Playlist Alec Benjamin

alec benjamin - 1994

This is where I broke my wrist
where I thought I could fly
thinking I was Superman
so you know you can't cry
cause I wanted to be just like them
and save my city from crime

campbell's chicken noodle soup
when you stay home from school
remember watching Mtv
when there was still music for you
just a kid on Cholla Street
from my city built in the sand
my father said "you'll be a man,
be a man, be a man"

I was born in 1994
I was born in 1994
I was, I was born
in 1994

I guess Santa Claus is just not real
and Batman can't fly
and nobody? s invincible
because I know people die
I saw it on the news one day
when the towers fell down
september's not the same place now
same place now, same place, now

now tell me who you wanna be
because you grow up too fast
cut my hair and sag my jeans
and never show up to class
get ready cause it's time to leave
so pack up your bags
and go be who you wanna be, wanna be, wanna be

my country tis of thee, sweet land of liberty
my country tis of thee, be who you wanna be
my country tis of thee, sweet land of liberty
my country, my country, my country, my

alec benjamin - animal

And the wheels go round and round
And the headlights shining, fade in, and fade out
And the cigarette burns, burns, burns
And the cigarette burns, burns, burns

I don't care cause I'm wasted
I don't care cause I'm wasted
And the road goes up in smoke
So I, paint a picture
In my head of where I'm suppose to go
I don't care cause I'm wasted
I don't care cause I'm wasted

And the wheels go round and round

I am an animal
I am an animal
Cause you can't control my brain
And that makes it impossible
I am an animal

And the voices take their toll
And so you're waiting
And hoping that they'll let you go
You don't care cause you're floating
You don't care cause your floating

And the wheels go round and round

I am an animal
I am an animal
Cause you can't control my brain
And that makes it impossible

I am an animal
So we'll get drunk
And we'll make love
And we'll break up
And we'll make up, and we'll wake up
Over again

And the wheels go round and round

I am an animal
I am an animal
Cause you can't control my brain
And that makes it impossible
I am an animal

alec benjamin - army of a nation

[verse 1]
Here there is no future, here there is no time
Here you're moving backwards with your fingers on rewind
A place where there is money, a place where there is greed
To bring us all together as a happy family
But I don't think that I am ready
To live out my own life
And I don't think I know the balance, between what is wrong a right

[chorus]
Here we are, this ordinary life
We've come this far, but nothing turned out right
We stand, we march, we all walk the same line
We are the army of a nation, the army of a nation
American vacation, we are the army of a nation

[verse 2]
How can you see the difference
When everyone's the same
And everything you know is just the price you choose to pay
And if you wanna go there, I hope you wanna stay
Cause once they let you in you find that there is no escape
I think I see the difference
That everyone's the same
The only alteration, only with another name
But I don't think that I'm ready to live out my own life
But I don't think I know the balance, between what is wrong a right

[chorus]

[breakdown]
This ordinary life, this ordinary life, this ordinary life
This ordinary life
This ordinary life, this ordinary life, this ordinary life
And here we are, this ordinary life

[chorus 2]
We've come this far, but nothing turned out right
We stand, we march, we all walk the same line
We are the army of a nation, the army of a nation
American vacation, we are the army of a nation

alec benjamin - beautiful pain

If you gave me only one wish
I wouldn't want to feel this way
They told me I'd have your memory
But all I want is you to stay
And I cant stop my mind from haunting me
It's like a scar on a butterfly's wing
I wanted you to know

This beautiful pain that I feel
Is all because of you
And one day these bones will heal
And they'll leave me with the truth
And I'll give you everything
If it's the last thing that I do
This beautiful pain
This beautiful pain
This beautiful pain
For you

If I sailed the world on stormy seas
Chasing sun light that I can't see
I was a dreamer here before
Before I woke up and fell to the floor
And I'd climb to heaven
If I could find you
Even with the scar
This butterfly flew
I wanted you to know

This beautiful pain that I feel
Is all because of you
And one day these bones will heal
And they'll leave me with the truth
And I'll give you everything
If it's the last thing that I do
This beautiful pain
This beautiful pain
This beautiful pain
For you

And all I'll ever need
And all I'll ever be
Within every part of me
Is this

This beautiful pain that I feel
Is all because of you
And one day these bones will heal
And I gave you everything
Cause it was all I ever knew
This beautiful pain
This beautiful pain
This beautiful pain
For you

alec benjamin - gabriel

Gabriel the oldest son he praised the lord
And married young became a Priest
And at confession
Cured the people of transgression
Gabriel he held the weight of
Everybody's toxic waste and
With the load upon his shoulder
Couldn't sleep as he got older

ohh
What it means to be someone
That everybody has to talk to?
Everybody has to talk to
ohh
Ohh Gabriel he had no one
That he could talk to
Gabriel
He had no one that he could talk to

Looking for a place to be or
Someplace he could hide his grief
Gabriel ran to the beach and
Set out for the open sea
Heaved the baggage from the sands
Aboard the vessel with his hands
And when he couldn't see the land
Released their sins on his command

ohh
What it means to be someone
That everybody has to talk to?
Everybody has to talk to
ohh
Ohh Gabriel he had no one
That he could talk to
Gabriel
He had no one that he could talk to

As the problems slowly drifted
All the weight was quickly lifted
From his back into the sea
He finally felt he was free
When got home after months
Set at down and waited for lunch
He looked down at an empty dish
Cause all their sins had killed the fish

ohh
What it means to be someone
That everybody has to talk to?
Everybody has to talk to
ohh
Ohh Gabriel he had no one
That he could talk to
Gabriel
He had no one that he could talk to
But is Gabriel responsible?

alec benjamin - i built a friend

I built a friend
With three pieces of plastic and a pen
I made him on the table in the den
I gave him my old cell phone for a head
For a head

And we spent
Holidays at my house
And we left
Presents in a stocking
And we bought
Bolts and things and strings
And a new watch
That's what he got

We had so much fun together
We knew we'd be friends forever
We had so much fun together
We had so much fun

Then I left
For College in September
And we wept
Cause we can't be together
So I kept
Pictures to remember
My old friend
My old friend

Then I met
This girl at graduation
And forget
My oldest creation
And I guess
I'll see him next vacation
Send my best
I send my best

We had so much fun together
We knew we'd be friends forever
We had so much fun together
We had so much fun

I came home
To find him on the table with a note
Scribbled out in pencil
And he wrote
That he just wasn't stable
All alone
All alone

Next to him
An empty glass of water
That he spilt
All over that body that I built
It fizzled and it popped
And then it killed
And then it killed

We had so much fun together
We thought we'd be friends forever
We had so much fun together
We had so much fun
I built a friend

alec benjamin - i won 039 t forget you

[verse 1]
When all you can do
Is turn back around
Walk over your footprints
To what you've already found
And crawl through the pieces
That you left on the ground

Cause everything is there
But its too close and it's too much
It's not the fear of letting go
But it's the fear of losing love
And that's just how the story goes
As you watch your life unfold
Now what you have is what you had
And now its gone, your on your own

[chorus]
Every time I try to walk away... this nightmare
Adrenaline pulsing through my veins... brings me there
For every little thing that we do
No I can't forget, I can't forget its you
No I won't forget you

[verse 2]
No I never wanted
To leave things like this
I put up these walls
So you can't see in
But inside I'm dying
I want to let you in

[bridge]

Cause everything is there, but its too close and it's too much
It's not the fear of letting go, but it's the fear of losing love

[chorus]
Every time I try to walk away... this nightmare
Adrenaline pulsing through my veins... brings me there
For every little thing that we do
No I can't forget, I can't forget its you
No I won't forget you

[refrain]
I won't, I won't forget you
I won't, no I won't forget you
Just slow down, just slow down
Just, slow down, just slow down
Slow down, and hold on?

[chorus]
Every time I try to walk away... this nightmare
Adrenaline pulsing through my veins... brings me there
For every little thing that we do
No I can't forget, I can't forget its you
No I won't forget you

alec benjamin - love is a fragile dance

He's three drinks down and he's driving fast
He's calling her up but she took a cab
Back to their one room apartment
Back to where it all started
Walking up to the door way
Walking in just to realize
She was long gone before he got there
Broken glass in the bathroom

Love is such a fragile dance
This love is such a fragile

She's wondering if she was right to
Leave before they got that
Chance to talk it all over
In a text message he wrote her

Love is such a fragile dance
Our love is such a fragile dance

And no one knew that they were on the edge
Cause life is short and love is sweet
So love until your dead
And no one knew that they were on the edge
Cause life is short and love is sweet
So love until your dead

He's three drinks down and he's driving fast
She's calling him back now he's reaching
Car tires are screeching
Car horns are screaming
He's wondering if he was right to
Pick a fight just to argue
But he can't take it back now
The last message he sent out

Life is such a fragile dance
His life was such a fragile dance
Love is such a fragile dance
Their love was such a fragile dance

And no one knew that they were on the edge
Cause life is short and love is sweet
So love until your dead
And no one knew that they were on the edge
Cause life is short and love is sweet
So love until your dead

She's three drinks down and she's crying
No fight is worth fighting
No fight is worth dying
But all love is worth fighting for

And no one knew that they were on the edge
Cause life is short and love is sweet
So love until your dead
And no one knew that they were on the edge
Cause life is short and love is sweet
So love until your dead
So love until your dead
So love until your dead

alec benjamin - medicine man

My life's alright when I'm high
I did my best to get by
I told my parents I'd try
I was loosing track of my mid
So I went to the medicine man
To fix my attention span
He put a pill in my hand
Cause life's a breeze
When you're slammed

Im a boy in a box
When your six
Watch the clock
get your fix out of the bottle
Drink it up
And then swallow
Tune in
Tune out
Breathe in
Breathe out

So what's a little white lie
To parents who never try
A little prescription high
Will help you guys to get by
So lets all take a ride
And we can stand in line
To get a little piece of mind
From the medicine man supply
From the medicine man supply

Im a boy in a box
When your six
Watch the clock
get your fix out of the bottle
Drink it up
And then swallow
Tune in
Tune out
Breathe in
Breathe out

I was floating on a high
Up somewhere in the sky
My teacher asked me why
I didn't pass the test
I have a knot down in my chest
Reach for the bottle of my meds

I'm a boy in a box
When your six
Watching clocks get your fix
Out of the bottle
Drink it up
And then swallow
Tune in
Tune out
Breathe in
Breathe out

alec benjamin - my old bicycle

How fast can you ride your bike?
He asked that Sunday night
With a wild look in his eye
So I followed close behind
How fast do fast cars drive?
That's what I replied
I don't stop at traffic lights
Yeah that's how fast I ride
Well I use to race this guy
We use to glide on the west side
But he fell and broke his spine
So I just left him behind

My old bicycle was a Ferrari
It rusted in the yard and now I'm sorry
I crashed my car so when I pull up to parties
I tell the girls my bike is a Ferrari
My old bicycle was a Ferrari
It rusted in the yard and now I'm sorry
I crashed my car so when I pull up to parties
I tell the girls my bike is a Ferrari

How fast can you grow up?
And are you grown up enough
To outgrow the things you love
And leave an old friend in the dust
Yeah I remember this one time
When I picked up the phone line
And I heard you on the other side
And you said come on, lets ride

My old bicycle was a Ferrari
It rusted in the yard and now I'm sorry
I crashed my car so when I pull up to parties
I tell the girls my bike is a Ferrari
My old bicycle was a Ferrari
It rusted in the yard and now I'm sorry
I crashed my car so when I pull up to parties
I tell the girls my bike is a Ferrari

For worse or for better
We leave our friends behind
But then we remember
We cant turn back the time
For worse or for better
We leave our friends behind
But then we remember
We cant turn back the time

My old bicycle was a Ferrari
It rusted in the yard and now I'm sorry
I crashed my car so when I pull up to parties
I tell the girls my bike is a Ferrari
My old bicycle was a Ferrari
It rusted in the yard and now I'm sorry
I crashed my car so when I pull up to parties
I tell the girls my bike is a Ferrari

alec benjamin - outrunning karma

Outrunning karma that boy
He's such a charmer all the
Bugs and their larva follow
Him out to Colorado
Ten dozen hearts in a bag
Their bodies lying he'll drag
Them down to Colorado
A modern Desperado

And he'll race for miles through the night
He runs because he knows he cannot hide

He's never gonna make it
All the poor people he's forsaken
Karma is always gonna chase him for his lies
It's just a game of waiting
From the church steeple down the Satan karma
There's really no escape until he dies

Outrunning karma that boy
Can't run no further it's the
Last days of sparta follow
Him down to meet Apollo

And he'll brace for battle in the night
He'll fight because he knows he cannot hide

He's never gonna make it
All the poor people he's forsaken karma
He's always gonna chase him for his lies
It's just a game of waiting
From the church steeple down to Satan karma
There's really no escape until he dies

La la la la la
La la la la la
La la la la la
La la

La la la la la
La la la la la
La la la la la
La la

He's never gonna make it
All the poor people he's forsaken
Karma is always gonna chase him for his lies
It's just a game of waiting
From the church steeple down to Satan karma
There's really no escape until he dies

La la la la la
La la la la la
La la la la la
La la

La la la la la
La la la la la
La la la la la
La la

alec benjamin - paper crown

A paper crown
And a heart made of glass
A tattered gown
And her kingdom of ash
She walks alone
She can never look back

The story of a queen
Whose castle has fallen to the sea

She'll make it out
But she's never the same
She's lookin' down
At the scars that remain
But you hold your ground
Though your kingdoms in flames

Cause it's the story of a queen
Whose castle has fallen to the sea
Knowing there's no one who will be a king that
Will come and save his queen

When all she needs, and all she wants
When all she finds
When all she is, and ever was
Is compromised
Cause there's no one to love you
When you build your walls too high
And there's no one to love you
When you build your walls too high

She's looking out
From the war that's inside
She's screaming out
Cause no one survived
But when you're all alone
You wait and you hide

Cause it's the story of a queen
Whose castle has fallen to the sea
Knowing there's no one who will be a king who
Will come and save his queen

When all she needs, and all she wants
When all she finds
When all she is, and ever was
Is compromised
Cause there's no one to love you
When you build your walls too high
And there's no one to love you
When you build your walls too high

There's no one
Who is strong enough
To save your love
There's no fairytale
There's no fairytale

When all she needs, and all she wants
When all she finds
When all she is, and ever was
Is compromised
Cause there's no one to love you
When you build your walls too high
And there's no one to love you
When you trapt yourself inside

alec benjamin - settle down

Set out with a backpack
A compass in hand
To steal mona lisa and
That was his plan

A modern day outlaw
He will take what he can
And vanish before you
Like tracks in the sand

His pockets were full
But his heart was so heavy and
All this material things can be deadly if
No one is there who will share
When you're 71

If only someone fill the spaces
He might settle down

He met her on thusday
On his way back from france
He hold out the panting
His stole with his hands

And even da'vinci
Couldn't have sketched
A more perfect woman
Than the one that he met

His pockets were full
But his heart was so heavy and
All this material things can be deadly if
No one is there who will share
When you're 71

If only someone fill the spaces
He might settle down
Settle down, settle down
Settle down, settle down

He woke up in the morning
With nothing around
She left with the portrait
No trace of her found

She was the outlaw
She was the one
She took the bounty
And left him with none

His pockets aren't full
And his heart still empty
And falling in love can be just as deadly and
No one is there who will care when he's 71

If only someone fill the spaces
He might settle down
Settle down

alec benjamin - the water fountain

She told me that she loved me
By the water fountain
She told me that she loved me
And she didn't love him
And that was really lovely
Cause it was innocent
But now she's got a cup
With something else in it

It's getting kind of blurry
At a quarter past ten
And he was in a hurry
To be touching her skin
She's feeling kind of dirty
When she's dancing with him
Forgetting what she told me
By the water fountain

Now he's grabbing her hips
And pulling her in
Kissing her lips and whispering in her ear
And she knows that she shouldn't listen
And that she should be
With me by the water fountain

She couldn't be at home
In the nighttime because
It made her feel alone
But at that time she was too young
I was too young
I should have built a home
With a fountain for us
The moment that she told me
That she was in love
Too young
I was too young
Too young
Too young
Too young

And if she ever goes back
To the water fountain
The handle will be broken
And the rust set in
But my hand it will be open
And I'll try to fix it
My heart it will be open
And I'll try to give it

Now I'm grabbing her hips and pulling her in
Kissing her lips and whispering in her ear
And I know that is only a wish
And that we're not standing
By the water fountain

Too young
Too young
Too young

She couldn't be at home
In the nighttime because
It made her feel alone
But at that time she was too young
I was too young
I should have built a home
With a fountain for us
The moment that she told me
That she was in love
Too young
I was too young
Too young
Too young
Too young

I should have built a home
With a fountain for us
The moment that she told me
That she was in love
Too young
I was too young

alec benjamin - the way to nowhere

She's on her way to work
Her heart is wearing thin
The tattoos leave a mark
From everywhere she's been
Cause she's never in one place
She takes it on the chin
Now tears are welling up
And they are rushing down her skin
While she's pushing trough the door
She hides behind a grin
But no one really knows how sad
She feels within
Oh, oh
Life goes on, put a sad song on

She's tryna go the distance
But she's running out of love
It doesn't make a difference
No it's never quite enough
Buys chocolate bars and magazines
The things that make her smile
But she falls down, down, down
She's on her way back to work at 7
When the morning sun is up
She goes home at 11
With her coat all buttoned up
Buys cigarettes and dvds
The thing that make her smile
But she falls down, down, down
She's on her way to nowhere
Driving in the rain to her house
Right up the road
Her name is on the mailbox
But it never feels like home
When she's climbing into bed, you know
She's climbing all alone
When she's climbing into bed
She's climbing on her own
Oh, oh
Life goes on, put a sad song on

She's tryna go the distance
But she's running out of love
It doesn't make a difference
No it's never quite enough
Buys chocolate bars and magazines
The things that make her smile
But she falls down, down, down
She's on her way back to work at 7
When the morning sun is up
She goes home at 11 with her coat
All buttoned up
Buys cigarettes and dvds
The thing that make her smile
But she falls down, down, down
She's on her way to nowhere

He's working at the bar
And takes a later shift
A little drunk and far too young to
End up just like this
When he takes her by the hand
She does not resist
They're on their way to nowhere
Because nowhere sure beats this

She's tryna go the distance
Now she's got a little love
A little makes a difference
Even if it's not enough
The chocolate bars and magazines
Just leave 'em on the shelf
And put 'em down, down, down
She's on her way back to work at 7
When the morning sun is up
The drive home at 11
To smoke cigarettes and stuff
The dvds and memories
You keep them to yourself
From the way down, down, down
They're on their way to nowhere

alec benjamin