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Heartbreakthrough - Songs that are feature in Bryan's solo album.

The Northern Pikes - Songs that you can find in Pikes' records.

Other Artists Co-writes - Co-written songs recorded by other artists or unpublished.

Heartbreakthrough

All songs performed by Bryan Anthony Potvin.   Click on title for lyrics and for audio.

Heartbreakthrough Lyrics

Breath from another soul

A stranger cannot console

Your withered heart

You'd better start believing

A princess with no control

She lost her virgin soul

To Joan of Arc

It's all a lark

To me

And fathers who break all their promises

Place all the blame upon your mother's head

It's all very simple how

You end up living now

When it's too late

Darling, you live in a dreamworld

A place so far away

Darling you live in a dreamworld

Of time and space

Vanish from points unknown

Starlight will guide us home

I'm watching you

Decide what's true

It's all so new

And father's who break all their promises

Place all the blame upon your mother's head

It's all very clever how

He made those sacred vows

Lied to your face

Darling, you live in a dreamworld

A place so far away

Darling you live in a dreamworld

Of time and space

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Free As A Bird

Free as a bird
High above the empty words
That people will speak forever

Up in the sky
I want you to fly on by
But we'll always be together

'Cause I'll live to see infinity
And soar through the clouds
That will shelter us tenderly

Free of the greed and jealousy
Stay close to me
And I will watch over your precious soul endlessly

Free as a bird
High above the empty words
That people will speak forever

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Heartbreakthrough

Tonight, turn out the light
And say it was just heartbreakthrough,

Say you love me too
On and on again, till morning breaks through

Tonight, hold me tight
Whisper it is just heartbreakthrough,

Say you love me too
On and on again, till morning breaks through

I fell in love with your threadbare soul
Flesh and bone where the river froze
And your god taught me all that I need to know
When you cry I taste the salt away
Won't believe that it's anybody's

Anybody's, anybody's, anybody's

Fault

So tonight, turn out the light
And say it was just heartbreakthrough,

Say you love me too
On and on again, till morning breaks through

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Heaven Is What You Leave Behind

Is this the end of it?

I know that voice

You say you're not alone

You want to leave behind

A love of a certain kind

A kind we'll never know

Heaven is what you leave behind

It's never where you go

Heaven is what you leave behind

It's all I'll ever know

You look me in the eye

And I know that voice

You say you won't be home

My conscience must be blind

To a love of a certain kind

A kind we'll never know

Heaven is what you leave behind

It's never where you go

Heaven is what you leave behind

It's all I'll ever know

Tell me what you'd hoped to find

When you left our love behind

Peace and love

Nothing but blue skies above

We're sorry.

Your call cannot be completed as dialed

Check the number and dial again

This is a recording

Heaven is what you leave behind

It's never where you go, no, no

Heaven is what you leave behind

It's all I'll ever know

Heaven

Heaven

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If Memory Serves

You call me up

Full of goodbyes

Too tired to fight

Nobody's right

Then somebody cries

I thought we agreed

No more I told you so's

I ain't into that

You know where it's at

And you know where that goes

So don't say a word

Why make it worse

Yeah, you've got some nerve

To talk about hurt

If memory serves

Now we can believe

     (You believe what you want to believe)

What we need to believe

But who is that man?

You were holding his hand

And laughing at me

Just don't say a word

Why make it worse

Yeah, you've got some nerve

To talk about hurt

If memory serves

Befall bemoan be back

To a porcelain heart with hairline cracks

Beware the web we weave

When we let memory deceive

So don't say a word

Why make it worse

Yeah, you've got some nerve

To talk about hurt

If memory serves

No don't say a word

It just makes it worse

Yeah, you've got some nerve

To talk about hurt

If memory serves

If memory serves

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Read Between The Lines

We fight like fools, that's her and I upstairs
My heart is bruised and broke beyond repair
Now I feel like I'll never love nobody ever again, ooh baby

She screams and yells, it scares the hell out of me
Three years ago, models of love and civility

Now I feel I'll never love nobody ever again, ooh baby

Time can confuse facts
We're alright, yeah we're alright

But hey take a look, pretend I'm a book

And read between the lines on my face

That part isn't true, that says I love you

She packed her bags and threw the door key at me
My turn to pay water, rent, electricity

Now I feel I'll never love nobody ever again

Now hey take a look, pretend I'm a book
And read between the lines on my face
That part isn't true that says I love you, oh

I walked by that place just the other day
Come to think of it, I never liked it there anyway

Now I think I'll maybe love somebody once again, ooh baby

Time can confuse facts
We're alright, yeah we're alright

But hey take a look, pretend I'm a book
And read between the lines on my face
That part isn't true, that says I love you, oh

Yeah, but hey take a look, pretend I'm a book
And read between the lines on my face
That part isn't true, that says I love you

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Red Summer Sun

3am - you worry too much
Sleep will come around, come around
Your job is all that you've ever cared about
But now it brings you down, it brings you down
Remember when you promised us you'd never take life serious
No play has made your whole life so tedious
You're dry as dust, dry as dust

You need to have some fun
Give in, you've come undone
Come on, the world outside is waiting
In the red summer sun, it soothes everyone
It washes away the day

Bloodshot eyes that glow in fluorescent lights
You've got a nasty cough, a nasty cough
You've always liked the people you work with

But now they piss you off, they piss you off

You're drowning in this nightmare
You've never been so self-aware
No play has made your whole life so tedious,

and dangerous, dangerous

You need to have some fun
Give in, you've come undone
Come on, the world outside is waiting
In the red summer sun, it soothes everyone
It washes away the day

You need to have some fun
Give in, you've come undone
Come on, the world outside is waiting
In the red summer sun, it soothes everyone
It washes away the day

In the red summer sun, it soothes everyone
It washes away the day, the day

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Too Late

We move so softly, we dance to lullabies
You hold me closely and swear you'll never say goodbye
That sounds so phony, like a child's magic in my head
I laugh a little and try to tell a joke instead
That really bugs you, and you keep on digging for the truth
And you won't stop pressing 'til this night's wrecked and then it's

It's too late, for a false confession
It's too late for a rescue mission, a rescue mission

Wrap up my jacket, put my shoes on and find the keys
I leave in silence, no wait for love, no, don't go please
I'm kind of sorry, I guess I screwed up just like you

We're out of control but can't quite say so 'til it's

It's too late, for a false confession
It's too late for a rescue mission, a rescue mission

My heart's hit a new low, there's no place for it to go
We've fought one million times, we've fought for the very last time

It's too late for a false confession
It's too late, reconciliation
It's too late for a false confession
It's too late for a rescue mission, a rescue mission

We move so softly, we dance to lullabies

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What Will I Do?

You came by the house today 

While I was at work, while I was at work

And you took what you needed for 

Your new place so far away
And I'm losing touch, 'cause I feel too much
And I'm finding this all very difficult

Yeah what will I do with all the things you gave me
What'll I do with the gifts you left behind
I guess I'll pack them up in boxes, 

Store them in this empty heart of mine

Keepsakes and cards are scattered 

On the bedroom floor, completely ignored
And you disregard so much that we'd exchanged
Now I can't explain why you're treating me so casually
And I'm trying so hard to understand

Yeah what will I do with all the things you gave me
What'll I do with the gifts you left behind
I guess I'll pack them up in boxes,

Store them in this empty heart of mine

Where, oh where are you
Come back to me
Please come back to me

What will I do with all the things you gave me
What'll I do with the gifts you left behind
I guess I'll pack them up in boxes and put it all away
Never want again to see the light of day

And all you left for me is memory, 

In this empty heart of mine
Maybe one day you'll return 

To pick up the things you left behind

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You'll Just Have To Wait

You're always in love with the strangers who don't love you back
But you're always the last to notice the truth that they lack
You want things to be so beautiful and you want it today
But when I gave you what you wanted you threw it away

Now you'll just have to wait 'till everything is great
Yeah you'll just have to wait

You watched your own expectations handcarved in time
Proliferate your frustration and pain deep inside

You're hoping for some kind of miracle and you want it today

But when I reached out for your rescue you pushed me away

Now you'll just have to wait 'till everything is great
Yeah you'll just have to wait 'till everything is great

With you beside me is where I belong
Trust me this won't take too long, oh, oh, oh

Now you'll just have to wait 'till everything is great
Yeah you'll just have to wait 'till everything is great

Now you'll just have to wait,

Now you'll just have to wait

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