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I feel like a ticket that you’ve used
I feel like the pavement under your shoes
Like a piece of paper you would lose
What am I to you?

And I feel like I’m dying deep inside
I cannot keep from crying late at night
I’m getting so many questions in my mind
What do I wanna do?
Should I get over you?

‘Cause I would give my heart to you in seconds
And I would give you anything you wanted
But every time I do, you never seem to really want it
So I’m, I’m pullin’ away from you
It’s hard for me to do

Today you say you love me and I love you
But then you say you want free and I’m confused
What if this time you lose me?
I’ll miss you too
What do you want to do?
And why is it hard to choose?
I don’t understand

‘Cause I would give my heart to you in seconds
And I would give you anything you wanted
But every time I do, you never seem to really want it
So I’m, I’m pullin’ away

I don’t know what I’m gonna do
I’ll never find another you

I would give my heart to you in seconds
And I would give you anything you wanted

And I would give my heart to you in seconds
And I would give you anything you wanted
But every time I do, you never seem to really want it
So I’m pullin’ away from you
I’m pullin’ away from you
It’s what I have to do

“Seconds” from the album Escape. Performed by Nathan Walters. Released by 220 Entertainment Group. Written by Nathan Walters and Lance Patrick. ©2007 Kotika Muzika (SESAC)

I can’t imagine all the people that you know
And the places that you go
When the lights are turned down low
And I don’t understand all the things you’ve seen
But I’m slipping in between
You and your big dreams
It’s always you
In my big dreams

And you tell me that it’s over
Wake up lying in a patch of four leaf clover
And you’re restless, and I’m naked
You’ve got to get out
You can’t stand to see me shaking, no
Could you let me go?
I didn’t think so

And you don’t want to be here in the future
So you say the present’s just a pleasant
Interruption to the past
And you don’t want to look much closer
Because you’re afraid to find out all this hope
You had sent into the sky by now had crashed
And it did… because of me

And then you bring me home
Afraid to find out that you’re alone
And I’m sleeping in your living room
But we don’t have much room to live

I had these dreams, in them I learned to play guitar
Maybe cross the country
Become a rock star
And there was hope in me that I could take you there
But damnit, you’re so young
Well, I don’t think I care
And if I hurt you
Then I’m sorry
Please don’t think that this was easy

Then you’d bring me home
Because we both know what it’s like to be alone
And I’m dreaming in your living room
But we don’t have much room to live

And Konstantine is walking down the stairs
Doesn’t she look good
Standing in her underwear
And I was thinking
What I was thinking
We’ve been drinking and it doesn’t get me anywhere

My Konstantine came walking down the stairs
And all that I could do is touch her long blonde hair
And I’ve been thinking
It hurts me thinking that these nights when we were drinking
No, they never got us anywhere, no

This is because I can spell confusion with a ‘k’
And I can like it
It’s to dying in another’s arms and why I had to try it
It’s to Jimmy Eat World and those nights in my car
When the first star you see may not be a star
I’m not your star
Isn’t that what you said
What you thought this song meant

And if this is what it takes
Just to lie with my mistakes
And live with what I did to you
All the hell I put you through
I always catch the clock
It’s 11:11
And now you want to talk
It’s not hard to dream
You’ll always be my Konstantine

My Konstantine, they’ll never hurt you like I do
No, they’ll never hurt you like I do
No…

This is to a girl who got into my head
With all the pretty things she did
Hey, you know
You keep me up in bed
This is to a girl who got into my head
With all these f—ed up things I did
Hey, maybe, baby
You could keep me up in bed
My Konstantine
You spin around me like a dream
We played out on this movie screen
And I said
“Did you know I missed you?
…I miss you”

And then you bring me home
And we’ll go to sleep, but this time not alone, no, no
And you’ll kiss me in your living room
I know
You’ll miss me in your living room
Because these nights I think maybe that
I’ll miss you in my living room
We don’t have much room
I said does anybody need that room?
Because we all need a little more room
To live

My Konstantine

“Konstantine” from the extended play Songs for Silent Movies. Performed by Something Corporate. Released by MCA/Drive-Thru Records. Written by Andrew McMahon. ©1999 Left Here Publishing (ASCAP).

It’s so much fun working for two bands on the same tour. Sanctus Real is going on the “We Need Each Other — The Tour” with Tenth Avenue North, VOTA, and speaker Sammy A. At the same time, it’s got to be one of the most stressful things I’ve done professionally. Working with booking agencies, management companies, band members, and sometimes even concert promoters can easily become overwhelming. Speaking of VOTA, if you haven’t heard the new song they’ve put out check it out anywhere you socially network (or the bottom of this post). After being pushed back several times, the song is Going for Adds (industry lingo for shipping to radio stations) in October. You can look for a digital release EP and digital prerelease promotion around that time as well.

“Hard to Believe”

Thought that I could hide
Oh how I’ve wasted time
I’ve spent my life running from you
I just can’t say no
You’re love won’t let me go
My shields are defenseless against you

Lost in the dark
’Till your love dawned in my heart
Filled all the hollow
And you freed my pent-up soul

It’s so hard to believe
You’re here with me now
Make me feel so alive
I’ve got to let it out
Extra-ordinary
You’re bringing me out
Filled my heart with your love
And turned my world around

I’ve been here and there
Oh, I’ve looked everywhere
But nothing can compare to you
You know my heart
I want to be where you are
I’m hopeless without you
How’d you teach this heart to love

Oh, you don’t need love
You’ve got yourself
And that’s good enough
The fool lives life
For no-one else
The slave to love finds real freedom

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written & performed by VOTA
©2008 INO Records