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YOU FOUND ME

by J.R. SLAYER

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1.
I’LL NEVER GO AWAY FROM YOU I’LL STAY WITH YOU UNITL MY EYES CLOSE FOR GOOD NEVER BEEN ONE TO STICK AROUND, BUT THIS DIFFERENT, OUR HEARTS MAKE A DIFFERENT SOUND DID YOU EVER THINK YOU’D GET THIS CLOSE TO ME? I DIDN’T THINK I’D EVER BE ONE TO LOVE IF YOU TELL ME THAT YOU’LL RUN AWAY WITH ME I PROMISE THAT I’LL NEVER LET YOU GO SO TAKE YOUR HAND IN MINE, TIME AFTER TIME IT’S TRUE WHAT THEY SAY ABOUT WHEN SOULS ALIGN YOUR EYES THEY LOOK LIKE MINE YOUR ARMS THEY FEEL LIKE MINE I SWEAR YOU’VE ALWAYS BEEN WITH ME AND I MAY NEVER GET ANOTHER CHANCE AT THIS I PROMISE THAT I’LL NEVER LET YOU GO I’LL NEVER LET YOU GO AND I CANT BELIEVE THAT JUST THREE DAYS AGO I DIDN’T EVEN KNOW YOU WERE REAL THE THINGS YOU SAY TO ME, THE WAY YOU LOOK AT ME WHAT IS THIS FEELING? DO YOU REALLY EXIST? SO TAKE YOUR HAND IN MINE, TIME AFTER TIME IT’S TRUE WHAT THEY SAY ABOUT WHEN SOULS ALIGN YOUR EYES THEY LOOK LIKE MINE YOUR ARMS THEY FEEL LIKE MINE I SWEAR YOU’VE ALWAYS BEEN WITH ME AND I MAY NEVER GET ANOTHER CHANCE AT THIS I PROMISE THAT I’LL NEVER LET YOU GO I’LL NEVER LET YOU GO
2.
YOUR ORBITS ALWAYS BEEN AROUND ME CIRCLING SLOWLY, CARE FREE YOUR COMPASS SET TOWARDS ME NEVER FULLY KNOWING WHERE IT MIGHT LEAD YOUR ORBITS ALWAYS BEEN AROUND ME CIRCLING SLOWLY, TO ME I NEVER KNEW YOU WERE OUT THERE, BUT YOU LANDED JUST IN TIME NOW YOU ARE MY ATMOSPHERE YOU’RE THE AIR I BREATHE YOU ARE THE LAND I SEE TOOK 32 YEARS FOR YOU TO GET TO ME DID YOU KNOW YOU’D BE THE ONLY THING I SEE? YOUR ORBITS ALWAYS BEEN AROUND ME CIRCLING SLOWLY, SURELY AND NOW OUR FEET, THEY CAN FINALLY TOUCH THE GROUND, CUZ THERE’S NOTHING ELSE AROUND NOW YOU ARE MY ATMOSPHERE YOU’RE THE AIR I BREATHE YOU ARE THE LAND I SEE TOOK 32 YEARS FOR YOU TO GET TO ME DID YOU KNOW YOU’D BE THE ONLY THING I SEE? AND THERE IS NOTHING ELSE AROUND ME... THERE IS NO ONE ELSE AROUND ME... YOU FOUND ME...
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Half Lyfe 03:41
I’M LIVING IN A HALF LYFE AND IT DOESN’T FEEL ALRIGHT WHAT ARE WE GONNA DO, IF IT DECIDES THAT IT’S THRU? AND IT TELLS YOU TO GO AWAY, THEN IT TELLS ME NOT TO STAY WHAT A SHAME THAT WOULD BE, NOT TO FOLLOW THRU WITH THE ONLY THING THAT EVER FELT TRUE THE ONLY THING THAT EVER MATTERED TO YOU, BUT IT STILL DOESN’T CHANGE THE FACT THAT YOU’RE STUCK IN A HALF LYFE, THAT YOU’RE LIVING IN A HALF LYFE... HALF LYFE... PLEASE DON’T TURN YOUR BACK I PROMISE I WILL FIND THE STRENGTH I LACK I SWEAR I’M GONNA FIND YOU IN THE END I’LL BRING YOU TO ME AND IT TELLS YOU TO GO AWAY, THEN IT TELLS ME NOT TO STAY WHAT A SHAME THAT WOULD BE, NOT TO FOLLOW THRU WITH THE ONLY THING THAT EVER FELT TRUE THE ONLY THING THAT EVER MATTERED TO YOU, BUT IT STILL DOESN’T CHANGE THE FACT THAT YOU’RE STUCK IN A HALF LYFE, THAT YOU’RE LIVING IN A HALF LYFE... HALF LYFE... AND I PROMISE NOT TO LET YOU DOWN WE’RE CHAINED WE’RE NEVER GONNA MAKE IT OUT SO LET ME SAY YOUR NAME AND WASH AWAY YOUR DOUBT CUZ THE BOUNTY OF OUR LOVE IS GONNA HELP US NOW...
4.
DON’T TURN YOUR BACK, NOWHERE WE CAN HIDE MIGHT NOT FIND THIS AGAIN I DARE YOU TO TRY I’LL BE WITH YOU FOR THE REST OF YOUR LIFE WE TRIED TO STOP THE RIVER FROM RUNNING WE TRIED TO MAKE OUR HEARTS STOP TURNING, BUT THE SIMPLE FACT REMAINS WE WERE NEVER THE SAME LOOK AT ME... AND YOU SAY TO ME “I KNOW YOU’VE FELT THIS BEFORE, AND I’M SCARED AS HELL, AND IT LEAVES ME UNSURE SO PLEASE BE GENTLE WITH ME” I TAKE YOUR HAND SOFTLY IN MINE LOOK INTO YOU WITH NOTHING TO HIDE I AM YOURS AND YOU ARE MINE... LOOK AT ME... DON’T TURN YOUR BACK JUST LOOK AT ME I’M STANDING HERE YOU TREMBLE WITH FEAR JUST TAKE MY HAND I’LL WALK YOU THRU THE CLOUDS WASH AWAY YOUR DOUBT I WON’T PUT YOU OUT
5.
SO I GUESS THIS IS ALONE AND I’M GONNA STAY THAT WAY FOR A LONG TIME I THOUGHT I HAD A HOME, BUT IT BLEW AWAY AND IT’S BEEN A WHILE, BUT I STILL DON’T KNOW WHICH WAY I SHOULD GO I MAY HAVE FOUND A NEW PLACE, BUT IM NOT GONNA MAKE IT THRU THE DOOR CUZ YOU DON’T LIKE MY DISPOSITION AND I CAN’T BLAME YOU FOR THAT WHY WOULD YOU WANT TO INVEST IN THIS CONFUSED MESS? NO MIX I MAKE YOU CAN SAVE ME FROM THE IMPENDING DOOM AND I NEVER EVEN MET YOU, I NEVER EVEN HEARD YOUR VOICE, BUT I LOVE YOU... COULD THAT BE TRUE? HOW COULD THAT BE TRUE?
6.
I COULDN’T HAVE YOU IF I WANTED YOU I COULDN’T LEAVE YOU EVEN IF I TRIED YOU’RE GONNA HAVE TO PULL THE PLUG ONE DAY I CAN’T DO IT I THINK I MIGHT DIE FEELS LIKE WE’RE ALWAYS JUST AVOIDING THE ENDING THAT’S ON IT’S WAY TRUE LOVE GAVE US JUST A FEW SWEET MOMENTS THEN IT LITTERED OUR HEARTS WITH PAIN CUZ I’M JUST NOT A POSITIVE INFLUENCE IN YOUR LIFE YOU’RE ALWAYS LEFT QUESTIONING “IS THIS WRONG, OR IS THIS RIGHT?” EVERYTHING IS SO FRAGILE, HOW ARE WE MEANT TO MAINTAIN? WHEN WE’RE ALWAYS LEFT QUESTIONING “IS THIS WRONG, OR IS THIS RIGHT?” DO YOU REALLY THINK YOU MADE A CHANGE FOR THE BETTER ANYWAY? YOU’RE PROBABLY BETTER OFF GOING BACK TO YOUR PREVIOUS DAY TO DAY ONE WHERE I’M NOT AROUND SCARRING YOUR THOUGHTS WITH LONLINESS A FEW SECONDS OF JOY AINT WORTH ALL OF THIS UNBRIDLED PAIN CUZ I’M JUST NOT A POSITIVE INFLUENCE IN YOUR LIFE YOU’RE ALWAYS LEFT QUESTIONING “IS THIS WRONG, OR IS THIS RIGHT?” EVERYTHING IS SO FRAGILE, HOW ARE WE MEANT TO MAINTAIN? WHEN WE’RE ALWAYS LEFT QUESTIONING “IS THIS WRONG, OR IS THIS RIGHT?”
7.
IF YOU SAID YOU CAN’T GET DOWN WITH ME I JUST DON’T KNOW WHAT I’D DO WE COULDN’T STOP THIS FROM HAPPENING NOW IT’S ONLY ME AND YOU SO WON’T YOU JUST TAKE A PLANE TO ME CUZ IT’S JUST SO PLAIN TO SEE THERE THERE’S NOTHING STOPPING ME FROM GETTING NEXT TO YOU AND I KNOW WE TRY TO FIGHT IT THE DISTANCE FUCKS US ALL UP WE DIDN’T KNOW WE WOULD FEEL THIS WAY SO SICK IN LOVE, WE’RE FUCKED BUT IT’S ACTUALLY SO BEAUTIFUL WE JUST AINT ACTING GRATEFUL FOR THE FACT THAT YOU FOUND ME IN THIS SEA OF ANONMYMITY AND IT’S ACTUALLY SO BEAUTIFUL WE JUST AINT ACTING GRATEFULL FOR THE FACT THAT I FOUND YOU IN THIS SEA OF ANONYMITY AND I SWEAR WE WILL STAY HERE IN THIS HOME BUILT ON LOVE AND TRUST IT’LL NEVER FALL DOWN BECAUSE IT’S BUILT WITH RUBIED BLOOD YOU ASKED ME TO NAME ALL THE SONGS I KNEW THAT USED THE G7 CHORD AND WHEN I COULDN’T THINK OF ONE I JUST WENT AHEAD AND MADE ONE UP...
8.
HOW COULD LOVE B SO CRUEL? DELIVERED US A PRECIOUS JEWEL HOW COULD LOVE B THIS CRUEL? HOW COULD LOVE B THIS CRUEL? TO GIVE TO YOU, THEN TURN YOU BLUE HOW COULD LOVE B THIS CRUEL? I WASN’T MESSING WITH IT NO I WASN’T NURTURING IT SO HOW COULD LOVE B SO CRUEL? HOW COULD LOVE B THIS CRUEL? DELIVERED US A PRECIOUS JEWEL HOW COULD LOVE B THIS CRUEL? I WASN’T MESSIN’ WITH IT NO I WASN’T NURTURIN’ IT SO HOW COULD LOVE B SO CRUEL? NOTHING TO HOLD I’M IN THE FOLD DEEP IN THE CUT A LOVERS RUT HOW COULD LOVE B SO CRUEL?
9.
WE COULD NEVER TURN AWAY FROM THE THINGS WE’VE SEEN TODAY STANDING IN AN AIRPORT TERMINAL NERVOUS IN MY NEW FLANNEL MY PALMS THEY GET MORE WET WITH EVERY SINGLE PASSERBY PUSHING ANXIETY TO A PLACE I NEVER KNEW I WASN’T SURE IF YOU WERE REAL BUT THEN YOU TURNED THE CORNER IN A BOSTON RED SOX CAP YOUR EYES FINALLY MET WITH MINE JUST A FEW FEET AWAY FROM ME I REALIZE THAT YOU’RE REAL SUDDENLY IN MY EMBRACE NO WORDS WERE EVEN SPOKE THE AIRPORT DISAPPEARS YOU KISS ME AND IT ALL CAME CLEAR THAT WE CAN NEVER TURN AWAY FROM THE THINGS WE’VE SEEN TODAY...

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You Found Me is a concept record. A journey, stumbling into long distance love, unexpectedly, not manipulated or coerced into being. A genuine connection that cannot be rationalized. It follows the path of emotions when thrust into a new beginning, not of your own volition, but of something seemingly greater. It grapples with the excitement, joy, pain, fear, confusion and gratitude that becomes all-consuming when entering a brand new unexpected love.   

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released February 1, 2019

Written/Produced/Mixed by JR Slayer 8/23/18 - 10/25/18
Mastering: Joshua Head
Art Direction: JR Slayer
Cover Photo: Ignacio Salvadores

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J.R. SLAYER Los Angeles, California

Jason Klein
Cody Votolato
Alex Oñate
Brandi Votolato
Mike O'Toole

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