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Midas
01:34
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I'm a king whose touch turns you to gold
I'm that devil built from stories old
I'm that creature made from dust and stone
I'm the song for when you are alone
I'm the answer to questions never asked
In that moment you fear might be your last
I'm that memory you want to forget
I'm the answer to all of your regrets
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Chasing Giants
04:05
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I’ve never really known what it is the fear losing a love that you hold so dear because it seems to me there’s always a chase toward a moment that you need as your saving grace
And I’ve been stuck somewhere between crownless kings and big city dreams. They raise me up just to watch me fall as a reminder that without them I’d be nothing at all
I've spent my life Chasing Giants down the road they led me on, but I am done staying quiet, they’re going to know my voice when I’m done
And there comes a time when we’re forced to grow past the things that we’ve always know. And I know for me that my time is now because the last thing that I want is to let myself down
And I tried to find a new word for love because with what I’ve done it doesn’t feel like enough. To give yourself but always use more towards someone else’s quotas to settle your scores
I've spent my life Chasing Giants down the road they led me on, but I am done staying quiet, they’re going to know my voice when I’m done
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Aftershock
03:14
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I used to think that I had something to prove
I used to think that I was still in love with
You even though you made me an afterthought a thing to be
Taken lightly and ignore, so here comes the storm
Boom boom boom boom boom this is aftershock
I'll let it all blow up in your face
And let it all go and I'll find my saving grace
In what you took from me, my melodies and symphonies
And maybe one day you will be just a memory
Boom boom boom boom boom this is aftershock
Let the bombs drop and let you focus on the ticking clock
Let it all go and one day you will know what you let go
Boom boom boom boom boom this is aftershock
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City Soulmate
03:35
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In the songs that I write I always seem to write you just out of sight, and I always seems to be chasing you
Down a one way street toward a dead end that we never can seem to reach, and I don't care if I ever catch you
And hey sweetheart take a look at me, what is it you see? Am I someone who can make you happy
And hey darling but your heart at ease, with me your free in your soulmate of a city
You drive me crazy
In the dreams that I have she's got polka-dot kicks and she can kick my ass, and I don't even have to let her
And the letters that I write to her are like a middle school romance but with a far worse use of words
And hey sweetheart take a look at me, what is it you see? Am I someone who can make you happy
And hey darling but your heart at ease, with me your free in your soulmate of a city
You drive me crazy
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American Red
04:23
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Center of attention, beauty without the disguise. American red in her blood and the world in her eyes
She thinks love is against her, but I don't think she's given it time
She's a thrift shop queen, I say the devil's in the retail. She's that Irish green that flows and tells tall tales
Of the things that we've lost in melodic detail
Oh songbird, give me your words, and make me feel fine that it's all on the line
And the stage is a home where she's never felt more alone
Singing herself on out to inattentive ears in hope that maybe her words can help if they can't find them themselves
Oh songbird, give me your words, and make me feel fine that it's all on the line
And the angels on your shoulders say, "you're doing good" while the demons on the other make you afraid of Hollywood
They say you're never gonna make it, so you say "I'll fake it"
Oh songbird, give me your words, and make me feel fine that it's all on the line
Songbird, is it okay that I sing about you this way when there is more that I should say
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Life & Light
04:21
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I must be crazy for loving you.
I must be crazy for acting blind when I see the truth
How much time has past since the last time we spoke?
And how long can I last before my pain becomes a joke...you are
A song I sing a little out of tune, something sweet with some attitude
You are a life that could, a life that could light up a room
And how do I keep on "moving on" to the "same old song"
And finding the same kinda one that when I thought I was strong proved me wrong
By now the repeat has to be worn down
But somehow I'll play when they're around...because they are
A song I sing a little out of tune, something sweet with some attitude
You are a life that could, a life that could light up a room
And where do you get off thinking you are better than me? You don't know how good I am. And where do you think I will be when the one you love doesn't love you
Well I'll be here singing that you are
A song I sing a little out of tune, something sweet with some attitude
You are a life that could, a life that could light up a room
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Going Out of Style
04:00
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I am going out of style, that silly singer who tried to make you smile
With no one left in the room, my last song was written for you
You've seen me bitter, you've seen me happy, you've seen me love you've seen me sad
You've seen me hopeful when it was hopeless, thinking it wouldn't be bad that
I am going out of style, so I will go out in style
Give it up kid, you'll never leave this town. Stop writing in cliches and put your guitar down
I'm sure you've heard this all before, so sing them something to even the score...say
You've made me bitter, you've made me happy, you've made me love you've made me sad
You've made me hopeful when it was hopeless, thinking it wouldn't be bad that
I am going out of style, so I will go out in style
You've made me bitter, you've seen me happy, you've made me love you've seen me sad
But you've made me hopeful when it was hopeless, thinking it wouldn't be bad that
I am going out of style, so I will go out in style
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Modern Day Midas Austin, Texas
Modern Day Midas weaves folk music from rural fields to urban jungles. A native of South Texas, Midas now resides in Austin, Tx. moving seamless between intimate original performances and tourist based entertainment atmospheres.
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