1. |
Maybe Forever
04:18
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I walk you down to your coffee spot
It's kinda sunny, let's choose the shady spot
I have a ton to say but I just can't surrender a thought
I talk about the show last night
You talk about how we wasted our time
“I forget how I came home” you said
I said “It's cuz you were sleeping like a bulk of lead”
“I had to drive you home before you slept your silly self dead”
You think and frown for a little while
Then you shrug as you walk off with a smile
Did I ever mention to you
It feels so right right next to you
I wanna tell you I love you
Yeah I would jump right off this ledge for you
But I won't if you don't
Give me your hand we'll run forever
‘Cause I need you
Though I can't see your view
I know we're too close
To not fall in love tonight
Or maybe forever
I've never been an initiative man
Always gave up before it even began
My doubts would take control hand in hand with my meticulous plans
'Cause I just hate losing what I see
But to lose is to win what I really need
I rip the petals off my heart
One by one
I watch my senses go to war
I'm in love
But is it too early to tell
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2. |
Let Us Go
04:07
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Can you still remember when we first met
And agreed to never ever forget
That day we talked and talked for hours
And I walked home feeling so right
Then a week went by in silence
And deceived my heart mistakened
That we moved on
But we could never move on
So here we are
We've come so far
And the further along we are
The more certain I am when I say
I don't ever wanna let us go
Every day I think more of you, you know
I haven't felt this convinced
That love can drown a man so helpless in the snow
Just sit back and take it slow
Every second we miss is worthless gold
We can stay here forever
Or until time would let us go
And then our night-long conversations
Always seemed to push the hour hand
So fast I never realized
How much I loved to talk to you
Again again I missed your smile
But we would make it up for a little while
The next time we met up forever in love
Innocent love
Take a look at the stars floating in the sky
So constantly alive
Never ever running out of time
If only we were with them tonight
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3. |
Bittersweet
03:10
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Every now and then I get a bitter taste
Of a sweet memory
It's haunting me
Again and again I imagine what could've been
The memories that never happened
A couple months short and sweet
Hand in hand running down the empty street
A couple years long and gone
And my heart has stopped holding on
But every time I see you again
I feel it all come rushing in
You smile and look this way
I can only do the same
So don't dare say a word
It's not the time
It's time to let go
It's okay to let go
To the chances that only lie
Behind the doors we can only leave behind
Here's to another chance to break free
But it's so hard to see it when you're sitting right next to me
I'll try not to touch your hand
I guess it's best if I pretend I don't want to
Please just look away
I'll make sure to do the same
Don't dare say a word
It's not the time
It's time to let go
It's okay if I don't know
I'm gonna be honest and say
That sometimes I just feel the same as before
And don't try to hide it
You know it's obvious the way the you don't leave the door
Don't leave the door
Don't dare say a word
It's not the time
It's time to let go
It's okay if I don't know (just leave it all behind)
So don't dare say a word
It's not the time
It's time to let go
Just leave it all behind
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4. |
Machine
03:20
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The winter chill is blowing
Everybody's sowing
In desperation for what's to come
And I can feel it glowing
'Cause I'm perfectly knowing
That we're not the ones we'll become
I know it seems so hard
To look ahead, forget the past
But live it out, don't mind running too fast
Open your eyes
And see there's more than me
Time will tell, only time can see
I'll be waiting like a broken machine
Out of fuel but working so persistently
We could give us a chance maybe another try
I'll let you decide
I know you don't express it
But don't you know I've always
Had the thought back in my mind to try it again
And time is endless
But love can always win
Always patient enough to wait out time
When you're alone I feel so close
But it all becomes a dream
When you're surrounded by your clones
Not one of them real to me
But I can't let you go if you don't let me go
Let's see how far we can get on our own
But please don't walk alone
The winter chill is blowing
Everybody's sowing
In desperation for what's to come
And I can feel it glowing
'Cause I'm perfectly knowing
We’re the ones
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5. |
Home
04:58
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About a year ago if you would ask me what I thought
About everything you are
I wouldn't ever think to give it a second thought
I'll tell you what you want to hear
I'd let you take me away from my convictions
It's never innocent
My easy conscience
I'd let you chase me away from my reflections
We're unrecognizable
Everyone's too scared to love
But free enough to fake it 'til it's gone
And when they've had enough
They pack their bags with pieces of the hearts they've won
Fake left, step right
Start over again
This is the extent of our lives
We're black or white
It's too easy to tell
But everyone's trying to find the missing line
Every day I live is exactly the same I swear
I've been here before
I'm trying to breathe, trying to fight for a little air
But I'm chained to the ocean floor
We need some motivation
I need to get my mind outside
This empty soul vacation
I wanna live like I'm alive
There's nothing in our hands but time
But we're throwing that away
Don't throw it away
Stop trying to justify
The false hope in your filthy eyes
Or we'll never recognize
Who we can be on the inside
And I wanna go home
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6. |
The Perfect Love Song
06:59
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What a curse we are to ourselves
This never ending burn caves us inside out
Listen to the war racing for our fate
Listen to the nothing
We should be used to it by now
I long for a sign
In these empty scribbled lines
Tangible for the simple and the wise
Open my eyes
Never searching is just blind
So let me see anything tonight
How we fight to survive our minds
Circling a life so desperately deeply dry
I wanna be alive but sometimes, oh sometimes
Only grace can stop our building hands
We just gotta realize
We can't build in the sand
I labor my days away
Aching for some earth to taste
With my dirty hands I create
My underrated chains
But give me something more
Something to die for, possibly live for
I wanna be man enough to take
This gift of love I abbreviate
This could be the perfect love song
If I loved you the way I say I do
And you are to me the perfect love song
'Cause you love me the way you say you do
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7. |
Credits
05:40
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I’m in need of desperate change
I’m in need of desperate life
I don’t like the path I’m walking on right now
Nothing but this road in sight
I can't believe I was ambitious enough to want to hold it all
'Cause now I'm barely holding on
Love break me now
I surrender my heart
I wanna start over again
I watch the sun go down in ashes
It’s going down so fast and I’m not sure I’ll be ready for it
Life’s closing in so fast and this time I know I can’t ignore it
‘Cause I’ve tried gripping on so tight but it’s just pulling me in
Every day I’m stumbling and slipping farther away
And I’ve tried everything but You to try to run too far
But maybe I didn’t see Your hand when You were reaching down for me
And maybe now You’re still knocking at the door of my heart
I wanna tell you something
Are you listening
I love you
I know I've said it a thousand times
And almost every time it turns out to be a lie
So saying it again won't mean a thing
But this time
I wanna mean it
Help me to mean it
So bring me close to you
Bring me to my knees
Strip me
Of everything
Of everything that lost your face
That intensified your grace
I don't ever wanna live that way
I wanna live for you, to die for you
I wanna feel the laugh in your eyes
To know you're proud of my life
I'm not afraid to walk this out
Over these uncharted waters now
To push through these crowds
Just to run to you
To be with you
I wanna be with you
I wanna be with you
Just because I love you
Just because I love you
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Larry Lin Baltimore, Maryland
I was born in San Jose, CA, and I now live in Baltimore, MD. I am a follower of Jesus, a husband, a father to two children, a nerd, a politics and current events conversationalist, a writer, a peacemaker, and a wannabe vegan. Also, I love music, and I make music on the side. ... more
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