Life Burns
by Gab De La Vega
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To Live Is To Survive (Sometimes)
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Some call it panic
I just call it my alarm clock
it wakes me at every hour
I just wonder what the rush is
sirens in my head go wild
Howling like mad wolves all night
I drag myself out of bed
Still wondering what happened
My brain's trying to tell me
“man just pull yourself together”
(but I'm) deaf till i hear it crack
Blind till I see warning signs
Sometimes I know what's wrong, sometimes I know what's right
But i just gotta do it my way
I hit the wrong places and make mistakes
But all I've ever known is how to do it my way
That's the way it goes
The world just matches your condition
It spins out of control
you can't fix it all
Go with the flow in this situation
When life's out of control
Put these thoughts aside
To live is to survive
(sometimes)
Just ‘cause it's your life
Doesn't mean that you can always drive
Put these thoughts aside
To live is to survive
(sometimes)
Voices call at night
To remind you that you're still alive alive alive
That's the way it goes
The world just matches your condition
It spins out of control
you can't fix it all
Go with the flow in this situation
When life's out of control
When life's out of control
When life's out of control
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2. |
Off My Chest
03:11
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Something you need to know
It's time for me to come clean about this
The truth is gonna hurt
It's not my fault
We've come to this
Where have you been so far?
The veil's been lifted in the end
It made it clear
For me to accept
And comprehend
Years spent blaming myself
Doing my best to grow up to be a man
On my own
Like a parasite in my blood it spread
I grew up like weeds on the lawn
Gotta take this off my chest
Right off my chest
The kid I used to be
The man I'll never be
Off my chest
Right off my chest
The kid I used to be
The man I'll never be is in front of me
Hello, is anyone there?
These words come from love and not hate
But I just can't pretend that nothing ever happened
I chased after something I knew I was lacking
It's me, it's me, oh it's always me
Thank god I found ways to cope with it
While everyone around me kept saying "it's ok"
But all I could see were the mind games you played
And you didn't know the damage you caused
I gathered my courage and spat it all out
And my insecurity now has a name
I'll say it out loud, I'll take it off my chest
Right off my chest
The kid I used to be
The man I'll never be
Off my chest
Right off my chest
The kid I used to be
The man I'll never be is in front of me
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3. |
Rock Bottom
03:23
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I, I'm lost and find myself
Alone and directionless
Afraid to see what's next
And I'm speechless and confused
In the dim light of this parking lot tonight
Life ain't been treating me so well
To the point I cannot tell
What is black and what is white
What is wrong and what is right
Here I stand
What the hell am I supposed to do right now?
Rock bottom, this is getting familiar
Rock bottom, I keep coming back to you
Rock bottom, can't get lower than this
Another day with zero reasons to live
Oh no, when it all goes wrong
Just think: then what else could go wrong?
Get up and fight
It ain't so easy to do when life ain't bright
But at the same time you know all the hits you took
You're standing here, you're standing strong
One more thing, there's just one way to go
All the way back to the top
I slide
No matter what I do and how hard I try
I keep getting back right here
And the weight of life is dragging me
Deeper in a dark pit with no way out
Rock bottom, this is getting familiar
Rock bottom, I keep coming back to you
Rock bottom, can't get lower than this
Another day with zero reasons to live
Oh no, when it all goes wrong
Just think: then what else could go wrong?
Get up and fight
It ain't so easy to do when life ain't bright
But at the same time you know all the hits you took
You're standing here, you're standing strong
One more thing, there's just one way to go
All the way back to the top
All the way back to top
There is no reason to stop
Nothing can really get in your way
Now you can leave it behind
Get up and climb
All the way back to the top
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A Face In The Mirror
02:38
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He's been staring in the mirror all this time
Scrutinizing a stupid face he can't recognize, somehow
Every inch of it looks quite familiar
Every word comes with a question mark at the end
Trapped in a perpetual loop he finds
Revelations he can't quite grasp
On the outside a stranger, on the inside
A flood of words without rhyme or reason chants
Who am I?
Who am I?
Who am I?
Every morning pours a cup of coffee
Welcomes people in his shop
"Are these the size you're looking for?
I've got some more"
Every night a book on his bed stand
Filled with tales of pirates and exotic lands
"I must have read this one before
Can't tell, maybe, who knows"
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Preaching To The Choir
02:35
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These beliefs became preconceptions
The flame is burning low
And the strength of our new perspectives
It got lost, among priests and rituals
We were supposed to be a threat
But instead we just gather to re-enact the past
In our comfort zone
We can build a bridge to something better
Let's not sit in trenches like Verdun
I won't stand right next to you
Preaching to the choir
We can build a bridge to something better
Bridges not walls
Easy words, easy goals, can't you see yourself
Preaching to the choir! Preaching to the choir!
Something new, something more, I don't wanna be
Preaching to the choir! Preaching to the choir!
No it won't be the elite who change the world
Preaching to the choir! Preaching to the choir!
Think again, a new direction to break down the walls
Preaching to the choir! Preaching to the choir!
Preaching to the choir, nothing to think about
Preaching to the choir, you missed another chance to be heard
We can build a bridge to something better
Let's not sit in trenches like Verdun
I won't stand right next to you
Preaching to the choir
We can build a bridge to something better
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Northern Lights
04:10
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Miles ahead
The horizon seems to dive into itself
A gaze inward
A universe impossible to explore, her own
Silently
Ready to step out and roam this world, to the north
She stands up, leaves everything behind and no one knows
She's gone
Off she goes
Wandering alone
On and on and on and on
Solitude
Riding by her side
On and on and on and on and on
If only someone cared to see what she'd been going through
Life became so complicated, she didn't know the rules
How to find her place, how to stand out
No one ever told her it would have been like this forever
Off she goes
Wandering alone
On and on and on and on
Solitude
Riding by her side
On and on and on and on and on
Somewhere beautiful
Somewhere they won't know
Somewhere she can trust the world again
Somewhere she can start to live again
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Maybe one day
I'll die on stage
Like a true legend of rock'n'roll
Maybe one day
I'll tour Japan
Packing clubs with crowds who know all my songs
But I'm here, playing chords
To which no one knows the words
Small town boy, hype is low
My own struggle
And I just can't let it go
The accent when I sing, I know it belongs to me
The bitter taste of dreams – the bitter taste of dreams
It's too late to decide to just stop and say goodbye
The bitter taste of dreams – the bitter taste of dreams
Save me from myself
The accent when I sing, I know it belongs to me
The bitter taste of dreams – the bitter taste of dreams
It's too late to decide to just stop and say goodbye
The bitter taste of dreams – the bitter taste of dreams
What you do with your life will eventually define you
The bitter taste of dreams – the bitter taste of dreams
The music keeps on playing so I might as well just dance
The bitter taste of dreams – the bitter taste of dreams
Save me from myself
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Immortal
02:29
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The clothes in my wardrobe
Seem to tell a story
An adventurer that dove in battles drenched in glory
But, where will I go when this is over?
Photographs became something we don't possess
Memories of dirty crimes we won't confess
But now, where will I go when this is over?
One day, where will I go when this is over?
Like heroes in our dreams
Immortal, we will be
Like those who live forever
Forever they will sing our odyssey
Where will i go when this is over?
One day, where will I go when this is over?
One day, where will I go when this is over?
One day, where will I go?
One day, where will I go?
One day, where will I go when this is over?
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Rabbit Hole
03:11
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I feel torn, feel whipped around
I feel tossed from side to side
I unravel this rope only to find more knots
And solutions turn out to be
Bigger problems that weigh on me
I'm the jailer, the convict and the judge here
And I'm slipping right into the rabbit hole
Trapped in the mesh of my intricate self
When I try to escape from the rabbit hole
I get lost once again, one more time
Whoah, I'm going down
Whoah, I'm going down
Whoah, I'm going down
Come with me, we'll disappear
In a maze of doubt and fear
Please don't lie, don't tell me you can't sympathize
Evverybody knows the taste
Of the poison that sets your heart ablaze
Ii bet you know exactly what it means when I say
That I'm slipping right into the rabbit hole
Trapped in the mesh of my intricate self
When I try to escape from the rabbit hole
I get lost once again, one more time
Whoah, I'm going down
Whoah, I'm going down
Whoah, I'm going down
And I'm slipping right into the rabbit hole
(slipping right into the rabbit hole)
And I'm slipping right into the rabbit hole
(I'm going down)
And I'm slipping right into the rabbit hole
(slipping right into the rabbit hole)
And I'm slipping right into the rabbit hole
(I'm going down)
And I'm slipping right into the rabbit hole
(slipping right into the rabbit hole)
And I'm slipping right into the rabbit hole
(I'm going down)
And I'm slipping right into the rabbit hole
(slipping right into the rabbit hole)
And I'm slipping right into the rabbit hole
(I'm going down)
And I'm slipping right into the rabbit hole
(slipping right into the rabbit hole)
And I'm slipping right into the rabbit hole
(I'm going down)
And I'm slipping right into the rabbit hole
(slipping right into the rabbit hole)
And I'm slipping right into the rabbit hole
(I'm going down)
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Adrenaline Rush
01:57
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Let me play this song and you can sing with me
Let me play it loud and let those people hear 'cause
For everyone who told you this is wasting time
There's a soldier of the dreamless army falling in line
If I'm asleep and this is a dream why won't they awaken?
Let me play this song so you can sing along
You know all the words, magical words, a mantra that you
Can repeat day in day out, there's no doubt
They never heard such a powerful song 'cause
If they're alive and this is a lie
Why is my heart
Pounding like a timebomb in unison with yours?
If I'm asleep and this is a dream why won't they awaken?
This sound is yours
I just wrote the music and words
An adrenaline rush from the beginning of this song
Tell me (why?)
If they're alive and this is a lie
Why is my heart
Pounding like a timebomb in unison with yours?
If I'm asleep and this is a dream why won't they awaken?
Just tell me why
If they're alive and this is a lie
Why is my heart
Pounding like a timebomb in unison with yours?
If I'm asleep and this is a dream why won't they awaken?
The way it makes me feel
Like a hundred thousand blasts from sonic nuclear energy
The way it's supposed to be
The soundtrack of our dreams
If they're alive and this is a lie
Why is my heart
Pounding like a timebomb in unison with yours?
If I'm asleep and this is a dream why won't they awaken?
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11. |
Alone In The Dark
03:19
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Claire, it's me, how have you been?
Don't hang up, listen to me
Ten years ago i was so wrong
I made a big mistake
I can't go on, now that I know
I'd end up in this place
Claire, I miss our joking
Laughing and smoking
On your porch underneath shooting stars
Forgive me, I was stupid
A coward and a loser
I left early in the morning without even making a sound
Now I miss you and I talking
Of our dreams and I'm walking
Alone in the dark
Claire, you see, i got cold feet
Afraid of myself and the way I felt around you
I wasn't sure I was worthy of your love
That i could be the one
I know how it sounds, the excuse of a clown
But trust me, I was in love
Claire, I drove by your house
Hundreds of times
I saw you were happy and in love
Forgive me, I was stupid
A coward and a loser
I left you heartbroken and now I'm crying on the phone
I know we can't patch things up
I don't know why I called
But i'm alone in the dark
Forgive me, I was stupid
A coward and a loser
I left you heartbroken and now I'm crying on the phone
I know we can't patch things up
I don't know why I called
But i'm alone in the dark
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12. |
Markham City Limits
03:03
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Early one cold morning
When the sun breaks through the dark
Right when everything seems possible for everyone
He slips his shoes on, goes outside and climbs in his pick up truck
Takes a road he's driven a thousand times before
Only this time he knows he will not return
Up ahead's another life, another world
At Markham city limits he's already out of gas
A maxed-out credit card and a little cash won't get him anywhere
Ditches the beat up truck, gets to the bus stop on main
Any place would do, anywhere but home
Any life would do, but what he's left behind
And the radio plays and song that goes like
Na na na na
Na na na
Na na na
Na na na na
Na na na
Na na na
Na na na na
Na na na
Na na na
Na na na na
Na na na
Na na na
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released March 1, 2024
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Gab De La Vega Brescia, Italy
I am a singer-songwriter who grew up listening and playing hardcore and punk rock.
Born in Brescia,
Citizen of the World.
"Off My Chest" new single out now!
New album "Life Burns" out March 2024 via SBÄM Records, Sell The Heart Records, Epidemic Records, Motorcity Produzioni and Overdrive.
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