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Shoes
02:58
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SHOES
Words by Marc Ambrosia
Music by Marc Ambrosia and Chris D'Antonio
It’s not unusual to reminisce
Remember when, or think about past time
It’s not a fault that lies within our hearts
it’s just the years that tie us to the ones we know
They hug us one last time and say goodbye before the fire dies and then we all go home
Still thinking back on all the years and how we’re gonna face the future on our own
Step into the shoes that fit you best
Hold onto the memories, never forget
It’s hardest to go when you're not ready to leave
The biggest distraction is turning the key
Oh, you think you’re ready
Oh, you know you’re ready
Oh, you’re really ready
But I’m still not sure
Can’t help but feeling after all this time there still might be something more
Something that I never told you then, but something that I need to tell you now
Growing up beside you, you always made me smile, you always made me better, and you make me proud
Step out, step out, step out into the shoes
Step out, step out, step out do what you choose
Step out, step out, step out into the shoes
Step out, step out, step out do what you choose now
Step out, step out, step out into the shoes
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Nineteen
04:43
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NINETEEN
Words by Marc Ambrosia
Music by Marc Ambrosia and Ronnie Danino
I’ve never been someone people could easily trust
I’ve always mistaken someone’s broken heart for something resembling lust
And that rock on the water will somehow appeal to me
And I will decide if I throw it, or save it for keeps
If you work 9 - 5 you’re bound to go far, so they say
But the meaning of life and fruition of dreams knows more than one time tested way
Oh, the heart is a driver and passion is gasoline
But you have be me I suppose to truly believe
Cause this ride of life is so fragile
With it’s edges and it’s holes
The power plays and deception
And the struggle for control
Into the circling altar where the saints have their say
You have to grow up at nineteen, there is no other way
I tried to be social, I ended up staying alone
I got myself up, walked through the fire
And still found my way through the smoke
The fire’s deconstruction may have burned through the surface of love
But the flames slowly turned into white after burning above
And before I get older I just want to lie in this bed
Remember the nights where I couldn’t shut down, and all of those thoughts in my head
I wanna picture the nightmares and fairytales that played through my mind
And then run with the baggage into the uncertain times
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Outside the Lines
03:52
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OUTSIDE THE LINES
Words by Marc Ambrosia
Music by Marc Ambrosia and Chris D'Antonio
It was late July and the fireflies were making their appearance
It was her and me, nobody else, no need for interference
We were on the beach as the sun went down, along the rocky jetty
The water rose, sand beneath our toes, love was there and we were ready
Color me the way you always thought you’d wanna see me
Yellow, orange, indigo, you can even green me
So bright, might kiss you tonight
Oh no, don’t go I’ll miss you in the moonlight
Color me the way I feel when I’m with you ...outside the lines
We were lying down and she said to me, “I think I’m finally happy”
I almost cried when I saw her eyes staring right back at me
When we started walking she was leading me til I started walking faster
And then I stopped and said to her,“you’re my happily ever after”
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Part of Me
04:36
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PART OF ME
Words by Marc Ambrosia
Music by Marc Ambrosia and Ronnie Danino
Part of me is excited, part of me is sad
The time in life I've spent with you is the best I ever had
Oh, part of me is dancing
But part of me is still
Everyone gets older, some things never change
All these transformations illustrate the current phase
Oh, part of me is singing
But part of me has no song
Part of me knows only the shadow of the past few years
But part of me knows figures of the next new joy and next new tear
But somehow I'm moving through a dozen shades of the same old thing
And somehow I know life is good and life goes on
Adventures tell the story
Of a million dreams gone by
These feet are substitutions for the wings allowing flight
Oh, part of me is soarin'
But part of me is down
The water in the river is showing me a face
Where once there was a child
A strangers in his place
Oh, part of me is timeless
But part of me has changed
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Every Day
06:38
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EVERY DAY
Words by Marc Ambrosia
Music by Marc Ambrosia and Ronnie Danino
There was never a question
Of finding the answer
Somehow we knew we’d get it right
Yesterday's collected to throw us into motion
To sink, swim, or survive, sweetness and light
And all those boys and girls would smile, knowing what it means
And to all those on the outside hurting, they can redeemed
Every day I’m looking into hourglasses
Discovering all the bridges I’ve burned
Every day I stare into imagination
It’s amazing how the tables turn
No explanation could show you the science
Of what it means to grow into your own
And no ancient theory could prove a distraction
To the play by play to where you’re thrown
There is more to revelations than we’ll ever really know
Sometimes there’s just one answer and the answer is to go
Spirits collide, bringing a mystery
Of what the road will be on the other side
There’s an image, a glimpse of what is coming
But you can’t trust what’s only in your mind
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MYSTERY OF WHY
Featuring Alexandra Ortiz
Words by Marc Ambrosia
Music by Marc Ambrosia and Ronnie Danino
Unequivocal sense of healing ...how did I get here?
In the middle of the story
Almost feel like it’s all been told and done ... told and done
You played your part so well like I did ...genuine heartbreak
Left before the pieces shattered, left before the earthquake had it’s way
... couldn’t meet me halfway
I wanna find a way to realize
Form a strategy to theorize
Pinpoint the way, crack the code, and unwind
The mystery of why
...the mystery of why
Plans can change their course without you ...settle into place
What I thought wasn’t ordinary
Reveals itself in ordinary ways ...ordinary ways
Stay behind the velvet shadows ...hide where no one sees
But safety there is temporary
Closure comes through phases and degrees ... take it from me
You knew better so you walked away, that’s the reason that you couldn’t stay
You knew better so you walked away, that’s the reason that you couldn’t stay
You knew better so you walked away, that’s the reason that you couldn’t stay
That’s the answer... to the mystery
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Take Good Care of Me
04:52
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TAKE GOOD CARE OF ME
Words and Music by Marc Ambrosia
You’re here at the bottom with nothing left
If you wanna save me, save yourself
If you feel like leaving, you better think twice
It’s too late to roll the dice
Meet your match, take your stand
Never surrender the upper hand
Don’t lose grip on the wheel
Everything you do is everything I feel
Love and life are like war and peace
But peace knows neither one of these
And sometimes a struggle is as good as it gets
You take what’s given nonetheless
This is my prayer, this is my plea, take good care of me
Who I am is who you made me
I was born your little baby
You tried to teach me how to love
And now I’m grown and love ain’t enough
Don’t hold back, it shows your fear
Gotta keep going, persevere
You only get old if you lose control
You only lose control if you lose your soul
Isn’t it hard to stand up when you’re choose to fall?
Your bridges all burn, you lose it all
Isn’t it hard to stand up when you’re choose to fall?
Your bridges all burn, you lose it all
Isn’t it hard to stand up when you’re choose to fall?
Your bridges all burn, you lose it all
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LOVE LIKE ROCK N ROLL
Featuring Megan Knight
Words by Marc Ambrosia
Music by Marc Ambrosia and Chris D'Antonio
Inside a bottle there’s a rocket ship
It’ll bust through the glass by a fingertip
Ready to fly, but it stays inside
Defying the odds by not subdividing
Feels like trouble, but it feels so good
Never thought I’d find a woman who could say she understood
Here I lay with my paper crown
You come and lift me right up off the ground
I wanna love you like rock and roll
Something familiar and unusual
Pour into me, I’ll pour into you
I’ll be your rhythm, you can be my groove
I wanna love you like rock and roll
Out on the edge there’s uncertainty
Here in my heart is where you’re gonna be
Tripping up on some ancient wrong
Is never gonna change what I’ve known all along
This kinda love is a wild thing
It doesn’t need forgiveness, it doesn’t need a ring
Everything is said before the words come out
Love fueled by devotion has no need for doubt
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Footprints
05:38
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FOOTPRINTS
Words by Marc Ambrosia
Music by Marc Ambrosia and Kyle Abramov
A wound from you hurts so much more than a wound from someone else
I really don’t wanna lose you, but I don’t wanna lose myself
Choices aren’t that easy and life just ain’t that good
When I’m lying awake, up all night cause I’m not doing what you think I should
Something says run, but you pull me back
Taking all the colors and making them black
Here’s where I stand, there’s where I’ll go
Where will you be, do you believe in me?
Footprints are geography, follow mine and stay with me
...come away with me
...don’t you ever leave
Footprints are geography, follow mine and stay with me
...come away with me
...don’t you ever leave
All my inhibitions find themselves in you
All I’m trying to do here is finally break through
There’s always a higher mountain, this bridge I too shall climb
But I can’t bear for you to look at me and not like what you find
My love is like a candle that helps you find the way
Don’t stand in the darkness, that was yesterday
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This Little Song
04:11
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LITTLE SONG
Words by Marc Ambrosia
Music by Marc Ambrosia and Chris D'Antonio
For Anthony Jr and Layla
Transitional shades of blue
O’er the sky tonight
Holding your hand, stroking your head
Keeping you in her sight
Here on the surface
Your infinite purpose
To show us what love really means
Add a surprise in the midst of our lives
Fulfilling unknown fantasies
You’ll never know the difference that you’re making
Or the way you rearranged every wrong step that I’ve taken
You make everything clear, I thank God that you’re here
And this little song is your’s
Simply sublime as the nursery rhyme
Whispering ‘round in your mind
Hope is the water, you are the river
Wrapping us up in your tide
You could take us away to the place where we’d stay
As happy as we ever were
Internalizing the ancient horizon
While making your way ‘round the earth
I never believed in what I couldn’t see
My courage would hide in my fear
Then you showed me a smile and you laughed for awhile
Now I know how a miracle feels
I’m not a kid anymore cause you’re opening doors
And I am along for the ride
Steady the safety, it’s me that you’re saving
It’s you and I side by side
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Marc Ambrosia New Jersey
With Edge, his upcoming third studio album, Trendsetter Award winner Marc Ambrosia didn’t set out to write songs that would
be considered “hip” or “current,” but rather “timeless” and “treasured.” Musically, the loop driven songs hypnotize. Lyrically, the conversational confessions mesmerize.
Edge is set to be released in full on October 28, 2022.
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