Cory Wells is a singer-songwriter from Redondo Beach, California.

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The cover of Wells’ debut album, THE WAY WE ARE, features the Los Angeles-based singer/songwriter perched atop a rusted-out vintage car, calling to mind dusty folk music. Songs like the set-opening “Distant” and “Keiko,” imbued by seemingly effortless musicianship and wistful nostalgia, go a long way toward reinforcing this sonic predilection.

But there’s more to Wells than what you’ll find on the surface. The songwriter grew up playing metal before discovering Dashboard Confessional’s seminal MTV Unplugged 2.0 live album, a record that set him on a hard left turn to creating a more well-worn, earnest style. Even so, he injects the desperation and power of his heavy music background into every note of THE WAY WE ARE – not necessarily in sound, but in spirit.

Across the album’s 12 songs, Wells plays the role of shapeshifter: Just when you’ve got him figured out, he unleashes new musical elements – a ferocious scream (“Walk Away”) that eventually gives way to soaring falsetto (“Cement”), stirring acoustic guitar that crescendos into fiery full-band fare. The ghosts of new-era emo torchbearers (including Dashboard’s Chris Carrabba, a contributor on “Fall Apart”) are alive and well in his lush beds of acoustic-based rock, but Wells isn’t actively summoning them. Rather, he’s a decidedly patient songwriter, waiting for the right time to pair a searing lyric with the throat-shredding vocal performance it demands.

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Cory Wells Lyrics

We have lyrics for these tracks by Cory Wells:

Avoid The Blame Say my name And I′ll play your game And my demands for…
Breathe Again It's always hard to find a way to get back…
Broken Another year spent wasting time And I feel so dead now,…
Cement You're a mess. I'm a wreck. It's the way we are. Drag…
Distant Just stay away from me. The Devil's got the best…
Do You Like That You Love Me The night is never-ending Stuck in a fever dream. The darkn…
End of a Good Thing What can he do that I can't? You tell me…
Fall Apart You're the crooked picture on my wall. The one piece of…
Fear Tell me that you love me And I'll pretend you're crazy And…

Harbor You've been stuck on my mind. If there's a god I…
Keiko Three years I'll be back for you. I know it's too…
Long Long Time Love will abide Take things in stride Sounds like good advic…
Lost Blood for blood and what's done is done. A fork in…
patience Can't escape this endless cycle. It won't stop spinning in m…
The End of a Good Thing What can he do that I can't? You tell me…
Waiting Stay close to me. Erase the cold in-between us. Play back th…
Walk Away I'm at a war with myself. Stuck between loving you…
Weakness Just take it back I'm not coming back 'cause nothing that yo…

Wildfire They told me not to trust you Well I wish they…

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