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For What it's Worth
05:55
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V1: I miss the sound of your voice, your kiss, and embrace
Your touch, and your laugh - your everything
Why make me want you when you won’t let yourself be true?
V2: I miss seeing your number come up on my phone
Getting done up when I know we’ll be alone
Why do you hurt me when you know that I’m perfect for you?
Chorus: And you’ve spent your whole life searching
For what was right in front of you
And you’ve spend your whole life waiting
Just for me to be with you
Yet you turned away
Said you couldn’t stay
Said you couldn’t love me in that way
Yet you’ve spent your whole life chasing haven’t you?
V3: I miss the look on your face when you try hard to resist
The desire you feel, when I’m with you, you’re in bliss
Why do you fight it when you know what’s between us is real?
V4: I miss your cute loving side that you won’t share with the rest
your crazy addictions – are things I’ve never forget
Why did you come back when you knew you’d be leaving so soon?
Bridge: Yes I'd give you everything
I'd give you anything
I'd give you everything
But I gotta watch myself, I've gotta love myself, and take care
Cause I don't know how I could possibly hold you without shaking
No I’m not aware of how I could possibly love you without aching
Baby, this is the last honest love I’ll ever give
Baby, this is the last honest love you’ll ever live
(Overlay: Haven't you? Haven't you? Haven't you?)
V5: I miss your cute little words and how you know me so well
I can't hide a thing because you see through it all
Why build my trust just to walk out on me?
V6: I miss the good and the bad, when you think that I'm mad
And you run for cover 'cause you know you've made me sad
Why hold on just to let me fade away? fade away?
Finale Chorus:
(Overlay: Yes I'd give you everything
I'd give you anything
I'd give you everything
But I gotta watch myself, I've gotta love myself, and take care
Cause I don't know how I could possibly hold you without shaking
No I’m not aware of how I could possibly love you without aching
Baby, this is the last honest love I’ll ever give)
All lyrics written by R. Perry, unless otherwise noted. Not to be reprinted without permission.
Copyright HER Records, SOCAN, SAC 2010.
*Note: Bridge & Final Chorus Overlay lyrics homage Tegan & Sara's "This is Everything" (Under Feet Like Ours, Plunk Records, 1999)*
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Don't
05:03
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V1: I know that you just can’t seem to let go
I know you’re scared and that you have lost hope
But I will not hurt you, my intentions are pure
But you keep on running, you’re only just hurting yourself
V2: I know they broke you, made you insecure
But I know the real you, all else I don’t care
I know you fear that I’m one in the same
How can I show you? Why won’t you let me take your worries away?
Chorus: Don’t deny me
When I’m all that you have ever wanted
Don’t stop trying
When you can’t get me out of your mind
Don’t keep on pushing
I’m afraid I’m gonna leave this time
Don’t keep running
V3: I know we’ve been scared in this place before
I know it’s hard to forget when you’re torn
But I know what we have is more than they gave
And I know my heart, and so I pray
You’ll be brave for me – look back no longer
Bridge/Outro: Don’t keep lying to stop from trying
Don’t keep lying to stop from falling for me
Don’t
Never opened myself this way
Love is ours, we’ll live it our way
Don’t, and nothing else
Don’t, and nothing else
Don’t, and nothing else matters
All lyrics written by R. Perry, unless otherwise noted. Not to be reprinted without permission.
Copyright HER Records, SOCAN, SAC 2010.
*Note: Bridge/Outro lyrics homage Metallica's "Nothing Else Matters" (The Black Album, Elektra Records, 1991)*
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Rockstar
04:43
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V1: Well, I don’t wanna be a rockstar
'Cause I don’t want my payoffs in cocaine
Don’t want my music sold and branded
Like I’m nothing more than an image and name
V2: How 'bout them popstars? (Fuck that!)
Who shake their ass and tits for fame
Don’t wanna sell my soul for dollars (Not worth it)
Then find out that I’m the first to blame
Prechorus: When my songs aren’t catchy
If I gain a little weight
If I’m tired from the touring
When I think I need a break
If I sing off key
Or I have a bad week
If I think I need some counselling
Cause I really might freak
Chorus: But they don’t really care how hard I try
And they don’t really care if I’m out there getting high
As long as my music is there out for sale
Well they don’t really care if I just posted bail
So much for the rockstar
V3: No, you don’t hear about the red tape (The bureaucratic b.s!)
Always the overnight success
They’re all supposed rich and famous (Not true!)
Breaking through without any blood or sweat
V4: Oh what a nice dream (More like a lie!)
Too bad it’s only just a line
That the labels and press keep feeding (Brainwashing!)
To take advantage of the indie kind
Bridge:Welcome to the jungle, it's all fun and games
We got everything you want, but we'll make you pay in: "Sex, drugs, rock'n'roll. Alright let's go."
Welcome to the jungle, it gets worse here everyday
you learn to live like an animal and the currency you'll pay is: "Sex, drugs, rock'n'roll. Alright let's go."
Welcome to the jungle, welcome to the jungle, welcome to the jungle,it'll bring you down to your knees.
Gonna come down. Let's go go go!
V5: I’ll not your rockstar
But I’m still not your girl next door
I will still fight for what I believe in
Even when they try to keep me outside the door
Finale Chorus: ‘Cause I don’t really care how hard they try
I’ll never be the tabloid case that’s always getting high
As long as I’ve got something left for them to hear
They will have to listen to me scream right in their ears
(Overlay: I love rock'n'roll, put enough dime in the jukebox baby)
So much for the rockstar
All lyrics written by R. Perry, unless otherwise noted. Not to be reprinted without permission.
Copyright HER Records, SOCAN, SAC 2010.
*Note: Bridge lyrics homage Guns'N'Roses' "Welcome to the Jungle" (Appetite for Destruction, Geffen/Interscope, 1987) & Bukkake Katholik's "Holy Trinity" (Youth Fitness Challenge, Self-Released, 2006). Finale Chorus lyrics homage Joan Jett cover of The Arrows' "I Love Rock and Roll" (I Love Rock and Roll, Boardwalk, 1981)*
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All That's Left is Gone
03:14
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Spoken Intro: There's nothing left to try.
There's no place left to hide.
There's no greater power than the power of goodbye.
V1: I watched you walk away
Didn’t know it was the last time I’d see your face
And now I wait
Outside it rains
V2: I watched you close the door
Didn’t feel I could’ve given you anymore
And now I cry
And now I’m dying inside
Chorus: It wasn’t me
It wasn’t you
It’s just the way things were meant to be
As I pick up all the pieces
I wonder if there’s anything left for me
Did you leave me with anything?
(besides this broken heart)
V3: I watched you turn away
Never thought that I’d ever see that day
And now I fall
You killed us all
V4: I watched you break me down
As I reached out to give you all of me
And now I fade
It was all a charade
V5: I watched your walk away
Didn't know it was the last time I'd see your face
And now I wait
Wait for the day
(Overlay: You were my lesson I had to learn. I was your fortress you had to burn)
All lyrics written by R. Perry, unless otherwise noted. Not to be reprinted without permission.
Copyright HER Records, SOCAN, SAC 2010.
*Note: Spoken Intro & Final Verse Overlay lyrics homage Madonna's "The Power of Goodbye" (Ray of Light, Maverick/Warner Bros., 1998)*
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Mad World
03:26
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V1: The world has gone to battle
we're left to pick up the ashes
There are no more, no more idols
to teach our children what we once knew
Our families are falling to pieces
over monetary disputes
When did we lose our focus
and trade in our dignity and our truth?
V2: The world seems like it's ended
when whores earn more than an honest day's work
Our religion has crushed down upon us
when fathers subjected kids to their abuse
Our schools are scaring teachers
Discipline's been put in the hands of the youth
Don't you remember when
we had rolemodels to look up to?
Refrain: Oooh don't you, ooh don't you?
(Overlay: Hide my head I wanna drown my sorrow,
There’s no tomorrow, no tomorrow,
It’s a mad world, it’s a mad world)
V3: The world's become so scattered
we'd rather have diamonds, and pearls over love
And when did gratuitous violence
become a subject we daily discuss?
Our children are growing up too fast
the pressures of beauty are upon us all
Our future's looking uncertain
we need someone to just speak up
Refrain: Oooh speak up, ooooh speak up
(Overlay: Hide my head I wanna drown my sorrow,
There’s no tomorrow, no tomorrow,
It’s a mad world, it’s a mad world)
Outro: Tell me, tell me do you like what it is we're doing?
Tell me, tell me don't you see that we're cracking?
Tell me, tell me do you want to keep lying?
Tell me, tell me are you happy with the fact that we're dying?
(Overlay: There’s something wrong with the world today,
I don’t know what it is, I’m living on the edge)
All lyrics written by R. Perry, unless otherwise noted. Not to be reprinted without permission.
Copyright HER Records, SOCAN, SAC 2010.
*Note: Chorus Overlay lyrics homage Gary Jules' cover of Tears for Fears' "Mad World"
(Donnie Darko Soundtrack, Michael Andrews/Everloving, 2002). Outro Overlay lyrics homage Aerosmith's "Living on the Edge" (Get a Grip, Geffen, 1993)*
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V1: I have no faith
It’s all been washed away
I played the game
It put me on display
V2: I have no love
It came and beat me up
And so they say
So much for yesterday
Chorus: And now I feel so shattered
No place to call my own that matters
And now I look around and there’s nothing left for me
And now I realize how it feels to be alone
I’ve been left blind wishing I could see
V3: I have no soul (I have no soul)
Instead there’s a giant hole (giant hole)
I thought I could (I thought I could)
I thought you really understood
V4: I fell so hard (I fell so hard)
I’m left with permanent scars (permanent scars)
I lost my strength (I lost my strength)
Don’t know if I’ll ever be the same
Bridge: I’ve been left blind wishing I could see
I’ve been left blind wishing I could see
I’ve been left blind and all alone
All alone. All alone. All alone. No.
(Overlay: Slip inside the eye of your mind
Don't you know you might find a better place to play?
But please don't leave your life in the dreams
of the rock and roll scene. It'll tear your heart away.)
Finale Chorus:
And now I feel so shattered, no place
And now I look around, and there's nothing
And now I realize how it feels to be alone
I’ve been left blind wishing I could see
I’ve been left blind wishing I could see
I’ve been left blind without you in me
All lyrics written by R. Perry, unless otherwise noted. Not to be reprinted without permission.
Copyright HER Records, SOCAN, SAC 2010.
*Note: Bridge Overlay lyrics homage Oasis' "Don't Look Back in Anger" (What's the Story Morning Glory?, Creation, 1996). *
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Come What May
05:23
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V1: Come what may
Though the stars have fallen
Come what may
You lost your innocence and
Come what may
When the skies did part
Come what may
I knew your affections had turned
Chorus: Though the heavens burst at the sight of my dismay
Though the world seemed like it ended on that day
Though I cried and I cried and I cried when we parted ways
There’s nothing left to say, but…Come what may
V2: Come what may
The skies are starting to clear now
Come what may
It still hurts that it all meant nothing
Come what may
But I’m beginning to see a new way
Come what may
With or without you, I’ll be okay
Bridge: Come what may
(Overlay: Remember you promised me
A part of me died, A part of me freed
Remember you promised me
And I wanted you, thought we needed to be
You tore the petals off of me
Showed the world how weak I could be
Is this what you call true love misery?
You tore the petals off of me
I was the angel on top of your tree
Won’t let you take the best of me
I won’t let you take the best of me)
All lyrics written by R. Perry, unless otherwise noted. Not to be reprinted without permission.
Copyright HER Records, SOCAN, SAC 2010.
*Note: Bridge Overlay lyrics homage Hole's "Dying" & "Petals" (Celebrity Skin, Geffen, 1998). *
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V1: She said she said it’s not okay
When you speak to me like that
He said he said don’t go away
Or I’ll make you stay
V2: She cried yes she cried don’t hurt me that way
But he just pulled a little closer
She screamed yes she screamed I’m falling away
But he just dug a little deeper
V3: She said she said I’m sorry again
But it was never her fault
She begged she begged to him once again
But he just made her feel guilty
V4: She tried yes she tried she tried so damn hard
But nothing could ever please him
She died yes she died she died in his arms
I’m sorry this doesn’t have a happy ending
Bridge/Outro: For when she tried tried to get away
The knife was already sharpened
He claims claims to this day
That he had no bad intentions
He cried yes he cried
When they took him away for how could they question
And he died yes he died
Died on the day that they told him
that this was hate
This was not love, it was hate
This was not love, it was hate
(Spoken Overlay: Diamond rope. Silver chain. Pretty noose.)
All lyrics written by R. Perry, unless otherwise noted. Not to be reprinted without permission.
Copyright HER Records, SOCAN, SAC 2010.
*Note: Bridge/Outro Spoken Overlay lyrics homage Soundgarden's "Pretty Noose" (Down on the Upside, A&M, 1996). *
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In Love & Life
11:39
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V1: I wandered alone
Searching for a dream
As the tide rolled in
It brought a memory
I can’t comprehend
All the places I’ve been
I’m growing so old
I’ve got a eulogy
V2: When I saw you
Everything changed
My numbness did fade
I could feel again
If just for a moment
Things ended too soon
All that’s left is a bruise
That only time can mend
Chorus: I wanna be the kiss of life that sets you free from pain
I wanna be the kiss of love that makes you feel again
V3: I sought you out
To learn the lies we were told
I gave you my truth
You would’ve never known
In my search for answers
I found it all
Everything that I’d wanted
But was never shown
V4: But you were too broken
So downright abused
I had to pay
For things I didn’t do
And now I’m swimming in circles
Between hopeful and doubt
But as much as I drown
I won’t accept the help
Bridge: And if you’d only open wide
You’d see all the signs
That brought us here
Let’s disappear
I want you for the rest of my life
The rest of my life
All lyrics written by R. Perry, unless otherwise noted. Not to be reprinted without permission.
Copyright HER Records, SOCAN, SAC 2010.
*Note: Chorus lyrics homage Juliette & the Licks' "Lucky for You" (Four on the Floor, The Militia Group, 2006). *
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Rose Cora Perry London, Ontario
A "one-of-a-kind talent", Perry's vocals have been said to be the "perfect blend of Alanis and Norah Jones" (Kaotic Notes), while her songwriting is full of "raw viseral power, killer hooks and punch-in-the-gut riffs" (Spill Magazine)
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