When You Aren't Around Me

by The Longbox

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Recorded and Engineered by The Longbox
Mixed by Paul Soroski
Mastered by Christopher Roubieu

lyrics

He is wonderful
He is pitiful
And it is painfully clear that
He's not in control, he's not in control

I built a wall around
All around my heart
Not to keep you out
but to keep me in
I cannot be trusted
I cannot be free
with all these beautiful girls
around me

I ain't blind, I can see
One thing as clear can be
You are not the same man
When you aren't around me
But it's the flip that gets me
Makes me a little crazy
You are not the same girl
When you aren't around me

I never spoke up
I never raised my voice
I never shouted out
Never made a noise
Now I’m here
Just kicking myself
Never making it clear
I've been faking this whole damn thing

She is beautiful
And I am pitiful
And it is painfully clear that
I am not in control, I am not in control

I built a wall around
All around my heart
Just to keep you out
So you wouldn't keep me in
You cannot be trusted
and I gotta be free
I'm not gonna have
another catastrophe

I never spoke up
I never raised my voice
I never shouted out
Never made a noise
Now I’m here
Just kicking myself
Never making it clear
I've been faking this whole damn thing

credits

released November 27, 2016
The Longbox is: Dane Adrian, Ben Mills, Christopher Roubieu, Ryan Redfern

Additional vocals: Sharon Burriola

Lyrics: Adrian
Music: Roubieu, Redfern, Mills
Publishing: Yooper Music (SESAC) and Ben Mills, Christopher Roubieu, Ryan Redfern (BMI)

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