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1. |
Sugar Pills
02:55
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In school, I was told
I need to go to college
You don’t need a goldmine
Just trust me, you’ll be fine
Find yourself a nice girl
Get her flowers, give her the world
She’ll be your soulmate
Just trust me, you’ll be fine
But to be content with life
You will need, a kid and a wife
Just stick to this advice
Just trust me, you’ll be fine
You will be at ease
You’ll get through life
From start to finish
I can be your guide
You’re a child ‘til high school
Then it’s time to grow up
Make a life for yourself
And good things start to throw up
It’s time for me to take control
Shoppin' with an open mind
A healthy body means a healthy soul
Just trust me, you’ll be fine
Helping others day in n day out
Give what I can to those that shout
Take us off the streetside
Just trust me, you’ll be fine
Kids growing up every day
It’s not gonna be the same
But stick to this advice
Just trust me you’ll be fine
You will be happy
I’m on your side
From start to finish
I can be your guide
You’re a child ‘til high school
Then it’s time to grow up
Make a life for yourself
And good things start to show up
Everyone's enjoying them
I’m waiting for the kick still
Read along the back and
I realize that they’re sugar pills
I can’t believe my eyes
Should’ve never surmised
My life is going nowhere
Should I really be surprised
I hear it all too loud now,
No safe, just sound.
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2. |
Trains
03:35
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Wake up each day
Hit by a train
Follow the railways
That’s what they say
Dragging along
Day after day
Keep moving forward
That's how it stays
I used to strive
Now I maintain
Just getting through
These long weekdays
Breaking the train
Would help a lot
A calming thought
But I can’t stop
The bags below my eyes
More pressing every five
I move back one step to strive
But it’s harder than you think to restore life
This week seemed longer than the last
Time’s never fast, but in the past
A passenger fogs up the glass
The conductor claims that he’s steadfast
I used to strive
Now I maintain
Just getting through
These long weekdays
Breaking the train
Would help a lot
A calming thought
But I can’t stop
A calming thought but I can’t stop
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3. |
Did You Forget
05:06
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It kept me up tonight,
Or is it all the blue light,
Flying colors, what a sight,
Not quite,
Wallow in the white
While we wonder about life
Our brains, they are grey
So we stay and pray the light’s okay
Wallow in the white
While we wonder about life
Our brains, they are grey
So we stay and pray the sky’s alright
Is there a radiant glow
Is there a gradient flow
Do they know of the sentience down below
Mountains with radiant glow
Rivers with gradient flow
Do they know of the sentience down below
There is no color theory or lines of symmetry
It’s only black when you’re blind, but it’s white in their eyes
That’s what you’ll find
So they’ll wallow in the white
While we wonder about life
Our brains, they are grey
So we stay and pray the light’s okay
Wallow in the white
While we wonder about life
Our brains, they are grey
So we stay and pray the sky’s alright
Is there a radiant glow
Is there a gradient flow
Do they know of the sentience down below
Mountains with radiant glow
Rivers with gradient flow
Do they know of the sentience down below
Wallow in the white
While we wonder about life
Our brains, they are grey
So we stay and pray the light’s okay
Wallow in the white
While we wonder about life
Our brains, they are grey
So we stay and let the chips fall where they may.
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4. |
Assimilate
03:43
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Let the chips fall where they may
Let the trees sway, let nature have its way
It’s hard to go against the grain
A man sits there, there he stays
Some hate change, they want everything to stay the same
But that’s life, you can’t abstain from playing the game
I don’t like it but I have to abide by it
Acquaint new friends
Then I pretend that I like them
I will follow all their trends,
So I’m not lonely in the end
A carbon copy, I’ll be rendered
When the end goal is to be remembered
To not be seen as an outlander
I won’t deny the urge to pander
There’s little use in being clever
When it’s better being late than severed
I don’t like it but we have to abide by it,
Acquaint new friends,
Then pretend we like them,
On each other, we will come to depend,
So we’re not lonely in the end,
What’s the point of assimilation,
If we’re living in a simulation,
All these useless conversations,
That still give us a warm sensation,
Living life just for reactions,
Spilling lies just to redact them,
Hide our true colors just to blend,
So we’re not lonely in the end.
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5. |
Sugar Pills (Acoustic)
03:20
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In school, I was told
I need to go to college
You don’t need a goldmine
Just trust me, you’ll be fine
Find yourself a nice girl
Get her flowers, give her the world
She’ll be your soulmate
Just trust me, you’ll be fine
But to be content with life
You will need, a kid and a wife
Just stick to this advice
Just trust me, you’ll be fine
You will be at ease
You’ll get through life
From start to finish
I can be your guide
You’re a child ‘til high school
Then it’s time to grow up
Make a life for yourself
And good things start to throw up
It’s time for me to take control
Shoppin' with an open mind
A healthy body means a healthy soul
Just trust me, you’ll be fine
Helping others day in n day out
Give what I can to those that shout
Take us off the streetside
Just trust me, you’ll be fine
Kids growing up every day
It’s not gonna be the same
But stick to this advice
Just trust me you’ll be fine
You will be happy
I’m on your side
From start to finish
I can be your guide
You’re a child ‘til high school
Then it’s time to grow up
Make a life for yourself
And good things start to show up
Everyone's enjoying them
I’m waiting for the kick still
Read along the back and
I realize that they’re sugar pills
I can’t believe my eyes
Should’ve never surmised
My life is going nowhere
Should I really be surprised
I hear it all too loud now,
No safe, just sound
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6. |
Trains (Acoustic)
04:20
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|||
|
Wake up each day
Hit by a train
Follow the railways
That’s what they say
Dragging along
Day after day
Keep moving forward
That's how it stays
I used to strive
Now I maintain
Just getting through
These long weekdays
Breaking the train
Would help a lot
A calming thought
But I can’t stop
The bags below my eyes
More pressing every five
I move back one step to strive
But it’s harder than you think to restore life
This week seemed longer than the last
Time’s never fast, but in the past
A passenger fogs up the glass
The conductor claims that he’s steadfast
I used to strive
Now I maintain
Just getting through
These long weekdays
Breaking the train
Would help a lot
A calming thought
But I can’t stop
A calming thought but I can’t stop
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7. |
Assimilate (Acoustic)
03:59
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|
Let the chips fall where they may
Let the trees sway, let nature have its way
It’s hard to go against the grain
A man sits there, there he stays
Some hate change, they want everything to stay the same
But that’s life, you can’t abstain from playing the game
I don’t like it but I have to abide by it
Acquaint new friends
Then I pretend that I like them
I will follow all their trends,
So I’m not lonely in the end
A carbon copy, I’ll be rendered
When the end goal is to be remembered
To not be seen as an outlander
I won’t deny the urge to pander
There’s little use in being clever
When it’s better being late than severed
I don’t like it but we have to abide by it,
Acquaint new friends,
Then pretend we like them,
On each other, we will come to depend,
So we’re not lonely in the end,
What’s the point of assimilation,
If we’re living in a simulation,
All these useless conversations,
That still give us a warm sensation,
Living life just for reactions,
Spilling lies just to redact them,
Hide our true colors just to blend,
So we’re not lonely in the end.
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Gradient Spring Hill, Tennessee
Gradient is an alternative rock band from Spring Hill, Tennessee, consisting of vocalist Adam Widegren, guitarists Dylan
Weaver and Carson Watkins, bassist and keyboardist Joseph Nichols, and drummer Camden Sloan.
Their debut EP, What You'll Find, was released in November 2019.
The band is currently working on material for their first full-length album.
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