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Queen Of Hearts
03:44
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You're my queen of hearts, girl
Leave me in the dark
I look for the light, you're just looking for a fight now
You're tearing me up, you're spilling my blood
If only I had the guts now
I'm losing my mind, cause your heart lies with him while you're crying to me
Woah, got no time for me baby?
Woah, you don't care anymore
Woah, laid it all on the line
Just to see you walk out the door
Woah, wanna wipe off a clean slate?
Woah, you left my heart on the floor
Woah, reeling back from the heartbreak
Just to see you walk out the door
You're my queen of hearts, girl
A devious spy, you're telling me lies as if you're playing for both sides now
You're fucking around, you're wasting our time
You think you're living your best life now
Reeling me in
Got me hook, line, and sinker then left me to die
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2. |
Doomsday Blues
02:07
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You wanna try me? You might as well
It's only doomsday, we're raisin hell
You wanna catch me, better think fast
This mortal feeling is gonna pass
Well I doubt that I'll be alive by morning, so I'll cast off into the night
Things just change with so very little warning
Forgive me if I'm wrong, forget me if I'm right
I don't really wanna live forever
Turns out I don't have the time
One day all of us expire together
You're gonna lose it all, the writing's on the wall
Can't hold your tongue now? I gotta know
Just how far that all of this will go
You got a feeling? I got it too
A certainty that all of us are screwed
Well I don't really wanna beg forgiveness, I know it's just a waste of time
There's rust covering up a silver lining
Forget me if I'm wrong, forgive me if I'm right
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3. |
Where Has The Road Gone?
02:55
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I'm fed up with the world I'm checking out,
Spent too much time deciding what it's about.
Yeah, the one thing that I always crave is good experience
But the life I've been living isn't making sense.
If all I can do is get by every day, I might as well go into the wild to play.
With all the necessities and good books,
And some instruments so I can write some good hooks.
After a month or maybe two, I'll come back to society to see how people do.
Mostly focusing on the bigger issues here's hoping.
A precious life, eternal love, the awesome things I've dreamed of.
They keep me going like a propeller of a new dimension,
A new construct built on originality.
Somewhere along the line I've drifted from the plotted me,
Learning more about that third eye, you see.
If you want we'll go, just get in let's roll on!
Don't look back now, I'm not stopping.
Just one question, where has the road gone?
Blazing new trails, weaving old tales,
Beauty beyond compare but where has the road gone now?
There's really not much nature here, that's probably why I left.
So much traffic and all these buildings.
Why do people all love these squares so much?
I must be blind to their kind of interaction
Or maybe it's not meant for me, cause I shifted culturally.
Why don't we do together freely what comes naturally?
Instead of hiding behind a photo contest, go out there and live your life in earnest.
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4. |
Saving Grace
03:12
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Got this fever inside of me, a toxic dependency
Mould us to all you wanna see
Yet all that you want for me is your own twisted fantasy
And you’ll write my eulogy
This wouldn’t be your first mistake
Forge every obstacle in my way
Oh won’t you be my saving grace?
Never know of the hurt you’ll bring, with your second hand understanding
First it bites and then it stings
If there’s no way to know what’s true, I’m left to believe in you
Forgetting all I thought I knew
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5. |
Start Again
03:08
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We fell apart on a Saturday, was the first night that I slept this week
Thought for all this time that you were meant for me
You could say goodbye if you wanted to,
You could walk right out, you could leave me blue
We screamed until our world was torn in two
But we could start again, we could try again, we could see where all of this goes
We could start again, we could try again, we could see if all the water holds
We could start again, we could try again - But girl, well it’s your life
Don’t let it pass you by
You left me there on a stormy night, the darkened sky set the scene just right
I watched you leave as tears swelled in your eyes
I know that we could have worked this out, but I lit that match then you burned it down
Now I walk these streets with your ghost lingering around
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6. |
The Dopamine Screen
03:31
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The dopamine screen pulls you in
You think it's a win, you're just a fiend
Upload lives and upload your lies
Trying to keep up with the times
But you're always feeling so behind
Spiralling down, it knows you
Spiralling down, it grows with you
The dopamine screen, it's quicksand visually
The dopamine screen, delusion and pleasure for free
Curated to you so you don't have to
Don't leave your house, stay subscribed in your Zoom cell
Not much left to do but consume now
No need to feel the gloom
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7. |
Interlude
01:29
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You haunt all that lives inside of me
I thought I had everything worked out
You want more than what’s inside of me
More than I could ever bring about
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8. |
Lead You Astray
03:21
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Meet me downtown in the freezing rain
Tell me how it won’t be this good again
Watch me fall victim to my old ways
We’re symptoms of a past that can’t be erased
It’s not like you to take the fall for me
I stumble through my own hypocrisy
We’re almost through this, I guarantee
When these days you just can’t afford to be seen
Stay beside me, it makes no sense
I’m breaking the rules in my own self defense
Stay beside me, I can barely breathe
This guilt always rips me apart at the seams
In the distance, I see a glowing light
Still persistent, left with each other tonight
In total silence, you turn away
I put my ego first and led you astray
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9. |
The Trade Off
03:14
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We move on in memory of better days
Chalking up our failures to bad luck as we’re circling the drain
We run ourselves out of the time we waste
Saying “man I wish there simply were more hours in the day”
It’s not easy to believe me when I’ve led you all astray
But if you’re ready, just come with me, I know it’s not too late
Through it all we’ll find a way
Is life so much more than a time or place?
I got so caught up with the past I let my future take the blame
The trade off is finding out way too late
Despite my best intentions, it always turns out the same
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10. |
This Town Needs A Hero
03:21
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This town needs a hero
But I’m not sure if I’m up to the task
Gone to 100 from 0, and all our hope has been fading fast
This town needs a hero
But no one’s stepping up to the plate
This time it’s everybody’s problem
That you all deny until it’s too late
They say there’s clear skies here all around
But I see the clouds forming now
The storm is arriving, surprising to no one at all
It swallows us whole
We all need each other to last through the day
But how much more of this could we take?
We’re cursed and depressed but the rest of our lives are at stake
But do I have it in me?
This town needs a hero, cause everyone’s scared what they have won’t last
A behaviour so appalling, because we’re not learning from the past
This town needs a hero, and I’ve grown hoarse here crying for help
You gotta let it in or out now
You’re hiding the truth away from yourself
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11. |
Love Lost
03:04
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Out of nowhere, she gives an evil stare
Pretending that he doesn't even care
He does all he can, while she hatches her plan
Is this fair? Is it the same everywhere?
I thought you knew me already
Now you make me feel so heavy
I gave you a rose, you wrapped my heart in thorns
My bleeding heart hardens
I don't know where my love will go
Undeserving of the life you lead
Undeserving of what you took from me
How this is legal, I can't believe
Acceptable theft, you have achieved
Keep complaining, it's so hard
Stalking for your next victim
Oh lord, how I pity him
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12. |
All We Are
04:01
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Tick tock, time is going by
For a lifetime, still I tried
So I thought there was no hope for us
Today that all changes
By now I thought it’d be up in flames, I almost threw this all away
But I’ve got one thing left to say
This doubt ends today
All we have is a little time
I just need someone to call mine
Laying in bed, I’m still thinking about us, about us
Time keeps going by, there’s always another heart to find
Please just keep me in your mind
All we can do is try
No one wants to say it’s over
Everyone needs someone to hold closer
I’m still alright moving forward, just give me closure
Cause you make me see, you make me smile
How did this go from “how I love your eyes”, to “all I hear are lies”?
We lit the fire, but then you stomped it down to nothing,
Can you see the light? Did we get this ending right?
This is all we are
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13. |
Roadblock
03:33
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It’s just another foggy morning as I’m stuck in disarray
The weeks all blur together as I’m losing track of days
I stay trapped inside these four walls, paced for miles down these darkened halls
It’s a slow deterioration from a lengthy isolation
Everywhere I turn, another roadblock is up there standing in my way
If every morning blurs into another, what does it matter if I stay?
(I wanna scream, I wanna shout)
Just wanna know what it’s all about
I wanna see the world, just one more time
I’ve grown dizzy from the longing that’s been washing over me
Cause I’ve been looking out the window to the life I used to lead
Each night could be my last while each day drains a taller hourglass
It feels like I’ll be here forever before this all will finally pass
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14. |
Waves
05:15
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I’m putting aside some time to deconstruct the world I thought I knew
It’s so much wider than what was taught to me and you
For the day will come when nothing will be left for us to take
Just a barren wasteland, disillusion is all that will remain
Ahh, Ahh, I’m losing my mind here waiting
Ahh, Ahh, Watching the waves crash by
Ahh, Ahh, You’re slipping away from me
No matter how hard I try
(yeah)
Trust me darling, I know just how hard it is for you to stay
When the Pacific shores and winding roads are calling out your name
Just remember that the life you left is not that far away
And that you owe it to yourself to take this chance and learn from your mistakes
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Intense Reality Alberta
Intense Reality are a punk rock band from Stettler, Alberta. Formed by Michael & Taylor in 2009, the band has performed in
Stettler, Red Deer and Calgary.
After releasing Greatest Hits (2014), Altered States (2016), and Are We Still The Same? (2020), the band's new album Road Trip was released on Nov 18, 2022.
Michael - Lead Vocals/Guitar
Taylor - Lead Guitar/Vocals
Colton - Drums
Coleson - Bass
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