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What shit did I ever pull to deserve this
Where I roam like a ronin from Mount Fuji
Of all things that I've yearned for
This obsession has increased in potency
Once I thought a woman’s comfort was mundane
Only to grow into a man feeling hollow
Now I need a fucking exorcism
If not the right person for the morrow
What does being single mean?
To me it defines purgatory
And as I wallow in misery waiting to die
My disorder turns to insanity at an all-time high
I never wanted this future as a loner
To be single is to suffer
Where is this “somebody out there” people talk of
No feasible partner thinks I’m genuine
Despite not being a lowlife criminal
Their stomachs turn before a bond could ever begin
All the while I’m stuck in this ghost village
Where my generation fucks me off with their immaturity
All these indignities are so much
That in general I prefer female company
What does being single mean?
To me it defines purgatory
And as I wallow in misery waiting to die
My disorder turns to insanity at an all-time high
I never wanted this future as a loner
To be single is to suffer
Such torture, fracture, agony, anxiety...
I said no fucking more!
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Euphoric Bond
04:12
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Through many years of obsessive searching
In darkness that is ever vexing
This presence that is my devil inside
Lives off sorrow that I cannot slide
Night and day I long to see you more
And reach to feel you at your core
Everywhere we go to pass our time
You show more beauty than a shrine
I've never touched drugs
So I don’t know them from experience
But I know you've reached where it would not
And changed my life with our mergence
Oooh yeah, pleasure
Beyond measure
I want this to
Last all the way through
I never thought I’d feel this love,
Let alone go far beyond
But that’s what makes this a euphoric bond
A euphoric bond
I lay down next to you in wonder
While your touch puts me in a stupor
As I gaze into your eyes
I see our future on the high-rise
Memories that haunted me
Now wane like a fallen tree
And everything feels so surreal
With my broken soul now healed
I've never touched drugs
So I don’t know them from experience
But I know you've reached where it would not
And changed my life with our mergence
Oooh yeah, pleasure
Beyond measure
I want this to
Last all the way through
I never thought I’d feel this love,
Let alone go far beyond
But that’s what makes this a euphoric bond
A euphoric bond
Love, lust
The two things that unite us
Intensity
Fires me up with alacrity
Oooh yeah, pleasure
Beyond measure
I want this to
Last all the way through
I never thought I’d feel this love,
Let alone go far beyond
But that’s what makes this a euphoric bond
A euphoric bond
A euphoric bond
You're priceless to me in every way
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3. |
Intoxicated
03:30
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Ohhh!
Tonight’s a time to let emotions run wild
There’s so much shit that’s just got me riled
I’m back on old school medication pills
Drinking schnapps and whisky for some big thrills
With my love life gone, I got no more to lose
I need excitement that I can effuse
I’m lucky as fuck to dance with you up close
That body of yours is a mega dose
Everything’s distorted more than my guitars
You make me wanna headbang ‘til I’m seeing stars
That sexy smile and that luscious hair
Is like a pheromone with its scent in the air
I only met you barely hours ago
And already I want you in my dreams also
I couldn't find a better way to feel intoxicated
Other girls gyrate above me while I'm on the floor
Just like they want my tongue to lunge up for the score
I’m as good as dead if their boyfriends are near
But so what when I have no love life here
In any case you’re still the one I prefer
And since this night will soon become a blur
I’d love to pretend for now you were mine
Right now I need to feel over-refined
Everything’s distorted more than my guitars
You make me wanna headbang ‘til I’m seeing stars
That sexy smile and that luscious hair
Is like a pheromone with its scent in the air
I only met you barely hours ago
And already I want you in my dreams also
I couldn't find a better way to feel intoxicated
Everything’s distorted more than my guitars
You make me wanna headbang ‘til I’m seeing stars
That sexy smile and that luscious hair
Is like a pheromone with its scent in the air
I only met you barely hours ago
And already I want you in my dreams also
I couldn't find a better way to feel
No, I never could find a better way
Never in a million years to feel intoxicated
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Solace
05:31
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So here I lay in shame and failure
Written all over my face
Praying forth my wish
To no more be a waste of space
So much I want despite the fact
I should be grateful
But the cycle continues
Despite trying to be faithful
Forgive me all
That I can’t see life’s light
You know I wish I could at least
Put up a stout fight
I never wanted this
To rely on naught but lust
It just feels like my nature
To squander and feel robust
I’m like an endless void
And I yearn to feel whole
Some say I should love myself first
But all I see are loopholes
I’m desperate for acceptance
All I really want is solace
Some say I should persevere
And enjoy being single
Except I already did once
It’s no longer that simple
There’s no such thing as rushing
After all I’ve been through
I can’t take any more
Than what’s left me bestrewed
Forgive me all
That I can’t see life’s light
You know I wish I could at least
Put up a stout fight
I never wanted this
To rely on naught but lust
It just feels like my nature
To squander and feel robust
I’m like an endless void
And I yearn to feel whole
Some say I should love myself first
But all I see are loopholes
I’m desperate for acceptance
All I really want is solace
This isn’t something I can cure
Unless I find one to endure
Nothing else brings me confidence
It only feels like a false pretense
I never wanted this
To rely on naught but lust
It just feels like my nature
To squander and feel robust
I’m like an endless void
And I yearn to feel whole
Some say I should love myself first
But all I see are loopholes
I’m desperate for acceptance
All I really want is solace
I'm desperate for acceptance
All I really want is solace
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Things are changing in my life
It’s been intense yet also influential
I have a past to move on from
In a way that is sequential
There are others to take comfort in
Who I need to look up to
I’m done with those who I naively tried through and through
I’ll venture where the road takes me
To whatever I must surmount
Although if you’re all I find, you're still a blessing that I count
I’m vacating various others as times have now changed
I won’t wallow in isolation and risk turning deranged
There’s a raging lust that I need thrown aside
I know that friends come first and you’re perfect for my side
It wouldn't be an earthly life, it wouldn't be an earthly life
(It would be Heaven, it would be Heaven)
It wouldn't be an earthly life, it wouldn't be an earthly life
(It would be Heaven, it would be Heaven)
My life is drastically changing too
Intense, extreme, to the edge and over the top
I've moved on from the old me
Into a place that’s strange yet better
There are others to take comfort in
Who I need to look up to
I’m done with those who I naively tried through and through
I’ll venture where the road takes me
To whatever I must surmount
Although if you’re all I find, you're still a blessing that I count
I’m vacating various others as times have now changed
I won’t wallow in isolation and risk turning deranged
There’s a raging lust that I need thrown aside
I know that friends come first and you’re perfect for my side
It wouldn't be an earthly life, it wouldn't be an earthly life
(It would be Heaven, it would be Heaven)
It wouldn't be an earthly life, it wouldn't be an earthly life
(It would be Heaven, it would be Heaven)
I’m jamming today with the right friend
We’re spending quality time
Reminded of what’s important
It’s the music
I’m vacating various others as times have now changed
I won’t wallow in isolation and risk turning deranged
There’s a raging lust that I need thrown aside
I know that friends come first and you’re perfect for my side
It wouldn't be an earthly life, it wouldn't be an earthly life
(It would be Heaven, it would be Heaven)
It wouldn't be an earthly life, it wouldn't be an earthly life
(It would be Heaven, it would be Heaven)
It wouldn't be an earthly life, it wouldn't be an earthly life
(It would be Heaven, it would be Heaven)
It wouldn't be an earthly life, it wouldn't be an earthly life
(It would be Heaven, it would be Heaven)
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6. |
Firing On All Cylinders
02:58
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Bring it!
Like the creature who warped Adam and Eve
You’ve targeted my soul for yours to cleave
Yet for all your unholy parasitic power
You take no physical form like a real fighter
My sanity, my energy
Deteriorates in disarray
But you just bit off more than you could chew
As I will react with my biggest ‘fuck you’
A strong current begins to flow
With an array of energy
You think I’m new to this kind of pain
I've busted through this entire fucking bane
I’m no longer at your forefront
I've just resisted with one emphatic shunt
My sanity, my energy
Deteriorates in disarray
But you just bit off more than you could chew
As I will react with my biggest ‘fuck you’
A strong current
Begins to flow
With an array
Of energy
It radiates outward
Life defensive artillery
Firing on all cylinders
Firing on all cylinders
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7. |
A Carol Of My Own
03:58
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It feels like forever
Since I felt this season’s cheer
When I felt happy for Christmas
And looked forward to the New Year
I wanna to feel that way again
Since fate’s dealt me much spite
And be able to sleep well
Even on these cold, snowy nights
For all the darkness
That’s befallen me
I’m still alive and well
In this fight to be free
So for a carol of my own
All I have to say
Is thank God I’m in one piece
Regardless of my mental fray
I’m reminded as bells clang
As celebrations ring out
That my saviour’s presence
Is what made all despair rout
I don’t see myself this year
With a girl under the mistletoe
Just another reminder
Of what always makes me feel low
This ain't how I should feel
On this of all days
I want to know
That patience is what pays
For all the darkness
That’s befallen me
I’m still alive and well
In this fight to be free
So for a carol of my own
All I have to say
Is thank God I’m in one piece
Regardless of my mental fray
I’m reminded as bells clang
As celebrations ring out
That my saviour’s presence
Is what made all despair rout
For all the darkness
That’s befallen me
I’m still alive and well
In this fight to be free
So for a carol of my own
All I have to say
Is thank God I’m in one piece
Regardless of my mental fray
I’m reminded as bells clang
As celebrations ring out
That my saviour’s presence
Is what made all despair rout
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Ryan O'Donovan Uckfield, UK
I am Ryan O'Donovan, a guitarist and vocalist based in Uckfield, East Sussex in England who is always out... to rock
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Although I'm known primarily by the bands I play in, here is where I share/sell my solo work. Hope you like what you hear, and should you have anything to talk about, please contact me. I like interaction.
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