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Great Expectations

by Dear Comrade

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1.
I know I know... When you were My Darlin’ You drew me in with your disarray When you were My Darlin’ Each day I hoped and each day I’d pray you’d stay I still believe there’s another way When you were My Darlin’ Time only sours what once was sweet Blood sweat and tears are fueled by deceit, believe me Some play for love and some play to keep Knife through the heart and kiss on the cheek, you feel me. Fine, sign on dotted line I am moving on for the second time and this, I know you’ll miss Oh the north wind blows and I hold you so close So you never feel cold, you'll never let go When you were My Darlin’ You drew me in with your disarray When you were My Darlin’ Each day I hoped and each day I’d pray you’d stay I still believe there’s another way When you were My Darlin’ Give me another tale of your woes Tell me how you deserve more then most, convince me Can’t always practice just what I preach Scratch to the bone when I get that itch, you feel me Fine, sign on dotted line I am moving on for the second time and this, I know you’ll miss Oh the north wind blows and I hold you so close So you never feel cold, you'll never let go Unexamined life is not worth living When you gonna take a long hard stare I can not let go of my misgivings No no no I know I know...
2.
Hello my name is Théo!
3.
I’ve felt ambivalence I’ve felt rage Inside my own, beguiled mind I’ve seen a man begging for grace Out of the corner of my eye Hey there man with the plan do you know where you going to You got only one face you can lose I don’t know where you’ve been but I know where you’re coming from By the gift of your gab, by the sound of your blues This moment too will come to pass It’s not a question if just when It took some time to figure out Every beginning has an end Your road to hell my friend has always been paved with good intentions You said it best just when you said nothing at all Your road to hell my friend has always been paved with good intentions You said it best just when you said nothing at all
4.
Decisions are made And who is to blame Such mess and disgrace Sure could use a face No place hide Let’s go for a ride Down to the gallows The rules of the game By sword or by flame you die just the same No warning No warning A king or a maid The blink of an eye, the slide of the blade No warning No warning You don’t know What it feels like to take it away Till its gone You won’t miss what you had on your plate You don’t know What it feels like to take it away Till its gone Already too late So many of them they’re storming the gate. No warning No warning There’s no give and take Got nothing to eat so let em eat cake No warning No warning So how does it feel now the shoe’s on the other foot Third estate taken Bastille, what are we to do? Put on a dress that’s befitting for public unrest There’s no escape for the scapegoat that we will choose What’s on the menu? Tonight we serve royal stew Quick to square, you don’t wanna miss all the fanfare What can be said my love of your dreaded fate Wearing your Sunday’s best on a Saturday Something else to declare, for the thousand glares? Elle a dit “Pardon, monsieur, je ne l’ai pas fait expres.” Smell of fresh blood in the air Even Max “Incorruptible” couldn’t be spared You don’t know What it feels like to take it away Till its gone You won’t miss what you had on your plate You don’t know What it feels like to take it away Till its gone Decisions are made And who is to blame Such mess and disgrace Sure could use a face No place hide Let’s go for a ride Down to the gallows
5.
Downtown 03:56
Her heart is not in her chest It was left by the side of the bed In the house she no longer calls home In the town with a name no one knows Downtown baby Looking for a thrill To take my breath away Downtown baby Everything’s a mess And still I wanna stay And darkness is falling all around One love was never enough He got going when going got tough Tried on habit or two Hopping he could become someone new Downtown baby Looking for a thrill To take my breath away Downtown baby Everything’s a mess And still I wanna stay And darkness is falling all around I feel it in every town I’ve been looking for something to save me, for someone to be near I’ve been searching in all the wrong places with heart that’s full of fear Downtown baby Looking for a thrill To take my breath away Downtown baby Everything’s a mess And still I wanna stay And darkness is falling all around
6.
All of hell broke loose Monday morning Without any warning It all came apart Evening news said brace For stormy weather Could get worse not better I feel in my heart If you never crossed the line you never went out far enough If you never walked the edge you’re playing it to safe If you never hurt someone you likely never been in love If you never broke your word your promises are vague All of hell broke loose Monday morning Without any warning It all came apart If you never crossed the line you never went out far enough If you never walked the edge you’re playing it to safe If you never hurt someone you likely never been in love If you never broke your word your promises are vague Try it again and in failing This time you can say you’ve done it all Try it again we’re all waiting This time I know you won’t take the fall Try it again we’re all waiting This time I know You bend over backwards yet you never seem to brake You cut all the angles and you’re left without a shape So cut it, so cut it

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released September 10, 2020

Written & Produced by: Arthur Kremer
Recorded at: The Play Room, King Killer Studios, Studio G, Prospect Lefferts Brooklyn.
Mixed by: Alejandro Vega & Arthur Kremer
Engineered & Recorded by: Arthur Kremer, Alejandro Vega,
Dan Freeman & Ian Elkind
Mastered by: Ricardo Wheelock

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