AND YOU’RE ON THE CUSP,
YOU MUST MAKE A SACRIFICE,
IF YOU WANT WHAT YOU SAY YOU WANT,
THIS CHANCE, IT WON’T COME TWICE…
AND YOU’RE ON THE CUSP,
AND YOU MUST CHOOSE,
JUST FOR THIS MOMENT, A PATH IS OPEN,
YOUR OLD LIFE IS YOURS TO LOSE…
AND IF YOU CAST IT AWAY, OH,
THE STRUGGLE AHEAD,
BUT IF YOU CHOOSE NOT TO CHANGE,
HOW WILL YOU LIVE WITH THE REGRET…?
WILL YOU LIVE WITHOUT WHAT YOU WANT?
WILL YOU LIVE WITHOUT WHAT YOU HAVE?
HOW DARE YOU GAMBLE—YOU’VE JUST THE ONE LIFE…
YOU’VE ONE CHANCE…HOW DARE YOU HOLD BACK…
YOU COULD DO NOTHING AND WAIT,
YOU’VE SEEN THAT FUTURE SO CLEAR…
JUST TURN AWAY FROM THE FATE,
THE CALL THAT BROUGHT YOU HERE…
YOU’VE CAUGHT A GLIMPSE OF WHAT COULD BE,
AND WHAT YOU’VE SEEN, YOU CAN’T UNSEE,
NO, WHAT YOU’VE SEEN, YOU CAN’T UNSEE…
YOU HAVE IT ALL TO LOSE,
OH….BUT WHAT YOU KNOW YOU COULD WIN…
SO WILL YOU STOP YOUR EARS,
OR WILL YOU SHED YOUR SKIN?
YOU COULD DO NOTHING AND WAIT,
YOU’VE SEEN THAT FUTURE SO CLEAR…
JUST TURN AWAY FROM THE FATE,
THE CALL THAT BROUGHT YOU…
YOU COULD DO NOTHING AND WAIT…
YOU COULD DO NOTHING AND WAIT…
credits
from Madness Blooms EP,
released January 29, 2016
Meghan Sinoff - Songwriter, Lead Vocals, Piano
Bradford King - Guitar, Backing Vocals
Terrance Mattson - Producer, Bass, Drums, Arp
When singers harmonize—when their voices consume them and fuse into a new whole—something blooms in them: a kind of bliss, a kind of madness. Bradford King and Meghan Sinoff follow this sensation into territory both eccentric and melodic.
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