1. |
Lullaby
02:55
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My two eyes
Don't see any clearer in the light above wrong or right
And this goodbye
Won't be near enough to save the time gone by the wayside
If this plane falls down over our town
Right from the clear blue sky
Then as we decline, sing me a sweet lullaby
Just like I need to hear tonight
Sweet demise
Give me just one minute more, I know your star's on the rise
And I'll keep this in mind
Only in this minute we're alive, no more for the wise
If this plane falls down over our town
Right from the clear blue sky
Then as we decline, sing me a sweet lullaby
Just like I need to hear tonight
'Cause that melody in my last breath might keep me sane
Singing along with you a question in refrain
Are we the same after we lose our names?
If this plane falls down over our town
Right from the clear blue sky
Then as we decline, sing me a sweet lullaby
Just like I need to hear tonight
Just like I need to hear tonight
Just like I need to hear tonight
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2. |
Everything Familiar
03:27
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I woke up the morning after
Remembering every word you said
Set my coffee cup down and looked out at skies of gray
Through eyes of red
How did it get to this?
Everything familiar is crumbling down
All around me without a sound
And everything beautiful is turning brown
All around me without a sound
And I can't take it any longer
And the world kept turning faster
As evening bred another day
Set my whiskey glass down, thought about suicide
But it's not my way
Still I've got nothing else to give
Everything familiar is crumbling down
All around me without a sound
And everything beautiful is turning brown
All around me without a sound
And I can't take it any longer
(I can't take it any longer)
I can't take it any longer
(Longer, longer)
(I can't take it any longer)
And I ain't getting younger
(Longer, longer)
I can't take it any longer
(And I ain't getting younger)
(Longer, longer)
And I ain't getting younger
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3. |
Hold On
04:20
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Did you grow up just to spend your whole life chasing down
Something that you can't pin
Well hey, at least you'll be looking up when your back is down
And you'll see a friend
Do you remember the days
Just you and your guitar at our place
There's no good way to say
It's only who you are that's slipping away
Hold on, hold on
However far you're gone you can always turn back
You've always been a singular mind, to put it mildly
And that's no judgement
The things you've seen, yeah they're a little fucked up but you'd be relieved
To look in the mirror again
And remember the face
Of someone honor could not forsake
Those innocent days
Only you decide if they take them away
Hold on, hold on
However far you're gone you can always turn back
Hold on, hold on
However far you're gone you can always turn back
(And remember the face of someone honor could not forsake)
If only we could navigate "forever" from memory
Hold on, hold on
However far you're gone you can always turn back
(Hold on, hold on)
(You can always turn back)
Hold on, hold on
However far you're gone you can always turn back
Hold on, hold on
However far you're gone you can always turn back
(Hold on, hold on)
You can always turn back
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4. |
Blessed
03:35
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Said a prayer, more than one
Said 'em out loud under the gun
For better days and better nights
A shadow under the lights
I'm sorry, I guess
I'm just trying to make the best
Of this moment, this mess
I'm not feeling close to blessed
Are you?
So I went my way, accepted fate
Told myself it's already too late
Let it go, or better yet
Drink up some you'll soon forget
I'm sorry, I guess
I'm just trying to make the best
Of this moment, this mess
I'm not feeling close to blessed
Mmm
Ohhh ohh ohh oh
Ohhh ohh ohh oh
Said a prayer, said it twice
A shadow under the lights
I'm sorry, I guess
I'm just trying to make the best
Of this moment, this mess
I'm not feeling close to blessed
Are you?
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5. |
Moral Compass
03:13
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Sarah's exhausted, her glasses keep on fogging up
Eleven hours to go till she gets off, she can't wait to drive
Home from the hospital and finally take a shower
The kids are still asleep when she gets up to be back by five
But your moral compass only points toward you
No one's gonna tell you what to do
And Mr. Montgomery is lying all alone in there
He's fighting for a breath of air, the last one he'll take
His family's outside waiting on the phone call
They can't even say goodbye for goodness' sake
Ah but your moral compass only points toward you
No one's gonna tell you what to do
And on the same night, you're at a party
You and the selfish company that you call friends
It's not your burden, all the little tragedies
Heavy is the price of glib indifference
Yeah your moral compass only points toward you
No one's gonna tell you what to do
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6. |
Won't Give Up
03:32
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Moments they come and go
Times that we can't see beyond
Leave us here lying our heads in the snow
Wondering what's to begin
If either of us finds the door
That tempts our composure but leads to the end
Of everything worth living for
I'd give up my arms, I'd give up my hands and what's sliding through
I'd give up my eyes, I'd give up my pride to tell you the truth
I'd give up my heart, let it rupture in two
But I won't give up on you
As if I could separate
A limb or a piece of my soul
Each of us part of the sum of our fate
And everything worth living for
I'd give up my arms, give up my hands and what's sliding through
I'd give up my eyes, I'd give up my pride to tell you the truth
I'd give up my heart, let it rupture in two
But I won't give up on you
No I won't give up on you
So hold on, hold on
Our moments they came and they went
Thank God we've seen what's beyond
We'll lose our composure but know in the end
I'd give up my arms, I'd give up my hands and what's sliding through
I'd give up my eyes, I'd give up my pride to tell you the truth
I'd give up my heart, let it rupture in two
But I won't give up on you
No I won't give up on you
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Rob Malka Knoxville, Tennessee
Knoxville singer-songwriter Rob Malka harmonizes more than just his chorus lines, weaving dual careers as singer-songwriter
and physician.
His debut album Hold On, out Aug 20, 2021, explores themes of love and death with a unique perspective, while weaving a fresh-spun web of indie-folk and alt-rock styles.
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