Cautiously Optimstic

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1.
Counting 03:45
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When the hour was darkest, in our little charade I swallowed my pride, with a smile on my face But you stood there watching Our fall from grace, burning up into pieces Splitting the sky like a rain Her smile lit the sunset blue Jaded colors bled straight through Everything in time will fade away Now my heart is electric, and my body obeys Seeing light at the beacon, gotta run from this place But who’s even counting, all your tirades Our programming default, the ending delayed Her smile lit the sunset blue Everything that was brand new This will rust and slowly fade away Now my roots have been shaken As I stood there betrayed No holes in my conscious No love to be saved One is for the consequence Two for the innocence Three has me on my knees At four I’m coming back for more Casket been reopened Danger now avoided Genius built from legends And I’m still breathing Her smile lit the sunset blue Guess the patience makes the fool This will rust and slowly fade away Now my roots have been shaken As I stood there betrayed No holes in my conscious No love to be saved No love to be saved No love to be saved
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Aftershocks 04:19
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How convenient, an innocent mistake But you feel it, the aftershocks of faith That multiply; when hearts collide She’s indifferent, as passion fades to shame Her intentions, designed to complicate What’s on her mind To reconcile With one that came before I guess I should’ve know What did you hope to find When you can’t empathize I’m not sure how to feel About your legacy Pleasant realities will always fall behind From a distance, the landing seemed so safe I resisted, the episodes of pain But found your game, to hard to play How convenient, an episode of faith But you feel it, the void left in your wake That multiplies My heart collides With one that came before I guess I should’ve know What did you hope to find When you can’t empathize I’m not sure how to feel About your legacy Pleasant realities will always fall behind Think you got it figured out You’ll never know Think you got it figured out You’ll never know Think you got it figured out You’ll never know Think you got it figured out You’ll never know Think you got it figured out You’ll never know Think you got it figured out You’ll never know Think you got it figured out You’ll never know Think you got it figured out You’ll never know With one that came before I guess I should’ve know What did you hope to find When you can’t empathize I’m not sure how to feel About your legacy Pleasant realities will always fall behind
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Elevate 04:44
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I’m warring with myself again Cause I don’t even touch the light in you It’s true The twinkle hasn’t caught my eye Every end I see begin are promises you’re hiding in tonight, with time the laws that govern us will die Brushfires of beauty in the meadow of my mind All your flames dance up, reaching for the sky We could stay locked up fighting back the night All in time, all in time... (We'll) steal our Moment from forever And hope that this This Dream won't be ending It'll wash up On the shores of memory never quite forgetting what we had You elevate and separate I slide my hands with caution to your waist, I taste the center of your mouth is true The details of your fingertips Dividing us like tendencies We burn, and learn Take me in each time you breathe Brushfires of beauty in the meadow of my mind All your flames dance up, reaching for the sky we could stay locked up fighting back the night (We'll) steal our Moment from forever And hope that this This Dream won't be ending It'll wash up On the shores of memory never quite forgetting what we had Sitting, waiting, watching, fading every road is one not taken on the path to hesitating put all my hope in new beginnings time to live and start creating all our lives are new beginnings
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Focus 04:11
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We both share so many things This composure is wearing thin So make me your focus Offer no protest Make me your conquest The angels falling down Soft and rare, unsettling I left you there, with everything We’re more than our glances Our eager advances Tonight we were chosen To live in these chances She knows She don’t care She won’t find me now I watch you move traveling Through my head and make it spin This path you’ve been walking Where you’ve got me crawlin’ Is taking me someplace Where we don’t need talkin’ And I see through your little grin And you got a plan so fill me in And find me now; pull you close to me Upside down, taken hold of me I walk down; feel your breath in me I move through desert and the trees She knows She don’t care She can’t read these eyes Think you know me Can you feel me Think you know me Can you heal me She knows She don’t care She don’t need Anything
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Headway 03:28
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What did you think it meant to me Your veiled attempt at honesty When all of the implications prove My forever came to soon But you should know That I’ve been fine And you’re not alone You’ve crossed my mind Are you crying? When you’re writing? What did you find me out to be Someone you never meant to see Stuck in the world with so much room Our forever came to soon And even though You cross my mind I’m fine alone The sun still shines Are you crying? When you’re writing? Or are you lying? When you’re writing? What’s there to say about it What was once lost I found that I would’ve surely died Keeping this all inside What’s there to say about it What was once lost I found that I would’ve surely died Keeping this all inside I, I found exactly what I need And I, I found exactly what I need What did you think it meant to me Your veiled attempt at honesty When all of the implications prove My forever came to soon But you should know That I’ve been fine And you’re not alone You’ve crossed my mind
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Melissa P 03:48
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You’re turning me animal A light in the darkness You’re leading me out Everything is falling apart In the morning light she speaks to me But words I can’t provide Horizon has no boundary If we chase it side by side We’ll climb to the pinnacle I’ll carry you onwards holding you tight When we rise we’ll turn into sparks So my universe it bends to you And pulls me through your eyes Awake in dreams I come unglued For the world we both deny It takes time to see all that we were meant to be Makes a fool of me thinking we could ever be I can’t come now Something is leading me to my own destiny More than words now Our love was never true I gave it all up to you You’re turning me animal A light in the darkness You’re leading me out When we rise we’ll burn into sparks
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Methods 03:47
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I’m pulling the streetlights Down from their perches The highest of heights will bathe in the dark Alone is not lonely, I’ve been blinded My settling dreams will just have to wait Scanning the storefronts Relentless and constant Life without movement like we chose to be Roaming through history dusty and ancient Seeing it clearly the beautiful end I’m not this body A vessel And why she confessed it to me I don’t know, I’m aimless But blameless, not in the least Drawn into sidewalk compulsive companion The city it sleeps heavy and deep I’ve been a traveler, dawning new ages Sunsets unravel in shadows of me I’m not this body A vessel And why she confessed it to me I don’t know, I’m aimless But blameless, not in the least I’m pulling the streetlights Down from their perches The highest of heights will bathe in the dark Alone is not lonely, I’ve been blinded My settling dreams will just have to wait
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Newsbreak 04:08
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Never a chance to set the record straight Cause TV changes the pictures every day So every emotion I pour right down the drain So informed in this information age Watch the world like we’re on the outside We are the same, feel the same Anger building like a landslide Concentrate, it’s a Newsbreak Knowing the truth is the only way it’s saved They censor the struggle sickness and the pain They’re bending backwards to keep us all in place The masks they wear are turning hate to rage Believe the scripting on the front page The intrigue, duplicity Keep us marching beat by beat Well they’re on our side, I’m thinking twice And we share the blame We are the same, feel the same While it’s taking shape Concentrate, it’s a Newsbreak Place the blame like we’re on the outside Keep us calm, and withdrawn Anger building like a landslide Hey stay tuned; it’s priced to move We share the blame We are the same, feel the same While it’s taking shape Concentrate, it’s a Newsbreak A Newsbreak A Newsbreak
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Red Label 04:24
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Had it and lost it Broke and I bought it Dropped and I caught it Holding on but Slipping through fingers Silence that lingers Halfway to bitter Ain’t no right way to Wake it the morning In this bedroom I’ve seen you crawl to me My walls are empty Screaming your name, Screaming your name Now I’m wondering how We ticked the time away and tore this down I needed a voice to scream out the window I ain’t gonna change, I don’t wanna change Pattern emerging Carrying burdens Wrong and I’m learning I won’t fight So I left it alone Gathered my bones Swords outta stones Marching to the beat of my drummer In this bedroom I’ve seen you wake to me We’re running on empty We’re losing the race the sun in my face Now I’m wondering how We ticked the time away and tore this down I needed a voice to scream out the window I ain’t gonna change, I don’t wanna change Look, I’ll spell it all out We wasted every day we spent on the ground I needed to fly straight out the window Leaving our cage, turning the page Sit, wait, watch and breathe The emptiness that shattered me We’re growing restlessly engaged In spirals downward And we’ve lost touch with reality Trade community for identity In circles, that leave behind The ones that clash with future smiles Look, I’ll spell it all out We wasted every day we spent on the ground I needed to fly straight out the window Leaving our cage, turning this page And now I’m wondering how We ticked the time away and tore this down Needed a voice to scream out the window I ain’t gonna change, I don’t wanna change
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Subtlety 05:14
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Night pours in, with subtlety The breath in you, transforming me Thought I saw you last night Moving through the bright lights Crossing city streets alone Blending seasons That spin and rearrange Motions captured and delayed Thought I caught you last night Standing in the moonlight Moving in between my bones And I should know she seeks Another chance to let go It’s fine of course She buried the last of her hope So serene, instinctual The shape you make, as you stumble home You clung to me at midnight Hiding from the bright lights Wishing everything was gone We are poison grown beneath the rain We are storms that never seem to break We fade away Thought I caught you last night Standing in the moonlight Moving in between my bones And I should know she seeks Another chance to let go It’s fine of course She moves as the night pours And I’ve know We’d walk alone It took some time to know I had to let you go With everything, when you said you loved me And if I let you down You’re stuck with reasons now The fault is all your own And I should know she seeks Another chance to let go It’s fine of course She buried the last of her hope
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Underwhelming 04:08
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Lost again, into the harbor I’m falling in; it’s getting harder To pretend, that I’m not bothered by you Beneath the wheel we played the game Inside I tried to take the blame The miles and miles we ran in place The hand you held you now forsake And so, we unwind I resigned, let the blind go and lead the blind And you, disappeared New frontier, so unclear how you linger here To the brim, I’m spilling over Battling, this midnight soldier And you begin, to feel so far from me You held your breath; I fell from grace Chased the tears you hid beneath your face And with the years we cannot replace The memories will fade and dissipate And now, overload Take it slow; let it go yeah I should’ve known You saw, your escape I reshaped, my landscape so my heart don’t ache But hey, I’ll rejoice In every choice that destroys all this background noise No, no, don’t compare No don’t you dare it goes nowhere, still, can’t seem to care We ain’t got the time to hang it on the line Let’s practice what we preach and break it piece by piece Listen as I say we’re going separate ways Returning to the days when my heart was not a maze And now, in some time I’ll be right, bottom line, yeah I’ll be just fine But still, overload Take it slow, let it go, yeah well now you know But hey, I’ll rejoice In every choice that destroys all this background noise No, no, don’t compare No don’t you dare it goes nowhere, still, can’t seem to care
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You showed up in the rain 03:30
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You showed up in the rain Falling on me, I should’ve called you You’re still looking the same Joys of our youth Trying to stall new So hide your smile Be yourself again And please tell me why You’re pouring salt in the wound The moment I withdrew And you go digging up our tomb With flowers yet to bloom It once felt so right Now it’s fleeting You’ve come staking your claim Bitter and sweet, they must’ve told you That I’ve been slipping away Making breakthroughs Chances are so few So hide your smile Be yourself again And please tell me why You’re pouring salt in the wound The moment I withdrew And you go digging up our tomb With flowers yet to bloom And what felt so right Now it’s fleeting I don’t know why We won’t dance anymore Cursing through the twilight Spaces open wide Keep on waiting Feeling every current Touching every moment Hearts creating So hide your smile Be yourself again And please tell me why You’re pouring salt in the wound The moment I withdrew And you go digging up our tomb With flowers yet to bloom It’s time for something new

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released July 1, 2011

Composed by: Ehsan Ahmad, and Steve Mroozian
Engineering by Joe DiMattia 
Mastered at Junction Music

Produced by Ehsan Ahmad, and Steve Mroozian

All songs and lyrics written by Steve Mroozian and Ehsan Ahmad

Album Artwork created by Jeff Roberts. 

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