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Don’t worry about a thing
Cuz I haven’t since I’ve gotten here tonight
This is the relief and the rejuvenation
Even with responsibilities,
I’ll take it easy
The energy is rushing
Our problems are fading
Whoa Whoa oh, oh
Whoa Whoa oh, oh
I will lead the way
I will lead the way
The stars have risen now
I’m all packed and I’m ready to go
I know I’m bound to meet many of you
by the end of the night
I will show you how and
I'll show you the way
Don’t Worry
Don’t stress
We’ll have a great time
A great day and night
This weekend is ours
So don’t let it slip away
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What can be seen in the boy who never grew up?
A star that never shines, somehow they flock to him.
(A picture we perceive)
The picture we perceive
The fake that you receive
Missing what you should breathe
It’s hard enough to watch her fall like him
It’s even harder to watch friends go
He used to play our tune and
He used to sing our song
I hate to see him go
But I will never live up to
Mr. Perfect.
Remember past years, and remember past days
Like when we walked to the parade
It was just us guys, even I would say we were fly
No one could make fun of this.
A friend I never lost
Sure enough he dropped.
True friends never stoped
Just us guys movin’ up.
Sticks and stones will still break bones
But memories don’t heal like broken bones.
(And I know they’ll never…)
Take it or leave it
It’s all about how you perceive it
Drama kings and Drama queens
Will get you through like human beings
Save yourself or save me now
It only matters who is still here.
(Who is still here now?)
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You asked me to
Remember you
By the way that you looked at me
I knew right then that we would meet again
If it was meant to be
It could just be us as a human race
But I can’t help remember that familiar face
I’ll never know what could have or should have been
All I know is there’s a lady in the red dress
You asked me to
Remember you
By the way that you looked at me
I knew right then, we’d meet again
If it was meant to be
Don’t wait too long
I’m often wrong
In uncertain certainties.
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There should be no more pretending tonight
The night was ending with no one speaking out
With blue eyes like mine,
Stressed with a simple design.
You shine on me, like you shy away
Maybe it’s best that I stay away
It could just be us as a human race
But I can’t help remember that familiar face
I’ll never know what could of or should of been
All I know is there’s a lady in the red dress.
I should stay on with the right charm and charisma
Pity is my right but not my goal
Allowing this night to continue is a lot for me to bear
Just make it right, make it right
Only for you
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The sun is rising upon us
The sky has turned to brightness
Your skin lights up along with your face
I haven’t seen it for a while
Just give me a time and place
With eyes like an Angel
You light up this place
With hair like a princess
Baby, let your hair down
Shine like perfection
Even in a small town
I’ve fallen for a fairytale
Wish this place was more like home
The serenade of night
Is here downtown for us tonight
Imagine all your friends
Imagine another one of me
There in my arms
Among the best of all
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6. |
Vilo Supreme
04:23
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You’re just that type of girl
You’ve got a way with words
Not as a love or lust
I’ve fallen for you in a way I can’t explain
But sure I’ll try my best
It was much like the first day,
That was kind of like today
though the ignorance was getting to me
I crave the attention first
But not too much,
you’ve got to keep me on my toes.
But girl when you’re so tired
That you can barely sleep
Just relax a little
Just stop and breathe
When life gets to you
You don’t look for love.
When the shadows drop upon you
You’re never stressing out.
But deep inside, I’m sure you’re hurtin’
Just let me be that cure
Let me be that cure.
I’m not looking for love
Just fight whats insecure.
I know that you’re a soldier
In this world among
All the obstacles that are trying to bring you down
You don’t laugh
You don’t cry
But you write it deep among
All the things you’re reminded of
But girl when you’re so tired
That you can barely sleep
Just relax a little
Just stop and breathe
This lack of sleep just tears you apart
These Saturday nights are so needed.
Just focus on me and I can let you know
How to fight the obstacles you find
And try to bring you down
Will there ever be a break,
it’s all we’re wishing for
I’m not looking for love,
just to fight whats insecure.
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“I already can’t wait to go back.”
That’s what I said two years ago
And I wrote a song and played it a million times
to make it sound just the way I wanted.
Even though no one knew it
They bowed their heads
And sang to it the best they could
You reassure me that everything’s alright
the problems are gone.
Inspire me now or forever hold your peace
You reassure me that it’s alright.
Without stress, we’ll be kings and queens
and a better place to love
You’ll reassure me that it sounded alright
(You rescue me)
That’s the song I sang
And I called it “Rescue”
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Rescue
04:54
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After a couple years and all of the fears
Of ever meeting someone new.
I couldn’t put my hand on it
Classmates were just the start of it
If my friends knew you, then I did too
Acquaintances is all you were
Take me there, Take me away
To Utopia, a place that’s like heaven on earth
My arms have opened just a little wider
I’m holding you a little tighter
Boys and girls wake me up from this mess
on planet earth
You rescue me, you rescue me
Just help me to rescue you too.
No more heartache and no more sadness
Just let it out, and feel alive again.
Doesn’t matter if the sun won’t shine,
only matters if you are alive this time.
So take me away, take me away
Another night is all I need.
Cuz you woke me up from feeling nervous
Smiles took over all our sadness
And we would sing to their songs
We chilled out and did it all again
Nothing mattered
And our hearts expanded
Everyone deserves it, I have felt it
Everyone needs love, love, love
Don’t you ever forget me
I promise not to forget you
My good feelings will be sent to you
Cuz you rescue me, you rescue me
and I will rescue you
Too…
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Summer of Breakups
04:14
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While this was supposed to be the best one
The shadows seemed too long struck
I figured sometime soon you’d be alone
and through the month of June, it bothered me
But, oh what a phase
Oh what a phase.
Let me tell you, Sweetheart
I’d expect you’d be first
With the way he was treating you
A play on words beyond a simple segment
If you’ve got a problem with me being me
then maybe we aren’t
meant to be.
Buddy, you know how she felt
But I’m sure as hell, I could say that I did too
Even when friendships start to fade
All’s your break did was make it worse
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The world turns around, as it does,
day in and out.
Lovers begin and closely end in a bitter hallway.
The strength of one is more than me
feeling diseased and shot down
It’s like I flew
faster than the earth
Higher than the sun and
Brighter than the moon
But a full moon is rough
And that She-wolf’s got swagger
And hell yeah, she’s tough.
Is that enough?
Three bright days of October
bantered a saddened youth.
Explain these patterns in terms of emotions,
preferring our youth.
And it won’t never come back,
so enjoy this train before it goes too fast.
I hope I understand from a number I roll
For those I satisfy
And those who want to die
What’s a guy to do?
What’s this pack to cover?
Have you found your lover?
Is that enough?
Learning how to love?
Learning how to say
What we’ve kept hidden away.
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Accompany the Talkative
04:05
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I’m a frequent man of conversation
To those I can relate to
If you listen to me
Then I will listen to you.
I’m an overexcited showoff
For things only I care about
You are an over exaggerated
Yell at me
No one should be alone
The company is needed for more than me
I love to talk to someone who will talk back
I don’t wanna fall in love that way
Just need more than a friend
So, accompany me!
Look me in the eyes
Cuz it’s the only thing that gets me
to look back at you
I’m the strangest boy who
Sounds like a woman to you
Maybe we’ll get coffee
Or end the friendship there
Close your eyes
And don’t look back on life
The terrible has passed
The talkative has come
We don’t need to be in love
To talk things through
So won’t you talk things through?
With me?
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Your friends
Wanted to enjoy their time
With the time that it takes
It’s so short
Seems just like a visit, even in the dark winter chill
You’ve managed to get outside your home
But time’s still short for us
So make the best of it and
Try to stay a little longer
And it won’t take long, unless you want it to
Only a moment here, means a while there
Why don’t you spend the night with your friends?
Cuz it won’t take long unless you want it to.
We can all lose track of time so forever doesn’t feel so short.
So enjoy your time tonight and today
before you strike out and leave home.
We always wanted to hang out with the guys,
but never seem to have time
We’ll have plenty of time,
but then we’ll run out of time
So try, oh how we try to make the best of it
So make the best of it
And try to move without age
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Little English Job
02:03
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Share with me your feelings
Because I'd really like to know
I wanna do something
Just not sure yet, So Baby Let's Talk
Even since Allie Came and Passed
You’re in Hollywood now
Making a life in meeting stars
But I'm not gonna lie that
I’m a hell of a guy
And Now That I've got class
That Little English Job
With Windows I'd punch out
I’m losing myself since I lost him
A shot at love, has lost me since
I couldn't bother her when she cried
Shake me up for the only girl I've kissed
And I need her back
Or I just need someone else…
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Mental Radiation
01:58
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Take a breath, It’s all you need
Proceed to feed, On all the greed
Take your time and stay with me
Break the line, that’s all you see
Save yourself, it’s yours to be
Free.
Free.
With open eyes, all you see is every act of misery
Something to torture me
Get off of me, Get off of me.
This awful work station.
Is this your plea?
My Mental Radiation.
Combine the truth, between the booth.
Bias eyes of preferred youth
Seek the same pathetic note
Twice the liar gets a vote
Ecstatic minds in dying minds
Expect the worst, but take the best
You told her to be louder
And that just made her into the bitch she is
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This could be a sign
A message from God
A warning from Grace
The setting of the sun
The love I had won
Was the one I had lost
In this game of life
Well I couldn’t take my chances
‘Cuz my chances were set
I couldn’t make my mind up
‘Cuz you did that too
The Sun will set
The leaves will fall
On you too
The message you send
Was obvious enough
But you sure can’t keep away from me
It’s way too tough
With the inspiration of your friends
Which I still see is true and it
will never tie their ends
And I’m chasing
Needle after numbers
Waiting for the answer
cuz I’m fortune telling
And I’m leaving
everything early
Wonder what I’m doing
with my life.
And I’m feeling
terribly different
Time is moving faster
cuz every day is the same.
And it’s seeming terribly useless
The stranger you imagined
is in the reality of the scene.
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Are you gonna live a rhetorical life?
Do you want anyone to know your name?
You need to rise up above
Instead of hide behind a disguise
Are they gonna answer your call?
Are they gonna know your name?
Who are all these people and where do I fit in?
It doesn’t matter to me
I’ll stand on my own
Learning to live independently
it’s a basic part of me that I will show off
I will get rid of my disguise
and I’ll show the true me.
The hours are running shorter
The days are growing ever thinner
Into euphoria ever-last, that begins now
I separate my troubles and put them off
Until I have no more to put off
No one’s got your name
and I wanna hear it
Let your guard down
You don’t have to fear it
You’ve got to get your disguise off
The world won’t stand if you just hide.
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Can we just spend Autumn in Love?
So I can learn to fall for you again….
The leaves all change
And so do we.
I only wished for your arms over mine
Laughing as I held you in leaves
Summer flings end
So we can bend back to shape
If everything that you promised
is all but the truth
Then you’d better watch what you say.
On off chance it’s not,
Then prove to me today
That your love was faith
Can we just spend Autumn in love
So I can learn to fall for you again
As you have moved on
Far and beyond leaving me far behind
Only in hindsight will I see you soon
At least I will see you again.
It’s easy to say I miss you
It’s harder to show you
If you could just be here
A kiss and a hug could just remind you
That I haven’t left
Though social life said that’s not true
It was me and you and could be again
So just come here today
And you tell me when
At least I will see you again.
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As I woke up this morning
I promised myself more than I could handle
But didn’t worry none over all
All that I’m thankful for
Spends her night somewhere else
And I’m left to find a trust
and ignore thoughts in my head
What is there to be thankful for
when she spends tonight somewhere else?
And my mind isn’t allowed to wander.
Maybe what I’m thankful for
Will be here for Christmas next year.
I doubt it.
Somehow I don’t think this gets to her very well
Maybe I haven’t been the best boy after all
But she never listened
so why bother?
My words aren’t strong enough to win,
And I’m supposed to just be okay.
So, Here we are, we made it to the ending,
Left with a few words that couldn’t stumble into another verse
"I assume she doesn’t have a choice,
or maybe just won’t bother with a choice
This time should be thankful, or so they say.”
Now, the past me would’ve known what that meant.
At this point, most of the words expired
These were all just the distant past
It would be a shame to just let them disappear in a notebook, right?
It’s just art, that’s why we do this, right?
It’s just art.
Young Jaybird told the story and it came full circle,
but now it comes to a close
Right as it starts to get cold again
We find the last lines in the poem:
“This time should be thankful, but
I can’t be thankful for a broken heart.”
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Jason Maska Palatine, Illinois
Jason Maska is a guitarist and singer-songwriter, from the band Mischief in Stereo.
The deluxe version of Young Jaybird is out now!
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