Bench Grinder

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No one should ever heed the political advice of a musician, yet everyone criticises pop bands for not writing about anything "serious". This song acknowleges the sad state of the world and that something needs to be done while comforting the listener by

Tired of being criticized for primarily writing love songs, this is my attempt at a politically charged pop song. Im not a politician and neither are you. It's not my responsibility to inform you on the state of the world. I'm going to try to do my bes

Lay it on me, break it down
Bend the truth and wear it out
Tell me stories, tell me lies
tell me anything i dont mind

Just sing your song while the world tumbles on
It don't matter if no one else sings along
Sing your song while the world stumbles on
Because no one knows whats really going on

Feel the burning, kill the pain
save 'em now and they will do it all again
Listen closely, listen well
listen to me, listen to yourself

And Sing your song while the world tumbles on
It don't matter if no one else sings along
Sing your song while the world stumbles on
Because no one knows whats really going on

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This is a song about a girl with problems. Rather than address the problems, she drinks them away. A boy falls in love with her and all he wants to do is make her happy. She is aloof with self doubt and he is doing everything he can to show her that she

I wrote this song about a girl I met at a rock show. I ran into her at a party a few weeks later and eventually we started seeing eachother in a loose relationship. I wanted to be with her but she was content in her own mediocraty. I thought she was a

She's keeping a secret
burning like a cigarette
She's spending her evenings
looking back on her regrets

I know you've been mistreated
I can feel it in your voice
You put that bottle to your lips
thats no one elses choice

Now I'm driving the freeway
90's just not fast enough
Living ain't easy
but I swear I'll make it up

I'll treat you like your perfect
because I've always known you are
From the moment I first talked to you
inside my sister's car
I want to give the world to you
and make your dreams come true
My life would be complete if I could
live it here with you

She is my firecracker
can't stop thinking about her
burns hot like dynamite
She makes me feel alright

So tell me your secret
because I love to hear you talk
I'll sing it acoustic
but I swear I'll make it rock

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An upbeat, yet dark song about a hopeless romantic and a heartless vixen chasing the impossiible. Fast, heavy chords and driving beats dictate the passion of the singers desparation to believe in love and she's just taking him for a ride. He knows it but

I fell in love with a mean girl that was out of my league. I knew it would never work out but we dated anyways. Needless to say, my suspicsions were correct.

Fell in love with a fallen angel
She's sitting pretty looking lost
in a beautiful hell
When I look into her eyes, I see the fire
There's something burning up inside her

I know that she's only gonna hurt me
I knew that she'd break me from the start
I just wanna fall in love with her
Yeah, just so she can break my heart

When she smiles, it's like the world stops turning
When she's gone I feel my heart start burning
She could look at you and make you blind
I'd do anything to make her mine

I know that she's only gonna hurt me
I knew that she would break me from the start
I just wanna fall in love with her
Yeah, just so she can break my heart

With everything that she's got
She's everything that I want
and now I'm falling apart
and I don't want her to break my heart

I fell in love with a fallen angel
She's living pretty while I try to get out of this hell
I was stupid to think that I could have her
Now my life is a complete disaster

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Dating a string of girls that broke your heart will make you question whether or not love is real or just a concept created by Hallmark. This song playfully addresses the ups and downs of dating while optimisticly looking to the future. A feeling so stro

Feeling emotionally worn down, I wrote this song asking out loud "What is it I'm looking for?"

It's like high school
It's like a holiday
It's like the sticky situations that you find yourself in everyday

It's so impossible
But I tired
I'm getting lost inside the feeling but im choking when I swallow my pride

But the sun always goes down
When Its up she cant be found

Someone, somewhere
I hear her calling out my name
I hope not the one to blame
Every girl I meet is always the same
Someday, somehow
She'll be with me before too long
turn my back and she'll be gone
someone's gotta turn me on

Shes like the radio and I'm a sattelite
I may be roaming for the moment but I never really get out of sight
It's so fictional but it's real
You thought you had her when you lost her
showing up was never part of the deal

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You know it's over. All the signs are telling you its time to move on. You know you shouldn't pick up the phone, but any reason to call.. you'll take. This song is about the last phase in a bad relationship: Desparation.

I wrote this song about a girl I met at a house party. I really liked her and she lead me to believe that she liked me too. Eventually, she stopped returning my calls. I knew I shouldn't keep calling, but if ever I got an excuse to call her, I justified

I know you think I'm telling lies
but this time I won't let you down
If you just give me a chance

One million lovers last goodbyes
they all get lost into the night
we gotta make it last

So give me a reason
why I should ever talk to you again
I'm waiting for the reason

Don't Give me a reason to give you a call
I know you're not listening to me

Give up, go on, get out of here
there's just no use sticking around
so get the hell out of town

Those things you say, the games we play
make spending time with you a chore
you got me begging for more

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Hard and heavy, this song comes at you with an angry sincerity vocally and musically. About a love where one person changes constantly while the other remains the same, it takes an honest approach by telling the other party to do what they feel they need

I wrote this in my van, on my lunch break, in the home depot parking lot. Like you may've guessed, its about a former flame.

I'm tired of the way I feel when I'm with you
I'm sick of all the endless pain you put me through
I'm at my wits end and I can take no more
It's time to set things back to the way they were before

I hope you're happy with the image you have made
It's hard to follow cause it changes every day
I won't be like that so take me as I am
You may not like it much, but I don't give a damn
and now you're

Falling faster every year
You gave them what they need
I dont seem to care
You're taking everything
So Make me dissapear
and I wont say a think
I don't even care
It's only in your dreams

You want everyone to think that youre complete
but you wont find me on the floor kissing your feet
You say that everyone thinks you look like a dream
You may be perfect but you look like hell to me

It's in your dreams
but I don't care
cause it ain't me

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Sometimes life seems impossible and no matter what choice you make, you lose. When it seems like the whole world is against you, there's always that one person who will catch you when you fall down. This song is a thank you to the one that keeps your hea

Trying to be sucessful in the music world is a tough thing. Just when you think you're making progress, it all comes crashing down, bringing you back to square one. It can be frustrating. I wanted to give up, but my sister was always there to tell me th

Come lose your mind and take a ride
I don't know why I feel this way
I can't decide, should I run or hide?
I'd rather die than feel this way

I'm at a crossroads now and I don't really know
I listen when my heart tells me where I should go
Sometimes it seems like when
All signs point to No and I lose hope
You're always there to let me know

Get up off the ground, you dont need to be down
Well there's something inside you that nobody's found
Get down with the sound if it keeps you around
and I promise that I will never lose hope

Go on with your life only do what you like
and you'll be better off this way
Cause you know deep inside what you're doing is right
and you'll be happier this way

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The soft verses in this song have sincere praises of a special girl that rest upon serene melodies that carry you into the pre chorus. The prechorus steadily builds up with heavier drums, crunchier guitars and desparate lyrics, The chorus breaks through

My sister's best friend was in a terrible relationship with a complete asshole. She would often come to me for support, through which I discovered what an amazing person she is. I wanted nothing more than to be with her and to give her what she diserves

She's beautiful
She's everything that i need
She talks like an angel and
walks ontop of the sea
but still I don't believe

They tell me we are not the same
and I know you're not playing games
but somehow, something's calling my name

Take me back to the place where I saw her first
Let me show her just how much she's worth
Let me be the one who heals your pain
Let me get to know you, Sara Lane

She's incredible
There's no one she couldn't impress
She rocks me like Elvis and I
can't help but obsess
She kills me in that dress

She's wonderful
She makes me feel complete
She's hot like a sunburn
as brilliant as she is sweet
and no one can compete

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Minimum-wage is your employer's way of telling you he would pay you less if he could yet the demands of high performance are the same as any other job. This song embodies the anger and frustration of being in a low paying job with no evidence of a bright

This song was written when I worked in a music store in the mall. I was payed just enough to make rent and drive to work. Trapped inside the mall where there was no windows to the outside world inspired me to write about the frustrations of feeling like

Enter night, something tells me this ain't right
I just can't find the meaning of this life
All this time I've let these moments pass me by
Always waiting but my timing's never right

I'm not dying but I'm always killing time
Burning bridges though I'm not quite certain why
Someone rescue me before I lose my mind
Cause I can't take it anymore

Wake up, we're locked inside this hell
The sun is shining but I can't tell
I just can't do this on my own
We're all too lost to get back home

I know it's hard living life always en garde
All I ask is that you try to look the part
And this I swear, one day we'll make it out of here
In the meantime I'll be pulling out my hair

I never meant to let you down
I never meant to hurt you
This is what I want but I know this is not
what dreams are really made of
If you and me don't think that we
will ever make it out
Just ask yourself, Do you think it's worth it?

I think we're worth it

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This song is vague accounts of feelings everyone has experienced in one way or another. Sometimes there is no silver lining in life. There is only love. You may hurt one another but you must remember what got your where you are in the first place. Draw

This song was written for about a relationship that was tearing apart because of the difficulties faced in everyday life from horrible national trajedies like 9/11 to the smallest things like paying your bills. Life is hard, but, like the Beatles said.. a

I am dissatisfied to say the least
How dare you call this place a masterpiece?
One day we'll take the world
Spin it around and turn it upside down
but baby in the meantime can we rest in piece?

Lately all my dreams have been decieving me
We've been living in our own little false reality, yeah
Nothing's gonna hold us down
and I will never let them hurt you now
someday you may even fall in love with me, yeah

Rescue me

Let go of the world around you
I'll take you by the hand
Perfection brings deception
I guess we'll never understand
Let go of the world you live in
I'll bring you into mine
Let me be the one to tell you everythings gonna be just fine now

All I ever wanted seems so out of reach
Do you even realize what you've done to me?
Forgetting everything I knew
For everything you put me through
Did you ever stop to see if this affected me, yeah?

Rescue me

Let go of the world around you
I'll take you by the hand
Perfection breeds deception
I guess we'll never understand
Let go of the world you live in
I'll take you into mine
Let me be the one to tell you everythings gonna be just fine

I see your picture
and i can feel your whisper
i sense youre near me
but were both disappearing
I feel the burning
now youre the one deserting
I'm not gonna let you go

Let go of the world around you
I'll take you by the hand
Perfection breathes deception
I guess we'll never understand
Let go of the world you live in
I'll take you into mine
Let me be the one to tell you everythings gonna be just fine

Let go of the world around you
I'll take you by the hand
Perfection bleeds deception
I guess we'll never understand
Let go of the world you live in
I'll take you into mine
Let me be the one to tell you everythings gonna be just fine, now