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Fathers and Fairytales (unfinished, unmixed, unmastered)

by Better Promises

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A Book We Didn't Write 02:45
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A Book We Didn’t Write   In a book we didn’t write In a page that didn’t print You were a damsel in distress And I was a savior to be sent You were tied up to the tracks And I had the wind against my back I was riding on a white horse You were tied up to the dirt floor   So I filled bubblegum with helium We floated in the sky And never stopped to ask the questions Why are you always here? When trouble is so near? If a rescue is what you call this Then let’s start it off right with a kiss I mean, anything can happen Anything can happen tonight     On the back of the Black Pearl Sat my beautiful girl And Captain Jack Tied her hands behind her back And said, “Today is your last day Because you’re gonna walk the plank” But from underneath the ship I pulled out my bubbilicious   And I filled bubblegum with helium We floated in the sky And never stopped to ask the questions Why aren’t they firing their guns? Or their ginormous canons? And as the sunset started to peak You leaned over and kissed my cheek I mean, anything can happen Anything can happen tonight   When I found out about the pen and the page And that the whole world was my stage I stayed up all night and wrote for days To know that I can create And not just participate Instead of reading stories off a shelf I’ll write a few for myself So scribble scribble, dot dot, then a line If you want a story well here’s mine   I filled bubblegum with helium We floated in the sky And never stopped to ask the question Why is my favorite color blue? And why can’t I keep my eyes off you? If all of this started with a kiss Then anything could happen Anything could happen Anything can happen I mean Anything can happen Anything can happen Anything can happen Anything can happen Anything can happen tonight
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Summer (The Giving Tree) 00:48
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It was summer and you just got out of class I could see you running all the way across the grass You hugged my trunk and sat at my feet Sitting in my shade to stay away from the heat You pulled out your knife and you carved in me Inside a heart "Me + The Giving Tree"   I'm just a giving tree, Take all of me I'm here for you and I hope you can see That though I don't have much, but my heart to give You're my breath of life and my hope to live
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Would You Kill Me? 04:27
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There’s something I need to share with you The thought of it scares me too Fine, I’ll just cut to it Last night on my walk home I got bit   If I turned into a zombie Would you still love me The way you do right now? If my flesh decays Will you stay Right next to me Until the day I die again? Are you the one?   It’ll be weird at first But just think, It could be worse It’s not that impractical Having a Zombie is not much trouble   If I turned into a zombie Would you still love me The way you do right now? If my flesh decays Will you stay Right next to me Until the day I die again? Are you the one?   If I was a zombie Would you kill me Just to save yourself? She said, “I keep you underneath my bed And I’d never shoot you in the head” She’s the one.   If I turned into a zombie (acapella snare sing) Would you still love me The way you do right now? If my flesh decays Will you stay Right next to me Until the day I die again? Are you the one?
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Never Been More in Love 02:21
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Every Saturday We'll Go Out to a movie Get a Popcorn and an Icee Always Blue, Always Blue   I've never been more in love then I am right now I’ve never been more in love   So let's get take out and bring it back to my house So we can make out On my floor, On my floor   I've never been more in love then I am right now I've never been more in love   I've attached the words "love" with "you" And I Can't Seperate the two It's like somebody super glued us together   I’ve never been more in love then I am right now I’ve never been more in love
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Fall (The Giving Tree) 00:46
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My leaves have fallen in a big pile on the ground Your feet crunch them and it makes a beautiful sound You're 22 and you need a loan You need my branches to start a home You pulled out your knife and you cut from me All of my branches "Thank you Giving Tree"   I'm just a giving tree, Take all of me I'm here for you and I hope you can see That though I don't have much, but my heart to give You're my breath of life and my hope to live
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Alaska 03:08
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My body is covered In penguin blubber So I think I need to go Somewhere it’s cold Because I can’t freeze So will you come with me please There’s no one else I’d rather be with   Only one question that I’ll ask ya Will you move with me to Alaska We’ll get snowed inside for days And you’ll wake up to the smell of eggs and toast Because you’re the one that I love most   I want to know what it’s like Thirty days of night And I want you right there By my side To start a snowball fight And I then I just might Ask you for your hand tonight   Only one question that I’ll ask ya Will you move with me to Alaska We’ll get snowed inside for days And you’ll wake up to the smell of eggs and toast Because you’re the one that I love most   We’ve never been to the snow But some day we will go I’ll kiss you in the cold We’ve never been to the snow But some day we will go I’ll kiss you in the cold   Only one question that I’ll ask ya Will you move with me to Alaska We’ll get snowed inside for days And you’ll wake up to the smell of eggs and toast Because you’re the one that I love most
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Learn How To Love 03:28
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Like the dinosaurs stuck in the tar Getting this off my chest is gonna be hard So let me sing and please close your eyes Cause I don’t want you to see me cry   Cause this is for me This is cathartic Cause I’ve got a disease I leave my heart guarded And I pent everything up like a volcano But once in a while I gotta let it all go   Cause this is for me This is cathartic Cause I’ve got a disease I leave my heart guarded And I pent everything up like a volcano But once in a while I gotta let it all go   How many times you gonna touch the red hot stove before you learn, before you learn cause you’ve got burn on top of burn you just don’t learn so learn how to love learn how to love learn how to love learn how to love cause I’ve had enough   If you need a lesson in romantics Talk to me I’ve got it down to a science First things first. You’ve got to put me first And breaking that rule well babe there’s nothing worse You said that you were gonna change But years have gone by and you are still the same We both know your excuses are lame So why are we still playing this childish game   How many times you gonna touch the red hot stove before you learn, before you learn cause you’ve got burn on top of burn you just don’t learn so learn how to love learn how to love learn how to love Cause we’ve had enough cause I’ve had enough   Cause this is for me This is cathartic Cause I’ve got a disease I leave my heart guarded And I pent everything up like a volcano But once in a while I gotta let it all go   Cause this is for me This is cathartic Cause I’ve got a disease I leave my heart guarded And I pent everything up like a volcano But once in a while I gotta let it all go
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Winter (The Giving Tree) 00:48
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Winters come and your house was done a long time ago But now you're cold from the freezing rain and the snow You walk up to me, Your face looks concerning You need more wood to keep a fire burning You pulled out your axe and you cut from me My only trunk and you took it for free   I'm just a giving tree, Take all of me I'm here for you and I hope you can see That though I don't have much, but my heart to give You're my breath of life and my hope to live
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Save Me Spiderman 04:03
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At the top of the parking lot I'm just trying to find my parking spot When something hits me in the back of the head And I fall to the ground, Don't worry I'm not dead A man points his gun at me And says give me all your money So I pulled out my wallet And said do you take debit or credit And he was very angry now And he punched me right in the brow And he picked me up with both his hands And he threw me off the building This is the part of the story Where everything is going to get gory And as I fall from the sky I cry Screaming, I don't want to die And just when my hope was leaving me Who do you think that I would see? No one other than Spiderman So Save Me Spiderman I'm falling fast so please take my hand I'd pray to God to save me But praying to God is like praying to Spiderman So Save Me Spiderman I'm falling fast so please take my hand I'd pray to God to save me But praying to God is like praying to Spiderman Maybe there was no gun man (OOOOOhhhs) Maybe I wasn't pushed Maybe I was diving Falling head first Maybe I was just testing What I was taught as a kid That you can never be saved Unless you fall So Save Me Spiderman I'm falling fast so please take my hand I'd pray to God to save me But praying to God is like praying to Spiderman So Save Us Spiderman We're falling fast so please take our hands We'd pray to God to save us But praying to God is like praying to Spiderman
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Fathers and Fairytales 04:05
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I’m holding onto a grudge like The handlebars on the bike you never taught me to ride This isn’t an apology Nor do I want you to forgive me All this to say I’ve moved on But because of you   I’m trying to cure Something that I’m not sure I have In fear that I’ve inherited It from my dad I’ve exchanged fear with reason And now I’m at the bar Some things you can’t cure Some things you just can’t cure   The power and rage That fills my feeble heart And leaves your face on the board With my fist full of darts So even when me thoughts Drive me away from you You’re standing there in the mirror Of my rear view so   I’m trying to cure Something that I’m not sure I have In fear that I’ve inherited It from my dad I’ve exchanged fear with reason And now I’m at the bar Some things you can’t cure Some things you just can’t cure   I’ve always dreamed of Fathers and fairytales And how love stories never fail The prince always gets a princess Yeah your father always gets a mistress He’s a drug addict with an awful habit In a world full of turtles Yeah he’s a rabbit So I’m grabbing onto that lucky paw I’m shaking it around For good luck Cause I’ve never had faith enough in you I’ve never had faith enough in you   So I’m trying to cure Something that I’m not sure I have In fear that I’ve inherited It from my dad I’ve exchanged fear with reason And now I’m at the bar Some things you can’t cure Some things you just can’t cure I’ve never had faith enough in me I’ve never had faith enough in me Please someone have faith enough in me Cause I’ve never, had faith enough in me
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Spring (The Giving Tree) 01:09
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Now its spring and I barely see you You’re too wrapped up in all the work that you do To spend an hour, a minute, a second You don’t know how much that would have meant You stay inside away from me when the weathers nice and so sunny   I'm just a giving tree, you forgot me You took all I had and now I finally see That since I’m just a stump and I have no use You thought I was just something you could abuse
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Two Ships 04:49
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Two ships collide outside the pacific In the most polite of ways They talked to each other And decided to weather The oceans challenges together We will search for buried treasure And we’ll find a fount that grants life for ever So we ripped our maps up And we taped them into one We shared in our dreams And our destinations And although in our hearts We were awfully young We decided that me and you (echo) Me and you Should sail the ocean blue   And from far away it looks like Our X’s were in the same place But the closer we get They seem more and more separate   I wanted south And I wanted west So we compromised And headed south west   I wanted south And I wanted north So Compromise Came harder this time   We talked and we talked And we argued some more Until we finally set anchor Straight down into the sea floor I wanted you And your whole crew To join me On my journey Because I know that one things for sure I’ve got my mind and my heart on the greatest treasure   I cut the rope The one that held our boats together I cut the rope The one that kept us floating close I cut the rope The one that held our hearts together I cut the rope I cut the rope   You cut the rope The one that held our boats together You cut the rope The one that kept us floating close You cut the rope The one that held our hearts together You cut the rope You cut the rope   I turned my boat around to face your back I told my whole crew to attack I pulled up alongside your bow If I’m going down, well you’re going down   When lovers throw stones They just puncture their own Poor lifeless and windless sails I guess I was thinking That If your ship was sinking A couple more inches then mine That I would be fine, But I ignored the hole That was flooding our Relationship   It’s easy, falling in love But It’s harder saying you’ve had enough
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Oh God 03:58
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I'm not about to play a game That already has all the blame on me, From the start I'd rather not claim the heart of a hypocrite and force myself to believe in it. Oh God, If there is a god Would you save my soul, If I have a soul And if There’s a place that we all go when we die. I hope I’m not left behind. Tell me, do you feel it? Cause I don’t feel anything at all I know it’s supposed to feel amazing, But it doesn’t And my mind just keeps on racing I open my eyes to see if I’m alone and I am And I am Oh God, If there is a god Would you save my soul, If I have a soul And if There’s a place that we all go when we die. I hope I’m not left behind. Oh God, If there is a god Would you save my soul, If I have a soul And if There’s a place that we all go when we die. I hope I’m not left behind. I’ve contained myself to filling prophecies That I never set, but were set for me Forced to fulfill a future that no one can surely see And having to claim it in the name of destiny Oh God, If there is a god Would you save my soul, If I have a soul And if There’s a place that we all go when we die. I hope I’m not left behind. Oh God, If there is a god Would you save my soul, If I have a soul And if There’s a place that we all go when we die. I hope I’m not left behind.
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Leaving (The Giving Tree) 04:30
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You're about to leave, heading out of town But before you go you come to me and sit down On my stump, It’s all I had For this last moment I hope you're glad You pulled out your hand and you set in on me and said "Thank You So Much Mr. Giving Tree"   "Mr. Giving Tree, I'm so sorry That I took all of you, But now i hope you see That every single night, You sheltered me And kept me warm, though it wasn't free For you my best friend, This isn't the end” He pulled out his knife, Continuing the trend Next to the heart, He put some letter together   "Me + The Giving Tree...Forever"

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I wrote this in high school, recorded it my first year of college in a professional studio with a full band and didn't release it for 6 years. It was a concept album that I stopped caring about. Enjoy this unmixed, unmastered and entirely unfinished version of the first full album I did (but didn't).
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released February 14, 2018

All Songs written by Better Promises
Vox, Guitar, Piano and Uke by Brandon Gross
Bass by Robert Escabedo
Drums, Electric Guitar, Programming by Rob Ernst

Recording by Rob Ernst of Noise Root Studio

www.robernst.com/noise-root-studio/

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