Tough Love, by Chief State

Tough Love

by Chief State

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Track listing:

1. Try Hard
2. Deciduous
3. Reprise
4. Something Good For Once
5. Biding Time
6. Choke
7. Peace Of Mind

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1.	Try Hard 03:01	lyrics	buy track
I find it hard to be here when you’re around It’s like you never learned to live in the withered skin you’re in. You barely tried, wish you would open up your eyes You’ve been jaded and negated, didn’t even realize. That I’ve been doing better Since I’ve been sailing calmer seas I jumped ship now I’m at ease. It’s too late to tell me you’re ok I spent night after night waiting for you to call me, It’s too bad you got mad and found out It’s a shame you’re to blame but we can’t change yesterday So tomorrow’s yours to make. I hit rock bottom and I found you there You were waiting all this time for me to fall so you could bare it. Another night, an alibi is all I am throughout this strife Take me candid not for granted, I’m sick of you wasting my time. Now I’ve been doing better I think you know, you’re not getting better. It’s too late to tell me you’re ok I spent night after night waiting for you to call me, It’s too bad you got mad and found out It’s a shame you’re to blame but we can’t change yesterday So tomorrow’s yours to make. It’s too late, it’s too late.
2.	Deciduous 03:06	lyrics	buy track
Honestly (honestly) I haven’t been myself for three whole weeks This city gets me down I wonder why it’s always raining in my head (in my head) I’ll pitch my shelter in this bed. I am deciduous Dying with the change of seasons I can feel the rush Of cold air against my skin and Wish I could be an evergreen Wish I could see the changing of the leaves Wish I could be an evergreen Wish I could see the changing of the leaves. In time when the snow comes down Time will freeze while My demons come out. Suffocate in winter’s breath Dissipate all I have left, Below the surface, in spite of purpose, I’m trying to forget. I am deciduous Dying with the change of seasons I can feel the rush Of cold air against my skin and Wish I could be an evergreen Wish I could see the changing of the leaves Wish I could be an evergreen Wish I could see the changing of the leaves. I get by until the wind in my hair Starts to freeze and ensnare Leaving me in despair. I’m sick of feeling like I’ve got nothing left Always stuck in my head Fated to live with regret.
3.	Reprise 03:01	lyrics	buy track
I’ll tread light where you lay, I should be pushing you away I’m over always reconciling and compromising Because you never set the pace. And I’m so sick of this disdain I’ve come to realize, despite despising, you’re always going to occupy this space. Get out of my face. I've been trying to get by You've been buried in your lies Always running round in circles No escaping your reprise. But you won’t listen So keep on running round and I’ll keep my distance. Now I've realized I feel sicker everyday but it gets better when I'm away Overthinking's what I do when I have nothing left to say. Why are you always consistent With your over persistence? I've been trying to get by You've been buried in your lies Always running round in circles No escaping your reprise. But you won’t listen So keep on running round and I’ll keep my distance. Keep on running round Keep on running round, I’ll keep my distance. Why are you always consistent With your over persistence? I've been trying to get by You've been buried in your lies Always running round in circles No escaping your reprise. But you won’t listen So keep on running round and I’ll keep my distance.
4.	Something Good For Once 02:59	lyrics	buy track
I’ve been in this rut for days, watched the world pass by in haze And the better part of me knows if this melancholy Doesn’t subside it’s bound to get the best of me. One more time and then I swear it’s over Quench my thirst and then I will get sober. You won’t remember what I said because I got you, I got you Wrapped round my finger with my jaded intent. I thought I told you once that you’d be better off without me Yea, you called my bluff that I don’t care enough and I’m barely ever happy. I miss the times we had when I had time to be there for you. I convulse with guilt then drown myself in beer. Try to rearrange my thoughts into something good for once. One more time and then I swear it’s over Quench my thirst and then I will get sober. You won’t remember what I said because I got you, I got you Wrapped round my finger with my jaded intent. Man, I should’ve been contented but instead I felt resented It’s a common feeling. I know you don’t condone abuse, the stream of drugs that I misuse In the aftermath there’s a better path to choose. One more time and then I swear it’s over Quench my thirst and then I will get sober. One more time and then I swear it’s over Quench my thirst and then I will get sober. You won’t remember what I said because I got you, I got you Wrapped round my finger with my jaded intent.
5.	Biding Time 03:41	lyrics	buy track
You're biding time through your early twenties Wish you'd find some time for me. This time you went too far from here I'll cast a line before you disappear I've been writing letters home in hopes you'll be alone Because I'm not the kind to sit back and condone. Don’t think you're getting better, I doubt you're really happy Spending all these nights awake. You're biding time through your early twenties Wish you'd find some time for me. I should be out tonight instead of thinking of you I think you're not the one for me. As days slip by I feel the lack of sunlight. There’s a bitter emptiness that's tearing me inside. Try to forget the unwritten story Of how you left, just dipped and ignored me. Left me in the dark searching for light Don't condescend because you know that I'm right. No, I'm not getting better, I know that I'm not happy Spending all these nights away. You're biding time through your early twenties Wish you'd find some time for me. I should be out tonight instead of thinking of you I think you're not the one for me. No, you're not the one I thought you would become I played the fool, I am my father's son. Getting better's overrated, I realize that I am fated To be alone while you bide your time. You're biding time through your early twenties Wish you'd find some time for me. Wish I was out tonight with you I think you're not the one for me, yea. No, you’re not the one for me. For me, for me. No, you’re not the one for me.
6.	Choke 03:54	lyrics	buy track
I can’t imagine what you’re going through after all this time I feel shit for what I did to you that night. Even now in this crowd I feel all alone, I never thought that it would go this far Because the truth is that I don’t remember where, where I end and you start. I’ll go and choke on my words Hope I will start learning because I’m sick of running. So forget what you heard Because when life kicks you down I’ll always be around. Let it out, all the doubt that’s been bothering you Before it starts to consume you. I’ll be here, so austere, with all my fear In hopes you’ll learn to forgive me. I’ll go and choke on my words Hope I will start learning because I’m sick of running. So forget what you heard Because when life kicks you down I’ll always be around. The day I met you sometimes plays in my head, a feeling I won't forget. And now it seems we think lesser but we'll stick together because it will get better. Yea it will get better in spite of the worsening weather We’ve suffered through much more, still feel the words that left us sore. As we pass through shade it’s brighter than before. I’ll go and choke on my words Hope I will start learning because I’m sick of running. So forget what you heard Because when life kicks you down I’ll always be around. I can’t take much more of this torment, it seems it won’t relent So we suffer and then resent. We’re too far past to decompress, don’t need to second guess These feelings that have been suppressed. I wish we took the time to realign ourselves Because we went over it but it went over our heads. I wish that I could fix this mess. I’ll go and choke on my words, I’ll go and choke. I’ll go and choke on my words Hope I will start learning because I’m sick of running. So forget what you heard Because when life kicks you down I’ll always be around
7.	Peace Of Mind 03:07	lyrics	buy track
Stay on track and get off my back Don’t want to hear about the things I lack Because I’ve been contemplating all my life So what you think you know won’t set me back. Why’d you contradict what you said and you did But you won’t admit that in the end it wasn’t worth it. I feel fine learning how to be on my own. I won’t lie, it was bound to happen in the end. It’s not enough to call my bluff so stop acting so tough. You made smooth seas feel so rough, feel so rough. You should know by now that I’m not here to row. I’m here to take what’s mine, my peace of mind. I said the same thing yesterday knowing that the pain won’t fade away It’s a bitter pill to swallow so I’ll self medicate to tame my sorrow. Well it’s happened again but I’m too proud to admit That the bitterness is loneliness trapped under the surface. It’s not enough to call my bluff so stop acting so tough. You made smooth seas feel so rough, feel so rough. You should know by now that I’m not here to row. I’m here to take what’s mine, my peace of mind. My peace of mind, my peace of mind. I should have known not to come here I’m gonna go, I’ll disappear. The mess we made won’t clear. I feel fine learning how to be on my own. I won’t lie, it was bound to happen in the end. It’s not enough to call my bluff so stop acting so tough. You made smooth seas feel so rough, feel so rough. You should know by now that I’m not here to row. I’m here to take what’s mine, my peace of mind

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released March 27, 2020

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