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Prelude to Life

by June Lake

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1.
I Had it All 02:06
I had it all I had it all And now it's gone And now it's gone You try to tell me that nothing everything means something Well not everything means nothing, either Because if it did, then we wouldn't be here I swear I'll be just fine I've always been okay on my own It's never been easier to wear my heart on my sleeve So just smile, do your part and fade away I'll just live in denial, play the part and hope for surprise The best I can offer is that I'll at least say all the right lines Cus' I had it all I had it all And now it's gone
2.
Concrete moon Alcohol All the friends that you couldn't call Too much time Overhaul The life that you pretend goes so well Are you beyond pride? Stealing the show Diverting attention Directing the flow Never let them know They've outgrown you Late night hysterics Were always overblown Predictable Help refused All the friends that you abused So little time Accused Of never really moving past the starting line What are you so afraid of? Stealing the show Diverting attention Directing the flow Never let them know They've outgrown you Late night hysterics Were always overblown Delicate vanity It's a plea for some sanity To hide the truth, to cling to young I never said I was pulling punches Stealing the show Diverting attention Directing the flow Never let them know They've outgrown you Late night hysterics Were always overblown
3.
You sit alone in that room Painting your youth On a canvas that never really started too clean You sing alone in that room Thinking of time well spent Questioning your regrets You cry alone in that fucking room Forgetting and misplacing all the jaded answers Dreaming of your favorite dancers You sleep alone in that room Never one for commitment You were always the runner But never had the lungs to make it too far You quit alone in that room It's easier to play the tragic escapist Than to ever admit that you were wrong Forgetting and misplacing all the jaded answers Dreaming of your favorite dancers You're never gonna grow up You'll end up right back from where you started Forgetting and misplacing all the jaded answers Dreaming of your favorite dancers I'll close the door on my way out
4.
Too far gone In an empty parking lot I still want it all Chances overturned by Saying sorry too much At least I'll be remembered for A little summer passion Mistakes I've made Lessons that didn't stick I won't ever learn If this is how it ends I won't ever learn Can't learn I shouldn't Ever learn Starting over, staying on my own Until I get deconstructed by all of your smooth talk Torn to pieces like a ship at sea Swallowed by the storm The ocean's never ending casket Mistakes I've made Lessons that didn't stick I won't ever learn If this is how it ends I won't ever learn Can't learn I shouldn't Ever learn Getting better now Breathing just fine Let's try this again When did I lose myself? Mistakes I've made Lessons that didn't stick I won't ever learn If this is how it ends I won't ever learn Can't learn I shouldn't Ever learn
5.
Lay me out to waste A curious ticket for one I know I have bad taste In the paths that I take The sensation of mistakes Discarding all my passions for the taste of someone new No need to pretend anymore When your foot is already out the door, out the door Discarding all my passions for the taste of someone new Reminders buried in ice Open it up, open it up Everyone is afraid of opening up So close it up So close it up Discarding all my passions for the taste of someone new No need to pretend anymore When your foot is already out the door, out the door Discarding all my passions for the taste of someone new Little mischievous moon, flavor for two Never thought it would hurt like this But I always knew it would end like this Discarding all my passions for the taste of someone new No need to pretend anymore When your foot is already out the door, out the door Discarding all my passions for the taste of someone new
6.
Give Up 04:08
Give up on yourself now Give up everything you know It's time I let you know That everyone around you is changing for the better It's time I'm moving on Today I finally found a way out No regrets Today I finally felt adequate Place your bets Give up everything you know Give up on yourself now It's time I let you know That everyone around you stopped listening to your stories Dishonesty is not a marathon Today I finally found a way out No regrets Today I finally felt adequate Place your bets When will you catch on? It's not nostalgia if you live it every day Go on, go on, sing us one more sad song So long, so long, keep running away You may be tragic, but you're not fucking Hemingway Today I finally found a way out No regrets Today I finally felt adequate Place your bets Give up everything you know The strings got cut on this puppet show
7.
Drowning 02:58
I came face to face with my old wounds Saw them taking shape along the ocean shore I buried it deep until a daring boyhood bravery Came back to life Considered throwing it all away Just to begin again Well I'll just hold out hope that one day you may Come back home But I shouldn't hold on to something I never even had These thoughts, they get so romanticized They may as well be fiction I hate to leave you this way Instead of packing a bag full of clothes I'll fill it with your suffering These walks alone, searching for some hidden meaning Seem to only remind me of what I've lost Instead of what I could gain I've devoured all your pain, kept it close to my chest A hand too complete for an obsolete heart Well if you want me, you could have me But for now, I'm the places you've forgotten about I'm the unmarked path I'm the rain on the outside of the glass I'm the empty train tracks I'm the lighthouse no longer in use I'm the drowning with no lifeguard around I'm drowning I shouldn't have gone so far in such deep water I've done this all to myself
8.
I fit in so well The optimistic outsider The great pretender Taking all the punches Still embracing the sunrises I can just drop it But I have no idea what I am doing None of us do But you're such a fantastic actor You almost had me fooled Empty spaces Here's a win for the jaded Retracing steps Here's a loss for the optimists I feel like a kid again Standing in fear of all these mountains They all have my best interests At heart or so they say I'll take seconds on that Give me more, oh give me more I can't get my fill Are you forgetting where I've been? Unknown mistakes I'll keep them close to my chest Someday I'll share the rest Good intentions never felt so wrong Empty spaces Here's a win for the jaded Retracing steps Here's a loss for the optimists I feel like a kid again Standing in fear of all these mountains
9.
Trading security for uncertainty The bed feels so much bigger now I still play by the rules But nothing has changed When did I become the unwanted guest? Halfway doesn't mean a thing anymore It's happening to us again I can't stand it, I can't take it I can feel myself again, dripping down into the floor I'm drowning, you're pushing me down Lift me up, drag me out Oh how I'd kill for the taste Of all my old routines They'd come flooding back so easily Or at least I'd convince myself somehow That you're not already gone It's happening to us again I can't stand it, I can't take it I can feel myself again, dripping down into the floor Let's collect all our disenchanted promises I promise I'm not keeping score, not anymore Maybe I never was and you were never really here It's happening to us again I can't stand it, I can't take it I can feel myself again, dripping down into the floor
10.
Can't make them all happy Spent too long playing love's lackey Everyone thinks I'm one disappointment away from falling apart But trust in me, I excel in the abstract art of reconstructing a broken heart Maybe I'll never learn, but I'll never grow If the best I can give is a cameo behind this neon glow I'll take my chance, engage in this dance, and wonder how at first glance... I don't love like I used to But don't give up on me 'Cus I won't give up on you Just like everyone else, I'll go my own way I don't want to always play it safe It's hard to keep it all in check When the world's having fun and you just feel like a train wreck I've stood and watched, an innocent bystander to my own disasters Give me control, I want happiness back just a little bit faster It took me a long time to put all the pieces in place I'm doing just fine everyone, this is my poker face I sing this just in case I don't love like I used to But don't give up on me 'Cus I won't give up on you Hold on for tomorrow Be quiet, turn up the radio I'm searching for you in the audio Oh it's such a painful time to pretend I don't love like I used to But don't give up on me 'Cus I won't give up on you
11.
For those who are second guessing The flicker of the fire needs addressing Don't keep repressing what you wish you were professing It's bigger than a Phantom Thieves confession Enough is enough I hope you can say Tried to find a way to let it all out Yeah I've given up enough I won't give up anymore Tried to find a way to make it al count Yeah I've sat and watched enough I won't let life pass me by Open roads, open hearts I always knew that I could hit the mark Part time optimist, but a full time romantic It's better than some cynical oppression I knew I wouldn't be stuck this way It's time we play for keeps Tried to find a way to let it all out Yeah I've given up enough I won't give up anymore Tried to find a way to make it al count Yeah I've sat and watched enough I won't let life pass me by I've found something more I can breathe clean again A prelude to a perfect sky Tried to find a way to let it all out Yeah I've given up enough I won't give up anymore Tried to find a way to make it al count Yeah I've sat and watched enough I won't let life pass me by
12.
Two as one The dreamer and the cynic Misery loves company But I had to leave You placed yourself on a pedestal But never really found the footing Tried to keep us all down below But let me up, I was never meant for you How could you see this when you were so lost? A boy won't always find his way just because he has a guiding hand I'm giving up, I'm giving up on you And everything we once knew They're lessons for the both of us But let me up, I was never meant for you How could you see this when you were so lost? You sign with false claims Backtracking on every near mistake I'll sign with my life Scorpio blood But let me up, I was never meant for you How could you see this when you were so lost?
13.
Don't say it's over now I'd rather be anywhere else but here Don't hold it back now I'd rather be chasing comfort tonight I'd rather be anywhere without you No, I'd rather be everywhere together No, I'd rather be somewhere you're not, now I'd rather be buried deep together No, I'd rather be on another planet No, I'd rather be like Rocky & Adrian Don't give it up now I'd rather be patching up my old scars Don't wait for mercy now I'd rather be claiming I'm fine alone I'd rather be anywhere without you No, I'd rather be everywhere together No, I'd rather be somewhere you're not, now I'd rather be buried deep together No, I'd rather be on another planet No, I'd rather be like Rocky & Adrian I've got a million more reasons to not make up my mind You've got a little habit of hiding the truth I'd rather be anywhere without you No, I'd rather be everywhere together No, I'd rather be somewhere you're not, now I'd rather be buried deep together No, I'd rather be on another planet No, I'd rather be like Rocky & Adrian
14.
Shifting regret Or embracing the shame It makes no difference If you're so lost I've gone my own way now Yet here we are Both keeping quiet alone To begin again Just like the first time I'm no worse for wear But it's where I'm headed That has me feeling so alive That has me feeling so alive I'll tread lightly so don't wait up You've cut the ties but don't let go I've cut the memories I can't ever take it slow To begin again Just like the first time I'm no worse for wear But it's where I'm headed That has me feeling so alive That has me feeling so alive Everyone thinks they're exempt Until they're on The outside looking in You knew all along Or at least I think you did Now as the ash settles With the dust A trophy of my failure I'll remember you as you never were To begin again Just like the first time I'm no worse for wear But it's where I'm headed That has me feeling so alive That has me feeling so alive
15.
Summer 03:32
You touch me I need it I just want you to myself I think that I need to Make a confession 'cus it's Taking over like demonic possession I think that it's like demonic possession I've fallen deep in love again I don't know how I do it Into the waves I fell I've pulled you down with me into it I'll pull you down in this obsession And I'll make us drown This is not summer love This is not summer lovin' You can call me a creep But it won't really matter Go to town every time Like a God damn freak I've fallen deep in love again I don't know how I do it Into the waves I fell I've pulled you down with me into it I'll pull you down in this obsession And I'll make us drown This is not summer love This is not summer lovin' I have to have you I need to have you I've fallen deep in love again I don't know how I do it Into the waves I fell I've pulled you down with me into it I'll pull you down in this obsession And I'll make us drown This is not summer love This is not summer lovin'
16.
I've got a death wish when it comes to matters of the heart I keep throwing myself head first into the fire Into situations that can only eat me alive But life is romantic and I'm tired of feeling so tragic Let's give this a go, just you and I We'll figure it out along the way Two brokenhearted strays If it all goes south I'll tell myself I should have known better But until then, take my hand Let's climb inside this little world we built together and we can stay there where it's warm We're resisting the temptation Resisting the urge to use our hearts Out of fear from our past mistakes We didn't ask for this life Let's give this a go, just you and I We'll figure it out along the way Two brokenhearted strays If it all goes south I'll tell myself I should have known better But until then, take my hand So now I'm tossing the matches I can't set fire to these fears Life has been unkind to you over the years So take my hand, let's give this a go Let's give this a go, just you and I We'll figure it out along the way Two brokenhearted strays If it all goes south I'll tell myself I should have known better But until then, take my hand
17.
Took a walk in St. Augustine November, don't make me break Maybe I don't need to But I want to carry this weight November, take away her heartache I'd drag around that anchor for you If you'd let me I tried to fill the void To show that I get it too When you feel so ruined It's hard for anyone to get through When I hear her hollow voice I think back to who we used to be We all used to be so carefree Our names on the marquee But now it's so plain to see I'm dying to be a nominee to join in your misery Took a walk in St. Augustine Felt like no matter how much We tried to wash our hands of the past They never felt clean I got so swept up in my fantasies And before I knew it I was feeling eighteen I'll try not to hide behind metaphors Please let me play editor to the script of the questioner Where can I fit in? Where do we begin? How come I'm always the one To take it on the chin I'm jaded, but still holding on Give me a minute To sort through all the things I'm considering expanding upon I feel a crushing loneliness So I'm fighting against becoming withdrawn You may be hurt, but not all is gone Not all is gone Took a walk in St. Augustine Tried to find a way to ease it all away Dreamt of yesterday And how I wished we could turn back time But I swallowed my pride It's all so fucking cliche It's all so fucking cliche I'll try to forget about the endless summer And go back home alone, wondering of all the things That could have been We could have been
18.
I was feeling like a contender Thoughts of failure, return to sender Tonight's my chance, I'm in style But the movies get it wrong every once in a while 1 2 3 baby eyes on me She said, we don't have all night She was moving like a pro I wanted to go slow I just didn't have the time 1 2 3 baby hands on me She said, like we've got all night Yeah, sweet talking at the bar Now we're kissin' in her car How I wish she could be mine That's it, it's over, there goes my chance Now it's time to play the ghost dance The kiss of death, back to the numbers game One less claim to fame and a stain on my name 1 2 3 baby eyes on me She said, we don't have all night She was moving like a pro I wanted to go slow I just didn't have the time 1 2 3 baby hands on me She said, like we've got all night Yeah, sweet talking at the bar Now we're kissin' in her car How I wish she could be mine But I'll bet you'll feel regret When it's morning and you Wake up to the smell of cigarettes and sweat I may have tried to warn you but you already knew You're gonna start to miss me out of the blue Now we're right back where we started Yet it still feels so new 1 2 3 baby eyes on me She said, we don't have all night She was moving like a pro I wanted to go slow I just didn't have the time 1 2 3 baby hands on me She said, like we've got all night Yeah, sweet talking at the bar Now we're kissin' in her car How I wish she could be mine
19.
Overstepped all my regrets So I could try again What do I have to do to play for keeps? From my point of view My intentions always pointed toward you I'd do anything to get through I once had a dream, it was unclear But now I know I've finally found a love worth dying for Tell me now, what do I have to do? To keep you around Can't find the words, the proper noun We found some common ground Waited till sundown to say it all The whole crowd turned to a ghost town I once had a dream, it was unclear But now I know I've finally found a love worth dying for Our hopes for love got lost in burial grounds But that was then and you are now I knew I was always waiting for you A chance at something true, so overdue Second chances have me feeling new So let's put heartbreak in the rear view I once had a dream, it was unclear But now I know I've finally found a love worth dying for
20.
Fast forward to the ending It's quiet drives down the coast line A twisted cigarette, the fear of regret A bitter wind and an empty coffee cup You can't stop the fall of it all The last of the loving Turn back the hands you've still got time Tell fate to hit pause one last time One last chance to make it all count The last of the loving A frosted apartment window Fogging up with best wishes Empty kisses and it's you that's really missing Slow down, plant your feet It's time to dig deep This top five isn't finished yet The last of the loving Turn back the hands you've still got time Tell fate to hit pause one last time One last chance to make it all count The last of the loving Swimming in the static We held on tightly The rush of it all The last of the loving Turn back the hands you've still got time Tell fate to hit pause one last time One last chance to make it all count The last of the loving
21.
The ups, the downs I hit the ground Broken inside I can't give up now Finding my way Reclaiming my youth Blinding myself from the truth It's hard, so hard Not to ignore Everything I was, everything I am Getting lost in love, who would have thought? I have it all (Like I knew I would) I have it all (I won't dare forget) Why is it easier to fall back in love? I haven't been happier, a prelude The lush, the lust A summer romance The awkward dance A poorly timed kiss I know what to do Standing in front of you I can't fight this feeling I know what I want Stuck in the past, what's the point? I have it all (Like I knew I would) I have it all (I won't dare forget) Why is it easier to fall back in love? I haven't been happier, a prelude

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This album was a three year process, and it's strange to somehow feel so proud of an album, yet disconnected from it at the same time. Life changed so quickly, and during the recording process, I felt myself grow apart from a large portion of the songs, but they had to be kept, like the pages of a journal or diary. This album reminds me of where I was, and where I am now, and how I'm so grateful for the experience. Music has always been there for me when I need it, and always will be. Although I plan to keep recording music, and I'm exited about the possibilities, I plan for this album to be the last time I record the sad stuff, or at least in this style. This album encompasses the feeling of loss, starting over again, rebuilding yourself, and living the life you deserve. Our failures or heartbreaks are never the end. They're simply a prelude to life.

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released September 3, 2022

Track 15 features guest vocals from Kelsey Sweetman

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