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When you were gone
I thought you were gone forever
I felt so lost and so useless
Please remember

You know you never even wanted to go
But you left us all behind when you left home
Held your mother as she cried
You promised to come back alive
I begged you "Please, soldier boy, don't die for this.
But at least come back home for one last kiss."

And we laughed and we cried and we said our goodbyes
And on the day that you left, well it just felt like I died
We laughed and we cried and we said our goodbyes
You know, you lied when you said the time would fly

And on our last night together, we drove around
And we listened to all our favorite songs
You know we both thought the same thing:
"I hope this car never stops."
I know they brainwashed you, they told you what to do
Boy, and you trusted every lie that they fed to you
You were such a different man when you finally came home
And the only thing I thought was "Where the fuck did you go?"

And we laughed and we cried and we said our goodbyes
As time went by every day you lied
We laughed and we cried and we said our goodbyes
Please come home soon, I don't want you to die

And one day I got down onto the ground
Pressing my ear to the dirt, I waited for a sound
I didn't hear a goddamn thing, not even your voice in my head
But I wanted to remember every word that you've ever said
And I'm still sorry for those things that I've done wrong
But you promised to come home when I sang you this song

We laughed and we cried and we said our goodbyes
You know, you never even called so why should I try?
We laughed and we cried and we said our goodbyes
I haven't heard your voice in such a long time
We laughed and we cried and we said our goodbyes
You told me that you loved me but you never said why
And though I'm better off without you in mine
Please hold on for your life

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from The Real Monsters: First Contact EP, released July 19, 2014
Written by: Cody Ojea
Vocals: Cody Ojea, Alex Mandel
Lead Guitar: Cody Ojea
Alto Saxophone: John Rogers
Tenor Saxophone: Fred Francois
Trombone: Michael Gabriel
Electric Bass: Morgan Beers
Drums: Alex Mandel
Engineered by: Pat Ward

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The Real Monsters Jupiter, Florida

The Real Monsters started as nothing more than a bunch of marching band geeks attempting to play some damn good music. The resulting concoction was a half punk, half ska, half manbearpig explosion of awesome. The Monsters finally came to be six friends, all insanely talented musicians, intent on nothing more than bringing good music and a good time to anyone who cares to listen. ... more

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