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be it.
03:25
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I was once the type of person
who wanted to know it all,
Now I’m the type of person
who feels very, very, very small.
Psychotherapy’s expensive so
I can analyze myself,
My self-berating is extensive
It’s not good for my health
I know it’s beautiful, why can’t I see it?
One can walk a line a few times
Before they feel the need to stray,
It’s not a life for every person
To be working inside of a page
This life is certain for no one
This I know for sure,
Fuck all the other expectations,
Let all their faces blur.
I know it’s beautiful, why can’t I see it?
I know it’s beautiful, why can’t I be it
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2. |
BurnYouDeep
05:20
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It’s hard to reconcile so you smile to save face,
Just another grip to shake
There’s no bottom line so you’ll fall til you fade
We’re all just images these days
Does it feel bittersweet all the time you keep?
Eyes closed to the signs but you’re not asleep
You can run you can hide but in it creeps
You’ve got your back to the fire, it’s still
Gonna burn you deep
This is no straight line it can break it can bend
Change has always been our friend
More than most you feel that they don’t understand
This could so easily be the end
Does it feel bittersweet all the time you keep?
Eyes closed to the signs but you’re not asleep
You can run you can hide but in it creeps
You’ve got your back to the fire, it’s still
Gonna burn you deep
These lives are worth more than what you deplore
And if you don’t bend there’s worse yet in store
This land’s in a fog but what can be done?
A true demagogue what will be enough?
Left hand over eyes right hand over heart
These words you despise it’s only the start
Bite the bill that feeds, yeah, we all have needs
It comes at a cost, but what has he lost?
Does it feel bittersweet all the time you keep?
Eyes closed to the signs but you’re not asleep
You can run you can hide but in it creeps
You’ve got your back to the fire, it’s still
Gonna burn you deep.
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3. |
Find It In Yourself
04:16
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Lie awake, imagine if your thoughts could take you
to a better place, a smile upon your face,
Fall asleep, there is no use in counting sheep
when you’re afraid to dream, of things you’ve never seen
You find it in yourself to run away
Think ahead, I never should have left my bed
The light is always on, the light is always on
Take a bow, the world is on your shoulders now
You find it in yourself to run away,
Cause I don’t wanna know it’s me who has to show
You find it in yourself to run away,
Cause I don’t wanna know it’s me who has to show
Speak the truth, your honesty is what you lose
The time has past and gone and I am moving on,
Take a bow the world is on your shoulders now
You find it in yourself to run away,
Cause I don’t wanna know it’s me who has to show
You find it in yourself to run away,
Cause I don’t wanna know it’s me who has to show
The one I know.
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4. |
Hungry Liar
04:59
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Clouds break,
release the gray, and I’m flying higher than the sun in the daytime,
Can’t be like it used to be but another day breeds a little ray of
Light...
Staring up beneath the trees,
birds of a feather It can’t get better than this,
Wading blades almost knee deep but I’ll find my way,
Need is a hungry liar, it feeds until it’s full and it’s
Never enough,
Greed is your ugly side, you take more than you give and it’s
Never enough,
Lips linger
and I can’t speak, but what would I say?
I’ll ride the waves of this beautiful thing wrapped in warm weather
It can’t get better than this,
Dark eyes and smoky breath on the other side of this feeling,
Need is a hungry liar, it feeds until it’s full and it’s
Never enough,
Greed is your ugly side, you take more than you give and it’s
Never enough,
You can’t seek us out, some places they can’t be found,
And you can’t dwell in doubt, it’s within but not without,
Need is a hungry liar, it feeds until it’s full and it’s
Never enough,
Greed is your ugly side, you take more than you give and it’s
Never enough.
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5. |
Reach
04:08
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We sway back and forth, falling through another door
More space to explore, in that head of yours,
I’m falling closer than I ever have before,
You reach for my hand...
Discovered our start, in the palm of your hand
Uncovered my heart, buried and seedless
All but defeated, I can still feel it
You reach for my hand...
How can I tell if you see me at all?
Can’t always stay but you’re never far away,
I feel...
You reach for my hand...
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6. |
Won't Let You Down
04:29
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I won’t let you down, not one more time
I’ll pack all my things and drive through the cold night,
I’m sorry I left without saying goodbye
I won’t let you down, not one more time
I’ve made more than a thousand mistakes
it was more than your pure heart could take,
Baby, I hope that you smile more often while I’m away
I won’t let you down, not one more time
I’ll take all the blame and swallow my own pride,
I had every chance, chance to make it right
I won’t let you down, not one more time
I Should’ve gave you all I had to give
I’ll regret that as long as I live,
I should’ve gave it all because you gave it all
And now you’re giving up
If I could turn back the time I’d be there by your side
when you needed a shoulder and we would grow older,
Our tattoos would fade like the promise we made
times infinity, babe
.
I won’t let you down, not one more time
I’d never cause tears to fall from those green eyes,
Maybe we’ll meet in another life
I won’t let you down, not one more time
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7. |
DOLORES
03:15
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This is exactly what you want, run around I’ll take a picture of you
Sometimes I see you on my lawn,
now you’re moving on to someone else, huh?
Mama said I could look but not to touch...
Now the whole internet, knows where Dolores lives
Now the whole fucking internet, knows where Dolores lives
Sometimes I see you out with Marge, dig a hole trying to keep it cool,
No tellin’ if you’re near or far, all I know is that I’ll play the fool
Mama said not to touch but I wanna touch
Oh god, I wanna touch
Now the whole internet, knows where Dolores lives
Now the whole fucking internet, knows where Dolores lives
Hey D the cold is coming soon but I’ll always keep that picture of you,
Winter’s the season of our doom,
somewhere else, but always in my heart
But that exactly what you want, you can’t lie or tell the truth
So next time I see you out with Marge...
The whole fucking internet, knows where Dolores lives
Now the whole fucking internet, knows where Dolores lives
Fuck the whole fucking internet.
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8. |
Red Pine
04:17
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There’s an ache in the eyes,
one you don’t always find
Scent of pine makes you want to rewind
There’s a calling from the back
Far behind, beyond the sunken track
Make a fool, follow an empty rule
Needles under feet, far from any hardened street
I pine for you, I always do
It’s been about the chase, moving close then far away
What good is it to you to resist the truth?
I wanted to move fast guess we’re stuck at an impasse
Different tact til you find your feet in the grass
Needles under feet, far from any hardened street
I pine for you, I always do
Needles under feet, far beneath the leaves,
I pine for you, I always do.
Do you dream about my face?
Your memory defaced I gave up too soon,
I belong to you
Fall into night like lead, fall into me instead
Wash me red, get inside of my head
Needles under feet, far from any hardened street
I pine for you, I always do
Needles under feet you taste like my defeat,
I pine for you, I always do.
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9. |
All For One
05:21
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Star-crossed melodies a guided human symphony,
What happens in a mind, a structural fire?
What does it matter?
Lost without a trace, a man without a face,
Fought for a space only to be replaced,
The cycle moves faster,
All for one, live for something,
Wars you’ve won, all for nothing.
Walls move inward, eyes turned skyward,
Look to a face no longer awake,
We’re all dying
.
All for one, live for something
Wars you’ve won, all for nothing.
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10. |
$eeds
05:22
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A rustle of weeds, from above spread the seed
It’s not what it seems, the stuff of our dreams
A slave to the art, this world, an integral part
How do we survive apart?
Words like an ocean, can’t see the bottom
So we’ll drain the deepest sea
Life’s not about speed or that corporate greed,
Take back what you need, and make them concede
Trace lines with your feet, we’ll dance in the streets
Hearts will keep beating and we’re never leaving
Words like an ocean, can’t see the bottom
So we’ll drain the deepest sea
Words like an ocean, can’t see the bottom
So we’ll drain the deepest sea til we see you completely
Words like an ocean, can’t see the bottom
But our minds will set us free,
Yeah, our minds will set us free
A slave to the art, this world, an integral part
How do we survive apart
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11. |
i'll try.
05:01
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A fading flower, a crumbling leaf
You take a twig and I’ll take the whole tree,
You give your all and I take, I take it all
For heaven’s sake...
How do you stay?
A heart of gold with a selfish streak,
I’ll give it all for a little relief,
I hold you down, you still build me up,
I’d fight for you if I had the strength to get up,
How do you stay?
I was so tired how could you love me?
I swallow all the good a human shell with a heartbeat,
I try to run, you hold on to me
I swear I’ll get better or at least
I’ll try.
I open up but nothing comes out, I push it down,
it’s never enough
You’ve spent so much time, you’ve seen it all
how long until you give up?
How do you stay?
It’s all so loud, and I can’t find peace
but my mind is quiet every night when you hold me
I tell myself when I go to sleep, tomorrow will be better
but I’m neck deep in jealousy,
There’s not a time, when you haven’t forgiven me,
I swear I’ll get better
I swear I’ll get better
For you I’ll get better
Or at least...
I’ll try
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Protea Traverse City, Michigan
Protea is an American pop/rock band formed in 2019 in Traverse City, Michigan. The band is composed of vocalist and bassist
Kelly Staten, guitarist and vocalist Josh Mitchell, and drummer and digital artist Jonny Tornga.
For booking information, email proteaentertainment@gmail.com or go to www.proteaband.com
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