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Love, Always

by Roske

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1.
Rock & Roll II 03:14
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You wanna write a rock & roll song Cut everything you wrote The major scale's too long Bring it down to five notes You know those dominant chords You know they don't sound strong You wanna write a rock & roll song Make it four chords long Now you work hard but they never know Now you work hard but they never know Now you work hard but they never know Now you work hard but they never know And none of that modal shit You know it won't hit hard Give me a 4/4 beat And I'll make you a star You know those dominant chords You know they don't sound strong You wanna write a rock & roll song Make it four chords long Now you work hard but they never know Now you work hard but they never know Now you work hard but they never know Now you work hard but they never know And that meandering crap It's just too inspired Pick a few cliches Set the world on fire You know those dominant chords You know they don't sound strong You wanna write a rock & roll song Make it four chords long Now you work hard but they never know Now you work hard but they never know Now you work hard but they never know Now you work hard but they never know
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I Won't Be Back 05:43
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Don't you fucking touch me I'm sick of all this sound All this shouting in my ears Just pushing me around I'm not hurting anyone That ain't good enough for you You've gotta bleed me dry Why can't you cut me loose? I can't take it, it's all just too much I can't take it, it's all just too much I can't take it, it's all just too much So long, good luck, goodbye and I won't be back Why you gotta judge me? I just tried to care for you I'd love it if you'd trust me But I don't think you could I guess that I don't blame you But it ain't my fucking fault This world wasn't made for me It's yours by default! I can't take it, it's all just too much I can't take it, it's all just too much I can't take it, it's all just too much So long, good luck, goodbye and I won't be back Don't give me forgiveness For coming on too strong I loathe, I spurn your festivals And all your shitty songs You're pushing and you're shoving Just trying to knock me down I'm drunk and frustrated And I can't hear a sound I know I broke some rules here The evidence is shown But I ain't hurting no one So just leave me alone! I can't take it, it's all just too much I can't take it, it's all just too much I can't take it, it's all just too much So long, good luck, goodbye and I won't be back Leave me alone with my songs and stories Leave me alone, I'll be waiting right here Leave me alone, let me live in silence Leave me alone with my hopes and fears Leave me alone with my songs and stories Leave me alone with my kahlua and beer Leave me alone, let me live in silence Leave me alone with my hopes and fears Leave me alone Leave me alone Leave me alone
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Set Me Free 04:54
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I never did say my name When we met today Couldn't bring it up Just felt so out of place And now I can't see you 'Cause you don't know who I am I've been here before And I know it'll happen again But if we ever See each other Walking by I hope that your Cheeks turn red When I catch your eyes Give me love, love, love Love, love, love Well the noise piles up And it feels just like a drone I get so nervous So I just head for home Give me love, love, love And see me breathe Give me love, love, love And set me free Saw you bite your nails Sitting at a traffic light Looks so cute But I know that you're uptight Tight like the dresses, all those clothes You're too scared to wear Just like the feeling that I get When I look and only stare And I wonder If you're nervous Nervous just like me I'm not sure if I could kiss you I'll just have to see Give me love, love, love Love, love, love 'Cause I'm a little bit Autistic And I feel so alone I get so anxious So I just head for home Give me love, love, love And see me breathe Give me love, love, love And set me free You were all alone Sitting in the coffee shop I had all these fears I knew I had to make them stop Sat right down, said my name I've known yours for some time You said you had somewhere to go You know, I guess it's fine But if you ever Need someone To hold you late at night If you need to be Smothered with love Then baby I'm your guy Give me love, love, love Love, love, love Well the noise piles up And it feels just like a drone I get so nervous So I just head for home Give me love, love, love And see me breathe Give me love, love, love And set me free
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All I Want 03:42
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I don't want All of this noise Like all your friends upstairs Hanging with their boys And I don't want All of your time You've got your little things And I've got mine But all I want All I want All I want Is to make love to you I don't want All of these friends You know they'll never Care for me in the end But if you care Honey, just be there I never had someone Who did before So all I want All I want All I want Is to make love to you I sit alone And I don't sleep But I'd be happy Just to hear you breathe So I don't want All your respect I just want whatever Will get me into your bed All I want All I want All I want Is to make love to you
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I Shall Ascend 04:47
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They speak in tongues Rumors of war A battle forged in time Before time was born They’ll come for me Should it get aroused Take me down from the temple Into the slaughterhouse I shall ascend To my recompense 800 men upon my coat I shall ascend And all this hatred All the same to me I've been bruised, I've been assailed I've been aggrieved But I've got my faith Inside its sheath Tossed about like the wicked On the open sea There is no peace There is no peace All this tension But there's never a release Am I afraid? No I'm just mad Think of all the pain it takes To turn a good man bad If the dog will have its day And the lion has its way Let Hercules himself Do what he may I shall ascend To my recompense 800 kings upon my coat I shall ascend I shall ascend I shall ascend The LORD my God will be with me And I shall ascend I shall ascend
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American Eyes 06:53
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Sometimes I stare out Into the summer rain And I know she's somewhere out there An entire world away And she's soaking in the summer Not a care for other times But if you look you'll find a secret Buried in her American eyes I used to drive out to the old plains To get trouble off my mind She was standing in the garden Where Eden promised kind She used to walk so softly I used to watch from far away One day she caught me staring There was nothing I could say We'd go driving into midnight Through Tuscarora nation Through the fallen flags and standards Lying scattered through the reservation And something stirred inside us We started playing rough She never really cared for me She just wanted to feel loved Sitting there with your American eyes You know that I could never pass them by Sitting there with your American eyes You know that I could never pass them by And I'll treat you like a woman If you treat me like a man You can treat me like a child Just know I understand I never had much of the good life If anybody can I just didn't know enough To keep it from slipping Through my hands Those eyes looked worn and tired When she said that she was gone Said it wasn't personal But she must be moving on Said that I was real cute But she needed to survive Before she left she kissed me slowly Never closed her American eyes Now there are some faces You never can forget There are some decisions You never can regret There are memories Shining behind the veil Where you quietly hide Sweet American eyes And if all the world's a stage Then the orchestra awaits Let's not keep them waiting Let's write them a symphony A symphony of love And a symphony of time A symphony of humanity And a symphony of lies The lies we tell ourselves To keep our lives in line The unceasing unrealistic dreams Our souls will always find And if I should forget you Let my hands forget their trade If I should forsake you Then let me be swept away Let the tide caress me Dash me against the rocks - And may the words of my mouth And the feelings of my heart Be good in your eyes Over I tonight May the words of my mouth And the feelings of my heart Be good in your eyes Over I tonight
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Beauty Anyways 03:28
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Gonna write a poem For a woman I don't deserve It hurts to think But I'll never have the nerve But this poem's gonna make her Change her mind Make her feel so many things That I'm hopingto find I know just what I'll write It's all about soul I know every verse And just how they'll go Her eyes they shine Like the holy fire The masses rise Whenever they see her The kings and queens Desperately need her And all the poets They try to bleed her But it don't sound right So I'll be up all night My mind goes blank As I try to think of her face There's all these ideas But they're all so out of place 'Cause I get to these lines That I've got to erase An assorted array Of collected cliches How many songs say She shines just like gold? To the eyes, to the ears To the spirit and soul? Dark and comely And quick with a smile Little angel flies And sings all the while But it's all been said And I desperately need her No words in the world Can explain how I bleed her And it's a bit overlong For such a helpless song Her voice is the same As I've heard in my head Since I was a child Dreaming in bed It's insane to believe That she was meant for me But I know I can have her If I just make her see There's too much to say And I feel like I've said it all I'm out of ideas And my words are starting to stall I've had to start over Again and again It's just much too early now To say it's the end How many songs Say she shines just like gold? To the eyes and the ears, To the spirit and soul? I'll write down every inch of her To the corners of her cheeks - And at the end of the page, all it'll say Is, "Well, that's beauty, anyways"
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Singularity 07:01
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If I can get myself through one more week And I can force myself to speak Maybe I'll wake up to a snow-covered day And if you leave me all on my own And you can't see how much I've grown You can just pretend I've got nothing to say Singularity, familiarity Reality and individuality Femininity, masculinity I feel this world is taking so much out of me But if you'll be my kind of girl And you'll step out of that little world Lemme show them how to treat you right Give yourself to me, we'll have ourselves a night Neapolitan, full of Ritalin I need to sleep so they give me Ambien It’s unsettling, so embittering But I can tell that these are just a bunch of pointless things If you let me be what I am Maybe I can be your kind of man Or maybe I'll just be a stranger in your eyes Say I'm too domineering And my demeanor's too unappealing Remember that quiet face was just my disguise It’s idolatry, the way you’re watching me We’re slaves to things we call our identities Appendectomy, just to watch you bleed These people always try to get the best of me I don't think I can change But I know I can't stay the same Let me tell you everything I feel Tell me if you believe it's real Myxolidian, killed by Seraphim You tell me they were innocent civilians School is out, the future’s in And I gave all my money to the Libyans If you desperately want me And you desperately need me If you desperately love me, I'll be kind But if you don't wanna see me Then go on and leave me If you wanna blame me, I don't mind Singularity, familiarity Reality and individuality Femininity, masculinity It’s all caught up in my sense of sexuality But if you'll be my kind of girl And you'll step out of that little world Lemme show them how to treat you right Give yourself to me, we'll have ourselves a night And you can bet on me, get wet on me Come get ready, get set on me If I’m tough enough, fed fucking up Come get rough, get ready for love Be my kind of girl And step out of your little world I know that I can't change But I know I can't stay the same
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I Don't Want (To Be Set Free) 05:46
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I know it might confuse you The way these things will always do But when you look at me Don't you see a broken man? Before you there was pity Now there's desolation You left me with nothing That I could understand For everything you gave There was something in return I turned away your gifts I can't accept them I spent my life living lonely You spent it in this world Forgive my innocence It's only silence You've got your awl through my ear And through the door Gold bracelets on your wrists That you never wore before And you ask what I have left This is all I can believe That I don't want to be set free I hate apologies They're always the same You get down on your knees And you surrender There was fire in my chest And you called out my name I shut out all the noise And prayed for winter The ice crackled on the grass You sought my refuge I couldn't be your guardian Because I have no pride You still believed, I guess Well that was your mistake You shouldn't trust someone Who's too scared to try The rain soaks my face As I plead at your door You give me your pity But I swear I want more And you ask what I have left This is all I can believe That I don't want to be set free You found me lying here In this old coat There was never nothing You didn't know And you ask what I have left This is all I can believe That I don't want to be set free If you still believe I didn't mean you harm I hate to tell you but You have too much faith If you still believe We could be together I hate to tell you but I've got a bridge to sell you But for all of my regret I have nothing left And I know if I leave you I'll only long for you Yes, for all of my regret I have nothing left And I'll never be without you I'll only long for you So I don't want to be set free
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All I've Got 03:19
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I tried to find the place where I could be alone But every step I take gets me closer to your home The wind chill hits me hard it freezes me right to the bone I can't forget the moment when you said you'd be my own And now I find you coming on back to me It's hard to tell what you ever really mean It's so hard getting up to face the day When I can't find anything that moves me anyway So take my blues with a touch of your grey Take me to a place where we both can stay If there's something here well I just can't say But I know that I can feel it when my heart turns brave I think it's time I left behind derision I never really felt that I was growing cold Eternity was never really meant for me I always dreamed I would grow up and grow old So give me pride Save my life If you walk me home Will you make my night? If this is love Then it's just enough And if it's not It's still all I've got You take my heart and then you make it whole Lift me up when life takes its toll You ask me if I'm better or if I'm still just as bad You should know by now it's not the question you should ask I'm still me and I'm always gonna long for you And if I get the chance then I can make you see it, too If I get you hot and get you high It's the only thing that I can see that matters in my mind So give me pride Save my life If you walk me home Will you make my night? If this is love Then it's just enough And if it's not It's still all I've got
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Normal III 05:19
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I write these songs that move my soul But I can't bring them to life They're not tethered to reality And my hands are wound too tight And every one takes the whole year And still sounds not quite right But I wrote hundreds in between That can never see the light Then the demons crawl about me With their teeth bared in glee And whisper not to worry 'Cause it's just a melody And they say Where you gonna go When the music stops? When the night is over And the lights go up? Where you gonna go When the music stops? You can't go back to being normal! You never could be normal You never could be normal So the fears keep growing louder Till they're louder than the beat And I try to find the beauty But it gets too hard to breathe Everything that I once loved Feels so cold to me now But I'm still afraid to lose it And it still drags me down Blood on the piano It's all I know how to do It's wearing thin, the light is dim I can’t obfuscate the truth And I wonder Where am I gonna go When the music stops When the night is over And the lights go up? Where am I gonna go When the music stops? I can't go back to being normal! I never could be normal I never could be normal The angels whisper to me In the cover of the night Just forget your worries Let trouble slip your mind They promise satisfaction But they want to suck my soul And I know they'll never stay They'd just leave me alone And the demons rise around me Tell me to let it be Just let the notes surround me And cling to a fantasy And they say Where you gonna go When the music stops? When the night is over And the lights go up? Where you gonna go When the music stops? Can't go back to being normal! You never could be normal You never could be normal It still feels like love It still feels like love But normalcy is not for me No, normalcy is not for me You know it's never meant for me It was never meant for me Where you gonna go When the music -
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Mabul 03:47
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If I looked upon your nakedness Would you give it all to me? If took your hand from the ocean floor Would you find the strength to speak? For the olive branch that's in your hand Would you offer me your peace? For the sacrifice I long to make I wonder, would you burn for me? For 40 days, and 40 nights Feeling like 800 years For the time I spent in waiting For the time I spent in tears For all the remnants I relinquished And for two of every kind Your two lips, and your two breasts Are water on the vine Forgive me for my trespasses Beyond your Earthly clothes Forgive my inclinations But this I must propose To lie down in the moonlight And escape the rising sea If you take your hunger and your heart And lay your deluge down on me There's a curse I can't remember And a name I can't escape There's a whisper in the darkness Where light hits your holy place Our names combined forever Etched in gopher wood From summer to December When I fall where I once stood A blessing for the Autumn Fell and then it drowned Like angels just too human To remain on sacred ground Chanting prayers past midnight Waiting for the sun We rise and fall, and rise again Until our deed is done With a word you heed my whisper With a word I call to you Forgive my inclinations I only have the truth Don't give yourself in silence It's your voice that feels so free Just take your lust and take the rain And lay your deluge down on me
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#13 06:31
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I wonder where you go On your sleepless nights When you're searching for the feelings That you can't describe When you're up in that room Where you try to hide I can keep you warm If you let me inside With the rain on the street I can feel this regret That I relied on my words And not my feelings instead Ahava, Ahava, Ahava, Ahava, Ahava, Ahava, Ahava, Ahava, Ahava, Ahava, Ahava, Ahava, Ahava This comes much too late And it comes at a price But I've got to stay 'Cause the rain falls like ice And that face of sadness You just can't hide I can keep you warm If you let me inside And you can come over tonight I think my roommate's dead Sprawled out on the floor Couldn't get the medicine That we share, that we share, that we share that we share That we share, that we share, that we share that we share That we share, that we share, that we share that we share That we share I wanna make you shiver And I wanna make you sweat I want every inch of you To swelter in this bed I want to please you Just as hard as I can I want to be your shelter Want to be your loving man Your coroner's note Has gone unnoticed This whole world Tries to keep you silenced You'll just waste away If you just hide your face There's just one solution tonight Ahava, Ahava, Ahava, Ahava, Ahava, Ahava, Ahava, Ahava, Ahava, Ahava, Ahava, Ahava, Ahava

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All songs written, recorded and produced by Roske.
Featuring Evan DeNaro on Track #3.

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released July 19, 2016

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Roske New York, New York

Roske is an NYC-based singer-songwriter who writes lyrics inspired by his Autism Spectrum Disorder and OCD. Roske explores themes of religion, social issues, anxiety and, like all good rock stars, love and sex.

A big fan of classic rock, music theory and seeming smart, Roske aims to write complex, intricate music that sounds simple and catchy. ... more

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