(funky music) - [Announcer] From the WTVP Studios in the Warehouse District and the corner of entertainment, this is State & Water.

Tonight, Emily the Band.

Featuring Emily Antonacci, Cami Proctor and Abbey Haste.

(acoustic guitar music) ♪ She has a thing for common sense ♪ ♪ Empathy and self-confidence ♪ Oh, she met a boy who stole her mind ♪ ♪ And now it's gone ♪ And she sings ♪ Come back, come back, come back to me ♪ ♪ I do, I do, I do believe ♪ You have taken things that were once ♪ ♪ mine, mine, mine ♪ And maybe one day he will return ♪ ♪ He'll never know what he did to her ♪ ♪ And she'd never tell him ♪ And he'll go back home to his boyfriend ♪ ♪ Ooh, oh, oh, oh, oh ♪ Uh-Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh ♪ She knows the feeling all too well ♪ ♪ Butterflies and pretending she can't tell that ♪ ♪ She knows how exactly how this is gonna end ♪ ♪ And it will soon ♪ She still sings ♪ Come back, come back, come back to me ♪ ♪ I do, I do, I do believe ♪ You have taken things that were once ♪ ♪ Mine, mine, mine ♪ And maybe one day he will return ♪ ♪ He'll never know what he did to her ♪ ♪ And she'd never tell him ♪ And he'll go back home to his boyfriend ♪ ♪ Ooh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh ♪ He'll be across the ocean soon ♪ ♪ She'll still be dancing in her room ♪ ♪ She'll move along but he's never gone, gone, gone ♪ ♪ And he'll check back in once in a while ♪ ♪ Never knowing that behind her smile ♪ ♪ Oh, she was once thinking ♪ Come back, come back, come back to me ♪ ♪ I do, I do, I do believe ♪ You have taken things that were once ♪ ♪ Mine, mine, mine ♪ And maybe one day he will return ♪ ♪ He'll never know what he did to her ♪ ♪ And he'd never tell him ♪ Oh, no, no, no, no, no ♪ Come back, come back, come back to me ♪ ♪ I do, I do, I do believe ♪ You have taken things that were once ♪ ♪ Mine, mine, mine ♪ And maybe one day he will return ♪ ♪ He'll never know what he did to her ♪ ♪ And she'd never tell him ♪ And he'll go back home to his boyfriend ♪ (audience cheers) (light music) ♪ Mind of mine ♪ Please remember this night ♪ Simple yet beautiful ♪ The way the light shined off her smile ♪ ♪ And curse my stomach ♪ And my nose and throat ♪ For aching, running, aching, distracting me ♪ ♪ From all she is and was ♪ I kissed her cheek ♪ Don't want her feeling like me ♪ ♪ Sick and terrified as I'll ever be ♪ ♪ Oh, oh, oh ♪ Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh ♪ Oh, oh, oh, oh ♪ Mind of mine ♪ Why can't I speak you clearly?

♪ ♪ I'm lucky that she saw right through me ♪ ♪ I planned on staying in hiding ♪ ♪ And curse my fears ♪ And my thoughts of failing ♪ For robbing me of hours of sleep ♪ ♪ Making it a chore to breathe ♪ I kissed her cheek ♪ Don't want her feeling lik5 me ♪ ♪ Sick and terrified as I'll 5ver be ♪ ♪ Oh, oh, oh ♪ Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh ♪ Ohhh ♪ I understand ♪ Oh, I agree ♪ I grabbed her hand ♪ As I pulled her into me ♪ Better like this ♪ With distance to grow ♪ But this is the worst feeling ♪ ♪ I have ever known, known ♪ No, no, no ♪ No ♪ And I kissed her cheek ♪ Don't want her feeling like me ♪ ♪ Sick and terrified as I'll ever be ♪ ♪ I kissed her cheek ♪ Don't want her feeling like me ♪ ♪ Sick and terrified as I'll ever be ♪ ♪ Oh, oh, oh, oh ♪ Oh, oh, oh ♪ Sick and terrified as I'll ever be ♪ (audience cheers) (calming acoustic music) ♪ Baby, there's a thunderstorm on the twenty-first floor ♪ ♪ And down below as well I suppose ♪ ♪ We've been disconnected from the world ♪ ♪ Brushing elbows with lightning bolts used to make me cry ♪ ♪ But now I've grown accustomed to it ♪ ♪ A rendezvous I'll never forget ♪ ♪ 'Cause ordering from restaurants ♪ ♪ Keeps making my stomach turn ♪ More than usual ♪ But there's nothing I'd love more than ♪ ♪ To dance in this storm with you ♪ ♪ Everyone will look at us like we've lost our minds ♪ ♪ But when's the next time that we'll see them?

♪ ♪ Give them a story to tell their friends ♪ ♪ You and I are dancing queens 'til the end of time ♪ ♪ Seventeen's just the beginning ♪ ♪ You help me keep my head from spinning ♪ ♪ 'Cause ordering from restaurants ♪ ♪ Keeps making my stomach turn ♪ But I've found I love the thrill ♪ ♪ And there's nothing I love more than ♪ ♪ Dancing in this storm with you ♪ ♪ With you ♪ I'm dying just to go back ♪ But I'm loving just where we're at, oh no ♪ ♪ And I'm dying just to go back ♪ ♪ But I'm loving just where we're at, oh no ♪ ♪ And I'm dying just to go back ♪ ♪ But I'm loving just where we're at, oh no ♪ ♪ And I'm dying just to go back ♪ ♪ But I'm loving just where we're at, oh no ♪ (audience cheers) (soft music) ♪ Please ♪ Enlighten me ♪ What does it mean ♪ To be "someone like me?"

♪ And why ♪ Can't you believe ♪ "Someone like me" ♪ Could want something to do with someone like you?

♪ ♪ Someone like you ♪ Made someone like me believe that ♪ ♪ Something could grow ♪ Out of the dust ♪ Swore with your pinky finger ♪ Lights low, I can't linger ♪ 'Til you figure out a way to love ♪ ♪ Someone like you ♪ You ♪ You ♪ You ♪ All that's on my mind ♪ Are tears welling in your eyes ♪ ♪ As you swore that you felt fine ♪ ♪ And my ♪ My throat contracts ♪ As I sort this pile of memories ♪ ♪ Into dead dreams and facts ♪ Someone like you ♪ Made someone like me believe that ♪ ♪ Something could grow ♪ Out of the dust ♪ Swore with your pinky finger ♪ Lights low, I can't linger ♪ 'Til you figure out a way to love ♪ ♪ Someone like you ♪ You ♪ You ♪ You ♪ You were never damaged goods ♪ Selfish but I wish you could ♪ Find a place for me ♪ Among your insecurities ♪ But I can't wait around ♪ For you to find your solid ground ♪ ♪ And praying to whatever ♪ That my arms could make it better ♪ ♪ When someone like you ♪ Made someone like me believe that ♪ ♪ Something could grow ♪ Out of the dust ♪ Swore with your pinky finger ♪ Lights low, I can't linger ♪ 'Til you figure out a way to love ♪ ♪ Someone like you ♪ Made someone like me ♪ Believe that something could grow ♪ ♪ Out of the dust ♪ Swore with your pinky finger ♪ Lights low, I can't linger ♪ 'Til you figure out a way to love ♪ ♪ Someone like you ♪ You ♪ You ♪ You ♪ You ♪ You ♪ You (audience cheering) (upbeat music) ♪ Search disaster ♪ You'll find a photo of you and I ♪ ♪ Hasn't happened yet, but it's bound to go down ♪ ♪ I wouldn't be surprised ♪ If I loved you in another life ♪ ♪ My eyes are drawn to the impossible ♪ ♪ Like flour on a black T-shirt ♪ ♪ You and I are messy ♪ Like these kids throwing dirt ♪ ♪ You and I are messy ♪ No, you and I are fire, water, ice ♪ ♪ Burning and drowning ♪ I can't believe I'm doing this again ♪ ♪ You and I are fire, water, ice ♪ ♪ Burning, drowning ♪ I can't believe I'm doing this again ♪ ♪ Do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do ♪ ♪ Do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do ♪ ♪ Do, do, do, do, do ♪ Just seventeen ♪ You smiled and couldn't believe your eyes ♪ ♪ If this weren't me, I'd say it was treacherous ♪ ♪ Your glance is dangerous ♪ Wondering "what if" is hazardous ♪ ♪ I can't make you exit my subconscious ♪ ♪ Like flour on a black T-shirt ♪ ♪ You and I are messy ♪ Like these kids throwing dirt ♪ ♪ You and I are messy ♪ You and I are fire, water, ice ♪ ♪ Burning, drowning ♪ I can't believe I'm doing this again ♪ ♪ You and I are fire, water, ice ♪ ♪ Burning, drowning ♪ I can't believe I'm doing this again ♪ ♪ The sun's in my eyes now, watching you walk out ♪ ♪ I wish the wind would blow my thoughts away ♪ ♪ The fire burns out when rain pours down ♪ ♪ And reason floods back to me ♪ Because you and I are fire, water, ice ♪ ♪ Burning, drowning ♪ I can't believe I'm doing this again ♪ ♪ You and I are fire, water, ice ♪ ♪ Burning, drowning ♪ I can't believe I'm doing this again ♪ ♪ You and I are fire, water, ice ♪ ♪ Burning, drowning ♪ I can't believe I'm doing this again ♪ ♪ You and I are fire, water, ice ♪ ♪ Burning, drowning ♪ I can't believe I'm doing this again ♪ ♪ Ooh, again (audience cheers) (somber acoustic music) - So I wrote this song in the summer of 2020 after a conversation with a friend.

He said, "I appreciate that people are sad with us "and I appreciate that people stand with us, "but why aren't people mad with us?"

So this is a song about that conversation.

♪ Ooh ♪ Call it what it is ♪ Call it what it is ♪ Oh, it's not your fault ♪ That it's under your skin ♪ And you've been spoon-fed ♪ All the words you've been using up ♪ ♪ To brush it off ♪ But the king doesn't earn ♪ The crown on his head from hard work ♪ ♪ It's in his blood instead ♪ And the jewels aren't his ♪ They've never been ♪ And it's on you ♪ It's on you to flush it out of your system ♪ ♪ To sit down, shut up, and listen ♪ ♪ Oh, you should be mad as hell ♪ ♪ Oh, ooh, hey ♪ Oh, ooh, hey ♪ Call it what it is ♪ Saving face won't save a life ♪ ♪ And things are not just crazy ♪ ♪ It's white supremacy ♪ Oh, the story of your arrest ♪ Isn't a party trick ♪ 'Cause far too often for the innocent ♪ ♪ Those lead to their last breath ♪ ♪ And it's on you ♪ It's on you to flush it out of your system ♪ ♪ To sit down, shut up, and listen ♪ ♪ Oh, you should be mad as hell ♪ ♪ Oh, ooh, hey ♪ Oh, ooh, hey ♪ Oh, it's on you to tear down the walls that ♪ ♪ Built you up but kept others out ♪ ♪ And use those bricks you have ♪ ♪ To pave a better road ♪ Oh, it's on you to tear down the walls that ♪ ♪ Built you up but kept others out ♪ ♪ And use those bricks you have ♪ ♪ To pave a better road ♪ A better road ♪ And it's on you ♪ It's on you to flush it out of your system ♪ ♪ To sit down, shut up, and listen ♪ ♪ Oh, you should be mad as hell ♪ ♪ Oh, ooh, hey ♪ Oh, ooh, hey ♪ And it's on you, it's on you, it's on you ♪ ♪ And it's on me too ♪ And it's on you, it's on you, it's on you ♪ ♪ And it's on me too, oh ♪ Call it what it is, call it what it is ♪ (audience cheering) (whimsical music) ♪ Oh isn't it, isn't is lonely here ♪ ♪ Right between the shoulds and shouldn'ts ♪ ♪ Just past the woulds and wouldn'ts ♪ ♪ Oh do you get, do you get sore like me ♪ ♪ Reaching both ways every moment ♪ ♪ Afraid you'll snap if you keep holding on ♪ ♪ Isn't it nice?

♪ Isn't it grand?

♪ Playing pretend ♪ When the lights are off, oh ♪ And when they're back on ♪ We're back in our corners ♪ With weight on our shoulders ♪ Oh isn't it, isn't it lovely here ♪ ♪ Now I'm written on your arm ♪ Now I'm tied around your wrist ♪ ♪ I misread the map ♪ We're on different paths ♪ Babe, how sad is that?

♪ Isn't it nice?

♪ Isn't it grand?

♪ Playing pr5tend ♪ When the lights ar5 off, oh ♪ And when they're back on ♪ We're back in our corners ♪ With weight on our shoulders ♪ In between ♪ Wants and needs ♪ Stay or leave ♪ And should I do the latter?

♪ Middle of ♪ Former loves ♪ Paper doves ♪ And should I let them crumble?

♪ ♪ Oh isn't it, isn't is lonely here ♪ ♪ Right between the shoulds and shouldn'ts ♪ ♪ Just past the woulds and wouldn'ts ♪ ♪ Oh do you get, do you get sore like me ♪ ♪ Reaching both ways every moment ♪ ♪ Afraid you'll snap if you keep holding on ♪ (audience cheering) (jazzy music)