What Makes This Place Worth Calling Our Home

by Courtesy Drop

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released 16 December 2011
Recorded, mixed, and mastered by Mikey Allred - mikey@mikeyallred.com

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Track Name: NewSangWan
Like a ship built free of a sail

I was stranded before I’d begun

And I couldn’t sleep for fear of the nightmares making

their way into my dreams

and corrupting every part of me



I wasted my time

waiting for better days to arrive

but they never showed

and I was left broken and alone



If I’d been any weaker

I would have drowned in the sea of my own inabilities

but I found the strength

to make my own better days

and bury the pain



I finally see

the difference between

what I want

and what I need

I’ve sorted out that my mistakes

serve to mark the miles on the paths that I take



I understand

the clarity

in giving up on everything

but regret has been my world

for long enough
Track Name: Tylenol and Fireball [revisited]
I can't take these headaches

they're so needless

so exhausting

I'm only trying to be a better man

I didn't know it'd be this taxing

I'll pass on the pills and therapeutic sessions

I can fight through this on my own

I'm finding my way back to where I was before


Keeping my chin up high

walking tall

taking strides

I'm making this effort to better myself

I may need help or I may be fine

but either way it's just a matter of time

before I make it out and get all this weight off my shoulders



It's not the same as before

so don't take my hand

because all I know about where I'm going

is where I've been

But I know that I'm doing the best I can

and that the struggle's worth it in the end



I'm taking back what I used to say

because I can make it another day

and if I'm wrong

well at least I tried hard enough to die satisfied
Track Name: This Song Is About My Old Music Scene
They say that some people never change

and in this case I wouldn’t have had it any other way

I shudder at the thought of who and what I might have

been without you



Because in those days

you taught us to relate

leave our differences at the door

and share the same dreams

so that even when you’d gone

the passion would never fade



You gave us a song to sing

and a place to call home

and we’ll always hold them close

People come and go

but we’ll stay the same because

this is all we know



The pressure’s on

because we have some shoes to fill

and if we keep our head on straight

I think we will

Even if we fall

even if we fail

we’ll always remember



I won’t let go of what’s been buried deep inside my chest
Track Name: High Ground, Low Expectations [revisited]
We used to be happy

when we let ourselves tell us that we could do anything

We could have done anything

Maybe our hopes were misplaced

Maybe our love was too free

but at least we still trusted in living

Now we sit

a body of cynics

putting nothing but doubt into everything and everyone

We should have known we were going wrong

when we called it 'growing older'



Now we're content with second best

in this dead-end town where we swore you'd never see us again

Because we gave up when things got hard

We weren't man enough to wear the scars like trophies



Now my feet are restless

and all I'm doing here is standing still

And your defeat is evident

but you're just fine

because you're used to everything going downhill



But I'm not content like all the rest

and I'm getting out of this town while I still have the chance

I'll never give up when things get hard

I'm man enough to take the scars on proudly



Oh my God

what have you become

Such a pathetic shell of yourself

working for nothing but the end



If I had known that it'd be ending like this

I would have saved you instead of hoping for the best
Track Name: What Makes This Place Worth Calling Our Home [group effort]
We've had our share of dark days

when every breath seemed harsher than the last

Trying to carry the world by our own strength

Gamble with the future

sacrifice the past



We always ran from the obvious answers

and turned a cold shoulder to the warmest of hearts

Ignoring their acts

ignoring the fact

that only when the pain fades will the healing start



But when we let go of our pride

and let the bitterness inside our eyes die

we found the will to repay all of the debts we'd raised

and let passion lead

instead of aimless hate



We fought too many battles,

and embraced the pain of the weight all on our own

but finding friends that counteract the stumbles

is what makes this place worth calling our home
Track Name: Blood of my Blood and Jam of my Jams [revisited]
I'm taking this back from you

because you don't know what you're doing

and I can't watch you destroy

what so many tried to build

So why don't you do us all a favor

and start swallowing your pride

We need to think and act for the good of the long run

because it's not like we have anywhere else to go

Let's leave a legacy

a thriving community

instead of similar ruins



If it's worth anything

I think we'll be alright

When it's all said and done

when all our time is gone

we'll know it was worth the fight



We're all getting older

but these rooms will live forever

so tell me what's the sense

in hoarding them for ourselves

What we need goes so far past

double standards of respect

and social ladders ranked in ignorance

It seems that we have finally come to terms

with who it is that we all strive to be

and even with the questions that still need answers

we're all living our lives proud and free



We're not giving up

We're not backing down

We've worked too hard for this

this is our sacred ground

We'll hold each other up

as we rebuild and start anew

Making the world feel the impact

when we finally break through



We're all family here
Track Name: The Good Old Days [revisited]
I can't wait for the end of the world

when everything goes back to black and white
Track Name: What Makes This Place Worth Calling Our Home
We've had our share of dark days

when every breath seemed harsher than the last

Trying to carry the world by our own strength

Gamble with the future

sacrifice the past



We always ran

from the obvious answers

and turned a cold shoulder to the warmest of hearts

Ignoring their acts

ignoring the fact

that only when the pain fades

will the healing start



But when we let go

of our pride

and let the bitterness inside our eyes die

we found the will to repay

all of the debts we'd raised

and let passion lead

instead of aimless hate



We fought too many battles,

and embraced the pain of the weight all on our own

but finding friends that counteract the stumbles

is what makes this place worth calling our home
Track Name: Who I Could Have Been [who i never became]
If there's a life after death

I hope it's not based on what I'm living

Because it's a stretch to say that I'm not dead already

to say that I'm not taking more than I'm giving

I'm all out of hope of repaying my debts

because I've seen a side of this life I won't soon forget



It's not my fault that I'm not the same

and I'll blame anyone it takes to take this pain away

I'm not sorry for being selfish

because in this life it's nothing short of what's to be expected


Maintain the pain