Backroads is made possible by the Minnesota Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund with money by the vote of the people November 4th 2008 It's getting harder to be into you Because you're into everybody else I tried to think of ways to stick with you But I don't know if I can stick this now Don't say you're sorry It's just part of the deal and don't say you love me We said we'd be this way from the start I never thought I'd get caught up again so quickly You're prickly If we could just take it easy for a while Could I still see you?

And if I gave you my heart in a box Would you let me?

Or just pet me?

You got me spinning in circles again But I just wanted to die three months ago Don't say you're sorry It's just part of the deal Don't say you love me We said we'd be this way from the start I never thought I'd get caught up again so quickly It's messy All of my love that I put on you is from before you Distant memory I can't admit that I was wrong this time 'cause I want you I still want you I can't admit that maybe I'm too small cause I want you We'll all get better in the light Can't let you go out of my sight I won't beg for you, but I'll put myself through hell I won't beg for you but I'll put myself through hell Be with me Be with me Be with me Be with me Be with me Be with me Be with me Be with me Be with me I'm Eddie Chisham and I write songs and play guitar and sing.

I'm Christian Nelson and I write some of the music and sing and play guitar mostly.

And then there's Berin Joseph who plays drums for us And Seth Lemmon plays bass for us Present Company started with me and Christian, we were college roommates; we were friends for a long time.

After college we started making art together, like Whether it was like films, short films or music We kind of decided when we hung out we wanted to be doing like productive creative stuff So that was about 2018.

We just started writing music between the two of us And then eventually we added members to start playing live.

Trying hard to process I don't know the process I met you on a weekend.

That weekend.

Couldn't turn me around Sweating with my best friends Sharing all my secrets They don't wanna know What's on my mind Why would you say that?

I didn't, I didn't wanna know You were bold And I'm afraid of losing everything I hit a wall I thought I'd run right through You're on my mind, love It's flowery colors Sweating with my best friends Sharing all my secrets I didn't know that I would have to choose I didn't know that I could change my mind Why would you say that?

I didn't, I didn't want to know You were bold And I'm afraid of losing everything Well I don't know myself I don't know what I want I need space...and time...but I...am trapped Forever Hold me on my good side I wanna love you beautifully Freaking out on the inside I wanna love you right Find me in your back seat I wanna love you passionately Hide me from the outside I wanna hold you tight Fading out the color dies Mythical and glorified But when the sun burns out, I'll be there We scream at the top of our lungs The air escapes, our eyes grow dull And we stare right through each other Hold me.

I'm terrified Don't wanna know what's gonna happen I wanna know if I'm enough for anyone Hold me like I need it I wanna love, I wanna cry, I wanna dance, I wanna die together Present Company shows are pretty crazy We really go all out on the performance We put everything into these songs so that when we get to play them it is like the ultimate experience for us It's like really everything for us.

Playing these songs.

So we always make the most out of it.

Maybe a little too much.

And we just go all out, whether it's the lights or just the performance or the movement.

What you can expect is to see all of us give 100% energy to the songs.

And to each other.

And to each other, yeah.

And by the end of it we're heaving on the floor trying to survive.

And sometimes the music doesn't even allot for that type of energy I mean it's love songs.

What my body wants to do is just absolutely go crazy.

And dance and jump and spin around and Didn't think I'd see the day that I'd wash it all away But things look different now Not the person I want to be Why don't you just take a drive with me?

And figure this all out Voices in my head Tell a different story than what's been said Will someone help me out?

There she goes again Bringing me back from the dead Just let me stay for a while Every now and again I wanna try to pretend That everything's alright But when I look in your eyes It all becomes so clear I just wanna be part of a bigger plan But when I'm all alone there's one thing I know for sure I'm empty at the core Don't think I'd see the day When I'd thrown it all away.

But things are different now Not the person I want to be Why don't you take a drive with me?

And figure this all out The reason for us moving forward as a band now, and this could apply to a lot of bands, is that we don't necessarily want to of success or popularity but just be best friends and love each other like family and make creative projects that we enjoy and if we become successful in today's society standards then we do and if we don't we are happy with our lives because we are surrounded by our best friends.

And I think a lot of bands should take that to heart to be closer to the people around them, that love them.

Yeah.

inaudible only to wake up, but now I can't sleep or even talk to you I can't turn it off Something's not right I can't turn it off Now that you are gone I have opinions You lost me when I lost control Everybody has to make decisions Mine was under the influence Trying to remember where we've been I cannot go back to just survival Trying harder now that I've been cleansed It was complex .... and peculiar But now I've had a little bit to drink I think I might have dulled it............ now And meditate about how I should think I'm wasting time I should be doing that I guess we're really doing this.

I guess nobody's here.

I'm looking forward to everything inside another year And we've wasted away.

To the people that we know and all the people we like Television make it alright If you wanted it You wouldn't have stopped If you really wanted it No you wouldn't have stopped Well...It's not looking good for us It's not looking good for us It's not looking good for us Well....It's not looking good for us It's not looking good for us It's not looking good for us You never meant to hurt me but you never made the call I'm looking down for your sympathy.

I'm down for it all.

And you never understood.

And you'll never understand.

Pick your poison.

I know that you'll all leave me in the end.

If you wanted it You wouldn't have stopped If you really wanted it No you wouldn't have stopped Well...It's not looking good for us It's not looking good for us It's not looking good for us Well...It's not looking good for us It's not looking good for us It's not looking good for us There was a time...Was a time...Was a simpler time Then we grew up.

We exposed the original.

There was a time...Was a time...Was a simpler time Then we grew up.

We exposed the original.

There was a time...Was a time...Was a simpler time Then we grew up.

We exposed the original.

There was a time...Was a time...Was a simpler time Then we grew up.

We exposed the original.

You didn't think you'd make it this far You didn't think you'd make it here after all You didn't think you'd make it this far You didn't think you'd make it here after all You didn't think you'd make it this far You didn't think you'd make it here after all Thanks, everyone Backroads is made possible by the Minnesota Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund with money by the vote of the people November 4th 2008