Hold U - music and lyrics by Ronnie Stripling

Oh Potential
Boiling under my skin like the
Heat trapped the pines of Georgia
Intuition growing into an Action
That will free you from confines that Hold U

You come home and I’m sitting on your front porch
You shake your head ‘cause you know what I’m here for
Been three months sober now that we’re through
But now I’m shakin’ and I need one drink of you
I’m addicted to your touch, I’ve been missing you too much

Can I hold you? I want to hold you
I want to love you and lay your body down
Hold you tight
Feel my body wrap around you
Feels so right
Using body language to speak here tonight
You don’t have to turn the lights on
’Cause everything is alright, as long as I can hold you

You lead me in when you open up the front door
Down the hallway, We’re wakin’ up the wood floor
Going three months steady, but he ain’t you
And now I’m shaking and I need my fix of you
I’m addicted to your touch, I’ve been missing you too much

Can I hold you? I want to hold you
I want to love you and lay your body down
Hold you tight
Feel my body wrap around you
Feels so right
Using body language to speak here tonight
You don’t have to turn the lights on
’Cause everything is alright, as long as I can hold you

IN THE RAIN - music and lyrics by Ronnie Stripling

Fell in love - it was real - taught me I could feel
You were my best friend and you showed me things
I never thought I could see or even dreamed I could be capable of
And after half a year, all my fears and my insecurities got the best of me
I lied and cheated
Breaking everything we made, sealing our fate in the Book of Love
Now when I think of us, how i broke your trust, I still wouldn’t change a single thing
’Cause when i wanted you back and my world went black, I rose above

When I go dancing in the club I always remember our love and that one time we made out
in the Rain

In the rain , we were something
Both forming our own assumptions of what would happen to us
Once the sun came out
You and I were too different , still had love, but it was different
One the sun came out
Once the truth came out
You left me wet and cold, and yet, you felt no pain
I’m better when i’m not with you, but I miss that rain

Fell in love , out the blue, when I looked at you
I knew right away that you’d be trouble
Devlish grin, you pulled me in and I abandoned all common sense
We fell real hard and we clashed like thunder
I held you tight while you pulled me under
Making me question myself and shaking all of my confidence
I found my art in the dark when you broke my heart
I knew if I could make it through the struggle, I’d learn from the pain and gain the strength
To be a better man at the end

When I dress up and I go out , the last thing that i think about is that one time you left me crying
In the Rain

In the rain, your guilty feelings they just wash away
and you feel clean again
But the pain, it stays inside me - it won’t go away
You can’t put out the flame

In the rain , we were something
Both forming our own assumptions of what would happen to us
Once the sun came out
You and I were too different , still had love, but it was different
One the sun came out
Once the truth came out
You left me wet and cold, and yet, you felt no pain
I’m better when i’m not with you, but I miss that rain

THINKING - music and lyrics by Ronnie Stripling

You’re only good when I’m not
You’re only happy when I’ve acted like a fool
You play it so cool, but every time I get too close, you show you’re cruel
To me love is an art, and you were my van gogh
But to you love is a game, and your rules I didn’t know
Lies and the truth were all caught in the spin
But even when I played dumb

I knew what you were thinking
I knew who you were thinking about
I knew what you were thinking
I knew what you were, I knew who you were

To pass the time, you hung around
We double tapped and then you liked the prey you found
you knew he wouldn’t make a sound
But then your web it caught the truth, and came unwound
To me love is an art and you looked like Monet
But to you love' is a game that only you know how to play
Lie all you want, give your story a spin
But when the games over know that

I knew what you were thinking
I knew who you were thinking about
I knew what you were thinking
I knew who you were

MATH - Music and Lyrics by Ronnie Stripling and Desmond Hurt

The table we sat at is not there, because time is up
We both had our problems, but we couldn’t share one
The tests we were taking, they used to be fun
But then the difference between us told me that we were done
Divided we fell, because you’re night and I’m sun
And though we’re both in the sky, the world can only see one
At a time like this, I would be remiss, if I didn’t lay it on the line

I know sometimes I did you bad
But i added up all that we had and

After the Math, you didn’t see just what you had
After the Math, your gold is gone, and now you’re mad
After the Math, at least I valued what we had
After the Math, you’re empty handed so you’re sad

Like a wolf in sheep’s clothing, you covered up the truth
I didn't see you coming ‘til you revealed, I had no clue
Can’t count how many times, I felt bad , when it got tough
I fucking held you down ‘cause I thought that love was enough

I own the shit I put you through
I checked myself, and now I’m here to check you

After the math, you didn’t see just what you had
After the math, your diamond is dust, so now you’re mad , aint you
After the math, at least I valued what we had
After the math, you’re empty handed now you’re sad

You’re fire and I’m wine
The rain is still on my mind
I told you I wanted to hold you

After the math, you didn’t see just what you had
After the math, your gold is gone, your diamond is dust, so now you’re mad
After the math, at least I valued what we had
After the math, you’re empty handed so you’re sad after the math