Nick Flora

THE BUSINESS OF BREAKING HEARTS 
(N. FLORA/J. PHILLIPS) 

Ten years in, feeling like I just began 
And all these trends are turning voices in my head 

They tell me that it's time to pack it in There’s no shame in giving into doubt Whatever poison they put in, I'll sweat it out 

I’ve known it from the start, from the start that’s just the business of breaking hearts 

Heart to heart: we can’t go back, we’ve come too far 
The surface is scratched, we’re breaking our backs just to fall apart 

They tell us that success is in the wind beneath a layer of thicker skin But the truth is in the end, we may never find it 
Never find it 

We’re bleeding our hearts hoping someone will see someone will notice now 
We’re rolling the dice when there’s no guarantee that we will make it out 

That’s why you’ve gotta love it and that’s gotta be enough

 

IT'S ALL COMING TOGETHER
(N. Flora)

 We were told that love will find a way
and good things come to those who wait
But let’s be real, who’s got the time? 

So we made pills that did away 
with things that we don’t wanna face
just to appease our peace of mind 

It’s all, it’s all coming together 
it’s all, it’s all coming together 
That girl that broke your heart 
is feeling bad and wants a new start
it’s all, it’s all coming together 

Now that patience is on the outs 
and calories don’t count 
we’re free to live our hopes and dreams 

Our problems were getting in the way
so we just moved them out of frame
and out of sight and out of mind 
hold that thought, we’re out of time 

It’s all, it’s all coming together 
it’s all, it’s all coming together 
we’re calling out our flaws 
and suing them for the pain they caused
it’s all, it’s all coming together 

What’s so bad about lowering the standard?
If we get what we want does it really matter? 

It’s all, it’s all coming together
it’s all, it’s all coming together
When you’re dead inside 
there’s no need for a place to hide 

It’s all, it’s all coming together

TAKE IT FROM THE TOP
(N. Flora, J. Phillips)

You found yourself alone again
But you still feel her on your skin 
She’s been a mystery as long you've remembered
It’s in your history, to find love and surrender 

There’s only forward, there’s no back
Your ego keeping you in tact 

You finally got the nerve 
to tell her how you feel 
She just laughed and said 
with you she never knows what’s real 

Let’s take it from the top 

Time is an unforgiving mess 
that doesn’t care that you did your best 
It’d be much easier if someone would just let you know
when you’re wasting time and when’s the time to let it go 

So let’s take it from the top
Let’s take it from the top 

You’re not the only one that’s feeling lonely

FUTUREBOY
(N. Flora)

As a kid I’d ride my bike 
past the house of the girl I liked just to see if she would notice
I didn’t worry about the past 
or how much time that I had left
I was happy in the moment 

Little did I know 
What the future would hold
that I would spend my time going back there in my mind
if I’d only known 

Though I know I can’t control
what’s to come and what’s on hold
it won’t stop me from trying 

I’ve never been one for letting go 
It’s hard to grasp what we’ll never know
but we’ll still try and try 

But we’ll never know 
What the future holds 
but we’ll spend our time trying to travel in our minds to the great unknown 

but we’ll spend our time trying to travel in our minds
to the great unknown 

Soon the present will be the past 
and we’ll take for granted the time we have 

But we’ll never know 
What the future holds 
And we’ll spend our time trying to travel in our minds
to the great unknown, the great unknown

FOR THE SAKE OF CONVERSATION
 (N. Flora, J. Phillips)

You’ve got a lot on your mind 
I can see it 
You try to tell me you’re fine 
I don’t believe it now, believe it 

Aren’t you tired of trying to convince us 
That everything is alright
when we know it’s not, we know it 

You try to put up a wall
but I’ll tear them down 
Don’t say it’s no big deal
When we can work it out 

Tell me what’s on your mind
‘cause I am on your side
Let’s just give it time 
for the sake of conversation 

You’ve got a lot on your mind
I can see that 
from the look in your eyes that you need to say it out loud 

You try to put up a wall
but I’ll tear them down 
Don’t say it’s no big deal
When we can work it out 

Tell me what’s on your mind
‘cause I am on your side
Let’s just give it time 
for the sake of conversation 

I know it’s easy to shut it down 
It’s hard to face your problems when they get loud 

Let’s just give it time 
for the sake of conversation