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Pieces
03:49
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PIECES
Artist: scraggo
Composer: David Emanuel Cohen
dealing with the pieces that come
fitting them where I must
rarely are the shapes that I want
I don't see how to adjust
can I just send it back, send it back - no no
can I just send it back, send it back - no no
can I just send it back, send it back - no no
you gotta take the pieces as they come
raining down without end
can’t just let them fall where they may
losing hope as they descend
turned them each and every way
bridge:
What I want and what I need
I'm digging so hard I'm starting to bleed
only one shot in this game of speed
put me together and I'll be freed
Got a picture in my head,
but no canvas or paint
got an ace and a jack but I ran out of dough
tell me baby what’s the next play?
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Sandstorm
03:55
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SANDSTORM
Artist: scraggo
Composer: David Emanuel Cohen
I remember a time
when I didn't have to try
to seek shelter from the rain.
I remember a day
when the sky wasn't so gray
now fury grows along the bay
this wicked sandstorm
blowin' through the day
throwin' trouble my way
times are hard when
everything's gotta change
feelin’ older than my age
We would stray to the cornfields
all your love to me revealed
I hoped you would always stay
All of the sudden, pressure dropped
winds screamed through the sea of crops
never before felt the need to pray.
chorus
hard to breathe while time stood still
grating away all my freewill
the eye of the storm winked at me.
I know you said, it's nobody's fault
that no one could foresee
chorus
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THE WORLD DIDN'T END TODAY
Artist: scraggo
Composer: David Emanuel Cohen
sun shining in on my eyes unfolding
temperatures seem to be nowhere near boiling
the meteor missed earth but you were hoping
that the world would end today, that the world would end today
flying saucers promised on May twenty first
to scoop up the pious and leave all the worst
but no plagues were sent and no dams burst
cuz the world didn’t end today, cuz the world didn’t end today
cuz the world didn’t end today
you believed all the hype
threw all your stuff away,
you spent all the money you should've saved,
your children will never respect you again,
cuz the world didn't end today
The doomsday leaders are as crazy as ever,
follow their lies and get your treats in heaven,
for now I'll stick with day-to-day living,
cuz the world didn't end today, cuz the world didn't end today
Blind faith is surely never innocent,
many will suffer your blood will be spent,
your loud mouthpiece has a busted belief
So drink up your punch and pay up your fees
You're a cog in the wheel for another rapture,
think you can escape to greener pastures?
where we'll never starve, ‘cause the preachers stuff our minds,
You can't choose for yourself so you'd leave this world behind
== the world that didn’t end today!!!
the self-righteous ones spoke with haste,
“I told you so” got turned around and now you must face
that you've lost touch now another day to waste,
because the world didn't end today
Yes the world didn't end today
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You Could Love Me
03:56
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You Could Love Me
Artist: scraggo
Composer: David Emanuel Cohen
things on my mind, I’ll try to explain
I know it might sound a little strange
I can’t get what happened out of my brain
I don’t need a guarantee
but it wouldn’t hurt my dignity
for you to use my company
You could love me if you wanted to
You could love me if you wanted to
You could love me if you wanted to, wanted to
you don’t have to be with me night and day
but we can’t stop this passion play
I could be your partner in crime baby
chorus
I’m seeing this world grow cold
Watching this tangled story unfold
It feels like some sort of curse
to be at the edge of your universe
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Creative Being
03:40
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Creative Being
Artist: scraggo
Composer: David Emanuel Cohen
Open your unworn eyes
All our hopes in your small size
I’ll give you the best I can to start
I’ll take you through this thing called life
You’ll surely find love and strife
Take it all and put it into your art
You will be a creative being
Born with gifts in all things sound
The giving soul is without bound
The world will want to hear what’s in your heart
Endless shapes are in your hands
The image that reflects in man
From your fate I hope you don’t depart
Innocence only lasts so long
The lines will blur between right and wrong
Some things you may never understand
Be forgiving or be torn apart
You will be a creative being
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Better Than Nothing
03:55
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Better Than Nothing
Artist: scraggo
Composer: David Emanuel Cohen
Been working all day
how-to books and drinking matte
getting closer but nowhere near
Mozart or Beyonce
you see me struggling
choking and fumbling
I need some truth to reach my ears
turn it up so I can hear you say
hey, ya know
it’s better than nothing
throwing those notes around the page
you’ll hit that bullseye someday
she said hey, ya know
it’s better than nothing
play those beats and strum those chords
you’ll write a hit some day
breaking my back tonight
nothing seems to be alright
guilty looks and a smoking gun
hunting for a line that’s on the run
this life I’m living
where nothing’s fitting
my intentions are all crystal clear
but the words don't come I need to hear you say
chorus
It’s in my heart
and that’s a start
just need the right words
to make the charts
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Language Barrier
04:57
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Language Barrier
Artist: scraggo
Composer: David Emanuel Cohen
don't know what you're thinking
and I'll never know
I look into your eyes, what can you show?
I like your style, I like your spark
so bare your teeth and make your mark
but what you're thinking
I'll never know
I'll never know
so love me love me if you dare
although we're stumbling, I know you care
so love me love me if you can bear
that there'll always be a language barrier
Look into the distance with such concern
Teach me without words, I'll try to learn
Bite the hand that tries to feed you
won't give up on tryin' to read you
but what you're thinking
I'll never know, I'll never know
I like your style, I like your spark
so bare your teeth and make your mark
but what you're thinking
I'll never know
I'll never know
I'll never know
I'll never know
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8. |
Behind
05:07
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Behind
Artist: scraggo
Composer: David Emanuel Cohen
Head of hair like a bowl
today is life's maximum toll
Bad beat poetry
half-baked philosophy
Sonic youth when I'm alone
current source of pain unknown
stars shine down on the hill
alive today only by will,
cuz in my mind - I'm still behind
riddled fortune - forward time
it won't be soon - that I get signed
cuz in my mind - I'm still behind
Eat the bread on the shelf
my body will reject itself
another day, the setting sun
always (much) more to get done
A little more than half dead
looking for a place to lay my head
looking for the right pill to swallow
if I lead, you shouldn't follow
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Sailing Forever
04:17
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SAILING FOREVER
Artist: scraggo
Composer: David Emanuel Cohen
well it's time this ship has floated
through that great big sea
I'll be putting up the sails
on the water I'll be free
well it's time this ship has floated
through that great big sea
I'll be sailing on forever
tryin' to catch a dream
maybe I'll hit a glacier
or get caught in the perfect storm
but if I don't leave this dry land tonight
I may as well never been born
well it's time this ship has floated
through that great big sea
Euterpe in her sweetest voice
calling out to me
with my arms I'll be rowing
to a place I've never seen
I'll let the winds take me
to where I need to be
It's not that you did me wrong
no no no that's not why
It's just that I hear a voice pleading
for this anchor to be untied
well it's time this ship has floated
through that great big sea
I'll be sailing on forever
tryin' to catch a dream
tryin' to catch my dream
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