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1. |
Leveled Up
02:09
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Lyrics:
I think love’s overrated
And I do not like to use this word
But I hated
You blaming me when you were insecure
I get it
I’d have done those same things if I were you
But my friend said
He saw you out with someone new
And it’s not so much that I was envious
But I mentioned it when I saw you next
And you told me about the things he did
How’d it feel to not be enough
When you’re trying your best for the one you love?
I’m just glad to see that you leveled up
I hate to brag but in my defense
What goes around will come back again
I’m just glad to see that you leveled up from me
There’s a German
Word used to describe my mood
When I heard that
You got played the way I got played by you
And I’m certain
He took it farther than you deserved it
But it must have broadened your point of view
‘Cause you apologized for what you did to me
It was the hottest thing you ever said to me
And suddenly it did not hurt so bad
‘Cause now you know how it feels to not be enough
When you’re tying your best for the one you love
I’m just glad to see that you leveled up
I hate to brag, but in my defense
What goes around will come back again
I’m just glad to see that you leveled up from me
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Time Told Me
02:21
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Lyrics:
I just had the epiphany
That if I’ve ever had to ask if she’s into me
She act indifferently
And I repeat myself like I’m history
I moved last month from the northwest to LA
To take different advice from different people every day
and write songs every day, most of which are painful
With this brain full of ideas I think are great, they ain’t tho
I store them in posts in the notes of my payphone
And let that shit sit for years until I say so
And lately I want in with the new, not the same old
So I poured them all into a verse, called it a day hold on
I said I’d stay home but I’m not stable tonight
It might be a problem but one that I’m able to fight
I get by by remembering I’ve
Never met a better teacher than time
Time told me
Everything I didn’t want to know
When I was lonely (oh so lonely)
I’m gon’ be
There for me when my friends won’t
He told me slowly
There’s something I’ve been thinking I should say
It’s something that I’ve known from the start
Baby, everything I touch breaks
And you just let me touch your heart, okay
Let’s talk love, like, why do we chase it?
Why do we pay for dates just to make it
And hate where it takes us and break up so we can escape it
Like, I used to want love now I just want her naked
‘Cause the ones I always want, they always leave me feeling jaded
Like these numbers on the Tok, they always seem to be inflated
Like I’m writing all these verses
No one’s ever even heard them
And by no one I mean you ‘cause nobody is perfect
That last line was cute, this one’s for the person
Looking at me do my thing but just to get assertive
Saying I act a fool - but I could never feel stupid
Looking at all the room that I’ve got for improvement
Time told me
Everything I didn’t want to know
When I was lonely (oh so lonely)
I’m gon’ be
There for me when my friends won’t
He told me slowly
Time told me
Know
Oh so lonely
I’m gon’ be
Won’t
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For Real
03:10
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Lyrics:
She said have a nice life
And showed herself to the door
And I don’t normally cry
But when it rains it pours
It’s finally done
I’m just glad that she took the lead
It would have dragged on for months
Had it been left up to me
And I’m not sure how to feel ‘cause of course I’m sad
But there’s a certain relief I’m ashamed to have
But what hurts the most is the simple fact
That she thinks I’m coming back
But I’m gone for real this time
Made up my mind
I hate to leave, babe, but the choice ain’t mine
You made this bed so please sleep tight
And consider this my final goodbye
‘Cause I’m gone for real this time
A line that’s fine
I might be the reason that your heart’s heavy tonight
But you’ve broken mine over two years time
So consider this my final goodbye
Because I’m gone
For real
For real
For real
For real
For real
Yeah I’m gone
For real
For real
For real
Forty minutes pass
She asked I give back
Her dad’s keyboard that fast
So that’s where your head’s at
After all we had
I take everything she ever gave
And put it into a bag
If that’s the game she wants to play
And topped it off with a spray of cologne
Because tonight I deserve to stoop this low
And when we met up again, she said come home
But I won’t
‘Cause I’m gone for real this time
Made up my mind
I hate to leave, babe, but the choice ain’t mine
You made this bed so please sleep tight
And consider this my final goodbye
‘Cause I’m gone for real this time
A line that’s fine
I might be the reason that your heart’s heavy tonight
But you’ve broken mine over two years time
So consider this my final goodbye
Because I’m gone
For real
For real
For real
For real
For real
Yeah I’m gone
For real
For real
For real
She sent me a movie
She made for our two-year last month
But never showed it to me
Until my mind was made up
It flashed before my eyes
A relationship that had run its course
And I don’t normally cry
But when it rains it pours
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4. |
Better Than This
03:01
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Lyrics:
I thought that I was better than this
Better than not saying anything
And letting silence do the speaking for me
It’s easier, see
‘Cause either way I’m a dick
I thought that letting it sit
Was somehow better but it’s petty as shit
God forbid I just tell you the truth
I’m not into you
Even though you’d be fine with it
Because your first time
Should be with someone who cares
I want to be honest and fair, like
One night is all I’d be there, like
Maybe two or three but then you’ll find
I’m not that available
I make music and I work full time
I don’t push and I won’t pull
I know it’s bullshite
But I swear that I was gonna say this to your face
But a minute turns into an hour turns to a day
Which somehow sent this signal to my brain
That I could just drop it and everything would be okay
I thought that I was better than this
Better than not saying anything
And letting silence do the speaking for me
It’s easier, see
‘Cause either way I’m a dick
I thought that letting it sit
Was somehow better but it’s petty as shit
God forbid I just tell you the truth
I’m not into you
Even though you’d be fine with it
Because my first time
Which was not really my first time
She was the one I got burned by
Wanted her so bad it hurt
I can’t believe how much I’ve learned
I thought that it meant I was her guy
But she was just looking for her’s
I did not get a second or third night
Such a blurred line
‘Cause I never ended up seeing her ever again
And I would hate for that to be your experience
And after all this you’d think that I’d have some empathy
But your boy still left that text box empty
I thought that I was better than this
Better than not saying anything
And letting silence do the speaking for me
It’s easier, see
‘Cause either way I’m a dick
I thought that letting it sit
Was somehow better but it’s petty as shit
God forbid I just tell you the truth
I’m not into you
Even though you’d be fine with it
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Lyrics:
I get it
We’re seven years wedded
If this were still our honeymoon I probably never would said this
But it’s bold of you to question if I’m truly committed
When your demands are splitting us apart like nuclear fission
You got the nerve to say I don’t make any time for you
As if I didn’t spend it all trying to provide for you
I do an 8-5 and work 6-9 for you
And spend all my extra money advertising you
I sacrificed my entire social life for you
Just to have a couple people say “Alright, that’s cool“
Like, you could feel free at any point to make us some money
You wonder why I fuck with humor?
People kinda find me funny
Like, humor got me DMs from girls, babe
Humor got me in a video with Urkle, babe
Humor got me views from all around the world, babe
And you just got me running round inside a circle, babe
Let’s take this all in stride
(’Til death do us part)
Love hurts sometimes when you’re doing it right
Let’s take it slow tonight
(’Til death do us part)
And view this in a new light
Listen
I know I lack vision
But you’re not perfect either, babe
We’re both inefficient
I’m wishing it was like it was back when we were 17 but it isn’t
And though you think that I don’t care
You are the force to my physics
You are in everything I do in some shape or form
But I still waste time with a day job to pay my room and board
And after 7 years I start to wonder what it’s all for
When we ain’t even got a couple hundred people on board
It just feels like we ain’t come far
It’s no longer quite as simple as just you and me, a bed and guitar
When I got rent to meet and that shit cost a leg and a arm
But we were meant to be together even when it gets hard
I made this beat just to feather the spark
We’re a match made in heaven
I’m the head you’re the heart
Whether for worse or for better I will fend for what’s ours
Forever tethered
’Til death do us part
Let’s take this all in stride
(’Til death do us part)
Love hurts sometimes when you’re doing it right
Let’s take it slow tonight
(’Til death do us part)
And view this in a new light
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6. |
What I'm Not
03:04
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Lyrics:
I work so hard for what I don’t have
But I never stop to think what happens when it’s within grasp
Within grasp
I’ve done so much to change my attitude to what it is now
From what it once was in the past
In the past
And each day I get a little bit closer
As another part of me grows a little bit colder
‘Cause this is a race that will never be over
Although I’ve achieved a lot
I still tie myself in knots
And it’s kind of hard to stop
When all I see is what I’m not
All I see is what I’m not
No matter how much I’ve got
There’s always one more thing I want
It’s a mountain with no top
When all I see is what I’m not
All I see is what I’m not
There’s only so much you can do each day
Before your love turns to a shade of hate
Am I right?
Or am I right?
And I don’t wanna but I gotta be honest
I’m getting just a little tired of the process tonight
But that’s life
When each day I get a little bit closer
As another part of me grows a little bit colder
‘Cause this is a race that will never be over
Although I’ve achieved a lot
I still tie myself in knots
And it’s kind of hard to stop
When all I see is what I’m not
All I see is what I’m not
No matter how much I’ve got
There’s always one more thing I want
It’s a mountain with no top
When all I see is what I’m not
All I see is what I’m not
All I see is what I’m not
What I’m not
What I’m not
All I see is what I’m not
All I see is what I’m not
All I see is what I’m not
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Lyrics
[Pilot:]
We’ll be landing soon
So please take a minute and put away your carry on items including laptops
Feel free to keep using and charging your phones, tablets, and e-readers
Just make sure they’re into airplane mode
And if you’re sitting in exit row please unplug all devices from the outlets for landing
Now’s also the time to put away your tray tables
Put your seat backs up
Turn your head rest to the original position and fasten your seatbelt
If you’re sitting near a window…
[Evan Knapp:]
You were airport wifi
And I was in between flights
I brought books to read and had songs to write
But I chose you instead
You were just airport wifi
3 bars and a code
I even got your password and opened settings
To enter it into my phone
And watch the reception load
So I could waste time and watch an episode
And on paper everything should’ve worked
But nothing did
So no hard feelings, babe
We don’t ask the sun for rain
So there’s no sense in throwing blame
But it sure is a shame that we just didn’t connect
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8. |
WYD
03:48
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Lyrics:
[Brad Blackburn:]
I was like, yo,
I’m - I’m really sorry for like doing all that
And being extra but like you’ve been leading me on
And like you even said we were gonna meet up that night
And then I like go out and you’re with another dude, like
And then all your friends are like
[Evan Knapp:]
Girl, what are you doing?
What is your motive? I can’t see through it
Like, I didn’t go to college ‘cause I knew I wouldn’t use it
But right now you sure got a dude feeling stupid, it’s useless
Like, girl, why do you do this?
You turn me on just to blow out my fuses
Like, I wanted to be young but I’m chucking up the deuces
‘Cause games aren’t fun when I’m the only one who loses
I’m through with it
I’ve never not regretted chasing girls I work with
I can’t think of a time that it’s ever been worth it
And I’d be lying if I said that it wasn’t on purpose
Like I should have known better but you looked so perfect
At a coworker’s house after work, it was new years
I told myself I’d stop for a shot or a few beers
I was thinking it’s a pleasure to see you here
As we watched and we saw the room starting to clear
And we’re talking and we’re talking and then you get on top of me
And we’re making out, making out and you’re pretty hot to me
You stop and say, “Hey, you think we could possibly
Take this back to your place?”
Well babe ain’t that an anomaly
‘Cause I only live one or two miles away
Maybe I can meet you there? And you say okay
And I’m at mine asking if you’re on your way
You say, “I think you got the wrong number“
And then all your friends are like
Girl, what are you doing?
What is your motive? I can’t see through it
Like, I didn’t go to college ‘cause I knew I wouldn’t use it
But right now you sure got a dude feeling stupid, it’s useless
Like, girl, why do you do this?
You turn me on just to blow out my fuses
Like, I wanted to be young but I’m chucking up the deuces
‘Cause games aren’t fun when I’m the only one who loses
I’m through with it
All the scenarios in the back of my mind
When we’re back on the grind are you gon pass me the eyes?
I hope you’ll smile and laugh and say you had a good time
But like the stab of a knife you just pass me by
I guess that’s the vibe, I mean it would have been nice
To confront it so that I don’t have to think of that night
Every time I see you
Man, I felt like an idiot
A couple weeks later playing Kelly’s Olympian
Put my 40 minutes in and then I’m chillin with my friends
And then I see you cross the bar which I didn’t expect
It’s like, you didn’t even show up until after my set
And even then you don’t acknowledge me, like we never met
It’s like you only showed up to take me out of my element
On the only night I get to feel like I’m not irrelevant
All my people in a room, you make me feel like the elephant
Like, is this some kind of joke?
‘Cause if it is it’s not evident
Girl, what are you doing?
What is your motive? I can’t see through it
Like, I didn’t go to college ‘cause I knew I wouldn’t use it
But right now you sure got a dude feeling stupid, it’s useless
Like, girl, why do you do this?
You turn me on just to blow out my fuses
Like, I wanted to be young but I’m chucking up the deuces
‘Cause games aren’t fun when I’m the only one who loses
I’m through with it
Girl, what am I doing?
My intuition is a bit useless
It ain’t the first time it’s been wrong but the truth is
That I don’t really care because I’m moving
I went to visit Danny Vee last month in LA
And I decided that I like it and I’m gonna move states
And now a room just opened up inside my homie’s place
So I’m throwing a going away party with my mates
From the last 5 years, all my friends are coming
We’re all reminiscing when all of a sudden
You show up with our coworker, the one that you’re fucking
Like is that kind of fucked up or am I misjudging?
I don’t really mind him, ‘cause he can read the room
No, I don’t really mind him
I just mind you
Like I’m already done, girl, I made up my mind
But I just gotta stop and ask, just like… why?
Are you here?
With him?
Like, of all the things you could’ve done tonight…
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9. |
Songs About Me
03:39
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Lyrics:
I’m just like every guy
You could buy twelve of me for a dime
Each one available for the night
Here I was thinking you sort of might like me
But I’m just your practice guy
I’m only here to distract your mind
‘Cause he did not want you back this time
Wish I’d known ‘fore you came back to mine
Back to mine
I listen to the songs you sing
Even though you don’t listen to mine
I’ve been waiting for the longest time
To find light inside what happened that night
I wish you would sing
A song about me
I search every line
Hoping that one might be
I keep listening
When you send them to me
But you never write any songs
Songs about me me me me
Any songs about me me me me
Any songs about me me me me
Any songs about me
You never write any songs
Songs about me
You’re just like every girl
You only need me for your hair to twirl
When your other dude’s got you feeling terrible
You should be a little more careful
Careful with your words
You told me not to catch feels
As my heart was spilling right out my sleeve
That’s like telling a depressed man
Of the light that he cannot see
And maybe I feel like him
When I hear you sing
and realize that night
Didn’t mean anything
I keep listening
When you send them to me
But you never write any songs
Songs about me me me me
Any songs about me me me me
Any songs about me me me me
Any songs about me me me me
You never write any songs
Songs about me
Any songs about me
You never write any songs
You never write any songs
You never write any songs
You never write any songs
None of the songs that you write
Are ever about me
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Evan Knapp Los Angeles, California
I'm a singer, songwriter, and bassist from Upstate New York currently making music in Los Angeles,
CA.
It's taken me a while to get to the point where I can release my own music and have a pretty big backlog to get through, so be on the lookout for new tunes.
Thanks for stopping by and let me know of any comments/criticisms!
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