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1.
Guided without Direction 02:26
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i need the darkness i need the light i need the softness and the might i need the balance this connection a guidance without direction you'll need the dark and you'll need the light you'll need some kindness to win the fight you'll reach a balance and get connected i have guided but not directed it's not a contradiction it's a level mind it's so far from fiction yet to be defined this, if you would listen, you'd understand combination specifics god may have planned I'm guided without direction guided without direction
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Still Afraid to Ask (ft. G Dubbs) 06:24
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back when i was young in school they did not let me ask them questions i would not be seen as cool if i followed with all the lessons (no matter what you say, no matter what you do) how could things ever set in if i was taught to not ask questions days i don't know who i am because i no longer ask questions (no matter what you say, oooh ooooh) (no matter what you say, no matter what you do) (no matter what you say, oooh ooooh) and the worst part is, these days: i know just the things i know only the things that i say because i'm still afraid to ask about the things i do not know (no matter what you say, no matter what you do) failing to inquire when you want to know makes things so hard when it's time to grow talk is weak without knowledge, and the more you ask the less hassle you'll have later to keep on track you will many lose friends when you assume how they feel rather than asking them for what was actually real and the heavy burden that's obtained is that the lack of courage remains i know just the things i know only the things that i know because i'm still afraid to ask about the things i do not know how could things ever set in if i didn't ask questions? these days i don't know who i am because i don't ask questions i know just the few things that i know because i'm still afraid to ask
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Million-Faced Man 03:51
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I'm a complex person I'm a million-Faced Man I'm a complex being that I don't understand we are changing people, changing what we can we are changing people, changing what we can I don't try to say much, but show you instead I just try to listen, see what's in your head I've got a million emotions, just like we all do I'm a complex person, I'm a million-faced man I'm a million-faced man I'm a million-faced man I don't try to say much, but show you instead I just try to listen, see what's in your head I've got a million emotions, just like we all do I'm a complex person, I'm a million-faced man I'm a million-faced man
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The Bad Things 04:52
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the bad things keep messing with my mind it makes it so hard to stay kind i'm giving up on karma, i'm giving up on karma because if everything happens for a reason if everything happens for a reason and with all these bad things i must be doing something wrong and it doesn't help that i strive to take responsibility when others do not it's at a pace that i cannot trace, no i can't keep up it keeps falling down i can't give up, i gotta keep my chin up i gotta find a new way that wont give me away so fast don't pay me with smiles, after all these miles i've driven so far, i need a new car all the lying makes me feel like crying but i can't become a martyr, i gotta be smarter, i gotta find what i'm doing wrong you say it's nothing that there's nothing to worry about as things fall down around me when i wont worry, i fall behind i let my guard down i let my guard down i let my guard down i expect nothing from you i expect nothing from you i expect nothing from you i expect nothing from you ( you no longer have any expectation) i expect nothing from you ( you no longer have any expectation) i expect nothing from you ( you no longer have any expectation) i expect nothing from you ( you no longer have any expectation)
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Nothing I Do (ft. G Dubbs) 04:37
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(Beyette:) I can't act tough enough I'll push you - I'll push you away I can't act weak enough, you wont want to play I can't act sad enough, you'll want me to cheer up I can't be happy enough, you'll want me to calm down (Beyette:) Nothing I do will ever be enough for any of you I can't do enough, never anything I do is as much as you'd like from me (G Dubbs:) If anything was to happen, I wouldn't stop my rappin' I'd probably go to the crib, get the toast start the clappin' I'd be laughing after I do it, most n***az know I'd be stackin after I move it real paper I pursue it nothing to it, nothing but the do it on my side when i ride you know it be heat music, you never know my style, never know my steez I'll take you to a place you can roll these trees f***s with me I'll f***s with you I'm only tryin to do what real hustlaz do if you don't understand the plan baby you know I'm speaking the truth you could follow me I'll show you how to (Beyette:) I can't act sane enough for people to stay around I can't act crazy enough for you to notice my sound I can't act stupid enough for you to help me learn I can't act wise enough for you to respect what I've earned (Beyette:) Nothing I do will ever be enough for any of you I can't do enough, never anything I do is as much as you'd like from me
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It's Still There 04:43
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i wish i knew how to make people work don't know what i should do when i'm hurt can't be too strong but lord i can't stay closed open my mouth and things i say are opposed don't know what to do, don't know who to ask tried by myself but nothing good seems to last tried your way and i tried mine seems the more i think about it, the less i find but it's still there, but it's still there to hurt i want to talk to you, and not hold back i want the truth to be fine and not have trust lack i want to be honest, but why have the fight? i will speak the truth but that wont be alright wonder how you feel, give me nothing to consume no one will talk so i have to assume if i have a problem, you'll have one worse i had it in drive, you kicked it in reverse but it's still there, but it's still there to hurt but it's still there, but it's still there to hurt why wont it go away? the feelings that i feel why wont it go away? this emptiness inside why wont it go away? the feelings that i feel why wont it go away? this emptiness inside why wont it go away? the feelings that i feel why wont it go away? this emptiness inside why wont it go away? the feelings that i feel why wont it go away? this emptiness inside
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Decide 04:01
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(Instrumental)
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Humble (ft. Red Beard) 04:18
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humble to you, humble to everybody else why can't you just be humble to me? i don't know what to do anymore, i don't know what i can say I do not want to be used anymore, i want to go back and play but all the friends that drag behind me seem to constantly betray i miss the good times, but the bad times: would you fix them another way? what is it that forces folks to always let me down? why is okay for them to hold me till i drown? i don't want to hurt them back, i just don't want lies anymore why can't anybody say they are sorry for anything they've done to me? i feel so bad with no one, but i need this from you (Guitar Solo) Humble to you, humble to everybody else why can't you just be humble to me? humble to you, humble to everybody else why can't you just be humble to me? (Guitar Solo) Why can'y anybody say they are sorry for anything they've done to me? I feel so bad with no one, but i need this from you (Guitar Solo)
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I Can't Be Happy 07:29
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this isn't - this isn't irrational the problem - the problem isn't me at all and i try - i try to remind myself to stay strong i wasn't expecting you to be the problem blamed everything else, stuck up for you i missed you, i wanted you to stay with me but i can't have that anymore, i can't be happy she's awesome she's wonderful for me (you think she took me away) not that you seem to care much anyway i missed you, i wanted you to stay with me but i can't have that anymore, i can't be happy i can't be happy
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Change 02:19
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The Open Door 04:25
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Why do i still not know how far i should let you go? why do i still not know how far i should let you go? why do i leave the door open so much that i have to slam it shut? why does each time a wall comes down i get burned i get all cut? no one likes a person who does not care but i regret every single thing that i share how do i do not know how far i should let you go? who to trust? who to trust? Why do I still not know how far i should let you go? Why do I still not know how far i should let you go? Why do I still not know how far i should let you go? It's time to lock the open door I wish to inspire you to be respectful of me respect is not gained and not given back to you, that sucks no one likes a person who does not care but i regret every single thing that i share how do i do not know how far i should let you go? who to trust? who to trust? Why do I still not know how far i should let you go? Why do I still not know how far i should let you go? Why do I still not know how far i should let you go? It's time to lock the open door I do so much for you I do it all for you but when i want something back you see a chance to attack I do so much for you I do it all for you but when i want something back you see a chance to attack
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The Box 04:56
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Challenge your position challenge the opposition in the world in your mind you will find value your decision imagine this kind of vision in your world in your home or all alone look at your opinion then look outside your union for a thought of someone else it really helps look at the box around you look at the box around you look at the box around you look at the box around you all i ever really wanted all i ever really wanted is peace a piece of mind with you all i ever really wanted all i ever really wanted is a piece of mind with you all i ever really really wanted all i ever really really wanted is some peace, with the rest of the world the rest of the world you're all alone you're all alone you're all alone you're all alone are you really making it a better place to be when the world that's outside your box is free? and you can't open your heart to those who believe in some things that you oppose are you really making it better? are you really trying to make it better? i just want us all to be happy i just want us all to be happy but look at the box around you look at the box around you look at the box around you look at the box around you i just want us all to be happy i just want us all to be happy look at the box around you look at the box around you look at the box around you look at the box around you look at the box around you look at the box around you
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Result 04:30
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every single thing that happens every single day of my life goes on paper in some place where it's added to a formula this formula takes averages from each week added to the month to make me seem the way i am on the outside to you today and the result is negative and the result is negative and the result is negative and the result is negative each response i get from people no matter how small the subject each reaction gets locked away helping to create how i'll act one day and the result is negative and the result is negative and the result is negative and the result is negative
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Canvas 08:44
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I hate how we're so different will you ever see my intent? I feel things on a level you wont you see things on a level I don't If I could explain myself to you you'd understand the things that I do I'm not always right but I'd love you to listen from the outside a cloud of sand It's just a symptom of how I am should I feel guilt for all I do when everything is done from you It's just a cause and effect I'm never in control I've always left it up to you I'm just canvas, and you're the paint but who's painting? but who's painting? but who's painting? but who's painting? I'm always changing but who's painting? i didn't even make these words they just came along the instruments and everything everything about this song you just don't know how to say what you feel i can't take it literally can't see for face value anymore and i see how you don't intend to hurt me you just don't know how to say what you feel i can't take it literally can't see for face value anymore and i see how you don't intend to hurt me you just don't know how to say what you feel i can't take it literally can't see for face value anymore and i see how you don't intend to hurt me you just don't know how to say what you feel i can't take it literally can't see for face value anymore and i see how you don't intend to hurt me you just don't know how to say what you feel

about

A NEW LIVE ROCK SOUND
Composed and produced by Dustin Beyette, production started in the early winter of 2006 of "Change" a Beyette album which features the single, "Million-Faced Man" as well as guest performers, former Metal-Blade records band "RetroGrave" guitarist and good friend, Red Beard (Mike Schermuly) performing electric guitar on "Humble" and Boston-born Vocalist/Hip-Hop producer G Dubbs singing and rapping on "Still Afraid to Ask" and "Nothing I Do" respectively. Also featured on "Still Afraid to Ask" is acoustic guitar performed by James Lowry.

CONTINUING A BRAND OF DEEP PERSONAL SONGS
The title is not a political reference regarding the previous election. Three years in the making, "Change" is the first Beyette record that involves vocals on virtually every track as well as mostly live instrumentation. The personal themes are based on assessments of society, both the general public as well as closer relationships. Beyette struggles to understand human nature as it seemingly destroys the happy life around him, and constantly strives for some sort of peace and resolve through his songs using a voice of diligence and humility.

INSTRUMENTALS
There are two instrumentals, the title track "Change" is a fast swinging rock track based on a more electronic version that inspired the album's name. The other, "Decide" is a fast paced evolving piano song "Someone told me "Decide" sounded like 'peanuts from the dark side' haha I wrote it on a whim on the white upright piano at the Barron Center in Westbrook, Maine and rushed to program it into my laptop in the car when my wife and I were visiting her grandmother."

A FULLY PRODUCED EXPERIMENTAL ROCK RECORD
The unique, complex and original sound of the album has been described enjoyable by fans of Nine Inch Nails, Linkin Park, Beck and Black Sabbath. With all the live electric and acoustic guitars, synthesizers, live electric bass, electronic beats, rock drums, piano and sound effects the record is somewhat of a genre-bender. "Change" features a very small percentage of computer programming due to the presence of mostly live instrumentation. The songs go from heavily distorted rock influence, from hard ("Guided without Direction", "The Bad Things", "Result") to soft ("Still Afraid to Ask"), tastefully from loud to calm using exotic scales ("It's Still There") and uncommon time signatures ("I Can't Be Happy").

RELATED DISCS
The first and only single released to promote this album was "Million-Faced Man", released online seventeen weeks before the physical "Change" was publicly available (the physical CD of "Million-Faced Man" released just over two months preceding "Change"). The disc included 4 bonus remixes not available online.

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released August 25, 2009

All tracks produced, performed and written by Dustin Beyette.
G Dubbs featured on "Still Afraid to Ask" and "Nothing I Do"
Red Beard featured on "Humble"

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