Name: The Way Things Are
Duration: P00H04M17S
Description: This is AKA "The Really Obnoxiously Loud Song". Tommy's vocals in this hit an all-time high, and he's afraid to sing it live lest small children explode. This is an apology song, and a nice note (pun intended) on which to close our debut release.

The Way Things Are

from Title Goes Here by Skeleton Keys

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This is AKA "The Really Obnoxiously Loud Song". Tommy's vocals in this hit an all-time high, and he's afraid to sing it live lest small children explode. This is an apology song, and a nice note (pun intended) on which to close our debut release.

lyrics

I sleep with a knife under my pillow and a gun under my bed
Trust is a long gone thing to me and all of innocence is dead
I couldn't just let you walk into my life like that
And now that you're gone I really know just what I had

I'm sorry for all the time you wasted wasting all your time on me
I'm sorry for every word you said that I just didn't want to hear
I'm sorry for all the things I did that all went wrong and wrong again
I'm sorry for all of this, but it's never gonna change the way things are

I can't explain why I just shut you out and never let you speak
This world has left me jaded and thinking that there's no point in belief
Why should I break down my walls if they'll only sit there in the dust?
I couldn't let myself give into all the trust

I'm sorry for all the time you wasted wasting all your time on me
I'm sorry for every word you said that I just didn't want to hear
I'm sorry for all the things I did that all went wrong and wrong again
I'm sorry for all of this, but it's never gonna change the way things are

credits

from Title Goes Here, released August 14, 2012
Tommy Panek - vocals, guitar
Ian Chandler - guitar

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Skeleton Keys Ohio

The band began in 2011 as a project of friends Tommy Panek and Ian Chandler. After a few demos, they released the "Title Goes Here" EP in August 2012. In 2013, the band acquired Brandon Schwartz. They are currently playing shows and writing.

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Reminisce

Oct 2013
Better

Apr 2013
Title Goes Here

Aug 2012

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