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essentially,
driftin’ a rootless mood
aware of analogies
1/4 2 dot, full moon
details
4 a different perspective
2 each it’s own view
takin’ what’s given, in the mean time
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down lydian lanes
unresolved issues
leadin’ down lydian lanes
feels so right, leanin’ left
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quite sure of a maybe
play’d out of the room
leavin’ clews 4 another
bad taste up on the roof
btween then & now
makin’ a point 2 4get
all things bein’ =
do we really feel the same?
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movin’ on by…
followin’ som1 els
may seem kind of mindless
way…2 seek a better fit.
2022_State of Denial songs - ASCAP.
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from dusk 2 dawn
takin’ their time
if u could only …
keep it clean
not 2 get de-brief’d
if u could only walk away
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aftr all’s been said
u done alright
2 make them think
serves u right
gave it a try
stayed put more than awhile…
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that’s enuff
won’t say i told u so
do i need 2 remind u
how good u had it b4
we’ll laugh about it latr
when i remind u
really were that close…
2 get urself 2 crash & burn
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dazed behind the shades
down & out by the stairs
bettin’ this time is diff’rent
if u could only tell
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do i need 2 remind u?
how good u had it b4!
we’ll laught about it
when i remind u, it was that close…
2022_State of Denial songs - ASCAP.
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ur smile, so full of it
no wonder y, it’s out there
bold & priceless
b4 the floss, full of surprises
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stuff’d, w/ the up & comin’
is it cream or cheese?
feral cat, tastin’ som’ fish
all u can eat, ’till the finger sticks
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sweet & sour, aftr rush hour
chapped lips, on jelly roll
2 ? the answrs…
my guess…good as ur’s
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2 top it all off
just like butter, peanuts 2 go
addin’ flavor
while returnin’ favors
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i-spy, a go-between
grabin’ another bite
who’s 2 know…
what time 2 spill the beans
2022_State of Denial songs - ASCAP.
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got 2 fake it ez,
not 2 get involved
always som’thing’s missin’,
pullin’ u around 4 more
givin’ in a littl bit,
sure 2 find u all the way in
betr the devil u know,
than hell on ur own
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& so i try
so u try ( hear me out )
so we try
here me now… (where r u now?)
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som’times it seems as if we lost it
yet som’how it feels, still there som’where
when set 2 keep our distance
@ som point, br8kin’ thru the bounds
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fiends with benefits
playin’ the field
committed absent mindr
lettin’ things b
yet som’ thing’s not right
even when lookin’ around
2 bridge this gap
how 2 fill the space in time
2022_State of Denial songs - ASCAP.
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keep talkin’ about her
she is tellin’ u things
u said u need a friend
she knows what u mean
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without intention
grabin’ ur attention,
part of the plot;
is makin’ a connection
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met the sistr?
spoke 2 mother 2?
b-yond the pale face
message on the screen
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thru the motions
goin’ about things
ponderin’ d-tails
itchin’ undr skin
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she says…she wants
2 get 2 know u
u say…u r not…interested
yet wondr…what if…
2022-State of Denial songs - ASCAP.
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about 2 catch a cold
waitin’ 2 b left-out
when nothin’ is sacred
innocence makes no sense
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hookin’ in & out
how 2 keep them in line
figurin’ out what 2 do
2 wash ur hands clean
far as their distance
away from ur door
no way 2 c what’s nxt
should that chance, evr come
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puttin’ up with it, they take & take
’till there’s nothin’ left …
shell fish,
unwilling to share
pushin’ ‘till it bends,
and then som’
leavin’ without a wave
xpectin’ 2 happen again
2022_State of Denial songs - ASCAP
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lost 2 the meanin’
a twistd phrase,
b-tween the lines,
no space 4 time
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turnin’ the page
mystery remains
ignorin’ the obvious
ponderin’ plans
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lies laid in the open
just 2 covr up
could this b true…
framin’ the ?
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writin’ @ length
made up stories
all these things
b-caus of that
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always som’thing there
missin’ in place
a taste of nonsense
4 a str8 face
2022_State of Denial songs - ASCAP.
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not another word
nothin’ 2 undrstand
givin’ u the slip
get ur hands off me
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get ur hands…
off me,
get ur hands…
off me
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don’t need 2 hear
about what u need
what about “we”?
get ur hands off me
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stayin’ out of touch
so as not 2 deal
tired of feelin’ like this
wishin’ u well, away from here
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doin’ anythin’
2 get on with it
how u could not c…
get ur hands off me
2022 _State of Denial songs - ASCAP.
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another character,
4gettin’ the script
1 more fixture,
fadin’ from the scene
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barely perceptible
undr the surface
quite a sight
readin’ the signs
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@ their beck & call
this close 2 a snap
@ their beck & call
wonderin’ what!
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passive abrasive
stuck without a thrill
lookin’ 4 that rare find
worth checkin’ out
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scattered as usual
3 takes 2 the task
unprepared 4 the moment
when it really counts?
2022_State of Denial songs - ASCAP.
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nothin’ left there
yet 2 green 2 care
dawn waitin’ 4 sunset
keepin’ urself astray
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lingerin’ in line
tkt 4 that ride
delusion of control
reelin’ in the raw
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no big deal !
when things turn surreal
#’s nvr addin’ up
while prorating 0’s
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2 slow 2 undrstand
2 little 2 scratch & dent
fast 4ward
2 where we stand
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tonin’ out the noiz
gettin’ 2 know the strangr
unlike anythin’
conundrum by con-sensus
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sudden realization
quite a culmination
comin’ down 2 this…
layerin’ som’ lint
2022_State of Denial songs - ASCAP.
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livin’ in…
uninterestin’ times
guys afraid…
& gals in2 shame
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tired of…
the same attire
lookin’ 4…
mor than less
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another case
misshapn identity
a different outlook
2 turn som heads
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this way or that?
taken 2 task
across the platforms
always a jam
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discountin’ ur blessings…
behind the counter
gettin’ som
or…havin’ none of it?
2022_State of Denial songs - ASCAP.
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surreal as it gets, dreamin’ of the day
stuck in btwin, details 2 spare
blinders on…, changin’ the weather
just another wench, waitin’ in the wings
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father figure, makin’ u feel alive
2 much pressure, 2 get over urself
pushin’ 4 a thrill, ded end st.
failure 2 launch, way out of range
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laughin’ abour it, just another day
2 stop & think, then start all ovr agin
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2 good, 4 the thruth 2 dare
takin’ stock, movin’ up the hill
headin’ in2, thin air
gettin’ 2 know, strangers @ the gate
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xcuse me father, 4 i have failed
wishin’ 2 live a littl, got 2 clos 2 the edg’
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an imposin’ figure, tryin’ 2 figur things out
starin’ @ the settin’ sun, sinkin’ in
time standin’ still, as it moves u
takin’ steps, 2 a halt in a sense
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u may want 2 look away,
while they c right thru u
no matther what we do
this not 2 b the place
2022_State of Denial songs - ASCAP.
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thinkin’ of u
while u think of som1 els
so tru we’re thru
bearin’ witness 2 som’thin’ els
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elapsed times
standin’ around still
bends the mind
2 realize, nowhere 2 unwind…
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wish i could change
few things here & there
plain 2 c
i’ll be just the same
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maxxin’ out cards
where credit is due
if we could only buy more stuff
2 feed the void inside
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without within
@ end of the line
wishin’ 4 that chance
2 flip the coin, then toss around
2022_State of Denial songs - ASCAP.
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released September 18, 2022
Misplaced Prose:
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leadin’ down lydian lanes. feels so right, leanin’ left
do i need 2 remind u?, how good u had it b4
2 ? the answrs…my guess…good as ur’s
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so we try, here me now…
part of the plot; is makin’ a connection
when nothin’ is sacred, innocence makes no sense
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could this b true…framin’ the ?
givin’ u the slip, get ur hands off me
@ their beck & call, wonderin’ what!
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#’s nvr addin’ up, while prorating 0’s
another case, misshapn identity
surreal as it gets, dreamin’ of the day
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plain 2 c, i’ll be just the same
