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Songs From a Past Life: Love and War

by Jayson

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1.
Cold 05:14
I’m so sick And tired of this place The cigarettes Are losing their taste I can’t find My way back home This world is just Too cold It’s too cold Walkin’ around like I lost my way Then I realized I had no way There’s no exit But I just can’t stay Please Get me outta this place The light is going dim The land is growing dark It’s draining my life I’m losing my heart Starting to change me And I don’t like what I see I wish that these fucks Would just leave me be Preachin’ like a prophet When they’ve all got Skeletons in their own closets Making their deposits Expecting recompense But I’ve got no interest In their fucking two cents Silence Not another word The rate I’m losing faith Is fucking absurd I don’t believe in belief As a form of cheap relief When all these hypocrites Are filled with disbelief I’m so sick I’m so sick And tired of this place The cigarettes Are losing their taste I can’t find My way back home This world is just Too cold I’m Feelin’ dead But I’m far too alive To be here One more night It’s too cold Gotta get away I just can’t stay In this God-forsaken place Heart begins to race Getting a cold sweat And I’m more and more alone yet It feels Like My future is set So now I’m stuck And I can’t get back Slowly going crazy Coming like a heart attack Why did I come here I’m too far off track Bein’ trapped My rage Begins To stack Look back at my tracks And I can’t remember where I was A buzz in the place of silence Violence in the place of peace Every little piece of me is turning to the beast I’m losin’ my reality I’m not peaceful in the least I feast On what used to be me All I ever wanted Was to be a little free But now I’m trapped Tied down in the dark Fear’s no longer here In this pitch black Heart So I’ll scream At the top of my lungs And I’ll never have to sing a song That I’ve already sung Cause I’ve never felt something like This before I need to get away I need to feel something more It’s like everyone Wants to see A darker side of me So imma let this demon go free You’ll see Just how fucked up I can be I’m drowning in this overflowing sea The ebb and the flow It makes me wanna let go You thought you knew But, hah You’ll know So sick of this breed show When everyone’s a bitch It’s a play without a lead A scratch without an itch Pitch your words at me Like you’re a fuckin’ genuis Then change your attitude Like something’s come between us I’ll say it again I’ll say it again I’m so sick I’m so sick And tired of this place The cigarettes Are losing their taste I can’t find My way back home This world is just Too damn cold Feeling dead But I’m far too alive To be here One more night I can’t find my way Back home This world is just too- (I’m so sick) I’m so sick And tired of this place The cigarettes Are losing their taste I can’t find My way back home This world is just Too damn cold Feeling dead But I’m far too alive To be here One more night I can’t find my way Back home This world is just too- (I’m so sick) I’m so sick And tired of this place The cigarettes Are losing their taste I can’t find My way back home This world is just Too damn cold Feeling dead But I’m far too alive To be here One more night I can’t find my way Back home This world is just too- (I’m so sick) (Gotta get away I just can’t stay in this God-forsaken place) I’m so sick And tired of this place The cigarettes Are losing their taste (Gotta get away I just can’t stay in this God-forsaken place) I can’t find My way back home This world is just (I’m so sick) Too damn cold (Gotta get away I just can’t stay in this God-forsaken place) Feeling dead But I’m far too alive To be here One more night (Gotta get away I just can’t stay in this God-forsaken place) I can’t find my way Back home This world is just too Cold
2.
All these questions in my head Feel like another kind of cancer But I find it hard to see ahead To any kind of answer Like a pastor Prayin’ to God for relief I believe But belief Isn’t enough to try to succeed This pain isn’t close to brief Who I am and who I was Have gone their separate ways And I can no longer tell The nights from the days These displays Do they make me who I am Or is it just a mask Hiding only half a man I have so much to ask It’s a task And impossible at that Who the hell can ya trust When your whole world has gone black It’s an attack And it’s throwing me off track Everything is building up That’s one hell of a stack Like a deck Life is set And I’m falling father, farther yet With every single question I grow More and more upset To the point Where I regret Everything I’ve ever done I need some piece of guiding light I need a ray from the sun I need answers I need some answers Sun and moon and stars alike Are drowning out my light And like a fire with no kindling left I’m slowly losing fight The sight Is unbearable The darkness Is terrible I don’t know what to do I don’t know wrong from- Right now I’m letting go I’m letting myself fall Why have all these inquiries When silence is all that calls Right now I can’t take this regret Step by step by step by step My path in life is set Game, set, match There’s nothin’ without a catch I’m so fuckin’ sick of playin’ When the deck is always stacked Ready, set, go I have nowhere else to go All these fuckin’ questions Will always take their toll I’ve asked you once I’ve asked you twice I’ve asked you a thousand times Why am I still fighting When there’s no Reason to the rhyme Answer my fuckin’ questions I’m running out of time Answer my fuckin’ questions Before I lose my mind I need answers I need some answers I need answers I need some answers I need answers I need some answers (I need answers) God give me sight to see Cause there’s no answers in front of me I need some help I’m on my knees (I need some answers) You’ve taken my right to breathe So I’ll sit here and bare my teeth And wait for my home That lies beneath (I need answers) God give me sight to see Cause there’s no answers in front of me I need some help I’m on my knees (I need some answers) You’ve taken my right to breathe So I’ll sit here and bare my teeth And wait for my home That lies beneath (I need answers) You’ve taken my right to breathe So I’ll sit here and bare my teeth And wait for my home That lies beneath (I need some answers) You’ve taken my right to breathe So I’ll sit here and bare my teeth And wait for my home That lies beneath Wait for my home That lies beneath
3.
I Wonder 05:20
I wonder if you know Just how I’ve been If you know Just how I feel If you know How I’ve been Trying to become real For you Dear Broken Heart I wonder if I could just restart And try again With someone not so harsh Someone I can trust Right from the start Don’t think I’ll ever be the same The bitch took everything Up to my last name She’s playing as if this were Just a game And messing up everything In my brain Dear Wasted Time Will I ever have someone I call mine Will anyone ever make My sky shine (Tell me ‘cause I’m tired of tryin’) I can’t Take this anymore Tell me When did I become a bore Like being with Me is just a chore Told me that She wants something more I can’t take this anymore (I can’t take this anymore) I wonder if you know How I’ve been If you know Just how I feel If you know How I’ve been (Been, been) Trying to become real For you (For you) Dear Katherine I wonder if you know Just how I’ve been It seems like this blackness Doesn’t end My downward spiral I just startin’ And I can’t seem To take this empty home So many nights I’m so alone Sittin’ here waitin’ By the phone Hoping to hear A familiar tone Dear Mister Jack I wonder how many shots Will take me back Back to when I could Make her laugh I know this feeling Is just a trap But I, I- I don’t care And it’s all I got So I’ll sit right here And take another shot Hopin’ one day To getcha back But I think not I wonder if you know How I’ve been If you know Just how I feel If you know How I’ve been (Been, been) Trying to become real For you (For you) Now fuck everything You ever said to me I’m tired of being torn up Constantly And all I wanna do is this Be free from the kiss And everything I thought I missed Pissed That you would say these things I’m pissed That you could make me scream Fallin’ apart at the seams And is seems That my dreams No longer mean anything The waters are rising Surprising me from Every side My rage is on The highest tide and There’s Nowhere for you to hide You’re the one who left My side I’m not just another Free ride I don’t want another White lie Sick of being brushed Aside When all I ever did was try Dear Wasted Time I’ve written every line On wasted wine And whiskey It really really hits me My heartbeat doesn’t fit me But still I keep on sipping On this cup of pain It won’t go away It won’t go away Won’t fade with the Sun Everything we were was a gun Trigger never pulled Fooled by love And the stars set the background From above This wasn’t love This wasn’t love
4.
Empty 06:36
Whatever happened to the easy days Whatever happened to the easy days Whatever happened to the easy days Whatever happened to the easy days This life is so empty This life is so empty Who else gonna’ tempt me This life is so empty This life This life is so empty This life is so empty Who else gonna’ tempt me This life is so empty This life I just can’t get away I hold onto another day Damn Here comes the cold Of the pourin’ rain This life is just a simple game So fuckin’ empty it’s insane It’s drivin’ me insane Whatever happened To the easy days The days Where these Displays Were about who you are And who you aim To be But now all I see Are these spineless fucks In front of me Turnin’ love into animosity Takin’ all my generosity And turnin’ around To throw it back at me Making me look like the beast And they really think They got me down to the T I just bare my teeth And take the hit They’re just adding fuel To a venomous spit Tick tock Time is up Cinderella Midnight struck Is there anyone left Who gives a fuck Looks like I’m Out of luck This life is so empty This life is so empty Who else gonna’ tempt me This life is so empty This life This life is so empty This life is so empty Who else gonna’ tempt me This life is so empty This life Glass I wish I could say that it is half full But I don’t see a drop It’s not Anywhere near being filled I’m told to build Some positivity Yet I can't see anything But this empty cup in front of me So becoming of me The pessimist But when I try to be an optimist I feel like I need an optometrist Cause I’m blind to Anything and everything good That might exist And I get pissed That I’m being let to believe That I shouldn’t grieve Like someone didn’t kill that part in me That could see the good in things Heh, well Where’s your reasons to sing My voice Been wrecked by cigarettes And screamin’ over past regrets While I stare at the lifeless silhouettes Of every single manufactured me I tried to be In pursuit of the Dream I was told would bring Warmth and mental peace to me Stability I need But all I do is fall I’m cornered I’m fighting But my back is against the wall The order is tall and I’m falling far too short I want to set for the seas but can’t even leave the port Drowning But even in these open seas All I can see in front of me Is a glass that’s less than empty No matter how loud I scream No one’s there And it’s so obvious That no one cares Cause they don’t share The same dedication to these words Words that I have heard On underground tracks That have never Seen the light And that’s my biggest fear That this won’t reach your year But only sacrifice a tear In the sense of urgency I hurriedly Jot down these lyrics In the hopes that you will hear it And those lyrics from my high school band (No one cares) Still haunt me in my nightmares (No one cares) And those lyrics from my high school band (No one cares) They still haunt me in my nightmares (No one cares) This life is so empty This life is so empty Who else gonna’ tempt me This life is so empty This life This life is so empty This life is so empty Who else gonna’ tempt me This life is so empty This life This life is so empty (Whatever happened to the easy days) This life is so empty Who else gonna’ tempt me (Whatever happened to the easy days) This life is so empty This life This life is so empty (Whatever happened to the easy days) This life is so empty Who else gonna’ tempt me (Whatever happened to the easy days) This life is so empty This life is so empty Whatever happened to the easy days (No one cares) Whatever happened to the easy days (No one cares) Whatever happened to the easy days (No one cares) Whatever happened to the easy days (No one cares)
5.
I really need a drink Or some time to think Because what you’ve said Has put me on the brink The edge of disaster My heart is beating faster The sense of betrayal From the mass to a pastor I say that cause You know that it’s true I would lay down And die for you Yet I can’t name a thing That you’ve done for me So do this one thing And just listen Please I was always true I was always faithful And the way you’ve treated me Is just disgraceful I’d run from the pain But I’m running out of breath I wish that I could drink From the river Lethe Escape my memories Like they never came to be I’m trying to forget About you and me But I can’t just push The hurt away Looks like this pain Is here to stay I’m so fuckin’ stressed I could just Beat on my chest And then I Go to the bar And drink myself To oblivion I’ve gone so far Driving in my car But I can’t go too far Because I need you More than you know I’ve gone to the bar And I’m gone too far I mean far too gone I’m either lost in the song Or lost in the sauce Thought about what I lost And I’m too distraught This pain won’t stop My heart has a whole That claws at my soul I’ll never feel whole It’s taking its toll I cry to the heavens And I scream at hell I beg God or anybody To catch me as I fell Catch me in my fall As my pulse begins to stall I think about it now And I may have lost it all Did I lose it all Did I lose anything Am I self-inflicting These torn heartstrings A voice in my head A whisper in my ear No matter who it is They wish that you were near Now you’ve got me wondering If I’ll ever be enough Where the fuck did you go When the going got tough (Where the fuck did you go When the going got tough Where the fuck did you go When the going got tough) I’m still here And I’m waiting for you I pray to God Cause there’s nothing else I can do But sit and stew On everything we were These memories start to Haze into a blur Was there a time When i saw a true smile If there ever was It’s been quite a while Goin’ down the isle I know I saw tears Was that happiness Or was that fear For me it was glee Cause I finally had you We were finally one But something was askew I hoped it wasn’t true But every single day It felt like you were slipping farther And farther away Please stay I don’t want you to go But if you’re going to leave There’s one thing you should know For me this was real I was living in a dream But I finally had to wake up One day, it seems I’m so fuckin’ stressed I could just Beat on my chest And then I Go to the bar And drink myself To oblivion I’ve gone so far Driving in my car But I can’t go too far Because I need you More than you know I need you more than you know And it shows Every single time I Let myself go Shot after shot after shot after shot I can’t stop Cause my patience is gone And my rage is hot My blood is boiling The room is spinning I can’t believe that you’d Sin against me I gave you everything You said you’d ever need But most of all I gave you all of me What the hell do you want When you get all you need And it’s all for free In spite of me You’re like a disease And I’d rather be clean Why the fuck Would you leave me Just hanging in the breeze I can’t breathe any air How the hell is this close to fair When my back is bare I just can’t spare One more single glance Just leave me in the past I’ll give you one last chance Before I leave at last I’m so fuckin’ stressed I could just Beat on my chest And then I Go to the bar And drink myself To oblivion (I leave) I’ve gone so far Driving in my car (At last) But I can’t go too far Because I need you (Before I leave at last) More than you know I’m so fuckin’ stressed I could just Beat on my chest And then I Go to the bar And drink myself To oblivion I’ve gone so far Driving in my car But I can’t go too far Because I need you More than you know More than you know More than you know
6.
Bleed 02:18
I was singin’ praise to K Now you’ll bow down to Jay Cause this track I’m gonna slay I’m goin fuckin’ HAM today Hey Miss Holiday Inn How have you been As soon as someone checks right out Someone else checks in (Ooh!) I guess It’s a sin to have consistency Persistent me tried to Take you in Look where that was gettin’ me Divorce decree (Go!) Now look at me (Go!) I’m killin’ beats (Go!) And spillin’ heat (Go!) You feel it deep (Go!) Your will is weak (Go!) With every word I speak (Go!) I will you to bleed (Go!) (Yeah!) Get the fuck Outta my life Everytime I hear your voice I reach For the nearest knife (Shit!) Cut you off Laceration Lyrical blood Coagulation It’s just my imagination It’s racin’ When I’m filled with Hate and impatience Take this Anyway you like All I know Is I want you gone Get to steppin’ so you might See the light On what you just lost And I hope your world starts to whirl Reflect upon yourself And fuck up someone else .
7.
Nightmare 04:48
These violent scenes They lead to helpless screams It’s more than just a dream You’re in a living nightmare The sun goes down Over this torn up town And then you look all around At your living nightmare This must be your nightmare Cause it sure as hell ain’t mine And I’ve been waiting for you here For a long fuckin’ time I would be less patient If there was no reason to my rhymes But I have to repay you For your crimes Fool me once Shame on you It won’t happen twice Others may forgive you But that just ain’t my vice Test your luck Go ahead Try and roll those dice But the deed is done So now it’s time For you to pay the price I want blood and I want it now You should take it as my solemn vow That I will get it no matter how And this you just can’t disavow You can try to deny it All you like It wont even slow my strike Watching all my tempers spike I’ll have your head upon my pike You may say it’s overkill But I’m just being sincere The time for you to fall Is almost fuckin’ here Say goodbye To all the ones Who hold you dear And run like hell Because I’m near These violent scenes They lead to helpless screams It’s more than just a dream You’re in a living nightmare The sun goes down Over this torn up town And then you look all around At your living nightmare It’s a nightmare You better be scared Don’t even think it’s not fair You’re just a pawn While I sit in the master’s chair Watch you burn up In the heat Like you’re caught in a solar flare Not another kind of pain Can even compare I hear you beg I hear you scream But I won’t even stop to breathe All I want is to watch you bleed A full assault is what I’ll lead A living memory I will leave Just so you can now believe That you won’t Ever find relief From this torture you recieve It’s like a dream But you can’t wake up I see the pain in your eyes And I don’t give a single fuck You’re outta luck And your time has come When this city falls I’ll be the only one left Standing in the rubble Just know that you’re in trouble I’m startin’ my attack This city’s gonna crumble You can’t run far enough To get away from me I wanna hear you scream I fucking wanna hear you scream These violent scenes They lead to helpless screams It’s more than just a dream You’re in a living nightmare The sun goes down Over this torn up town And then you look all around At your living nightmare These violent scenes They lead to helpless screams It’s more than just a dream You’re in a living nightmare The sun goes down Over this torn up town And then you look all around At your living nightmare In this kind of nightmare Freddy is like a hero Cause when you’re up against my wrath Your chances are less than zero Anti-hero antagonist I don’t even need a name Play my game You’ll get the gist Of why they call me insane Hey, heh See the smile on my face I won’t even break a sweat When I put you in your place The neighbors aren’t so lively Rent is like dirt cheap I’ll even pay the down deposit When I put you six feet deep Abomination All damnation Run across The whole damn nation My creation No donation Like I built a corporation This fixation The foundation Of my one And true libation No location For migration To escape My sure predation The duration Of dictation Inflates just like All taxation No citation Just cremation Not a chance For my cessation No salvation No sedation I can’t dull this Red sensation In translation Watch as this comes full rotation These violent scenes They lead to helpless screams It’s more than just a dream You’re in a living nightmare The sun goes down Over this torn up town And then you look all around At your living nightmare These violent scenes They lead to helpless screams It’s more than just a dream You’re in a living nightmare The sun goes down Over this torn up town And then you look all around At your living nightmare
8.
Anti-Hero 05:14
Breathe in deep Go to sleep Maybe you can escape me In your dreams But you’ll never get away I’m darker than I seem Step back And look for just a minute Your dream Is a nightmare when I’m in it I’m no hero But I’m savin’ the world Close your eyes Say goodbye This is gonna be The fight of your life I hope you’re ready To die tonight Try to run You bet your ass I’ll find you Load your guns You wont get A single round through Anti-Hero Anti-Hero Prepare for pain Hellish rain No how much You want to try and pray God can’t save you I’m here to stay On your own Broken bones I don’t care How sorry you are Hell is your new home Close your eyes Say goodbye This is gonna be The fight of your life I hope you’re ready To die tonight Try to run You bet your ass I’ll find you Load your guns You wont get A single round through Anti-Hero Anti-Hero
9.
Bittersweet 05:34
Nothin’ left to say But that it’s bittersweet Watch my world end But I make ends meet I greet this new place With a smile on my face There’s nothin’ left to say But that it’s bittersweet I guess I got a different mindset Cause my mind just ain’t quite right yet The bullshit is full I can’t take it I can’t even come close to fakin’ it I take the hit But I don’t come right back It boils in my blood Like a nuclear attack I’ll say it again I can’t take it I can’t even come close to fakin’ it Comin’ to me like I can’t be fixed Tellin’ me that I should just fuckin’ quit Say my name like it’s poisonous spit I can’t take all the stupid shit Every word I hear Is like blah, blah, blah Nothin’ ever changes I’ve heard it all They just wait For the day that I fall Fuck that shit, I’m standing tall I can’t tell you How fucked up this is Quit treating me Like i’m a fuckin’ kid Think you know me But you really don’t Why do you try To crush my every hope I used to be okay With the way things were But now I look at all this And it’s fuckin absurd I try to speak my mind But time after time Every breath I take Is just wasted words And still not a soul Seems to see my worth I still don’t care So fuck this earth Fuck the world, man Fuck you all End it now Stop tryin’ to stall You don’t have the balls To say it to my face So you skirt around the issue Takin’ me place to place Take your place There on your knees Look up at me This is when you say “please” There’s nothin’ left to say But that it’s bittersweet Watch my world end But I make ends meet I greet this new place With a smile on my face There’s nothin’ left to say But that it’s bittersweet Nothin’ left to say But that it’s bittersweet Watch my world end But I make ends meet I greet this new place With a smile on my face There’s nothin’ left to say But that it’s bittersweet From time to time There’s a reason to the rhyme But how rare it is That there’s a reason to find I wanna take all this And leave it behind I wanna take this And leave it behind There’s a little something That gets me by Just like a drug I can feel the high It’s telling me To aim for the sky Fuck eveyone else My time is mine It says Don’t let them break you So far down They ain’t shit They couldn’t stand their ground That’s why They hide Behind a fake-ass crown Don’t let them break you So far down That’s the best advice I ever heard in my life Ignorance is bliss But theirs’ cause strife Do they even think Their mind is bright Like a wet match They got no light I need to send a signal flare I’m in distress I wanna scream until I bleed I need to get this off my chest I guess In my jest I just failed the test But I don’t care I’ll ace the rest I don’t give a fuck Who you think I am I ain’t your fuckin’ kid You need to step off man Damn Just get The hell outta my face Call it arson I’ll burn this whole damn place Look at me Like I’m a criminal Just because I’ve been killin’ ‘em I’ll be leaving you Deaf and dumb But I hold back I watch my tongue I opened my mouth And my words stung But you ain’t seen Nothin’ son I’m not even close to done I’ll leave your body numb There’s nothin’ left to say But that it’s bittersweet Watch my world end But I make ends meet I greet this new place With a smile on my face There’s nothin’ left to say But that it’s bittersweet Nothin’ left to say But that it’s bittersweet Watch my world end But I make ends meet I greet this new place With a smile on my face There’s nothin’ left to say But that it’s bittersweet When the crowd Screams my name I’ll have you know You failed the game For me In spite of you It’s all the same Hear them scream my name At the top of my lungs I sung Even when you Drowned my voice And now my time has come You won’t even have a choice Sit back And watch me go Brin the world That 808 flow Look back At years ago Here’s one thing I’ll have you know I let go And it all comes out Not a thing Can stop me now I won’t back down I’m far too proud Nothin’ Can stop me now (I do me, that’s all I do) I don’t give a fuck What you think is right (I do me, that’s all I do) I don’t give a fuck What you think is right (I do me, that’s all I do) Let me hear ya Say it one more time (I do me, that’s all I do) Hold on to Every single line (I do me, that’s all I do) I don’t give a fuck What you think is right (I do me, that’s all I do) I don’t give a fuck What you think is right (I do me, that’s all I do) Let me hear ya Say it one more time (I do me, that’s all I do) Hold on to Every single line There’s nothin’ left to say But that it’s bittersweet Watch my world end But I make ends meet I greet this new place With a smile on my face There’s nothin’ left to say But that it’s bittersweet Nothin’ left to say But that it’s bittersweet Watch my world end But I make ends meet I greet this new place With a smile on my face There’s nothin’ left to say But that it’s bittersweet There’s nothin’ left to say But that it’s bittersweet Watch my world end But I make ends meet I greet this new place With a smile on my face There’s nothin’ left to say But that it’s bittersweet Nothin’ left to say But that it’s bittersweet Watch my world end But I make ends meet I greet this new place With a smile on my face There’s nothin’ left to say But that it’s bittersweet There’s nothin’ left to say But that it’s bittersweet

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