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Staring at the Sun

by Faux Fiction

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1.
You have exhausted every attempt to put out the fire Eating your heart I think you like the feeling of going up in flames Burning from the inside out Chasing it down Can't let it go Tugging at your sleeve just to let you know We're running in circles chasing our tails It's all over, chaos prevails Racing toward the light at the end of a winding road Leaving it all (ha) Never to return, never coming back again And I feel left out Chasing it down Can't let it go Tugging at your sleeve just to let you know We're running in circles chasing our tails It's all over, chaos prevails We're running in circles chasing our tails It's all over, chaos prevails
2.
I fill my lungs with wasted air and breathe out magic words No one hears the last hurrah But they claim to be listening To the sound between heartbeats Ringing out, loud and clear In your head, singing you to sleep Tomorrow's gonna bring you down You fill your lungs with bated breath and breathe out empty words You've everything thing left to say But no one is paying attention To the sound between heartbeats Ringing out, loud and clear In your head, singing you to sleep Tomorrow's gonna bring you down Down where you belong With you feet on the ground And you head in the clouds Come down Down where you belong Keep your ear to the ground Sing it loud Til your lungs are burning out It's the sound between heartbeats Ringing out, loud and clear In your head, singing you to sleep Tomorrow's gonna bring you down
3.
If you ain't hot or cold You must be lukewarm If you ain't man or beast You must be a snake You must be a snake Crawling towards it on your hands and knees Over fields of glass and things unclean Crawling towards it but you'll never reach the top Yet you slither onward, you ain't never gonna stop If you ain't left or right You must be caught between If you ain't good or bad Then you must be a tease You must be a tease Crawling towards it on your hands and knees Over fields of glass and things unclean Crawling towards it but you'll never reach the top Yet you slither onward, you ain't never gonna stop Crawling towards it on your hands and knees Over fields of glass and things unclean Crawling towards it but you'll never reach the top Yet you slither onward, you ain't never gonna stop You ain't never gonna stop
4.
I keep staring at the sun Hoping to bleach out the way you stare Cause I can't stand to look at you Without giving myself away And I can't stand in this room Without splitting into two Just one piece for myself And the bigger half for you to crush I'm ruined for anyone else My heart is tainted and black I'd tear it out and lock it away If I thought it would hurt any less I hang onto every word Hoping my name falls out of your mouth The sound's like a razor blade Slicing across my resolve And I can't stand in this room Without splitting into two Just one piece for myself And a million more for you to breathe I'm ruined for anyone else My heart is tainted and black I'd tear it out and lock it away If I thought it would hurt any less I'm ruined for anyone else I'm ruined for anyone else I'm ruined for anyone else I'm ruined for anyone else I keep staring at the sun Hoping to bleach out the way you stare Cause I can't stand to look at you Without giving myself away
5.
You wear your heart on your sleeve I wear my heart on a chain Close to my chest Lest I give it away Or worse, give it to you This hole is all I have left Dig it deeper Dig it deeper Dig it deeper Over my head You keep running your mouth And I keep biting my tongue Til I bleed red This bitter taste in my mouth Is like dirt on my lips And it buries me underground So dig it deeper Dig it deeper Dig it deeper Over my head I am buried so deep the night creeps over my eyes I am buried so deep your mouth speak nothing but lies I am buried so deep the night creeps over my eyes I am buried so deep your mouth speak nothing but lies So dig it deeper Dig it deeper Dig it deeper Over my, over my head
6.
We were made to fall apart like broken glass This could never last Never last A convoluted portrait of two separate hearts This is the hard part The hard part If I let you go Will you promise to stay away If I let you stay I promise you I will break Break down We're like two magnets with the same pole You push me away Push me away And you leave me empty, not one drop left I can see through you I can see through you If I let you go Will you promise to stay away If I let you stay I promise you I will break If I let you go Will you promise to stay away If I let you stay I promise you I will break Break down I got nobody There's no one else I wanna use you I wanna use you (I said) I got nobody There's no one else And I wanna use you I wanna use you If I let you go Will you promise to stay away If I let you stay I promise you I will break If I let you go Will you promise to stay away If I let you stay I promise you I will break Break down
7.
Ghosts 04:05
Say what you have to say Let the words roll off your tongue It's not like it matters anyway Because the state of things has let you come undone They don't have eyes to see you They don't have ears to hear you They are just the ghosts Of everything you know and what you don't They are just the ghosts Of the haunted hallways in your mind and they won't let you go Say anything it's all the same The words get twisted on your tongue The memories we weave are strange And with the state of things we're better off alone They don't have eyes to see you They don't have ears to hear you They are just the ghosts Of everything you know and what you don't They are just the ghosts Of the haunted hallways in your mind and they won't let you go They don't have eyes to see you They don't have eyes to see you They don't have eyes to see you They don't have eyes to see you They don't have ears to hear you They are just the ghosts Of everything you know and what you don't They are just the ghosts Of the haunted hallways in your mind and they won't let you go They are just the ghosts Of everything you know and what you don't They are just the ghosts Of the haunted hallways in your mind and they won't let you go They won't let you go
8.
Pick yourself off the floor You look a mess but then again Maybe it's better this way Here we go again This predicament never goes over well You can't tell That your head's under water Just breathe it in You're sinking in the middle of the ocean And no one can save you now Man overboard, the water's crashing down And no one can save you now Take a good look around You're the one to blame, it's such a shame Maybe it's better this way End over end Down the rabbit hole Don't you know that you're done for this time Cause your head's under water Just breathe it in You're sinking in the middle of the ocean And no one can save you now Man overboard, the water's crashing down And no one can save you now Oh, you alienated everyone who Put out a hand to help you up You lost everything you ever loved Cause you're too damn selfish to have given it up
9.
Wasted Time 04:43
It was never worth the time The time I had to spend Breaking down and tuning out I'll break but I won't bend But I'm fine Build these walls and knock them down Til there's nothing left Forfeit the game and go on home Still you tried your best Sometimes it's not worth anything In the end I've spent a lot of time Watching things with a blind eye The tighter I held on The faster they went by But I'm fine Build these walls and knock them down Til there's nothing left Forfeit the game and go on home Still you tried your best Sometimes it's not worth anything In the end Build these walls and knock them down Til there's nothing left Forfeit the game and go on home Still you tried your best Sometimes it's not worth anything In the end
10.
Deadweight 03:27
The world's wide open but you shut your eyes I know you're hoping for something you will never find So tell me What am I supposed to do The world is waiting but you hesitate I know you're saving time for something you can't anticipate So tell me What am I supposed to do Please tell me Should I stick around and wait on you Say the word and we'll run away To find something we could never have here Say the word and we'll run away And leave it all behind The world's wide open but you close the door You shut me out again I don't know if I should stay anymore So tell me What am I supposed to do Please tell me Should I stick around and wait on you Say the word and we'll run away To find something we could never have here Say the word and we'll run away And leave it all behind
11.
Nothing is black or white Instead everything is gray The color blended in between That shades us all the same Believe the words Falling from their lips Like a waterfall That flows to nowhere Read between the lines Nothing is as it seems As words we roam the page Never knowing what we mean Believe the words Falling from their lips Like a waterfall That flows to nowhere Release the hounds Your words are falling on deaf ears Scream all you want Your words are falling on deaf ears Believe the words Falling from their lips Like a waterfall That flows to nowhere
12.
Good Things 05:32
Can somebody tell me If there's an instructional manual for life Cause I left mine behind I have no idea what I'm doing here but that's okay Cause neither do you They said You're married now You should settle down And make yourself a home You'll be missing out On all the good things in life (but) I'm not missing a thing I made lots of plans Over again a million times I just can't make up my mind Maybe when we're old And the story's told They'll understand why we took our time And they said You're married now You should settle down And make yourself a home You'll be missing out On all the good things in life (but I said) I'm not missing a thing Oh, if I knew just how This would all turn out I'd do it all over again Doesn't matter now Got it figured out To hell with the way it should be It's the way it should be I'm not missing a thing

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Our first full-length album. Enjoy!

<3 - Gabby, Jason, Peter, & Paul

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released June 17, 2016

All songs written and performed by Gabriella Papale (guitar/vocals), Jason Kartz (guitar), Peter Hair (bass/vocals), and Paul Tyree (drums).

Recorded and mixed by Shane Hochstetler at Howl Street Recordings (Milwaukee, WI).

Mastered by Carl Saff at Saff Mastering (Chicago, IL).

Album artwork by Betsy Christensen of Thoughtful Designs (Milwaukee, WI).

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Faux Fiction Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Catchy powerpop/garage rock from Milwaukee, WI/Providence, RI. Faux Fiction is Gabby (guitar/vocals), Peter (bass/vocals), and Paul (drums). fauxfictionband@gmail.com

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