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I Promise I'm Not Always Like This

by Nolan Hogenboom

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1.
The lights the noise the girls the boys The kiss the bliss amidst the pain The nights the joy a shouting voice And all you never stood to gain This is your chance a fleeting glance Could break or make your day tonight And you could be the lucky one Or break your heart, but it's all right We are alive tonight Dancing by neon light Another shot goes by Another chance to get it right We tell our lies tonight Yeah we're alive and we're insane A flash of glory to attain What doesn't kill you makes you Stronger or it makes you fall apart You roll the dice you pay the price For every time you play your part No troubles here no worries there We lose them for a little while We lose ourselves within the moment And we love it and we smile I don't wanna wake up just yet
2.
I saw myself in the bathroom mirror And I wondered why we ever fight Felt the familiar burn of the Listerine As I thought about what happened tonight You had so suddenly seemed so silent Like you'd done a few times before The conversation had long since ended It was as if you had slammed the door It's just too easy to feel like I'm losing you Maybe that's something that I've got to try on When you got hammered and you ranted 'bout your parents to me I wasn't there to be a shoulder to cry on I feel inadequate when what I say don't seem to work And it tears me apart Yeah it tears me apart To see you this way So I apologize for whatever happened 'Cause I don't mean to be in the wrong I promise I had all good intentions When I sat down and wrote this song I scrolled through all of my favorite pictures For what had to be the eightieth time I closed my eyes and I laid there in silence And I hoped that you would still be mine
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3 AM 03:26
It's 3 AM and I wonder if you think about me anymore I wonder how often and I wonder if you do the way you did before Sometimes we need to be selfish Sometimes it's okay to not be okay Sometimes it takes a while And I can never decide if time goes by too fast or too slow It's 3 AM and I wonder what my life will be five years from now I wonder where I'll be, what I'll be doing, and when I got there and how Sometimes I start to worry Sometimes it's okay to not have a plan Sometimes it takes a while And I can never decide if time goes by too fast or too slow What good will worry do me What does it do to dwell on the past One way or another, at some point we've got to move on Sometimes the one you want is not the one for you
4.
Run With You 03:44
I gotta say I'm kinda feeling a little bit out of it But we got something going here and I know I'm proud of it No surprises here you got me feeling dangerous And I have no doubt that tonight was made for us I wanna dance in the rain without a care in the world I wanna take this chance and give it a whirl I wanna see you smile when you hear my name I wanna show you that I would do exactly the same I wanna talk for hours 'til we lose track of the time I wanna watch the sunset with you by my side I wanna blast David Bowie driving into the night I wanna look at you and know that it's all right I wanna run with you Late nights early mornings and I can't tell the difference It's a wild ride and I'm hoping that you'll be my deliverance So I will do my very best This heart that's beating in my chest Is learning how to recover from the last time it broke And I can make it again I know

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Written and assembled over the course of the spring and summer of 2018, "I Promise I'm Not Always Like This" features Nolan Hogenboom branching out into a number of sounds, while firmly holding to pop/rock roots.

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released August 27, 2018

All music and lyrics written, recorded, and produced by Nolan Hogenboom

Nolan Hogenboom - vocals, guitars, keyboards, drums

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Nolan Hogenboom Savannah, Georgia

One man, many sounds: Nolan Hogenboom makes pop rock and alt rock with a classic flavor and a wide range of influences.
nolanhogenboommusic@gmail.com

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