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The Art Of Growing Up

by The Art Of Growing Up

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1.
Fire 01:36
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Don't like how you perceive what I am. Open up your eyes to who I am. Justice falls when our time comes. Until then just shut your mouth. You're jealous and manipulating. Trust me It's frustrating. I'm young and unlearned but I know something. When you feel the fire (in your heart). You better run after it. So if you think you can hold me back. I got news for you. You're gonna regret when you're older. Trust me Its True.
2.
One Trick Pony 03:18
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Shadow falls. Sun don't shine. You reach your hand to touch mine. Flower blooms. Then it dies. You're still surprised. That's just life. Everything you say starts to change. All your dreams and philosophies. One trick pony. One horse cowboy. I'm useless and you know it.
3.
Lakeside Regret 01:30
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Time to find my place. Leave without a trace. Be back in the sunrise. Feet in the sand with you by my side. Feels like the waves crash on me. I sink. Looks like lake side regret. Broken bottles and passed out kids. The town is empty. More empty than the beers we drank. Feels like the waves crash on me. I sink. Woke up monday morning. It was freezing cold. Sat out in the car. Damn i feel old.
4.
Shame 02:35
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Want to taste all the pain. Look for the devil and you will find me. Touch the skin. No mercy on my soul i'm damned to hell. Feast on my lips/limbs Feast on my eyes. Feast on my soul. Feast till I die. Found a locket in the sand. Had a picture of an old man. In cursive it read "Love Sam", Then I realized Sam is just like me. Thrown away with all the shame.
5.
Magazine Lifestyle 02:55
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I see nothing outside. In yourself you confide. I am a bad man. I try to write my woes in the sand. But the rain won't come to wash what I've done. Nothing you see is clean. Modern day love is obscene. According to the magazines. Just physical attraction no connection. Somethings gotta change. But the power of love will remain. You say it's all gone but my girl proves you're all wrong.
6.
Hawk 01:18
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8:00 O'clock and I feel dead. Somebody knocked me right in the head. I lay on the ground until I am found by a dog that wears a frown. He licks my face and I hope he stays. Look up in the sky and i saw a hawk. You say you wanna die but thats all talk. Sit inside and you drink a beer. Feel like you can fly. I'm deaf I can't hear.
7.
New Orleans 03:35
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Went down to the sea. To try and find the key. To all my dreams. So i can be free. Went to New Orleans. Found a man on the street. He said "hey do you have anything to eat" I gave him my bag of seeds. He just smiled. Eyes lit up. Never saw someone so happy. Went to the garden. Drank from the fountain. Cleared my mind. Finally opened my eyes.
8.
Tomb 02:34
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Your tomb is dark and it's grey. Everything i hear is everything you say. Nothing is right because nothing is wrong. It's amazing we've been here so long. In this vision it's cold and it's beautiful, skin next to skin he's up in arms. Everything we have worked for has been torn apart. It's amazing we've been here so long. This is my grave. It's where i lay. This is my life. It's all mine. This is your tomb. I will rest for you. This is your mind. Soft and safe inside. I can't breathe when i'm around you because I'm scared ill steal your breath. My whole life i owe to you but i lay inside this grave.
9.
Lake Michigan 02:00
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I know what it's like to hurt. I know what its like to hurt someone so bad. I know. I wish I was in Lake Michigan with all my friends. Stay in Al Pals basement for a month. Tell Trev i'm sorry we didn't keep in touch. Because we are family. You're my family. I love both of you. I love all of you.
10.
Mickey Mouse Pancakes 04:56
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Reading the last of the letters. Begging God it's not over. Clearing the schedule for the funeral. How is this happening? It's the simple fact we've been here before. I'm not all right this isn't fine but i guess it's life. I never said goodbye. This is a dream. Mickey Mouse Pancakes.
11.
I Can't Change 07:19
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I'm tired of the way I act. I'm tired of the way I think. This world is not our heaven. This is hell. This is hell. This is Hell. Stop acting impressed with my blistered and bruised hands and my red eyes. Just sit here in silence in silence because you never have anything to say. Shake a little and drink some more beers. I promise you won't remember in the morning. I'm scared. I have never known what it's like to not worry about all the things you could've done. You love your family but can't support their art. It's hard to sit back and watch the world the way it is. I'm not making excuses but I just don't know what to say. I don't know what to say. I can't change. When the people you love turn away. How can it be? Why does this have to happen to me? I can't change. I don't what to say. It's al the same. We are all the same. I can't change.

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All songs on this album are true stories. Not all lived through by me but people I know, friends, and family. Thank you for everyone who has supported this project so far it truly means so much to me.

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released January 17, 2016

All songs written by Dawson Kiser
Art work done by Dawson Kiser
Guitar played by Dawson Kiser
Extra mouth sounds by Joey Hernandez

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