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Abstraction

by Carl Brewster

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1.
Got to Go 03:11
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I don't wanna get left alone Trapped with you growing grey and old It's just another day to bring us down So jump up now and spin around Sad nights spent alone You've got no one You're on your own Don't look at me I've had my share Truth be told you were too much to bear So take this write it down There ain't no place for you in town Just face it you've got to go The curtain is down it's the end of the show Well I've said it once but we're here again You really telling me that you wanna be friends It's the end of the night and it's time to go home I would've left you at the start if only I had known Well button that shirt and tie those shoes That's what she would've had me do It's just another day to give away Well that's what she would never say Well lie here hold me close You know you're the one that I need the most Going over and over every day Growing blind to the world showing us another way So take this write it down There ain't no place for you in town Just face it you've got to go The curtain is down it's the end of the show Well I've said it once but we're here again You really telling me that you wanna be friends It's the end of the night and it's time to go home I would've left you at the start if only I had known So take this write it down There ain't no place for you in town Just face it you've got to go The curtain is down it's the end of the show Well I've said it once but we're here again You really telling me that you wanna be friends It's the end of the night and it's time to go home I would've left you at the start if only I had known
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Standing Ovation 03:18
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Here we go again you're in my way You're nothing special so get off my case Curtains up here comes another show Standing ovation for a worn out joke I never see a single day go by I stop and think oh isn't he the good guy Calm yourself down Clean yourself up This is the end of the story don't you think that's enough Everyday is a game I'm persuaded to play I am afraid that we all see the dying arcade Do you think you loved me Even though you wouldn't touch me Still I can't comprehend what is was that you meant And though you mess with my head I do it over again You really thought that I wanted you to be on your way I thought that there might be something you'd at least want to say I guess you put me to bed and you had already left Because you know how to give up yes you know you're the best You should've told me what you wanted me to do Instead you left me falling going crazy over you You tret me like your plan B The butt of your joke You were running for the exit I was running out of hope Stop and think about it you can see what was wrong Searching for an answer that we knew all along Writing fairy tales so that I could be free From admitting who I was with you was never really me Well I've finally found a reason to see the truth And see that there's no way of getting through to you I was saved by a soul who sent me to see I had to reach the bottom to see that you were killing me
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Placate the People 03:53
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How many times have you been found Screaming at the world cause you couldn't find your way out You are just a single man Running round in circles but going as fast as you can Well this time it's mine This time it's yours I got a feeling and I'm thinking that I can't ignore your calls What would you do with one last day Would you run to the hills and maybe find another place to run away You know that it's over now Cause when you look in the sky you can see it falling down Run into a tranquil scene But turn back for a second to see where the fires been Well are we safe from ourselves Back in the cage now for one last kiss farewell Well this is your chance to look her straight in the eye But wipe the sweat off your face as you try to hide the lie Mutter some word as she's walking away And as you try to move on you still hope she'll come back another day You know that it's over now Cause when you look in the sky you can see it falling down Run into a tranquil scene But turn back for a second to see where the fires been Well are we safe from ourselves Back in the cage now for one last kiss farewell You think you're safe now You don't care So we'll all just carry on as if it isn't really there And try to keep your head down buried for now But you'll soon find out that it's all gonna break down It's getting close now it's in our sight And I'm trying to find a signal for an SOS tonight I think about who is to blame Is it too late now to change my name You know that it's over now Cause when you look in the sky you can see it falling down Run into a tranquil scene But turn back for a second to see where the fires been Well are we safe from ourselves Back in the cage now for one last kiss farewell
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The Closest Things 02:52
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Well your eyes they asked to see me Oh but they couldn't see what's inside Only I can hear what's hiding I see your answers as they laugh at me try Oh I'm running circles and stairs Inside a person who doesn't really care Oh I'd like to let you read But I promise you you wouldn't wanna see The closest things are the hardest to see It's behind my eyes and it's always in front of me This is nothing you can duplicate Can I start again See what I can create Passing worlds as I drink the air I cannot run cause it always will be there Potent sounds as I lie in bed They never tell you exactly what they said Oh it's the closest thing Revealed only as I sit down and sing Oh it's a secret lane Escape in the hope of going insane The closest things are the hardest to see It's behind my eyes and it's always in front of me This is nothing you can duplicate Can I start again See what I can create So I sit and I watch you hide From everything that you never wanna find You tell your lies as your saving grace You cannot hide from the truth in the grave Oh well will you ever see Distorted dreams won't you free Oh I cannot turn away From manic laughter as I watch us all pay The closest things are the hardest to see It's behind my eyes and it's always in front of me This is nothing you can duplicate Can I start again See what I can create Our knowledge is what we can't see Everybody knows nobody All that's said is life's for living I'd like to join you but I just can't give in The closest things are the hardest to see It's behind my eyes and it's always in front of me This is nothing you can duplicate Can I start again See what I can create
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Take Off the Gloves 01:59
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Take off the gloves and I'll watch you win now Take off the gloves and I'll watch you win now Take off the gloves and I'll watch you win now Take off the gloves and I'll watch you win now So you say it's all fine But I can see through the lies Autocratic madness running wild in this life What a joke Well where is your equality Fall into insanity cause that's the way you wanna be Sorry I don't meet your standards But I guess I don't wanna be a bastard What we have going on it doesn't matter As long as we take our orders it can wait til after Take off the gloves and I'll watch you win now Take off the gloves and I'll watch you win now Take off the gloves and I'll watch you win now Take off the gloves and I'll watch you win now What's wrong with our world today When we're all in pain and we say that's okay Are we just our own entertainment Waiting on standby no complaining Take me off this ride I'm bleeding from our love of apathy As long as we suppress the pain we can be happy Take off the gloves and I'll watch you win now Take off the gloves and I'll watch you win now Take off the gloves and I'll watch you win now Take off the gloves and I'll watch you win now Burn it all down now we gotta do this we are not their currency Burn their currency Burn it all down now we gotta do this we are not their currency Burn their currency Burn it all down now we gotta do this we are not their currency Burn their currency Burn it all down now we gotta do this we are not their currency Burn their currency Take off the gloves and I'll watch you win now Take off the gloves and I'll watch you win now Take off the gloves and I'll watch you win now Take off the gloves and I'll watch you win now Take off the gloves and I'll watch you win now Take off the gloves and I'll watch you win now Take off the gloves and I'll watch you win now Take off the gloves and I'll watch you win now
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Why Do We Even Pretend? 03:33
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Who am I You tell me I do know what I want But it's not real and that's not my fault Still I blame myself when I cry From this from this cruel mind I say say on the inside It's only me to be blamed for being petrified Hey yey they don't know what we're saying Hey yey so why do we even pretend yeah That we're part of them I sit in the dark go out and wander in the park at night Never knowing what's around the corner In my mind I am always wanting a fight yeah Say what you saw It ain't no law To hide yourself under injustice But tell me tell me what trust is Been trying to find out what's on the other side Stop complaining stop hiding in your mind Tonight Hey yey they don't know what we're saying Hey yey so why do we even pretend yeah That we're part of them I sit in the dark go out and wander in the park at night Never knowing what's around the corner In my mind I am always wanting a fight yeah We're alone We sit in these homes Struggling to cope with our time Paying more pretending that everything's fine I'm trying to search for the earth But it's not beneath my feet and that's only clear to me Hey yey they don't know what we're saying Hey yey so why do we even pretend yeah That we're part of them I sit in the dark go out and wander in the park at night Never knowing what's around the corner In my mind I am always wanting a fight yeah I've had enough falling out the sky I've had enough riding on a lie I've had enough listening to the voice I've had enough this was never my choice Hey yey they don't know what we're saying Hey yey so why do we even pretend yeah That we're part of them I sit in the dark go out and wander in the park at night Never knowing what's around the corner In my mind I am always wanting a fight yeah Tonight
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The Noise Inside 04:09
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And it's over now you're here oh And it's over now I've seen your fear behind my eyes And it's over now I'm here oh And it's over now I've seen your side of my life Two times I've crawled out of this cave I can't find my way back through the haze Everyday it just sails right past me Please slow this down it's going too fast to see I am gone and the world is dead This part of the past is running through my head Won't you take it away Won't you take me away Don't you know I'm down yeah yeah Can't you look around yeah yeah You're so far away but I can still feel you The noise in my head is driving me to you I look into the sky and wonder where is my home I just don't know if I can do this alone Now I am sitting here on my own Painting a picture of what I could've known A black and white world that's upside down The walls start closing as I just up to turn around Trapped in a place that takes you there You're mind is silent still it's screaming to beware Won't you take it away Won't you take me away Don't you know I'm down yeah yeah Can't you look around yeah yeah You're so far away but I can still feel you The noise in my head is driving me to you I look into the sky and wonder where is my home I just don't know if I can do this alone My mind is running wild from the noise inside here I turn round to see you but remember you're not here You're shouting from below but I can't hear you I'm writing down these words as I figure out what I'm gonna do Oh no where did you go I should've left you alone But I didn't know I didn't know I didn't know I didn't know Don't you know I'm down yeah yeah Can't you look around yeah yeah You're so far away but I can still feel you The noise in my head is driving me to you I look into the sky and wonder where is my home I just don't know if I can do this alone
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Looking Around 03:39
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Leave it alone I wanna be on my own Just get me away or let me go home Remember the days that we'd run away We'd make our own place where we could stay I think we could make the world turn We'd make it go on and on and on Every time I look out the window It reminds me of what I have done I can't seem to see you I don't know if I want to All I know is your name But I won't play your game We can't just open the door to let this go Turn off the light and I will tell you what I do not know Flashing stars we've gone to far Close the door cry out for more Well I know we're not the ones who had it all along Take back the words we gave and take the life we made Well I know we're not the ones who had it all along Take back the words we gave and take the life we made And though you didn't try to hear what I said All those times we had still won't get out my head So when you see me turning falling from the edge Just remember there is no more time to spend Well I know we're not the ones who had it all along Take back the words we gave and take the life we made Well I know we're not the ones who had it all along Take back the words we gave and take the life we made Take these cards I don't know where to start Sit me down I'll stop this now Look at the walls and see the story they tell Looking around I can see what I felt It's time to move on and say our goodbyes Cause everything you said to me was a lie Come around and pack the stuff you have Seeing it on the floor is driving me mad Now that you're gone I can finally move Oh please come back cause there's nothing to do Well I know we're not the ones who had it all along Take back the words we gave and take the life we made Well I know we're not the ones who had it all along Take back the words we gave and take the life we made
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Snuff 04:10
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Bury all your secrets in my skin Come away with innocence and leave me with my sins The air around me still feels like a cage And love is just a camouflage for what resembles rage again So if you love me let me go And run away before I know My heart is just too dark to care I can't destroy what isn't there Deliver me into my fate If I'm alone I cannot hate I don't deserve to have you Ooh, my smile was taken long ago If I can change I hope I never know I still press your letters to my lips And cherish them in parts of me that savor every kiss I couldn't face a life without your lights But all of that was ripped apart when you refused to fight So save your breath, I will not care I think I made it very clear You couldn't hate enough to love Is that supposed to be enough? I only wish you weren't my friend Then I could hurt you in the end I never claimed to be a saint Ooh, my own was banished long ago It took the death of hope to let you go So break yourself against my stones And spit your pity in my soul You never needed any help You sold me out to save yourself And I won't listen to your shame You ran away, you're all the same Angels lie to keep control Ooh, my love was punished long ago If you still care don't ever let me know If you still care don't ever let me know
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Wonderwall 04:21
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Today is gonna be the day That they're gonna throw it back to you By now you should've somehow Realized what you gotta do I don't believe that anybody Feels the way I do, about you now Backbeat, the word was on the street That the fire in your heart is out I'm sure you've heard it all before But you never really had a doubt I don't believe that anybody Feels the way I do about you now And all the roads we have to walk are winding And all the lights that lead us there are blinding There are many things that I Would like to say to you but I don't know how Because maybe, you're gonna be the one that saves me And after all, you're my wonderwall Today was gonna be the day But they'll never throw it back to you By now you should've somehow Realized what you're not to do I don't believe that anybody Feels the way I do, about you now And all the roads that lead you there are winding And all the lights that light the way are blinding There are many things that I Would like to say to you but I don't know how I said maybe, you're gonna be the one that saves me And after all, you're my wonderwall I said maybe, you're gonna be the one that saves me And after all, you're my wonderwall I said maybe, you're gonna be the one that saves me you're gonna be the one that saves me you're gonna be the one that saves me
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Africa 02:32
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released July 2, 2020

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Carl Brewster Stockton On Tees, UK

Carl Brewster is an independent singer/songwriter from Teesside in the UK. Studying music from a young age, Carl has been experimenting with various instruments and genres for many years, however his focus is on guitar and writing in the genres of Rock, Punk, and Metal. Carl is an independent home-recording artist who writes, records, and produces all his own tracks.

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