Kris Angelis - Lyrics

HEARTBREAK IS CONTAGIOUS EP
HEARTBREAK IS CONTAGIOUS
By Kris Angelis, Morgan Taylor Reid, Alexander Cardinale

Tripping over words never was my style
But the way you made me feel
I couldn't help by smile

Yeah you really got me
So fast, so fast
syncopated, so syncopated
like that, just like that
dissipated

Help me try to understand
what's going on inside your head
Nothing can save us, can save us
I don't know if you got burned
Listen honey, I'm not her
Heartbreak is contagious, contagious
Its not like we can talk it out
we've run out of words somehow
Can't turn the pages, the pages
Keep on going round and round
How long til we figure out
Heartbreak is contagious, contagious

I swear there was a time
when you belonged to me
But I'm a two-way heart
On a one way street

Yeah you really got me
So fast, so fast
syncopated, so syncopated
like that, just like that
dissipated

Oooooh Oooooh
Nanananananana

And if we tried to go back, go back
We couldn't change it
No we couldn't change it
I know that

ooooooh oooooooh
nanananananana

BUILT THIS HOUSE
By Kris Angelis, Morgan Taylor Reid, Alexander Cardinale

This room's a mess
Can't sleep inside this bed
I don't want to
I hear your steps
Swear I can feel your breath
You're everywhere

You're the sun through the window
You're the fog in the mirror
Locked in, how do I get out?

Each brick inside these walls
Floorboards that line these halls
I built this house for you
I built this house for you
Voices, I hear them all
Pictures, I watch them fall
I built this house for you
I built this house for you
Just like a fire, it all went up in flames
Out of control, you're burning down this place
I built this house for you
I built this house for you
You're like a ghost, its driving me insane
I'm here alone, I'm calling out your name
I built this house for you
I built this house for you

So beautiful
Remember when it shined like gold
From every corner?
Now its cold as hell
I'm stuck inside a prison cell
I miss you

When I planted the roses
How could I ever know that
Someday, you would let them die?

So beautiful
Remember when it shined like gold?

KEVIN BACON
By Kris Angelis, Morgan Taylor Reid, Alexander Cardinale

I see you
riding shotgun in your car
on this picture perfect night
pointing out our favorite stars
killing time

There's something, there's something
in the air, in the air
running your fingers, your fingers
through my hair, through my hair
and then we're kissing
lipstick is everywhere, everywhere
destination anywhere

All I know is that I
can't keep from smiling
I just can't stop laughing like a fool
I never met someone
who made me feel the way you do
These butterflies got me so high
I'm dancing on the roof
You make me feel like
You make me feel like

I got some brand new shoes
Just heard that real good news
Whenever I'm with you
Got me like, Oh my!
We're breaking all the rules
I'm 'bout to cut footloose
Your Kevin Bacon moves
Oo oo oooo

Can we stay forever young
Constellations on the move
In this crazy, stupid love
Me and you

I got some brand new shoes
Just heard that real good news
Whenever I'm with you
Got me like, Oh my!
We're breaking all the rules
I'm 'bout to cut footloose
Your Kevin Bacon moves
Oo oo oooo

Can we stay forever young
In this crazy, stupid love?
Me and you

Can't keep from smiling
I just can't stop laughing like a fool
I never met someone
who made me feel the way you do
These butterflies got me so high
I'm dancing on the roof
You make me feel like
You make me feel like

I got some brand new shoes
Just heard that real good news
Whenever I'm with you
Got me like, Oh my!
We're breaking all the rules
I'm 'bout to cut footloose
Your Kevin Bacon moves
Oo oo oooo

THE LEFT ATRIUM

NOT YOUR FAULT
By Kris Angelis

You made me forget what I thought I never would
Don't make me forget you too
Cause I'm not sure I could
I thought there wasn't better but you went and proved me wrong
I still don't get to have it this time
but I'm still glad you came along

Its not your fault I know and its not mine
Its all just a part of how we were designed

You played me raucous lullabies and drew my dreams when I closed my eyes
You would've been my first choice if only I was yours
But my dear I'm getting weary of knocking on closed doors

Its not your fault I know and its not mine
Its all just a part of how we were designed
Its not your fault I know I still have time
But the heart is still the one that pumps blood to the mind

Maybe I'm wrong
Do you even miss me at all?
(Ooo's, humming)

Its not your fault I know and its not mine
Its all just a part of how we were designed
Its not your fault I know I still have time
But the heart is still the one that pumps blood to the mind

Hear what you've been told
Take a breath of hope
Heal what someone broke
Yours is made of gold

WALK WITH YOU
By Kris Angelis

Give me the skyscrapers in the city
And the lights that make it so pretty
Give me the crowded streets and the blistered feet
And let me walk through it with you

Give me the open plains of the desert
As far as the eye can view
With its infinite sky those scrapers can’t touch
And let me walk through it with you

I will walk for miles
Doesn’t matter how far with your hand in mine
I will have no fear
You put joy in my heart and peace in my mind
Life's a fight but I believe
That I will be alright
If you're walking through it with me

Give me the forests tall and the rivers wide
And the oceans they run to
Those trees may die and those waters run dry
But let me walk through it with you

Give me sunshine and lazy days
the cold, the wind, and the rain
Every day is brand new, each is perfect if you
Let me walk through it with you

I will walk for miles
Doesn’t matter how far with your hand in mine
I will have no fear
You put joy in my heart and peace in my mind
Life's a fight but I believe
That I will be alright
If you're walking through it with me

You were born to wander
And I just can’t seem to choose
Wherever we go in these ramblin’ shoes
Let me walk through it with you

Over mountains tall and roads so long
You’ll be with me wherever I roam
And when I’m at that gate when I finally come home
Let me walk through it with you

I will walk for miles
Doesn’t matter how far with your hand in mine
I will have no fear
You put joy in my heart and peace in my mind
The only distance I notice is when its between
Life's a fight but I believe
That I will be alright
If you're walking through it with me

I will walk for miles
I will have no fear
I will be alright
Cause you, you'll be by my side
Yeah you'll be by my said

HALF AS AFRAID
By Kris Angelis

You said you're always more careful when it comes to matters of the heart
What made you think you could be reckless with mine?
I wear it right here on my sleeve and it just wants to believe
that love is pure and honest right from the start

You, you asked all the questions
And I could have said no
I should have asked some of my own

But I'm not half as afraid of what you might say
as I am of what you don't
I'm not half as afraid of what you might say
as I am of that you won't, that you won't

I wrote a story of us loosely based on true events
and it spins my head around trying to make sense
If I can't get an answer I'd rather be confused
than think the reasons I come up with could be true

You, you asked all the questions
And I could have said no
I should have asked some of my own

But I'm not half as afraid of what you might say
as I am of what you don't
I'm not half as afraid of what you might say
as I am of that you won't, that you won't

You'll just take what you can get but I would not have bet
That your desire for the flesh would be so pure
This want is a disease and I'll put my mind at ease
By following the one with the only cure

You, you asked all the questions
And I could have said no
I should have asked some of my own

But I'm not half as afraid of what you might say
as I am of what you don't
I'm not half as afraid of what you might say
as I am of that you won't, that you won't
I'm not half as afraid of what you might say
as I am of that you won't, that you won't
But I know you won't

RHYME NOR REASON
By Kris Angelis

When I was young I learned 2+2 is 4
and I wanted to know a little more
So I went searching for the answers to every "How?" and "Why?"
But when it comes to love, I found, its a waste of time

The only rhyme is in the songs we sing
The only reason is everything
Sometimes it makes no sense at all
For who and how and why and when we fall

The list keeps getting longer how you set my heart on fire
But you don't feel it. Its like a cruel joke
Cause the other guys in line, you know, they look real good on paper
But when I hold it up to them, it doesn't even smoke

The only rhyme is in the songs we sing
The only reason is everything
Sometimes it makes no sense at all
For who and how and why and when we fall

Oh Oh Oh Oh
Oh No oh oh
You just never know

Love is a blind boy with arrows and a bow
How he even flies, I'll never know
How do I love you? Oh let me count the ways
Why do I love you? Only God can say

The only rhyme is in the songs we sing
The only reason is everything
Sometimes it makes no sense at all
Oh The only rhyme is in the songs we sing
The only reason is everything
Sometimes it makes no sense at all
For who and how and why and when we fall

Oh Oh Oh Oh
Oh Oh oh oh
You just never know
You never know

RUST
By Kris Angelis and Lauren Harding

We built a fort together
You built one around your heart
You let me in, in sunny weather
locked me out when the rains fell hard

I stood out in the storm
Cause you had things to do
But I would rather walk alone
Than sit around being lonely for you

I'm getting off this carousel I've ridden by your side
I will keep myself in tact and you can keep your pride

So kiss me for the last time
Don't watch me walk away
Cause if I don't do this for me it'll be my dying day
I'm handing you the key to those accursed chains
and you'll be walking free
But those chains will rust when it rains

No matter how I counted you found a place to hide
All my seeking only led me to your shore at low tide
So I waded in the water hoping you might throw me a line
All I got was soaking wet but I'll dry off in time

I'm getting off this seesaw we've ridden up and down
You can keep your hidden heart and I'll ride on out of town

Just kiss me for the last time
Don't watch me walk away
Cause if I don't do this for me it'll be my dying day
I'm handing you the key to those accursed chains
and you'll be walking free
But those chains will rust when it rains

When the rain comes down and the pressure's high
All the dirt gets carried away
When the rain don't stop pouring from the sky
You'll have to face your judgement day
(repeats)

So kiss me for the last time
And watch me walk away
I'll take your pain with each step
on this, your dying day.
I'm handing you the key to those accursed chains
and you'll be walking free almighty
But those chains will rust when it rains
Those chains will rust when it rains

You took a link from an old chain
and threw it right in the sea
Though you held my hand through that
you never had one for me

Can you feel the thunder in the ground?
Can you taste the coming rain?
The next time that it comes around
You know I'm getting on that train

Can you hear the whistle cry my pain
cause nothing can remain?
Everything must return to dust
and wash away when it rains
Everything must return to dust
and wash away
wash away when it rains

NOTHING YOU CAN SAY
By Kris Angelis and Zane Carney

I'm not ashamed to admit
that I thought you were different and I was wrong
Did you think that was all it would take to change my mind
when I've been here so long?

There's nothing you can say
Nothing you can do
I'm sorry its just too late
As much as you've been blessed
Honey, you failed this test
You can't make me love you less

The weight of my pain, broken hands, ancient shame
melt away when I hold your face
I saw in your eyes a glimmer of surprise
When I told you I must leave this place

There's nothing you can say
Nothing you should do
I'm sorry its just too late
Love, you gave it all
But something beckons me to fall
I know I'll bring you down if I stay

oooo's

There's nothing you can say
Nothing you could do
I'm sorry its just too late
Yes, I heard what you said
But every tear I shed
Still can't make me love you less

I want the truth I despise more than beautiful lies
And you can't make me love you less

EMPTY CABINETS
By Kris Angelis

Just sitting in my room seeing which flowers will bloom
Try to step out of the gloom caused by the hiding moon
Look in empty cabinets through 32 flavors of tea and two kinds of honey
Please, the one thats called Love for me

Brew in a copper pot
Make sure its good and hot
Because you know if its not
It will soon be forgot

Lavender, take me back
Camomile, let me sleep
Rose you bring dreams lightly
into the black I see

Masks will still cry and grin as yellowing pages thin
If I take off this broken ring, I will still find nothing
in empty cabinets but 32 flavors of tea and two kinds of honey
Please, the one thats called Love for me

Lavender, take me back
Camomile, let me sleep
Rose you bring dreams lightly
into the black I see

Lavender, take me back
Camomile, let me sleep
Rose to bring dreams lightly
into the black I see

KISS YOU AWAKE
By Kris Angelis

I cry myself to sleep only to dream
and screaming wake to find my nightmare is real
Fire burns the trees
it clears the way for new life to be
Still I'm afraid

Breathe in, Breathe out
Keep your heart beating
Until I come to kiss you awake
Breathe in, Breathe out
Keep your heart beating
Until I come to take you away

Across the ocean deep you feel the waves
Pulling underneath
You will be saved
I'm lost and I can't see through the smoke and mist
(I'm right here beside you)
I hear your voice telling me I still exist

Breathe in, Breathe out
Keep your heart beating
Until I come to kiss you awake
Breathe in, Breathe out
Keep your heart beating
Until I come to take you away

Push back the darkness and fight to the surface
For just a while longer
Just a bit farther
Push back the darkness and fight to the surface (When the darkness calls)
For just a while longer
I'm right here beside you
Push back the darkness and fight to the surface (I won't let you fall)
For just a while longer
Just follow my voice now
Through pain I won't show (Don't be afraid)
By counting your sighs I know
time still goes by

Breathe in, Breathe out
Keep your heart beating
Until I come to kiss you awake
Breathe in, Breathe out
Keep your heart beating
Until I come to take you away
(repeats in a round)

EVERYDAY LOVE
By Kris Angelis
In loving memory of Judith Isaza

He never used to talk to people in elevators
He never had a reason til she walked in
She never use to drink coffee
She never liked it much til it was something to do with him
So they walked down the street
And they talked about anything

Everyday things you do everyday
But its not everyday you find the one
You'd do them with everyday

He never rode the train all the way to Queens
Until the day he offered to accompany her home
The day before that was the last time
she ever had to take that ride alone
As they rode, he took her hand
He didn't have to say much for her to understand

Everyday things you do everyday
But its not everyday you find the one
You'd do them with everyday

She was a dancer but she'd never
Been swept off her feet til he came along
She listened as he asked her to come away with him
And she knew he was singing the most beautiful song
So they traded the streets of the city
For a house in a meadow where the wind ran free

Everyday things you do everyday
But its not everyday you find the one
You'd do them with everyday

So the story goes that sixty years later
He'd never missed a day with the girl from the elevator

CUT TO THE CHASE
By Kris Angelis

Lets just cut to the chase
You're no good for me
But I still want a taste
Just to make sure that I'm right

I know that you're a mistake
But that doesn't stop me
From seeing just how many I can make
And how much I can take

I've never been okay with
"that's just how it is and nevermind"
I suppose that I could wait a while
But that's just not my style

So let me get right to the point
You're a bad idea
But I'll keep hangin' round
Collecting reasons why

I'm like a bomb
just waiting tick, tick, tick
And I know that it'll make a mess
But you just light that wick

I'll be a spy
and you'll be evidence
I'll stay here in disguise
Until it all makes sense

I've never been okay with
"that's just how it is and nevermind"
I suppose that I could wait a while
But that's just not my style

So let me get right to the point
You're a bad idea
But I'll keep hangin' round
Collecting reasons why

NEVERLAND
By Kris Angelis and Tim Hanseroth

You came into my room and taught me how to fly
Put your hands in my pockets and I wondered why
You wouldn't grow up so I walked ahead
With your shadow and went back alone to my bed

You were so lost and just wanted to play
with other boys like you day after day
When you didn't return I lost faith and trust
and I just kept cleaning up all the dust

I'm tired of losing time
so I made up my mind

You don't exist
You're not real
There's nothing you could do
to change how I feel
So baby, just fly away
and never never never land

I walked in and found you and I tried you on
You fit and held me so soft, so soft and so warm
Just when I thought you were too good to be
I noticed us falling apart at the seams

You got scared when It all shattered
and left me hear without a single drop
to help me after

You don't exist
You're not real
There's nothing you could do
to change how I feel
So baby, just fly away
and never never never land

I was your light I used to dance and shine
Then it went out when I couldn't make you mine
When the game was through, I couldn't watch you greive
So I took your poison and said "I don't believe"

Its like I don't exist
I'm not real
There's nothing I could do to change how you feel
Except maybe fly away
and never never never
never never never
never never never land

HOW MUCH?
By Kris Angelis

Do you love me enough to keep holding my hand if I placed it in yours?

Do you love me enough to reach out your hand if I was standing next to you?

Would you walk to me if you saw me there with a clear path in between?

Would you climb a hill to get to me if you could hear me calling your name?

Would you come to me if I drew you a map and bought your tickets too?

Would you give the time it would take to find and only tell me the truth?

Would you go out and search far and wide with nothing to follow but your own heart?

*(Instrumental bridge)*

Do you love me?

You say you do.

How much?