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Evermore is Not Forever

by Eric Dwight

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1.
Everything is You 04:31
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Everywhere I go Everything I do All the words I say Everything is you All my eyes have seen Everything I’ve been through All I choose to believe Everything is you All that I can conceive All that I know is true Nothing matters to me Cause everything is you Everywhere I go Everything I do All the words I say Everything is you All around a damp street light The darkness shows a sleepy night Pressed against the window pain A child’s face that’s free from shame She watches me as I walk by So curious but also sly She know she’s free from what I feel The loneliness that’s with me still (Chorus) Oh the memories we filter for review Reconditioned and never really quite true Can I take my time I’ve got a lot to work through From what we put each other through The words I said weren’t always true So I guess you can take your time too Just when I am feeling right You creep into my head at night The deal we made you have not kept These thoughts of you I can’t accept All I want is to live my life This time o year brings back the blight You’re lingering inside my brain I’m done with this Why don’t you feel the same?
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I Will Try 03:22
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It’s hard to do the right thing and try to find the flow So I think I’ll fake it one more time I raise my phony candle Who the hell will ever know? That I’m not nearly qualified But I can’t wait I can’t stop thinking of you I can’t wait but I will try Trying to read the room Trying to catch the signs Trying to cut the stupid line People’s games are so revealing But I see through them fine I’m simply biding for some time But I can’t wait I can’t stop thinking of you I can’t wait but I will try I don’t ever mind pretending I know I’m doing fine ‘Cause I can come home in good time It’s there where you’ll be waiting Rolling your eyes like mine The world’s gone dumb let’s have some wine
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Can I Make it Through This 02:41
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Can I make it through this? Livin’ in the darkness I don’t want this no more Hoping for a breakthrough All the words we misconstrue I don’t want this no more Am I wrong for giving up the fight What else can I do? Is it wrong to run towards daylight? Instead I’m running back to you No one wants to take the blame No one wants to feel the shame What’s love when it can’t endure? Guess we’ll have to make do With everything that we went through Burned out right too our core Who was wrong and tell me who was right? Who stayed close and who withdrew? I‘ve given up ‘cause I lost the gunfight But the bullets in my heart, they’ve passed right through Am I wrong for giving up the fight What else can I do? Why’s it wrong to search for daylight? ‘Cause Lord knows I’ve stopped running back to you
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I Guess I Was Lost 03:13
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I guess I was lost Or maybe just dreaming Whatever I’m feeling Is well worth the cost In search of something Apropos of nothing Are you finally hearing? What has always been false I guess I was lost Or maybe just dreaming Always on my mind In search of something Embracing nothing We all must find the time Time to find... 'Cause you sold me On a dream that could not be I may want you Just can’t see you I still need you But the joke is left on me Why do I stay?
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Because You Know 03:22
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Everyday I wake up to the wonders that I see And everyday I thank the lord that you’re still here with me Days have turned to weeks to months to years to half my life And through the seas of time we’ve sailed you’ve kept my ship upright It took me 20 years to write this song from me to you I saved the riff, I saved the chords, and now I’m saving you To a sanctuary bright and warm where it’s safe for us to breath A metaphor beyond all words where we can be at ease ‘Cause You Know What else do you know I’ll tell you what I know as well That you and I have seen some shit yeah we’ve come back from hell We catch the anchors while we swim but never have we drowned The truth is that life isn’t fair but we we’ve always stared it down And now that our ships have voyaged through the roughest of those seas A Sailor’s Guide To Earth says let your hair blow in the breeze We’ll take it as it comes but now it’s time to feel the sun Starlight guides us through the night but in the day let’s have some fun ‘Cause You Know
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Yacht Rock Confessional 04:14
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No one knows What’s on your radio Sirius is private thing She looks around Everyone’s eyes are down But can they hear the sound Of that song she sings? Back in his arms is where she wants to stay Bundled up in his charms in their own special kind of way ‘Cause a little “Afternoon Delight” will brighten anyone’s day No one has to know those cheesy love songs that you always play Across town we can see A man driving in his SUV Are custom made playlists still private thing? He sings in an off-key drawl But his lips never move all Still he gives the song his all: “You’re The Biggest Part of Me” Back in her arms is where he wants to stay Bundled up in her charms in their own special kind of way “Sail On” down while you “Reminisce” the day away No one has to know those corny love songs that you always play Everyday you feel the same Hiding all of your secret shame Now it’s finally safe to “Ride Like the Wind” and just “Steal Away” ‘Cause who cares “What a Fool Believes?” My soft-rock vinyl looks like black melted cheese “Sweet Freedom”’s like cool ocean breeze blowing midday ‘Cause back in your arms is where I want to stay Bundled up in your charms in our own special kind of way Cause I’m weaving that dream with you every time I press play No one has to know those lamo love songs that we always play ‘Cause “I’d really like to see you tonight” on my yacht in the bay No one has to know those awesome love songs that we always play
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Waiting for the Angels 05:24
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Lord, can you reach me into my heart If you’re the lock than I’m the key If I’m worthy won’t you please answer my plea Cause I’ve walked a million miles to be where I want to be Just give me one more chance, you’ll see Waiting for the angels to come Waiting for the angels to come The life you gave to me has only begun So I’m waiting for the angels to come Lord you know I’m not a praying man I just don’t know what I ought to believe All I know is what my own two eyes have seen A trillion lights across the sunset sky Amazing grace in all its glory for me When will you take for a ride through the galaxy? Waiting for the angels to come Waiting for the angels to come All the things I once believed have come undone Now I’m waiting for the angels to come Waiting for the angels to come Waiting for the angels to come Can I share what I have learned with everyone? While I’m waiting for the angels to come
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Hope She'll Be Happier 04:14
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Maybe the lateness of the hour Makes me seem bluer than I am But in my heart there is a shower I hope she'll be happier with him Maybe the darkness of the hour Makes me seem lonelier than I am But over the darkness I have no power Hope she'll be happier with him I can't believe that she don't want to see me We lived and loved with each other so long I never thought that she really would leave me But she's gone Maybe the lateness of the hour Makes me seem bluer than I am But in my heart there is a shower Hope she'll be happier with him
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Lonely Soul 03:49
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Here we go again What was once is once again You’ve just taken it to the next degree It’s hard to misconstrue The idiot that’s you You’re gonna get what’s coming to you, you’ll see I just believe you’re a lonely soul You ache for what you can’t control Don’t you dare look at me guilt free Cause the blame here lies with you, not me Everyday’s the same Do you wonder who’s to blame? You never got that self-awareness gene Like a fool you strut and crow Not aware of what others know The only one without a script for the scene I just believe you’re a lonely soul You ache for what you can’t control Don’t you dare look at me guilt free Who’s to blame why you’re so dumb? It’s not me What part of you should we save When we throw the rest away? Nothing’s gonna stop us now Time’s gonna catch up with you Even you are not immune I’ll make sure you see me wave While you dig your own grave I’ll blow you a kiss while you drown
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That's the Way it Isn't 04:28
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Love means what to you, my dear? Just a means to make your feelings clear? Is it a way to hope A way to heal A way to have fun A way to deal Love is not a one-way ride Ms. Houston said it best before she died Is it a means to show What others need to know? Is it a way to give While you refuse to live? Please try your best to understand There’s no supply without demand You never seemed to have learned That what you give you’ve also earned I know that it’s not easy To think in such strange ways You think that you are greedy To hear your own self-praise It’s time to reach your inner crazy To cast out your own malaise ‘Cause that’s the way it isn’t Or that’s the way it stays I know that it’s not easy Your head’s in such a daze Your brain is poisoning your heart In a million different ways It’s time to give the greatest love of all To blast a hole out of this maze ‘Cause that’s the way it isn’t Or that’s the way it stays
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Someday 03:06
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Goin’ on a journey in the seat of my old Ford The view outside that’s changed But it’s inside I explore Been 22 years since the day that I was born Seen so much pain I feel so damn worn Someday… When I was nine my daddy left me alone If his love was like a meal, he never threw me a bone So I made my own way to be my own man And I’ll never stop my running until I finally understand Someday… I left Chicago all alone Where I’ve got two kids of my own Why did I leave them when it happened to me? Lord give me the strength to find myself so I can see Someday…
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Evermore is Not Forever 03:59
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Evermore is not forever It’s a word that cannot be Nothing is forever Not you, your grief, or me It’s the end of a rainbow Dividing by zero The way past infinity Evermore is not forever Like you, your grief, or me You may think he knows But the restaurant is closed It's now an empty room Free from all your gloom The haunted corners’ gone Yes I heard your song You’ve known it all along When you keep on moving you stop moving on When will you break through? Are you overdue? Grief is like a glue Stuck in time where he left you You said he met someone? Then take your heart and run This can’t be too much fun No… Evermore is not forever It’s a lie you can’t conceive It's not what you so deeply feel It's how long it claims to be The page can turn again But you blocked it with your pen It’s such a nasty thing That anger you so earnestly sing Suffer for your song? A hipster all along Damn you’re so headstrong He made his choice but he got it wrong The help you need is here I say it loud and clear It’s kind of hard to hear Turn your back and don’t shed a tear A broken heart will mend A lost soul will transcend What it has been through You mourn not for what you lost But for the life he’s taken away For every risk there’s always a cost And if we lose a price to pay But someday, someday I promise you that someday Someday, someday soon You’ll be OK

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A much different feel than "Born Into Addiction", two years in making, this album has a lighter touch and a higher production quality, There are lots of genres represented here just as there are many different topics.

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released January 1, 2024

All songs writing by Eric Dwight Kneipfer except:
"Can I Make it Through This", and "I Guess I Was Lost" written by Eric Callaghan and Eric Dwight Kneipfer
"Hope She'll Be Happier" written by Bill Withers

Artwork: Stephen Kunze
Photography: Guy Harper and Eric Dwight Kneipfer

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Eric Dwight Boston, Massachusetts

Grief brought me back to music..

Six years after the death of my brother I started writing again. This album came out of that.

I think I tapped into something, but I guess it's not up to me to decide that claim. I hope people connect with both the raw grief I express and the recovery from that grief. ... more

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