1. |
Endless Days
04:38
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Endless Days [Watts]
June came with liberation
Endless ways rules could be bent
Every day a new sensation
Trouble was collaboration
Those endless days were heaven sent
We were made for exploration
Pedaling to the edge of town
Freedom was to be tasted
Tender age to be hastened
Those endless days
Safe and sound
Awoken by stormy nights
Wind and lightning
Thunder and rain
Crisp and cool
And Easy to sleep
Tomorrow we'd do it
all over again
Those endless days
When our lives were ahead
Those endless days
And it was splendid
Those endless days
Like time suspended
July began when you saw her
To the public pool you were led
Giving her the flower you brought her
Kissing underwater
Those endless days
with Winifred
August the days seemed shorter
Friendship seemed harder to find
Tempers a hair trigger
Fights were getting bigger
Those endless days
Seemed so unkind
Woken by stormy nights
Wind and lightning
Thunder and rain
Crisp and cool
And Easy to sleep
Tomorrow we'd do it
all over again
Those endless days
When our lives were ahead
Those endless days
When we pretended
Those endless days
And then they ended
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2. |
Dice
04:20
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Dice [Watts]
I'm not at the top
I'm not anything I dreamt I'd be by now
I still want to see myself in those shiny days
But I’ve lost the trail and I’ve lost the pace
I make do in doubt
But I search and find and learn to be within
I strive to find myself in this thickening maze
But I deny the end and I fake the grace
I’m living a lie
Believed my hopes were always in sight
Thought I might fly
Guess I’ll roll the dice on the afterlife
Where’d all the time go?
Only yesterday my path lay out ahead
I can still recall all those forgotten plans
Before I went astray and they dodged my grasp
Days ticked and numbered by
Closing in on the end seems to be at its start
Life took its pound and laid out it demands
Before I saw the path and came in last
I’m living a lie
Believed my hopes were always in sight
Thought I might fly
Guess I’ll roll the dice on the afterlife
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3. |
Letter to Another Me
05:24
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Letter to Another Me [Watts]
Dear old friend
My enemy
Who dreamed the same things
As me
I see you met the girl
And walked the aisle
Found the one
Who makes the moments
Worthwhile
And tonight I am alone
As I was meant to be
For me those dreams are still dreams
Regrettably
You did everything right
Lost the anger that I kept
Looked ahead
Where I couldn’t foresee
So I write this letter
To another me
Had some kids
Like you times three
They all share your smile
Devilishly
I see you found it all
And just play pretend
And get up early on the weekend
And tonight I’m am alone
As I was meant to be
For me those dreams are still dreams
Regrettably
You did everything right
Left the race to other rats
Still got ahead
In life’s simplicity
So I write this letter
To another me
Promise me you’ll always be upstanding
Promise me you’ll never screw it up
Promise me you’ll never take for granted
Every day you spend in all that love
‘Cause tonight I am alone
As I was meant to be
For me those dreams are still dreams
Regrettably
You did everything right
Lost the anger that I kept
Looked ahead
Where I couldn’t foresee
So I write this letter
To another me
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4. |
Everyone Worth Knowing
02:32
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Everyone Worth Knowing [Watts]
Everything I know
That I’ll leave forever
To everyone I know
I’ll say goodbye forever
I’ll leave some photographs
And some happy thoughts
But everyone worth knowing
Everyone worth knowing goes
To the light in time
It comes around
When the light arrives
Will you be unbound?
Where do we go?
Do we find something splendid?
Will we find the glow?
Or find it all just ended
Eyes on a static point
Mind to a sudden stop
When everyone worth knowing
Everyone worth knowing goes
To the light in time
It comes around
When the light arrives
Will you be unbound?
Will you get to the heart of it all in going?
Will you find everything you lost in going?
Will you meet everyone you passed in going?
Or will you just be going away?
Everyone worth knowing is going
To the light in time
And I am so sad to say
That I’ll be going
And you’ll be going
We’ll all be going
Away
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5. |
Look What I Made
03:58
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Look What I Made [Watts]
They said get it together, man
But did they understand
When they tasked you to act your age
Twenty-five is hard enough
You’re still on the cusp
Of cutting your own way
But time flies speedily
You start a family
Save up for the holidays
But then two decades on
When you’re still going strong
Then
You stand back
Taking stock
How you’ve rocked
You’ve got it all
Now
You look back
At the crap
What you’ve cracked
And you think to yourself
Everybody look
Look at what I made
I’ve got it all
Just think about how great
I know you see
And I sure know your hate
Cause everybody wants
Wants what I made
They said the future lay ahead
But did they feel the dread
When they pushed you on that path
You can only kiss your youth goodbye
In a suit an tie
Before you do the math
And you change inescapably
Pulled down by gravity
And struggle to fully grasp
When two decades on
The picture’s fully drawn
Then
You stand back
Taking stock
How you’ve rocked
You’ve got it all
Now
You look back
At the crap
What you’ve cracked
And you think to yourself
Everybody look
Look at what I made
I’ve got it all
Just think about how great
I know you see
And I sure know your hate
Cause everybody wants
Wants what I made
We all know
We wish for all
These things
That aren’t
For free
Or is it best
To wish for less
Since there’s no
Guarantee
You get bogged down
And spun around
And you’re no more
Happy
But I got it all
It feels so good
And wouldn’t you
Agree
It’s what you want
It’s what you want
It’s what you want
It’s what you want
It’s what you want
It’s what you want
Not what you got
Not what you got
Not what you got
So everybody look
Look at what I made
I’ve got it all
Just think about how great
I know you see
And I sure know your hate
Cause everybody wants
Wants what I made
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6. |
Life's Alright
04:20
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Life’s Alright [Watts]
I sit and think about it all the time
About how there’s no reason and there’s no rhyme
About the time I find myself alive
Is there someone looking out
Is there someone looking out
Is there someone looking out
There’s always so much weighing on my mind
About where I’ll look and what I’ll find
About the land I find myself assigned
Is there someone looking out
Is there someone looking out
Is there someone looking out
And it’s always so easy
To find myself lost
Life’s just like that
The good gets washed
But if I take a step back
See everything in full
It always gets easier
The push and the pull
Because I wasn’t born in the middle age
I didn’t toil in a cave
I was never asked to pick up arms and fight
So all in all I guess that life’s alright
There’s not a moment I’m not back in school
Studying all the rulers and the ruled
And the class with which I’ve been pooled
Is there someone looking out
Is there someone looking out
Is there someone looking out
I don’t excuse those who are cruel
And those who make riches only fuel
And I’m not one who has been fooled
Is there someone looking out
Is there someone looking out
Is there someone looking out
And it’s always so easy
To find myself lost
Life’s just like that
The good gets washed
But if I take a step back
Consider everything in full
It always gets easier
The push and the pull
Because I didn’t grow up in a time of war
I’ve never been truly poor
Or faced with famine or biblical blight
So all in all I guess that life’s alright
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7. |
Goodbye
04:49
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Goodbye [Watts]
I slowed
In the wake of your glow
By all the dull lights
Of the morning
Now I see
Your shade descending on me
And I know
It’s just a warning
There’s a new countdown
Will I wear the crown?
Or will I lose my head
Again
No it’s nothing new
Between me and you
Should I just play dead?
Amen
And it’s all because
I picked you up and helped you fly
Gave you trust and learned you lie
Kept asking how but discovered why
When you love someone
When you love someone
Sometimes the best thing to do is say goodbye
I feel
So trapped on your wheel
But my head always spins
Back to that longing
But now I know
There’s no defending our show
And I see
I’ve just been stalling
It’s the same showdown
Will I swim or drown?
Or will I wash out
Instead
Yes, I still love you
But it’s time you knew
I’ve found a different route
Ahead
And, it’s all because
I picked you up and helped you fly
Gave you trust and learned you lie
Kept asking how but discovered why
When you love someone
When you love someone
Sometimes the best thing to do is say goodbye
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8. |
Crisis
02:49
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Crisis [Watts]
Oh, that second hand
Is starting to slap you silly
And time is marching
All over your pretty face
You look back
Trying to match a changing picture
Or just recapture anything at all
From your younger days
Crisis
Oh that new car is so shiny
Crisis
Oh that new wife is so hot
Crisis
Oh your new hair’s not monochromatic
Crisis
Oh you’re such a juggernaut
All those wrinkles
Cut into your smooth self-image
And you’re moving stiffly
Like those you once mocked
You look ahead
Only to see what’s already left you
And find that time is a speeding bullet
That has killed your shot
Crisis
Oh that new car is so shiny
Crisis
Oh that new wife is so hot
Crisis
Oh your new hair’s not monochromatic
Crisis
Oh you’re such a juggernaut
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9. |
Make Believe
05:30
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Make Believe [Watts]
We were just kids
Were we in love?
Now time has told
And we’re out for blood
The house we played
We thought we ought
To feel grown up
So we tied the knot
It was make believe
And we made believe
Through all the grief
Now it’s released
I loved her smile
And I loved her soul
I loved her wit
Thought I loved her whole
I loved her mind
And that she made me stir
But I wonder if
I ever really loved her
Right from the start
Tension squeezed tight
Too much to bear
Things weren’t right
Our eyes didn’t see
From the other side
Was about winning
Not letting things slide
And we just make believe
And we were free to deceive
Then we came to agree
It had all been make believe
She loved my eyes
And that I looked right
She loved my strength
That I was ready to fight
She loved my heart
And that I’d disagree
But I don’t think
She ever really loved me
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10. |
Yes, You
06:44
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Yes, You [Watts]
Every day
Random time
Carefree thought
When I seem to get okay
I still wish I was with you
After "Hi"
Random spark
First smile
After every late night talk
I still dream we could make it too
To think I won’t always know you
To think we won’t ever see it through
Every bargain
Every hole
Every break
Every time I'm sure I know
It was always meant to be you
Yes, You
All the time
In my head
Careless thought
When I think I hear your voice
You say it's better to forget you
After fling
Random touch
First lies
After all the late night guilt
I still wish I could dream with you
To think you've gone and just moved on
To think there's now somebody new
Getting low
Getting numb
Getting halved
Getting too lost to go back
It’s what you’ve left behind you
Yes, You
There’s nothing ‘round here
Not anything
There’s nothing ‘round here
But everything
'Cause there’s nothing ‘round here
Not anything
There’s nothing ‘round here
But everything
There’s nothing ‘round here
But what you see
There’s nothing ‘round here
‘Round here
‘Cause there’s nothing ‘round here
Not anything
There’s nothing ‘round here
But everything
There’s nothing ‘round here
But what you see
There’s nothing ‘round here
‘Round here
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Ummm Las Vegas, Nevada
Scott Watts and Kevin Heckeler's alternative rock music project.
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