Asbestos (2min54)
By: Shawn Petrie (5-11-2004) Performed by: August Will Decay Loaded Knife Records (2015)
(Chorus 1) Your touch is as soft as asbestos Slowly shaping my will to turn away Your love is a rare form of torture Slowly tearing my future away
(Verse 1) Hold me back I’m running too fast Towards a light which burns too bright Towards illusion I created myself Within my mind, artificial perfection
(Chorus 2) This straightforward plain of existence With you has brought me to my knees Everything that we promised each other Has lost itself out in the breeze
(Verse 2) Close the door the sight is too strong The stare too long, my approach all wrong Conversation splinters the silence But never really ever getting anywhere
(Chorus 3) Your touch is as soft as asbestos Slowly shaping my will to turn away Your love is a true form of torture As you twist the life out of my days
Written, recorded, and performed by August Will Decay
(Shawn D. Petrie) Loaded Knife Records (10-6-2015)
The Reasons (3min11)
By: Shawn Petrie (5-11-2000) – (7-4-2004) – (9-21-2015) Performed by: August Will Decay Loaded Knife Records (2-15)
(Verse) I feel that time is running down Until I must face That there is no room for me here And leave this painful place My hearts broke beyond repair And it’s been long enough My pain should have long since slipped away But I never do get tough
(Chorus) My body is dead weight on my feet I am a walking bomb biding time I try to reach for my slice of the pie But I never can get a hold mine I feel like no matter what I do I will never be as good as you I need one more cruel display To finally put me in my place
(Bridge) I wish I could stop the pain in my heart It’s a constant struggle tearing me apart I’m finding out that love is a lie There are no answers when I wonder why
(Verse) I wish I could stop the tears in my eyes I wish I could kill the pain inside I’m beaten down, too weak to last I’m tired of living my life in the past
I’m holding on but not for long Pretty soon I’ll be gone It’s so uncommon for a man to cry These are the reasons I’m dying inside
Written, recorded, and performed by August Will Decay
(Shawn D. Petrie) Loaded Knife Records (10-6-2015)