
Paul Vinson
Season 14 Episode 3 | 58m 46sVideo has Closed Captions
Indie rock artist Paul Vinson performs songs from his 2022 album "Tunnel Vision."
Indie rock artist Paul Vinson performs songs from his 2022 album "Tunnel Vision"—featuring singles “Drama Queen,” “Keep Up” and “Final Show”—and from his 2017 debut EP “Leaving Home.” “StudioAmped” showcases the original music of regional artists.
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Paul Vinson
Season 14 Episode 3 | 58m 46sVideo has Closed Captions
Indie rock artist Paul Vinson performs songs from his 2022 album "Tunnel Vision"—featuring singles “Drama Queen,” “Keep Up” and “Final Show”—and from his 2017 debut EP “Leaving Home.” “StudioAmped” showcases the original music of regional artists.
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorshipIt feels so mean you're such a drama queen file you're nails and sink your teeth into me A heart so cold is why I always fold hide my face and squinch my nose I'm indefensible maybe somewhere it all went wrong but if we just let it go then we'll never never never never never never You take what's mine while I take my time Have my heart, my work, my spine you're always right There no curse no spirit no rhyme to hide behind Maybe somewhere it all went wrong and maybe sometime soon we'll stitch it all back together But if we just let it go Then we'll never never never never never never never never Break down the walls And scatter the pieces of my aching heart Lets pick back up right where we fell apart Somewhere between the dissonance and a lovers dream It's not hard to see I'm such a drama queen So we're just going to keep rolling with some music.
Right now, we're just kind of playing the tunnel vision record from top to bottom and we're going to just honestly keep that up the best we can.
So thank you guys for being here.
Kiera Knightley came for the night She left me alone in the morning to cry With my shirt on her back she told me she loved me Not with her mouth but I saw it in her eyes I was a boy then when she took me in I didn't know what would transpire Pushed me in the deep end knew I couldn't Her silence hung my heart out to dry Pick up the phone cause darling I'm dying to hear you There's things you don't know Things that I wish I could tell you Now, that you'll never figure out I wish I knew what you told your friends about me Cause it's half past noon and I'm still in bed doubting That you would respond to anything that I said Cause I tried to text you but you just left me on read So pick up the phone cause darling I'm dying to hear you There's things you don't know Things that I wish I could tell you Now, that you'll never figure out A smoke and a sunset she's getting undressed A heartbreak made for a party of one I know I'm a dreamer but you should of see If only she knew the damage she'd done I cannot keep you on your feet any longer I'm screaming and I don't know why I'm losing sleep inside my jeans I feel taller It must be something in the way they rise I've never wanted something like this so b I've never carried all of my shit so proud A change of heart a panic attack A spinning room barefoot on a tack I felt it all I played it back I gave it up For what I have For what I have For what I have Thank you This next song is the title track for the record.
The song is called Tunnel Vision Stuck in the back of my mind On a late night drive with tunnel vision Hoping the highway will take me home Reading the exit signs holding my breath and counting the minutes Before I swallow myself whole I don't miss you but sometimes I think I d And I don't trust you at all Give me a reason why I should hear Anything you have to say After yesterday Cause you talk so wise but your just as blind as l the reasons you gave to me like a mystery If I followed you home who would I see Watching the mushrooms grow through the soil from the front porch And one day soon they're gonna eat me too just like you Scream at a bathroom mirror But nothings making this any clearer with And no where to start I don't love you but sometimes I think I do And I don't trust you at all Give me a reason why I should hear Anything you have to say after yesterday Cause you talk so wise but your just as blind as All the reasons you gave to me like a mystery If I followed you home If I was alone who would I be Everything I'm putting together is falling apart And every single change in the weather is breaking my heart I can't keep silent anymore I'm wading further from the shore And you're watching as I sink you're the bending of my knee Fly me out on life support love me just like I'm a chore Take the money when you're done put it in your shirt and run In your shirt and run Give me a reason why I should hear Anything you have to say after yesterday Cause you talk so wise but your just as blind as All the reasons you gave to me like a mystery If I followed you home If I was alone who would I be thank you so much This song is called Once A Feeling.
always thought I'd die young that's just the way I'd go Driving to fast on an off ramp and losing my control As the radio plays and my heart runs out I'd see the reaper coming my way before he takes me down Maybe it's depression or just a coming of age But I'm still picking up these years all the while losing my faith I've held on too long without letting go But you too were once a feeling I thought I'd never know Couldn't believe the preacher when he had something to say I'd read the book too many times to see it all his way So as my ears bleed out I'll take a twenty from the plate What's one ten thousandths of his check gonna hurt him anyways Maybe it's oppression or sweet disarray But I'm still sending my best wishes While you're just spitting in my face Everywhere I go I never feel quite at home But you too were once a feeling I thought I'd never know As I lay in bed and count your breaths And every fear I've ever had is stabbing at my chest I look into those amber eyes and the river starts to flow Cause you too were once a feeling I thought I'd never know Oh you too were once a feeling I thought I'd never know thank you It was a quarter past five when you crossed my mind Like an unexpected suicide And I ran from the bottom of the stairs up to my room to think of you And no I wasn't crying It was the sun in the mirror that hit my eyes just right I'm fine I don't wanna keep up with you I don't wanna keep up with you So don't call me when you're lonely And don't call me when you're sad Meddling for a piece of my desperate heart Down in the bottom of your handbag There's no rhyme or reason why this ended so sad But no matter how you add it up I don't believe in your holy math I don't wanna keep up with you I don't wanna keep up with you No scream no hesitation no rule or designation Just a life without limitations until they were to clear to forget No truth no comprehension no signs no fleeting mentions Just slowly building tension until the beginning of space and time I don't wanna keep up with you I don't wanna keep up with you thank you, thank you.
There I was all colored in you There you were all tangled in blue The sun went down and red wine stained your lips And I was sure of one thing that I hope this never ends We took the subway it looked a lot like my car Kiss in front of strangers on the cheek never too hard And our friends all laughed and we told them what we do We were burning the past we have nothing left to lose So let's give them a show give them a run for their money Let's give them a night that they won't forget It's twenty dollars at the door to get in We're running this down to the wheels stop spinning Behind the diner inside the parking lot There's nothing left to do so we just talk About a future we're not supposed to have All the time we stole he's never getting back So let's give them a show give them a run for their money Let's give them a night that they won't forget It's twenty dollars at the door to get in We're running this down to the wheel stops spinning I don't think we did anything wrong tonigh Whatever this is was here before I knew yo I can't explain it but it feels so goddamn A destination a stop in time justification read my mind So let's give them a show give them a run for their money Let's give them a night that they won't forget It's twenty dollars at the door to get in We're running this down to the wheel stops spinning Carry my home tonight You're gonna have to carry me home Carry me home tonight Carry me home tonight Thank you.
Alright this song is called I Think That I Finally Made It To Hell (A Pill Too Big To Swallow) And it sounds like this.
If I were the moon and you looked up to me I'd fall from the sky and destroy everything Cause I'm good for nothing like a vacuum machine Just sucking you up but wont fix anything at all at all Look at my fingers bit down to the quick A phalangeal murder its making me sick I'm Jeffrey Dahmer chewing on bits of my nails to feel stronger I'm so out of it tonight tonight tonight Cause I'm right where I wanted to be but it feels just like hell to me I'm right where I wanted to be but it feels just like hell to me It feels just like hell So hang like a picture up over my head So hang like a picture up over my head Replacement behaviors become my best friends And they're bringing old habits back up from the dead I'm right where I wanted to be but it feels just like hell to me I'm right where I wanted to be but it feels just like hell to me It feels just like hell to me It feels just like hell Oh I'm falling apart it's true Oh I'm picking up the pieces for you I'm right where I wanted to be but it feels just like hell to me I'm right where I wanted to be but it feels just like hell to me I'm right where I wanted to be but it feels just like hell but it feels just like hell to me but it feels just like hell to me Thank you.
I'm feeling nothing for the seventh time this week drowning in my telephone and linen bed sheets and underwater I can see eyes full of disappointment and they're staring back at me There's politicians on a tv screen Singing songs for all the hurt and the naive But no ones gonna change a single thing We're all as free as they tell us we can be I can't see clearly cause I'm still crying But don't you worry baby I will be alright My heart is racing I'm slowly dying So I'll hold you a little closer tonight I'll hold you a little closer I've been in love before but it only brought me down Running like a dog chasing a car all over town And I used to believe but I don't any more 'm still looking for answers but my knees are too sore Behind the altar and in the offering plate Lies all the reasons I began to stray No I don't know where I'm going But it's far far away From your mansion in the sky so full of dollars and hate I can't see clearly cause I'm still crying But don't you worry baby I will be alright My heart is racing I'm slowly dying so I'll hold you a little closer tonight So I'll hold you a little closer A little closer A little closer A little closer A little closer A little closer A little closer I can't go on without you I can't go on without I can't go on without you I can't go on without you He was a lost boy causing a scene Mama said he's hanging with the wrong crowd Kicked out of high school at seventeen daddy wasn't very proud Now that he's got nothing to show He's blowing smoke just to tune everyone out He finds it easier getting by when his hea is stuck up in the clouds There's no hiding from this one It'll come back to get ya If you open your eyes you'll see a red brick house With the porch lights out in the neighborhood You grew up in and all your friends Are calling you but you're still running From the fate you thought defined your life until you opened your eyes until you opened your eyes A couple years a couple felonies no one's gonna hire you now Making moves just to make money so mama had to kick him out And as the days go by All she does is cry hoping that you'd Open your eyes to see a red brick house With the porch lights out in the neighborhood You grew up in and all your friends Are calling you but you're still running From the fate you thought defined your life until you opened your eyes until you opened your eyes Your fate is all a lie so just open up your eyes and see The family that you left behind is what you needed the whole time But you were just too young to understand The failures don't define your life You messed it up but you're alright Now that you've been given another chance And You hold him in your hands If you open your eyes you'll see a red bri With the porch lights out in the neighborhood You grew up in and all your friends Are calling you but you're still running From the fate you thought defined your life From the fate you thought defined your life until you opened your eyes until you opened your eyes thank you.
It was a brief interruption of a Sunday morning The sun was high, my heart was stormy It was my last night in town for a while And I just got my mind stuck on your smile This is Für Elise I'm sorry I had to go so soon This is Für Elise But I had some things I had to do This is Für Elise And I know that I'll be missing you This is Für Elise But I promise that I'll get back to you It isn't like me to leave you empty-handed It isn't like me to fold a suited pair I guess the cards that I was handed Would be better off if I just left them there This is Für Elise I'm sorry I had to go so soon This is Für Elise But I had some things I had to do This is Für Elise And I know that I'll be missing you This is Für Elise But I promise that I'll get back to you If we were hours apart I would hold you If we were miles away I would love you And though we're hours apart I'm thinking for you And though we're miles away I think I love you This is Für Elise I'm sorry I had to go so soon This is Für Elise But I had some things I had to do This is Für Elise And I know that I'll be missing you This is Für Elise But I promise that I'll get back to you Thank you very much Selfishly making my way around your conscious Deliberately using you girl now let's be honest I don't see every point you're trying to make I can't be everything you want me to be And I'm in deep I dug myself a hole that I can't escape I'm floating all alone out in space And I didn't mean the words I said And I didn't mean to make you feel that way Unintentionally making your heart race Carefully using the words I choose to say Obliviously buying into my own game Well gravity is holding me down like a paperweight And I'm in deep I dug myself a hole that I can't escape I'm floating all alone out in space And I didn't mean the words I said And I didn't mean make you feel that way I didn't mean to I'm sorry I didn't mean to I'm sorry I didn't mean to I'm sorry I didn't mean to yeah Sorry I didn't mean to I'm sorry I didn't mean to yeah I'm sorry I didn't mean to I'm sorry I didn't mean to yeah I'm sorry I didn't mean to Yeah And I'm in deep I dug myself a hole that I can't escape I'm floating all alone out in space And I didn't mean the words I said And I didn't mean to make you feel that way Thank you.
And we'll do this.
I'm just going to introduce you to this band behind me.
So, Chase that was pretty cool.
Okay.
And remember, Nick we're in the key of C for this.
You come up with something here in just a second.
So behind me on the drums, Pensacola native ladies and gentlemen, give up a hand to Chase Rogers.
Chase, I've known Chase since I was a very young boy, since he was even younger.
And I love Chase.
I'm happy that he's up in Nashville with me now and also his brother Connor, who I also grew up with, who plays on all of my records, literally every single song that we played tonight, Connor is playing.
You don't think there's maybe one song in the entire history that I've made songs that Connor doesn't play on, so that's pretty cool.
And his parents are here as well.
Thank you guys for coming.
Good to see you guys over here.
To my right, playing his bass guitar is Nick Fair, ladies and gentlemen Nick is a Nashville native, and he and I met at a concert probably five years ago now.
He's my golf buddy.
We golf together.
We fix cars sometimes and we play music together.
Nick also has a solo project under his name.
Nick Fair should check it out.
Is amazing.
He's incredible songwriter, wonderful artist.
And I mean, look at that guy.
Come on over to my left over here who She's kind of playing keyboard.
And she's singing.
And playing.
And if you weren't here, this trip would be so much worse.
Yeah.
This is my partner and my girlfriend and also my bandmate, Summer Pittman.
Everyone, Oh, and Paul Vinson, everybody.
And my name is Paul Vinson Thank you guys so much.
Uh, we're going to play two more songs for you for your request.
And I thank you guys for the two more oldies.
And then I think we're going to get out of here after that.
Maybe, but maybe we'll play another good When I met you you were sweet Swept you off your feet You would always be around Things were always safe and sound And don't know what went through my head he afternoon that I left Thats why I really wanna know why'd I ever let you go why'd I ever let you go why'd I ever let you go why'd I ever let you go you go why'd I ever let you There's some things that you don't know There's some things you haven't told me And we can take it slow if you just hold me Let me look into your heart like I'm searching for your soul That's why I really wanna know why'd I ever let you go why'd I ever let you go why'd I ever let you go why'd I ever let you go you go why'd I ever let you why'd I ever let you go why'd I ever let you go why'd I ever let you go you go why'd I ever let you You have been so far from me I've been waiting patiently Dreams of you run through my head Wishing I could be with you again Why'd I ever let you go Why'd I ever let you go Why'd I ever let you go you go Why'd I ever let you Why'd I ever let you go Why'd I ever let you go Why'd I ever let you go you go Why'd I ever let you Why'd I ever let you go Why'd I ever let you go Why'd I ever let you go you go Why'd I ever let you Thanks again, thank you so much.
Memories of you Fill my room Fill my head Once there was a time when We were through We were dead We were young and naive Still scared of what we couldn't see Love was just a broken road A burning home Until the day I found A sense of home A hand to hold When you came around Time has passed me by But you're still here You're still near We still have to fight All our fears The time in years We were young and naive Still scared of what we couldn't see Love was just a broken road A burning home Until the day I found A sense of home A hand to hold When you came around No love Won't fail us But time Will try We'll shed blood To keep up With this love We'll never die This love will never Die
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