After The Landslide

Made It Out Alright

Matt Simons, Dan Nigro, Trent Dabbs - 2018 / From 'After The Landslide'

We were just kids
Ignoring what our parents said
Sneaking down to the basement
Was it really love we were chasing?
Were we just trying to get away?

But truth is
It was a high we never tasted
As we were lying there naked
Is she gonna find it other places?

Well she did

So I’ll tell you heartbreak won’t break ya
I’ll let you know I sleep just fine
Even though the world’s gonna shake ya
The view is always worth the climb

If there’s another risk worth taking
Go and take it every time
Life is only what you make it

I think we made it out alright
Think we made it out alright
I think we made it out alright
Think we made it out alright

We were just kids
Ignoring what our parents did
Playing songs in a basement
Barely knew what we were saying
We were just trying to run away?

But truth is
It was a high we never tasted
While looking out on all the faces
Is everybody gonna hate it?
Well they did

So I’ll tell you heartbreak won’t break ya
I’ll let you know I sleep just fine
Even though the world’s gonna shake ya
The view is always worth the climb

If there’s another risk worth taking
Go and take take it every time
Life is only what you make it

I think we made it out alright
Think we made it out alright
I think we made it out alright
Think we made it out alright

You are not alone
No one knows the way to go
You are not alone
No one knows the way to go
You are not alone
No one knows the way to go
You are not alone

And I think we made it out alright
Think we made it out alright
I think we made it out alright
Think we made it out alright

I think we made it out alright
Think we made it out alright
I think we made it out alright
Think we made it out alright

Open Up

Matt Simons/Emily Warren/Scott Harris/Dan Romer 2019 / From 'After The Landslide'

You’re hard to talk to with that wall around you

Don’t look at me that way

What can I do to build that bridge to find you?

I don’t know what to say

Come on and open up

Open up, my love

Why don’t you tell me what’s really on your mind?

Come on and open up

Open up, my love

Tell me what you need so we don’t have this fight

Come on and open up

Open up, my love

I know it’s a front you’ve been hiding behind

Come on and open up

Open up, my love

Why don’t you tell me what’s really on your mind?

I know you want to do that thing you always do

You get in your head

When that door stays shut it puts this space between us

You make it hard to guess

Come on and open up

Open up, my love

Why don’t you tell me what’s really on your mind?

Come on and open up

Open up, my love

Tell me what you need so we don’t have this fight

Come on and open up

Open up, my love

I know it’s a front you’ve been hiding behind

Come on and open up

Open up, my love

Why don’t you tell me what’s really on your mind?

I don’t believe the last thing that I said’s

The real reason you’re so upset

Come on and open up

Open up, my love

Why don’t you tell me what’s really on your mind?

Come on and open up

Open up, my love

Tell me what you need so we don’t have this fight

Come on and open up

Open up, my love

I know it’s a front you’ve been hiding behind

Come on and open up

Open up, my love

Why don’t you tell me what’s really on your mind?

And open up

(come on and open up)

And open up

(come on and open up)

Yeah open up

(come on and open up)

And open up

Summer With You

Matt Simons/Gordon Groothedde 2019 / From 'After The Landslide'

Oh I never cared much for being the new kid on the block
But we never stayed put in just one place for all that long anyway
Oh I never got used to all the different cities and funny ways that people talk
And I don’t remember them
But I remember when

In the backyard grass laying up for hours
We were waiting on a sign from a meteor shower
It was ‪3am

That summer with you
Feeling something so new it was almost frightening
But I put it in the back of my mind cause it felt like lightning
With the beat of our hearts in tune and our senses heightened
We were young and you were mine
That summer with you

Oh I never much cared for the damp in the air
But I guess that’s just the price you have pay on the Fourth of July
Ooo all the pitch black rolling hills
We were riding dirt back roads chasing fireworks shows
Oh I don’t remember them
But I remember when

I could feel your hand like it’s frozen in time
Cause when I looked down you were holding mine
And the world made sense
Oh it just made sense

That summer with you
When we snuck you out of the house while your daddy was snoring
And the summer rain came on fast in the heat it was pouring
And we ran all around till the sun came up in the morning
We were young and you were mine
That summer with you

How we’d dance to the beat of our drum
That summer with you
And we’d scream at the top of our lungs
That summer with you
Now you’re still on the tip of my tongue

That summer with you
Feeling something so new it was almost frightening
But I put it in the back of my mind cause it felt like lightning
With the beat of our hearts in tune and our senses heightened
We were young and you were mine

That summer with you
When we snuck you out of the house while your daddy was snoring
And the summer rain came on fast in the heat it was pouring
And we ran all around till the sun came up in the morning
We were young and you were mine
That summer with you

It’s You

Matt Simons 2019 / From 'After The Landslide'

I’d say darling don’t cry
You’d say baby don’t leave
I should probably lie
Say it’s not you it’s me
But I know where you been
And I know what you did

Chorus:
I could say I love you but I won’t
Say that I forgive you but I don’t
I should tell you what’s true

You know it takes two to fall in love
It only took you to fuck it up
Yeah that’s just what you do
And now that we’re through
I can say it’s not me, it’s you

I’ve been trying to find
Any love that we had
I’ve been racking my mind
I’ve been feeling so bad
Well I’m leaving tonight

Chorus

Don’t give me your excuses just save your breath
You made your choice to do this to me instead
Oh and someone’s gotta lose
Well it’s not me
It’s you, oh

Chorus

Not Falling Apart

Matt Simons/Dan Nigro 2019 / From 'After The Landslide'

I don’t cry myself to sleep at night
I don’t think about you by my side, as my bride, no
You’re not the girl in every song I write
And I don’t miss your smile in every place that I go
You were never the one for me

Chorus:
So ask me how I’m doing oh I’m doing so well and
There’s nothing sad or pathetic that I can tell you
My life doesn’t resemble a dark, living hell
No I’m not, not falling apart

So ask me how I feel, oh I feel so good and
I’m doing much better than I thought that I would
No I’d never take you back even if I could
No I’m not, not falling apart
No I’m not, not falling apart at all

There’s not a freckle on your face that I’m missing and
I don’t lay on my floor in the fetal position
I don’t think about other guys you’ve been kissing
I don’t think about all the ways that you were different, no

You were never the one for me

Chorus

I don’t need your love
I don’t need your love
I don’t need your love

I don’t need your love
(You’re not the one)
I don’t need your love
(You’re not the one)

Chorus repeat

Amy’s Song

Matt Simons/Amy Kuney/Agrin Rahmani - 2018 / From 'After The Landslide'

When Cupid shoots his arrows
Oh he doesn’t always aim
People on the straight and narrow
Seem to wander now and then

Does your god really give a damn?
Does your god really give a damn?
Does it make me less of a man being who I am?

You can’t fight how the heart is
I’d rather make it on my own
From the mouth of my own momma
She said, “You can never come back home”

Does your god have me on the run?
Does he not take everyone?
Does it make me less of your son loving who I love?

We’ve explored the darkest oceans
We can count the galaxies
When I act on my emotions
Will the sky rain down me?

When the sun comes up tomorrow
On our side of history
Will the higher love that we know
Hold a light to those beliefs?

Does your god really give a damn?
Does your god really give a damn?
Does it make her less of a woman?
Does it make him less of a man?

Does your god really give a damn?
Does your god really give a damn?
Does it make me less of a man being who I am?

Being who I am

Last To Know

Matt Simons/Tobias Karlsson 2019 / From 'After The Landslide'

Please don’t let me be the last
Don’t let me be the last
Don’t let me be the last to know

You know I care
Call it my pride
Tell me your secrets
Lies that you hide behind

Sing like a bird
Give it to me
Oh the truth is gonna set you free

Oh I knew it could be too good to be true with you
And it’s keeping me up at night

If some other man is loving you so
Tell me now and baby let me go

Chorus:
Please don’t let me be the last
Don’t let me be the last
Don’t let me be the last to know

Please don’t let me be the last
Don’t let me be the last
Don’t let me be the last to know

Don’t let me be the last to know

I’ll move along
The way that I do
I’ll save you my story
How I’m still in love with you

If you change your mind
Or alter your track
Well you know I’ll probably take you back

Cause I knew it could be too good to be true with you
And it’s keeping me up at night

If you’re moving on with somebody new
Just remember I’ve been good to you

Chorus repeat

We Can Do Better

Matt Simons, Emily Warren, Scott Harris, Dan Romer - 2018 / From 'After The Landslide'

We can do better
We can do better

I know it hurt bad
Your mom left your dad when you were a little girl
You think I’m gonna leave cause history repeats, we’ve seen it around the world

All that we’re told is this’ll get old, we’ll cheat and we’ll both get hurt
Against all the odds we’ll pray to the gods
That this love works

When all we see is bad blood and mistakes
All we hear is sad songs ’bout heartbreaks
And no matter how long it takes
We’re not gonna give up

We can do better
We can do better
If nothing lasts forever

Things can get rough, we might drink too much and say things we shouldn’t say
Forgive and forget before we go to bed
We’ll be ok

Some people pretend it’s not gonna end and then up and walk away
But that isn’t me I’m not gonna leave
I’m here to stay

I ain’t worried cause the thing is
(We can do better)
I know you and I are different
(We can do better)
I don’t want to overthink it
(We can do better)
I know you and I are different

Dust (Feat. Betty Who)

Matt Simons/Dan Nigro 2019 / From 'After The Landslide'

There’s a part of us all that is weak
And it’s hard to admit what I need
So on nights that I’ve had two or three
I erase all the bad memories

I know you’re settled down and living so far away
So I knew that when I called you I would hear you say

Chorus:
Don’t kick the dust up
Just cause you’re lonely
And you got fucked up late at night

Don’t kick the dust up
Just cause I’m happy
And I’m the one that’s on your mind

Now it feels like you’re still holding on
It’s been so many years since I’ve been gone
I forgive you for what you did wrong
But the pain that you feel shouldn’t last so long

You know I’m settled down and living so far away
So don’t come calling cause you know that I will always say

Chorus repeat

Champagne Tears

Matt Simons/Kevin Fisher/Joy Deb/Linnea Deb/Anton Hård Af Segerstad 2019 / From 'After The Landslide'

Do you ever wonder why you been chasing?
When you feel like running away
Got the truth inside your mind and you hate it
Left alone with no one to blame

Like you’ve run a million miles to erase it
Really you’ve been running in place
In the crowd you’re trying to climb, trying to make it
Losing every sense of you

Chorus:
Smiling on the outside
Dying underneath
I’ve been looking through you
You ain’t fooling me
Aiming for the good life
All you think you need
Can’t you see it’s killing you softly and slowly?

Oh cry me those champagne tears
Cry me those champagne tears
Here’s to the pain you feel
Cry me those champagne tears

Aren’t you tired of living life in a panic?
Things you said you’d never become
Left with someone you don’t like and abandoned
Every sense of you

Chorus

I’ll be ready, I’ll be waiting if you want to leave
Cause it’s not too late to be someone you want to be
Let it out, let it out, let it out

Oh cry me those champagne tears
Cry me those champagne tears
Here’s to the pain you feel
Cry me those champagne tears

Smiling on the outside
Dying underneath
I’ve been looking through you
You ain’t fooling me

Aiming for the good life
All you think you need
Can’t you see it’s killing you softly and slowly?
Oh cry me those champagne tears

After The Landslide

Matt Simons/Jamie Hartman/Greg Holden 2019 / From 'After The Landslide'

Lying here
In my head, in my head, in my head
Done with the hiding
Sick of the fighting

Dying here
There’s nothing left, nothing left, nothing left
Stuck in the moment
Where are we going?

It’s been keeping me up all night
Cause I know what it feels like
To be staring into headlights
Pretending that it’s alright

Chorus:
I wanna know what’s next
I’m gonna see what’s left
I’m gonna see what’s left
After the landslide

We’re in up in to our necks
Don’t care how hard it gets
I wanna know what’s next
After the landslide
After the landslide

All I know
When it’s gone, when it’s gone, when it’s gone
We can’t erase it
But we can escape it

Cause we’ve been driving through the dead of night
Hitting every red light
Now we’re fighting just to stay alive
Finally I realize

Chorus

I wanna know what’s next
I’m gonna see what’s left
I’m gonna see what’s left
After the landslide

We’re in up in to our necks
Don’t care how hard it gets
I wanna know what’s next
After the landslide

If I Was Your Man

Matt Simons/Pete Harper/Jason Converse Blynn 2019 / From 'After The Landslide'

When I wake up in the morning
I waste no time
I’m making my way to you

I know when I see you
You’ll be looking lovely
What can I do?

I know that you don’t even know me
I think you could love me
Just give it a chance

You’ve been making coffee
I could make you happy
If I was your man

Chorus:
If I was your man (If I was your man)
If I was your man (If I was your man)
If I was your man (If I was your man)
If I was your man (If I was your man)

If you got to know me
You’d see I’m delightful
I got a good job
I just need someone like you

I’m friendly with my father
And always call my mother
They’d like you too

Chorus

Don’t mean to make you uncomfortable
Does this happen to you every day?
Maybe you smile at everyone
Just had to tell you I’m feeling this way

You may think I’m acting crazy
I’m just saying lately you’ve been on my mind
Ooo ooo and maybe I don’t think it’s crazy for us to spend time

Chorus repeat

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