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Sun's Up
03:41
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Sun's up
Summertime Chicago
All of the best we'd ever had
I'm never leaving
Gray sky
Wintertime Chicago
No reason to get out of bed
I'm never leaving
Packed on the Blue Line
Panic attack
My spirit floats away
Float away
Full moon
Autumntime Chicago
Fall in love again and again
I'm never leaving
Snowstorm
Springtime in Chicago
When is it ever going to end
I'm never leaving
Packed on the Blue Line
Panic attack
My spirit floats away
Float away
Sun's up
Suburbs of Chicago
Here's the rest we never had
I'm never leaving
Sun's up
Suburbs of Chicago
Here's the rest we never had
I'm never leaving
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Change
03:07
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Didn't want a change
Didn't want a change
But they got a change
But they got a change
But they got a change
Dying for a change
Dying for a change
Never got a change
Never got a change
Never got a change
I don't wanna change
I don't wanna change
But I gotta change
But I gotta change
But I gotta change
I don't wanna change
I don't wanna change
But I gotta change
But I gotta change
But I gotta change
Something's always burning down
But your ego and your labels
Ain't gonna buy you any time
Running from a change
Running from a change
Won't avoid a change
Won't avoid a change
Won't avoid a change
Vying for a change
Vying for a change
They're not gonna change
They're not gonna change
They're not gonna change
I don't wanna change
I don't wanna change
But I gotta change
But I gotta change
But I gotta change
I don't wanna change
I don't wanna change
But I gotta change
But I gotta change
But I gotta change
Something's always burning down
But your ego and your labels
Ain't gonna buy you any time
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3. |
What's on Your Mind
03:19
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Wondering what is wrong with you
You seem so far away and blue
It's okay to feel this way sometimes
And when you're ready I'll be here
You can
Tell me what's on your mind
And I'll try
To give you what you need
So you can leave the pain behind
So sorry for what you've been through
I'd love to help you start anew
We know that past can hurt most sometimes
And when you're ready I'll be here
You can
Tell me what's on your mind
And I'll try
To give you what you need
So you can leave the pain behind
Let's pretend the sun will shine on us today
And everything is easy and will go our way
But even if it's harder than our yesterdays
I'll still be here
You can tell me
Tell me what's on your mind
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4. |
Catholic Guilt
05:09
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I remember thinking about
The birth of every person on earth
And how we all arrive the same
I remember thinking about
The worth of every word on earth
And all the answers we create
Is it a waste time
Guarding all that we define
Obsessed with purpose
And what's left behind
And how we're chasing a place
That's impossibly sublime
Overcomplicating what's divine
First in line
Last to know
Verse and rhyme
We can't let go
A dying star that never sets
A ritual we can't forget
I remember thinking about
The end of every thought on earth
And all the fear that causes pain
I remember thinking about
The end of every breath on earth
And those believing they'll be saved
But aren't we wasting our time
Believing life after we die
Obsessed with death
And what is left behind
And how we're chasing a lie
That's impossibly sublime
Overcomplicating what's divine
First in line
Last to know
Verse and rhyme
We must let go
One more dark night of the soul
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5. |
Meditate
04:22
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Meditate
In the dark
5 o'clock
Feels so stark
Chicago wind
Chicago sky
Will always win
Will never die
Then suddenly
Sickness changed everything
Erased the days
Where we would feel so nice
Still your love makes all the bad things go away
And your love makes all the bad things go away
We're skipping over the mountains
We're jumping over the sea
We're basking in the starlight baby
You and me
We'll burn up all the answers
We'll sweep away the debris
We'll reincarnate every good thing
That we've seen
Then suddenly
Escaping captivity
Erased the pain
And there was no more fight
Now your love makes all the bad things go away
And your love makes all the bad things go away
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6. |
Still
02:45
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Still trying to be myself
Still don't know who I am
Still trying to love myself
Still don't like who I am
Still trying to heal myself
Still don't feel that I can
You're not your thoughts
Or your memories
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7. |
Be Still
02:45
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Be still
You're missing all the good parts
Be still
You're missing all the good parts
Be still
You've missed so many good parts
You're not your thoughts
Or your memories
You're not your thoughts
Or your memories
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8. |
Radio's On
03:30
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If you move away
It won't go away
All of the pain
In the world remains
And if you decide
To stay anyway
All of the pain
In the world remains
But it's okay
To feel okay
Radio's on
My favorite song
As I drive down the road
And all this weight
Will dissipate
And that's the way that I'll go
If you look away
It won't go away
All of the pain
In the world remains
But if you decide
To look anyway
All of the pain
In the world remains
But it's okay
To feel okay
Radio's on
My favorite song
As I drive down the road
And all this weight
Will dissipate
And that's the way that I'll go
Now here's a song
Where nothing's wrong
This is the way that it goes
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9. |
In the End
03:05
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Shaping our fate
To a peak or a valley
Real or pretend
A start or finale
Make or negate
We blow up
And deflate
Revise
A breath or a death
A rebirth or a tally
Reel or ideal
Or a break in the rally
Kill or refill
Or shatter
And rebuild
Demise
Cause in the end
We are weak and strong
In the end
We are right and wrong
In the end
There's nothing to hide behind
A hit or a miss
A success or a folly
Die on the hill
Or escaping the volley
Replace or deface
Or revere
Or disgrace
Disguise
Fail or prevail
Or beat up in an alley
Healing or reeling
Or drowned in a galley
Covered exposed
Let free
Or deposed
Despised
Cause in the end
We are weak and strong
In the end
We are right and wrong
In the end
There's nothing to hide behind
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10. |
Show's Over
04:42
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Don't want to talk about depression
Don't want to talk about anxiety
Don't want to talk about problems
Just want to talk about you and me
Thank you
For being
So patient
With me
I'm done complaining
And I don't want to be
So sick and tired
Of every fucking thing
The space we grow together
Is where I want to be
Don't want to talk about religion
Don't want to talk about society
Don't want to talk about problems
Just want to talk about you me
Thank you
For being
So patient
With me
I'm done complaining
And I don't want to be
So sick and tired
Of every fucking thing
The space we grow together
Is where I want to be
Your heart still sees
The best in me
When I am down
You still believe
I've spent so long
Recovering
And now the show is over
I owe you everything
The show is over
I'm striking down the stage
No more scenes left act
No more roles to play
The audience has left a mess
The curtain never cleaned
So I'm burning down the theater
And all of its disease
Don't want to talk about media
Don't want to talk about greed
Don't want to talk about problems
Just want to talk about you and me
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Bossa IV Chicago, Illinois
Bossa IV is the music project of multi-instrumentalist, Matthew McGarry.
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