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Better Off Now - Acoustic Versions

by Alex Reade

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Better Off (Acoustic) 03:21
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I've never really met an optimist without a scar, Or someone unbruised after coming so far. Your words burned me right after they hurt me most, This dumb smile of mine should haunt you like a ghost. But I'm fine to go, and I find it so underwhelming if I'm honest. And you try to know what it's like to be alone. Have you ever met someone that doesn't know loss? When faced with a darkness didn't make it across? The jet pilot who's anything but turbulent, The artist who's tears made them brilliant. And I find it shows, in time you grow. You rise above your darkest demons. And I hope you know, I kind of glow. (Maybe I'm better off without you?) Now you've got me thinking. I'm better off, better off without you. Maybe I'm better off, better off alone? You held me down, And messed me around, But I won't miss that frown, Because I'm better off, better off now. I used to wonder what it was that made you go, You dug out escape routes inside the snow. I tried and tried again to make ends meet, I guess in the end you got itchy feet? Now it's fine, just go, Recite your own version of "how things went down" Cause deep down I know, You can't revoke the fact that I'm all smiles now. Now you've got me thinking. I'm better off, better off without you. Maybe I'm better off, better off alone? You held me down, And messed me around, But I won't miss that frown, Because I'm better off, better off now. (Better) Better off now. (Better) I'm better off now.
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Snow in January (Acoustic) 03:40
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This snow in January, Encapsulates my soul, The sparks are coming out, I cannot hear a sound. And this hidden doubt of mine, It permeates my mind, I wish I had more time, Try to shift the paradigm. Though I feel I've crossed the sea, I still can't see the other side. You're crashing waves inside of me, A heart now swallowed by the tide. Did it snow last January? I can't remember the cold, The fire was coming down, And someone else was around. Now this one-piece loneliness, Is another name for progress, I won't hang up my coat now, Fighters always face the next round. (Woah, woah) I can't wait to see what happens next. (Woah, woah) Happiness and smiles are all I've got left. Though I feel I've crossed the sea, I still can't see the other side. You're crashing waves inside of me, A heart now swallowed by the tide. Now it's snowing in January, And I remember this cold, It chills you to the bone, How does weather feel so alone? But I've got the warmest coat, And a fiery antidote, I'm alright on my own, This place is my home. (Woah, woah) I can't wait to see what happens next. (Woah, woah) Happiness and smiles are all I've got left. Though I feel I've crossed the sea, I still can't see the other side. You're crashing waves inside of me, A heart now swallowed by the tide.
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All the Love We Want (Acoustic) 03:29
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Maybe I should have kept it quiet, Maybe I should have tried to deny it, But lately I've been floating away, Daydreaming of you. Maybe it's the way you smiled that Friday, Maybe it's the four words I heard you say, Told myself I wouldn't fall for you, But fall I did, again. I've got a friend who says I need to stop being hooked, But he'd be hooked if he saw the way you looked at me, I've got one warm heart, And it's all yours. (if you want it to be) I never thanked you for the week you gave me, You lifted my spirits so wonderfully, And if you ever need my help, Well you know where I am. All I see is past stuck behind me, All I think about is you sat beside me. Guess we can't have all the love we want, Guess some of us fall too easily. I guess we can't have all the love we want, I guess some of us fall too easily. But now you're all I think about, think about, And I'm missing you. But now you're all I think about, think about, And I'm missing you. Well I guess we can't have all the love we want, But I fall too easily.
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Wait Forever (Acoustic) 03:38
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I saw another photograph of you, At another bar or somewhere new. And I told myself to stay off of the phone, But everyone else is monotone. I had convinced myself that you weren't around, And that you didn't remember me. And now I'm wishing I had never let go, But the truth is, I never did. I just made a stupid decision, Influenced by clouded vision. But it feels like I could wait forever, If one day we could be together. Cause it feels like I could wait forever, And we were always birds of a feather. Now it kind of hurts to know that you're not alone, Some nights I wish I could just turn to stone, Time is no stranger to you and me, These eight years have felt like eternity. I used to think I had it figured out, But I was the one who let you down. And I wait, and I wait, and I wait for you. But it feels like I could wait forever, If one day we could be together. Cause it feels like I could wait forever, And we were always birds of a feather. You know I swear I died and went to heaven, My heart skipped a beat and turned to eleven, But I swear, I swear, I'd wait forever, Cause one day we could be together.

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Better Off Now is an EP consisting of five songs I wrote about both the way my 2017 ended, and my 2018 began. A lot of things happened, resulting in me changing, for the better.

Transition can be a really eye-opening process to go through, it’s one of the only times where we really take stock of our surroundings, and where we’re at in life. It’s been instrumental in me finding out my flaws and becoming a better person.

This EP isn’t meant to be anything more than a diary entry for me. Notes of lessons learned, and feelings felt. For the first time I don’t hate my voice on something, and that fact along with the personal attachment I have to these songs has led to an EP of which I am very proud to be releasing.

I hope you enjoy these songs as much as I have enjoyed making them. These songs serve to me as a reminder of how I have grown as a person recently, and that despite the low moments in life, I genuinely do feel like I am better off now.

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released March 16, 2018

All Tracks Written, Produced, and Mastered by Alex Reade

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I am a Producer / Composer from Hertfordshire, UK. I create all kinds of different music. Here you can preview and download all my releases under all my different projects.

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