Lyrics for - Out From Under
© 2006 What the Zuck Publishing
1. Out From Under
Said you will but, you still didn’t even once acknowledge me
I stood there alone
But, last night it felt right until you were all done with me
My heart turned to stone
You told me I was your man right down to the bitter end
How can you tell me all thing?
Without the feeling
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Without you, man, I thought I was nothing
Without you, man, I thought I would die, from a broken heart and
Without you, man, I thought I would crumble from the words that you said - goodbye
But, I’m coming out from under
Yes, I know I must go and so must you
But, underneath I wish I could stay
For a while
What’s a while?
While lying there right next to me
For one more evening
Well, I guess you’re just like them all
You keep me climbing the walls
Trying to figure you out...
Oh, what a pity
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I got news for you
It didn’t happen yet
You told me I was your man, right down to the bitter end
How can you tell me all this?
Without the feeling
I guess you’re just like them all
You keep me climbing the walls
Trying to figure you out...
Oh, what a pity
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2. Authenticity
I will tell you no lies
don’t read between the lines
Because there ain’t no lines to read 'Cause what it is you see is what it is you get; anything less, would aggravate my soul
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I just want to be living a life of peace and harmony
It’s something someone said once to me
It’s all a part of my authenticity
I feel scared some of the time
But I’m ready to unwind so don’t you aggravate me
'Cause I’m done with feeling shame, well this rhyme ain’t no game
Well it’s plain and simple just like me
'Cause what it is you see is what it is you get and anything less, would aggravate my soul
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I don’t give a damn
As long as I am true to who I am
It’s something somewhat sacred to me
It’s all a part of my authenticity
I will tell you no lies….don’t read between the lines
Because it aggravates me
I wont settle for less; no time to regress
So take a guess
Who inspires my soul
Well, it comes from up above and it speaks from love
So go and aggravate some
Inspirate some
Intoxicate
someone else!
3. Peace of Me
Fortune; no reason
Why I play the fool
Scars don’t ignore me from failing Emotional school
If you come to stature
Without any crime
Look who spent the time
In my house; in my life.
We’ve been through so much
The ups and the downs
Now look who hears music
Music without the sound
Reason
More reasons
Layers upon this frown
Look who’s in the lost and not found
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Yeah, yeah, yeah
We spun around together
Like earth to sun
Now that we’re not together a peace of me is gone
Hard to ignore them; these feelings I’ve tried
It’s the path that I’m on
It’s the space that I occupy
Reason, more reasons to play somebody’s fool
Looks like I was the one who was cruel
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It’s been so long since the last I heard from you
Is it so wrong, so wrong to still be missing you?
Sometimes I think I really blew it
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4. Something Inside
I’ve been thinking about you; yes, all this time
And, it’s time
To get you down on the dance floor so you can be mine...
Yes, be mine - come on, give it one more try
Loving you is a feeling I can’t deny;
although I’ve tried
Your sexy beat and your rhythm keeps me satisfied - satisfied
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As for the rest of me there’s something inside (of me); you’ll see
I’ve got this picture; a perfect you in my eyes, but disguised
By fear of love and commitment
you’re just about to say your good-bye’s
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Am I worth the wait?
I hope so
Is finding true love that outrageous?
So, let’s be who we are
Your beauty on the inside is - Contagious
5. Guilt & Shame
Let’s take a walk down my past and see
All the people still staring at me
I close the window so fast
Thank God for miracles
Let’s take a walk down another street
Where the people all feel complete
It’s a different path that I see
I believe I will try
I take my love and a whole lot of faith
And my plan for my escape
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On the streets of guilt and shame
You won’t find - you won’t find my name
'Cause I don’t live there anymore
Like a frame on a movie screen
Where the actors are playing a scene
A scene I played in the past
Was insecure Mr. Stevens...
And there are times when I still get mad
'Cause I grew up without a dad
But, I still find myself singing and searching for the reasons
I was like a month without a season
A life that was filled with a whole lot of pain
Is now a trip down memory lane
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On the streets of guilt and shame you won’t find - you won’t find my name
I took my life in the ball and chain
Responsibility without the blame (but then I broke free from the pain)
6. Be Real
Who ever said finding love would be easy
I never thought finding love would be this hard
Night after night, I’m in those no end situations
Guess I’m tired of me putting up my guard
I never learned how to hide what I’m feeling
It always burns me when I have to play the game
So, let us try to be more in touch with our emotions
Come on take off your mask in life’s masquerade
And (just) (so) be real
Yes, be real
'Cause I’m tired of your inconsistencies
Ain’t it hard to be something that you really aren’t - so, be real
Yes, be real
And, your love keeps playing tricks on me
Even though I know what you do to me makes me strong
You say that you’ll call me but, I’m the fool sitting by the phone
Waiting for something that really ain’t nothing but the unknown
I guess its just another lesson
Yes, another way I have grown
Well, I know there is someone out there than what life has shown
Talk to me
Feel with me
Love made us strong
While you just tell me
You just tell me anything you want
Well I’m tired of your sympathy while your empathy is none
To be something else than myself
In it’s self
Yes, to me there’s something wrong
Just be real
Yes, be real
'Cause I’m tired of your inconsistencies
Even though I know what you do to me
Makes me strong
7. How long Am I
Suppose To Be Alone
That’s my life
Behind closed doors
Live and learn so I can
Cry some more
It’s that pain running through my vein
It’s a wonder I survived.
I hear the radio on …beside my bed
And it’s playing that same sad song
My doctor told me to be taking these meds, but my gut is telling me it’s wrong
I’m alone in bed
How my life is sad
Well, how am I suppose to live without you?
Feels like I’ve been had now this boy’s gone bad
How long am I suppose to be alone? (that’s right)There I hide…upon that stage…Playing music even at my age...It’s that fame that calls my name
Makes aloneness feel alright...
My friends have told me that it’s just a phase…And it probably won’t last long…It’s been a year ago, one month and a day…So tell me phase, when will you be done?
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You set the stage of perfect memories…yet, I’m still searching for the sunshine...Those sunny days are now far in between
Who cares who’s wrong or who’s right?
Lying on my side, lying on my bed
Still thinking about those words you said
It’s a lonely place and a lonely time
'Cause it’s you I still got on my mind
I hear the radio on beside my bed
And it’s playing that same damn song
My doctor told me to be taking these meds
But, my gut is telling me it’s wrong
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8. If You'd Be With Me
I’ve been down the road less traveled You ain’t even on my path
Well, I’ve been hoping at least you’d be on my entrance ramp
Don’t lead me on
Don’t lead me on
Don’t leave me hanging either
If you knew then what you know now
We’d still be together
Every time I think about you, every time I dream about you
My hand gets wet
All the things I ever think about us When it comes to mind is the good and not the bad
If you’d be with me Would I feel complete?
Or, is it coming from the old mouth of my... insecurity
Well, I’ve been feeling lonely lately
Yes I’ve been feeling blue.
Mostly when my thoughts are on
If I’m ever gonna find someone out there who’s just like you
It’s that voice inside my head that tells me that I’m alone
So, the next time that voice rings me up
I won’t dare pick up the phone
Don’t treat me wrong, don’t treat me wrong, don’t treat me like nothing either.
While yes, you are without me
At least I know more about me
Then summer comes and winter comes and no one comes and I don’t come
To my own defense
It’s times like these I wish I had a better
This a better that and my life made more sense
If you’d be with me
Would I feel complete?
Or, is it coming from the old mouth of my insecurity
If you’d be with me and I made you mine
Would we have the same feelings that we once left behind?
9. Soul Driver
I’ve been down that road before
A dark and foggy space
A space where I’ve been told
To shed some light and grace
So, I ask for sunshine
Upon the shadow
To get to the soul
In the eyes
There’s a window…
Soul Driver
Take me to my house of love
Soul Driver
Take me to my house of love…
Yeah, I’ve taken wrong turns
Stumbled upon my missing link...And I’m trying real, real hard
To change how I think…
Soul driver
Take me to my house of love
Soul driver
Take me to my center of one
Where there is humbleness And forgiveness
Take me to my house of love.
Soul driver Take me to my house yeah
Lead me back home.
A menace to myself
While others feel complete
It’s an issue of control
While in the back seat.
10. Another Reason
If you go breaking my heart I’m leaving...It’s been broken before and I’m healing…It’s like taking the air that I’m breathing...So don’t go breaking my, breaking my... breaking, breaking yeah
Don’t go breaking my heart, I’m leaving
Don’t go breaking the faith...cause I believed in you.Open up myself for receiving…Perhaps now is the time to be giving you
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Another reason to love...Another reason to kiss…Another reason to satisfy me…Another reason to try…Another reason for bliss...Another reason to rectify me…
It’s not the place or the time to be preachingWhen the student is ready…will I be teaching you?It’s the soul and the heart in the meaning...I guess time then will tell…let’s just see again
I’ve been trying to trust what I’m feeling...It’s a question of when I am me again...Lying here in the dark I’ll be seeing...If it might be the you I’ll be giving
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Yeah…Yeah...you know your in my heart I’m feelingYeah ...Yeah...you know your in my soul I’m feeding…So don’t go breaking it
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11. Roses
Hopelessly I sit and ponder
Whether I should stay or wonder off Into the other fields of opportunity
To kiss your lips was such a pleasure
Love for you is hard to measure
Could I find another you
Deep inside of me?
I feel alone in myself every time that I think of you being with somebody else
Roses are red
Violets are blue
You were the one I wanted too
Even though I know I couldn’t have you
Will it be you that I forsake?
Will my heart be the one who breaks your antique looking picture hanging on my bedroom wall?
And, if I care to leave this table
That’s ok 'cause I’m more stable
And, I don’t need you the way I needed you before
But, I must remember when it aches
Not to think it was me and not you that made this mistake.
Roses are red
Violets are blue
You were the one I wanted too
Even though I know I couldn’t have you
If you should care
I will be gone
You were the one I counted on
Even though I know I couldn’t be there.
Tell me that you will remember
Love we shared until December
Who will send me roses to help me get over you?
I feel alone in myself every time that I think of you being with somebody else.
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11. Say What You Want
I’ve been to hell and back
My hearts been attacked
It’s my retribution
I’m here and still intact
Yeah, it’s quite the fact
Where did I go wrong?
I know the lesson here
Is not to live in fear
In this institution
I find the best of love
Will be coming next
In my life sequel
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Say what you want
Say what you really need
Please no guessing games
And, let GOD take care of the rest
If you answer my prayers
Yes, then I will swear
To make a resolution with myself it will be to listen more and more to my heart ...yeah
No more beating up myself
For things in life that I cant control
Some people they might act mean
But, as (MT) Mother Theresa said
still be kind anyway
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RAP
If the message here is all about love, then let’s sing songs baby...yeah all about love, with no more contemplating or complaining...yeah just entertaining…ascertaining….
I am yes, what I am
If you go examine my evolution
You’ll find no explanation , in my formation
I wrote this song
Without the aggravation, it’s my foundation that plays a part in this
Quick fix, there ain’t no tricks
No more love 'em and leave 'em stay out of those chat rooms
9. Taking Care Of Me
Well, I guess you don’t know who I am
I guess you don’t know who I’ll be
Something inside of me still is discovering
Who is the right one for me
Well, I guess you don’t hear what I say
I feel like we’ve been there before
What kind of dagger would feel without anger?
And, still think there is love underneath
Hopeless devotion
You thought set the motion
While I’m still here - recovering
Well, I guess you don’t know who I am
It’s all been a question of when
What you thought was cowering to me was empowering
Feeling uncomfortably?
Now I can be what I’ll be
100% percent guaranteed
You were so hovering
While I was discovering me; was the one with the need
No more of fixing your emotional bee sting
'Cause now I’m taking care of me
I guess you don’t know who I am
And probably won’t care to se
It’s just some confusion, my favorite illusion
When you think, you understand me
My type B behavior will no longer save you
'Cause again, I’m taking care of me!I’m taking care of me!