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Words and Tricks

by James Roseman

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1.
When I said that I loved you this I meant I love the illusions you present I love all the hopes you represent Fabricated little white lies though I fell prey to a blackened widow I'll gouge your eyes and I'll steal your soul I found myself in a darkened forest But who was I to attest the cold? Won't you be my inspiration? Won't you be my bleeding stone? Won't you be my inspiration? Put your heart out for sale and name the price A thousand reasons and a solar kiss Broken thoughts on a night like this Diamond eyes and a topaz stone Sunk deep in the devil's clone What I thought you were was so much more Than the creature I'd fallen to adore With all the hatred all the force I buried love, I set the course Won't you be my inspiration? Won't you be my bleeding stone? Won't you be my inspiration? Put your heart out for sale and name the price It's not the anger, it's not the pain Nor the hatred, nor the shame But it is the distrust I detest I'd have killed for so much less And my closest of friends you stole from me But a shade of a former colleague What is you suggest I do? Forget the misery? Once I held you in my arms A broken girl on her bedroom floor How quickly the slightest action changes All I've done and so much more Won't you be my inspiration? Won't you be my bleeding stone? Won't you be my inspiration? Put your heart out for sale and name the price
2.
This to the girl with the eyes made of fire heart of coal Does she know, does she know just what she's done? With the boy, trading words out in back for their souls Makes you love, makes you trust But who are they to say this to the girl With a smile melts your heart down to bones Does she know? Perhaps she never cared for the boy Drags his feet picks her up calms her down Does she know, does she know he's not alone? What are you waiting for? The damage is done. What are you waiting for? The damage is done. What are you waiting for? The damage is done. This to the girl broke my patience in two with her scorn Does she weep, does she mourn, does she brush it aside My foolish mess of a brain, made me think That she'd changed, that she'd changed Heed the advice from my closest of trustworthy friends When it's time, don't make a thing, just say goodbye What are you waiting for? The damage is done. What are you waiting for? The damage is done. What are you waiting for? The damage is done. You can never take back what it is you've done I'll forever hold a blank page in my book for you Am I crazy to believe, that we'll be? Was I crazy to believe that you could change What are you waiting for? The damage is done. What are you waiting for? The damage is done. What are you waiting for? The damage is done.
3.
(Track 3) 02:35
You said (you said) that it didn't, it didn't matter You said (you said) that you couldn't care anymore You said (you said) that it didn't, it didn't matter You said (you said) that you couldn't care anymore That you were walking away That you were walking away (and you were) I'll set you free and make you miss Before the heart turned before the bliss And when the day comes to shoot me down I'll flip the world right upside down And you were And you were And you were walking away And you were walking away In the nighttime in the shade We'll travel far we'll soon be saved In the nighttime in the shade We'll be the broken and braved You said (you said) that it didn't, it didn't matter You said (you said) that you couldn't care anymore You said (you said) that it didn't, it didn't matter You said (you said) that you couldn't care anymore That you were walking away That you were walking away (and you were) And you said as you slammed the door And you said as you fell to the floor And you said as the floodgates you built Crumbled down to the tears that you spilt Here, please take my hand, please guide the way Please take my hand, please guide the way Please You said it didn't matter Don't You said you couldn't care Do You said it didn't matter This You said you couldn't care
4.
Young Blood 03:06
With your feet in the mud, you feel right at home And it's in the dark you feel so alone Yet so at ease, no one to please, hasn't it ended yet? Dirt on your face from the places you've been Striped with the tears from all of your sins Feel no remorse, soon but a corpse, hasn't it ended yet? All of your demons, all of your fears Your brother in arms, speak your mind Your brother in arms, speak your mind As the hopes and the dreams bleed out of your lips The secrets you held fly out and sink ships Faces you pressed, devils impressed, hasn't it ended yet? Build shelter seek alms, don't forget how to breathe Nurse your young love, but the pain won't aleve Raised as your own, prime to disown, hasn't it ended yet? All of your demons, all of your fears Your brother in arms, speak your mind Your brother in arms, speak your mind You're a creature of habit Sluff off to your nest You're a creature of habit But who knew you best? Don't you know anything, anything else? Don't you know anything, anything else? Don't you know anything, anything else? Don't you know anything? All of your demons, all of your fears Your brother in arms, speak your mind Your brother in arms, speak your mind
5.
I am thinking it's a sign that the freckles In our eyes are mirror images and when We kiss they're perfectly aligned And I have to speculate that God himself Did make us into corresponding shapes like Puzzle pieces from the clay And true, it may seem like a stretch, but Its thoughts like this that catch my troubled Head when you're away when I am missing you to death When you are out there on the road for Several weeks of shows and when you scan The radio, I hope this song will guide you home They will see us waving from such great Heights, 'come down now,' they'll say But everything looks perfect from far away, 'come down now,' but we'll stay... I tried my best to leave this all on your Machine but the persistent beat it sounded Thin upon listening And that frankly will not fly. You will hear The shrillest highs and lowest lows with The windows down when this is guiding you home
6.
I think it needs more... You learn to live without You learnt to hold the doubt You learn to bite your tongue You learn to love the one You learn to walk on shells You learn to give 'em hell And it's not And it's not It's not what you came for It's not what you asked for It's not what you call out at night It's not what you call out at night Whatever went wrong Whatever went safe Whatever the name it's all the same Whatever went wrong Whatever went right Whatever it is you need at night Whatever you took Whatever you keep Whatever it is you need to sleep And it's not And it's not It's not what you came for It's not what you asked for It's not what you call out at night It's not what you call out at night You learn to You learn to Whatever went wrong Whatever went safe (You learn to live without) Whatever the name it's all the same Whatever went wrong Whatever went right (You learn to hold the doubt) Whatever it is you need at night Whatever you took Whatever you keep (You learn to walk on shells) Whatever it is you need to sleep It's not what you wanted but it's all that you needed It's not what you wanted but it's all that you needed
7.
21 Grams 04:00
I hope you get help that you get what you need But I'm just a thief taken by greed Baby dust off your knees and wipe off my shoes 'Cause you can't hold your own, but you like to be used By the stains on your teeth and the lies in your past I see you swallow with ease it's the same as the last A call in the dark but it's plain to see It's a pen and a sheet, and he's better than me 21 grams I follow for 21 I'm chasing 21 grams I follow for And your dead end is calling me I remember a time when my eyes seemed to see Words written of love, ones you said to me Say darling do tell do your fingertips burn? From writing such lies and refusing to learn Do your ears smell of smoke from the words on your back? Do the letters I hold seal even a crack Of the heartbreak you left and the void in my chest? Guess you sure showed me, got me good for the rest 21 grams I follow for 21 I'm chasing 21 grams I follow for And your dead end is calling 21 grams I follow for 21 I'm chasing 21 grams I follow for And your dead end is calling me
8.
Oh beneath my ancient race lies a virtue and a face And I swear I've never felt this way before you Beneath my words and tricks well I'm still haunted by your lips And how they shot me down softly I don't sleep because I don't dream I don't care anymore just what it means 'Cause I got what I wanted from you Beneath the skin and lace well I'm still haunted by your face And the way it touched my heart so sweetly I pray you best to miss, I wish good luck and then dismiss Your siren's call to me as I walk away I don't sleep because I don't dream I don't care anymore just what it means 'Cause I got what I wanted from you I don't sleep because I don't dream I don't care anymore just what it means 'Cause I got what I wanted from you Despite the lace and all the skin Despite the face I got what I wanted from you
9.
Say Marie what you've done to me It ain't fair but it's probably The best I'd ever hoped, the most I ever got, The person that I hold, I can never let go Navy girl have you done me wrong? You gave me life helped me move along Things to understand, I will never fall I will never let you drift apart Actions speak but the silence burns I could show how but you'd never learn Girl I've got some scars from standing too close to the flame Girl I've got some scars but you're not to blame How I wish we could always share A past defined by a golden hair What she stole from me, is the most I'd ever be Without what you gave, you will always save Me from darkness, I will always owe My life to you and the things you show Things to understand, I will never fall I will never let you drift apart Actions speak but the silence burns I could show how but you'd never learn Girl I've got some scars from standing too close to the flame Girl I've got some scars but you're not to blame Silver face as the night goes on Light my way light my soul upon The lives I'll never lead The days I'll never spend Aching for the touch Bracing for the fall Actions speak but the silence burns I could show how but you'd never learn Girl I've got some scars from standing too close to the flame Girl I've got some scars but you're not to blame

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The debut album from James Roseman, an 18-year-old singer-songwriter from Swampscott, Massachusetts. Words & Tricks home-recorded on a G4 Powerbook with a USB Microphone.

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released June 2, 2012

James Roseman: All words and music, vocals on all tracks, acoustic guitar on all tracks, miscellaneous instruments including saxophones, kazoo, bass drum, and snare, on other tracks.

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James Roseman Boston, Massachusetts

Raised in the Greater Boston area in Massachusetts, James Roseman ties together musical roots across a variety of genres to produce a unique blend of indie-pop, rock, and alternative. 2014 marked a new style, seen in his 3-song demo "The Demo Tape".

James attends Tufts University. He lives in Medford during the school year, and is always looking for gigs around the Boston area.
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