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Let Go

by Rob Kovacs

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1.
Phade 00:53
2.
Fizzle 03:59
I see 
 You’re all that I need
 And if you wanna be
 Closer that’s fine with me

 I might 
Be silent all night
 Unless you let me unwind 
Enough to speak my mind 

We’ll just fizzle away 

We’ll just fizzle away 

We’ll just fizzle away 

We’ll just fizzle away 

We’ll just fizzle away 

We’ll just fizzle away 
 You wait
 For me to contemplate
 A way to cleverly state
 That I think we relate

 To me 
You are like poetry
 That I may never read
 And that’s just fine with me

 We’ll just fizzle away We’ll just fizzle away We’ll just fizzle away We’ll just fizzle away We’ll just fizzle away We’ll just fizzle away I’ve got nothing to say
 We’ll just fizzle away
 We’ll just fizzle away 
Maybe some other day
 We’ll just fizzle away
 We’ll just fizzle away I just wanted so much to hold you
 I just wanted so much to be near you
 I just wanted so much to be in your arms

 I just wanted to hear you tell me
 That you wanted me near and compel me
 To get over my fear of falling for you
 But then I knew

 We’d just fizzle away
 We’ll just fizzle away
 

We’ll just fizzle away 

We’ll just fizzle away 

We’ll just fizzle away 

We’ll just fizzle away It’s my only mistake
 Letting you slip away
 If you’d only relayed
 That you wanted to stay
 We’d still be here today
 Only now it’s too late


3.
Here we are Trying so hard To hold on to this Momentary bliss My desires erased All my longing replaced As I glimpse what life Without end would be like And I hold back fear You will disappear And the love you’ve shown me Survives as only a dream Don’t disturb This nearly perfect moment Your face Your secure embrace I am mesmerized Stunned, transfixed, paralyzed All control is yours I’m a mere amateur I can feel your heart against mine 
 Apart by one beat 
 We start to unravel
 Parting from creeping worry 
 That you’ll soon hurry 
 Back to your other 
 But I’m your lover for now Wait a bit longer
 Just a little more time
4.
Reach You 06:54
Look into me and walk away I fall for every word you say I feel like such a naive fool For letting you in to take and twist and break the rules Into my guarded heart you saw Tearing me open and exposing every flaw Another fish caught on your line You throw me back and still I get hooked every time And no matter what I try I’m the one on the losing side 
I am yours to wrap around Pull me in or let me out I desperately want to believe When you say you’ll be leaving him to be with me Further I’m pulled into your game Foolishly convinced that I can make a move to sway you You have no clue of what you want And I’m captive waiting for you to figure it out Go on and on blaming the world Full of boys and villains out to hurt this oh-so fragile girl And no matter what you try You’re the one on the losing side
 I am yours to wrap around Pull me in or let me out And that’s the compromise I give myself to you to give away And then you’d realize That I’m the only one you want to save 

And that’s the compromise I give myself to you to give away And then you’d realize That I’m the only one you want to save 
 Will I ever really reach you?
 Will I ever really reach you?
 Will I ever really reach you?
 Will I ever really reach you?

 Will I ever really reach you?
 Will I ever really reach you?
 Will I ever really reach you?
 Will I ever really reach you?

 I’m a king of wishful thinking
 I’m a king of wishful thinking
 I’m a king of wishful thinking
 I’m a king of wishful thinking

 Will I ever really reach you?
 Will I ever really reach you?
 Will I ever really reach you?
 Will I ever really reach you?

5.
Interlude 01:54
6.
There in the window
 Trapped in reflection
 Behind closed eyelids
 I hide this shattered projection

 Here it remains 
Dormant love, empty pain
 You may have changed
 Still I feel much the same

 Are you still looking
 For second glances?
 How can you be happy
 Living with passed away chances?

 And when I die
 Way too young, who’s to blame?
 Still I’ll remain 
In your eyes, in your pain

 Here in the future
 There are no questions 
All disappointments 
 Stay trapped in reflection

 Here it remains
 Through each love you exchange
 No one became
 What we started to make
 It was shattered and replaced
7.
Should-Haves 04:15
Everybody wants 
 Everybody needs To hear the right words
 To hear the right chords 
Anything you want
 Anything you do Can be the right thing 
 At the right time 
Nothing could have been
 The way it should have And nothing should have been 
 The way it could have I will never be 
 What I should have been I am already
 All I could have been 
 I will never do
 All I’m supposed to But while I’m busy trying
 I do what I need to 
 We will always be
 What-ifs and could-haves We’ll never complete
 All the should-haves And maybe that’s best for now And maybe that’s best for always And maybe that’s best for now And maybe that’s best for always

8.
Reprise 00:46
9.
I thought I told you I don’t want us anymore I thought I showed you I was closing off that door So you would know for sure We’d stay a bitter memory That I would happily ignore You don’t have to write me just to say hello You don’t need reminders of what you already know Did you fail to hear When I made it clear to you and for myself I’ve had enough of hell for one life I don’t care if you’re alone and losing friends I don’t buy your empty attempts to make amends Haven’t you moved on 
 And found another sap to wrap your life around And drag him through the ground Was I somehow supposed to know That months from then you’d still not let go 

“I’m doing fine. Living alone, working late at night. I’m a bit surprised to hear from you. I thought I made this clear to you. I’m not trying to be mean. I’m doing this for me. I meant each word I said before. I don’t want you in my life anymore.” Come on over we could hang out for a while It’d be nice to hear your voice and see your smile If it gets too late 
 There is plenty of space to crash here for the night You know it’d be alright I’m only here for three more days And I am not afraid to make mistakes Couldn’t you have let me know That years from then I’d still not let go

credits

released February 12, 2021

Rob Kovacs - piano, vocals

David McHenry - guitar, backing vocals

Charlie Trenta - bass
Daniel Kshywonis - drums
Ariel Karas - violin
Aniela Eddy - violin
Christine Sherlock - viola
Nick Diodore - cello
Lisa Fink - French horn
Jenny Magistrelli - clarinet


All songs written and produced by Rob Kovacs

Mixed by Sean O’Keefe

Mastered by Paul Blakemore

Recorded by Rob Kovacs at Rob Kovacs Studios; Lead vocals for tracks 2, 4, 6, 7 and 9 were recorded at the Aurora School of Music; 
Drums for Bitter Memory were recorded by Rick Fuller at Rick Fuller Studios; 
Strings were recorded by Brian Straw at Survival Kit Studios
Album photos by Rob Kovacs outside Grand Central Station, NYC, Jun 15, 2010, 8:05pm
Album layout by Lauren Trahan
Copyright Rob Kovacs, BMI
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