Cold Hard Morning Light

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lyrics

think on my time
think on my chances
blown down the line
how many romances gone?

on the edge of a knife
a hot-bellied set-up
ready to spring
a pent-up switchblade life

flash-fire eyes
burn through the mirror
they cut to your bone
the holiest terror eyes

now pain isn't earned
it grows without reason
a four letter burn
one for each season down

and I can never get it right
in the cold hard morning light
but at least I'm still alive
in the cold hard morning light

it's good to be free
down in the ditches
it's good to be free
with no money and no bitches now

cruising the streets
torn up and shattered
caught in the breeze
broke, bruised, and battered down

and I can never get it right
in the cold hard morning light
but at least i'm still alive
in the cold hard morning light

TAKE IT LIKE A MAN

so it's like this:
I'm stuck in a corner
and these girls
they'll always ignore you

go figure,
I tried to adore you
cause sometimes
I like it in the corner

because I
I'm just a simple kind of guy
and you
I think you're worth a try

you gotta take it like a man
try and understand
most people never win
a lot never begin
why won't you take my hand
won't you let me in
if you want to take control
at least I'll take it like a man

so it's like this:
I'm stuck in a corner
and some girls
they'll try and adore you

well go figure,
I had to ignore you
cause sometimes
you put me in a corner

because I
I'm just a simple kind of guy
and you
I think you're worth a try

you gotta take it like a man
try and understand
most people never win
a lot never begin
why won't you take my hand
won't you let me in
if you want to take control
at least I'll take it like a man

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from Overnight, released January 20, 2017

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Overnight

Jan 2017
Rooms EP

Apr 2015
Heat demo

Oct 2013

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