Nick Ray

You’re better than this
Keep breaking a sweat, you’re giving it all
But no one sees you yet
On top of the ball, you’re making the calls
Your getting it in but still you seem to hit the wall

But they still seem to love your messed up jaded soul
That keeps on moving along

Hey good lookin what you got cooking
Need another beat for all these lonely people
They don’t need a resolution, they just need a little music

Your fingers are numb from beating the drums
The feeling is gone but still you have to prove them wrong
Cream of the crop, the speakers are hot
Your working a lot and now it's time to take a shot

And you know that they love that messed up jaded soul
That keeps on moving along

Hey good lookin what you got cooking
Need another beat for all this lonely people
They don’t need a resolution, they just need a little music

Hey good lookin what you got cooking
Need another beat for all this lonely people
They don’t need a resolution, they just need a little music

Can you play another song for me now
I wanna feel the music take me off the ground

Hey good lookin what you got cooking
Need another beat for all this lonely people
They don't need a resolution
They just need a little music

Hey good lookin what you got cooking
Need another beat for all this lonely people
They don't need a resolution
They just need a little music

Hey good lookin
Hey good lookin

If you’re playing by their rules
It won't get you any further
If you haven't learned this yet then prepare for troubled waters yeah

They tell us what to do
And control our fellow brothers stay locked inside that phone
And go rejoice with all the suckers yeah

When I turn on the TV
All I see is smoke and mirrors
Yeah they’re selling it for cheap
And every billboard is a dealer
Every billboard is a dealer

She breathes out fire
Breathes out fire
She’s a liar you know she’s a liar
You know she’s a liar

There she goes with her friends
And I know she’s lying to herself
And don’t know which way to go
But you know that I can’t stick around here
Hard times living in this fight for brighter days
You know I know I can’t make this go away

She breathes out fire
She breathes out fire

Breathes out fire
She’s a liar
You know she’s a liar
You know she’s a lie

Another day another time we talk about
Things that could have been
If you could see inside my mind
Then you’d see that I am over this s***
Hard times living in this fight for brighter days
You know I know I can’t make this go away

She breathes out fire
She breathes out fire

Breathes out fire
She’s a liar
You know she’s a liar
You know she’s a lie
And I can’t get much higher
Standing right beside her
You know she’s a liar

Yes the city life can get
It can get so old
'Cause everybody knows each other too well
Can you bring me somewhere new where I can start again
'Cause the people in this town are so confused

There’s a fire burning deep inside my soul
And it’s paralyzing grip won’t let me go
And the expressions that I give take all control
And they’ll never understand

Living on the edge working hard for the man
All these bills and all these complications
I think about all the years I’ve wasted on all my fears
Thinking about everything but the here and now
Here and now

There’s a fire burning deep inside my soul
And it’s paralyzing grip won’t let me go
And the expressions that I give take all control
And they’ll never understand

Take a walk down that river tonight
With a lot that’s on my mind
There some things I can say to you now
But it’s better I stay quiet

Better life better days often stray from this place
That I’m in once again with you now
I must break away from this high it’s not real falsified
I can’t stay here too long by your side
I must break away

Now I must break away
I must break away
I must break away now

Everyone there has left you alone
Still it’s me that sticks around
Even though you don't notice it now
I have loved you the same

Every lie that you say only pushes me away
Even though I am strong I can’t stay
I must break away from this hole
You have left inside my soul
I can’t stay here too long with you now
I must break away

I must break away
I must break away now
I must break away now

Better life better days often stray from this place
That I’m in once again with you now
I must break away from this high it’s not real falsified
I can’t stay here too long by your side
I must break away

I must break away
I must break away now
I must break away

Yeah well I’ve been wasting a little too much of my time
Been breaking my back putting myself on the line
Now it’s time to let it go
Yeah I’m gonna watch it crash and burn

I don’t know what's coming down over me
All I wanna do is lay down and just sleep
There’s nothing wrong guess it’s all just in my head
I keep holding on though I know that shit is dead
Yes but in due time
I’m gonna say fuck it and just ride

All this weight I carry around with me
I just can’t understand why the hell can't they let me be
I do the time 'cause I know that’s what they want
I give them blood but it’s never good enough
I bet it’s gonna blow their minds
When I say fuck it and just ride

I bet it’s gonna blow their minds
I bet it’s gonna blow their minds

She’s got a weird way to show she loves you
Just another lie, another pretty face I’m hanging on to
With words but the weapon, she will use to cut me down
Time to walk away before I start to say
What’s on my mind, today

There’s a lot I can say to bring you down, today
But I won’t go with you there right now
There’s a lot I can say to bring you down, today
But I won’t go with you there right now

Guess it’s time to swim inside that ocean of lies
I don’t want to stay on this path she’s got me on
We keep on getting high to make it go away
Though the truth will stay the same
Time to walk away before I start
To say what’s on my mind, today

There’s a lot I can say to bring you down, today
But I won’t go with you there right now
There’s a lot I can say to bring you down, today
But I won’t go with you there right now

Now I won’t go now
Now I won't go now
Now I won't go now
Yeah I won’t go

I’m wasting all this time and I’m losing focus
I go to play this old song but the record’s broken
Sitting waiting by this door but it’s never open
I know I’m preaching to the choir
But you need to notice

Everything, everything is alright
It’s alright I keep telling myself to let go
Everything, everything is alright
I keep telling myself It’s alright
I keep telling myself to let go

Gotta keep these eyes wide open
Gotta keep these pockets growing
It’s hard to sleep with all this pride but at least I’m coping
Sick of all the stop and going sick of all the never knowing
I wanna throw it all away in the deepest ocean

Everything, everything is alright
It’s alright I keep telling myself to let go
Everything, everything is alright
I keep telling myself It’s alright
I keep telling myself to let go

Everything, everything is alright

She’s got a weird way to show she loves you
Just another lie, another pretty face I’m hanging on to
With words but the weapon, she will use to cut me down
Time to walk away before I start to say
What’s on my mind

There’s a lot I can say to bring you down
But I won’t go with you there right now
There’s a lot I can say to bring you down
But I won’t go with you there right now

Guess it’s time to swim inside that ocean of lies
I don’t want to stay on this path she’s got me on
We keep on getting high to make it go away
Though the truth will stay the same
Time to walk away before I start
To say what’s on my mind

There’s a lot I can say to bring you down
But I won’t go with you there right now
There’s a lot I can say to bring you down
But I won’t go with you there right now

Now I won’t go now
Now I won't go now
Now I won't go now
Yeah I won’t go

I, I know I know I know
I, I know I know I know

Yes around and around we go right out the door
Just another game I know that is for sure
Just another time another place we play the games
Yeah but you forgotten
Yeah but you forgotten
Yeah but I still know

I, I know I know I know
How this goes
I, I know I know I know

If you wanna leave in the middle of the night I’ll understand
Doesn’t even matter anyway I’m not your man
If you wanna play this silly game I’ll play tonight
Yeah but you forgotten
Yeah but you forgotten
I know how this goes

I, I know around and around we go
I, I know I know how this goes
I, I know around and around we go

Come and spend a little time out by the fire
Maybe I can play you another song to get you higher
But you’ll never know what I’m thinking now what’s on my mind
Yeah 'cause you forgotten
Yeah 'cause you forgotten
Yeah but I still know

I, I know I know how this goes
I, I know around and around we go
I, I know I know how this goes
I, I know around and around we go

I spent way too long
With my head in the clouds, I go to sing her this song
And she’s cutting me down while she’s f***ing you now
I guess it’s all my fault why even bother to call
I go to lay it on the line and she’s cutting me down
While she’s f***ing you now

She keeps cutting me down
She keeps cutting me down yeah

I hope I learned this time never to play with her fire
She’s got a way with her words and she’s cutting me down
Just to get a little higher
I guess it’s all my fault why even bother to call
I go to lay it on the line and she’s cutting me down
And you know it’s no surprise

Been so long in this hell
So confused and not well
Been so long In this hell
So confused and not well
All this time you let me down
I watched you laugh and watch me drown

Tell me where you're going tell me where you been
You didn’t think I'd notice
But I see it all so clear
Yeah don’t you come around here

And tell me your lies
Yeah don’t you come around here
Yeah don’t you come around here
And don’t tell me your lies
Yeah don’t you come around here
Yeah yeah don’t you come around here

I keep moving forward in this world of mine
You say that I’m boring
Well I think that’s a lie
It really doesn’t matter much now
Yeah don’t you come around here

And tell me your lies
Yeah don’t you come around here
Yeah don’t you come around here
And don’t tell me your lies
Yeah don’t you come around here
Yeah yeah don’t you come around here