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Staring Down The Sun

by Jim Trainor

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1.
Truth 03:28
Music & Lyrics by Jim Trainor. TRUTH Once in a while the stars indeed align Cosmically charged, happens by design Tell the truth, I can take it I can take it 'til I can't anymore The truth, I can take it 'til I can't take anymore A time long ago is destined to repeat Tell the truth, I can take it I can take it 'til I can't anymore The truth, I can take it 'til I can't take anymore Remember what I said We're in over our heads Lifting each other out There's no denying Lies after lying Can't we agree to love each other now It's only my life, only my world I've got the right to know Tell the truth, I can take it I can take it 'til I can't anymore The truth, I can take it I can take it 'til I can't anymore Truth, I can take it I can take it 'til I can't anymore The truth, I can take it 'til I can't take anymore
2.
Music and Lyrics by Jim Trainor and Tom Curless. HEAVEN DESCENDING Feel like I never fit in Stuck on the out looking in I don't know where I belong Don't know what took her so long Nobody noticed before Nobody knew there was more She recognizes in me Qualities they can't see Heaven descending over me She is transcending over me It's never ending and it's over my head Love it when we're all alone That's when I feel I'm at home Shut off the world, wave of her hand Now I don't care if they understand Heaven descending over me She is transcending over me It's never ending and it's over my head Heaven descending over me She is transcending over It's never ending and it's over my head She gets me, she gets me She gets me, she gets me She gets me, she gets me She gets me, she gets me Heaven descending over me She is transcending over me It's never ending and it's over my head Heaven descending over me She is transcending over It's never ending and it's over my head Heaven descending over me She is transcending over It's never ending and it's over my head
3.
Music by Jim Trainor. Lyrics by Liam Butler. STARING DOWN THE SUN You're the one, golden and going strong Take a bow, take it to the world somehow But tell me who is standing here, all on his own, staring down the sun Not blinking til the evening comes I'm not blinking til the evening comes down Look at you, shining like diamonds do Standing tall, shouting from the highest walls But tell me who is standing here, all on his own, staring down the sun Not blinking til the evening comes I'm not blinking til the evening comes down You're getting higher, getting higher, getting higher, so high You're getting higher, getting higher, getting higher, don't look down It's so far down Pack it up, drop it in a paper cup Thanks a lot, see you when it all gets hot Meanwhile I'll be standing here, all on my own, still staring down the sun Won't blink until the evening comes I won't blink until the evening comes down Not blinking until the evening comes
4.
Music by Jim Trainor. Lyrics by Liam Butler. SOMEWHERE BEFORE Doo doo doo doo, doo doo doo doo The old man looking back at me Is searching for a child who used to dream Of cherry flavored soda streams And cotton candy toffee apple trees Then he told me I had changed Too afraid to ask his name But I know I've seen him somewhere before Doo doo doo doo, doo doo doo doo A young boy in a picture frame Says you and me, we used to be the same Do you recall when we would fly On magic rocking horses in the sky Then he said, but you have changed Too ashamed to ask his name But I know I've seen him somewhere before Doo doo doo doo, doo doo doo doo Do you ever wonder, wonder who we are Somehow I've forgotten how to catch a star Funny how we get lost trying to find ourselves 'cause truth be told, we only really want to find ourselves Doo doo doo doo, doo doo doo doo
5.
Music by Jim Trainor. Lyrics by Liam Butler. NO LONGER BLURRED Took a walk down memory lane and soon got lost I was stuck inside a day that I forgot Took a trip to '96 and stayed too long Wasn't looking for the bit where it all went wrong Once again she stands before me Whispering my name, like nothing ever changed Someone told me long ago to not look back It's the good times, don't you know, that make you sad Once again she stands before me Whispering my name, like nothing ever changed In her hand a letter for me Something she can't say, something I can't take Suddenly the words No longer look so blurred I remember everything Especially how they hurt Once again she stands before me Whispering my name, like nothing ever changed In her hand a letter for me Something she can't say, something I can't take
6.
Music & Lyrics by Jim Trainor. ALL I'M THINKING ABOUT Crazy, enchanted, enamored and high I can't get enough of, her radiant smile A beautiful flower that's always in bloom How can I miss her when she's in the next room Poster child for love struck My goofy, silly grin I'm infatuated, don't know where to begin I love her, my perfect little angel I love her, and what she's all about I love her, she's my girl without a doubt We do what we like and we like what we do Over and under, around and through I'm counting down the moments She's really driving me mad When we're together there's no way that I can be sad I love her, my perfect little angel I love her, and what she's all about I love her, she's my girl without a doubt I love her, and everything about her I love her, and she makes me want to shout I love her, she's my girl without a doubt And she's all I'm thinking about She's all I'm thinking about Yes, she's all I'm thinking about Say goodbye to lonesome Say goodbye to pain Welcome to a brand new life that will never be the same I love her, my perfect little angel I love her, and what she's all about I love her, she's my girl without a doubt I love her, and everything about her I love her, and she makes me want to shout I love her, she's my girl without a doubt And she's all I'm thinking about She's all I'm thinking about Yes, she's all I'm thinking about She's all I'm thinking about
7.
Maybe I 04:08
Music & Lyrics by Jim Trainor. MAYBE I I feel like a forgotten man People look past the place where I stand I wish it didn't matter so much What would it take for me to get back in touch Maybe I, Maybe I Maybe I, Maybe I My normal is everyone's strange The way that I'm wired is hard to explain The freedom that I've always sought Immunity from their actions and thoughts, til then Maybe I, Maybe I Maybe I, Maybe I Maybe I, Maybe I Maybe I, Maybe I'm alright It's hard to admit that I thought about quitting When dark skies were above If everything crumbles And our world comes tumbling down You still have my love You still have my love I've got to sit down and compare Which path to take is still up in the air Listen to my wise, inner voice I need to remember that I'm always in choice, okay Maybe I, Maybe I Maybe I, Maybe I Maybe I, Maybe I Maybe I, Maybe I'm alright
8.
After All 03:02
Music & Lyrics by Jim Trainor. AFTER ALL I've been regressing back to my former self Not sure what I am trying to prove After all Don't you think I deserve another chance Won't you forgive me, I made a mistake After all If I try to act amused I'm only hiding my confusion Never mind I can't imagine my life without you here Please stay with me for the rest of my days After all
9.
Music & Lyrics by Jim Trainor. NO SELF RESPECT You tell me that you love me true, and then You go with him, you go with him. You promise me there's nothing's going on And blame it on my paranoia Every time you walk into a room You're turning heads, you turn their heads I don't understand the way you dress Do you really need that much attention I don't know why I love you but I always will You treat me so bad but I've got no self respect I'm embarrassed to say that I've got no self respect I don't understand the way you act You put me down and push me 'round Everybody laughs behind my back I'm the butt off all the jokes they're telling No matter what I do it's not enough I never seem to satisfy you I give you everything you want and more I give you all my love and attention I don't know why I love you but I always will You treat me so bad but I've got no self respect Got my head in my hands 'cause I've got no self respect Must be easy for you when I've got no self respect Do whatever you want 'cause I've got no self respect I don't know why I love you but I always will You treat me so bad but I've got no self respect Is it easy for you when I've got no self respect I'm ashamed of the fact that I've got no self respect There's no way I can leave 'cause I've got no self I've got no self respect
10.
Music by Minime. Lyrics and melodies by Jim Trainor. NEVER STAND, NEVER FALL I'm petrified to leave my home There's danger everywhere My demons wait behind every turn No wonder why I'm scared My crippled life is of my design Though unintentional It's to the point that my closest friends Don't even try to call Never stand, never fall Never move, never stall A tiny sliver's where I look out And no on can look in A year since anyone's seen my face Do they wonder how I've been? My circumstances beyond my control At least that's what I tell myself The man in the reflection is In desperate need of help Never stand, never fall Never move, never stall There's gotta be a better way to navigate through this life Yeah everybody moves around and somehow they still get by I'll try Never stand, never fall Never move, never stall Never stand, never fall Never move, never stall
11.
Rewind 03:15
Music by Minime. Lyrics and melodies by Jim Trainor. REWIND She's the best thing I ever had I need some help from going mad What I did, I simply can't undo I'm perpetually feeling blue Mediocre at my best Order soon becomes a mess What am I supposed to do? Can't return back to every scene of the crime Oh why can't we just rewind Crash and burn, it's become such a way of life I wish I could just rewind She's moved on to another guy I try to laugh, as not to cry She sent me on my merry way I've only got myself to blame The damage is irreparable The pain to her incalculable And still it breaks my heart in two Can't return back to every scene of the crime I'd rather we just rewind Crash and burn, it's become such a way of life I wish I could just rewind
12.
Searching 03:56
Music & Lyrics by Jim Trainor. SEARCHING There I go again searching on the outside For what I'll only find within There I go again looking for the answer As if it's on a shelf with a buy one, get one free stuck upon its face What's the point of ruthless competition When what you want is found within What's the sense of mass accumulation A temporary fix, now your leaky bucket's dripping on your Gucci shoes I feel I'm on an island by myself And no one understands exactly how I choose to live It isn't what we take but how we give There I go again searching on the outside There I go again searching on the outside There I go again searching on the outside Search from the INSIDE

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released May 3, 2021

Produced by Jim Trainor
Mix Engineering by Nick Bertling
Mastering by Michael Lucas

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