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Sometimes Always Leads to Never

by Natural Stranger

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1.
The Trigger (On & On) 03:40
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I hear your voice from a crowded room like fodder falling from the trees I know you're not just here for you but for me When it's you and me, you come on kinda strong When It's you and me, you come on kinda strong You bring the party to it's knees A pack of dogs around a bone It's clear to me that you're not leaving here alone It's clear to me you strayed a little far from home It's clear to me you oughta rocket back to home Everybody turns and looks away If you pull that trigger you could blow them all away And it goes on & on And it goes on & on And it goes on oh no no no no no I hear your voice from a crowded room like fodder falling from the trees I know you're not just here for you but for me When it's you and me, you come on kinda strong When It's you and me, you come on kinda strong Everybody turns and looks away If you pull that trigger you could blow them all away And it goes on & on And it goes on & on And it goes on oh no no no no no
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Shooting Star 03:47
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The rain falls down the gutter, gone, forever draining out of sight The sky moves closer to the ground, and all these lovers claim the sea She holds me as the sun goes down And then I feel her warmth wash over me again My name belongs to you my love, forget it, it's just a memory I don't exist when we're apart I'm just some shade on a sunny day She tells me her and I are one And then I feel the Earth move fiercely once again Let's kill silence like it was a sin Your voice soothes better than the wind We'll drown sorrow deep in the ocean And talk about our demons as if they were friends Grab the car and drive all night We burn horizons down Red-lined, but not enough I can see you from the ground my shooting star
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Romance 03:09
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I don't usually take a risk without a follow through Life's got me swingin' by that vine It's just that you're the only one who gets the solitude And ever really has the time So it hurts when you say you can't help me I feel so hung up, left to dry You tell me "Romance couldn't save the sun from evening. It'd be a waste to even try." I look inside myself in hopes to find the answers But all I know is just a frame I had the start, the end, the treasured ever after But all that's gone, it's up in flames So it burns when you say you don't need me I feel so gutted I could cry You tell me "Romance is a word that's lost it's meaning. You love a little then you die." Oh... So it hurts when you say you can't help me I feel so hung up, left to dry You tell me "Romance couldn't save the sun from evening. It'd be a waste to even try." It'd be a waste to even try You love a little then you...
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Machine Gun Serenade 03:41
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I've known it all along Lost in your eyes, we dance until the morning lights turn on Our love is in the song, and when the ending comes, we'll wonder where the hell we both belong I left my name etched in a tile on the bathroom floor You smoked away half the day baby Oh, I know we're doomed anyway Grab a drink, just move and sway with me Oh, machine gun serenade! Save the night and waste the day We've done this all before We never realize we jump before we know what's on the floor Let's toast to something more Afraid to feel the love between us melt away and corrupt the core Oh, I know we're doomed anyway Grab a drink, just move and sway with me Oh, machine gun serenade! Save the night and waste the day This is our last charade! There was something left to say....damn it's gone, it's gone. Whoa oh oh, whoa oh oh Live grenade! Machine gun serenade, what the hell went wrong, so wrong? Whoa oh oh, whoa oh oh Oh, I know we're doomed anyway Grab a drink, just move and sway with me Oh, machine gun serenade! Save the night and waste the day
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Letters to J 03:24
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I hope you're doing well It's been a long time since our conversation found itself in the same rhyme I still can't wrap my head around what it means to love the bad in you as deeply as the good I see And though I'm fine, I could be better And though I'm fine... Today I read the letters I wrote to you There's no way to hold on to you and all those moments where you felt so close to me I hope you're doing well You're always on my mind But the way you walk and the way you talk don't mean it's alright baby I still can't wrap my head around what it means to feel the thought you press down until it buries me The look in your eyes makes me weary The look in your eyes... Today I read the letters I wrote to you There's no way to hold on to you and all those moments... Don't pretend things are still the same Your words could trap me and I'd never get away again So go, back to where you belong The unfinished page, the scattered remains So go, back to where you belong Debris on the shore, my broken body lying motionless on the floor Today I read the letters I wrote to you There's no way to hold on... Today I read the letters I wrote to you There's no way to hold on to you and all those moments where you felt so close to me
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Specter 05:39
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Last night I saw you crawling on the streets my love You looked kind of lost, your head was stuck inside a love song It's been far too long since I heard your name But if you get real close I'll say it in your ear How come you wanna hang with people that push you around? Never give you the time of day or night Never gonna, never gonna move you like I do A thousand times I tried to turn you around But you never heard a single word I said It's not over, it's never over, not the end of you I'm gonna be your specter and haunt you whenever you come around I'm gonna be the only perspective you see when you hit the ground It's hard to breathe, it's hard to feel, it's hard to know when you're really alive But one thing's for sure, I feel divine when I'm stalking by your side It's been far too long since I heard your name But if you get real close I'll say it in your ear How come you wanna hang with people that push you around? Never give you the time of day or night Never gonna, never gonna move you like I do You ran away and said I'd never see you again but here you are sipping hours from my day It's not over, it's never over, not the end of you I'm gonna be your specter and haunt you whenever you come around I'm gonna be the only perspective you see when you hit the ground I'm gonna be your specter and haunt you whenever you come around I'm gonna be the only perspective you see when you hit the ground
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Lost in the Fold 04:23
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He lets his mind go off at night Caught between what's life and a dream The battle scars are evidence sometimes you lose to the powers at be Now the colors in the room won't stop bleeding It feels like every step goes one floor below How does he stop all these years from feeding on him? Something got lost way back in the fold She spends most her days alone Meditating through her dark poetry These little pill are heaven-sent to cauterize all that she doesn't feel Now the colors in the room won't stop bleeding It feels like every step goes one floor below How does she stop all these years from feeding on her? Something got lost way back in the fold, yeah We never wanted to be part of the other side We never wanted to be part of the other side We never wanted to be part of the other side We never wanted to be part of the other side
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Greenest Green I've Ever Seen 03:20
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I still remember when every night we spent was serene And days were evergreen But then the cold wind came, something started growing in you Yeah, your heart was beating blue I tried my best to defend you I thought hope was my ally Now sad eyes are looking right at me Turquoise, with skin snow white I watch the game film twice, three times, maybe four times a day And the film is going grey The question's always why you said no I didn't insist I feel drunk on amethyst I tried my best to defend you I thought hope was my ally Now sad eyes are looking right at me Turquoise, with skin snow white Don't say you wish you met me sooner The grass might stay green forever As days go by I can see it in your eyes Sometimes always leads to never I know, I know, I know It's time to let it go I know, I know, I know It's time to let it go
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In Love Again 04:33
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If I were the stars and you were the sun, would I bask forever in your after glow? If I was the tide and you were the moon, would you pull me softly close to you? It starts with one word and I feel it rising up in me A little scared, but then, what other word could it possibly be? Oh, I think that I'm in love again Oh, I think that I'm in love again If I was the breath inside of your lungs, would you whisper slowly or hold me in? If I was no fun and you were all the rage, would you keep me around anyways? The winds are changing and I hear them howling desperately A little frightened, there's no other spell it could possibly be Oh, I think that I'm in love again Oh, I think that I'm in love again Oh, I think that I'm in love again Oh, I think that I'm in love again
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Laniakea 04:16
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Here's to the stars that are born and will fade away before their season Fireflies lost in the afternoon Blind behind the lens, this type of thought will one day do us in There's more to life than pride and negative thoughts too small to ride the ride My heart, my soul wasn't built for suffering I say it's time for spiritual reckoning Your reckoning Here's to the stars that are born and will fade away before their season Fireflies lost in the afternoon Here's to the boys and the girls that'll waste away without a reason Sometimes good souls die too soon What's this gloom good for? We should grab some sun and play this game outdoors There's more to life than pride and negative thoughts too small to ride the ride My heart, my soul wasn't built for suffering I say it's time for spiritual reckoning Your reckoning Here's to the stars that are born and will fade away before their season Fireflies lost in the afternoon Here's to the boys and the girls that'll waste away without a reason Sometimes good souls die too soon And all this time we waste when we could change the world And all this time we waste when we could change the world And all this time we waste when we could change the world And all this time we waste when we could change the world All this time we waste All this time we waste Here's to the stars that are born and will fade away before their season Fireflies lost in the afternoon Here's to the boys and the girls that'll waste away without a reason Sometimes good souls die too soon

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released March 8, 2016

All songs written by Ernest Hampson

Produced by John Ried and Ernest Hampson
Engineered by John Ried
Mixed by Jino Arielly

Drums recorded at Hi-Shelf Studio with assistant engineer, James Chan
Everything else recorded at Brick by Brick Studios
Except Track 8, Recorded at Converse Rubber Tracks
Mastered by Alexander Almgren @ Freshly Baked Studios

Natural Stranger is:
Ernest Hampson - Vocals/Guitar
Kevin Sullivan - Guitar
Jino Arielly - Bass
Joshua Handford - Drums

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Joshua Handford -Drums
Kevin Sullivan - Guitars
Ernest Hampson - Guitars, Vocals

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