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You Can’t Have It Both Ways
Verse:
You can’t have it both ways.
Gave you seventy-two months of my sunny days.
Been treading water so long I forgot how it feels,
to have my feet firmly on the ground.
Verse:
It’s always pushin’ & pullin’, deferring, and judging,
‘Til I’m on my knees begging you please.
Because I loved you too much,
And I lost touch,
With the loving man inside of me.
Chorus:
& I don’t know what happened in your past,
to make you so afraid of things that might last,
It was a blood red flag that I ran past,
Verse:
You can’t have it both ways.
Traded all my Sunday church days for your evil ways.
My connection to all that matters
now rusty and corroded
Verse:
And I can’t have it both ways!
Been spending time on my knees in prayer
For what’s best for you and for me
We both need forgiveness but not from me.
BRIDGE:
Gaslighting me
and fighting me
with no concern for what we really need.
Those three little words turned out to be
The poison we used.
VERSE:
If there’s a God in Heaven above or below
She’ll probably look us in the eyes and tell us no.
We both need a little forgiveness, but not from me or you.
And we can’t have it both ways.
Six years of our sunniest days, goin’ up in a blaze.
“You Can’t Have It Both Ways” © 2023 Maslow’s Basement, track 01 on the album “Divorce”
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I Can Still Feel You
05:44
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I Can Still Feel You
VERSE:
I can still feel you, kicking me like a horse,
[Damn]
I should have your lies would lead us straight to divorce.
[Nothing but a Liar]
You whisper cum in me,
[Cum]
I’m begging you, come back please.
I can hear you laughing at my desperate pleas.
[Hoes will be hoes. Deuce K, KNOX!]
VERSE:
I thought you was my ride or die, I felt we’d always be close.
You were nowhere to be found, when I needed you most.
I felt as if without you my life was incomplete,
Now I realize the only way I face defeat is when I face my feet.
I will take the loss you’ve got me, just a jezebel using your body,
Portraying yourself as a hottie, yet you’re nothing but a
thoghtie. [That hoe over there, she just don’t care.]
CHORUS:
It’s well past time, for you to set me free.
You spread it all over town because you didn’t want to know,
How to love me.
VERSE:
I thought perhaps we could get that therapy,
But with every legal maneuver you stepped further away from
me.
Sharing my dirty laundry is a sign of abuse, all the counsel you
received is revealed to be obtuse.
We really could have avoided all of this.
I’d trade my soul for just a hug, or a nod, or even a kiss.
All this pain has brought us both misery and that’s the part I
know I’ll never ever miss.
I loved you, I love you, but there’s simply nothing I can do.
CHORUS:
You’ll start to look for me, but you’re never gonna find.
You’re in the rear-view mirror again and baby this time,
I’m leaving you behind.
VERSE:
Attempting to maintain every day because it's all mental,
Honestly I admit I struggle to not go all mental,
[CRAZY!]
Trying with respect, not allowing anyone to effect,
my day with disrespect as I sit back and reflect.
I can feel the disconnect, the perpendicular effect,
As I continuously project the parallel effect,
that no negativity can infect
Livin’ my life without regret,
He's not through with me yet - God.
You said it, ride or die.
And then abandoned me in my hour of need.
You treated me no better than just another mouth to feed.
CHORUS:
It’s well past time, for you to set me free.
You spread it all over town because you didn’t want to know,
How to love me.
“I Can Still Feel You” © 2023 Maslow’s Basement, track 02 on the album “Divorce”
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Go On And Blame It On Me
03:50
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Go On And Blame It On Me
VERSE:
Go on and blame it on me.
If that's what it takes to break free.
Then go ahead and burn me baby,
Go on and blame it on me.
Go on and burn it to the ground.
We both know we can’t be hangin’ ‘round.
Because we both deserve better next time around,
Go on and blame it on me.
CHORUS:
I can hear this voice inside my head,
And all the hateful things that I said.
Wanted you to know you hurt me.
Needed to know that you heard me.
VERSE:
You struck a match and scorched the ground,
I looked and you were nowhere to be found.
With all the things we've said,
and everything that’s dead…
Go on and blame it on me.
VERSE:
Get on with livin’ your best life.
I'll try to do the same with mine.
Don’t go spoilin’ the good wine baby,
Go on and blame it on me.
CHORUS:
Take out your brushes and your paint and your God damn
easel, and paint an ugly picture, so they know that I’m evil...
If you wanna know how to be free… baby,
Go ahead on and blame it on me.
VERSE:
You left a warrant on my heart.
And now we’re busy tearing it apart.
I think we both knew it from the start but,
Go on and blame it on me.
CHORUS:
I’ve got the weight of the world on my shoulders,
what’s a few more boulders?
We both know you’re an angel baby.
Go on and blame it, go on and blame it on me.
VERSE:
You left a warrant on my heart.
And now we’re busy tearing it apart.
I think we both knew it from the start but,
Go on and blame it on me.
Go on and blame it on me.
If that's what it takes to break free.
Then go ahead and burn me baby,
Go on and blame it on me.
Go on and blame it on me.
If that's what it takes to break free.
Then go ahead and burn me baby,
Go ahead and blame it on me.
“Go On And Blame It On Me” © 2023 Maslow’s Basement, track 03 on the album “Divorce”
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Buddy Check
04:18
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Buddy Check
Verse:
Sometimes the sun is shining brightly,
and I can breathe in lightly,
and everything in life feels ok…
Verse:
Other times it’s cloudy skies,
stepping out of the light,
and my thoughts tend to swing the other way.
Verse:
There’s a wound on my heart.
There’s a scar on my soul.
Most days I wonder if I’ll ever be whole… again.
Bridge:
And I really thought you were my friend.
Yeah I really thought you were my friend.
Chorus:
Buddy check, buddy check,
post this on your wall and tell them all…
that you’ll always be there through thick and thin.
Then turn your back, step over the cracks
and prove you were never my friend.
You were never my friend
“Buddy Check” © 2023 Maslow’s Basement, track 04 on the album “Divorce”
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Where You Going Pretty Baby
Verse:
Now where you goin’ pretty baby?
You flipped your yes to no, without a stop at maybe.
You let your fat-assed sister whisper, stab him in the back.
Threw gasoline on a dumpster fire,
and now there ain’t no turnin’ back.
Verse:
You know you tossed me out into the street.
I’m sure your friends all thought that move was pretty neat.
You straight up fucked me – without ever touching me.
And I must wonder how it is that you can even sleep.
Chorus:
When narcissism becomes your religion.
You’re bound to make the harshest of decisions.
And I don’t have to spend the next nineteen years asking the
Universe why.
‘Cause we both know; you didn’t know how to say it was time
for you to go.
Verse:
Now where you goin’ pretty baby?
You’ve convinced the whole damned world I’m the one that’s
crazy.
While the truth is your bipolar ass is just too lazy.
And I’ve gotta wonder why you ever bothered to marry me.
You really should’a signed the prenup that I offered.
When I get you to the judge it’s gonna be awkward.
Exposing all of your lies and runnin’ around.
I can’t believe I ever cared enough to let your behavior trigger
me.
[Chorus]
When narcissism becomes your religion.
You’re bound to make the harshest of decisions.
And I don’t have to spend the next nineteen years asking the
Universe why.
‘Cause we both know; you didn’t know how to say it was time
for you to go.
“Where You Going Pretty Baby” © 2023 Maslow’s Basement, track 06 on the album “Divorce”
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You've Been Evicted
03:17
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You’ve Been Evicted
VERSE:
No more living rent free in my mind.
Fake victim game can waste your life, not mine.
Throwing hands in county lockup over such a stupid fuck up.
You’re a modern-day Delilah, set my hair on fire.
Queen protects King but I just Castle,
Skip your sorry little bitch Bishop-Pawn hassles.
Shitty chess players, three minds together,
Buck up little camper prepare for stormy weather.
CHORUS:
You’ve been evicted
In your mind I’ve been convicted
Give it time in the mirror girl
You know you’re gonna be conflicted
But you were evicted…
VERSE:
Time rolls on and the peanut gallery starts to grow weary.
They’ll start to leave when they can see you more clearly.
Entire campground full of low-quality carnival people.
Swear they’ll be there when you need ‘em but they only mark
you as evil.
Their own projections can’t seem to make them feel better.
Pretty soon they’ll all be wearing your scarlet letter.
CHORUS:
You’ve been evicted
In your mind I’ve already been convicted
Give it time in a mirror girl
You know you’re gonna be conflicted
But you were evicted!
BRIDGE:
It’s too late because know you’ve already been evicted…
From my life, from my mind, from my time
You know I’m gonna be just fine.
“You’ve Been Evicted” © 2023 Maslow’s Basement, track 07 on the album “Divorce”
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Christmas Eve 2022
02:31
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Instrumental
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Christmas Tears 2022
02:37
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Instrumental
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Have you ever had to bury someone who
isn’t dead
VERSE:
Have you ever had to bury someone who isn’t dead?
No send off, no funeral, just a bucket full of trauma and drama.
Wrestling with the demons living in your head?
Tearing down every memory of the loving things He or She
once said?
VERSE:
Does your soul need an epidural?
Have you lost your number one roman numeral?
Have you ever had to bury someone who isn’t dead?
CHORUS:
Just how long will I have to wear these ashes on my forehead?
Feels like I’m swimming ‘cross the ocean with my pockets filled
with lead.
A trail of blood for the sharks flowing from a heart pierced by
an arrow.
And I’m hanging by a thread
OUTRO
Have you ever had to bury someone who isn’t dead?
Do you think it’s gonna matter when you’re lying on your
deathbed?
Have you ever had to bury someone who isn’t dead?
Have you ever had to bury someone who isn’t dead?
“Have You Ever Had To Bury Someone Who Isn’t Dead” © 2023 Maslow’s Basement, track 10 on the
album “Divorce”
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10. |
Raw Amber
03:14
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Instrumental
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You Can’t Have It Both Ways
Verse:
You can’t have it both ways.
Gave you seventy-two months of my sunny days.
Been treading water so long I forgot how it feels,
to have my feet firmly on the ground.
Verse:
It’s always pushin’ & pullin’, deferring, and judging,
‘Til I’m on my knees begging you please.
Because I loved you too much,
And I lost touch,
With the loving man inside of me.
Chorus:
& I don’t know what happened in your past,
to make you so afraid of things that might last,
It was a blood red flag that I ran past,
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Thirteen
01:36
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Thirteen
Verse:
Why’d you have to put the screws to me?
Didn’t you know you could just leave me?
A goodbye was all I needed,
to make this easy for you and me.
Someone told you damage was needed.
I wonder who’s hateful voice was heeded?
Now it’s all lawyers and damage and swine.
We coulda just shook hands over cheese and laughter and
wine.
Is there some cosmic secret we’ve both missed?
Impossible to remain friends after all of this.
“Thirteen” © 2023 Maslow’s Basement, track 13 on the album “Divorce”
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Maslow's Basement Kansas City, Missouri
Maslow's Basement is a musical project originally formed in Los Angeles California, now seeking collaborators in Kansas City. Project music is most often lyrically inspired by several notions related to Abraham Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs - and describe the personal journeys and processes involved in escaping from the lower levels and climbing out of the basement. ... more
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