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some sad songs (EP)

by River Strauss

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1.
DRNKNLV 03:45
I've built a habit Of watching out for cracks In the walls And waiting by the door But I feel homeless Deathly afraid Of heartache I've gotten good at running Oh, I'll be ready When whatever this is Begins to collapse Oh, I'll be ready But I'm not sure If I should be proud of that I was drunk in love Now I've got a hangover They never made aspirin for this Now I'm trying my best to stay sober But I'm all alone tonight I'm all alone tonight I lack the spine to Stick around when things get too heavy Say what you want Call me a coward It's not like you're wrong Might not say I'm alive But for now I'm surviving Oh, I'll be ready When whatever this is Begins to collapse Oh, I'll be ready But I'm not sure If I should be proud of that I was drunk in love Now I've got a hangover They never made aspirin for this Now I'm trying my best to stay sober But I'm all alone tonight I'm all alone tonight (Why isn't there aspirin for this?) (It's hard to stay sober when you're all alone again)
2.
Waitress 03:33
I spent the whole day Stuck in my bed Filling my head with Whatever I can To drown out the things I know about her I know her too well Then again, I'm not sure But I know little things Like her favorite colors I think it was grey, and dark green, and lavender But I may be wrong, and that's as much progress That I've made so far in trying to forget her And my eyes shine like stars When I see a pretty stranger With features that force me to Remember her face Like an old picture with pasted magazine cut-outs To fill out the white spaces that faded with time I hate that I paint her smile in my mind On reflex when I see some girl she looks like Why does moving on have to take too much time But all that it takes is a name to miss someone I swear that I'm trying My best to feel better But our love left a ghost and I fear it'll haunt me forever So here's to the memories I wish would leave me alone Oh, I know it's my fault why I always end up in the cold On my own I was out with our friends And they told me about How one time they saw a waitress Who looked just like you So I faked a smile To be polite to their story To be honest I don't like it when You're mentioned to me It's just I'd rather pretend I woke up from some dream And I'd forget everything After one of these mornings But it's taking its time And I'm trying to be sober Cause I was drunk in love Now I've got a hangover I swear that I'm trying My best to feel better But our love left a ghost and I fear it'll haunt me forever So here's to the memories I wish would leave me alone Oh, I know it's my fault why I always end up in the cold Oh, I swear that I'm trying My best to feel better But our love left a ghost and I fear it'll haunt me forever So here's to the memories I wish would leave me alone Oh, I know it's my fault why I always end up in the cold Oh, I know it's my fault why I always end up in the cold Oh, I know it's my fault why I always end up in the cold
3.
Faulty streetlights remind me Of the on and off certainty of us, I'm certain it's too late In the night to be stumbling in these streets It's too late in the night to be thinking thoughts like these I'll be late tomorrow morning like I always am to everything This second-rate heart can't take another heartbreak No, it can't (Oooh, oooh) Now I'm fighting (I'm fighting) the urge to fight myself Over trivial matters, it doesn't really matter that, Who I was would've hated what I had become, Well who I am likes that the old me is gone But there are nights, too many nights I second-guess Where I'm going, I keep going with no idea where (Oooh, oooh) I'll fall asleep the way I do Passing out from watching too Many episodes of Breaking Bad This keeps me from thinking about Every thing I'm now without And realizing I spend every night this way I think I try way too hard To keep the loneliness away I think try way too hard To convince myself that I'm okay (To convince myself that I'm okay) Killing time while it kills me Wasting time, I am wasting away, I'm just wasted youth Way too young to pretend to know what love is, But in the scope of forever aren't we all kids? Forever hooked on the high and thrill of real-life romance Wishing we weren't too smart so we could give it a chance (Oooh, oooh) I'll fall asleep the way I do Passing out from watching too Many episodes of Breaking Bad This keeps me from thinking about Every thing I'm now without And realizing I spend every night this way I think I try way too hard To keep the loneliness away I think try way too hard To convince myself that I'm okay (To convince myself that I'm okay) I'll fall asleep the way I do Passing out from drinking too Much so I won't remember you This keeps me from thinking about Every one I'm now without And realizing I spend every night this way I shouldn't be trying this hard To keep the loneliness away I shouldn't be trying this hard To convince myself that I'm okay
4.
19 05:13
Another Friday night, I got no plans to keep me from my bed And even if I did, I know I wouldn't have the money for it and I'd sing my songs in bars but they'd just bum people out at best They'd rather hear an acoustic cover of "Just Give Me A Reason" or "Moves Like Jagger" It's not that I hate pop songs it's just sad songs are more my thing Call it catharsis or complaining, just don't complain to me But you're out there Somewhere out there And you see the same things I do And this song's my Lost wolf cry So sing along cause I'm howling to hear you Meet me on the last train home I don't like these long commutes alone And I spend too much time on my own The way everyone else wastes theirs on their phones And in the night, I can't sleep right I'm running out of feel-good quotes To keep my thoughts in line But at least this time, I know I'll end up alright Another empty night, and this place can't seem to keep me from my head It's crowded here but it's just me and these empty bottles of beer I can't pretend to be interested in NBA talk and sports car specs Maybe I could've just stayed in bed but there's still no new episode of The Walking Dead I don't have anyone here to talk to about Aaron West And The Roaring Twenties I'm just dodging cigarette smoke, but I'd rather be bored here than bored at home alone But you're out there Somewhere out there And you see the same things I do And this song's my Lost wolf cry So sing along cause I'm howling to hear you Meet me on the last train home I don't like these long commutes alone And I spend too much time on my own The way everyone else wastes theirs on their phones And in the night, I can't sleep right I'm running out of feel-good quotes To keep my thoughts in line But at least this time, I know I'll end up alright Though I know I'll be fine I could use some reassurance So I'm hoping that one day Soon I'll see you in existence And I wouldn't have to dream Just to wake up in disappointment I guess I hate the thought of being A non-special kind of different Oh, I know I'll be fine But I could use some reassurance I'm 19 and I'm hoping That my 20's won't be hopeless I'm done with dragging my feet Like the past was in my shoes So I'm burning the bridge between me And who I thought I should be
5.
I thought you'd be happy to see me The baby you left that went boomboom on a leaf On that day I just cried. Did you hear me? If you did would you have changed your mind? And I thought I'd be happy to see you Cause I thought you were gone forever But when I looked in your eyes That look in your eyes Was Ice Kingdom-cold and it held no reflection of me (Heh, it's fine... Whatevz) I guess I was a fool For thinking you'd be cool And I wanted to make you proud But Dad, you ripped out my arm and you did the same to my heart Dad, you ripped out my arm and you did the same to my heart Yeah, you ripped out my arm, like you ripped out my heart

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An EP of a few sad acoustic songs I wrote.

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released October 5, 2015

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River Strauss NCR, Philippines

Acoustic pop-punk/emo singer/songwriter guy from Mandaluyong, Philippines. Influences include The Wonder Years, Real Friends, Mayday Parade, All Time Low, blink-182, Green Day, and a bunch of other bands.

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