem to hide
I know its complicating
Its something that you get with time
And I'll never see you again

On this day
I can finally say
I am defeated
On this day
I can finally say
I am defeated


5. ANYTHING'S POSSIBLE IN NEW JERSEY

I woke up next to her
Felt a warm rush go through my body
Gasping for air
With her heart out of chest in my hands, all bloody

She said thanks for taking me
To a place I’ve never been
Where I feel oh so comfortable
It’s that when I’m feeling numb,
I forget the place I’m from
Misguided misfortune, seeking pay in attention

Oh so comfortable
Oh so comfortable

We all know that oh, you’ve got nothing to say
And all you do is talk
Tell me the last time you loved anything
Can you love anything?
Is there someone out there to take me away
I can’t keep living what you want me to be
Well who am I
Who am I today?

This is who I am
What gets my heart beating
After all - you're just a feeling.
And I swear one of these days,
Yeah, that I'll just run away
And go oh so far from here
I’ll run imaginary lines, on my imaginative climb
Undivided pretension, lost in loving intention

Oh so comfortable
Oh so comfortable
Just not lovable
Just not lovable

We all know that oh, you’ve got nothing to say
And all you do is talk
Tell me the last time you loved anything
Can you love anything?
Is there someone out there to take me away
I can’t keep living what you want me to be
Well who am I
Who am I today?

Are you trying to save the world
Empty voices
Worn out sources
Be more silent
Be more silent

We all know that oh, you’ve got nothing to say
And all you do is talk
Tell me the last time you loved anything
Can you love anything?
Is there someone out there to take me away
I can’t keep living what you want me to be
Well who am I
Who am I today?


6. MIDWEST MODESTY

If for the rest of your life
You decide to never think about me
Don't expect me to care
Drawing pictures on the walls all crazy
Picked you up off the ground when you were down
Don't you forget it…
I think you keep forgetting

So it's over
I said it's done
I said there will not ever be another one
Now let's be honest
I don't deserve this
So I'm focused in the Midwest
Getting back to where we built this

I've replaced everyone that I hate
With everything I love
No, I won't blink twice at the mention of your name
No, I'm not calling you out
This is me showing I'm not messing around
I'll wave as you sink lower and lower and lower
Is this still everything you want
Then watch me go and get it
This is something you won't see
But you've given me a reason to leave you behind

So it's over
I said it's done
I said there will not ever be another one
Now let's be honest
I don't deserve this
So I'm focused in the Midwest
Getting back to where we built this

They're afraid to speak to your face
But they love to yell at your back
No, I'm not calling you out
This is me showing I'm not messing around
I think you keep forgetting

So it's over
I said it's done
I said there will not ever be another one
Now let's be honest
I don't deserve this
So I'm focused in the Midwest
Getting back to where we built this


7. A HOME WITH NO CEILINGS

Take me to that point
I want to build a home with no ceilings
For the rest of my days let's say
Well hell, I'm going to live them

And it all starts from right here
Tear this pen from my hand
Look at my eyes
I'm already thinking again

Somewhere out there
You're sinking, and drowning
I'm calling out for you
Some say it's not fair, but this is what I saw
I only wish that I could save you too

Don't we all?
Just forget it all
Not holding an intervention again, for you
There's nothing left to say, I've tried
The downfall of your greatness will be your pride

Somewhere out there
You're sinking, and drowning
I'm calling out for you
Some say it's not fair, but this is what I saw
I only wish that I could save you too

You're sinking, and drowning
I'm calling out for you

But this is what I saw
I only wish that I could save you too

It's killing me, it'll never save you
It's killing me, they'll never save you
It's killing me, It's killing, it's killing me
I'll never save you

Some say it's not fair, but this is what I saw
I only wish that I could save you too


8. WE DESTROYED ALL THE EVIDENCE

Fall away from the voices that they bring
From the feelings that this is all is just a temporary thing

And I've written down my thoughts, I think
I've tried to catch them before they shrink
Into the things that explain
What is even going on
I've found other ways, I'm moving on
Hooded nights and the light from the moon
Will lead the way

We destroyed all the evidence
Should have seen this coming, predicted it
If your name was on it
Lies don't stay true for too long
We destroyed all the evidence
Cause we heard em coming prevented it
If your name was on it
Oh, we torched it on our lawns

Soaked rags and gasoline
Karma's coming you know what I mean
Then you will feel
Nothing, at all

We destroyed all the evidence
Should have seen this coming, predicted it
If your name was on it
Lies don't stay true for too long
We destroyed all the evidence
Cause we heard em coming prevented it
If your name was on it
Oh, we torched it on our lawns

Now we sing to you on the best of nights
Midwestern sun lead by candlelight
We're not sure if we are
The ones who determined
What we are, all we know
Is that we can't give up

We destroyed all the evidence
Should have seen this coming, predicted it
If your name was on it
Lies don't stay true for too long
We destroyed all the evidence
Cause we heard em coming prevented it
If your name was on it
Oh, we torched it on our lawns

Fall away from the voices that they bring
From the feelings that this is all is just a temporary thing


9. NOISE

(Instrumental)


10. ADAM WAS A COOL DUDE

Gotta save my princess, from that castle
Cause you see the stone grey walls, they drive you made
Fight the battle and learn the lesson
That the best is yet to come, Arcadia

Well my side, it won't stop aching
I'm pretty sure that a rib is missing

Take from me in my sleep
I'll be your spiritual, spiritual bouquet
What other flesh do you need from me
I'll be your physical, spiritual bouquet

See what you need is a backbone
You need to be more on what she's got
Just let her breathe, and for God's sake love her enough
Don't leave her hungry, don't leave her starving
No matter what
The serpents say
Don't you let her get away

Well my side, it won't stop aching
I'm pretty sure that a rib is missing

Take from me in my sleep
I'll be your spiritual, spiritual bouquet
What other flesh do you need from me
I'll be your physical, spiritual bouquet

And we all know how it ends
Yeah

Take from me in my sleep
I'll be your spiritual, spiritual bouquet
What other flesh do you need from me
I'll be your physical, spiritual bouquet

Take from me in my sleep
I'll be your spiritual, spiritual bouquet
What other flesh do you need from me
I'll be your physical, spiritual bouquet

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