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The Darker Side

by Ryan Knorr

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1.
The cold wind blows tonight It's piercing on my face Will it dry my tear filled eyes? Nothing’s quite the same Too much uncertainty How'd it end up this way? It's a long road It goes so slow I didn't want this I didn't need it I'm a moving target now And no one knows how long Before they seek me out Well i could try and hide And stay out of that spotlight But the light follows me all around It's a long road It goes so slow I didn't want this I didn't need it It’s a long road It goes so slow I didn’t want this I didn’t need it I didn’t want this I didn’t need it The cold wind blows tonight It's piercing on my face Will it dry my tear filled eyes?
2.
I said I feel just like the rain Falling to the ground at an alarming rate Just like the rain See i bottle up all these things Until the voices inside they become just so deafening All these things See I don't know why But it consumes my whole life Let it go, let it be, i would be free See i don't know why But it consumes my whole life Let it go, let it be, i would be free Would be free Well i feel like I’m standing still While the others around me they run right up that hill I'm standing still And it's a day just like today When I wanna get up and run right in the opposite way Just like today See I don't know why But it consumes my whole life Let it go, let it be, i would be free See i don't know why But it consumes my whole life Let it go, let it be, i would be free Would be free I can't run this marathon in a day And all my patience is slipping away I can't run this marathon in a day I said I feel just like the rain Falling to the ground at an alarming rate Just like the rain See I don't know why But it consumes my whole life Let it go, let it be, i would be free See i don't know why But it consumes my whole life Let it go, let it be, i would be free Would be free
3.
The World 04:01
Son it’s not the end of the world It keeps on speeding up and we just spin around the curves Son it’s not the end of the world You told me once before but you know I just never learn How are you gonna see? Cause it took just one day and I said The world could stand to change its ways How are you gonna see? Cause we’ve been led astray and I said The world could stand to change its ways Son there’s more to life than this We all inhabit this same place yet we take and rarely give Son there’s more to life than this You told me this before but please just tell me once again How are you gonna see? Cause it took just one day and I said The world could stand to change its ways How are you gonna see? Cause we’ve been led astray and I said The world could stand to change its ways A far off land that’s out of sight But it’s no movie it’s their life Son it’s not the end of the world Son there’s more to life than this Son it’s not the end of the world You told me once before but please just tell me once again How are you gonna see? Cause it took just one day and I said The world could stand to change its ways How are you gonna see? Cause we’ve been led astray and I said The world could stand to change its ways The world could stand to change its ways The world could stand to change its ways
4.
Waiting 03:28
Where did you come from again This mess in my head I locked you inside of your cell But you picked the lock and you fled Cause if there’s a way To change my fate Then I’d be ok But I can’t wait No I can’t wait Where did you come from again This misery Took a plane ride out of the city But you touched down for an emergency landing Cause if there’s a way To change my fate Then I’d be ok But I can’t wait No I can’t wait All my life I’ve tried To wait around for the right time All my life I’ve tried But still I’m waiting here The last in line Cause if there’s a way To change my fate Then I’d be ok But I can’t wait No I can’t wait
5.
She stands up And tries to move around But she’s chained down Can’t you hear the shackled sound? She’s trying to break the chains She said someday somebody’s coming to get me out Someday somebody’s coming to save me Someday’s not far that far away, it’s now Somebody’s coming for me The silence looms Brings more doom and gloom The mind it harbors roots That have overgrown this room She’s trying to break away She said someday somebody’s coming to get me out Someday somebody’s coming to save me Someday’s not far that far away, it’s now Somebody’s coming for me She said someday somebody’s coming to get me out Someday somebody’s coming to save me Someday’s not far that far away, it’s now Somebody’s coming for me She said someday somebody’s coming to get me out Someday somebody’s coming to save me Someday’s not far that far away, it’s now Somebody’s coming for me Somebody’s coming for me
6.
Luck 03:34
I don’t know why but my luck, it’s run out on me It left in my car at midnight, where could it be? Cause it’s only light for 12 hours a day And that ain’t much time to search this whole country It won’t take long The past could write this song And we could sing along Oh luck you’ve done me wrong Oh luck you’ve done me wrong But please come back home I don’t know why but I fell, fell in a hole I can feel my tires spinning, I’m stuck in the road Luck it came by and laughed right in my face I ran it down again, but it sped away It won’t take long The past could write this song And we could sing along Oh luck you’ve done me wrong Oh luck you’ve done me wrong But please come back home Like a knockout punch In the first round It won’t take long The past could write this song And we could sing along Oh luck you’ve done me wrong Oh luck you’ve done me wrong But please come back home Please come back home Please come back home Please come back home
7.
Maybe 03:58
When the clock strikes midnight today I will still be locked inside this maze It's not a question of, do I need a change But more like how the hell do I escape? Maybe...there will be a day Maybe...the past will be erased Maybe...I won't have to say Maybe...maybe You left me here to fight it on my own A battle not easily won against this foe With guns a blazing he destroyed my hope Took me prisoner and won't let me go Maybe....there will be a day Maybe....the past will be erased Maybe....I won't have to say Maybe....maybe I am at the end of the rope and I am barely holding on yes I am at the end of the rope A knot can only hold so long Maybe....there will be a day Maybe....the past will be erased Maybe....I won't have to say Maybe....maybe Maybe....maybe
8.
Why do we Keep on driving in the dark That headlight beam Is frozen, shining in the fog One day a week It feels like we might up and fall That headlight beam Is frozen, but it’s still moving on Deliver us now From this lowly spell Can you hear these words? Well, we don't deserve to wait And sit on this fence We hang on the edge We break and we mend A small reward Is all that we were looking for That open door Just hold it and don't you let it close It slammed before Right in our face don't let it go That open door Just hold it and don't you let it close Deliver us now From this lowly spell Can you hear these words? Well, we don't deserve to wait And sit on this fence We hang on the edge We break and we mend Deliver us now Deliver us now Deliver us now From this lowly spell Can you hear these words? Well, we don't deserve to wait And sit on this fence We hang on the edge We break and we mend
9.
It’s been awhile since I’ve been Free of all the things inside my head It’s been a while, let’s not pretend I’ve been running, scared as hell I called me out, I feel ashamed My own demons are the ones who are to blame I called me out, I’m not the same Been killing time, forgot my place So don’t go now I’ll hold line if you’ll just reel me in somehow Please don’t let me drown All I wanted was to be, my intended destiny Been dealt the cards, I think i’ve won I bet it all and lost again, I’ve come undone Been dealt the cards, I think I’ve won It’s all or nothing, that’s no fun So don’t go now I’ll hold the line if you’ll just reel me in somehow Please don’t let me drown All I wanted was to be, my intended destiny So don’t go now I’ll hold the line if you’ll just reel me in somehow Please don’t let me drown All I wanted was to be, my intended destiny All I wanted was to be, my intended destiny
10.
Now she’s alone With all the lights on at home Cause they’re silent friends She can always replace again She won’t wonder why This void fills her life There’s no one to blame Except the cruelty of fate It’s not too late You won’t waste my time I’ll be waiting here tonight Look to the sky Forever you’re mine, mine She stares at the walls Your pictures hang on them all She won’t take them down Or let the memories fade out There’s a hole in that space No one could replace The wounded body mends But the time in between is hell It’s not too late You won’t waste my time I’ll be waiting here tonight Look to the sky Forever you’re mine, mine She said “I’d give up everything Just have you here with me” Now she’s alone Says “never wanted you to go” And she says goodbye As she turns out lights It’s not too late You won’t waste my time I’ll be waiting here tonight Look to the sky Forever you’re mine, mine Someday we’ll be together again Just walking hand in hand We’re both in the sky Forever feels fine, fine
11.
The colors on these walls Will brighten this dark hall And mask my shade of grey At least the outside, anyway I feel like an illusion That aids in your confusion And just a single puzzle piece To the many that complete me Well it’s a darker side of me See to the bottom of these caves Cause I’m no longer afraid Of what’s written on this page No, I’m no longer afraid Of what’s written on this page

credits

released July 1, 2013

Produced by Ryan Knorr
All songs written and performed by Ryan Knorr
except additional acoustic guitars provided by Nick Motil on “Someday Somebody”

All tracks recorded by Ryan Knorr
All tracks mixed by Tony Bohnenkamp at Sonic Factory Studios, Des Moines, Iowa
All tracks mastered by Matt Sepanic at Sonic Factory Studios, Des Moines, Iowa

Album cover original artwork by Nick Motil
Album cover graphic design by Reid Knorr

Ryan thanks:
My wife, Kelsey, for her continued support and love while I once again worked long hours on this project and neglected a few of my duties around the house. :)

My family and friends for their continued support of my musical endeavors.

Special thanks to my good friend Nick Motil for his guidance on this project and for lending his talents on a track.

Special thanks as well to another good friend, Tony Bohnenkamp, who put up with my over the top perfectionism when mixing this album. He spent countless hours looking over every single detail and I am grateful for his hard work.

Finally, thank you to all of you who continue to listen to my music and support my art. I can’t say enough how much it means to me to have even a single person listen to what I’ve created and express to me that they enjoy it. It means the world and always will.
Thank you.

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