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Kindness
05:06
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Am I drawn to the drama
Are we fools for the flair
I think we've all made the choices
That we'd like to repair
I'm familiar with duty
Must do better with less
As I feel this shame on my soul
Telling everyone I'm blessed
I know you've told me before
It's so wrong to be kind to me
Yeah I could be better
Yeah I could be better
There's nothing excusing me
Yeah I don't deserve it
Don't know what I'm doing
Is there kindness for me?
God how it hurts me
To look in that mirror
To see how I've aged
And how the dark is near
I know you've told me before
It's so wrong to be kind to me
Yeah I could be better
Yeah I could be better
There's nothing excusing me
Yeah I don't deserve it
Don't know what I'm doing
Is there kindness for me?
Sympathy has limits
When it came across me
Patience starts to end
For the ways you'll always be
I'm gonna lift you up
When you're falling down
I will be your voice
When you can't make a sound
I'm gonna lift you up
When you're crashing down
I will be your voice
When you can't make a sound
I'll be so kind to you
Have some kind for me
Get up, get up
Have some kindness for me
We don't have to stay here
You came out to fear
You don't have to stay here
Take some kindness for me
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Forgive Yourself
03:12
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Before I go
I know you don't want my help
But be kind and learn to
Forgive yourself
It's hard to live
When you can't live with yourself
So please, please forgive
Forgive yourself
The lights flash faster
As I run faster away
I know you meant so well
But the story went this way
It's hard to live
When you can't live with yourself
So please, please forgive
Forgive yourself
Look what you found inside of the snow
A message of love
From a long time ago
Forgive yourself
Forgive yourself
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Cliche
03:50
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Society wants originality
Concepts without precedent
World wants new lovers
And I can't keep up with the trends
I've got the same ideas
I'm a cliche, a repeat
A has-been, B-movie
I'm washed out
But baby, will you still love me?
Love me or leave me
If I can't entertain
Novelty vs. honesty
What I don't have either?
Same old ideas
Same old words
I'm a cliche, a repeat
A has-been B-movie
I'm washed out
But baby, will you still love me?
I'm a cliche, old news
Can you see through me?
I'm trying but you still
Want to change me
A cliche, a repeat
A has-been B-movie
I'm washed out
But are you gonna leave me?
Do you think you
Still could love me?
Do you think you
Still could love me?
Do you think you
Still could love me?
Do you think you
Still could love me?
I'm a cliche, a repeat
A has-been B-movie
I'm washed out
But baby, will you still love me?
A cliche, a repeat
A has-been B-movie
I'm washed out
But baby, will you still love me?
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Something From Nothing
02:49
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You don't know what you want
But you got more than what you thought
The ground just shifted, you're all twisted
You don't know how to stop
Is this the way it goes
When you start to let go
Something came from nothing
And now it's made me think there's more
Something came from nothing
For all those days you prayed at the door
I couldn't say I won
But it feels like I'm not losing more
All this death surrounding me
But I still think I'm reborn
Is this the way I rise
When I descend to your side
Something came from nothing
And now it's made me think there's more
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Beautiful Times
02:52
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How can you call this
The best days of our lives
When the sun
Scorches our skin
And the wars are lighting skies
And I know the tears
Missed by reports
When you're numb
To the drones
Of Internet blackboards
What does it take to know
That these are beautiful times
What kind of miracle
Will come so we come alive
How do you wake
When you can't
Sleep through the night
Home is far
When you're lost
And it's still not occupied
I'm tied
In dead labels
Of black and white
With no air
To breathe
With protests pacified
What does it take to know
That these are beautiful times
What kind of miracle
Will come so we come alive
These are beautiful times
These are beautiful times
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Now More Than Ever
03:23
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Now more than ever
You should not be afraid
To bend the rules
And break the soil
Let this heavy light
Dry up all your tears
I've seen so little and
I'm tired of fear
Now more than ever
Now more than ever
Now more than ever
We should start to stand
Have peace with this mess
Oh and wildly expand
Is it over at last
Or starting within reach?
Now more than ever
We will finish what has begun
Now more than ever
We will finish what has begun
Now more than ever
Many are confused
And the wise only few
Now more than ever
Many are the confused
And the wise only few
Easter scarred us for life
Oh but made us new
Oh I tried to save what shouldn't be saved
I chose a road that never should have been paved
I was trying to save what shouldn't have been saved
I chose a road that should never have been paved
Now more than ever
Now more than ever
Now more than ever
Now more than ever
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Where does the day begin?
When does the darkness end?
In the twilight
I see you again
None of us are lost
None of us are lost
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Sleep Easy
04:36
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Sleep my sweet sleep
This world has been so harsh
Let your angry brow be soothed
By the sound of passing cars
Sleep my sweet sleep
We don't have to hate this night
Fall in love with the clicks and clatters
And the streaming lights
And for the things that we
Can't understand
If Jesus overcame then so can we
Sleep my sweet sleep
Sleep my sweet sleep
(You can sleep now easily)
Sleep my sweet sleep
Sleep my sweet sleep
(You can sleep now easily)
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Samuel Joseph Kim Seattle, Washington
Samuel Kim is a multi-instrumentalist, songwriter and producer currently based in Seattle, WA
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