Playlist Much The Same

much the same - conclusion

Now we'll move on with our lives and try to make this right
To learn from past mistakes we made before
If you want, I'll leave you be to figure out yourself
Before you figure out what's defeating me
There's no one left to turn to, another time we'll try to forget who tried
And now we'll move on with our lives
Not shedding tears, I'll get by
You're better off without it
You're better off without him
You're better off without it
You're better off with anything
Now who came out the better person, the better human being?
And I'd really like to thank you for getting that person out of me
I'm wondering how you're doing and I'm wondering how you've been
And I really hope you're happy that you're happier with him
That time we spent together, did it mean anything at all?
And I'm not gonna sit here wondering why you didn't call

much the same - crying wolf

So I'll say it again, for what must be the thousandth time
I know I've sinned against you and that's not another line
You're the only one who knows what's inside my feeble heart
I repent for it once again, once again a brand new start
I try and I try and I try, but I can't do it without you
I know what's right, and it's the only thing I want
But the only thing I want is the one I never do
I hate this sin inside me, but I give in almost every time
I do the very thing I hate as I push you aside
Do my words even reach you, oh lover of my soul?
Or have I cried wolf one too many times?
Please hear me and the words I'll probably say again
I'm sorry, please change my heart and mind
I hate this sin inside me, but I give in almost every time
Please teach me to rely on your power,
through my weakness I know that I'm strong
You're right beside me and your grace makes me strong
But I'm so helpless on my own

much the same - father amp son

Hello, it's me, your only son
Writing to you now because I haven't seen you in so long
Even though we live in the same home
You're the father that I've never known
I get up each day, you're already gone
Drive past your office late at night
And see the light still on
Why do you care more about your job
Than about the family falling apart?
Don't even know you
Can't understand you
Never stopped to think of anyone else
Hello, my boy, your letter hurt me so
18 years I've worked so hard, while I missed seeing you grow
I was just trying to provide for you
All my efforts thrown back in my face
Every morning I say a prayer for you
As I lose another day making it the best for you
Someday you'll wake up and you'll realize
And you'll thank me for how hard I tried
It's always been about you
But I'm a person too
I feel like giving up
I've had about enough
I gave up more for you than you'll ever understand
But you were never there for me when life went bad
Son, I always tried to give you all the things I never had
But all I ever wanted was a dad

by nanne

much the same - for those left behind

Is it so hard to understand? you got left behind
?cause you wanted to do something with your life
You wanted something where mediocrity would not
Suffice
And i know the scene is bleeding
But i can't shake this feeling that's inside
I know this life's not for everyone but i'm still
Gonna try

We could give up now, let ourselves just drown tonight

Never voice my point of view and no more songs to sing
For you
But this time, not out without a fight

Time keeps running out
I wake up each day with my pen and stare through my
Hazy eyes
At the blank sheet that's in front of me, but no one
Wants to hear me sing about
How the scene is bleeding, but i can't shake this
Feeling that's inside
I know this life's not for everyone, but i'm still
Gonna try

We could give up now, let ourselves just drown tonight

Never voice my point of view and no more songs to sing
For you
But this time, not out without a fight

For years it's been built up and i won't let them tear
It down
We've bled for this scene and with our blood we'll
Wipe the stains clean
For all those that were left behind, don't think we'll
Ever say goodbye
You're always with us in our hearts and on our minds
We'll try to cure this disease that mocks everything
That you wanted it to be, it's everything to me

We could give up now, let ourselves just drown tonight

Never voice my point of view and no more songs to sing
For you
But this time, not out without a fight

much the same - gut shot

These photographs that hang on my wall meant everything
Looking back they all seem like a fading dream
But waking now I know that it's just a fallacy
I rub my eyes and face reality

How could I just sit and ignore all the signs
Was it easier to say it was fine?
Now the words are out in the open air
I try to make it right but you don't care
Content to be blind, not to see
Happy to follow, not to lead
But now that I've regained my sight
I won't be losing sleep tonight

Put up a wall I can't tear down
There's no reason, you don't have to shut me out
Suddenly it seems that you're too good for me
Remember when we were like family?
Now you've ruined everything

With everything passing day the space between us only grew
Whatever happened to the person I once knew?
And there were time I called you almost every single day
I know you'd see my name and put your phone away

Funny how expendable some things can be
Like our friendship and your negativity
You look down your nose at me with such disdain
You're so much better, "friend," how is the cocaine?
You're the last that I thought could do this
If you needed blood I would have slit my wrist
Now you'd cut me open just for spite
So I won't be losing sleep tonight

It seems that I have been betrayed again
By enemies disguised as friends
Feels like a gut shot that stripped away my breath
And now there's nothing left
And now there's nothing left

much the same - hits home

"She's just a friend," he said, "and that's all she'll ever be
But I can't get these thoughts of her out of my head
The cliche story once again, not as dramatic as it could be
But I can't help the way my thoughts are being led"
Can't you see she loves you in a special way?
Maybe more than you will ever really know
'Cause your mind is focused on a fictional storyline
You'll miss the happiness reality could hold
"This all hits home," I said, "and I can't believe it took so long
For me to finally see what's going on
With so many troubles in her life, romantic feelings wear her down
All she needs is someone that she can lean on"
I'll be your friend through thick and thin
The kind that you can always run to
When you're hurting and you need a helping hand
I'll be your friend when things are great
And all you wanna do is share your smile
And your cheerful happiness
I'll be your friend through your mistakes
'Cause we both know I've had my share
And yet you never took the chance to run away
I'll be your friend because you love me
For reasons I may never know
And that means more than meager words could ever say
You mean more than any words could ever say

much the same - liar

I have always been so proud of my honest heart
So naturally the truth flows from my mouth
Of course I have lied my share of times in my life
But it's pulling the teeth they pass to even spit them out
So it's so hard to find that I've been lying to myself all this time
I say I know you but it's time I realized
This life I lead is far from glorifying
Redundancy is plaguing me, it happens all the time
Because I just keep trying
And it's so dark in here And I need you near
To ease my growing fear
So now I know the truth that I've been missing all along
Or maybe just didn't want to hear
And I confess I'm a lifetime liar of the truest kind
But I'm no longer blind

much the same - living a lie

It's a shame that you think you have to live this way
It's a shame that you never have known
You'd travel so far and you'd have so much power
If only you would let the real you show

It's a shame you think you have to live a lie
It's a shame that you think you have to try
To please everyone else when you don't even please yourself
Now isn't that the worst kind of life?

When you look into the mirror, do you see someone you hate?
Why do you listen to what all those empty people say?
You don't need them around, they just wanna keep you down
But there's a better way

It's a shame you think this is how it has to be
It's a shame you make everything so hard
I wish you could see that you're beautiful to me
And I think you're perfect just the way you are

much the same - masquerade

Sitting here and reading your thoughts, my heart sinks once again
'Cause I caught you in another lie, find no truth in what you said
You say that you'll hurt my feelings
You say I won't understand
I say you're just a coward
Just a counterfeit friend
And all the times I've been there, they didn't mean a thing
At least not to you, but I know they meant something to me
And I wish that I could give up, is that what you want from me?
Because I'm still your friend even if you don't want me to be
My promises are haunting me, not so easily shoved aside
And yet I keep on trying to finally justify
Taking every single word back, every pledge I ever made
Because the friend I swore them to was nothing but a masquerade
Then you ask if something's wrong
If only you could hear this song
You'd just make up some lame excuse
So it's no use listening to you
What do you do when you're not lying, do you have other words to say?
Why do I have to try so hard to keep from pushing you away?
I wish that I could give up, is that what you want from me?
Because I'm still your friend even if you've never been one to me

much the same - moto

It's been five years since I stopped caring what they thought of me
I'm a messenger at heart, with a blatant personality
So you can say I'm strange or stay out of my way
Or maybe you'll listen to what I've got to say
I can't hide the things he's done for me
What is the benefit of subtlety?
If I believe a savior is the only thing they need
And I hid it between the metaphors what kind of person would I be?
Is it that important that the crowd thinks we're the best
What is the benefit in the end?
I'm just trying to show them all that there's a better way
How can I do that if i veil what I say?
No one will ever silence me!

much the same - new years

I tore down masterfully constructed walls again
I've got some rebuilding to do
Brick by brick I'll try to put them each back in their place
And leave no window to see through
"It's 4:30 am on a Tuesday, it doesn't get much worse than this"
I tried to be the kind of friend I always thought you needed
And this is the thanks I get?
Do I care to take the time to hear an explanation
Or an unbelieved apology?
I told you from the start there's be no manipulation
And no psychology
Did you think that you could get away with using me
And that things would turn out fine?
Well I've got news for you, we all see through your little game
And you've lost again this time
And this time I won't cry 'cause you haven't earned it
And all your chances have been blown
And if you've treated everyone the way you treated me
It's no wonder you're perpetually alone
I hope you learn your lesson now
But you can count me out

much the same - one of a kind

These last few weeks there's been lots of talk about the past
About the true loves we've all lost and the ones we never had
Vicariously reliving the pain of saying goodbye to you
Has left me wondering exactly what you've been up to
I've long since gotten over the aftermath of my mistakes
Had pointed out to me the error of my ways
But the little things keep showing up inside my mind
And a better friend than you were I don't think that I can find
But now seeing you again
Reminds me thankfully of why the bar was raised so high
I'm not writing you this song
To say I want you back it's simply that I hope I'll never lose you again
I think about the days we spent together
I come to realize it's all blurry and I can't remember
All that much except how happy we both were back then
And how these days I'm not even sure if I can call you friend

much the same - picking up the shattered pieces

The last few years I thought that things would never change
All in the same moment I know it cannot stay the same
As this chapter ends and a new one begins again,
I hope you find your way

This is not where I wanted to go
Thought we'd see this together
Though you'll travel a different road
You'll always be my friend

We lost our way but we'll find it again
Good times may end,
But we'll have memories and I'll always keep them with me

So what can we do now? Will all our hard work end?
I wouldn't want to do this with anyone who wasn't already my friend
But I'll press on. We've come to far
We have to make this work somehow

Try to pick up the shattered pieces
Wish duct tape could fix all of your reasons
Are you waking up to a better life? Will it be a lie?

much the same - quitters never win

I've waited long enough and I've been putting it all off
It's time I got myself going again
I've made enough excuses to last 'til the end of time
I've got to move forward with my plans
I tell myself that I am not cut out for this
I don't like anything that's happening now
But when I think of losing everything I've done so far
I know I've got to make it work somehow
What good is a friend if you can't look him in the eye?
What good is honesty if it feels like a lie?
What good is a dream if you never even try?
I thought that I was free and that I left that guy behind
I wanted to believe that someday I'd reach the sky
And if I don't press on then I'll watch the new me die
And the sadder self survive
This isn't as easy as they make it look on TV
I'd never have guessed it was so hard
And maybe you can hear it in the strain of my voice
The perils of it caught me off guard
But when you know that burning deep inside of you
Is not something so easily ignored
You get back on that horse no matter how many times you fall
'Cause it's better than everything you've done before
My life is chronicled in lapses of writer's block
Opening a window to let my feelings be mocked
You ask me why I put myself through this, to you I say
If you've ever chased a dream you know I can have it no other way
This is me today

much the same - seasons change

It's happening again
My heart has lost control
And impulse has subdued all reasoning in me
But in a picture perfect world
I wouldn't be stuck in the passenger's seat
While riding with defeat

I can't sit back and watch it fall apart
I won't sit back and watch my life fall apart
I'll wash away the drought, the stale feeling that's inside

This is what you're waiting for (to die)
This is what you're waiting for (to fail)
What are you waiting for?
Got a feeling that my life has got to change
[x2]

At half a world away
You're closer to me now
Than some collating song that illustrates all of my pain
I need you to defeat
The feeling that's inside of every waking night
Now I need you by my side
So I can finally shut my eyes
And kiss my fears goodnight

This is what you're waiting for
This is what you're waiting for
This is what you're waiting for
What are you waiting for?

This is what you're waiting for (to die)
This is what you're waiting for (to fail)
This is what you're waiting for
Got a feeling that my life has got to change

This is what you're waiting for (to die)
This is what you're waiting for (to fail)
What are you waiting for?
Got a feeling that my life has got to change

much the same