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Give Me the World
03:28
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“Give Me the World” © The Sweetest Condition 2013
Lyrics by Leslie Irene Benson | Music by Jason Reed Milner
There comes a time when you’re tired of listening,
living someone else’s fate.
There comes a time when you’re tired of moving,
but you want to leave this place!
I’m gonna leave
this town!
Don’t take my hand
just ‘cause you can.
My silhouette’s a
marionette.
Don’t spin me ’round;
I’ll stand my ground.
I don’t belong
in this love song.
I don’t remember how I found you.
How did I get here, anyway?
You came in when I wasn’t looking,
trying like Hell to save the day!
I’m gonna wear you down!
I’m gonna wear you.
I’m gonna wear you … DOWN!!!
Please don’t say
I’m a lucky girl.
I give you an inch, and
you give me the world.
Give me the world.
My gloves are off;
my boots are on.
I can’t sing
another love song!
Give me the world.
My gloves are off;
my boots are on.
I can’t sing
another love song!
Give me the world.
My gloves are off;
my boots are on.
I can’t sing
another love song!
You come in,
I walk out.
Time to take the
higher route.
Doesn’t matter what you want.
Doesn’t matter what you need.
I can see the sandman dreaming,
freeing me.
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You Don't Know Me
02:46
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“You Don’t Know Me” © The Sweetest Condition 2013
Lyrics by Leslie Irene Benson | Music by Jason Reed Milner
I can’t take it when you put me down.
You make a fool out of me
whenever I hit the ground.
I’m picking up every piece that I can.
I know I’ve been here before
like the back of my hand.
You look at me like it’s some kind of game,
like I’m smaller than you,
like I don’t have a name.
You can’t tell me I’m not free,
’cause you don’t own me! You don’t own me!
You can’t tell me what I need,
’cause you don’t know me. You don’t know me.
I’ve had enough of being pushed around.
I’m not so ‘weak’ anymore,
since I’ve got what I found.
No use twisting your words into hate;
no more using your fists;
no more controlling fate.
I’ve grown a faith much bigger than you,
and those things that you do
can’t hurt me anymore!
You can’t tell me I’m not free,
’cause you don’t own me! You don’t own me!
You can’t tell me what I need,
’cause you don’t know me. You don’t know me.
You can’t say you don’t believe
’cause it’s inside me! It’s inside me!
You can’t tell me I’m afraid,
’cause you don’t know me. You don’t know me
at all.
And now and then
when I see your face,
I remember the days
you were inside my head.
All it took was for
me to let go
to regain control,
and crawl out of your bed!
You can’t tell me I’m not free,
’cause you don’t own me! You don’t own me!
You can’t tell me what I need,
’cause you don’t know me. You don’t know me.
You can’t say you don’t believe
’cause it’s inside me! It’s inside me!
You can’t tell me I’m afraid,
’cause you don’t know me. You don’t know me
at all.
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The Ghost and the Girl
04:32
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"The Ghost and the Girl" © The Sweetest Condition 2013
Lyrics by Leslie Irene Benson | Music by Jason Reed Milner
Time has passed, but I can’t sleep,
weighed by memories that I keep.
In the dark, it’s your eyes
that I see.
Your last words play in my head,
a radio of all you said.
Don’t you know, my love,
you’re haunting me?
Who’s the ghost, and who’s the girl?
Can’t make sense of a senseless world.
Hang onto a moment of
clarity.
From the veil
you reach to me,
shadows surrounding me,
as heart-shaped stones
collect at my feet.
Don’t you know you’ve gone too far?
Feeding dreams beneath the stars.
In the quiet, I feel you
watching me.
You failed to stand, instead, you fled,
left me these voices in my head.
And every year takes me
further from you.
Who’s the ghost, and who’s the girl?
Can’t make sense of a senseless world.
Hang onto a moment of
clarity.
From the veil
you reach to me,
shadows surrounding me,
as heart-shaped stones
collect at my feet.
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Where is the Light
03:31
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“Where is the Light” © The Sweetest Condition 2013
Lyrics by Leslie Irene Benson | Music by Jason Reed Milner
Sometimes in my dreams,
I am flying over fields of green.
Sometimes in my head,
I relive all that I forget.
You wish you knew what I know.
You wish you’d see what I see,
but it’s too big a burden
for anyone to carry—
anyone but me.
Sometimes in my head,
I am flying over fields of red.
You wish you knew what I know!
You wish you’d see what I see …
hidden in the night!
Where is the light?
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The Wound
03:56
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“The Wound” © The Sweetest Condition 2013
Lyrics by Leslie Irene Benson | Music by Jason Reed Milner
You give it your all.
I bleed ’til it hurts.
We give and we take,
’til our bodies shake.
I will return….
All be revealed—
the dark and the light,
the way that I feel.
So close to God,
yet so far apart,
I found the wound
right into your heart.
What changed in us?
What put us here?
The pain we serve
cuts like a mirror.
I will return….
All be revealed—
the dark and the light,
the way that I feel.
So close to God,
yet so far apart,
I found the wound
right into your heart.
I will return….
All be revealed—
the dark and the light,
this pain that I feel!
So close to God,
yet so far apart,
I found the wound
right into your heart.
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The Sweetest Condition Nashville, Tennessee
THE SWEETEST CONDITION is a dark synthpop duo with industrial influences.
Members: Leslie Irene Benson (lyrics + vocals) and Jason Reed Milner (music + synths).
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