Embleton

Written by Kevin Embleton

Saw you standing by the bar
Fluorescent
Got to find out who you are
Before he gets here

Steal away off to the corner
Finally
I talked way too much
You were happy to let me

Oh what a mirage
I see it now
It was all a mirage

Oh
Now I know there's nothing else like
Oh
A walk through the desert on your side
No one else to hold on
Sleep next to you when it's cold
Oh

Took the long way out
There at the end saw you crying
You go first
I'll take the road behind you

Oh what a mirage
I see it now
It was all a mirage

Oh
Now I know there's nothing else like
Oh
A walk through the desert on your side
No one else to hold on
Sleep next to you when it's cold
Oh
Now I know there's nothing else like it

Time won't stand still
Some parts may linger
Wounds heal, plans change
Love grows deeper

Written by Kevin Embleton

It's moments like these
Wonder if you're gonna be ok
You know I worry bout you making your way
I wanna save from the pain I went through
But in the end I know I can't control you
It's moments like these
Wonder if I think it's gonna be ok

You call me up
And wanna run it by me
I come on too strong
Hoping that you see the way I see
Hear it in your tone
You're gonna do the opposite
I hang up the phone
And second guess everything

It's moments like these
Wonder if you're gonna be ok
You know I worry bout you making your way
I wanna save from the pain I went through
But in the end I know I can't control you
It's moments like these
Wonder if I think it's gonna be ok

I'm one to talk
You know I did the same thing
Think I've seen it all
But IRL truth stings
Just wanna control
I don't always see the best in you
Gotta let go
Older brother get over it
Get over it

It's moments like these
When I think you're gonna be ok
You know I worry bout you making your way
I wanna save from the pain I went through
But in the end I know I can't control you
It's moments like these
When I think it's gonna be ok

Written by Kevin Embleton and Jaret Kline

Felt it on the way out
It lifted off of my shoulders
Highways in the desert sand
In the canyon
Bought a notebook to write it down

Flying down the coast
Brace for landing
You were there when I lost the most
Hold me when it comes
When the dam breaks
I don't wanna be pulled away

Whatever you do

Don't make me
Don't make me go back
Don't make me
Don't make me go back

Can I stay just a little longer
I feel like myself tonight
Sit with me beside the water
And look out at Lake Minneola

Whatever you do

Don't make me
Don't make me go back
Don't make me
Don't make me go back

Don't make me go back
Don't wanna go back

Don't make me
Don't make me go back

Whatever you do

Written by Kevin Embleton

I can't even imagine this in past tense
Anymore
You know I've tried to stop making sense
It's just up and down, floor to floor
Another face to tell me I'm fine
What's wrong
I don't know


I'm fine
nothing's wrong
I don't know

Your hand's been heavy on me
Don't even know what for
Been trying to do the right thing
Don't know what's right no more

Start from the beginning
Play it back
Encore
Studying the timeline's all but useless
Did I hear your voice or make it up
I can't convince myself that I'm fine
What's wrong, I don't know
I'm not fine, I was wrong
Didn't know

Your hand's been heavy on me
Don't even know what for
Been trying to do the right thing
Don't know what's right no more

If I kick the dust up
On my way out
When it settles down will you be cold
Will you wait til
It's over
To say I never told you to go

When it settles down will you be cold

Your hand's been heavy on me
Don't even know what for
Been trying to do the right thing
Don't know what's right no more

Written by Kevin Embleton

There's no need to quote the past
If you've put it to rest
But it's getting clearer that it controls you
Like drinking poison and hoping that
Your anger will be avenged
That the guilty will die too

Reminisce if it's helpful
Reminisce if it's true
But don't let it own you

Don't feel like you have to act
I know it's a process
Trying to let go when it holds on
Don't bury the truth of it
Just bury the hatchet
Or quickly become the guilty too

Reminisce if it's helpful
Reminisce if it's true
But don't let it own you

Reminisce to be thankful
But whatever you do
Don't let it own you

Like drinking poison and hoping that
Your anger will be avenged
That the guilty will die too

Written by Kevin Embleton

If you asked me when all of it started
I'm not sure that I could say
I'm just like you and all of our friends
Am I born into this or did someone
Teach me to be afraid
I'm not sure there was a day

If I could stay on track
I would be with you
Soon as my days have passed

And the harder I've tried to get over
The unrelenting shade
The more unforgiving it becomes
So sometime ago you convinced me
That my hope it was misplaced
Even if I am stuck this way

If I could stay on track
I would be with you
Soon as my days have passed

And one day you'll behold all the wreckage
In my frail and anxious frame
I'll be healed at the sound of your voice
Then for days we can't count
I'll be with you
With no cares upon my name
I'll be healed at the sight of you

If I could stay on track
I would be with you
Soon as my days have passed

If I could stay on track
I would be with you
Soon as my days have passed

You say if I would only ask
You'd bring heaven down
Calm the waves in my aching heart
At least for now
At least for now
At least for now
At least for now

Written by Kevin Embleton

I can't help but to lay awake at night
And think about you there all by yourself
If walls could talk I know you'd be alright
At least you'd have someone that you could tell
The things that you've been saying to yourself

I know I'm not the only one whose up at night
Thinkin' bout you there all by yourself
I can't believe it took so long to realize
You'll never get away without some help
I wish you felt the same but I can't tell

I won't pretend it's ok when I've seen you like this over
Over it won't go away unless you say you're ready now

I've seen your knuckles white as snow but even then
you always keep an eye up on the shelf
For something that you can't control around the bend
You know that you can't fight it by yourself
You'll never get away without help

People don't get sober when they think their life is over
Over like a broken record
Play it till it's worn out

I won't pretend it's ok when I've seen you like this over
Over it won't go away unless you say you're ready now

Ready for the gift that is another day
Mercies that are new with every dawn
Ready for a chance to think another way
Ready to give up the road you're on
For mercies that are new with every dawn
Ready to believe you're not the only one
Who needs mercies that are new with every dawn

Written by Kevin Embleton

Took a year off
When I came back
I could see the colors fade
As I undressed
Like the leaves left
Surprise, I look the same

And I'm not ready for the winter
To be stuck here with myself
If only I knew it'd be different
When the snow melts

Guess it's easier to leave it
Than to stay and face the pain
Now the days are getting shorter
Is there any other way

'Cause I'm not ready for the winter
To be stuck here with myself
If only I knew it'd be different
When the snow melts

And I'm not ready for the winter
To be stuck here with myself
If only I knew it'd be different
When the snow melts

Took a year off
When I came back
Surprise, I look the same

Written by Kevin Embleton

All my life I thought this was the only way to be
And everyone was just like me
Live awhile and fake a smile
Then join the saints at last
Forever young and free

Til you sat me down
Said I should get checked out
Am I the only one

I'd settle for normal
White picket fence
To not wake up and feel the heavy on my chest
I'd settle for stable
Blend in to the rest
A level head to keep my feelings in check
I'd settle for ok

All my life I've moved around from town to town and now
I forgot your name
And the place we met
On the way the play by play
Rewind it back again
Did I say too much
Did I scare you away

So you sat me down
Said I should write about
Some happy thoughts

What about the song I just wrote
Isn't it normal
White picket fence
To wake up everyday with all this on my chest
Isn't it stable
Just like the rest
What's a level head to keep my feelings in check

You sat me down
Said I should get checked out
Not fake a smile
Another day
Will it mess me up
Will I feel the same
When it's said and done
Is there another way

To settle for normal
White picket fence
To not wake up and feel the heavy on my chest
Settle for stable
Blend in to the rest
A level head to keep my feelings in check
I'd settle ok

Written by Kevin Embleton

We're better on paper
But stuck in this room
Think I'm going crazy
Because of you

I know I can't stay here
But now im used to
The things that you say and think
Like they're true

Over me
But I'm over you
Over the things that you do
Just get over me
Cause I'm over you
Over the things that you do

I tried to run away once
to get away from you
Look over my shoulder
You came too
Look over my shoulder
You can't seem to

Get over me
But I'm over you
Over the things that you do
Just get over me
Cause I'm over you
Over the things that you do

Guess I'm better on paper
But to tell the truth
I'd rather start living
Than be stuck with you
No missing our condition once you're gone
Figure out how
I can move on
Send you on your way

Over me
Cause I'm over you
Over the things that you do
Just get over me
Cause I'm over you
Over the things that you do

Written by Kevin Embleton and Spencer Martin

You know I'm not where I wanna be
But I'm here right now
I guess that this is recovery
And I should settle down

No matter what it will follow me
And I can see it now
I guess that this is recovery
And I should settle down

One step forward
Two steps back
If you need me
This is where I'll be at

I never thought this is where I'd be
But I'm getting used to it
I guess that this is recovery
Where dreams don't die
They just repeat like that

One step forward
Two steps back
If you need me
This is where I'll be at

Two step forward
Three steps back
If you need me
This is where I'll be at

Written by Kevin Embleton

Is this goodbye
Is this the end
I've gotten used to seeing you
And I can't help it
Say I'll be fine
I'll start again
You know I'm tired of
Thinking of new ways to blend in

I wanna count the hours til you come home
See your eyes light up
You're the only one
Can remind me of the things
I let go of back then

I want you by my side when I go out
Not waste another day looking around
Trying to think of all the ways
I could make it without you
I've been down that road before

So what about
All the loose ends
I can't just go on burning bridges hoping for the best
I won't be fine
Won't start again
You know I'm tired of blending in

I wanna count the hours til you come home
See your eyes light up
You're the only one
Can remind me of the things
I let go of back then

I want you by my side when I go out
Not waste another day looking around
Trying to think of all the ways
I could make it without you
I've been down that road before

Down that road before

I wanna count the hours til you come home
See your eyes light up
You're the only one
Can remind me of the things
I let go of back then

I want you by my side when I go out
Not waste another day looking around
Trying to think of all the ways
I could make it without you
I've been down that road before
Down that road before

Written by Kevin Embleton & Kyle Teese

Hold on, I'm coming home
When we were younger
This was so much easier than we'd known
Look out the window
See the snow
If it is gone before I pack my bags
And hit the road

Remember what it was like
When I held
Your cold hands
When he left you
All alone
In a bitter storm
By your house
You saved some from that night

Ooh, I'll bring some home
I heard that a storm is brewing through
The pass that keeps me gone
Never to leave you
Again what's more
I bought us a little house three miles from the ocean shore

We'll remember what it was like
When I held Your cold hands
When he left you
All alone
In a bitter storm
By your house
You saved some from that night

We'll remember what it was like
When I held our children
And we showed them
All the snow
That kept me from home
In our house
I saved some from that night

Written by Kevin Embleton

You grew up across the gulf of Mexico
But we had to cross the world to meet
And even though we're stuck on a ten hour drive
I can't close my eyes ' cause I'm stuck on you right now
Where you been all my life

Fast forward and the job kept us apart
Two years but we didn't miss a beat
And even though you're thousands of miles from me
When I close my eyes you're all I see right now
Where you been all my life

Now that theres nothing else in between

We'll get a place in New Orleans
Stay up late and watch your movies
Hold hands until the sun sets
I wake up, you're here in my bed
Where you been all my life

I've never met a person quite like you my love
You don't quit when the going gets tough
And even though it feels like it's make believe
On the hardest days you're still stuck on me
I'm so lucky I found you

Now that theres nothing else in between

We'll get a place in New Orleans
Stay up late and watch your movies
Hold hands until the sun sets
I wake up, you're here in my bed
Where you been all my life

Hold hands until the sun sets
I wake up, you're here in our bed

Written by Kevin Embleton

Hold me close
Til the night is o're
Your arms around me til the dawn
Hold me close
Call me yours
I promise I will make you proud

Lies haunt you
But love sees through
I promise I'll be only yours
And I want you
To want me too
There's not a thing that we can't do

Hold me close
Til the night is o're
Your arms around me til the dawn
Hold me close
Call me yours
I promise I will make you proud

And I'll keep trying
While daylight's burning
I'll do my best to catch your eye
To prove what's right

Til the night is creeping in
Darkness hovers tears begin

Hold me close
Call me yours
I promise I will make you proud

Written by Kevin Embleton

I've been all tied up
You've been standing there
I've been focused on
Getting the bills paid on

Time
Time
On time
On time

But the truth remains
At the end of the day
Another 24 gone
We're all short on, short on, short on

Time
Time
On time
Time
On time
Time
On time
On time

But the truth remains
At the end of the day
Another 24 gone
We're all short on, short on, short on time

Written by Kevin Embleton

I ran my fastest
He nipped my heals
I heard him roaring
My lungs were filled
But with exhaustion
And fear at best
Will I awake to find a lion on my chest?

He hides behind my pillow at night
What a fright, at the sight
How I wish that I could put up a fight
Can't escape, so I wake up

I started screaming
Conscious at last
The point evades
These visions past
Knowing I had to
Drift back to dream
I resolved to ask the lion what he means

He hides behind my pillow at night
What a fright, at the sight
How I wish that I could put up a fight
Can't escape, I won't wake up

Who do you think you are?
Do you know me?
How can I stop you from haunting all of my dreams?
Who do you think you are?
Do you know me?
Where do you come from?
How can I be rid of you?

I'm the strength that you've been waiting to find
Not a fright, in the slight
I'm the courage that you needed to fight
Why are you running away from me?

Written by Kevin Embleton and Kyle Teese

Over it, can I get over it?
If you ever find yourself wondering
Do I have what it takes for this?
Can I get over it?
If I do then what's next?
If you ever find yourself wondering
Do I have what it takes for this?
Do I have what it takes for this?
Even if it takes some time
It matters that you realize

There is love for where you are
There is love for where you've been
There is love for where you're going
And with all my heart
Even if my voice runs out
I will find a way to sing it

Over it, now that I'm over it
If you ever find yourself wondering
Did I make some mistakes back then?
Yeah, you made some mistakes back then
Even if it takes some time
It matters that you realize

There is love for where you are
There is love for where you've been
There is love for where you're going
And with all my heart
Even if my voice runs out
I will find a way to sing it

And even if it takes some time
Even if it takes your life
You were made to realize
That you were made for love
And even if it takes some time
Even if it takes your life

With all my heart
Even if my voice runs out
I will find a way to
Find a way to sing

Written by Kevin Embleton

If I could turn back time I don't know what I'd do would you
They say that when you look back it's easier to know what's true
I don't know about that, 'cause I don't even have a clue
Everything about this year has left me speechless
Everything about this feels temporary

I feel the winds of change taking over all I do
Instead of changing me, really they're just blowing through
We've been stuck for a while, maybe you can feel it too
Everything about this year has left me speechless
Everything about this feels temporary

I don't have an antidote for all this pain I see
But I don't have to look far to see that it's not just me
If you don't know when change will come
Then I'm right there with you
Everything about this year has left me speechless
Everything about this feels temporary

Written by Kevin Embleton

He said I like it but I think I really miss your edge
As we listened to my songs on his TV set
We drank a couple beers and then I went to bed
I couldn't sleep and thought about the thing he'd said.

It's true that I've been struggling since the band broke up
Been looking for the melody in milder stuff
Do i have to sing at the top of my lungs to be heard

I made a decent record but it didn't sell
I promised lot's of money to the guys who helped
Then I moved across the country and my voice gave out
I saw a bunch of doctors and they all found

Different things
The first was sure that it was allergies
And the second specialist said he did agree
Four months, a routine and some pills a day later
And i really wasn't getting any better

It's gone, it's gone
And I wondered if it's time to move on
It's gone, it's gone
Well I had a good run
And I think it might be time to sing another song

I decided that I couldn't throw the towel in yet
So I saw a different doctor and you'd never guess
That the thief in the night was a meal that I ate before bed
Mixed with stress it was eating me alive

I started on some medicine to neutralize
All the acid in my stomach
And I learned not to eat after seven
What am I, fifty-five

Well the symptoms eased up
And the pain regressed
And a good friend's teaching me how to deal with the stress
In the word's of John Mayer I'm In repair
And I think that the worst is behind me

It's gone, I think it's gone
And I'm glad that I don't have to move on
It's gone, it's gone
And I'm learning how to sing again
I hope that i can write you a million songs

When things settled down and I had a mo
To miss all my family and my friends back home
Just a boy and girl of the Ohio
Trying to make it out on the West Coast

Been asking the Lord what it all means
Been writing lots of songs about my feelings
And I'm making progress in therapy
Trying to make sense of why it feels so hard

To be gone, I'm gone
And I'm finding it hard to move on
I'm gone, I'm gone, when will this place feel like home I don't know
But I'm gone, I'm gone, and I'm finding it hard to move on
I'm gone, I'm gone
Do you always have to leave just to figure out where you belong

Written by Kevin Embleton

Look over my shoulder
Saw you standing over there
With all your friends
I'm not getting younger
So I ask for your number
You say why should I give it

I was just expecting a yes or no
Collect my thoughts and go

I could be all the things that you want
If you let me
Do it just right so you never forget me
You are the top
Señorita you're all I want

Look over your shoulder
See me standing over
Where we were before
And I can't help but wonder
If I would have your number
Had I not come on so strong

I was just expecting a yes or no
collected my thoughts and pressed go
Saw it in your eyes when you turned to go
There's still hope

I could be all the things that you want
If you let me
Do it just right so you never forget me
You are the top
Señorita you're all I want

I could be all the things that you want
If you let me
Do it just right so you never forget me
You are the top
Señorita you're all I want

Look over my shoulder
Saw you standing over there
With all your friends
I'm not getting younger
I'll keep asking for your number
Someday you'll say yes

Written by Kevin Embleton

Late last night
Drifting on my right side
Just before my lights went out
I caught myself
Set a course
Way across the king sized bed
Where you lay your sweet, sweet head
To hold you close

All my life I've waited
For someone just like you
And if I should ever waver
Like only a fool would do

Summer love
Can you believe it's been this long
And I still need the guard rails on
I'm slow to learn
But you don't count
All the times I hoped my love was felt
As if I was looking for myself
Instead of you

All my life I've waited
For someone just like you
And if I should ever waver
Like only a fool would do

All my life I've waited
For someone just like you
And if I should ever waver
Like only a fool would do

Written by Kevin Embleton

It's plain for all to see
And it doesn't take a scientist
To know it's harder to exist
In this world without a father

So tonight I'll count my blessings
And it should come as no surprise
When I look into your eyes and say
I would not want any other

I know that I can
Count on you
I can count on you
No matter what I'm going through
I know that you'll show up

They asked me to remember
What I love most of all
It's the quiet drives we cherish
In the car after the mountains call

And I hear the music playing
Of the timeless songs that shaped you
Well, like a potter with his clay
I've been shaped by your love

I know that I can

Count on you
I can count on you
No matter what I'm going through
I know that you'll show up
I can count on you
I can count on you
The way you're always thinking of
The people that you love
I can count on you
I can count on you