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Maladaptive Daydreams

by Evan Melada

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1.
Vegas' Child 04:14
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V1 "You're gonna be popular tonight" he says "You're gonna be Vegas' child" he says Only for one night, kid it won't be long "You're gonna get everybody so wild" he says Now it's time to walk the line again Oh you've got that special kind of thing Have I seen your face on the silver screen? CHORUS Why do I go? Indelible soul I won't make it out of here V2 I see four red halls with four red lights I let each one kill my tired eyes I followed all those stars for you, I just chased all my stars for you I thought I had a boy waiting back at home for me But he was lost, I was so naive The whole horizons in my eyes, riding round this town I'm screaming "I'm so high!" CHORUS BRIDGE You give me tunnel vision, tunnel vision, tunnel vision, all in my head You give me tunnel vision, tunnel vision, tunnel vision all in my mind Sometimes I'd get it just right Lie my head back, turn off the light If I concentrate it in my head, watching myself from the ceiling CHORUS
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Out Of My Head 04:45
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V1 All of my memory leaves my mind as quickly as they came Heavens wrapped up in purple sheets and now you say it's time to leave I can't tell what you're seeing but we're both dressed in white that's all I know Come with me it's my last chance, unlock the cage and watch us go God bless me for sure CHORUS Comets are leaving, swallowing roses All of my feeling, we never noticed Bang the SRV, swallowing roses All of my feeling, we never noticed V2 All of my memory melts and mars my mind and in my skull Grab the tail end of the doe, what is real drag me along And now voices are talking backwards, seeping in right through the outside walls And maybe, just maybe I'm out my head too, in my head I ride the west God bless me for sure CHORUS/OUTRO Amber pane can do such beautiful and crazy things Amber pane made you think you ruled and took the world away
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Last Ride 03:39
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INTRO Are you ready? Are you ready? I was ready to take my last ride I was born ready to take my last ride V1 I was born ready to take my last ride I've been sitting by my phone and waiting up since nine I bought a fresh new pack, you wanna take me for a ride? Why would I stay longer if I never trust my mind? Drive this thing right off the bend, drive this thing right off the bend CHORUS I was born ready to take my last ride I was born ready to take my last ride Shake me up and throw me round like I'm your lucky dice This one's all on you boy, fingers crossed for them snake eyes V2 God I know he's wrong but he thinks that we'll never die Keep on trucking, Desert Inn, what do you expect to find? Honey don't you know that good luck changes on a dime? The devil's on my trail but I know he's a friend of mine Not too sure how this one ends, not too sure how this one ends CHORUS BRIDGE Babe it's not the rush and no honey it's not the high But I see agave vilmoriniana in your eyes Babe it's not the rush and no honey it's not the high But I see agave vilmoriniana in your eyes
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Cry For Me 03:07
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V1 Hosting off the highway, I'll keep you crashing I've got my reasons, I know it gets lonely I've got the place and I'll keep you safe I just get lonely, I just get lonely You know what I mean, when you're darker than in my dreams But I cant keep you right, my hearts been broke too much CHORUS You've got sweet rage in your voice I see you're used up in your eyes Anemone on your breath, you say "cry for me" And I cried V2 Go do your thing, drop me off at Valero When I'm in your arms it feels just like dying Friends come around and they tell me they get scared He can be mean don't you know that I'm aware? Taking to the road ain't realistic for our course Cause I've got my own plan, you don't know I'm leaving yet CHORUS OUTRO And I cried for you! And I cried for you! I took every single goddamn high for you! I tried for you! Bonafide for you! Did you want me to die for you? So come on breathe in more and we'll burn this shithole down When you learn to play the bass then I'll cry for you God I'll cry
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Drifter 03:59
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V1 Where, where, where do you drift at midnight? When you closed the door, yea I was wide awake Now you'll never know why I ride at night One time you thought you knew under acid drenched sunrise You can't lay your hands on me, you fucker anymore I, I, I won't cry for you no more CHORUS I light and burn for you, yea its true When you knew you'd leave me too And I live and die for the things you want So come on, I'll drift too V2 Three sheets to the wind when I close my eyes (My bloodshot eyes have seen this town) Feel my soul slip away every night when I sleep (Flip, switch, get dark and never come around) Don't you know that I've been drifting too? (Falling through floors of the sickest memory) New man each night, midnight, since I got numb (At soft daybreak ma' can I dream?) New roads you call dangerous I know like the back of my hand Try as you might, you'll never understand CHORUS OUTRO Why'd you do it? Why'd you do it? Wrap me up in your arms and blew it Why'd you do it? Why'd you do it? Wrap me up in your arms and blew it Now you go, your on the run, while I hold out for the sun Now you go, your on the run, pay me dust you useless fuck I'm angry and I'm lost, so please don't leave me here You and only you were supposed to get me out of here now No, you know I know, not in this goddamn place I walk alone and you, you don't come through with my call I beg you It's midnight and it's mine, but it don't feel right when I'm not with you I'll drift too
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Nails Stick to Water 04:42
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V1 Kid don't be so mean, not everything runs in the stream You're just a child, scraped and bruised knees, crying in mud CHORUS Don't go anywhere Into the world of boats and balloons Don't go anywhere Into the dark, cause you're trying to sleep V2 Hard trying to dream, kids trying to crawl to the home TV screen If you must go, do it so quiet, don't flail your arms and make a scene CHORUS V3 I learned red, roughed wrists cry into my tub But nails stick to water I believe CHORUS/OUTRO It's lonely up here
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Attempts // Rebirth (Interlude) 03:28
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Tell my heart to go and I'll wander You drive me crazy like summer He told me LSD made my eyes look pretty Under yellow lights of the city Take your last breathe of me You won't even cry when I leave Nevada You won't even cry when I leave Nevada
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Inside My Dreams 04:48
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V1 If you want me you know where I'll be Flying down the highway and the backstreets You can never sneak your way inside my dreams If you want to come and find me I'll be dancing in the desert in the southwest heat I'll be thousands of miles away from you I'm sorry if you cannot take it But when I'm up dancing I'm Vegas' favorite And I'm happy I got away from you CHORUS Driving down the strip, the lights are all I've ever wished Green neon in the sky and it's all that life can give Inside my dreams V2 If you want to come and ride with me I'll have to say, "No, I'm sorry my king" God knows you ain't no Dallesandro So you sit there with your switchblade Wondering what to do next He really liked his hands around my neck When someone wants the best of me They get left with nothing And I still got my head, or at least what's left CHORUS Everything feels right like St. Marks in summertime Everything was worth it and I don't feel the blues no more Inside my dreams BRIDGE You walked in circles around me while I'm on the ground You walked in circles around me while I'm fading out You walked in circles around me, not one dream around OUTRO Do your thing, get clean, see the things you want to see Do your thing, get clean, be the one you've always dreamed Do your thing, only you can save yourself, it's my last ride so Do your thing
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Bedroom Visions 03:56
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V1 The bedroom's hot like Arizona once again It's winter here but western skies are radiating It's getting light out don't you see? I need some space, I need my time Help me out, you love the sound CHORUS Time got lost and now I'm running through the sounds Take my lipstick crying, "Helter Skelter!" now If you forget it I'll just write it on the walls Help me out, you love the sound, help me out V2 Tonight's pick is Albuquerque with a twist I'm crying out, it's hot as hell, condors picking at my scalp All your mantras get me crazy, get me worked up, drive me wild Kill my mind, kill my head, chew my brain up, spit it out Breaking down, you love the sound, breaking down, you love the sound CHORUS BRIDGE Turns out I always had the dance in me Not from bedroom dancing vision dreams Turns out I always had the dance in me Not from bedroom dancing vision dreams Strangest when your fate belongs in the hands of straight men I'm being sent to sleep with sweetest dreams of electric sheep Now all my friends are running in different directions, away from me Fuck 'em all, once you cut me off they cut and leave Cut and run
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Vegas' Final Reprise 04:01
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INTRO You're Vegas' Child, You're Vegas' Child You belong to her, belong to her tonight V1 Morning hurts my tired eyes I just got home in time to watch the big sunrise, it'll rise again He took me down to Loves to die While you grabbed your cash I'd cry inside your little car I know I'll be fine Maybe Vegas' if it's right Wont be back for a while and that while's gonna wait its goddamn time They laid me back on the motel bed till I can't tell what I'm feeling Well do whatever you want cause I'll get lost up in the ceiling CHORUS There's a drifter at the edge of my last sleep, I know the rest I'm gonna get it right, like St. Marks but clean this time V2 Inside my dreams, I paint a picture and after one I go to that next Inside my dreams, I''ll wear all white and I will cry for all your curls It's never bad to dream as long as you live in your dreams One day I'll be happy I got away from you CHORUS One day things will be quiet, maybe one day I'll hear birds Till then I'll walk this garden till my hearts got no more words OUTRO You're Vegas' Child, You're the Devil's Child You belong to her every night of your goddamn life I'm Vegas' Child, God's favorite child I belong to her, just not tonight
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American Blood 04:52
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V1 American flags fading in the sun Cause God knows years of wrong can't be undone American Blood is reaching it's boiling point of no return Which reality TV star will save me now? CHORUS But they couldn't take us Children in Vegas Keep your head on the road, don't look back now V2 Everybody's speeding, fading away I tore up the wild side and I wanna go home now Dancing at the head of the highway, swinging This could be my last night but I can't cry no more I need some sleep tonight CHORUS Nobody can save us The Devil's in Vegas Listen to him laughing "Ah, Ha, Ha" V3 Midnight, channeling the moonlight Cause honey we're just kids, look what this place did Crazy, God you're fucking crazy but I got you out my life Move to the side kid cause this world is mine tonight CHORUS It'll never make us Now I'm leaving Vegas I'm flying full force now OUTRO If I'm not among the stars it means one of many things Either the drugs got me, or I lost myself in some drink Or I'm nearly out my mind And until I know, I'll catch the sunbeams
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Up and Out 04:50
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V1 Tell my heart to go and I'll wander You drive me wilder than summer He told me LSD made my eyes look pretty Under yellow lights of the city Take your last breath of me now You didn't even cry when I left Nevada So you won't even cry when I leave the lost state You knew this shit would never last Might be the worst thing from my past I'm high as hell I'm on your shoulder I replay this shit over and over But I'm driving out the way, and I'm waiving my right hand Honey don't you know that you're crazy? I mean c'mon CHORUS We got so high while we watched the whole world burning Maybe, just maybe that's why I clung so hard We laid together even if for them few hours Maladaptive Daydreams V2 You got so high so you could learn All the things the people can't learn down on earth But you were gonna report back to them what you'd seen Hey what happened? You expand that mind, then come and expand mine You're telling all your friends I'm crazy You said, "Take those queers and throw them right under the bus" Cause hey, that's what the world does And I knew you'd do the same CHORUS/OUTRO I'm up and out I'm flying up and out

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released December 7, 2018

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Evan Melada New York, New York

Melada's sound delivers a concisely crafted tone without reservation. The hints of jazzy piano when combined with heavy R&B synths create a uniquely dreamy, yet equally enigmatic feel to his tone, leaving you wanting more of this perplexing contradiction. Every second walks the line between giving into the darkness and floating away into space, all mediated by Evan’s hauntingly resonating vocals. ... more

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