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by Paper Ravens

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1.
Origin 02:17
Here, where it all begins, the fear will not take us. I've seen the Devil's eyes stare into mine and turned unshaken. With dawn breaks new light to lead the way, uncharted.
2.
Cruel 03:48
I remember those long nights 
Writing words by candlelight
 Didn’t want to be alone 
 But couldn’t take another fight
 Black hoodie and spiral bound
 Switchfoot and shinedown
 Just me and my thoughts now 
Why can’t I seem to drown them out You were supposed to make me stronger
 But instead you left me broken
 You know life is so much harder
 When your heart is breaking open, open Ooo
 Why did you have to leave me like this 
Ooo
 Why did you have to be so
 Cruel
 Why did you have to leave me like this
 Ooo, Ooo Now I’m in a new town Left the past behind now But it still shows up now and then To tell me I’m a let-down Black hoodie and spiral bound 
The words come alive now All the truth that I’ve found And nobody can drown it out You were supposed to make me stronger
 But instead you left me broken 
I was blinded by the darkness
 But now my eyes are open, open Ooo
 Why did you have to leave me like this 
Ooo
 Why did you have to be so
 Cruel
 Why did you have to leave me like this
 Ooo, Ooo Ooo
 Why did you have to leave me like this 
Ooo
 Why did you have to be so
 Cruel
 Why did you have to leave me like this
 Ooo, Ooo 
I’m breaking away from Breaking away from Breaking away from you 
I’m runnin’ to somethin' I’m runnin’ to somethin’ Runnin’ to somethin’ new 
I’m breaking away from Breaking away from Breaking away from you 
I’m runnin’ to somethin' I’m runnin’ to somethin’ Runnin’ to somethin’ new Ooo
 Why did you have to leave me like this 
Ooo
 Why did you have to be so
 Cruel
 Why did you have to leave me like this
 Ooo, Ooo Ooo
 Why did you have to leave me like this 
Ooo
 Why did you have to be so
 Cruel
 Why did you have to leave me like this
 Ooo, Ooo
3.
Future 03:36
Tomorrow just rode by on a ten speed
 Wild hair and a little bit of acne
 Grey hat, hack that, 
 Java script and snapchat
 He’ll be putting millions in the bank before he’s twenty. We are the future 
We are the now
 We are survival
 No backing down
 We won’t surrender
 Won’t run away We are the future Believe me 
 We’re gonna be the movement
 There’s a mountain 
You’re gonna watch us move it 
Skies open over us, and the world,
 We’re not gonna leave it the way that it was Yesterday she was a new born baby
 Now she’s rocking dress blues in the navy 
"Yes ma’am no ma’am"
 Turn and there she goes again
 Working for the safety of the free world daily We are the future 
We are the now
 We are survival
 No backing down
 We won’t surrender
 Won’t run away We are the future Believe me 
 We’re gonna be the movement
 There’s a mountain 
You’re gonna watch us move it 
Skies open over us, and the world,
 We’re not gonna leave it the way that it was Believe me 
 We’re gonna be the movement
 There’s a mountain 
You’re gonna watch us move it 
Skies open over us, and the world,
 We’re not gonna leave it the way that it was We don’t look like much 
But there is so much more to us
 We don’t look like much
 But we are so much more We don’t look like much 
But there is so much more to us
 We don’t look like much
 But we are so much more We don’t look like much 
But there is so much more to us
 We don’t look like much
 But we are so much more We don’t look like much 
But there is so much more to us
 We don’t look like much
 But we are so much more We are the future Believe me 
 We’re gonna be the movement
 There’s a mountain 
You’re gonna watch us move it 
Skies open over us, and the world,
 We’re not gonna leave it the way that it was Believe me 
 We’re gonna be the movement
 There’s a mountain 
You’re gonna watch us move it 
Skies open over us, and the world,
 We’re not gonna leave it the way that it was
4.
When we met you were newly free and running for it
 She was a head hunter killing men and living for it
 You survived a hurricane that took away your everything 
I know it’s hard to let go, oh Baby when you’re with me do you think about her
 Was it something that I said
 Was it something that I… Did you love me just to forget
 How much she meant to you
 When she put you through hell 
Did you love me just to forget Sometimes you drift away and leave me alone 
I know that she’s still there in your mind in your bones Telling me that you’re alright but I just don’t believe it There’s a look there in your eye
But you can’t see it Can you hear me where you are
 So close but so far
 Can we try this from the start Can we try this from the start Did you love me just to forget
 How much she meant to you
 When she put you through hell 
Did you love me just to forget Just to forget Did you love me just to forget
 How much she meant to you
 When she put you through hell 
Did you love me just to forget Did you love me just to forget
 How much she meant to you
 When she put you through hell 
Did you love me just to forget
5.
Don’t make me say I’m sorry 
Don’t make me stay here with you 
I’ve been waiting for the rain
 To wash you away
 Don’t make me say I love you
 Don’t make me beg you to stay 
I’ve been waiting for the morning
 To change my mistakes

‘ Cause I’m with you in the night
 And I’m with you in the rain
 And I keep on thinking that something
 Will change what you say Well maybe you loved somebody 
And maybe that someone was me
 But somehow you must have forgotten
 What that really means ‘Cause I’m with you in the night 
And I’m with you in the rain
 And I keep on thinking that something
 Will change what you say Cause I’m with you in the night
 And I’m with you in the rain
 And I keep on thinking that something
 Will change what you say Cause I’m with you in the night
 And I’m with you in the rain
 And I keep on thinking that something
 Will change what you say
6.
Devil 04:45
Yeah sometimes I really wonder if you’re even human Put a hand on your chest but I swear I feel no movement You look at me and chills run down my spine and I feel haunted Hear you laughing as I run ‘cause that’s exactly what you wanted   Yeah, someone call the white coats ‘cause you’re freaking psycho You tell me that I’m losing it tell me something that I don’t know You brought me to the edge but I am never going over Don’t know what I ever did to earn the chip that’s on your shoulder There’s nowhere you can go
 There’s nothing I don’t know Why don’t you look me in the eyes 
Your halo’s bullet proof
 but I am on to you
 You’ve told the last of all your lies You’re a d-d-d-d-d-d-d-d-devil-devil d-d-d-d-d-d-d-d-devil-devil d-d-d-d-d-d-d-d-devil-devil d-d-d-d-d-d-d-d-devil-devil   You’re the kind of person that my mama always mentioned You pretend to be the victim but you really want attention Turned everyone against me and you tried to be the hero Well how’s that working for ya hon’ now we all know you’re a zero   You’re sick and pathetic it’s about time someone said it
 I feel nothing for you now and I am pretty sympathetic. 
When you hurt the ones I love you get no sympathy, forget it. 
You’re lucky I don’t hunt you down and make sure you regret it. There’s nowhere you can go
 There’s nothing I don’t know Why don’t you look me in the eyes 
Your halo’s bullet proof
 but I am on to you
 You’ve told the last of all your lies You’re a d-d-d-d-d-d-d-d-devil-devil d-d-d-d-d-d-d-d-devil-devil d-d-d-d-d-d-d-d-devil-devil d-d-d-d-d-d-d-d-devil-devil d-d-d-d-d-d-d-d-devil-devil d-d-d-d-d-d-d-d-devil-devil d-d-d-d-d-d-d-d-devil-devil d-d-d-d-d-d-d-d-devil-devil Now I know, I know Wish somebody told me when I met you for the first time Now I know, I know You’re always wearing white but you’ re a devil on the inside Now I know, I know Wish somebody told me when I met you for the first time Now I know, I know You’re always wearing white but you’ re a devil on the inside You’re a d-d-d-d-d-d-d-d-devil-devil d-d-d-d-d-d-d-d-devil-devil d-d-d-d-d-d-d-d-devil-devil d-d-d-d-d-d-d-d-devil-devil d-d-d-d-d-d-d-d-devil-devil d-d-d-d-d-d-d-d-devil-devil d-d-d-d-d-d-d-d-devil-devil d-d-d-d-d-d-d-d-devil-devil
7.
Swingin' 03:57
Found myself in another town A kinda one light one life piece of the ground Not really lookin’ to settle down Just wanna rest for a while Just let me rest for a while Found a bar and I was sippin’ wine When a pair of snake eyes started looking at mine He came to me with a crooked smile And said stay for a while “Why don’t you stay for a while” I don’t know what you think you know But I’ve been fighting with my ghosts They try to tell me there’s no hope They say I’m all alone But they’re not… Breaking me breaking me 
Knock me down and I’ll come up swinging
 Shaking me shaking me
 They try to drown out the song I’m singin’ I can barely breathe 
But I’m so close to
 Breaking free, breaking free Knock me down and I’ll come up swingin’ He turned to me with that reptile grin And said “no matter what you do You know you’ll never win It’s not a warning it’s a promise child I’ve been around for a while I’ve been around for a while” I don’t know what you’ve been told But let me tell you what I know There’s a place far down below Calling you back home But they’re not Breaking me breaking me 
Knock me down and I’ll come up swinging
 Shaking me shaking me
 They try to drown out the song I’m singin’ I can barely breathe 
But I’m so close to
 Breaking free, breaking free Knock me down and I’ll come up swingin’ Knock me down and I'll come up swingin' Breaking me breaking me 
Knock me down and I’ll come up swinging
 Shaking me shaking me
 They try to drown out the song I’m singin’ I can barely breathe 
But I’m so close to
 Breaking free, breaking free Knock me down and I’ll come up swingin’ Breaking me breaking me Shaking me shaking me
 I can barely breathe 
But I’m so close to
 Breaking free, breaking free Knock me down and I’ll come up swingin’
8.
Penumbra 03:26
The shadows wait for us to dream 
They speak of all the haunted things
 We can’t forget all that we’ve seen
 We know that life can be terrifying “Don’t let go, don’t let go” 
That’s the future calling
“ Don’t lose hope, don’t lose hope” The shadows want to see us dance
 We know the night can fall so fast
 But we will have our second chance
 We are not here just to dream of dying “Don’t let go, don’t let go” 
That’s the future calling
“ Don’t lose hope, don’t lose hope” 
The sun has never failed to rise 
We don’t know, we don’t know 
Why we have no fear of falling We were meant to be stronger
 Til the dark made us broken
 But we won’t be much longer
 The people have spoken, spoken “Don’t let go, don’t let go”
 That’s the future calling
“ Don’t lose hope, don’t lose hope” 
The sun has never failed to rise 
We don’t know, we don’t know
 Why we have no fear of falling No fear of falling We were meant to be stronger
 Til the dark made us broken
 But we won’t be much longer
 The people have spoken, spoken
9.
Lost 03:47
I fight for the years that meant something
 For the day that everything will be alright I reach for the days I never knew 
All the dreams that won’t come true, not in time There’s a voice in my head that’s telling me it’s alright
 Telling me it's alright
 Telling me it's alright I know we’ve all felt like hell is here 
All the good things disappear when we need them most 
But I know there is life beyond the sun 
And I know I hear someone calling me home There’s a voice in the world that’s keeping me alive
 Keeping me alive 
Keeping me alive And I’ve been here feeling lost in the middle
 Lost in the middle of time 
Lost in the middle of time
 And I won’t back down I won’t surrender
 Not on your life
 Not on your life I fight for the years that meant something 
For the day that everything will be alright And I’ve been here feeling lost in the middle
 Lost in the middle of time 
Lost in the middle of time 
And I won’t back down I won’t surrender
 Not on your life
 Not on your life And I’ve been here feeling lost in the middle
 Lost in the middle of time 
Lost in the middle of time 
And I won’t back down I won’t surrender
 Not on your life
 Not on your life There’s a voice in the world that’s keeping me alive
 Keeping me alive 
Keeping me alive
10.
Mosaic 01:08
There are many rooms and many doors with paths all intertwining No windows tell what lies in each and every winding Chancing or forsaking Our future undertaking The destination yet to be seen was always in the making There are many rooms and many doors with paths all intertwining No windows tell what lies in each and every winding Chancing or forsaking Our future undertaking The destination yet to be seen was always in the making

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released July 27, 2018

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Paper Ravens Nashville, Tennessee

Paper Ravens is unlike anything else. The modern, hooky, alt-pop band started in 2017 and released their debut album the summer of 2018, produced by drummer Peter Wells. Their sound is a fresh blend of all the best qualities of alternative rock and pop. Their most recent single "Ghosts" is available now on all streaming platforms.

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