Breakthrough
Endless Ecstasy
By Matthew Shwachman
© 2016 MWS Recording, LLC
Every time when we meet here
Leave your troubles at the door
Let all your worries disappear
Before you even hit the floor
Without a care in the world
We’re celebrating life on earth
Cause we love to dance and sing
You know we want to feel free
And love endless ecstasy
Somebody say more, more, give me more
And all the reasons we appear
All come back to love
We want to share a couple beers
And do our best to rise above
All the problems in the world
We’re celebrating life on earth
Chorus
It’s not a manufactured high I’m talking about what we feel inside
Chorus
By Matthew Shwachman
© 2016 MWS Recording, LLC
Every time when we meet here
Leave your troubles at the door
Let all your worries disappear
Before you even hit the floor
Without a care in the world
We’re celebrating life on earth
Cause we love to dance and sing
You know we want to feel free
And love endless ecstasy
Somebody say more, more, give me more
And all the reasons we appear
All come back to love
We want to share a couple beers
And do our best to rise above
All the problems in the world
We’re celebrating life on earth
Chorus
It’s not a manufactured high I’m talking about what we feel inside
Chorus
Breakthrough
By Matthew Shwachman
© 2016 MWS Recording, LLC
I sit at home, all alone
Watching stories unfold
While I am getting older
The feeling’s cold, like all this Boston snow
We all have our goals
Got to fight for your gold
Want to be, g-d speed, in the light
Want to see all my dreams take flight
So I runaway, runaway, tonight, tonight
Runaway to a runway and fly and fly and
Stay faithful and grateful while I wait to breakthrough
I watch the time pass me by
All I hoped to hold Still further down the road
And it’s not like, I’m not trying
Done all that I know
Still the answer is no
Want to be, g-d speed, in the light
Want to see my all my dreams take flight
So I runaway, runaway, tonight, tonight
Runaway to a runway and fly and fly and
Stay faithful and grateful while I wait to breakthrough Breakthrough, Breakthrough, Breakthrough
There’s no telling what I can do
When the limits the sky
With all the places I’m going to
Where I’m most is my mind
Chorus
I know in the air you can’t stop
I know in the air you keep flying
I know when I land I won’t stop
I know when I land I’ll keep trying
By Matthew Shwachman
© 2016 MWS Recording, LLC
I sit at home, all alone
Watching stories unfold
While I am getting older
The feeling’s cold, like all this Boston snow
We all have our goals
Got to fight for your gold
Want to be, g-d speed, in the light
Want to see all my dreams take flight
So I runaway, runaway, tonight, tonight
Runaway to a runway and fly and fly and
Stay faithful and grateful while I wait to breakthrough
I watch the time pass me by
All I hoped to hold Still further down the road
And it’s not like, I’m not trying
Done all that I know
Still the answer is no
Want to be, g-d speed, in the light
Want to see my all my dreams take flight
So I runaway, runaway, tonight, tonight
Runaway to a runway and fly and fly and
Stay faithful and grateful while I wait to breakthrough Breakthrough, Breakthrough, Breakthrough
There’s no telling what I can do
When the limits the sky
With all the places I’m going to
Where I’m most is my mind
Chorus
I know in the air you can’t stop
I know in the air you keep flying
I know when I land I won’t stop
I know when I land I’ll keep trying
Drunk Off the Sun
By Matthew Shwachman & Deanna DellaCioppa
© 2016 MWS Recording, LLC
I’m up up up with the sun
Rolling out of bed
Like I got get er done
Shining on my face
I can taste the ways of her warmth
Is this love, is this love, is this love comes on
Bob got me feeling good I got to sing along
No tie around my neck
But I’m already tying one on
Drunk off the sun
Soaking up the summer fun
Finally found a way
To keep refilling our cups
Drunk off the sun There’s enough for everyone oh oh
Caught up in a daze
Living for today, we’re all ...
Were all drunk off the sun ohhh ohhhh
I’m up up up in the sky
Call me superman
Cause I’m flying really high
No Kryptonite
I’m loving life you know
And I’m so so stoked,
I’m feeling like gold
From waves at the beach & sand in my toes
It’s so so dope, my friends they got jokes
Here with my peeps, this never gets old
Chorus
And it’s so hot hot hot hot hot hot hot That we gonna need some shots shots shots shots shots shots shots
Chorus
By Matthew Shwachman & Deanna DellaCioppa
© 2016 MWS Recording, LLC
I’m up up up with the sun
Rolling out of bed
Like I got get er done
Shining on my face
I can taste the ways of her warmth
Is this love, is this love, is this love comes on
Bob got me feeling good I got to sing along
No tie around my neck
But I’m already tying one on
Drunk off the sun
Soaking up the summer fun
Finally found a way
To keep refilling our cups
Drunk off the sun There’s enough for everyone oh oh
Caught up in a daze
Living for today, we’re all ...
Were all drunk off the sun ohhh ohhhh
I’m up up up in the sky
Call me superman
Cause I’m flying really high
No Kryptonite
I’m loving life you know
And I’m so so stoked,
I’m feeling like gold
From waves at the beach & sand in my toes
It’s so so dope, my friends they got jokes
Here with my peeps, this never gets old
Chorus
And it’s so hot hot hot hot hot hot hot That we gonna need some shots shots shots shots shots shots shots
Chorus
Warning Signs
By Matthew Shwachman
©2016 MWS Recording, LLC
Should have seen it coming
And opened up my eyes
Should have paid attention to the warning signs
I’m lying here all by myself
Deciding if I’m only lying to myself
Blindsided by the sight of you with someone else
Divided did all we have get put back on the shelf?
Should have seen it coming
And opened up my eyes
Should have paid attention to the warning signs
All of us are busy
For love you make the time
Should have paid attention to the warning signs
Warning Signs, Warning Signs
I trying hard to jog my mind
I’m frightened how long have I really been so blind, now I’m enlightened
When you are in love, it’s all you can see
When you are in love, it’s all you want to believe
Chorus
You play the game
And let me hang
And never lose your cool
You’re running late And make me wait
Then always act aloof Slow to text
Avoiding sex
You’re never in the mood
Don’t have the time
And can’t decide
If I’m the one for you
Chorus
By Matthew Shwachman
©2016 MWS Recording, LLC
Should have seen it coming
And opened up my eyes
Should have paid attention to the warning signs
I’m lying here all by myself
Deciding if I’m only lying to myself
Blindsided by the sight of you with someone else
Divided did all we have get put back on the shelf?
Should have seen it coming
And opened up my eyes
Should have paid attention to the warning signs
All of us are busy
For love you make the time
Should have paid attention to the warning signs
Warning Signs, Warning Signs
I trying hard to jog my mind
I’m frightened how long have I really been so blind, now I’m enlightened
When you are in love, it’s all you can see
When you are in love, it’s all you want to believe
Chorus
You play the game
And let me hang
And never lose your cool
You’re running late And make me wait
Then always act aloof Slow to text
Avoiding sex
You’re never in the mood
Don’t have the time
And can’t decide
If I’m the one for you
Chorus
Get Some
By Matthew Shwachman
© 2016 MWS Recording, LLC
Thank G-d it’s Friday night
You’re doing all the things you like Oh, oh, oh
Downtown driving flashy rides
Chasing all the flashing lights Oh, oh, oh
You don’t really like to think beyond right now
Everything will all work out somehow
We’re all in search of love
We all want to be young
We don’t really like to think beyond right now
We’re all in search of love
So go get you some
Go get you some Oh, oh, oh
Hanging out watching passerby’s
Don’t let tonight pass you by Oh, oh, oh
Make a toast, raise your glass to the sky,
Breathe it in, get high on life Oh, oh, oh
You don’t really like to think beyond right now
Everything will all be safe and sound
Chorus
Some of us were born to run
Living life like were under the gun
No guarantee that tomorrow comes
There’s no sign of the sunrise insight
Tonight, tonight, tonight
Chorus x 2
By Matthew Shwachman
© 2016 MWS Recording, LLC
Thank G-d it’s Friday night
You’re doing all the things you like Oh, oh, oh
Downtown driving flashy rides
Chasing all the flashing lights Oh, oh, oh
You don’t really like to think beyond right now
Everything will all work out somehow
We’re all in search of love
We all want to be young
We don’t really like to think beyond right now
We’re all in search of love
So go get you some
Go get you some Oh, oh, oh
Hanging out watching passerby’s
Don’t let tonight pass you by Oh, oh, oh
Make a toast, raise your glass to the sky,
Breathe it in, get high on life Oh, oh, oh
You don’t really like to think beyond right now
Everything will all be safe and sound
Chorus
Some of us were born to run
Living life like were under the gun
No guarantee that tomorrow comes
There’s no sign of the sunrise insight
Tonight, tonight, tonight
Chorus x 2
Slipping
By Matthew Shwachman
© 2016 MWS Recording, LLC
How can I look into your eyes
And please myself at your expense
Without the truth, your mouth may move,
But words they make no sense at all
I’m ready for the fall
I can feel you slipping through my hands, it’s out of hand
How do I make you understand?
Slipping, slipping, slipping
How can you look at me, say what you say, and in that way
Then go ahead and turn away, and run away from everything, from me, from you, from you and me
Chorus
All of my affection, so affected by rejection
Trying to keep my connection with you
And the tighter that I grip, the faster that you slip
And there’s nothing I can do
Chorus
I can feel you slipping through my hands, it’s out of hand
How do I make you understand?
Don’t say you love me, not unless you know
Cause your eyes never lie and I can’t let you go
By Matthew Shwachman
© 2016 MWS Recording, LLC
How can I look into your eyes
And please myself at your expense
Without the truth, your mouth may move,
But words they make no sense at all
I’m ready for the fall
I can feel you slipping through my hands, it’s out of hand
How do I make you understand?
Slipping, slipping, slipping
How can you look at me, say what you say, and in that way
Then go ahead and turn away, and run away from everything, from me, from you, from you and me
Chorus
All of my affection, so affected by rejection
Trying to keep my connection with you
And the tighter that I grip, the faster that you slip
And there’s nothing I can do
Chorus
I can feel you slipping through my hands, it’s out of hand
How do I make you understand?
Don’t say you love me, not unless you know
Cause your eyes never lie and I can’t let you go
Lose Lose
By Matthew Shwachman
© 2016 MWS Recording, LLC
Here comes another goodbye like an old friend saying hi
Who shows up unannounced at my door
Must have known I’m not alone because I still had the door latch on
Cause something keeps me hanging on
I want you, I don’t want to, have to let you go so soon I’d love to love you, that’s why it’s so hard for me to do
Say good bye to you
Say goodbye to you In this lose lose
No one wins in this lose lose
Here comes another heart break, I just felt the whole earth shake
I can’t seem to find some solid ground
Can’t decide the worse mistake that
I only have myself to blame or that your no longer around
I want you, I don’t want to, have to let you go so soon I’d love to love you, that’s why it’s so hard for me to do
Say good bye to you
Say goodbye to you I was always taught to follow my heart that I wouldn’t lose
Until I put myself inside your shoes In this lose lose
Here we are, you’re inside of my arms, what we have about to be gone
The silence blares, my heart it tears, how can something so right still feel wrong
I want you, I don’t want to, have to let you go so soon I’ll always love you, that’s why it’s so hard for me to do
Say good bye to you
Say Goodbye to you
I was always taught to follow my heart that I wouldn’t lose
Until I put myself inside your shoes
In this lose lose x 3
Na na na
By Matthew Shwachman
© 2016 MWS Recording, LLC
Here comes another goodbye like an old friend saying hi
Who shows up unannounced at my door
Must have known I’m not alone because I still had the door latch on
Cause something keeps me hanging on
I want you, I don’t want to, have to let you go so soon I’d love to love you, that’s why it’s so hard for me to do
Say good bye to you
Say goodbye to you In this lose lose
No one wins in this lose lose
Here comes another heart break, I just felt the whole earth shake
I can’t seem to find some solid ground
Can’t decide the worse mistake that
I only have myself to blame or that your no longer around
I want you, I don’t want to, have to let you go so soon I’d love to love you, that’s why it’s so hard for me to do
Say good bye to you
Say goodbye to you I was always taught to follow my heart that I wouldn’t lose
Until I put myself inside your shoes In this lose lose
Here we are, you’re inside of my arms, what we have about to be gone
The silence blares, my heart it tears, how can something so right still feel wrong
I want you, I don’t want to, have to let you go so soon I’ll always love you, that’s why it’s so hard for me to do
Say good bye to you
Say Goodbye to you
I was always taught to follow my heart that I wouldn’t lose
Until I put myself inside your shoes
In this lose lose x 3
Na na na
Older
By Matthew Shwachman
© 2016 MWS Recording, LLC
I’ve gotten older today I’m not resorting back to my old ways But it’s colder and strange
Cause my head doesn’t care what my heart has to say
Maybe tomorrow it will be ok
Maybe tomorrow I’ll turn the page
Maybe tomorrow will unfold
A lot better than it did today
Cause I’ll be older, older, yeah yeah
Older, from all the pain
I have been needing a change
Cause the weight of my chain’s getting harder to bear I don’t need to be saved
But for once it’d be nice to be met about half way
Maybe tomorrow it will be ok
Maybe tomorrow I will turn the page
Maybe tomorrow will unfold
A lot better than it did today
Cause I’ll be older, older, yeah yeah
Older, from all the pain
All these different stories Intertwine with mine
And if you look real close
You’ll find the reason why
When you read between the lines
Chorus
By Matthew Shwachman
© 2016 MWS Recording, LLC
I’ve gotten older today I’m not resorting back to my old ways But it’s colder and strange
Cause my head doesn’t care what my heart has to say
Maybe tomorrow it will be ok
Maybe tomorrow I’ll turn the page
Maybe tomorrow will unfold
A lot better than it did today
Cause I’ll be older, older, yeah yeah
Older, from all the pain
I have been needing a change
Cause the weight of my chain’s getting harder to bear I don’t need to be saved
But for once it’d be nice to be met about half way
Maybe tomorrow it will be ok
Maybe tomorrow I will turn the page
Maybe tomorrow will unfold
A lot better than it did today
Cause I’ll be older, older, yeah yeah
Older, from all the pain
All these different stories Intertwine with mine
And if you look real close
You’ll find the reason why
When you read between the lines
Chorus
Pick it up
By Matthew Shwachman
© 2016 MWS Recording, LLC
Hey now, got to lift your head up
I know that times are tough
And you’re feeling stuck Pick it up
Don’t wait now, got to shake the rust
Take it off the shelf
You’re dreams collecting dust
Pick it up
You know that you’re stronger
You hope that you’ll hold it down the road
Hey now don’t you wait around with broken dreams
And your hands out
Dig way down into your gut
It’s your dream but to reach is not enough
You got to pick it up
Hey now, get off the couch
You’ve sulked enough
You are wearing that cushion out
Pick it up
And wake up, don’t ever stop
Either find a new plan or
The ball that you dropped
Pick it up
Pre & chorus
Nobody said it’d be easy T
hat’s why it’s so hard to hold
Pre & Chorus I
t’s within your reach but to dream is not enough
Got to pick it up Enough is not enough – you gotta believe you can pick it up Enough is not enough–you gotta to believe there’s no giving up Enough is not enough – you gotta believe you can pick it up
By Matthew Shwachman
© 2016 MWS Recording, LLC
Hey now, got to lift your head up
I know that times are tough
And you’re feeling stuck Pick it up
Don’t wait now, got to shake the rust
Take it off the shelf
You’re dreams collecting dust
Pick it up
You know that you’re stronger
You hope that you’ll hold it down the road
Hey now don’t you wait around with broken dreams
And your hands out
Dig way down into your gut
It’s your dream but to reach is not enough
You got to pick it up
Hey now, get off the couch
You’ve sulked enough
You are wearing that cushion out
Pick it up
And wake up, don’t ever stop
Either find a new plan or
The ball that you dropped
Pick it up
Pre & chorus
Nobody said it’d be easy T
hat’s why it’s so hard to hold
Pre & Chorus I
t’s within your reach but to dream is not enough
Got to pick it up Enough is not enough – you gotta believe you can pick it up Enough is not enough–you gotta to believe there’s no giving up Enough is not enough – you gotta believe you can pick it up
Face to Face
By Matthew Shwachman
© 2016 MWS Recording, LLC
I don’t want to go another day on my own
Inside our lovely home if all the love is gone
I don’t want to go even one day more
Without seeing your pretty face when I walk through the door
All I want to see, is you smile at me
Can we please go back before things got bad I’m with you, you’re with me
And I want you back, still imagine that
I’m with you, you’re with me I don’t want to go another night alone
Miss the way you play, taste, tease like you were putting on a show I don’t want to go even one night more
Without seeing your pretty face when I wake in the morning
All I want to see, is you smile at me
Chorus
There’s only so much you can take, the mistakes make you through it all away
There’s only so much you can bend till you brake, got face it face to face
Face to Face
All I want to see, is you smile at me
Chorus
Everything I did, everything I said, is messing with my head
Wish I went and did some other things instead
By Matthew Shwachman
© 2016 MWS Recording, LLC
I don’t want to go another day on my own
Inside our lovely home if all the love is gone
I don’t want to go even one day more
Without seeing your pretty face when I walk through the door
All I want to see, is you smile at me
Can we please go back before things got bad I’m with you, you’re with me
And I want you back, still imagine that
I’m with you, you’re with me I don’t want to go another night alone
Miss the way you play, taste, tease like you were putting on a show I don’t want to go even one night more
Without seeing your pretty face when I wake in the morning
All I want to see, is you smile at me
Chorus
There’s only so much you can take, the mistakes make you through it all away
There’s only so much you can bend till you brake, got face it face to face
Face to Face
All I want to see, is you smile at me
Chorus
Everything I did, everything I said, is messing with my head
Wish I went and did some other things instead
Missing Out
By Matthew W. Shwachman
© 2016 MWS Recording, LLC
Thought I got away from you
Thought I had this already figured out
Nothing to look forward to and Yeah you could say I’m feeling down
And I’m missing out
And I’m missing out
Shot you a line or two
Shot down without a word or a sound I know
I said were through I’m not trying to turn this whole thing around
And I’m missing out
And I’m missing out
Got to get away from you
Got to get out
Got to find a way to not burn out
Got to find a flame to light up the dark
Got a find a way to make you eat your heart out
Cause I miss you now
And I miss you now
And I’m missing out
And I’m missing out
By Matthew W. Shwachman
© 2016 MWS Recording, LLC
Thought I got away from you
Thought I had this already figured out
Nothing to look forward to and Yeah you could say I’m feeling down
And I’m missing out
And I’m missing out
Shot you a line or two
Shot down without a word or a sound I know
I said were through I’m not trying to turn this whole thing around
And I’m missing out
And I’m missing out
Got to get away from you
Got to get out
Got to find a way to not burn out
Got to find a flame to light up the dark
Got a find a way to make you eat your heart out
Cause I miss you now
And I miss you now
And I’m missing out
And I’m missing out
Good Enough
By Matthew Shwachman
©2016 MWS Recording, LLC
Today feels like another one of those days
Want to run away, who can stand the pain
No matter what I do or say, they are in my face,
Trying to find a place to place the blame
Let it go
Take it slow
Cause you know
Tomorrow it will be ok
I want to be who I’m meant to be I know he’s here inside of me, and that I’m
Good enough, good enough
Good enough and worthy of love
Good Enough, good enough
When will I see it’s up to me to feel good enough?
And meanwhile in line I wait, watching smiles they fake, Just trying to catch a break
And all I ever really hear them say is I aint got what it takes, It’s ok, and have a nice day
Let it go
Take it slow
Cause you know Tomorrow it will be ok
Chorus
Hey were all entitled to having a bad day
But wait don’t base your worth on what other people say
Let it go
Take it slow
Cause you know What do they know anyway?
I want to be who I’m meant to be
I know he’s here inside of me I’m going to show this heart of gold
I aint gonna let nobody hold me back no more because
Chorus
By Matthew Shwachman
©2016 MWS Recording, LLC
Today feels like another one of those days
Want to run away, who can stand the pain
No matter what I do or say, they are in my face,
Trying to find a place to place the blame
Let it go
Take it slow
Cause you know
Tomorrow it will be ok
I want to be who I’m meant to be I know he’s here inside of me, and that I’m
Good enough, good enough
Good enough and worthy of love
Good Enough, good enough
When will I see it’s up to me to feel good enough?
And meanwhile in line I wait, watching smiles they fake, Just trying to catch a break
And all I ever really hear them say is I aint got what it takes, It’s ok, and have a nice day
Let it go
Take it slow
Cause you know Tomorrow it will be ok
Chorus
Hey were all entitled to having a bad day
But wait don’t base your worth on what other people say
Let it go
Take it slow
Cause you know What do they know anyway?
I want to be who I’m meant to be
I know he’s here inside of me I’m going to show this heart of gold
I aint gonna let nobody hold me back no more because
Chorus
Bigger Picture
By Matthew Shwachman
© 2015 MWS Recording, LLC
Every once in a while
On lonely nights like tonight
I question how I’m living
Hey nanana
If I’m doing it right
Then where did god hide my wife?
Did I make the right decisions?
Hey nanana
Though I know it’s for the best
Become accustomed to expect
The outcome less desired by my tired heart
But the show aint over yet
A silver lining to suggest
Got time left to inspire with my silent art
This moment’s just a pixel in a bigger picture
Bigger picture, got a vision, an inner voice guide to guide me There’s a bigger picture, got to listen, it says...
hey nanana
Every once in a while
When my fingers get tired I
question my commitment
Hey nanana
Did I lose my desire?
And does my music inspire?
Is it only wishful thinking?
Hey nanana
Chorus
How could this be good for me?
And why is nothing good enough for me?
Though I know it’s for the best
Become accustomed to expect
What’s less desired breaks my heart
The show aint over
Got to inspire in spite of all these scars
This moment is just a pixel in a bigger picture
Bigger picture, got a vision, an inner voice guide to guide me There’s a bigger picture, got to listen, it says... hey nanana x 2
By Matthew Shwachman
© 2015 MWS Recording, LLC
Every once in a while
On lonely nights like tonight
I question how I’m living
Hey nanana
If I’m doing it right
Then where did god hide my wife?
Did I make the right decisions?
Hey nanana
Though I know it’s for the best
Become accustomed to expect
The outcome less desired by my tired heart
But the show aint over yet
A silver lining to suggest
Got time left to inspire with my silent art
This moment’s just a pixel in a bigger picture
Bigger picture, got a vision, an inner voice guide to guide me There’s a bigger picture, got to listen, it says...
hey nanana
Every once in a while
When my fingers get tired I
question my commitment
Hey nanana
Did I lose my desire?
And does my music inspire?
Is it only wishful thinking?
Hey nanana
Chorus
How could this be good for me?
And why is nothing good enough for me?
Though I know it’s for the best
Become accustomed to expect
What’s less desired breaks my heart
The show aint over
Got to inspire in spite of all these scars
This moment is just a pixel in a bigger picture
Bigger picture, got a vision, an inner voice guide to guide me There’s a bigger picture, got to listen, it says... hey nanana x 2