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The Fall of the Roman Empire

by Nancy

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1.
Basements and Bars 02:02
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How do you define what it is you need, How do you define compromise Is it all in what you gain where that voice inside you is stifled bound and gagged Personal convictions choked back And it's gonna be alright if you say so You're the one who has to learn to live with yourself But please keep this in mind when your hand meets mine I want nothing at all to do with someone seeking glory and finding it at the cost of what I care for And I don't care for someone like you who thinks there's a guarantee on anything Especially a door where local bands and empty seas of faces ay too much for too little integrity And I constantly question me These checks and balances are what we need A place where kids at shows feel a level of responsibility It's not up to a band to make a show its envy one else who goes With the money that we make from working our lives away And I don't mind giving you five bucks or a place to stay so long as in your face I see that glimpse of insanity That says to me I do this because its all I can, I do this because its all I am Losing battles in basements and bars yes we do this because its all we are We do this because its all that we are
2.
The Fall of the Roman Empire 01:59
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Do you remember the time where you could fall in love at first sight And you didn't worry about the pain Do you remember what it feels like to lay in bed at night the waking dreams and drunk on possibilities Throw yourself in head first what do you have to lose? Feels like your heart will burst out of your chest and onto your shoes And can you remember the feeling the insecurities Surrendering rational thought to the will to believe Can you remember the weakness how everything depends on just one girl and how she can ruin your world Will you remember the strength that welled up inside years after she's gone Or will you make up that it was there all along? This is the fall of the Roman Empire can you fall in love again? Or will you make the same mistakes, repeat what didn't work Can we unlearn how to pick ourselves up Can we unlearn with humility, respect, and an open heart Will you remember, do you remember, can you remember, the fall?
3.
Circles 02:25
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Without an accurate depiction of history life is fiction No chance to learn mistakes remade, we're keeping ourselves down It's the way that we want things; this shelter and comfort ability Behind a wall of truth we hide, tell lies, a ruthless heart from the start So why don't you grow up and accept that you have flaws? I see them in your face. How long can this go on? I'm going nowhere fast How long can I go on repeating mistakes from the past I said so long to my last job and wasted every day I could Repeated everything I said when I was young and dumb just a stupid kid Without a clue or a brain to keep it in, and now I find that I'm doomed to repeat my life Over and over again So put up the white flag and allow for some change Give into the fact that you might not know anything at all When that day comes I'm hoping that you'll find things as they are And accept them and move on Take these things to alter yourself Or you are doomed to repeat your life
4.
Abuse 01:42
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Curled on the ground and laid as I cried The one from the womb wished I'd never had life A punch in the face Or a kick in the groin I learned to hate myself this way It's not ok, no it's never ok I'm pushing back, not offense, oh no never again Its not ok, it's never ok and I have this voice I have a voice And you can go down, and look st the faces Surrender to anger, surrender to hatred And I learned self worth can only be measured but the way that you look out at this world It's not my fault no it's never my fault It's not ok, no it's never ok I'm pushing back, not offense, oh no never again Its not my fault, it's never your fault and I have this voice I have a voice, even if I've never used it before
5.
L 02:23
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I want to write a song to show to you how beautiful you are to me I want to hold your hand and ride my bike together through the dark Whispers through your hair like wind I find myself return to you Through get my day I test the muscles of my face Like a summer night up on the roofs with everyone you care for Against the world! I want to hold you up to the world so they can see I want to show you something Look into my eyes I'm seeing you Look into my eyes I look st you Look into my eyes, the way I look t you Look into my eyes I am looking at you
6.
Mirrors and Sleep Apnea 02:27
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I went to bed at nine o clock last night To get some much needed rest, clear out my head I awoke to sounds of silence and your face staring back at me, through the dark I shake, dare I move, lest I scare you ay that's the thing that I wish to do least Now I'm sucking and gasping for my first breath as I move you dissipate I hate this mirror it always deceived me It puts you in the line of my sites And I'll turn on a light, you have left me. I lie to myself "this was real" I buy a flower when I think of you then I throw it away in spite of myself To give up the game with so blatant move is not enough for you So I'll sit back and tech you through frost covered glass Admonish and feel somehow feel wrong I'll sit back and make up I'm seeing your face, through blurred eyes I only see mine I hate this mirror it always deceives me It puts you in line of my sight Then I'll turn on a light and you have left me I lie to myself this was real
7.
Justice 03:26
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Is it Just for they who sit and watch it pass and tip a glass to better days to come For semen splashed eggs than it has been for them? And what can we change, is there anything? What can I change except for me? My morals and battles haves I chosen them or fallen into this trap? And how will I know when I close my mind, essentially losing sight Of the bigger picture And things change. Eventual and rapidly Yes things change and my perceptions they constantly remain To make something better, I tell myself, I scream, I cry and I falter To make something better I tell myself that sleep, sleep comes from fighting the good fight but that's what they think on the other upside here is a drink to the futility of every cause or ideology with the best intentions for everybody And tonight ill drag myself to sleep and I'll cry myself to get there Crawling and wading with the weights of another added day full of despair And this pain that I feel I can only hope there are others and better who feel it And speaking these words won't impress enough between for hours and thirty minute sitcoms So here is a drink in the span of thirty seconds and gone just as quickly Behind every age and every skin and window dressing well death is waiting and death is clawing and what can we all change, until we all see that? What can't change at least I can see that. At least I can see that At least I can see that
8.
American Victim 01:31
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"It's not my fault," that's your safety net you're an American "It must have been someone else" you're swearing that it must have been And what is wrong with telling everyone the truth, what happened to you? Well I wish that it weren't true An American victim closing both of your eyes to see An American victim your perversions of reality You're the sum total of all your parts but you lack the brain and don't have the heart to change Isn't it convenient convenient how everyone is there for you Yet something inside you says that it's ok to try and waste it? This country was built on all the things like hatred of innocence and the weak It's what they taught I learned it from mom and dad and the kids at school I learned its cool to think its cool to lie and cheat and do anything An american victim, an American victim, an American victim And no one else can change except for you
9.
Fairy Tales 02:03
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Every time I look into another's eyes I try to say "this is all I have to give" But it's hard to resist the pull of everyone that you've built up in your head Is this just how it is? Behind her eyes a story unfolds and I want it to be told to me tonight I am ugly, and inside you're ugly and it can't hide, but we sure try And if it hurts it will be better than this Because at least we'll feel somehow more real You re so special, but not to me, and you ought to be, yeah you out to be A least you know there are no games, Nowhere to place the blame Because you're thinking the same thing And if you hug me or if you fuck me, well its all the same, because we won't find… And maybe love doesn't exist except for fairy tales and a first kiss?
10.
Regrets 03:45
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I've reached the time of my life where I have decided to grow up Not in the way where you give up and stop chasing dreams More in the way where everyday I see things as much bigger than me My problems they aren't overwhelming maybe I am just learning to cope? I've set my sights much higher But what could I do? And not too long ago it was what I won't do A poor way to live life This flesh melted to mind And I've been such a fool I know the way that most of you look at me Trust me I've known all long But this meanness this anger feeling insecure is not the way that I'm going to go down If I could take back every mean thing that I have ever done I would be there with this list of all that I've injured and I would sing you this song I know it won't mean much but for what it's worth I'm sorry for being a shit And maybe some day you will look back at me and forgive, how can you forgive? I've come to accept this responsibility for being me
11.
G.W.M.D. 02:25
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I'm hiding my face and I'm hiding my shame My hands stained with blood I'm not defined by any thing other than my life I learned a new trick try to hold your breath until it all changes All you need is some tape and a plastic bag, to make yourself last They'll have the last laugh Not hiding my face not hiding my shame Wish my hands were stained with just one mans blood I'm willingly defined by the things in my lifetime The things in my life that I've done and I've said and I've hidden from But I can still sleep I can still sleep I'm hiding my face and I'm not ashamed
12.
This is the Fun Song 02:51
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It's happening again with an interesting twist This time it's different A thumbs up , a wink and a kiss Disclosing nervous You told me its been so long, 5 years And I asked you what's another few moments? The first time I've wanted to wait for oh so long The look in your eyes told me that it was ok And so did your mouth 736 is awfully big, so try and understand this distance And without it for oh so long, I kind of forgot The weakness and my last meals with so many thoughts of you Will I know that's it there you told me yourself I know that it's there I wish I never felt… I'm so afraid of you
13.
Helmholtz 02:15
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Think of it this way our aim is to make the world more beautiful than it was When we came into it It can be done and you can do it you.l ask how just love yourself and make your instrument sing about it I feel the weight on my chest as I try to change the world I need to get out from under myself Look around all their needs will suck me down, I'll just agree Come down here with us, so nice down here with us I sit alone at a job with people bemoaning their lot I sit alone as I watch a million same faces go no place at all And maybe nothing can be said when they've already dropped their head to the ground and refuse to look around t can be done and you can do it you.l ask how just love yourself and make your instrument sing about I sing alone and walk down the street I'm blind to scrutinizing thoughts I sing alone in the dark and sit for sleep to pick me up And maybe nothing can be said when they've already dropped their head to the ground and refuse to look around I sing alone
14.
A Suicide Note [to a Relationship(with Life)] 02:33
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Get your hopes up they come back to meet you Expect them as we wait for rain in this town With clouds and patches of blue so bright sky while the leaves have turned their faces for a drink And I could sit here sharing all your time Protecting a need to be hurt It's coming some day, best get this out of the way make room for this all to set And go on without me, better than bitter for all Go on without me, better than bitter for all Do my best to protect all these interests I warned you, red lights and stern words To put one so magnificent through all of this is hardly fair, I know, I've been warned But don't confuse hurt with a lack of love There's too much of that going around And I could sit locked up with you in this tower but my world is still crashing down Go on without me I'll still be here furthermore If you look back with no sense of despair better than bitter for all Go on without me, I'll till be here furthermore I you can look back with no sense of despair it's better than bitter for ll
15.
It's All in my Head 02:34
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L (acoustic) 02:27
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I want to write a song to show to you how beautiful you are to me I want to hold your hand and ride my bike together through the dark Whispers through your hair like wind I find myself return to you Through get my day I test the muscles of my face Like a summer night up on the roofs with everyone you care for Against the world! I want to hold you up to the world so they can see I want to show you something Look into my eyes I'm seeing you Look into my eyes I look st you Look into my eyes, the way I look at you Look into my eyes I am looking at you
17.
In My Life 02:24
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18.
Abuse (acoustic) 01:45
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Curled on the ground and laid as I cried The one from the womb wished I'd never had life A punch in the face Or a kick in the groin I learned to hate myself this way It's not ok, no it's never ok I'm pushing back, not offense, oh no never again Its not ok, it's never ok and I have this voice I have a voice And you can go down, and look at the faces Surrender to anger, surrender to hatred And I learned self worth can only be measured but the way that you look out at this world It's not my fault no it's never my fault It's not ok, no it's never ok I'm pushing back, not offense, oh no never again Its not my fault, it's never your fault and I have this voice I have a voice, even if I've never used it before

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released January 1, 2004

Guitar/Vocals: Frank Meier
Bass/Second Guitar/Vocals: Adam Kulas
Drums: Brandon Schuldt. tracks 1-8
Drums: Lou Smith - Tracks 9 & 10
Vocals: Mary Meier track 17
Keyboard: Tony Meier track 17
Album Artwork: Bernadette Meier

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Nancy was a band from 2002 - 2009. It went from a 1 piece acoustic project to a full band. many people said many things about the band, most of the things said were "man...they're drunk". And they were.

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