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why do I want?
why can't I have?
why do I pick at every scab?

hide it away, swallow the pain
deal with these scars another day.

why can't I be alone?
always stumbling around
drunk on the telephone.

hiding away from my pain
I'll face myself another day.

can't you see?
I'm just trying to find my way
can't you see?
I'm just trying to make it through another day.

why do I think you're my answer,
and then get to you and yearn for her?

this never ends, I'll never be ok
if I can't make a change today.

can't you see?
I'm just trying to find my way
can't you see?
I'm just trying to make it through another day.

I need help
can't do this myself
tried for three years and it got me no where

can't hide it away, got to deal with this pain
deal with these scars today.

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from American Dream or Mediocre Man, released March 10, 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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