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Uneven Lives

by Missing Takes

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1.
White Lies 04:21
All the lies they say Trying to keep you safe Doing wrong for your own good Never good enough for you White lies they tell Are the lines we all know well “You gotta follow your heart” “Always shoot for the stars” “Hurts me more than it hurts you” “Someday you’ll understand” Words serve to keep You under unknown discipline Is that good for me? I’m willing to believe There’s a different way to go A direction no one knows Running with my eyes closed ‘Cause I like the feeling Crashing without seeing Overconfidence that’s been declared Hides someone unprepared White lies we tell Do we understand them well? Like the words of a song Re assured they will flow From your tongue, Think you’re too smart to ever submit Just think again You have bought into all of it You’ve been made to believe and to preach on command What’s the reason in the end? Ask the over confidents Sing me a song that can lead Me astray, can lead me astray Forget my problems, and drink them all away Drink them all away Paint me a picture I need it today
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Wounds that never seem to heal Scars that I can’t conceal In a place where reasons and feelings go to meet An empty cell that is your mind An empty place with nothing but jealousy Is it far away? Or should we only look inside Pictures have turned into obsession Connecting tales that should’ve been left behind Friendships, still haunting me these days Just good friends, a list that never seems to end I wish I could just rest my peace Deal with anything without even a word It’d be easier then, I wouldn’t have a whole world to confront So small, my world’s become so small I’m stuck in, not strong enough to break the walls Stories, still haunting me these days And I can’t help my simple mind Petty details that I amplify But still I try Is it my fault, my fault? Never enough Will you ever be enough?
3.
Tone It Down 05:18
No need to rub it in ‘Cause now I understand Though all the good you do It’s getting out of hand Don’t overrate your deeds Shove ’em down my throat This pride is fucking it up So recognize that I can’t fix this It’s your own mess Clean it up or I’m gone You raise your voice to win Another argument But yelling makes no sense Won’t prove anything Find the middle ground You’ve made yourself quite clear So open up your ears And tone your voice down I can’t fix this It’s your own mess Clean it up or I’m gone I’ll turn my back on you I’m giving up Stick with your own convictions Let’s just talk, try not to fight I don’t wanna hear that you’re right This is not a war, and you’re not in charge Don’t push me around Fighting the world is a battle you can never win Push everyone away So arrogant and proud It’s just the way you are A needy in denial
4.
Photofinish 06:12
I will never be first in anything for you But I like when you fool me And I know, you’ll replace me, there’s an opening Resentful and insecure? I think it’s just reality Running out of control So tired, my conscience is full I’m overwhelmed, a future I can’t behold And even though I tried You know I can’t deny I just can’t stop looking up who you are I buy in, against my better judgement Against my better judgement Falling behind in a race within my mind Tripping over hurdles that I put up and that’s why I placed in second in your life These online memories, photos at the beach, and all the stories I was told by you Not easy to forget, I’m right when I suspect They weren’t simple things that you’ve been through I buy in, against my better judgement Against my better judgement Falling behind Falling behind
5.
Pulling Back 04:45
You should sense The bitter part of my resentment On the fence You never really play it out So pretend You wanna do it ‘cause we’re special Broken words You know you wanna let it ride Did you notice my last statement? You’re pulling back So have you found Another friend to fill your needs and play around? Behind your eyes There lies a feeling you restrain But in a while I know you’re changing back again I won’t pretend You never made a bit of sense But in my head I see your face just now and then “Our feelings are different. It’s not your fault, But I’ve got you on my hook”
6.
Water under the bridge Has gone away, hasn’t it? I thought that we were done with this But it circles round again Where did I go wrong? Is it only bad that I’ve done? Defensive wall’s been overrun Take a different step It’s hard to let each other go So both of us have been overcome Walk away… Walk away from here I think it’s time for you to live again I’ll be fine. It’s not the first time I deal with this Let the tide take it away Relive it, over again Relive the fight, nobody can win Insanity, defines our redundancy Can we change the record please The standard has been set Behaviors I’ve learned to regret We’ve often gone to hell and back Take a different step It’s hard to let each other go So both of us have been overcome Things I lost, some I’ve gotten back And some I’ve thrown away myself There would be better times, they said But has this phase come to an end? Hasn’t it?
7.
Unicorn 06:49
I remember the first time i saw you, with your friends Black hair and big eyes You tried to make fun repeating my name I remember I almost didn’t go there that night That was a close one We wouldn’t be here, we wouldn’t be here In love with my couch In love with my couch As the time goes by and you don’t wanna move forward You make me anxious With things that you say, things that you say When you tell me stories I don’t wanna know I get disappointed It’s too much for me, too much for me You’ve been always with someone Always with someone From love to love You’ve played a lot There’s nothing special About us now So what’s the point of you and me? Maybe we should just stop right here Please close the door When you leave You keep me in a box, but display so proudly, Your online connections, Lovers you’ve got, lovers you’ve got You’ve been always with someone But you can’t be with me Another night That I won’t sleep I’m lying beside you I feel left out So what’s the point of you and me? Maybe we should just stop right here Please close the door When you leave This is something I can’t control Why can’t you see? (I’m right beside you) Why can’t you see? (I’m right beside you) I’m right beside you (I feel left out) I’m right beside you (I feel left out)

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released July 23, 2018

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Missing Takes Porto Alegre, Brazil

Check our new EP "We Don't Have It". Indie-rock-pop band from Porto Alegre, Brazil. 4 EP's released: Superfriend Going Down (2016), Uneven Tides (2017), Uneven Lives (2018) and We Don't Have It (2019). We toured in California on April/May 2017 and played Toronto's Indie Week in the same year. ... more

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