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Between Us and What Could Have Been Saved

by Tri-State Era

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1.
I've been pacing down side streets towards the same path that haunts me and traps my viability between your sheets and the concrete beneath me but i cant wrap my head around the thought of ever waking up I spent far too much time this year on a thousand highway drives through my own atmosphere The next neon stop sign flashes bright and then it dies like the chances I once had before they all just passed me by I've come to terms with death and adolescent dreams and how close to me, how close they truly seem to be If I cant make this work, then I'll drive until it burns Suddenly the planet folds right out in front of me and the engine light reads "Maybe next year, maybe you'll be free" Alive for the first time
2.
So let's pretend like we're meant to go in our own directions but where I'm headed is somewhere I'll never know cut all connections Wake up early and push the best days of my life aside It's past the point of procrastination when petty problems just control my time In the back of my mind I've fallen behind with the lack of potential while making a mess of mine I'm struck with the fear of failing with every word you tell me Would you believe me if I told you this was all for the best I swear I'll get it right the second time
3.
You're a constant ring in my ear from the skyline a tone that bends and breaks against the mountainside I call to myself while rejecting the echoes in disbelief I cant hear anything That summer changed you You fell for the first one who fell for you That whole summer changed you Your spirit crashed and flew right through the window If there's a god he's not looking down on me am I alive or am I just breathing Cornered against the earth, you threw a stone at your enemies but that stone hit me and my failed attempt at empathy Cornered against the world, you swore at your enemies and my ears were claimed in an on-going war between us and what could have been saved
4.
Bad Sense 04:48
There's really nothing to be proud of between bad sense and circumstances and how we fumble the two (separating the truth) before we run out of light to move There are nights where I die only to shoot back to life granting the voice in my head and how it always ends up right I'll speak clearly so you wont misunderstand me you're not understanding as church bells sing and fall back asleep I cry wolf and you're always So take a snapshot or portrait framed for the world to see it would show the rift between you and me hidden from your way of life things that cant be caught with the plain eye it would shine light on the truth that we're both dead and alive at the same time I've come to terms with how we lose so effortlessly on the path that haunts my reality diving from tragedy to tragedy And so on
5.
Fake It 03:07
Hey man, you can paint us as has-been to late fans but we'd rather wait for all of this to end than meet the agenda for the poster boy of a weekly trend It's hard to see the full frame that you're the prey for their new campaign And how your moves are masked with a force disguise of subtlety hiding all of your insecurities We wont fake it for the airwaves or force it until it caves in but we'll still sing anyways, because we still have something to say even if we're rejected and overlooked anyways It's sad to say We wont fake it for the airwaves or force it until it caves in but we'll still sing anyways, because we still have something to say in a state where nobody's listening
6.
I see right through you to the other side your frame in unnatural light it's misleading what a life I wake at dawn just to see that you've gone what a life I lead how it pertains to you and me Now I'm singing along I'm singing this song out through broken receivers it shorts and it breaks as the antenna shakes a high pitch scream that rips and tears out the speakers I've spent this whole year fumbling through wires caught between stations until it all clears if only then I knew that I'll never learn from the mistakes I've lived through I'll never learn (I'm carefree in a temporary sleep, don't wake up and greet me) (I'm naive, faking my apathy towards everything)

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Tri-State Era is:
Shane Williams
Mike Rak
David Vitola
Brian Shepherd
Adam Szulczewski

All music by Tri-State Era
Lyrics by Shane Williams and Mike Rak

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released September 8, 2015

Produced by Tri-State Era and James Palko
Recorded by James Palko November, 2014-May, 2015 at University of New Haven Recording Studio A (West Haven, CT)
Mixed and Mastered by Daniel Florez and Jay Maas at Getaway Studios (Haverhill, MA)

Artwork by Ned Smith and Dalton Patton

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