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The Morning Circle
05:03
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Verse I
Six twenty nine and I’m, waiting for the sun,
My body and soul are in far destination,
A place that’s better pieced, and swirled like a dream,
Fears in the new years, but I’m counting on the truth,
Bridge 1
I’m counting on the truth,
I’m counting on the truth,
I’m counting on the truth,
And I’ll believe you if you must,
And out of the silence,
I’m lost in thought,
PreChorus
Nobody said this would be easy,
But melody is holding me,
Nobody said this would be easy,
But melody is holding me,
Chorus
This Morning Circle,
This Morning Circle,
Verse 2
Six thirty six somewhere, somehow I’ll be fixed,
Thinking of all the words that are,
Waiting to be heard,
Clear and out of shape, don’t give me those petty words,
Four minutes are passing,
While the winter morning birds sing away,
Bridge 2
They sing away,
They sing away,
They sing away,
And birds are forever singing away,
Maybe someday,
We’ll fly to new heights,
PreChorus
Nobody said this would be easy,
But melody is holding me,
Nobody said this would be easy,
But melody is holding me,
Chorus
This Morning Circle,
This Morning Circle,
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2. |
Consano
02:32
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Verse 1
Sometimes I must stop and wonder where am I to go?
I lift my head up high and move ahead!
My feet begin to fall back down into the undertow,
And I hear the words my father always said!
Chorus
All things heal, all things heal with time,
Though flack may fly around the rind,
All in all you’ll be just fine!
All things heal, all things heal with time,
Not hard to know and good to see,
All things heal with time so start with me!
Verse 2
All in all I’ve always had to walk straight through my life,
With all the thorns that pricked me in my side!
And oh I’ve had my toils yes you know I’ve had my strife,
But I always pull straight through it I keep stride!
Chorus
All things heal, all things heal with time,
Though flack may fly around the rind,
All in all you’ll be just fine!
All things heal, all things heal with time,
Not hard to know and good to see,
All things heal with time,
All things heal with time,
All things heal with time…
so start with me!
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3. |
Speechless
04:09
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Verse 1
Walking through these city streets I think about the strong and meek,
Pushing through the crowds of people, searching through their moods,
Taking turns at Dupont Circle,
Circling circling circling around and round,
The chaos of it all just make us speechless to the point that we say woah,
Woah, woah,
PreChorus
I’m trying to find solutions, lodged deep within my brain,
While crossing over bridges disregarding loss or gain,
And I’m trying to find the answers to the riddles in my mind,
As I get caught in the spider webs when suddenly I find,
Chorus
I’m Speechless,
I’m Speechless,
I’m Speechless,
I’m Speechless,
Verse 2
It’s so weird how life provides us,
With so many different challenges,
A lot like taking foot steps stepping faster further farther wondering,
When had you become so cold,
And when had I become so bold?
We didn’t have the words,
And when our minds go blank it’s only woah,
Woah,
Woah,
PreChorus
I’m trying to find solutions, lodged deep within my brain,
While crossing over bridges disregarding loss or gain,
And I’m trying to find the answers to the riddles in my mind,
As I get caught in the spider webs when suddenly I find,
Chorus
I’m Speechless,
I’m Speechless,
I’m Speechless,
I’m Speechless,
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4. |
Euphoric Dream
04:04
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Verse 1
You walked through the snow,
Creating the glow,
The dark stood no chance to such radiating beauty,
You took my hand,
Made me understand exactly why love can elude me,
PreChorus
Mixtures of silence bring light to this science,
Textures that bind us heated up in this furnace,
Chorus
Miraculously you have made me believe that,
Love is a euphoric dream,
Miraculously you have made me believe that,
Love is a euphoric dream,
Verse 2
Rise through my spirit,
You touched down right near it,
You found something new bright and rearing,
Although worlds apart,
Our planets touch heart I,
Can’t believe or even start imagining,
PreChorus
Mixtures of silence bring light to this science,
Textures that bind us heated up in this furnace,
Chorus
Miraculously you have made me believe that,
Love is a euphoric dream,
Miraculously you have made me believe that,
Love is a euphoric dream,
Miraculously you have made me believe that,
Love is a euphoric dream,
Miraculously you have made me believe that,
Love love love…
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5. |
Make Believe (Acoustic)
04:46
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Verse 1
I can’t believe the consequence,
In the past sequence in events,
What exactly is the news when it comes time for you to choose?
Insanity is best when shared,
So go out with your teeth all bared!
Scream till you feel the rasp inside life’s most marvelous thing to confide!
Why?
Chorus
All you know is make believe,
All these things are make believe,
What we see is make believe,
Sense that all is make believe!
Verse 2
Foolish games can lead to hate,
The best of it is always late ,
And though you know it spreads,
You continue to rest your heads!
Pain is what you feel in love,
It’s not all that sometimes a dove,
Flight is overrated in passion taken for granted when in mass production!
Woah,
Chorus
All you know is make believe,
All these things are make believe,
What we see is make believe,
Sense that all is make believe!
Solo
Breakdown
There are beautiful things we would all like to see,
Lets take a trip as we count down from three,
We can ride in the car with the wind in our hair,
Jammin’ to Ludacris hands in the air,
Hey ho, hey ho, hey ho,
And I’d like to know when it rains and it snows even if I’m dead from my head to my toes,
With the song that you sing when nobody knows,
What to expect of tomorrow!
And the sense that you get of that good good feeling,
Knocking you back bouncing up to the ceiling,
Nothing but good happens when we make bah,
Nothing but good happens when we make bah,
Nothing but good happens when we make believe!
Make believe.
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6. |
The Offset - About You
05:02
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Verse 1
If I could pick one thing bout' you, it just wouldn't be enough,
Cause it's all of you that holds me, in a trance linked through your touch,
With you I have no feelings, but all the while I have the world,
And while I hold composure, My insides are so swirled,
Verse 2
I've waited for you so long, a lifetime maybe more,
Intensity fills silence, and means more than we could know,
And while I sit here thinking singing bout what's in my heart,
Really I'm at loss for words, and I don't know where to start,
Chorus
And I don't know, about the things I could do,
When royalty dies, and people need someone to look to,
In the back of the mind, resides stories of the sun and the moon,
And behind my disguise, really my time I want to be about you,
Verse 3
I s'pose it's only logical, God made love from weird stuff,
Just threw in some pretty things, like some flowers and clouds fluff,
But still in mind you seem to fly, while angels sing a lullaby,
And we sit watching waving bye, as wind wisps you away, away, away, away,
Chorus
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Rook Richards Washington, D.C.
Hailing from Alexandria VA, Mike Richards (A Note Two Self) is a singer-songwriter that has toured the country coast to coast performing, and writing music. He is currently busy performing across the DMV and releasing his newest EP XYO featuring Love Drunk and The Other Side. ... more
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