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checkmate

by CHECKMATE

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Seanna Smallwood
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Seanna Smallwood I watched this band grow from scratch. They’ve evolved in talent to the point they sound like #TheKillers on tour! Absolutely amazing, unique talent. I hope they get #Noticed! Favorite track: being selfish.
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1.
intro 02:21
i've been spending my time searching for ways to get through the day taking vacations in forms of LSD come and comfort me a fake reality only i can see wouldn't you believe a fake reality only i can see wouldn't you believe
2.
codependence 02:25
is this love or codependence? i don't care, what's the difference i don't care, what's the difference is this love or codependence? i don't care, what's the difference i don't care, what's the difference fuck
3.
nightmare 02:37
open my eyes again you can't see me for who i am i'm a nightmare a disaster get me out of here breathing faster and faster and faster
4.
heroin 02:36
I don't know what it is like to have my own space or erase all the issues in my past mistakes I have made things i'm not proud of mistakes i have made things i'm not proud of you said you would always be around but i don't see you except when you're lying face down on the bathroom floor please wake up white walls, white tile i feel you're in denial white walls, white tile i feel you're in denial i was so scared i would only make things worse but now i'm learning how to put your issues first please grab my hand i hope you know i understand what you're going through i needed you and i was so scared i couldn't say anything
5.
ghost 03:12
i'm a ghost to the ones that i used to know you're the most beautiful thing in this world i was trying to better myself i guess i lost touch with everyone else take a look at me tell me what you see is everything okay? are you feeling alright? take a look at me tell me what you see high on LSD now everything is alright
6.
i'm not myself any more i thought that's what i wanted i was sure i'll tell my best friends i was wrong i'll tell my best friends i was wrong i hate myself i don't wanna bother you i'm annoying and i know you hate me too so i become an asshole to my friends and my loved ones i push everyone away just in case i self destruct i know that it's not the right way to go i know that it's not the right way to go and now i never wear my seat belt driving faster through the snow two lies i tell myself make it easier easier to let go i hate your face i love the cold
7.
overdose 03:24
overdosing in a cold october setting i hope you won't be forgetting what i wrote down and sent to you all my friends are getting higher i've got problems i'm a liar i just run away from truth so take this message as a warning i've got problems being forgotten need to hear you need me too so please don't let it get this bad again and i'll try my hardest to see things through all my friends are getting higher i've got problems i'm a liar i just run away from truth so please don't let it get this bad again and i'll try my hardest to see things through
8.
pedal 02:16
if you are honest and i am lying if you are sober then i am sorry but i'm not sorry about a damn thing that i told you this past morning you tell your lies recite your lines make it seem like you're not alright look inside i'm sure you'll find that piece of shit human you left behind
9.
survival 02:48
i try to stay alive but it's your name that keeps me up late at night so i isolate myself from all the ones that i have loved and i will never make amends to all the ones that i have fucked and i am not growing up i am not getting older but winter is coming so you will grow cold but you were so kind please rip out my spine you don't use yours i don't need mine pick me up take me home anything so i don't feel alone open my mouth hear me out i need your help more than you can tell please come and save me i feel like i'm dying this self-conscious effort of not even trying
10.
quit 03:13
yesterday i felt like hurting myself i just left instead smoked myself to death as i lay there crying motionless in bed you came over to stop me you came over to save me i'm a coward because i'd leave you i'm a coward because i'd kill myself i'm a coward because i'd leave you i'm a coward because i'd kill myself today
11.
voidrealm 02:00

about

first full length project from checkmate

written recorded and produced at home

this took a long ass time and we couldn't have done this without everyone who's supported us so far

thank you. we love you. this is for you.

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released August 1, 2019

William Beitz
Anthony Capuano
Christopher Smallwood
Tanner Campos

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CHECKMATE Waldorf, Maryland

emo/alt rock band
based in Waldorf, MD.

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