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1. |
Best Of Us
02:36
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I'm a heartbeat, searching for my muse,
a synergistic chapter ready to conclude,
No I don't know, how it's gonna end
The truth is that the heart is hardest to defend
and I can't wait to know you name,
but three words could work the same
so don't you ever go and leave the best of you behind,
there's so much more of you for us to find...
and I'm a deep wound, sure to leave a scar
There are many parts inside me I can't trust by far
I hope you learn to love the same
I can't wait to know your name, so if you're listening,
don't you ever go and leave the best of you behind
There's so much more of you for us to find
If you get lost along the way find your way back to me someday
if you get lost along the way
don't you ever go and leave the best of you behind
There's so much more of you for us to find
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2. |
Listened To My Heart
03:54
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I needed to quantify my plight
Find a resolution
reconcile my fractured heart
so I took a step back
took a step back
took a step back
am I ever getting back to cusp of this confliction
Cause every moment that I live
is a moment that ain't mine
though I've lived them otherwise
So I'm here to retract
here to retract
here to retract
This self-serving contract
on the eve of revolution
Guess I should've listened to my heart
When I heard that silence
Guess I should've listened to my heart
When the current course was quiet
but no one ever said it'd be this hard
to love with action
guess I'm going back to the start
to learn how to love
to love and be loved again
Remember the better man to be
is to be for someone else the man they need
so I rupture my hope
rupture my hope
rupture my hope
Awaken oh my soul
to the brink of this conclusion
Guess I should've listened to my heart
When I heard that silence
Guess I should've listened to my heart
When the current course was quiet
but no one ever said it'd be this hard
to love with action
guess I'm going back to the start
to learn how to love
to love and be loved again
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3. |
3 Whole Minutes
04:42
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Its been 3 Whole minutes since you've been gone
I'm feeling lonely but I'm not alone no
I'm just missing you
So I took a chance when I made that choice
Life's just learning to listen to the right voice love
Don't want you out of my head saying
Life is for living
And I want to live it
Want to breath in every second I can
Its so good to be alive with you
Its so good to be alive
I'm glad you came
Its good you're here
I did my best to be sincere
Truth is some of mes a lie
Now you're home and so am I
And I still hear your voice inside love
The best part of me is you saying
Life is for livin'
And I want to live it
Want to breath in every second I can
Its so good to be alive with you
Its so good to be alive with you
Its so good to be alive
And I may not know
Whats coming up around that corner
But we both know
Its part of growing up and getting older
And life is for livin'
And I want to live it
Want to breath in every second I can
Its so good to be alive with you
Its so good to be alive with you
Its so good to be alive with you
Its so good to be alive
Its been three whole minutes since you been gone
I'm feeling lonely but I'm not alone no
Just missing you
Just missing you
The best part of me is you
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4. |
Bittersweet
04:02
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Papa don't know suffering like mama do
Spent her whole life getting by and she's still getting through
On the day he left she sat us on the couch
Said it doesn't look like papas coming back around
Through her broken sighs and tears I understood
I wish it were the way it was but it never would be
So why is life so bitter
why can't love be sweeter
why can't I be better at both
Sister took it harder than the rest of us
Spent herself on broken boys and other drugs
Lost her sons and her man to their mistakes
Life comes down to all those little choices you make saying
Why is life so bitter
Why can't love be sweeter
Why can't I be better at both
Let me tell you son you've got a lot to learn
Those you love the most are the easiest to hurt
But keep on trying cause that's all you can do
Mama and papa ain't going no where
We may make mistakes but it don't mean that we don't care
Well keep trying cause that's all we can do
And when life is bitter
There'll be love that's sweeter
And with time we'll be better at both
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5. |
Here Comes The Truth
04:12
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Here comes the change, it's time to go,
time to pack all you're things and to leave everything you know behind
No need to cry, cause I'll be coming to you after running from me,
so don't look back, I'll call you soon,
so that you''l understand where it is that I am
and why do think I can come back just quite yet
and I'm sorry for the things I can't change,
but I'll love you best I can just the same,
When I am done running from all that I am I'm coming back
Here comes the truth, it's me I lie to
no honestly can't admit to who I am but it's me the good, the bad
I'm all wrapped into one the man I have become
and I'm sorry for the things I can't change,
but I'll love you best I can just the same,
When I am done running from all that I am I'm coming back
right on back to you
here comes the truth, here come the change,
I'll be coming to you after running from me,
and I'm sorry, and I'm sorry love for the things I can't change,
but I can change.
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To my surprise this morning
I woke up alive
Cause my last breath could be coming
The moment I open up my eyes
And I've only cherished livin'
Cause I know I'm gonna die
So come on morning don't you leave me behind
Got a legacy to build and its gonna take some time
Well I came here with nothing
And I assume I'll leave the same
Only thing I'm taking with me
Is Your grace and my God given name
So come on morning don't you leave me behind
Got a legacy to build and its gonna take some time
So come on morning don't you leave me behind
Got a legacy to build and its gonna take some time
To my surprise this morning
I woke up alive
Cause my last breath could be coming
The moment I open up my eyes
So come on morning don't you leave me behind
Got a legacy to build and its gonna take some time
So come on morning don't you leave me behind
Got a legacy to build and its gonna take some time
Its gonna take some time
Its gonna take some time
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7. |
Bedford
06:21
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I'm shaking this old town,Like dust off my feet
The sun is going down, On sycamore street
Hey Mary what'd you wish for
When that stone broke my dreams
As they clatter to the floor there's not much left of me
And Mary did you know
That this is how it'd be
Cause it seems that life has hidden expectations
That no one here on earth could ever find
But Jesus He has all the explanations
That I cant seem to learn in a life's time
So I built a time machine to store my regrets
So I could have the time to let em go
It just seems all I do is always forget
The life I lead is out of my control
But its where I want to be
Oh papa don't you leave me, Cant bear your legacy
But I'll do it just the same Reluctantly
Now looking back I see it,The world minus me
Ive been where I belong, Not livin' for me
And Mary did you know
My sacrifice it shines
Cause it seems that life has hidden expectations
That no one here on earth could ever find
But Jesus He has all the explanations
That I cant seem to learn in a life's time
So I built a time machine to store my regrets
So I could have the time to let em go
It just seems all I do is always forget
The life I lead is out of my control
But its where I want to be
And Mary did you know
I'm the richest man I know
And Mary did you know
I'm rich in what matters most
And its where I want to be
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8. |
Story With Love
06:21
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The story with love son
Can't plan for it happenin'
It might just pass you by
If you don't open your eyes
When I met your mother
Wasn't much of a father fig're
But she took my hand and my name
Since then I've never been the same
For 29 years now
My hearts been wanderin'
I look in your eyes and I know
just what it means to be home
When I first held you
My heart was aching
Cause I'd never known such love
Overwhelming yet couldn't get enough
You ask me if I've ever known love
It's in the eyes of my first born
You ask me if I've ever touched love
It's in the arms of my second son
You ask me if I've ever known love
It's the breath of my 2 sons
The story with love son
Can't plan for it happenin'
It might just pass you by
If you don't open your eyes
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9. |
Bear Your Legacy
01:53
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You will know that I love you by the way that my heart beats
by the way that my heart beat you'll know my love for you
You will know that I love you by the way that my heart beats
by the way that my heart beats when you are near to me
You will know that I love you by the way that my heart aches
by the way that my heart aches you'll know my love for you
You will know that I love you by the way that my heart aches
by the way that my heart aches when you are far to me
You will know that I love you by the legacy you bear
by the legacy you bear you'll know my love for you
You will know that I love you by the legacy you bear
by the legacy you bear you'll know my love for you
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Matt Manzo Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Matt Manzo started writing songs not so they could reach the stage or be a track, but because they were a way to process life. Over 18 years, and many bands, recordings, and, performances later that has not changed. Working out the art of creating songs, and, teaching himself to play guitar he developed a style that felt true to self and openly accessible to his listeners. ... more
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