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Registered Charity
04:02
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I’m a symbol of something lost, far enough beyond my ways and means
I could go back into history, but I’ll say I picked it up in my teens
Fortunately for a long long time, mercy found me, put me in a good place
Even though it came easily, I missed it when it disappeared
without a trace
How does it feel, now that you’re the one in need
You’re just like me, a registered charity
I met a match that could kill me, but I wouldn’t let it go
I fought so hard to be stronger, drawing blood, if only to know
I can go to the bitter end, ‘cause I’ve got less to lose
Now I see it destroyed us both, such a waste to fight a battle that I
would never choose
How does it feel, now that you’re the one in need
You’re just like me, a registered charity
Scraping away, we make it last, stretching another day
Saving the ends for you, I know we’ll make it up someway
Yes, I’m a beautiful loser, helpless and without a deal
I offer meager and measly pieces of something you’re supposed to feel
You’re sincerely ungrateful, you never knew what you’d catch
When you messed with the spiteful kind
Heaven shows someone knows how to make
your agony stretch
How does it feel, now that you’re the one in need
You’re just like me, a registered charity
How does it feel, now that you’re the one in need
You’re just like me, a registered charity
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I'm Like You
04:22
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It seems like every time I feel the fate of love is near
Becoming night, the promised light begins to disappear
I know it’s me, I know it’s me
Some can wait, and some go find it anywhere they can
I just hope next time I find her, she will understand
I know it’s me, I know it’s me
If I’m allowed to make mistakes
Then will the crowd that still forsakes them know?
I’m like you I don’t have the answer
I’m like you and I don’t need advice
Knowing wasn’t anything when loving took on everything
Standing in the doorway, are you coming? Will you stay?
I just want to see the options getting in my way
I know it’s wrong, I know it’s wrong
In feeling need to make a break
Revealing greed in what I take
I’m like you I don’t have the answer
I’m like you and I don’t need advice
I’m like you I just need a friend
Going won’t mean anything, but loving could take everything
Like a man on trial, everything’s worthwhile
if there’s a lesson learned
But often there’s no use to make a weak excuse
If nothing’s earned
You’re waiting to revive me but I haven’t gone to sleep
Counting sacrificial lambs and promises to keep
I know it’s time, I know it’s time
Giving up I look to you, and there’s no keeping track
I might have loved, I might believe, but I gave nothing back
I know it’s true, I know it’s true
Freedom now to feel some pain
Reveals somehow the real disdain I’ve found
I’m like you I don’t have the answer
I’m like you and I don’t need advice
I’m like you I just need a friend
Knowing isn’t everything but loving could bring anything
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3. |
Symphony Of Love
03:01
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Can you hear?
It’s me, my dear
Closer, come
Filling your ears
I’m in love
Strange enough
But now this sound
When you’re around
I’m feeling like I’m singing in my mind. What’d I find?
Hear it humming in my heart
It’s the sound of love
Gives me faith when we’re apart
It’s the sound of love
Now it’s here
In my soul
It oscillates
Out of control
Heaven knows
Why it comes
Can’t explain
Where it’s coming from
Within me now, I bring to you, the biggest sound, the loudest note, the greatest song that you will ever hear
I stumbled on a melody, it grew into a symphony of love
Hear it humming in my heart
It’s the sound of love
Gives me faith when we’re apart
It’s the sound of love
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4. |
You Walked Away
02:54
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Closer than knowing my own mind I wanted more than you could find
Somewhere inside the doubt was cast
Then I got to know the truth at last
You walked away you’re gonna take some time
You walked away and I’m gonna lose my mind
You walked away the worst is wanting to be just waiting for you to look back to me
And awfully cruel to lose a trust
Impossible rules and used up lust
After these years it seems absurd, the silence and tears and loss of words
You walked away you’re gonna take some time
You walked away and I’m gonna lose my mind
You walked away the worst is wanting to be just waiting for you to look back to me
No excuse will ever be understood convincing me
Did you think the fun would end and just start up again? Oh no
What is to love with all we’ve done
If you’re gonna change your mind and run?
In time we’ll forgive the things we say
But we shouldn’t take them back anyway
You walked away
You walked away
You walked away You walked away You walked away
You walked away you’re gonna take some time
You walked away and I’m gonna lose my mind
You walked away the worst is wanting to be
You walked away just waiting for you
You walked away just waiting for you
You walked away just waiting for you
You walked away to look back to me
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5. |
These Days
04:06
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6. |
Everybody Sees
03:16
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When I found her, my persistence
I win her love, the way I know
I surround her with assistance but let the romance go
So everybody sees, so everybody knows
If you start to cry, I’ll stand around like an idiot guy
Look into my eyes, motionless but ready to fly
Just the sound during the distance
Assures me that the healing’s slow
I’m gonna flounder with resistance
Admit my feelings show
So everybody sees, yeah, and everybody knows
If I start to cry and make me look like a sensitive guy
Ah, Look into my eyes, full of tears and I don’t know why
You never know the time of when or where you’ll find
That special gift she brings you by
She could be miles away, or heading home with news to make you cry
So everybody sees ya, and everybody knows ya, and now your feelings show you
If we both can cry, the foolish girl and the stupider guy
Look into our eyes; know the truth no one can deny
If you start to cry, I’ll stand around like an idiot guy
Look into my eyes, motionless but ready to try
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7. |
Sorry
05:12
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Accused and hated by the lovers I had sent away
I assumed I’d chosen badly, wanting distance anyway
What made them angry wasn’t me or that I’d moved along
But all that time invested into it for way too long
And I’m so sorry
I’m so sorry for it now
Just like last time
Without a chance to let you down
Baby this is the end
Never see me again
I told you then I’m sorry but I can’t let you in
I looked back on it, searching inward for a source of blame
The more I saw and further back I went it looked the same
Cast aside the neighbors and refuse the place I made my home
And I adopt the family trait- the trick of how to be alone
To say I’m sorry To be so sorry knowing how
I’ve hurt myself now If no one hears me say it loud
Mama, this is the end, Daddy, show me again
I told my friends
I’m sorry but I must make amends
And learn a way to speak so kind And say what’s in my heart
Suddenly the words appear But then I fall apart
And now we’re sorry, Oh, we’re so sorry aren’t we all
‘cause now this next time It’s up to me to make the call
There is no end
Come and see me and then
You’ll be my friend
I’m never gonna do this, I never wanna do it
I’m never gonna do this again
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TALE OF TWO CITIES (alt title: Get A Little)
I gave up San Franciscan nights
And threw away my City Lights
I left my heart on a hill, nowhere in sight
You say it’s been a long time
And longer since you’ve felt my pride
I can’t deny I’ve taken a hit and moved to the side
“Has it been a good time?” So-So
“Did you get the work done?” I don’t know
“When you think you’ll come back?”
When I get all the pieces to fit and something to show
I figured it would be cheaper
I’d take a break and get on track
Focus on my future connections and get it back
“The summer’s great and the days are long.
“The winter’s when we get stuff done.”
I factor in the depression; I’m not having fun
I’m taking pictures of flowers, I have to confess
When I decided to change, I was under duress
Minutes turn into hours, my life is a mess
Same Thing, Different Day
You’re excused, go away
Maybe I’ll keep on moving
Make a living playing pool
I don’t suppose I could make it with all those rules
So give me back my sweater-clad summers
Yes, open up the Golden Gate
The land of broken toys is mine in California State
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9. |
Lonely Tonight
03:07
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Left for dead in the stood up section of all unanswered calls
Someone’s crying a needless loneliness just beyond these walls
Are you lonely? I know you’re lonely tonight
I could spend all my time just talkin’ but I already know
We got nothing to do and probably you want somewhere to go
If you’re lonely, I suppose I’m lonely tonight
Sitting in your silent Saturday will turn to Monday
And I don’t suspect you have a plan for Sunday or the rest-
You’re so quiet, and I decided that I’ll disturb the peace
Dot and dash on the wall, code crash announcing our release
‘cause we’re lonely, knowing we’re lonely tonight
oh, when you’re lonely, any romance could feel just right
I admit to looking in your window passing on the stairs
And anyone who saw the way you looked would never dare
But I tried the knob, the door was open
Turned the mystery into a felony, a fear for me to face
Wide-eyed standing in your kitchen
Noticed that the floor plan’s opposite mine
Scared straight, looking at your t-shirt,
You explain that mistakes are fine
If you’re only, only on your way back home, right?
Yes, I’m only, only mistakin’ the left from the right, right?
‘cause I’m lonely, you owe me that, I’m lonely tonight
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10. |
If You Run To Me
04:01
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I know you’re trying to tell me what is on your mind
And all I hear is what is wrong
Forego the crying, took some guts to stay behind
But now I fear we stayed too long
For my leaving, if we’re trying, then let’s agree to stay
While we’re grieving, nothing’s dying, not the way we used to be in other days
If you run to me, run to me with open arms
And if you’re leaving me, leave me alone and spare me harm
So now you run to me, run faster now and don’t look back
We could remain a pair if we share in what we lack
So when you want to send a message loud and clear
Be sure to tell me where it’s from
And then you ought to bend the rest, it’s out of fear
You push the point back where it comes from
If you run to me, run to me with open arms
And if you’re leaving me, leave me alone and spare me harm
So now you run to me, run faster now and don’t look back
We could remain a pair if we share in what we lack
Grown-up lame-ass childhood games
Drama-tized-out Shepard plays
When would you like to quit?
Have you had enough of it?
You mention therapy as if I need it now
Because it’s worked so well for you
Dementia wears on me, so yeah, I’ll go right now
Projection serves the whole night through
For my leaving, if we’re trying, then let’s agree to stay
But I’m leaving, no one’s trying, not the way we used to say we’d always do
If you talk to me, talk to me with open ears
And if you’re listening, please shut up so you can hear
So now you talk to me, talk faster now, and don’t think back
For every passing grace gives us a chance to get on track
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11. |
On The Ground
03:30
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Born with the feeling of living alone
Some have no trouble, some like to roam
Lost for a moment of hearing the sound
then I got my ear down to the ground
Needed for comfort, wanted for love
You're missing something, it's never enough
Look for a lifetime, might never be found
all that you see here in the round
I got what you need, here on the ground
I waited for sunrise, but you had it set
Just looking forward to the day you could forget
that I made a promise, and gave it a try
I'll come to meet you in the sky
but you always knew I wouldn't fly
Leave for a long time, leave for a while
Carry it over, I'll reconcile
Time's a great healer, but you'll be around
'til I'm forgotten in the ground
'til we're forgotten...in the ground
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12. |
Why Go Alone?
05:41
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Hello mind, something is wrong with me
I’m out of time, the tune will never be
I’m striking out a path that has no start or end
Just commentary from my friends, you’ll be fine in good time, they’re so kind
What I want, what I will never be
What I’ve got, what I could never see
The greatest gift, to love and be loved in return
Don’t take for granted when you learn the words I mined from inside stuck in time
Where I go, I go alone
So easy to leave the lesson you don’t want to learn
I go, I go alone
A simple solution when you have no place to turn
Let’s get serious, something I’ve always heard
When I’m hearing this broken into words
The easy day was saying yes and going through
and finding other ways to you, ‘cause from the heart to me was the hardest part
Why go, why go alone
It's easy to flee into myself and always win
Why go, why go alone
So simple to see right through the trap while walking in
Selfish boy with my new velvet toy
Softer than a smile
Naturally, if she’s in love with me
I’d leave her in a while
Goodbye love, hello reality
Hereinabove, I’m below ability
I’m casting off and floating slowly on the wave
and humbly thankful one forgave
If you drift away I’ll have to say
Don’t go, don’t go alone
So easy to see a lonely life when no one cares
Don’t go, don’t go alone
A simple belief that we should live our lives in pairs
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Chris von Sneidern San Francisco, California
Chris von Sneidern (CvS) is a San Francisco-based singer/songwriter and recording artist with thirteen critically acclaimed, self-produced albums. CvS has entertained audiences with his music in Japan, Spain, and throughout the UK and USA. He owns and operates a commercial recording studio in San Francisco. ... more
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