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Self Care
00:56
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Feel Alive
03:35
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Feel Alive
Words and music by Matthew Schwartz
How does this go?
I’ve never done this, I don't know
Well, either way I guess
Let’s gather round and start this meeting
For me I’m broke
Damaged, cracked, barely afloat
Hoping there’s a cure for
who I am and how I’m ailing
I used to think that I could fly
A happy thought to touch the sky yet I’m falling
I just want to feel alive
For once feel something real inside
I just want to feel it / oh i need to feel it
Before this paint starts peeling
I just want to feel alive
We reap what we sow
digging deep and letting go
the constant to and fro
But this is where we find our meaning
Cause we won’t grow
Won’t find that ebb that leads to flow
If we don’t take this chance to
Pack our things and then start leaving.
No matter how hard, I try
to truly live, not just survive this
I’m climbing
I can’t/won’t stop fighting
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Comatose
04:34
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Comatose
Music by Matthew Schwartz
Lyrics by Matthew Schwartz and Vincent Cellucci
This is the last piece of me you’ll own
just like our final talk on the phone
Bear in mind that means I will not be coming home
In part due to your selfish tone
Goodbye, this bird has flown
Goodbye, my heart’s gone Comatose
Wait
Hold my beer
There’s so many things I’d love to say if I don’t just walk away from here.
You used to be such a good friend, such a good friend
So I’ve taken it upon myself to grab things and call this the end
All right this kiss is rotten
OK I know I’m stalling
all right this bird has fallen
OK alright I’m walking
OK it’s time to say….
This is where I say
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Don't Play Dead
03:28
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Don’t Play Dead
Music and lyrics by Matthew Schwartz
Did you miss the mark?
Hold for perspective
Here’s a brand new start
Room for reflection (reflection)
We can dwell on things or we can let them go
Listen to your heart and get yourself out of that head
it's ok
None of this matters anyway
we all make mistakes
Hell I just made more than three today
So Darling / sweetie / Honey don’t hold back, no, don’t play dead
When things get hard, listen to what I’ve said
because it’s all ok
None of this matters anyways
Alright alright
I don’t know your feelings
But I’ll fight I’ll fight
By your side baby
No matter what obstacle life puts in your way
when the task seems too large
Your strength outweighs mine by far
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Hearts On Fire
04:47
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Hearts On Fire
Music and lyrics by Matthew Schwartz
Don’t hesitate
It’s time to get tough
Cut the ties that bind
please don’t give up
You’ve been saying for all these years that
You were going to do this now
Well, the door is opened
You’ve got to muddle through somehow….
Hearts on Fire
I’ll write the songs you play the choir
Lift your voices high
We are going to take what’s ours tonight
Bring a match
I’ve got the fuel
we’ll take every mess we’ve made
And burn it up too
Clench your fists with closed eyes
Take a step and breathe down deep
Kill every excuse
And repeat after me:
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Lola
04:27
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Lola
Music and lyrics by Matthew Schwartz
Lola
I’m so glad I know you
When this whole world just don’t seem right
You know I’m always gonna fight
Lola
I just want to hold you
never gonna give up on you
if it’s the last thing that I do
I know it feels like you’re held captive now
And that there’s nothing you can do
But If we can just be patient
Hold on to what we have
The time will come when you’ll know what I know is true
It may feel like it’s an eternity
Like the world’s stopped and left you here
But we both know that this ends
Just close your eyes and listen
a day will come when at last we touch skin to skin
Reach out your hand for me
I hold mine out too
And when our fingers meet
We’ll know it’s through
I’ll finally be with you!
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Afterglow
03:57
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Afterglow
Music and lyrics by Matthew Schwartz
Cut the lights and afterglow
No need for proof cause I’ll still know
Those curling lips and velvet eyes
The thought alone keeps me alive
Be my beacon, guide me home
When I stumble, hold my bones
Describe to me the love we own
I'm in the dark, but not alone
My life’s not where it used to be
Fading from each memory
But if I'm still, I know I see
Guided by your melody
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Haunt You
Music by Matthew Schwartz
Lyrics by Matthew Schwartz and Eva Caspary
Oh Why
Can’t I step away this time
From this ringing in my mind
Damn these demands are so deafening
Oh please
Let this this guilt subside, release
Give to peace in silence, Breathe
Oh if this wind could just comfort me.
Here goes
Oh I sure hope I can make it
Okay
This won’t begin until I say
At my pace with frequent breaks
Who would have thought it would come to this?
Oh to be
To exist, be whole, and free
To find strength when I feel weak
Will there be peace on the other side?
Have you made up your mind?
Or did it itself decide?
Every day you choose to live
Means a struggle deep within
Yet when our memory declines
They’ll come back and haunt you.
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I'm So Gone
03:57
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I’m So Gone
Words and music by Matthew Schwartz
Words can fail
I pray these won’t and that they reach you well
It took me oh so long to see
That you and me were meant to fall in love
So here’s a glance
At what happens when you take a chance
Throwing all our caution to the wind
Oh let’s begin
I’ll start, please take my heart
3 weeks have passed, the best 3 weeks I’ve ever had
to be frank I may be sleep deprived
But I cannot lie
I’m the happiest man alive.
Honestly
I can never seem to fall asleep
when you are lying right there next to me
My love, I’m so Gone
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Agoraphobia
04:16
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Agoraphobia
Music by Matthew Schwartz
Words by Matthew Schwartz and Vincent Cellucci
The Koster family’s having drinks tonight
There’s a show down on Ellis Street
But I can’t be swayed to move my feet
Chelsea’s has free beer and wine
And I know that you’ve got my food
But I just can’t get in the mood
Rickey’s in town just for the night
Zack and Rae will be there
I love them all but I don’t care
And there’s a block party out on our street
With magic and art and exchange
When can I just get some peace?
Even if the phone rings
Even if you send a text, two or three
I will never leave
Not sorry, this is what I need
Even if you're outside
You've paid my way and got my ride
Oh politely I’ll decline
I promise I’m alright
Cause we aren’t going out tonight
No we’re not going out tonight
We aren’t going out tonight
And I hope that that’s alright
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Run
04:20
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Run
Music by Matthew Schwartz
Lyrics by Matthew Schwartz and Vincent Cellucci
Celebrate with our tongues
Persevere with our souls, open
Dying words
sound life out
Or at least we’ll try
And we run
Though we’re in pieces
And we run
I’ll hold you, we’ll beat this
And we run
Not once retreating
And we run
All we know will change in time / All we know will change time
I won’t let go
Hold on tight
brace yourself
time speeds up from here
Sand falls through my calloused hands
as rain ascends in rewind
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Complicated, Confiscated
03:26
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Complicated, Confiscated
Words and music by Matthew Schwartz
Complicated
This picture’s faded
I’m all but gone from here right now
Bleeding backwards
Like a failing actor
Who has chosen to forget their lines
Confiscated
Every single word has failed me
To be and yet, not to be alone
Hold me fast
Like the ones before, this cannot last
I’m sure I’ll make it out alive
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Leave
04:38
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Leave
Music and lyrics by Matthew Schwartz
You better watch what you say
I don’t care for your tone at all today
How do you expect me to feel?
When you throw all these hurtful words
Is this real, real, real?
Oh the pain outweighs grace
Just please give me a little time
and some space
I don’t want to see your face
Just take a moment to realize
Just what you have said and done, oh yes I’m through
You can say that you’re sorry
And one day I’ll believe
But until then
I think you should leave
And one day when this is over
And all our swords are sheathed
I think until then you should leave
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True, it is the musical journey of singer/songwriter Matthew Schwartz, but Pacifico is more about the music than one person. Pacifico started in the summer of 1999 and since has gone through many changes but has always remained a solid outlet for great music. ... more
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