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One Whale Of A Tale

by Sorakujira

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Jake Smith This album kicks butt! Such a good mix of everything amazing. 1 million stars. Favorite track: Robin, Get In The T.A.R.D.I.S.!.
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1.
Intro 02:29
2.
Shadows 03:29
How many years has it been since I’ve seen your face? Things weren’t the best when we parted ways. I regret not working things out and we might never now. Would we even recognize the people we’ve become? All the friends I used to know are like shadows fading away. And even If we met somehow would we have anything to say? And It’s been such a long time without a visit or even call. Even so, I gotta say that I still miss you all. And to the friends who stuck around I don’t know what I’d do without you, ‘cause nobody’s got friends like these. In the past few years I’ve had some terrible nights but on my darkest nights my friends are the ones who saved my life and I can’t thank you enough for all the things that you’ve done and I’m excited because we’ve only just begun!
3.
Welcome Back 04:34
YOU'RE THE SPARK AND I'M THE FUEL, DIDN'T WANT TO START A FIRE? SHOULD HAVE STAYED AWAY! And after all the things I've heard you say, It seems you're stuck in yesterday WAKE UP This is a new day. We're not the people we were last year. And I'll listen to whatever you've got even if its not what I want to hear. All's fair in love and war, but ultimatums are not my style. I don't know who you think I am but It's been quite a while since you've been gone, and now your back, and I've missed you sorely and I don't know about your attitude, but this could work, if you'd have a little faith in me. I know I must have heard you say it 'bout a thousand times and you may think we're going nowhere but you've crossed the line. You say we're wasting our lives but what I do with mine is not for you to decide. If only you could see we found a way and from now on this is how it will be. I'll sacrifice for the things that I love, and I wont give it up! NO I WONT GIVE IT UP WONT GIVE IT UP All's fair in love and war, but ultimatums are not my style. I don't know who you think I am but It's been quite a while since you've been gone, and now your back, and I've missed you sorely and I don't know about your attitude, but this could work, if you'd have a little faith in me. HAVE FAITH IN ME All's fair in love and war, but ultimatums are not my style. I don't know who you think I am but It's been quite a while since you've been gone, and now your back, and I've missed you sorely and I don't know about your attitude, but this could work, if you'd have a little faith in me.
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Blindsided 03:26
Blindsided by the fact that I can't relate to all the words you said to me. and I regret there isn't time left for you to explain what on earth you were thinking. It's pretty clear what we had wasn't worth as much to you as it was to me It would have been nice of you to let me know when you stopped caring. DON'T PROMISE ME FOREVER IF YOU CAN'T DELIVER! I NEVER THOUGHT THAT IT WOULD END THIS WAY AND PROMISES MADE NO DIFFERENCE AT ALL I NEVER THOUGHT THAT IT WOULD END THIS WAY SOMETIMES A HAPPY ENDING IS JUST TOO MUCH TO HOPE FOR Maybe I was a fool for thinking that something that good could happen to me or maybe my perception just needed a little checkin' 'cause all my friends seem happy for me. Being so sure of your ground to watch it tumble down will make you question everything you believe. You said to me we were ready for anything but I never thought that I would watch you leave. We were so close... but it doesn't matter now. DON'T PROMISE ME FOREVER IF YOU CAN'T DELIVER! I NEVER THOUGHT THAT IT WOULD END THIS WAY AND PROMISES MADE NO DIFFERENCE AT ALL I NEVER THOUGHT THAT IT WOULD END THIS WAY A HAPPY ENDING WAS JUST TOO MUCH TO HOPE FOR SOMETIMES A HAPPY ENDING IS JUST TOO MUCH TO HOPE FOR
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Tonight we leave the past behind and all the while we scream out loud we're still getting by And they try to tell you otherwise we're just a bunch of broken kids ignoring the storm outside (OUTSIDE!) I'm sick of growing up The world is on my shoulders Everything seems to be difficult now that I'm getting older I'm sick of growing up The world is on my shoulders Everything seems to be difficult now that I'm getting older And I reach out and cry I've been to the depths and back I just want one more try (so we tell them) So tonight we take to the skies (we take to the skies) take a breath and show the world that we're still alive (WE'RE STILL ALIVE!) I'm sick of growing up The world is on my shoulders Everything seems to be difficult now that I'm getting older I'm sick of growing up The world is on my shoulders Everything seems to be difficult now that I'm getting older I spent the last night thinking of this the town I came from and the people I'm going to miss but in my travels I won't forget you instead I'll say "hi" to my new home and I'll start brand new
6.
Wanted 03:31
You spend your time with him and I’ll spend mine alone you're waiting on his whims I’m waiting by the phone maybe you'll say goodnight to me cause I can't sleep without it you'll say "I still love you as a friend" and I’ll say “that's not what I wanted” and I understand that I can’t make you feel the way I do about you. about me (ABOUT ME!) but if things go on like this you can’t live the way you’re used to without me. Please, heart. would you shut up for a minute? I’m trying to think. and it seems there's nothing left to begin with so I’m following my instincts and they say don’t pick up the phone my heart says yes but my head knows it would just lead to another entry on the list of mistakes that I’ve made today and it’s a long one I guess we had a good run... I’m starting over again you’re nothing more than the ghost of a friend long gone, I’m not going to pretend that you’re the person I knew back then. I know, I should have let you go but you should have let me know if you wanted to leave you should have just said so and by leave, I mean leave I don’t mean hold on, lying next to me. like you did, how long has your heart been gone? you set the world record for leading on. I’ll never know why I guess that this is goodbye... I’m starting over again you’re nothing more than the ghost of a friend long gone, I’m not going to pretend that you’re the person I knew back then. I’m the captain going down with his ship. It’s been a long journey but I guess this is it and I’m so far from home, adrift in the splinters and foam trying to swim on my own, as you sail away in your boat.. with him.
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Homeless 04:08
I see at least eight million feet of road beneath me every month but i know the road is worth it when I see the show packed back to front twenty hours on a bus, just to come up and sing a song with you for better or for worse, it’s true, I’m married to my dream I wanna see, what we could be, something better than before, something more, there’s so many open doors just waiting for somebody brave enough to take the lead and i think that that somebody’s you and me. on the road another day call up a friend, need a place to stay. sometimes it seems like I’m homeless but I know where my friend’s are is where my home is I think its time to pack up for a road trip so I can see them again and I’m so sick of trying to fit in here where I don’t fit and I know I’m not the only one who’s homesick and I wanna see you guys again. ‘cause wherever my friends are is where my home is You know what frustrates me to no end? I made a couple friends here I might never see again. friends down south, and up by the border, one of these days I think a road trip’s in order. Some friends come and go but others never change and you should know I don’t give less than my all when I make friends, I’m in for the long haul. on the road another day call up a friend, need a place to stay. sometimes it seems like I’m homeless but I know where my friend’s are is where my home is I think its time to pack up for a road trip so I can see them again and I’m so sick of trying to fit in here where I don’t fit and I know I’m not the only one who’s homesick and I wanna see you guys again. ‘cause wherever my friends are is where my home is Another day sets, you can't erase this weary eyed on the bedside and less than famous (4x) This is where we belong (3x) I'm hollowed out, out on the sidewalk It's more than lyrics to me. It's more than lyrics to me (2x) Round in circles again WHERE MY FRIENDS ARE IS WHERE MY HOME IS (4x)
8.
I know we hung out the other day I didn't see that smile on your face what I did messed you up real bad I guess I didn't realize the influence I had Remember night I thought you died? I stayed up all night and I cried I remember walking on railroad tracks buying snacks, breaking stuff with baseball bats It kills you waking in the morning as much as it does having to sleep at night and all the time spent laughing in the mirror a shallow mask for every tear you try to hide It kills you waking in the morning as much as it does having to sleep at night and all the time spent fighting back the future just remember that you are worth this fight! I won't give up on our friendship I wont let my pain ruin you I won't let you give up just yet I want us to see this through With time we can beat this disease I just want you to please listen to me. if you could look at yourself through my eyes then you could see I know the voices in your head are loud and trying to keep you down but I need you to know they're lying If you can hear anything I say Know it's ok to feel this way I just need you to keep on trying. (WHOA WHOA) It kills you waking in the morning as much as it does having to sleep at night and all the time spent laughing in the mirror a shallow mask for every tear you try to hide It kills you waking in the morning as much as it does having to sleep at night and all the time spent fighting back the future just remember that you are worth this fight! I WON'T GIVE UP ON YOU! I WATCHED THE BLOOD FLOW DOWN YOUR WRIST AND I JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW HOW MUCH IT HURTS TO SEE YOU LIKE THIS! AND I KNOW THAT I CANT MAKE THIS OK BUT I SWEAR TO YOU WE'LL MAKE IT THROUGH ANOTHER DAY! I WATCHED THE BLOOD FLOW DOWN YOUR WRIST AND I JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW HOW MUCH IT HURTS TO SEE YOU LIKE THIS! AND I KNOW THAT I CANT MAKE THIS OK BUT I SWEAR TO YOU WE'LL MAKE IT THROUGH ANOTHER DAY! (I WONT GIVE UP ON YOU)
9.
you aren’t who you used to be and I’m sorry I couldn’t be who you wanted but the greatest tragedy is what's about to happen I’m sorry I couldn’t be your perfect fantasy It’s time you opened up your eyes and saw reality I’ll write you one last song so that you understand I don’t know about you but this is not what I planned after all you put me through I can confidently say that you were a mistake you aren’t who you used to be and I’m sorry I couldn’t be who you wanted but the greatest tragedy is what's about to happen I live my life so nobody can ever say that I didn’t give you my everything all I had was yours I live my life so nobody can ever say that I didn’t give you my everything all I had was yours sorry I couldn’t provide your every last desire You walked into my life and set the place on fire the only thing left to do is save myself would have liked a goodbye but your lips were busy somewhere else after all you put me through I can confidently say that you were a mistake you aren’t who you used to be and I’m sorry I couldn’t be who you wanted but the greatest tragedy is what's about to happen I live my life so nobody can ever say that I didn’t give you my everything all I had was yours I live my life so nobody can ever say that I didn’t give you my everything you aren’t who you used to be and I’m sorry I couldn’t be who you wanted but the greatest tragedy is what's about to happen
10.
She said she would never run away from the problems that we both knew that we would have to face as she grabbed her car keys and she made a great escape finally pulling over but a thousand miles too late now I'm wracking my brain trying to see what she actually ever really meant to me I want to grab her heart straight from her chest hold it in my hands and watch it bleed It's been six whole months since I have played her game now I am moving on. I can't even remember her name.
11.
Performing a Love song while your ex-girlfriend sings it to her new man is a bizarre experience but that’s what happens when you write her three dang albums That's it I've gottta get out of here but I can't bail on a live show I guess I'll power through it til I can get rid of them. Perspectives switch from now to then and here I am on the outside again but at least out hear I can breathe fresh air To tell the truth, the way I see it now that I'm free to follow my dreams maybe someone will meet me there Perspectives switch from now to then and here I am on the outside again but at least out hear I can breathe fresh air To tell the truth, the way I see it now that I'm free to follow my dreams maybe someone will meet me there Summertime's a good time and it was our time but now our time's all gone It always turns to fall and fall just reminds me of the times you did me wrong Sometimes I can't help but think that this whole thing is all my fault It always seems to me I'll either fall apart or I'll just not care at all (3x) (I've been wasting so much time I'll see you on the other side I've been wasting so much time I can't wait to go outside)(2x)
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Track 13 02:41
13.
I'm Sorry 02:29
I’m sorry but we don’t have enough money to play your show maybe we’re not the band you’re looking for (you’re looking for a band with deeper pockets) I’m sorry, but we spent all of our money going to the last show that we didn’t get paid for I know some band’s like to buy their own tickets we tried that once, it didn’t work, they threw a fit, it’s kind of hard to get a show when nobody knows you and none of these guys wanna pay what they owe you or maybe they think that’s more than we’re worth hey, just let us play the show and maybe sell some shirts I’d eat ramen every day just to stay in the band but this being broke thing is getting out of hand I’m sorry but we don’t have enough money to play your show maybe we’re not the band you’re looking for (you’re looking for a band with deeper pockets) I’m sorry, but we spent all of our money going to the last show that we didn’t get paid for I'm genuinely sorry, my good friend but we really can't afford to play your house this weekend I know that it's special because it's your birthday but you can't pay us gas and you live four hours away and we'd come if we could but we can't so I'm sorry I hope you still have a good birthday (ALRIGHT BOYS! BRING IT ON HOME!) I’m sorry but we don’t have enough money to play your show maybe we’re not the band you’re looking for (you’re looking for a band with deeper pockets) I’m sorry, but we spent all of our money going to the last show that we didn’t get paid for (Repeat ad nauseum)
14.
Safe Tonight 02:20
Here we are once again in the dead of night and it's just you and me and everything's alright 'cause it seems that when we're alone the world just drifts away We've left them all behind all our problems are stuck on the outside and you're the reason why I feel so at home And I can't make you happy but I want you to know that it'll be alright and I can't promise you tomorrow but I'll keep you safe tonight I'll keep you safe tonight I gotta keep quiet now, everyone's asleep, but I'll be up as late as you're willing to talk to me listening to all the little things that you're whispering and we can talk until It's light out as long as your mom doesn't find out hey are you there? what's going on? Oh, I think she's gone. We talked on the phone for six hours the other night and I still wasn't satisfied. I've got to know you more I can barely remember my life before and I'd rather ignore the past 'cause it's so much better now here with you. And I can't make you happy but I want you to know that it'll be alright and I can't promise you tomorrow but I'll keep you safe tonight I'll keep you safe tonight
15.
Up all night again I wish I didn't have to think like this Seems like every step towards you is another mistake waiting to happen I fall asleep and dream we're holding hands watching the sunset I haven't felt this way in so long but then I wake up screaming, yeah and I'd love to embrace that feeling again and I'd love to chase that girl but I don't want to make things complicated and I know that would make things complicated I'd love to embrace that feeling again and I'd love to chase that girl 'cause I know there's a world that we could create but I refuse to become the thing I hate Every once in a while I can see little pieces of her heartache and my heart breaks, because I've been there too and my brain knows she's someone elses responsibility but my heart, just doesn't know what to do. and I'd love to embrace that feeling again and I'd love to chase that girl but I don't want to make things complicated and I know that would make things complicated I'd love to embrace that feeling again and I'd love to chase that girl 'cause I know there's a world that we could create but I refuse to become the thing I hate And maybe I'm just desperate 'cause I haven't felt this way in so long but I doubt that I'll figure it out by the end of this song Yeah, maybe I'm just desperate 'cause I haven't felt this way in so long but I doubt that I'll figure it out by the end of this song and I'd love to embrace that feeling again and I'd love to chase that girl but I don't want to make things complicated and I know that would make things complicated I'd love to embrace that feeling again and I'd love to chase that girl 'cause I know there's a world that we could create but I refuse to become the thing I hate and I'd love to embrace that feeling again and I'd love to chase that girl but I don't want to make things complicated and I know that would make things complicated I'd love to embrace that feeling again and I'd love to chase that girl 'cause I know there's a world that we could create but I refuse to become the thing I hate
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17.
Reckoning 04:17
I AM YOUR RECKONING! I am your trial by fire searing the flesh from your bones see what’s under the skin is it a heart of gold or just evil intentions? I’m gonna make you answer for your actions you’re gonna pay for every ounce of pain you caused mark my words YOU’RE GOING TO REGRET THIS Do you know what you’ve destroyed? or would you even care if you had taken every single thing that I hold dear to feed your lustful desires and turn a friend into a liar you’re gonna pay for every ounce of pain you caused mark my words... It’s not worth it anymore(4x) Do you know what you’ve destroyed? or would you even care if you had taken every single thing that I hold dear to feed your lustful desires and turn a friend into a liar if I had just one last breath I would say I’m sorry for all the pain I caused and all our darkest days and all the opportunities and friends I turned away Do you know what you’ve destroyed? or would you even care if you had taken every single thing that I hold dear to feed your lustful desires and turn a friend into a liar if I had just one last breath I would say I’m sorry for all the pain I caused and all our darkest days and all the opportunities and friends I turned away
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Don't Panic 04:13
With all these nights spent painting flowers and towns on fire like the awkward silence we create the sun it sets, I can see my breath and I count the reasons left before I had a reason left to change these little love songs sad but true some of them wrote for you and some were written to fill space I'm not the same kid I was back then and I'd do anything I just want to pretend I'm OK I think I'm getting over pretending that we're older but young enough to still forget our fate the colors of an old soul, let these broken hearts go of everything we try so hard to change you left these notebooks in the rain to wash away the pain and live in the things we never know I understand what you did back then I wasn't anything worth hanging on to just for show why do we celebrate our age? We'll die alone someday and someday I will learn to hope Somebody bring on the coming fall the wait will kill us all. I'm still looking for a way to cope I think I'm getting over pretending that we're older but young enough to still forget our fate the colors of an old soul, let these broken hearts go of everything we try so hard to change You ask her what it's all worth and tell her that it still hurts to ignore all the things we never say and I think the truth in your verse is maybe things are much worse we wanna close our eyes and fade away into the song and dance that we did last fall empty out your pockets to replace with all your faults and regrets, reasons left to shine and we've been burning books our whole lives wasted on the roads we live by the way these new clocks came broken so take your time dear where you are lets burn down the bar across the street from where you live to every night I counted stars and almost crashed my car I can't stand thinking back to then. And everyone that I know right now, they say they hate this town but nobody wants to let it end Just break the door down let it go. We're all just ghosts of who we were when the story first began I think I'm getting over pretending that we're older but young enough to still forget our fate the colors of an old soul, let these broken hearts go of everything we try so hard to change You ask her what it's all worth and tell her that it still hurts to ignore all the things we never say and I think the truth in your verse is maybe things are much worse we wanna close our eyes and fade away
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Ok 03:53
These last months have been a disaster broken pieces of myself floating away so disconnected from everything I love they’re here but their faces fade away it all turns to grey lead me in, everyone wants me to sing but I just can’t do it today can’t sing myself out of this state that’s when I looked over and your gaze met mine and all of my fear disappeared all those months just faded away and right now, here with you, I’m ok. everything’s ok everything’s ok I never thought this could happen or maybe I always knew I’m just a little confused I don’t know what I want,or maybe I do and I’m just too afraid to admit it to you and maybe I’ll never have to there are times I think I’m out of my mind It’s been a while since I’ve felt this many butterflies so many other tries, but nothing worth my time until now I must admit it feels good to feel again can’t count how many days I spent wondering if I’d make it out, if I’d forgotten how to feel this way and I’m lucky you came here today and I’m lucky you came here today everything’s ok everything’s ok
20.
Sometimes I can't believe that I'm alive with all that's happened between you and I my heart remembers better times but my mind insists that that's a lie melancholy painted memories of summer afternoons just you and me when it comes to my decisions I have no doubts I'm just relieved that we made it out that we made it out with our hearts intact lets not look back 'cause things are better now and getting better as we speak although I don't know how and if you don't agree with me I'll have to disagree with you the longer that I wait the more everything that's old becomes new It started slowly creeping in I can't quite remember how it begins but I know it's quite a story to tell for a bad beginning it sure turned out well when the sky is dark and the air is clear the sound of contentment is what you will hear This isn't exactly what I had planned nonetheless here we stand here we stand with our hearts intact lets not look back 'cause things are better now and getting better as we speak although I don't know how and if you don't agree with me I'll have to disagree with you the longer that I wait the more everything that's old becomes new
21.
awake in the cold I haven't slept at all since the last time we spoke I'm just an old ghost trying to find my way home I've never fallen so hard and it's my own fault and I don't know who to call you never want to talk my hands shake with the though of your lips on his but after all I was the one who let go, oh love. But that's no way to speak like a gentleman I never said that I was a saint of matters of the heart the fault in the line that love never dies could also fall apart a promise made a promise held a promise thrown away and time can only tell you promised you would stay I never said I was a saint so forgive me if stop what a mess on our hands I was in the bathroom to clean the cuts off of our wrists smile back, I know you wont believe me but stay another night and promise me that you wont leave, please I'm sorry I tried to laugh when you said I love you I never said that I was a saint of matters of the heart the fault in the line that love never dies could also fall apart well I never said that I was a saint of matters of the heart we fall down in line we can't be denied but somehow holding on
22.
chocolate peanuts and relient k, a water bottle cap and water in my lap swing sets on sunday and helping you walk, a piece of a lilac bush I put on top of my bookshelf, drawings of a rose just for you and no one else i still have the dirt in my notebook from when i ran to you and tripped, and you took a piece of me with you campgrounds in the summertime Iowa heat in our lungs and your hand in mine running after you through a kickball field late nights on the phone and all the things you revealed wooden swing at a hardware store two kids talking but look and you'd see something more two hearts slowly becoming one and that look in your eyes when you shone like the sun but if it makes you feel better just pretend it never happened and that we never met and if it makes you feel better just pretend it never happened and that I don't exist an offered hand on a movie night it was getting intense and you were scared so you held it tight and that was it, we were over the edge the next day you called during lunch and you said "we need to talk" and my heart skipped a beat in the basement of the church is where we decided to meet and I explained what you meant to me then at dinner we held hand under the table where nobody could see we tried to keep it secret for as long as we could but it's hard not to smile when your life feels that good and I’m pretty sure everybody could see the way you felt from the way that you looked at me we changed from being just some naive kids to a couple, a team, a force to be reckoned with accomplish anything we set our mind to I don't know if you remember but I do. but I won't pretend it was perfect some nights I didn't wanna come home I didn't want to know where you'd been didn't want to know who you'd been texting didn't want to know who stayed over at your place last night didn't want to know because I didn't want to know if I was right didn't understand why we fought so much and didn't want to know if we were losing touch but If you want to forget, I can't blame you 'cause sometimes I wish that I could too. so if it makes you feel better just pretend it never happened and that we never met and if it makes you feel better just pretend it never happened and that I don't exist all i ever wanted was for you to be happy and it's clear to me that you can do fine without me and I just hope that you'd remember me the way that we were at our best and if my best didn't make you happy then you're better off without me but I'll remember you the way that we were at our best but if all you can see is naught but painful memories then there's no reason to keep these so if it makes you feel better just pretend we never happened and that we never met and if it makes you feel better just pretend we never happened and that I don't exist if it makes you feel better just pretend it never happened and that we never met and if it makes you feel better just pretend it never happened and that I don't exist if it makes you feel better just pretend it never happened and that we never met

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Sorakujira Crosby, Minnesota

Sorakujira is a band from Emily, Crosby and Ironton, MN that formed around January 2011 when they played a show by accident. Since then they've been bringing their hardcore, high energy 8-bit inspired pop punk music to the far edges of Minnesota and beyond. ... more

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