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Anyone But Me
03:10
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Anyone but Me
Lyrics by Adrian Ritchey
Music by Rob Roper
© 2013
Do you remember when you took me by the hand
and showed me the world?
Oh you told me then how life should have been
and I've never seen the world
Chorus:
So now I ask you
No I'm telling you
I can go no further with you
You lied to me
led me to believe
you were here for no other
but it was anyone but me
anyone but me
How I followed you, how I longed for you
to take me where I'd never been
You led me through streets I never knew
where lied the dreams of the dead
Chorus
I remember when this life of sin
was too much for me to bear
Oh I told you then never, never again
would I be such a fool
That was when you said "You're sick in the head"
and laughed in my face
That was when you said "You're sick in the head"
and laughed in my face
Chorus
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2. |
The Last Time
03:04
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Last Time
Lyrics by Adrian Richey
Music by Rob Roper
© 2013
The sun is shining bright
but I don’t mind
This place is dead and gone
I’m leaving it all behind
again, like the last time
My heart has been broken
a hundred times or more
I have room for a few scars more
I’m in love for the first time
again, like that last time
Chorus
There has to be more to this world
than tears, love, and lust
The past is dead and gone
the bones in my closet have turned to ash
The knives in my back are starting to rust
My heart has been broken
a hundred times or more
Yet I have room for a few scars more
I’m in love for the first time
I’m in love for the last time
Cyanide lips and a razor tongue
have blinded me and led me along
with dreams and lies, lies
I’m in love for the last time
for the last time
Chorus
Repeat Chorus
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3. |
Pieces of Me
04:12
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Pieces of Me
Music and Lyrics by Dave Bakulski
Tried to find a place to pin the blame
Then I found out from where it came
Seems like everything just falls apart
Now I don’t know just where to start
with you
Tried to find a way to sort things out
But I don’t even know what this is about
I know that this thing won’t fix itself
Still it’s better in the hands of somebody else
than me
You think that I’d have figured it out
I thought I had nothing but time
Then I look at what I have now
And it’s enough to make a grown man cry
Chorus
Some find it easy to laugh about
I take a step back even though it’s wrong
Then you get me to come back out
But take a good look you won’t see me for long
And I do not believe
you’ll have me to kick anymore
You can tear me at the seems
And at the very least you’ll take a little piece
of me
(Instrumental Break)
(Chorus)
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4. |
Garden Where Love Grows
03:54
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5. |
Drive
04:14
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Drive
Lyrics by Adrian Ritchey
Music by Rob Roper
© 2014
Water flows under the bridge
Dark, fast and cold
Oh I wonder, if I fell in
Would anybody know?
Oh, I don't think so
No, I don't think so
Chorus:
Take my hand, let's run away
There's nothing to see here
There's no reason to stay
Let's drive into the night
Where we're not known
This road our home
We don't belong here
in this place, no
We don't belong
to this world
But oh, this world
belongs to us
(Chorus x 2)
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6. |
Today
03:02
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7. |
You Dug Your Grave
03:54
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You Dug Your Grave
Music and Lyrics by Rob Roper © 2013
Verse 1
Red and blue lights
on top of white cars
Neighbors gathering
in their front yards
You make excuses
No charges pressed
Tonight I'll sleep on your couch
And tomorrow
He'll be back in your bed
Verse 2
Everytime it happens
you seem so surprised
but what did you expect
from these kind of guys?
You're like a drunk who can't quit
So I'm learning not to care
The next midnight call
I won't be there
Chorus
You made your bed
Now lie in it
You dug your grave
Now die in it
Verse 3
In your twisted sexuality
I'm a friend you don't kiss
I'm wasting my time here
I get nothing out of this
You like the tough boys
so more blood will spill
You don't want to change
So I will
I will
(Chorus)
(Repeat Chorus)
I don't care
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8. |
Amends
04:22
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Amends
Lyrics by Adrian Ritchey
Music by Rob Roper
© 2013
I’m sorry that I hurt you
With the pain I keep inside
I’m sorry that I hurt you
Confusing love and lies
Walking away while you cried
“You’ll never ever change
You'll never change
You’ll always be this way”
Chorus:
Do you remember that dark night?
In your room, turning out the light
Your eyes they couldn’t see
How monsters filled the room
And they all looked like me
Taking your innocence and smashing everything
I’m sorry I hurt you
With the pain I keep inside
I’m sorry I hurt you
I'm sorry that made you cry
How can you love me?
After everything I’ve done
Do you want to see me in my grave?
And you’re not the only one
not the only one
I'm sorry that I hurt you.
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9. |
A Forest
03:58
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10. |
Perfume
05:34
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11. |
There is a Light
04:06
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Rob Roper Denver, Colorado
Songwriter, guitar player and singer.
"...the troubadour of the misfit." --Kurt
Loken
"...a guy with some sharp songwriting skills and a knack for penning witty lyrics." --Jon Solomon, The Westword.
"...striking similarities to Elvis Costello... pop rock with a lyrical edge." --Sheryl Radetsky
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Rob Roper recommends:
Full Boar
by Marty Jones & the Pork Boilin' Poor Boys
Great country-western drinking and funny songs, although the duet, "Now We Barely Pass for a Couple" is beautifully sad.
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Live at the Tempe Tavern New Year's Day
by Jim Dalton
Jim Dalton has been recording his live solo acoustic shows, and putting them on Bandcamp. Check 'em out. Jim's a good songwriter, with some great songs-- sad, funny, clever-- and good drinking songs.
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Total Flower Chaos is a bandname I use for my instrumental rock project. I released this 5-song EP in 2016.
go to albumIf you like dorian live, you may also like:
The Convincer (20th Anniversary Edition)
by Nick Lowe
Released in 2001, “The Convincer” is a gentle gem in the Nick Lowe catalog; an anniversary edition provides opportunity for rediscovery.
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The new EP from denitia specializes in big, hooky pop songs that put her smoky voice front and center.
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featured on Bandcamp Radio Aug 2, 2016
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