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please don't listen to them
I never meant to come off that way
don't believe what they say.

I was meant to be a father of love
from the ground below to the heavens above
but man can never get enough.

why would you do this to me?
turning my words into something I never meant them to be
guess it's how life goes
when no one really knows.

you said I'd send you to hell
well, there isn't one, baby, just to let you know
don't believe what they say.

what kind of god would I be
if I really made you bend down on one knee?
no, I want you to be free.

please don't speak for me
like you've seen me before, or even know my voice.
no, please don't speak for me
'cause I'm everything, not just one beast,
sitting on a throne, and judging you
and telling you where to go.

please don't listen to them
I never meant to come off that way.

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from I Never Meant To Come Off That Way, released January 20, 2015

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Ben Hughes New Jersey

"...channels musicians like Elliott Smith, Bright Eyes, and Sufjan Stevens, as on Hughes’ previous releases. But this record immediately calls to mind Pedro the Lion’s Control, with its deep-voiced chords and melodies, lyrical themes of corporate hell, and Hughes’ slurring voice. It could stand as a complimentary album to Control just as well as it stands on its own."

-Nick Tate, WXPN
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