What Once Was and Always Will Be

from The Twenty Year First Impression by Namesake

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Every now and then I lay at night and I think about
A world that goes on if
I am gone
Things I don't want to know
When I contemplate what means the most
Well my thoughts go to
The beauty you've created
My heart, my home
Can't stand to let it go

What it once was
Am I lost 'cause
Why would I ever have thought
Here, that our would have ended
Without you near
What it once was
Am I lost 'cause
How could I ever have thought
Here that our world would
End without you by my side

Strip it all away it isn't hard to perceive the fact
It always will be you, that
Gives me hope
My reason to remain
All I want to do is be with you and give you the best
Every good thing in me
Given to you
It's what I want to do

What it once was
Am I lost 'cause
Why would I ever have thought
Here, that our would have ended
Without you near
What it once was
Am I lost 'cause
How could I ever have thought
Here that our world would
End without you by my side

Just let me stay
Let me just have
One look at you

To protect you and to lift you up and to spur you on
Devotion and acceptance
For all these things
To become more than me
Think about the times where I was wrong as your warning signs
Remember me as one who
Lived for you
It's all I want to see

What it once was
Am I lost 'cause
Why would I ever have thought
Here, that our would have ended
Without you near
What it once was
Am I lost 'cause
How could I ever have thought
Here that our world would
End without you by my side

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from The Twenty Year First Impression, released November 12, 2021

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Namesake San Diego, California

Namesake is a melodic punk rock band that ruled Arizona’s west-side in the late ninety's - early 2000's. Reunited in 2018. Their new album, "The Twenty Year First Impression" is OUT NOW!

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