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Vanity

by Breaking Tradition

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benryan
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benryan literally "rip it, & dip." Short, Sweet, & 2 the Point... A template for any alt/emo/pop-pank song lies here. This IS the PERFECT composition, (sorry 'bout it.) Favorite track: Lost Cause.
Agent K
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Agent K Similar to Deep Elm bands from the early '00's "Vanity" brings heavy Emo-Post Hardcore Alt Rock Aesthetics to the forefront again.
Vocal Harmonies are amazing and drive each song felt emotion straight to the core of existence.
Fans of Count Your Lucky Stars Label will also like this excellent effort. Favorite track: 105.
Bradley Kearsley
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Bradley Kearsley Beautiful harmonies, heavy hitting guitars, with a great story. I love it. Favorite track: 105.
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1.
Singing Arc 03:15
I want us to be a singing arc that sings a song that lights the darkness between you and I and everything that keeps my hopes up high I want to make use of this shattered frame Give me a cause, give me a name Help me prove that I can make this static ring out longer that you could wait Like a pine waiting for rain, or a fire to take the pain so the whole forest could start over and burn these pitch pines into clovers So lets start over I want us to be a singing arc, I am the ends you are the spark.
2.
105 04:25
I don’t want to be an empty body, another penny in the well of hope for modest dreams Give me enough to cope to get me through the night, wondering how much I can take before this useless body gives up this useless fight We’re all tongue tied with closed eyes I don’t want to be another story of a hopeless sleepless night Asking if our dreams should see closer, all the while we’re wasting time Wondering how much I can take before this useless body gives up this useless fight Does my voice ring hollow? Did we all get swallowed? You’re out writing books going to college And I’m still writing songs about how weak I’ve gotten I can’t seem to let this thing go I can’t seem to let you go I don’t want to wake up in the morning and wonder if my friends are still breathing
3.
Lost Cause 01:38
Where did I go wrong? What I loved is dead and gone And for a lost cause, I seem to play it off so well I can’t stand on my own two feet without you as my concrete Will you clear my memory? Make this easier for me Cause I can’t tell the difference between you and her and them and him and me I don’t know how I’m missing things I never even had Is this a curse? How did you turn me into stone? I don’t know I’ll eat away at my insides with the way that I always lie. Add to my list of sleepless nights.
4.
I watched you come and go faster than I could save it Its time I learn I should take what I can get Cause you’re a Sundays best and I’m a fucking mess I never thought I’d be this close to death Death to thoughts of a closer you and I We’re stupid kids looking for stupid fun. Will I be the one to change your mind? Or will I just be keeping you up nights? When will you pull the trigger? Give me a sign give me a signal to make you all of my days I swear if we touched we’d disappear You’re all of my days But I deserve to sit and rot right here For now I’ll try to forget about you until you remember me If this is all you ever wanted its something that I will never be You are the cracks in my skin, the age in my face A constant reminder that I gave my life up to the chase I’ll make you all of my days I never thought I’d be this close to you You can’t be fixed by the ones who left you broke So let me help you breathe before you start to choke I watched you come and go
5.
Red Bank 04:45
I chose to walk through the park on my way home tonight I had to clear my head so I thought I wouldn’t drive From this battlefield I see city lights that seem to light up the whole night sky And from this cliche mess I’m sure you know the next few lines I know you said this probably wouldn’t last It makes me think of the past which surely has passed It reminds me of a year ago, my friends advice which I now know She said “every body wants what they can’t have” If can’t get through the summer without one of us feeling torn Then we won’t get through the winter cause we’ll need someone to keep us warm The spring and the fall are my favorite of all cause I know that I don’t need you, but I’ll always seem to want to I guess I gotta move on I decided to drive by your old house today The connections are gone but the same old feelings stay They say time only flies when you’re having fun, if this is true my time as barely begun But sometimes it only feels like yesterday when we walked through that crowded house together So many people were there but I still felt so alone The closest thing to love that night was when I gave you my coat just to do some right. Did you take it out of love or were you just that cold? Were you just cold? Its hard for you to hear as its hard for me to write Part of me will always love you, all of me will care whats right for you With this never ending chase, and the words I can’t erase, but you know what I have to do and it might kill me to say Its hard for you to hear as its hard for me to write, but you know that its not worth it its not worth the fight I guess I gotta move on Stagnant words, drowning eyes, wasted time I see you in everything completely in my head You stared the end of me The subtle movements and the lover laying dead You started the end of me Just so you know I don’t regret our past year, still its safe to say that I have learned a lot
6.
Souvenir 04:49
No grace for heartbreaks. Our friends stay a keepsake A souvenir from me that won’t let go Im sorry I lost grip so take them if you need it Its the least I can do when I’m better off alone Where will you go now that I ran away? Sit in your room and think of me for days Fill the gap with friends. What was mine is all yours now A souvenir with hope that you can move on some way some how I want you to know this wasn’t my plan from the start So go and take all that you want And I’d like to think I’m better than this But I’ve made it clear that I’m not So Take what you want, and I’ll give you everything, everything you need Take what you want, I’ll give you everything, everything but me Did you stop thinking of me? Will you chase me for days or will I stay the one who got away?
7.
I’m just as bad and I know you don’t deserve this And its sad cause you think its perfect But I’m just as bad as everyone who’s hurt you before I’m just as bad, if not worse Is this worth all the lost sleep and bad dreams? And I’ve come to terms that I can’t look at you the same Will I be hanging in your head for days? Or will I be this feeling you can’t break? And its sad to say this is the last day that I have to say I’m sorry And its almost too late to get myself back on that train just to come and say I’m sorry Cause maybe I’m not. Cause maybe I’m not the one to be the one who will be the one You’re every line that I wrote And every word that I spoke And it kills to be as bad as every promise I broke Will you wish your best for me? Or will you wish your worst? Will you spare me the heartache? Or will I get what I deserve?

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released May 12, 2015

Recorded by Eric McNelis
Mastered by Dave at www.gradwellhouse.com

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