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V1: Left here to contemplate
what the poets really mean
When they spout their sonnets
About love, hate, and everything in between
V2: My tears cried and cried
Though they don’t mean a thing
All that’s left is the music sprung
from consequence of these dreams
How I want just to see the end of bad things
Copyright 2016 R. Perry/HER Records Inc/Socan/SAC
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Away I Go
03:19
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V1: What a lovely dream before it fell apart
All those lovely things you said would break my heart
And I was wrong, you were right
Can't separate the truth from all your pretty lies
Chorus:
Away I go into the darkness
Away I go I turn from all this
Cannot cope with love and madness
Away I go so I don't tell you to go
V2: What a lovely speech, you rehearsed it so well
What a lovely act with your show and tell
I thought I knew who you really were
But when the curtains fell what had seemed so real disappeared
Chorus:
You left me crumbling in the darkness
I had to turn away from all this
Pretend I'm strong and that you're worthless
Away I go so I don't tell you to go
Outro:
Just like before I fell
I knew deep down inside
Somehow you knew exactly what key to turn on my insides
Just like before I fell
I knew it'd fall apart
Maybe I love just to love and earn a broken heart
Copyright 2016 R. Perry/HER Records Inc/Socan/SAC
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Six Feet Under
03:15
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V1: Had a dream, had a drowning dream
I was in a river of blame
All wanting a piece of me without knowing who I am
Quick to judge and quick to defend
Quick to tell me I'm the one in the deep end
Prechorus:
They love to hate. Love to lie.
Love to try and keep us all high
V2: Had a dream, had a drowning dream
Same dream as before
No one really gives a damn about anything that anyone else stands for
Try so hard to stay aground
All they want is to push me back down
Bridge:
They want me six feet underground
I won't stop spitting at their sound
They tried to cut me down to size
I see right through their weak disguise
And I won't back down. No!
V3: I've had my dreams and I've had nightmares
Everything in the end
Tells me to keep pushing on even when it feels I've got no friends
They tear me down to get themselves ahead
They're the ones who are being mislead
Outro: I reach to the skies and call out your name
I reach to the skies in vain
And it feels like heaven's so far away
Copyright 2016 R. Perry/HER Records Inc/Socan/SAC
Homage to Offspring's "Gone Away"; Natalie Imbruglia's "City".
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Empty
02:57
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V1: I want more than this
I wanna feel the passion in a kiss
I wanna know what it’s like
To live
V2: I want more than me
I wanna dare to realize all my dreams
I wanna know what it’s like
To exist
Chorus: But all I see
Is your cloud raining down on me
And all I feel
Is empty
V3: I want more than hate
I wanna feel the light upon my face
I wanna know what it’s like
To forgive
V4: I want more than you
Tainting each and every thing I do
I wanna know what it’s like
To let go
Bridge: So empty, so empty yeah
So empty, so empty
I feel like I have lost my way
With no map to get back where I came from
Outro: I want more than this
I wanna know what it’s like to live
Copyright 2016 R. Perry/HER Records Inc/Socan/SAC
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Easy Prey
03:47
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V1: Wanna get away to another place
Where the sun still shines
Where true love remains
V2: Wanna dream today of another face
That shows the world the truth
One that I can embrace
Chorus: Cause I’ve been searching too long for all the answers
But all the wisdom is gone
And in its place we’re spoonfed lies and lies and hate
And I won’t fall for that game
So if you’re feeling the same
Don’t be easy prey
V3: Wanna get away for another taste
One that cuts me deep
One that you can’t fake
V4: Wanna dream today of another fate
One where no one kills
One where no one hates
Bridge: I’ve opened up my eyes to feel like I’ve gone blind
Living in world that can’t make up its mind
I’ve opened up my eyes to feel like I’ve gone blind
Living in a world that’s so, that’s so, that’s so (p/m) clearly dying
Clearly
Outro: Are you happy this way?
Cause I’ve been going insane
The lies and lies and lies and hate
I don’t wanna live this way
So if you’re feeling the same
Don’t be easy prey
Don’t be easy
Copyright 2016 R. Perry/HER Records Inc/Socan/SAC
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Arm's Length
02:11
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V1: I don’t believe in using the words I love you
For using such words only cheapens my heart
And so instead I would rather just show you
How the touch of your hand turns me so numb
V2: I don’t believe in trying to control you
For if you want me, it’s up to you to show me so
I know I am one of many who know you
So let’s not play games or make plans for unknown
Chorus: Times in the future
Let’s not define we’re together
In time, in the future
I don’t want to be her, I don’t want you as him
V3: I don’t believe in using the words I hate you
For using such words only proves there’s still care
And so instead I would rather just ignore
When things fall apart, how empty I feel
V4: The problem it seems is that you want to own me
If I felt the same, I would’ve make my case known
You should know that you’re not my one and only
So let’s not pretend or make plans for unknown
Chorus: Times in the future
Do we have to define we’re together?
In time, in the future
Why can’t we stay just the way that we are?
V5: I don’t believe in using the words I love you
For using such words leads to heartbreak and pain
And so instead I would rather just hold you
At my arm’s length
Copyright 2016 R. Perry/HER Records Inc/Socan/SAC
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Close
03:57
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V1: Away from me
Away from me
Away from me, I say
When I can’t handle this
V2: Stay next to me
Stay next to me
Stay next to me and pray
That we’ll get through this
V3: Keep loving me
Keep loving me
Keep loving me the day
I gave myself to you
V4: Away from me
Away from me
Away from me, I say
When I couldn’t want you
More close
V5: Debating me
Debating me
Me and my ways
When you feel overwhelmed
V6: Chasing me
Chasing me
Chasing me to lay down
In your arms
V7: Believe in me
Believe in me
Believe in me, you say
When I can’t believe in myself
V8: Debating me
Debating me
Me and my ways
When you can’t imagine life without
Chorus: Close my eyes
Wipe the tears away
Hold me like you mean it
Don’t let go
Take my fears away
We just have to prove it
On our own
Don’t let go
V9: Against the grain
Against the grain
Against the grain, we stray
Together in this world
V10: In difference
In difference
In difference, we find
Everything we need
V11: Gets hard sometimes
Gets hard sometimes
Gets hard sometimes on us both
Baby you know why
V12: Against the grain
Against the grain
Against the grain, we take
Each step out in
Outro: Back in
Don’t let go
Copyright 2016 R. Perry/HER Records Inc/Socan/SAC
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Alive
02:23
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V1: I wanna sing to you
A little lullaby
Not too sure of the words
Just seem to pass through my mind
I wanna sing to you
But I’ve lost control
Can’t seem to find my voice
Let alone my soul
Pre: Feeling so lost inside
With all this on my mind
It gets so hard sometimes
Just to stay in time
Chorus: But when I sing to you
My little lullaby
I know that I’m safe here babe
Never felt so alive
V2:
I wanna fight the stars
Just to seal our fate
I wanna fight the words
We’re both too scared to say
I wanna fight the world
So we can live our way
I wanna fight for you each
and every day
Pre: But I just worry so
Seem to lose control
I try to run away
It’s easier that way
Chorus: But when you kiss my face
You seal our fate
I know that I’m safe here babe
And I’m alive
Copyright 2016 R. Perry/HER Records Inc/Socan/SAC
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Darkest Days
05:45
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V1: Falling to pieces is something I’ve mastered
I’ve learned the art of attracting disasters
For all that I give, I get bad in return
It’s love that I share, only hate’s to be earned
V2: I don’t remember when things changed on me
I was never one to stay so unhappy
Why is it so hard to live out our dreams?
Why does the world want to break me? I break in my
Chorus: Darkest days
I feel like I am so lost on my way
In my darkest days
The world holds me out, there on display
In my darkest days
Nothing can make it all go away
In my darkest days
V3: So I pick myself back up over and over
All the pain that I’m feeling, it’s hard to stay sober
While I appear to be so strong on the surface
Inside every word, every glance makes me nervous
V4: I don’t remember when things changed on me
I was never one to stay so unhappy
Why is it so hard to live out our dreams?
Why does the world want to break me? I break in my
Bridge: Sometimes my mind just goes running in circles
I can’t help feel like I’m against every hurdle
Sometimes I’d upset and I don’t know why
I need you to be patient, to help me get by
Sometimes I’m scared of my very own thoughts
Sometimes I need to believe in a god
Sometimes I pretend that everything’s okay
But all the time, I need you, in all that I face
Outro:
And I was wandering in the rain
Masks of life, feeling insane
Swift and sudden fall from grace
Sunny days seem far away
Here abandoned and ashamed
An Armageddon of the brain
Darkest Days
In my darkest days…I need you
Copyright 2016 R. Perry/HER Records Inc/Socan/SAC
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Curtains Close
03:15
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V1: It’s easy to be so young and naïve
It’s easy to see all things as you want to see
It’s easy to need what you want to be
So damn easy
Prechorus: But when that mindset starts to shatter
Everything you thought becomes so scattered
You’ll find yourself at odds with those you love and trust
You’ll find yourself at odds with your own self
Chorus: Tell me, what am I fighting for?
When all the things of which I was sure
Are nothing more than dreams
I tell ya it’s heartbreaking
Sweet innocence was pure
I wish that there was a cure
For growing up, and growing old
And learning truths…I wish I was never told
V2: It’s easy to love before they break your heart
It’s easy to think there’s a plan from the start
It’s easy to live your life without a care
Too damn easy
Prechorus: And when that mindset starts to unwind
You want nothing more than just to crawl inside
Erase the knowledge that led to your own self-destruct
Erase the memory of childhood things
Outro: Tell me why don’t you see when you look at me?
Tell me why don’t you feel when you’re touching me?
You say that you hear, but are you listening?
You say that you care, but you’re still giving in
Tell me why don’t you taste when you’re experiencing?
Tell me why don’t you breathe if you are living?
You say that you’re real, but all the symptoms show
The lights are out, your story ends when the curtains close
Copyright 2016 R. Perry/HER Records Inc/Socan/SAC
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The End
02:41
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V1: It's 2 am the world's asleep
Hard, fast and loud does my heart beat
Trying to figure out just how to proceed
I check the locks, climb into bed
Wish that I could turn off my silly head
So much thinking about just what I need
Prechorus: For oh so long I've lent my soul
Got slashed and burned, never made whole
And now I've reached a crossroads with a fork
For oh so long this is all I've known
Never really had the opportunity to grow
Beyond just what you see me for
V2: It's 2 pm the world's awake
Hard, fast and loud does my heart ache
Trying to figure out just what to create
I turn the knob and look outside
Can't remember the last time I felt alive
So much thinking about
Is this worth all the tears I've cried?
Bridge: And I don't know anymore
And I sure as fuck don't feel like I did before
And I don't wanna say goodbye
And I don't wanna admit I failed but tried
Nothing left worth fighting for, nothing left but to close the door
Chorus: This is goodbye
This is the end
There is no chance to make amends
Copyright 2016 R. Perry/HER Records Inc/Socan/SAC
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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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