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Asterisk Pts. I and II
03:54
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And if God took one of my ribs to make you
Then I'd rather he use them all and make a few
And make none of me
What good am I?
When I never done good before so what's new?
So melodramatic
Hello traumatic
Detachment
It's all been an act
Acrobatic
I walk a very thin line
Hidden under the mattress
I left a note
And if you'd read it backwards
It might make some sense
But that last part’s an asterisk
That last part’s an asterisk
You can ask Chris
What good am I to do?
And if God took one of my ribs to make you
Then I'd rather he use them all and make a few
And make none of me
What good am I?
When I never done good before so what's new?
No I never done good before
No I never done
No I never done
No I never done good before
Not before
Not before
No I never done
No I never done
No I never done good before
Before
Not before
So expect the worst you know this is my first time
So...
So expect the worst you know this is my first time
So...
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2. |
Speck
03:20
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Each one of us is gifted
With a speck of the divine
Our better nature cried
When that speck, it up and died
And now we're told to take a number
To take our place in line
As the list of the affected
It’s growing all the time
I'm just a shell of what I was
Now I'm just a fraction
It started in my head
I think it's causing a reaction
I can't feel a thing
I've been head to toes impacted
They say we're desensitized
That we're all chasing distraction
What are we waiting on?
Some great revolution?
So I ask the Father, Son and the Holy Ghost
Which of your children do you love the most?
So now I sit here waiting
I'm just waiting all the time
But at least there's a connection
The first and last just met in line
You see it stretched around the world
And if we reach our arms out wide
I could touch you where you're standing
Even on the other side
And no I haven't got the answer
God must not have had the time
Or maybe he's just up there crying
And he hasn't heard the line
But God I'm calling calling calling
And if you ever find
You're at home, pick up the phone
Because I have got to ask you why
And what are you waiting on?
Some great transformation?
So I ask you Father, Son and the Holy Ghost
Which of your children do you love the most?
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It all falls apart
It all falls apart
It all falls apart in due time
I've been living like I'm younger than I am
I look back
Not sure where I've been
But its fine
No I'm fine
Oh what a line
Through my teeth I'm lying
I'm fine
No its fine
God knows I've tried waiting on a sign
For some time
For some time
Tomorrow I'll start
It all falls apart
It falls apart
I've been living like I'm younger than I am
Up ahead light becomes dim
But its fine
That's life
No way to fight the passing of time
But I try
And I try
Look low and high for an answer why
But don't find
I can't find
Back at the start
It all falls apart
Apart
And I would be lying
If I said that I was more than trying
To keep my head above water
And I would be lying
If I said that I was more than trying
To keep my head above water
It all falls apart in due time
It all falls
It all falls apart
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Forever
03:48
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When I saw you from across the room, I knew
But you tell me that that isn't true
When you know like I do
That look in your eyes flew
On wings of light
So I need to hear you just tell me you need me
And that you'll believe me
Even when it’s not easy
And love is less a youthful kiss
Than two wrinkled hands
If you tell me that you have to go
I'll be ready and I'm at the door waiting
Don't go
But if you have to then
I'll wait forever
The car, I would push you up against it
Hummed to the rhythm of our pressed hips
Your mouth
The taste of my fingertips
Do you remember?
I don't ever want to be the one to let you down
As you come into focus the sound drowns out
In the background the TV played repeats
As we reached the release
Baby don't retreat from me
You told me you loved me
I put nothing above thee
Same ground that carried you to me
Married you to me
Bury you, bury me
Easy, they carry me down
If you tell me that you have to go
I'll be ready and I'm at the door waiting
Don't go
But if you have to then
I'll wait forever
The car, I would push you up against it
Hummed to the rhythm of our pressed hips
Your mouth
The taste of my fingertips
Do you remember?
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Summertime is here
It feels the same all through the year
I only write about it out of boredom
I struggle with the thrill
Destruction of the self
Deconstruction of the myths I wrote about me
But if everyone from the bottom up
Would try a little harder just to be that person
I wish I was
The winter line is here
I think I’d sell my soul to wear
This and that and there
Oh can’t you see me?
I take pictures of myself
In front of things I didn’t build
Because what good is a skill without an image?
But if everyone from the bottom up
Would try a little harder just to be that person
I wish I was
Summertime again
I fall asleep and dream of sand
It’s in between my teeth
I’m choking on it
I wake up in a fit
Think I know just what it meant
Oh this I can’t forget
I’d better write it
But if everyone from the bottom up
Would try a little harder just to be that person
I wish I was
That person
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6. |
White Lamborghini
04:33
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White Lamborghini
It’s parked outside
Let's go for a drive
Don't think, it's alright
They won't mind
All of my dreams
Apart at the seams
They're unraveling apart in the light
With delight
White Lamborghini
Keys left inside
The doors, suicide
Left unlocked at night
So let's drive
Don't think, let's just drive
We've only one life
We've only one night
White Lamborghini keys left inside
Let's go for a ride
Alright
Let’s go for a ride
Boy don’t play ok?
Just get inside
Let’s go...
There’s no...
Let’s go now
And I said time and time and time again
Girl get in
There’s no time
Let’s ride
Often the monotony is robbing me but not tonight
No not tonight
No tonight I’m robbing this
Lamborghini, can’t we be the ones who?
I know you
I know you want to
Turn the key, pedal to the floor of a Lamborghini
White Lamborghini
It's parked outside
Let's go for a drive
Don't think, it's alright
They won't mind
All of my dreams
Apart at the seams
They're unraveling apart in the light
With delight
White Lamborghini
Keys left inside
The doors, suicide
Left unlocked at night
So let's drive
Don't think, let's just drive
We've only one life
We've only one night
White Lamborghini keys left inside
Let's go for a ride
Alright
Let's go for a ride
But keys in the ignition
And we're switching
And you're letting me drive
And if we really are
Stealing this car
It’s gotta to be more than a joyride
Why should we resign to be the kind
To play the background
When time is flying by without a sign
Of slowing back down?
'Cause I've been praying day and night
But nothing comes and nothing ever changes
I just want to try and see
Turn the key, pedal to the
Floor of a Lamborghini
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7. |
Forever II (Ghost)
04:50
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Forever II (Ghost)
I know I'm not ready to let you go
So many things that I want you to know
All of the time that we spent, is it gone?
Was it chance?
Why you gotta up and leave me?
Now I can't sleep
I see you in my dreams
But wake to an empty room
It's all I can do just to wait
Till I fall back asleep
Will I see you then?
All of these moments like tears in the rain?
So much more than that, but where does it end?
I want to know where do we go?
I want to know where do we go?
I want to know where we go
When the light at the end of the tunnel
Fades to black
I want to know where do we go?
I want to know where do we go?
I want to know where we go
When the light at the end of the tunnel
Fades to black
Why you gotta up and leave me?
Why you gotta up and go?
I know you know but I don't
God needs a new angel
Your face glows 'neath the hue of your halo
All of the lives that we've led, where do they go?
I want to know
If we met face to face
In front of heaven's gates
Would you take me in?
What would you say?
Would you be proud of me?
Would you dance with me on streets made of gold?
I want to know where do we go?
I want to know where do we go?
I want to know where we go
When the light at the end of the tunnel
Fades to black
I want to know where do we go?
I want to know where do we go?
I want to know where we go
When the light at the end of the tunnel
Fades to black
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Don't Get Me Started
01:59
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Don’t get me started
Don’t get me going, get me started now
I beg your pardon
Do you play the role of starving artist now?
Alright
I sigh, lie awake at night time
You’ve always known how
To cut to the bone now
Pick up the phone now
I know you’re at home
And you’re waiting, you’re waiting on the dial tone
But why you gotta act that way?
Why you gotta act that way?
The he say
, she say
Come back for the replay
And now…
Now
Pause
Don’t get me started
Time I find is never a straight line
Above and behind
I don’t wanna waste mine
Don’t know what I’ll find
At the end of the tunnel
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9. |
Tunnel
01:20
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What’s at the end?
Over there at the end of that tunnel
Would you love me like a friend?
Tell me when I’m distant
Tell me when I’m wrong
We’re all on the same team
I’ve been on the same side
Call me on the same line
Knowing nothing’s changed
But the side of the bed that we slept on
All that time we spent
Oh it never
Ever goes away
I know, I know, I know, I know
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I want it all
I want it now or not at all
So why are you waiting?
I hate hesitation
I know what I want
And I'm never mistaken
I know what it looks like baby
Give up the ghost huh baby?
If it ain't happened yet, no maybe
You almost 30 no baby
And lately I'm feeling my aging
The time that I'm wasting
And I have to face it
I'm stuck between two places
Self-doubt and knowing I'm destined
For greatness
Knowing that nothing could change this
Either way I'm on the way in
Way in
I'm saying
Until my heart, it caves in
I want it all
I want it now or not at all
So why are you waiting?
I hate hesitation
I know what I want
And I'm never
Before you go just know
You don't know me
Only know the
Half of the story
Just the half that I told you
The other half is on disc two (and it’s true)
Until then I'll miss you
And all of the best I wish you
Because you know what it looks like baby
Give up the ghost huh baby?
If it ain't happened yet, no maybe
If it ain't happened yet, no
I kid, I kid
You know I kid
But truth is hid
Inside the myth
My only wish is this
I want it all
I want it now or not at all
So why are you waiting?
Why would I lie?
Why would I lie to you?
I left a note hidden under the mattress
I walk a very thin line
Acrobatic
An act
It’s all been detachment
Hello traumatic
So melodramatic
So what’s new?
When I never done good before
No I never done
No I never done
No I never done good before
Not before
Not before
So expect the worst
You know this is my first time
So...
So expect the worst
You know this is my first time
So...
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John Allen Stephens Houston, Texas
John Allen Stephens is an artist and music producer from Houston, TX. Blending elements of pop, R&B and electronic music, Stephens explores themes of addiction, self loathing, apathy, love, life and death against backdrops of maximalist modern pop productions. ... more
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