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Love is a Cold War
02:44
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The embers of love die
Stars pass away in the sky
I duck and cover from the night.
Each moment expires
With no talk of cease fire
I burn like I've never burned before.
Take the first strike if you dare
But this heart of steel will beware
Of this prison called love, uncertain and a bore.
It’s the fallout from this cold war.
You write of your heart ache
But your words read just like a fake.
Tears from a tropical sun.
This pain like a bombshell
With no distant early warning bell
I cower from your hard rain.
Take the first strike if you dare
But this heart of steel will beware
Of this prison called love, uncertain and a bore.
It’s the fallout from this cold war.
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2. |
January
04:34
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Your crystalline kiss for me was the northern sky.
I’d give anything for one more night by your side.
All the weapons are put inside of a cardboard box
Evidence of people who never talked.
Icy hearts of darkness live by broken night
Navigator took my soul by starry light.
Confederation hearts and shattered moons
Forever linger in a thousand Junes.
But nothing was all I had to get me through
And nothing was the spaces left between me and you.
And if I called would you dare to say that I abandoned you?
Or would the seasons of your silence end up betraying you?
In January.
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3. |
Farewell to Poems
05:55
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There’s no turning back to the words I now regret
But love’s politics are what I now resent
Broken promises in the January snow
Like dead soldiers from an empire’s overthrow
Can’t you kind of see what it means to be alone?
City sparrow, fly away from your home
To the land of sugar cane and indigo
Goodbye to love, hello to pain
I see your face in my mind again
So its farewell to poems and a humming bird that sings
Time keeps lingering, I live in disarray.
I die a little each day and lose a bit of light with each rain
I keep turning back to the start of this affair
But we’re impossible like a circle to a square.
Can’t stand to see the sight of me in disrepair.
City sparrow, fly away from your home
To the land of sugar cane and indigo
Goodbye to love, hello to pain
I see your face in my mind again
And so its farewell to poems and a humming bird that sings
Find a better place to set yourself apart
from the doldrums of this life.
I only want for you to be far away
from the hell that is this strife.
I pray that you’re happy.
I pray that you’re better.
I pray you find your deep sea.
Every time I hear the ocean’s sound
I picture all the jewels you have crowned.
So there’s no turning back from things I now regret
And you need to know that love was my intent.
Can’t you kind of see what I mean as I repent?
City sparrow, fly away from your home
To the land of sugar cane and indigo
Goodbye to love, hello to pain
I see your face in my mind again
And so its farewell to poems and a humming bird that sings
There’s no turning back to the road we never met.
It was the little things that I could never get.
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Ghost of You
05:19
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I saw your winter coming but I was not prepared
The death of love was one thing we could not repair
War is always ugly, ruthless and extreme
You became the victor and always reigned supreme
A never ending theme
Each day becomes another trial by fire
testing me to see if I’ll expire
Wake up hoping someone hears my screams ‘Cause the ghost of you is as real as it seems
I tried to save you from me, I tried to make things right.
But darkness slipped between us as if by design
All colour left behind.
Each day becomes another trial by fire
testing me to see if I’ll expire
Wake up hoping someone hears my screams ‘Cause the ghost of you is as real as it seems
Moonlit poems come undone.
Broken down one by one.
Sunsets now just set
On love’s lost silhouette.
The promise of the summer frozen in the night Trapped in icy sinew, no spring of life in sight Where love gets frostbite
Moonlit poems come undone.
Broken down one by one.
Sunsets now just set
On love’s lost silhouette.
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5. |
Hiway of Regret
04:07
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This battle ends with lines in the sand, waged through combat territory. Vague pleasantries or plain enemies?
It’s so hard to know where we stand.
What could we do? There was no fixing the truth Now there’s miles and miles ahead
On this highway of regret.
I keep falling, nightmare sprawling,
I reach for your hand.
I tried to reveal, in my heart what was for real
But I drove you away instead
To this highway of regret.
If I could change time, I’d rewrite all of my crimes
I would give a little, take a little
And avoid the bend.
On this highway of regret.
Love is haunting, joy keeps taunting,
Madness calls out my name.
Seasons of rhyme, have become love out of time
Like a ghost town now condemned
Along this highway of regret.
We tried and love died,
Corroded and jaded inside
We drove through the night
But the end of the road was in sight
We held on, for our lives
But the music was not to survive
So I’ll pretend like I don’t care
But I still love you.
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6. |
Bitter
05:39
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A thousand times it’s spun around in my head today
I hope that soon I won’t have to feel this insane
They say that time heals all wounds but its bullshit.
‘Cause the more that we’re apart the more I get stuck in it.
And that’s why I’m feeling so bitter.
I wish that there was some place else to spend my time
And that’s why I’m feeling so bitter.
And nothing said or done seems to satisfy.
Endings have a funny way that keep you hanging on
They call on me like old friends who linger on.
So I invite you in to talk about how we used to smile
But love is now a fertile ground for the hostile.
And that’s why I’m feeling so bitter.
I wish that there was some place else to spend my time
And that’s why I’m feeling so bitter.
And nothing said or done seems to satisfy.
The world is just another place where I don’t fit in.
And love becomes a bad excuse for all my sins.
I suppose that I will pick myself up again.
But it’s so hard to shine when all that’s dark comes from within.
And that’s why I’m feeling so bitter.
I wish that there was some place else to spend my time
And that’s why I’m feeling so bitter.
And nothing said or done seems to satisfy.
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7. |
Drivin'
04:42
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I’m driving. Gotta get out of my head
All those could-have-beens are never wills instead.
Just another rainy day and this soul crushing pain
So I keep on moving and I hope it goes away.
I’ll keep on drivin’
Down this never-ending road
Feel like I’m dyin’
And they say that it now shows.
Sent you a letter, hoping you’d tune in
But all was taken wrong and there’s nothing left within.
So I keep on drivin’ those vultures away
From the corpse of my mind until my soul is saved.
I’ll keep on drivin’
Down this never ending road
Feel like I’m dyin’
And they say that it now shows.
Confusion, illusion
Been there too long
I’ve waited, frustrated
I need to belong
I’m broken, misspoken
Words come out wrong
Keep lying, denying
I’ll pretend I’m strong
And drive myself away to you.
Life is moving all around, from Sechelt to the Sault This road is what I live for, even if it’s without you
So hello to better days, I hear you call from afar
Summer nights are calling and my roadmap is the stars
I’ll keep on drivin’
Down this never ending road
Feel like I’m dyin’
And they say that it now shows.
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Jason Knapp Vancouver, British Columbia
Hailing from Vancouver, Jason Knapp's music is best described as a sonic mélange of early 90s rock sensibilities with
elements of funk, ska and folk.
Knapp's new release is a hard rock-focused album. Although aggressive and melancholic overall, Try for the Sun — the album’s first single — continues to garner acclaim for its ethereal sonic qualities and hope-evoking emotional content.
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