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Fall In Berkeley

by Better Promises

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1.
3D 03:35
Made out in a 3D movie It felt much better then when we did it in 2d Our glasses bumped and fell off our face as our lips and our tongues made a sweet embrace I knew we were perfect for each other when your hand gripped mine like a pregnant mother Cause I can tell you've done this before and I can tell you I've done this before But it doesn't make it any less great the second time around Take your hands and write love all over my body Your eyes scream a promise that your lips want to keep And I'll seal it tight right between you and I This secret is ours, we'll hold it till we die If you can do that one thing one more time Can you can do that thing one more time When you're leaving my tongue tied Now the stars are calling out our names and we will never be the same I don't believe in destiny but I believe in you I don't believe in destiny but I believe in you We paid 4 extra dollars to see it in 3d I wouldn't take it back if I was poor and starving I'd see that movie over and over and over again Back to back and hope it never ends cause now I'm tongue tied
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Kiss Me 03:12
My nose has never found a greater home Then when It's next to yours My lips have never felt a softer kiss There was love in your eyes and there was love in mine Let's not let it fade Kiss me in the sunlight Kiss me in the moonlight Kiss me when the stars are shining awfully bright Kiss me when I'm crying Kiss me when I'm glad Kiss me when I've been good Kiss me when I'm bad Kiss me when I don't deserve of your affections When I ask for more than all of your attention Kiss me when nobody else believes When no one can see the real worth in me Screw Google maps, I took the long way home And purposely got lost pretending not to know Now I'm driving slow down this moonlit road And I'm pretending that I don't know where to go My phone dies, My car dies I guess We'll have to spend the night Just talking and holding hands and stuff And Holding hands and stuff Kiss me in the sunlight Kiss me in the moonlight Kiss me when the stars are shining awfully bright Kiss me when I'm crying Kiss me when I'm glad Kiss me when I've been good Kiss me when I'm bad Kiss me when I don't deserve of your affections When I ask for more than all of your attention Kiss me when nobody else believes When no one can see the real worth in me
3.
Scars 03:13
Let's go out after midnight We'll walk somewhere very far and lay under the night sky Watching for shooting stars Let's make a rule to just hold hands this time There's nothing I want more in my entire life Let's start it slow because I'm scared to death of where it could go Cause I still have scars from the last time I still have scars on me Can I still fall in love or am I better off just giving up Because I still have scars on me I miss hiding hickeys I miss holding your hand I'm just afraid to fall in love again I'll have to tell some pretty girl that I am still broken Maybe it's best if i don't talk to them Act like a jerk and keep my distance Should I just tell her the truth That I'm still not completely over you And I still have scars from the last time I still have scars on me Can I still fall in love Or am I better off just giving up Because I still have scars on me I've got a scar on my hand from dropping a knife on it I've got a scar under my nose from a dirt bike accident But nothing comes close to the scars on my soul that I got from you
4.
You were in the study room That I often go to I quietly read for hours Just sitting next to you And the butterflies crept out through my smile I haven't seen them fly in quite a while I take the wrong elevator Just so I can walk down your hall I stood in front of your door making sure That I looked handsome and tall Working up the courage to just say hi I knocked and you didn't come to the door I guess you weren't inside I shrugged my shoulders and headed back to my room Because after all I've got 8 more months to get to know you I'm falling pretty hard for you I'm falling pretty hard for you It's not something that I wanted to do But I'm falling pretty hard for you You were getting sick, every 5 minutes you sneezed So I snuck out to your room that night with 3 packs of Vitamin C I wrote "Get Well Soon" on the front of each pack And I began to slide them through the door crack Then I heard a noise Thought it was your voice I grabbed the packs and ran You were sick for many more days just because I'm a such a chicken I'm falling pretty hard for you I'm falling pretty hard for you It's not something that I wanted to do But I'm falling pretty hard for you You've got a boyfriend back home I guess I'll leave you alone But before I go I need to let you know You made my heart beat again Tell your boy he's a lucky lucky He's a lucky lucky Such a lucky lucky man I'm falling pretty hard for you I'm falling pretty hard for you Wanting you is like wanting my ex back I seem to only want things I can't have
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If I'm falling in love again Its probably a big mistake But you made my knees weak made me double take made my heart skip a beat Made my hands shake Made me talk in clichés Straight up stupefied my brain I wish I knew what to say I swear I've seen you twelve times today While walking between my classes Realistically it's probably just another random blonde girl with bold rimmed hipster glasses No one doesn't not like you If that's a compliment at all I wonder if I'm day dreaming or if that's your voice I'm hearing while I'm walking down the hall I tell myself it will be different this time I'm totally lying But I'll say whatever it takes to make me stay okay Gotta keep my attitude up for one more day Come on why don't you stay I prayed for the first time in a long time Not because I'm ready to repent But because I'm out of money I don't have enough to pay for booze and rent God would you give me, A big old money tree It'll make me happy, then I'll think about loving you with my whole heart This is a conditional promise And even if you help me out I'm still not committed to the second part Now while we're on the subject of your generosity Can you cast a spell to make this girl fall in love with me I'm not asking too much, I just miss having a crutch The feel of a woman's touch to make me blush Cause we all know I'm too weak to walk on my own So come on god, do things my way I promise if our positions switched I'd give you everything that you wished I wish you were as nice as I am god But I think all the good opportunities have been missed For you to prove you love me When I was crying out in the rain Convincing myself to abstain from drinking my problems away When I had my arms spread wide Screaming, God give my a sign Left staring at the sky Still waiting on your reply Come on god, I need you today
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Black Room 03:48
I can't remember who kissed me In the black room In the black room So if I saw her in a public place I wouldn't even know her name What am I doing Kissing you was like kissing a pretty wall I felt nothing at all It was pretty, but it was still kissing a wall I feel nothing, Nothing at all What are we doing For a couple months I thought If there was another girl I'd be happy I'm not Happy Will I ever be? What the fuck am I doing? What good is this? I used to think things through But lately I just do I've never felt worse Getting lost in college paradise How do I know when I'm ready to date again? I'm ready to date again I'm ready to date again
8.
I don't mean to rude By god there's nothing wrong with you I just don't like you as much As the last one As the last one I'm still caught up In a past love In a past love I can't fuck her away I can't drink her away She's there in every sip She's there when I slide my hands down another girls hip Comparisons don't leave me alone It's the same moves and tricks That makes this girl moan The first loves The best love The rest are just depressed loves It's your face I'm seeing when I'm with her It's your lips I'm kissing when I'm kissing her I'm feeling terrible Absolutely miserable Maybe I'll find resolve If I take one great fall Cause I can't fuck you away I can't drink you away You're there in every sip You're there when I slide my hands down another girls hips Only one question that I'll ask How did you move on so fast
9.
Snail Mail 01:19
I lied when I said I was over her I just wanted you to like me Cause I still have some snail mail From a long distance thing that failed I'll read the letters weekly Still hold on to their beauty I have them in a box full of all the things That I'm a afraid to throw away So go away before I hurt you I really do want you to stay But I capable of so much damage and I don't want you to be in the way In fact I won't let you be around me because you'll just think you're responsible When my emotions become too much for me too handle
10.
I just can't think about the way that I used to spend my Friday nights Reading a book and drinking coffee is just fine Who needs movie dates and hot sex anyways I'm better off without it, better off playing board games Don't think about the past, this isn't lame at all Don't think about the past I'm going a bit crazy I don't know what to do with myself I'm going a bit crazy I don't know what to do with myself Yesterday I was fine Today I was fine 10 minutes ago I was fine Then again you started to occupy every thought everything every place inside my mind Now I'm curled up in bed with a fifth full of vodka and I can't stop thinking about ya Hopefully I'll just blackout Before the thought of killing myself comes around
11.
I'll take you down further than you thought you could ever go I'll take you down to where no man should ever go There's a deep enough pit I can push you into My hate will be like sharks swimming around you Fear me for I know not what I am truly capable of Fear me cause I'm a reckless thing, There's No god who can stop me I'm gonna make it hard to breath I'm gonna take away your reasons for living I hope yesterday was great Because you're not gonna live another day Without misery soaking your skin Without your crooked heart flaking It will feel like there's always coals in your guts Your teeth will ache, and your eyes won't shut You'll wish for an ounce of sleep A reprieve from hammers hitting your knees You'll come begging for me to let you go And I'll say no I'll say no I'll take you down further than you thought you could ever go I'll take you down to where no man should ever go The only thing that I am sorry for Is not hurting you just a little bit more Before you died
12.
If I jumped off this balcony Would I land on my head or my feet If I jumped far enough Do you think I could clear that bench Someone go bang on the RA's door Because some kid needs help on the 5th floor He's drunk outside his mind And he's been debating suicide Tears swelled up in both their eyes As she begged him not to take his own life Feet on the edge, Hands on the rail Too much pressure, He's afraid he's gonna fail They talk about this place like it's Full of saints Getting good grades, High GPA's Someone go bang on the RA's door Because some kid just jumped off the 5th floor The girl held his hand and she watched him die Tears swelled up in both her eyes How can this kid with a full ride To Berkeley want to take his own life 500 dollar fine For throwing projectiles of the side I can't believes it's a misdemeanor To commit Suicide They put his name on a bench That's still stained with his blood And candlelight floods The courtyard Everyone's wearing a red ribbon In memory of him They openly discuss How this could happen to any of us
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Drunking 03:27
I probably never would have drank if it wasn't for you I'm not pointing the finger just claiming a truth You told me of all the cool things you would do and it scared me at my core Will I turn against everything I stand for, break vows I made in my youth If I don't follow then my love will leave me Everything I've gained I will lose I'll live for the here and now Because the futures just too much to think about I learned to turn off my mind Because frankly it's been ruining my whole life I pretended I was drunk just so we could fuck And hopefully you would fall in love I shouldn't have to do this to win your heart I shouldn't have to do this at all I'll live for the here and now Because the past is just too much to think about I learned to turn off my mind Because frankly it's been ruining my whole life I'll be digging myself a hole until I learn to let you go Tell me what to do because god I've followed you far too long I don't know what to do Cause I don't want to follow you anymore
15.
I used to live for the long term Believed in heaven and hell Now I live for the short term and things aren't turning out that well I got to the point where I was so lonely That I bought a fish to keep me company Two months in and it died Truly Nighttime is the worst time to be alone I can't stand up straight I can't feel my toes I reached out my arms and I can't find my nose My head is a globe, a giant yoyo It just keeps spinning, I should stop drinking Something has got to change I can't keep on living this way Something has got to change I can't keep on living this way Something has got to change A fifth is way too for one day I can't drink my problems away Something has got to change I've hugged other girls, I've held their hands I've kissed a few, I've had one night stands I've indulged too much sex and alcohol I've lost the one thing that made me feel whole I'm constantly running from my problems Trying to run from what pains me but I can't run from me No matter where I go there I'm gonna be I can't keep blaming my dad or god or my ex girlfriend If I truly want change these excuses have got to end Something has got to change I can't keep on living this way Something has got to change I can't keep on living this way Something has gotta change Pointing fingers is not the way I can't blame my problems away I've gotta make a change
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Hold on when your hope dies When you can't see that there's light Hold on when the scars are overwhelming your life Hold on through your crying that never seems to stop Let go of the bottle, don't drink another drop Forgive even if they don't deserve it at all Give yourself grace and do your best to just stand tall Hold on even if you don't believe in god, or in yourself or in anything

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This is a concept album that is best if listened to in it's entirety. It's also intended to be listened to on headphones to make the experience more intimate.Set aside an hour, Grab a beer or some hot cocoa, Go for a late night walk or cuddle into a pile of pillows, and listen to this story about a "Fall In Berkeley"

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released June 18, 2014

All lyrics and music written by Brandon Gross.
Recorded at "562 Studios" by Brandon Gross.
Album Art by Alex Hastings

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