ANOTHER 24
by Kurt Johnson & Phillip Amerson

So long I’ve gone who knows how long
Another 24 ain’t doin’ it wrong
Where am I goin’ well who the hell knows?
Another 24 stumbles slow

Chorus
So when will my travels end?
And how can I hope for more?
And why, why do I ever try
When the future’s
Another 24

The sun sets high, the sky hangs low
Another 24 stumbles slow
While I’m kickin’ along this stony path
Another 24 unleashes its wrath

Chorus
So when will my travels end?
And how can I hope for more?
And why, why do I ever try
When the future’s
Another 24


BACK FROM HEAVEN
by Phillip Amerson

So if misery loves company
Why am I so alone?
I cry every time I look to the sky
I wanna bring you back home

…bring you back from Heaven

Chorus 
I’d tear down their walls
Kill the angels all
Trade paradise for hell
To bring you back from heaven


If it’s true that time is a friend of mine
Why do you seem like yesterday?
It’s so hard to breathe drowning in memory
I wanna bring you back…

Pre Chorus

Chorus
I’d tear down their walls
Kill the angels all
Trade paradise for hell
To bring you back…

If love could reach through silver clouds
Fall to my knees, scream your name outloud

Chorus

Chorus

So then misery will have company
And we’ll be alone



BETTER
by Matt Day

So tell me what it is that has got us so far apart
It’s like the time you said, “So what, who cares,” that left me in the dark
And tell me how am I supposed to read between the lines
After a second thought you see the judgment call you made might not be right

Chorus
And you’re so much better
Even if you start to say
I can’t be any better
So why’s it have to be this way?

And tell me why did you always have to be picturesque?
Go put some makeup on, play your favorite song, and wear a little party dress
From a different view I can still see through all that you said to me
So find another one to have your fun with and hope that he never leaves

Chorus
That you’re so much better
Even if you start to say
I can’t be any better
So why’s it have to be this way?

…. and you’re so much better



BROKEN WING
by Phillip Amerson

Off the train in Memphis, he was drowned by the rain
No umbrella he needed, no need to hide from the pain
So her name came to memory, her face to mind
And his tears fell down from the sky

He could run all he wanted, she would never go away
Another place, another town, same face another day
He held on to her memories, held on to lies
Held on to the reason why

Chorus
With her could see over mountains
And he sailed over seas
But he can’t fly like an eagle
With a broken wing

He’d hoped for the courage, saved up for the day
When one last time he would see her of the things he would say
If only he could tell her, maybe she would know
This ain’t how love’s supposed to go…

He kept her old number next to a diamond ring
That lost its shine long ago, love hadn’t changed a thing
“I’m sorry sir there’s no one here by that name.”
It was funny how her voice still sounded the same

Chorus
With her could see over mountains
And he sailed over seas
But he can’t fly like an eagle
With a broken wing

Bridge
It still sounded the same
It still sounds the same
Some things will never change
Oh, it still sounds the same

Chorus
With her could see over mountains
And he sailed over seas
But he can’t fly like an eagle
With a broken wing

Chorus II
And you know he’d throw life away
To spend one more day
And fly like an eagle
Without a broken wing



BUILT TO FALL
by Phillip Amerson

Stacking them high, only I know why
Protection from her behind the wall I hide
Sandbags and stones and leave me alone
Regaining control

Chorus
If you pray for rain the pain washes away
The strongest of stones cannot stand alone
The smallest doubt turns the inside out
You build to tall then you’re built to fall

Tomorrow is stained, the future the same
The next girl, the next girl I’ll keep away
Til one day I crack, she finds her way back
The water is rising, am I still intact?

Chorus
If you pray for rain the pain washes away
The strongest of stones cannot stand alone
The smallest doubt turns the inside out
You build to tall then you’re built to fall

Chorus II
And I prayed for rain the pain washes away
The strongest of stones could not stand alone
Smallest doubt turned my inside out
I built to tall then I’m built to fall
…Built to fall…


FALLEN
by Phillip Amerson and Andrew Hintz

I’m getting to the point of it all
I’m pulling out bricks, tearing downing walls
Leaving this place, stumbling off of my seat
Watching these people making pretend
We all have our needs, but it’s different when
Waiting at home is someone who’s perfect to me

Chorus
Maybe I’ve fallen (away)
Maybe I’ve fallen (closer to you)
I’ve fallen closer to you

Good morning my love
First thing she says
I touch her face…this must be place
Without opening her eyes she figured out how to
Climb all my walls, wake me up now
I’m picking up pieces and putting them back into place

Chorus
Maybe I’ve fallen (away)
Maybe I’ve fallen (closer to you)
I’ve fallen closer to you

Solo

Chorus x2



FALLING OUT OF LINE
by Phillip Amerson

We painted our picture so perfect
We numbered ourselves so obviously
Tricks of light would never defect
But you’re a frame of a work I could not complete
Cause now I’m painting out the lines
Falling, falling, falling out of line

Next in line obey the command
Look straight ahead
Forget any last stand

Chorus
Falling, falling, falling out of line
Falling, falling, falling out of line

Foreshadow a popular story
Somewhere the hero is destined to save the girl from a fortress of lonely
He’s risking all on a love that he’s yet to make
But I’m not laying my life on the line
Falling, falling, falling out of line

Next in line obey the command
Look straight ahead
Forget any last stand

Chorus
Falling, falling, falling out of line
Falling, falling, falling out of line
Falling, falling, falling out of line



FOLLOW HIS HEART
by Phillip Amerson

The Greyhound bus opens her doors
To take him somewhere he’s never been before
Fourteen hours to clear his mind
Of a dead end life that he’s leaving behind

Chorus
Dreams are for dreamers
I’m not sleeping tonight
Hope’s for the hopeless
Not doin’ it right
Before he’s too far gone
Now’s a good time to start
He’s gonna follow his heart
He’s gonna follow his heart

Studied politics and threw four years away
Lost his heart in Paris, it’s still there today
Came back home and started over again
The same old town but not the same old him

Waited tables by day, a dead end job
Just like a stripper, a slave to the mob
If he walked away he’d never look back
Cannot work at this if you’re made for that

Chorus
Dreams are for dreamers
I’m not sleeping tonight
Hope’s for the hopeless
Not doin’ it right
Before he’s too far gone
Now’s a good time to start
He’s gonna follow his heart
He’s gonna follow his heart

The Greyhound bus opened her doors
And took him somewhere he’d never been before
In fourteen hours he cleared his mind
Of a dead-end life that he left behind

Chorus



FREALITY
by Phillip Amerson

So you’ve got your reasons
You’re coming undone
Feel your dreams break, you’re choking on heartache
So many reasons to run

We’ve all had our problems
We’ve all risen above
There’s no symmetry when dreams meet reality
So if you’ve had enough

Chorus
When reality collides
With the dreams you have in mind
Keep the freedom in your eyes
Freality defied

Are you choking on answers?
No questions allowed
It’s not a truce when the hand that feeds you
Is the hand that holds you down

Ever find yourself believing
That here is all there is?
If they tell you, “Son, no way that it can be done.”
You just scream, “I did, I did, I did”

Chorus
When reality collides
With the dreams you have in mind
Keep the freedom in your eyes
Freality defied

Chorus X2



I AM THE BITTERSON
byPhillip Amerson

I am the Bitterson
Product of
The things I hate
The things I love

I am the Bitterson
A comprimise
I set the truth
Apart from lies

I am the Bitterson
Heaven sent
To pull you out
From the shit you’re in

I am the Bitterson



I BELIEVE (LIBERATE)
by Phillip Amerson

I’ve been given one life
Tryin’ my best to live it right
Give back more than what’s been given me
And I have bloodied my hands and skinned my knees
Workin’ 12 hour days 7 days a week
I’m not livin’ poor…I’m living free

Chorus
I believe the sun always rises
Showing me that I’ve made it through
Another day
Liberate
I can see over the horizon
Setting free, I’ll make it through
Another day
Liberate

There is nothing to show
Except apologies on folded notes
Words that are never meant, will never be
But I have steel for bones and scars for wounds
I never stopped believing what I knew was true
Threw back at them, what they threw at me

Chorus
I believe the sun always rises
Showing me that I’ve made it through
Another day
Liberate
I can see over the horizon
Setting free, I’ll make it through
Another day
Liberate

Bridge

Chorus
I believe the sun always rises
Showing me that I’ve made it through
Another day
Liberate
I can see over the horizon
Setting free, I’ll make it through
Another day
Liberate



I FOUND IN YOU
by Phillip Amerson

At the hands of never
But we should’ve seen forever
Her voice is still demanding
A promise is outstanding

Why should we tomorrow
When we could today?
Forced to beg and borrow
But what I needed to say was,

Chorus
True
All I wanted was you (you)
All I needed was time (time)
And time would prove you were mine (mine)
All I wanted was you and nothing else
More than life, I bleed myself
All I ever wanted I found in you

This game has burned me out
Filled me up with doubt
I cannot contemplate
This lust cannot wait
I fill it up inside
A secret I confide in you
Want not wait insane
And play the foolish game

Chorus x2
True
All I wanted was you (you)
All I needed was time (time)
And time would prove you were mine (mine)
All I wanted was you and nothing else
More than life, I bleed myself
All I ever wanted I found in you



INFANTILE

by Phillip Amerson

Now I’m starting to find
What was here all the time
Either you do or don’t ask why
Do or die
No more tries
There’s no consolation prize

Chorus:
Hey
Wait
Stay
This way forever
Infantile
Infantile

She is starting to go
The light is starting to show
And I don’t want to live this way
To crave
The shade
Of a shadow never made

She is begging to leave
Try to take it seriously
Am I giving what she needs?
I breathe
Conceit
And I’m crying hysterically
…. crying hysterics

Chorus x2
Hey
Wait
Stay
This way forever
Infantile
Infantile

Solo

Chorus x2
Hey
Wait
Stay
This way forever
Infantile
Infantile



LONG WAY AROUND
by Phillip Amerson

I am ready for the new fight
Drop my bags and get light
Settle in for a long night
Of recovery

I have settled on a new plan
Tomorrow morning I’m a new man
Lay the bottle down and here I’ll stand
Discover me

Chorus
It’s a long way around
From where I’ve been to where I’m bound
The long way around for me

I have found myself a new book
Every morning I take a look
It’s full of liars, thieves, whores, and crooks
Just like me

They all settled on a new plan
Put their trust into one man
If they can do it I know I can
Discover me

Chorus
It’s a long way around
From where I’ve been to where I’m bound
The long way around for me

Solo

Chorus
It’s a long way around
From where I’ve been to where I’m bound
The long way around for me

All my friends and my family
Almost gave up on me
That’s how beautiful life can be
Life can be a…

Chorus



READY TO SUFFER
by Phillip Amerson

Hear me out
I’ve come to show I’m sorry
Belief and doubt
You have no need to worry
All my ways
Have only led me here
To face my fears

Chorus
I’m ready to suffer
Ready to feel what I’ve never known
Ready to lay out
All my pain and all I owe
Don’t you believe me now
I’m ready to be a martyr
Ready to suffer
Ready to go

I can try
I can make this better
Clear the air
Find some sunny weather
Take some time
And never again, never again
I’ve said it before

Chorus
I’m ready to suffer
Ready to feel what I’ve never known
Ready to lay out
All my pain and all I owe
Don’t you believe me now
I’m ready to be a martyr
Ready to suffer
Ready to go

Bridge

Solo

Chorus
I’m ready to suffer
Ready to feel what I’ve never known
Ready to head out
On my way all alone
Don’t you believe me now
I’m ready to be a martyr
I’m ready to suffer
Ready to go


SHE'S MY ONLY PROOF
by Phillip Amerson

She, she’s my only proof
That I may be alive
Without her it’s tough to survive

Hey (hey) I thought I heard her say
She thinks of me the same way

Chorus
An answer to your question
What you gonna do
She’s my hand up
I solemly swear I’m tellin’ the truth
Asking for direction
Head out to somewhere new
She’s my only, she’s my only proof

Mine, thought I’d make her mine
Today forever all time
Now stand up boy and walk that line
See, thought I heard her say
She wants from me the same thang…

Chorus
An answer to your question
What you gonna do
She’s my hand up
I solemly swear I’m tellin’ the truth
Asking for direction
Head out to somewhere new
She’s my only, she’s my only proof

Solo (over chorus x2)

….She, she’s my only proof



STUCK IN THE MIDDLE OF THE STORM
by Phillip Amerson

There’s a change in the weather
Whether you are here
Rain clouds my intentions
Words are never clear

Chorus
Cloudy on the inside
Sunny on the outside
We should be forewarned
Cloudy on the inside
Sunny on the outside
Stuck in the middle of the storm

The storm’s on the horizon
Winds are pushing past
Shelter in the comfort
This will never last

The wreckage left is drifting
Either way we choose
The aftermath is cleansing
Either way we lose
… Either way we lose…

Chorus
Cloudy on the inside
Sunny on the outside
We should be forewarned
Cloudy on the inside
Sunny on the outside
Stuck in the middle of the storm

Chorus II
Dyin’ on the inside
Tryin’ on the outside
We should be forewarned
Cryin’ on the inside
Lyin’ on the outside
Stuck in the middle of the storm

Solo out…



THE CROSSFIRE
by Phillip Amerson

She doesn’t think there’s anything out there
More than lies and apologies
The search for truth is a thousand directions
This one real, this one make believe

The temperature is high
The burning grows strong
Lied to herself all along

Chorus
She turns away, away from the crowd
Can’t back down, there’s no way out
She’s been caught in the crossfire
Between a cross around her neck
And a liar

Undo the chain, undo the suspicion
Faith is found in her daily routine
Every night there’s another admission
Every morning there’s another defeat

The temperature is high
The burning grows strong
Lied to herself all along

Chorus
She turns away, away from the crowd
Can’t back down, there’s no way out
She’s been caught in the crossfire
Between a cross around her neck
And a liar

Solo

Does believing mean compromising?
Faith and truth, is there nothing more?
They don’t help ‘cause tonight she’s still lonely
The greatest of loves that’s what she’s hoping for…

The temperature is high
The burning grows strong
Lied to herself all along

Chorus
She turns away, away from the crowd
Can’t back down, there’s no way out
She’s been caught in the crossfire
Between a cross around her neck
And a liar

… She’s been caught….In the crossfire



WHEN LOVE FINDS YOU
by Phillip Amerson

You’re allowed to die again
Give up, never try and win
I try to release
You’ll try to die again

Cause you’ve never been loved
No you’ve never known love
Could you ever be loved?
Will you ever find love?

Chorus I
When love finds you, you won’t be true
Pretend believe, pretend for me
When love finds you

You have searched and you have found
Heartbreak made a comfort sound
You’ve begged me please,
“Put me out, put me down”

Cause you’ve never been loved
No you’ve never known love
Could you ever be loved?
Will you ever find love?

Chorus II
When love finds you, you won’t be true
Pretend believe, pretend for me
When love finds you, you won’t run through
Motions abstain, emotions mean pain
When love finds you

Solo

Pre Chorus

Chorus II