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MELISSA GIGES JUST WHEN I LET GO

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MELISSA GIGES JUST WHEN I LET GO01 AUDIENCE 3:5902 BROKEN RECORD 4:0003 The Show’s About To Begin 3:3604 Fix Yourself 4:5305 JUST WHEN I LET GO 3:3506 I WAS THE CRIMINAL 4:2207 Worth The Wait 3:2008 ON THE SURFACE 4:5509 Maze of Regrets 5:0010 Let’s Go Home 5:41

All songs written by Melissa Giges (Iron Keys Music, BMI)

Melissa Giges - vocals, piano, glockenspiel Blake Morgan - guitars, bass, keyboards, percussionJonathan Ellinghaus - drums

AUDIENCEAt my doorstep you standHolding a gift in your handsYou’ll give it me and think we’re clearBut you’ll forget we were ever standing here

You can’t use meTo make yourself alright

Because I had never promisedTo be the only one in your audience

You took anything I’d giveThen you’d offer the breath when I couldn’t breatheYou were the one that couldn’t seeYourself smothering me

You can’t be surprisedYou were the witness the entire time

And I had never promisedTo be the only one in your audience

BROKEN RECORDWhere were you when I needed youWhere were you when I caredAnd now that I would like you goneYou won’t leave me aloneLeave me alone

If I told you I was dyingYou’d have said don’t make a sceneNow I’m a broken recordAt least I’m finally speaking

I’m not going to be that personWaiting for you to grow upI’m not going to wake up panickedRealizing you’re not going to show upNot going to show up

If I told you I was dyingYou’d have said don’t make a sceneNow I’m a broken recordAt least I’m finally speaking

I gave and I gave and I gave to youIf I’d stayed you’d have left me hanging dry

If I told you I was dyingYou’d have said don’t make a sceneNow I’m a broken recordAt least I’m finally speaking

You’re still not listening

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THE SHOW’S ABOUT TO BEGINThe tide has turnedI’m on the edge of every wordI’ve exposed the cover I had prizedAnd the habit of my infamous goodbyes

You’ll forgive me if I stumbleIt took me a little longer to realize

Maybe this is my big debutAnd you will watch me and I welcome you to

The show’s about to beginThe crowd is filing inHurry the line is getting longTo see my first and worst attempt at a love song

I’m going to raise the stakesI’ll try to convince you I can changeAnd now that I’m out of an excuseIt’s you that I choose

Maybe this is my big debutAnd you will watch me and I welcome you to

The show’s about to beginThe crowd is filing inHurry the line is getting longTo see my first and worst attempt at a love song

Fix YourselfTake a photograph hang on tightBecause this is all you’ll see of meI’ll even smile for you until we get it rightThen I’ll vanish until you come back to fight

Don’t you want to fix yourselfYou must be so tired of the secrets and liesDon’t you want to tell another storyI tried to write you a cure for your messI did my best

You can be afraid of meI challenged you to beWe will drink poison over truthAnd I’m numb at the sight of you

Don’t you want to fix yourselfYou must be so tired of the secrets and liesDon’t you want to tell another storyI tried to write you a cure for your messI did my best for you

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JUST WHEN I LET GOYou say you want to breathe me inYou say you want to hold me until I let you inI kick the castle doors open roll the carpet outAnd each and every time you turn around and run out

Just when I let go you reappearJust when I say no you interfere

I should be careful what I wish forI should know what will happen when I ask for moreYou’ve got me right where you want me to beYou’ve got me wrong I am not who you think I should be

Just when I let go you reappearJust when I say no you interfere

What are we doing hereWhat are we doing hereYou kiss me suddenlyWhat have you done with me

Just when I let go you reappearJust when I say no you interfere

Just when I let go you reappear

I WAS THE CRIMINALAm I the only oneAm I your only oneWhy’d you ask why I’m still alone

And you couldn’t be the oneTo make me choose between the twoBecause you were never the one to tell me

I was the criminal I was the thiefThat stole your selfish fantasies and left you with your griefNow you’re married to a fine fine blondeAnd I’m still married to my crime

And I’m the voyeur nowI watched your wedding video and I smiledJust because you’ve chosen a different lifeDoesn’t give you permission to tell me

I was the criminal I was the thiefThat stole your selfish fantasies and left you with your griefNow you’re married to a fine fine blondeAnd I’m still married to my crime

I can’t give you permission to tell me

That I was the criminal I was the thiefThat stole your selfish fantasies and left you with your griefNow you’re married to a fine fine blondeAnd I’m still married to my crime

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ON THE SURFACEIf I had known I’d wind up hereI’d like to have asked her for a little adviceIf I had known it would get this farI could have saved myself from this demise

If I could have changed anythingI’d have gone back five years in a time machineSo she could have told me

On the surface we were perfectAnd I didn’t want to let him goI’ll write a road map so the next will find itBut when she’s ready to thank me I’ll be gone and moved on

When they ask me why what will I sayWhen they say this just couldn’t be I’ll say I tried

If I could have changed anythingI’d have seen a sketch of him before we’d ever meetDrawn by her for me

On the surface we were perfectAnd I didn’t want to let him goI’ll write a road map so the next will find itBut when she’s ready to thank me I’ll be gone and moved on

She could have warned me he’d only throw meTo the back of the lineI wouldn’t have held so tightly if he’d decided to beThe same man the whole time

On the surface we were perfect

WORTH THE WAITRace me to the lineI dare you to tryWho will say itWho will say it first

It’s no coincidence we’re hereFinally I’m sincereWhat’s going on hereWhat’s going on here

You were worth the waitSlowly I’m breakingThe rules that I’ve created to be with youTo be with you

You waited for a surpriseDo you have anything else to hideCome here say itCome here say it

You were worth the waitSlowly I’m breakingThe rules that I’ve created to be with youTo be with you

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MAZE OF REGRETSYou think it’s meI think it’s everything you wanted me to beCan’t you see

When you look at meAre you thinking normalcyDon’t you feel a little guilty

I’m not lost here in never neverlandI’ve been waiting for her to sayShe will come for me in this maze of regretsTo say I’m sorry but for now I’ll stay and play

You won’t hear meRaise my voice to youI lost it in the fight

You can’t rememberAnything I said to youSo I guess we’ll pretend we’re alright

I’m not lost here in never neverlandI’ve been waiting for her to say She will come for me in this maze of regretsTo say I’m sorry but for now we’ll stay and play

I will make believe You will make believeI will make believe that this never happened

I’m not lost here in never neverlandI’ve been waiting for her to sayShe will come for me in this maze of regretsTo say I’m sorry so for now we’ll stay and play

LET’S GO HOMECrazy as it appearsHow much can change in a yearI’ll never tell what I used to hideBecause that girl has died and come alive

I was waiting for a rescuerTo pull me out of my wishing wellAnd just as my hope echoed awayI hear you calling out my name

Your voice is traveling towards meNow sounding so clearThere is still so much left I’d like to knowCome get me I’m down here

And you’ll tell me we’ll be fineBecause we’re not like the others who didn’t tryWe will drive far away until I sayLet’s go home today

In a world of transparencyThere are no characters left for me I’ve exposed all there is to see And silence is no longer an enemy

We will close the day with a brand new lullabyStaring off into an unpredictable skyThe day is gone gone the sunWe will lay here we have won

And you’ll tell me we’ll be fineBecause we’re not like the others who didn’t try We will drive far away until I sayLet’s go home today

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Produced by Blake MorganRecorded, mixed, and mastered by Blake Morgan at ECR Music Studios, NYCDrums recorded at Studio 4, PA

Photography by Shane LaVancherArt direction and production design by David Cloyd

ECR-1406022

www.melissagiges.comwww.itunes.com/melissagigeswww.ecrmusicgroup.com

℗© 2014 ECR Music Group. All rights reserved. Unauthorized duplication is a violation of applicable laws.

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