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Nothing is Wonderful

by Youngest of Elders

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1.
Compromises 03:27
You said you don't know where you're going I said I will wait for you and drop what I'm doing Did you ever think that we'd Talk about things like this? To me, you are selfish for wanting some time To you, I am selfless for having a life Whenever you're ready, I'll be right here Waiting to let you know that I don't want you back Oh, sweet and beautiful compromises Oh, sour and harrowing compromises
2.
I've seen the sunrise one thousand times Due to all of my sleepless nights But no substance or sobriety can replace the beauty That I've found in this world's flaws and insecurities Have you ever been in love with people in love? When you achieve the feeling, you will know the meaning of heartbreak I've seen a heartbreak too many times To count on my feeble and aging fingers As I pick up the pieces and put it all together I found out that sometimes worse can be for better Have you ever been in love with people in love? When you achieve the feeling, you will know the meaning of heartbreak No one ever really falls in love They plummet to rock bottom and then they shatter And all that's left is an effigy, comprised of all the envy Of the ones who survived the perilous fall I have never been in love with myself at all When I achieve the feeling, I will know the meaning of heartbreak
3.
Fiction 03:35
All that we know is what we're told It's time to be bold and snub your nose In their direction With no protection I'll believe in you If you believe in me Let's just wait and see How far we can push the envelope You're not in love with me You're just in lust with me Disappointingly; That's just how this story goes The feelings we hold, they can't be left alone They make you cold, and yearn to atone For your indiscretions A love insurrection I'll believe in you If you believe in me Let's just wait and see How long until you let go I'm not in love with you I'm just fond of you And you know it's true; You idealize what you don't know
4.
Now you've appeased your want Best laid plans, a jaunt You got what you wanted "Just don't tell a soul" So you came, but you left This shitty excuse for an Afterglow Nothing to show Guess I'll just Lay in our mess of regret Now another haunt Humble brags now taunts Yet again, that craving "One's just not enough" That last drink, much too strong Instead of swooning, you're Vomiting Face on the floor Guess you'll just Lay in your mess of regret
5.
Downer 03:47
You're a sweetheart You're the best parts You're really great But I don't think of you that way Oh, I'm so thoughtful? Oh, I'm your favorite? You think I'm great But you don't think of me that way If our bond is strong Is it really worth the risk? My thoughts are haunted By history that repeats like this Aim from your hips Shoot down with your lips Man down, man down Stand down, stand down If you change your ways That sadness will fade But happiness Happiness, is only a phase
6.
If you could breathe beneath the ocean Free from all the ungodly commotion The deprivation of oxygen Just might make you feel Feel the same as we've all felt From all the damage that you've dealt The suffocation of overwhelm Just might make you see That it's time to go far away So wherever this journey takes you Don't let the pressure break you A sudden conscience for the mistaken Will create your final words "Oh please, don't lead me off Of the beaten path Coz I've never been good At metaphors or maps" It's time to go far away It's time that you chose Which emotions to feign To end your regime Of guilt and pain It's time that you fold Discontinue this reign Of isolation and deprecation
7.
2:17am 02:17
8.
Shame Spiral 03:06
It's hard to find someone new When everyone's in love with everyone but you Oh, the joys of lacking empathy But you sit and stare, fighting your apathy Why is finding love such a challenge? Why is the heart such a callous phallus, Always itching to penetrate? It's easy to lose someone too When everyone's found love with everyone but you Oh, the spoils of being so lonely You can't help but feign the joy of being by yourself Why does the heart ask for too much? Oh my god, I wanna fall in love But I fucking hate everyone
9.
Fall 04:21
Twenty bucks says I live through this It's not that much of a drop How long do you think you float for Until you hit the filthy pavement? Oh no, the pressure's on Everyone's face is so long And I'm second thinking Just then, my foot slips off Something begins to feel wrong But I guess here goes nothing So now I'm laying here from the fall From way up high, so goddamn high I don't know how I'm still breathing I don't know how, I don't care why I need some time alone So please stop staring at My broken body As I ache through another breath All I can do is wait for death To take me home As I ache through another breath All I can do is wait for death To take me
10.
It was raining all day and night The entire evening made me want to cry But as much as I wanted to produce those tears My heart would not comply I left the bar at two in the night And I cursed the stars up in the sky For why I can't feel like the others feel about anything at all This is a call to arms For all the broken hearts This is a cause to harm When it all falls apart Our body weight in alcohol Run, skip until we free fall How long until we feel better enough? Better than ever? We'll stay at the bar until two in the night And drunkenly stare up in the sky For reasons we'll never quite know Maybe still we feel you're hanging around

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released February 15, 2019

Jesse Gale - vocals, guitars, piano.

Additional players:
Maxx Sherman - drums, vocals.
Rob Marshall - bass.
Chase Gibson - guitars, vocals.
Bernt Strom - drums, vocals.
Nic Gracia - guitars.
Manny Velez - vocals.
Duane M. Ramos - additional instrumentation.

All songs written by Jesse Gale, except:
"Voyeuristic Heart": written by Jesse Gale, Jason Baptist, Jeremy Ciccone, and Rachael Travers.
"Downer": written by Jesse Gale, Maxx Sherman, Chase Gibson, and Bernt Strom.
"2:17am": written by Jesse Gale and Jeremy Ciccone.

Produced, arranged, and engineered by Rob Marshall & Nic Gracia and Jesse Gale in Concord, CA.
Mixed by Duane M. Ramos in Los Angeles, CA.
All tracks mastered by Steve Orlando in Northern California.

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