The Foundation EP is Concrete Monster’s first original music release. It includes 4 songs.
Rise and Fall
Verse 1
Side by side
We sat and stared
The stars and moon
Held their own
Long enough
To read our dreams
And hear this cause
To turn their heads
And laugh at us
So say your prayers
Chorus
(Rise and fall)
I’ve heard enough
(Rise and fall)
I’m high enough
(Rise and fall)
To know you weren’t made for
(Rise and fall)
For greater things
(Rise and fall)
For better lives
(Rise and fall)
For anything but what you see
Verse 2
Then one by one
They left their posts
And satellites
Filled the holes
To bring us down
Chorus
(Rise and fall)
I’ve heard enough
(Rise and fall)
I’m high enough
(Rise and fall)
To know you weren’t made for
(Rise and fall)
For greater things
(Rise and fall)
For better lives
(Rise and fall)
For anything but what you see
Bridge
Don’t doubt me
Don’t hold me
Don’t write me off
You’re sorry
Forgive me
I’m not your pawn
Verse 3
So grab my hand
And listen close
Near or far
Set your goals
Cuz they don’t know
Chorus
(Rise and fall)
I’ve heard enough
(Rise and fall)
I’m high enough
(Rise and fall)
To know you weren’t made for
(Rise and fall)
For greater things
(Rise and fall)
For better lives
(Rise and fall)
For anything but what you see
©2017 Cordell Bentzinger
Over the Line
Verse 1
Trusted all my instincts to
Lie to me
Waited on hopes and extremes
Just like me
Fall into desperation
Try not to be
Strike at the eyes don’t ask twice to
Fall on one knee
Chorus
Why must I
Be here all alone
Holding down
On my own
Why must I
Be left behind
Verse 2
Busted in on some scene
Can’t describe
Blood on the floor hole in the wall
Nowhere to hide
Six feet away lies what’s left
Of compromise
Strike at the heart don’t pretend to
Fall in disguise
Chorus
Why must I
Be here all alone
Holding down
On my own
Why must I
Be left behind
Staring out
One foot over the line
Chorus (Repeat)
©2005 Adam Oliver
Go
Verse 1
Sit
Take a breath
Find a streetlight
Hold it in
Well I stick to what I know
That’s just how it is
When every empty parking lot
Disagrees
I know you hate it
This tiger’s paper thin
You get what you ask for
You get what you pay for
Honey I’ve got passion
No it won’t ever leave
And you say it’s tragic
That I taste like gasoline
You tell me I’m no hero
Well I never claimed to be
Anything but a lost boy
Anything but a stolen key
Chorus
Take this pen
Watch it bleed
Shoot this bird
Clip these wings
Don’t walk away
From the better part of me
Don’t let me go go go
Verse 2
Red
The brightest red
Bring those vultures
Back again
And you know I need it
Just one more fatal sip
It’s what I asked for
Don’t make me beg for this
Baby doll I’m trying
To find another porcelain skin
To seek another nirvana
A safer way to sleep again
I don’t need a redeemer
Crucify me with your voice
Maybe you don’t remember
I’m a martyr by my own choice
Chorus
Take this pen
Watch it bleed
Shoot this bird
Clip these wings
Don’t walk away
From the better part of me
Don’t let me go go go
©2017 Cordell Bentzinger
Picture On My Wall
Verse 1
I was choking up last night
I was staying in, you called me out
And you got tangled in the light
You were dreaming then, I hear it now
I said it
And I meant it
It’s what I do
Chorus
Well I’m so sorry
I wasn’t the eye of the storm
But oh my baby
You’re honestly
You’re honestly
A picture on my wall
A picture on my wall
Verse 2
I kept watch for you all night
I was breathing in, you’re speaking out
And you were moving with the times
I was dreaming then, I hear it now
I said it
And I meant it
It’s what I do
Chorus
Well I’m so sorry
I wasn’t the eye of the storm
But oh my baby
You’re honestly
You’re honestly
Bridge
Forget it
I meant it
It’s what I do
Chorus
Well I’m so sorry
I wasn’t the eye of the storm
But oh my baby
You’re honestly
You’re honestly
A picture on my wall
A picture on my wall
©2017 Cordell Bentzinger
