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Take It Personally

by Oliver Wardell

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1.
Sun shines on the ocean bed Illuminating this picture set A little taste of paradise Will bring me back this time Still don't know what I was waiting for But how much time can you and me afford? In the ear splitting quiet The whistle pitch silence till the sun shines through the blinds Concentrate on your breathing A gentle crashing of waves Don't take it personally when I say fix yourself Fix yourself It's inevitable, you'll waste yourself But if you're ready to blow then haste yourself Don't take it to heart, his patience melts Don't feel like facing your enemy or choosing sides Or stand in line or live your life Lets get this fucking party started Sun shines on the ocean bed Illuminating this picture set A little taste of paradise Will bring me back this time Concentrate on your breathing A gentle crashing of waves Don't take it personally when I say fix yourself Fix yourself "Ain't it always funny when it's never even sunny but ya put on a smile coz it's easier to fake it" So fix yourself Or waste yourself I'd take it personally if I were you My friend Crashing of Waves I don't need to care about who you think I am
2.
Once more it's in the waiting No way to suffer life You're begging to twist and turn in the halls of which we stand Making up the differences has never been my deal Waking up with different hangs you never know whats real Drink all the oceans, inhale the sky If you've head enough of life then maybe you should die Goodbye, your world dies this time Learn your words. Time, it flies You're weighing up the endless toll, unforgiving Instead of paying attention to the faces passing by I watched their feet and all these types reduced to steps Face away Games to play Your racing days are done Making up the differences has never been my deal Waking up with different hangs you never know whats real And it was clear to me that the mission was to graze In the dust in the search for a fucking mystery Stripped of anything serious Devoid of meaning citizens of the world, Grab your pens Write this down in triplicates Goodbye, your world dies this time Learn your words. Time, it flies
3.
I've been coming out of cover Creeping my head round the corner to get a better view Stretch off my bed of thorns Smoking too much I think so much that I can barely see Let me get a better look at you Stand up straight don't you know who you're talking to!? It's elementary boy But I don't mind i'll take the time Just to spell it all out for you I know it's worse when we feel the same Do you think she hurts when she calls my name? Don't mind me i'm only here just to see what makes you Tick, Tick, Tick Tick If hiding and disguising will simply do the Trick, Trick, Trick, Trick Come out your shell. Don't ask don't tell. It's an acquittal that is visceral it seems to me. Unaccountable, it's laughable Pick a pressure point and don't let up until its through So delectable and very social Not a single bad word to say about him But how can you be sure what they say Is based in truth and not in fantasy? I know it's worse when we feel the same Do you think she hurts when she calls my name? Its based in truth and not in fantasy Don't mind me i'm only here just to see what makes you Tick, Tick, Tick Tick If hiding and disguising will simply do the Trick, Trick, Trick, Trick Come out your shell. Don't ask don't tell. It's an acquittal that is visceral it seems to me.
4.
Baby don't blame the weather If you ain't comin' round I get the feeling That we're still something now I can't look cause this scene makes me uncomfortable When you tell me i'm the only one I know for certain that it's not true Last summer you gave me chills This year it's just yellow and green pills Look no further if love is true But baby won't know what she put you through Put myself back on the shelf for someone else to find Hang myself up on the hook with my jackets There's only one kind of happiness But sadness has a full range You ain't selling product, you're providing for the people I want to breathe the clean air through the holes in my lungs again There's no gift like the present you didn't ask for What made you think I would set you free? Did you believe I'd feel the need? So cry your tears till they run red Get yourself out and paint the town dead If breaking out of this empty shell Is what you want it's hard to tell "Get a routine, open your eyes" Is what they say when they're all out of ideas.
5.
No Rest 03:53
Wide awake inside a resonant existence Breathing in the blackened ashes Eyes are open to the damage Count the days, Getting shorter Rest assured there's nowhere left to run Every dream, every soul This can never rest until we're done I am more than this How can we live this way Shackled and bound behind our eyes Full of fear we gather At the brink of it all
6.
Salty Boy 04:07
Face to face and side to side Strolling down the mountain Better get home on time Isolate, incubate, Insinuate a piece of mind Better to be faithful than un-trustful, even though the evidence suggests otherwise Satisfaction guaranteed Wasted, Failing, a disappointment I am the wasted effort I will drag you down with me I'm the mistake that keeps on repeating This temple is so full of flaws they'd hit the fuckin ceiling Hold my hand step by step Lets go down together
7.
Four long years have come and gone again Each year we lose a little more Ever present in the ones you left behind These years don't age you anymore Well I'll wait till my pain is gone, but I cant erase the memories again And I see my life reflected in the ways you are, but they'll never understand I've been twisted and misshapen, Four walls closing in again It's been so nice to see you again But when i'm with you it doesn't feel the same Remember the way to go I showed you when i opened up my doors And I'm taking all you have Not because I want to 'cause you don't I know now you'll never be The one to pick me because you won't I've been twisted and misshapen, Four walls closing in again It's been so nice to see you again But when i'm with you it doesn't feel the same Well I can't release my fears And I can't believe my ears Well I don't want to see your tears Especially after all these years

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released August 5, 2020

Music and Lyrics by Oliver Wardell
Produced by Oliver Wardell
Drums Performed by Andrew Scott
Drums engineered by Andrew Scott and Jack Davenport at The Owl Shed
Guitars Bass and Vocals performed and engineered by Oliver Wardell
Mixed and Mastered by Jack Davenport

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