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Here You Are

by Dear Comrade

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LOVE. IT TAKES A WAR, YOU FOUGHT BEFORE, YOU RUN, YOU HIDE ONE DAY YOU’LL FIND THAT WHAT WAS HERE IS OVER THERE AND ALL YOU KNOW ONE DAY WILL BURN IN TIMES OF WAR, YOUR LOVE MEANS MORE AND WE'LL TURN GREY ONE DAY SAME TIME NEXT YEAR WE’LL STILL BE HERE AND WE WON’T FEAR DARLING YOU’LL SEE, ONE DAY WE’LL BE ON THE WIN STREAK TIME. ANOTHER YEAR THE TURNING SPHERE FROM GREEN TO RED ONE DAY YOU’LL GET TO TAKE A STANCE HOW WILL YOU DANCE HOW WILL YOU PLEAD ONE DAY YOU’LL NEED TO LOSE CONTROL AND SAVE YOUR SOUL AND GO NOT STAY ONE DAY SAME TIME NEXT YEAR WE’LL STILL BE HERE AND WE WON’T FEAR DARLING YOU’LL SEE, ONE DAY WE’LL BE ON THE WIN STREAK WHAT CAN WE DO MY LOVE WE PULL BACK TOGETHER AND FALL APART THEY SAY ALL IS FAIR IN THIS GAME OF WAR AND LOVE DON’T WORRY PLEASE DON’T WORRY JUST REMEMBER THIS IS ALL A DREAM DON’T WORRY PLEASE DON’T WORRY CAUSE IT TAKES A WAR TO WIN ONE DAY LOVE. IT TAKES A WAR...
2.
Cary Grant 05:35
LOOK AT ALL THE STARS, DROWNING IN THE DARK MESS I HELPED CREATE...TOO LATE I CAN STILL DESCRIBE THE PANIC IN YOUR EYES... IN PRESENT TENSE, IT ALL DEPENDS ON WHAT YOU’VE DONE, ON SONGS YOU’VE SUNG THE LIGHT AT NIGHT ALWAYS SEEMS BRIGHT IT’S EASIER TO CLOSE YOUR EYES, CLOSE YOUR EYES I CAN’T SIT STILL, I TURN AND TOSS I JUST CAN’T FILL, MY INNERMOST SOMETIMES I WANT A CIGARETTE SO I CAN FEEL LIKE CARY GRANT WE DO OUR BEST, IT CAN’T GET WORSE WE TELL OURSELVES AND HOPE IT WORKS WE DO OUR BEST IT’S RAINING OUT, WE’RE STAYING IN IF THERE’S NO DOUBT, THERE CAN’T BE SIN THE BLEEDING HEART OF COMMON MAN IS ON TV ON CHANNEL TEN WE DO OUR BEST, IT MAY GET WORSE WE TELL OURSELVES AND HOPE IT WORKS WE DO OUR BEST TELL ME, WAS THERE SOME OTHER WAY WHERE THERE THINGS I DIDN’T SAY WAS THERE SOME OTHER WAY LOOK AT ALL THE STARS, DROWNING IN THE DARK...
3.
Here You Are 03:55
EVER SINCE YOU FOUND YOU WERE DEFEATED YOU WANTED TO FALL IN LOVE AGAIN EVER SINCE THEY SAID YOU WERE NOT NEEDED YOU WANTED TO HELP SOMEONE AGAIN EVER SINCE YOUR HOME WORLD WAS DEPLETED YOU STARTED TO BUILD IT UP AGAIN EVER SINCE YOUR ARMIES ALL RETREATED YOU VOWED TO WIN THE WAR FOR THEM YOU WERE LYING ON THE HILLSIDE AMONG THE PLANETS AN’ALL THE STARS YOUR HEART SO OPEN AND YOUR EYES WIDE IT DOESN’T MATTER WHERE YOU’VE BEEN…HERE YOU ARE EVER SINCE YOU FOUND YOU WERE DEFEATED, YOU WANTED TO FALL IN LOVE AGAIN.
4.
ALL THE WAY FROM NORTH VIETNAM, I FORGOT JUST WHO I AM LOST MY WAY, ALL THE WAY. I FORGOT JUST WHO I AM RAISE YOUR GLASS IT’S NEW YEARS EVE, GRAB YOUR GUN AND COVER ME. ALL THE WAY, ALL THE WAY TRY YOUR HAND AT THIS ROULETTE SPIN IT SIDEWAYS, SEE JUST WHAT YOU GET I CHANGED ALL THE RULES I KNEW HELP ME FIND MY, WAY BACK HOME TO YOU LONGEST NIGHT I LAY AWAKE SHORTEST DAY AND SUN WON’T BREAK THEY’RE NO CORNERS IN THIS ROOM ALL MY WINNINGS ON DISPLAY FOR THE FACES WITH NO NAMES LOST MY WAY, ALL THE WAY TRY YOUR HAND AT THIS ROULETTE SPIN IT SIDEWAYS, SEE JUST WHAT YOU GET I CHANGED ALL THE RULES I KNEW HELP ME FIND MY WAY BACK HOME TO YOU DON’T WORRY, I’LL BE THERE WITH YOU
5.
In Lieu 05:04
THERE WERE DAYS I THOUGH WE COULD BE SOMETHING ELSE, BE SOMEONE ELSE AND THESE DAYS I KNOW IN LIEU OF MAKING AMENDS WE JUST PRETEND TAKE ME WITH YOU TO SEE THE SIGHTS BEFORE IT GETS DARK, IT’S GETTING SO DARK IT BREAKS ME DOWN AND WHEN I WOKE, YOU TURNED AND SPOKE TO ME SEE THE DAYS GO BY IN A FLURRY OF BLURRED HEADLINES LOOKING TO MAKE YOUR WAY, TROUGH CROWD OF STRANGERS EYES AND WHEN YOU FIND YOURSELF IN A MOMENT YOU DON’T RECOGNIZE YOU’RE ON THE STREET AND DAY TURNS TO NIGHT IT BREAKS ME DOWN AND WHEN I WOKE, YOU TURNED AND.... I WAS OUT OF MY HEAD, WHAT WAS I EVEN THINKING ALL ALONG, I DON’T KNOW ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD THERE WERE SIGNS I KEPT MISSING WERE WE WRONG TO GO ON?
6.
700 Ways 04:29
YOU’VE TAKEN THEM ALL ON, HOW DO YOU FIND THE STRENGTH YOU LEFT NO STONE UNTURNED AND NO ONE TO FORSAKE WITH ALL WE’VE BEEN THROUGH WHERE IS THE LOVE WITH ALL YOU TOOK, YOU GAVE NOTHING BACK WE STOOD AT HEAVEN’S GATE, I WATCHED YOU BUILD A WALL I SEEN YOU FALL FROM GRACE, I THOUGH I’VE SEEN IT ALL WITH ALL WE’VE BEEN THROUGH, WHERE IS THE LOVE WITH ALL YOU TOOK, YOU GAVE NOTHING BACK WHERE IS THE LOVE I AM OUT OF SECOND CHANCES I AM AT THE END OF MY ROPE WHERE IS THE LOVE I CAN’T HOLD ON MUCH LONGER AND DON’T YOU KNOW LOOK AT THE MESS WE’RE IN, THE RUIN IN OUR WAKE WE PLANTED SEEDS OF LOVE BUT THERE’S NO FRUIT TO TAKE WITH ALL WE’VE BEEN THROUGH, WHERE IS THE LOVE WITH ALL YOU TOOK, YOU GAVE NOTHING BACK WHERE IS THE LOVE I AM OUT OF SECOND CHANCES I AM AT THE END OF MY ROPE WHERE IS THE LOVE I CAN’T HOLD ON MUCH LONGER AND DON’T YOU KNOW RUIN IN OUR WAKE, OH WHAT YOU DO TO ME SEVEN HUNDRED WAYS YOU GOT A HOLD ON ME FILL MY EMPTY SPACE, THRILL ME WITH YOUR DISEASE SEVEN HUNDRED WAYS, I AM HOLDING ON
7.
Sapling 03:57
SHE WAS BETTER THAN ME, WITH UNCOMMON CARE AND COMPASSION FOR ALL SHE PLANTED A TREE, IN THE LATE SUMMER GRASS THAT FORESHADOWED THE FALL SHE SET OFF FROM HER HOME SEALING HER PROMISE WITH A KISS AND A WAVE HOW COULD SHE HAVE KNOWN THE PEOPLE SHE LEFT THERE WOULD SUDDENLY SLIP AWAY FALLING LIKE LEAVES FROM THE FRESH SAPLING TREES BY HER ROOM THE PLANS THAT SHE MADE SHATTERED AND SCATTERED BY THE WINDS THAT BLEW THROUGH HOW DREAMS START TO FADE WHEN THE GROUND THAT YOU’VE STOOD ON IS CRUMBLING UNDER YOU I SAW HER TODAY A HARD SMILE SHE GAVE ME TO SHIELD OFF THE PAIN I HAD MUCH MORE TO SAY BUT SILENTLY WATCHED HER HEAD BACK TO THE TRAIN A WANDERING FORM WALKING THROUGH LIFE LIKE SHE’S TREADING ON COALS HOW TO ACCOUNT FOR THE STORM THAT PASSES BY MANY BUT LANDS ON A FEW POOR SOULS FALLING LIKE LEAVES FROM THE FRESH SAPLING TREES BY HER ROOM
8.
WINDS ARE DOWN, NOW IS OUR CHANCE CAN’T WAIT NO MORE, ENGAGE ENGAGE YOUR OXYGEN WILL START TO FLOW BREATH SLOW, BREATH SLOW CAN’T TURN BACK YOU’RE ON YOUR OWN CLOSE TO NOWHERE AND FAR FROM HOME TEN THOUSAND TRILLION MILES TO GO 654321 EVERYONE IS LEAVING TAKING ALL THEY CAN CAN’T TAKE EIFFEL TOWER CAN’T BRING PARIS FRANCE I WAS NOT THE FIRST MAN TO SEE IT ALL GO DOWN BUT I’LL BE THE LAST THE LAST MAN ON THE GROUND DON’T LOOK DOWN, ALL EYES OUT FRONT YOUR HEART IS FAST, YOUR BREATH IS SHORT DON’T LOOK DOWN... EVERYONE IS LEAVING TAKING ALL THEY CAN CAN’T TAKE EIFFEL TOWER CAN’T BRING PARIS FRANCE I WAS NOT THE FIRST MAN TO SEE IT ALL GO DOWN BUT I’LL BE THE LAST MAN ON THE GROUND...
9.
Phantom Limb 03:22
THEY’LL BE COMING FOR ME IN THE SUMMER OR SPRING I BEEN HAVING A DREAM AND I KNOW WHAT IT MEANS DID YOU SEE WHAT I SAW, DID YOU FEEL WHAT I FELT HOW CAN YOU BE SO SURE I’VE BEEN HAVING A DREAM AND I KNOW WHAT IT’S FOR ANYTHING YOU LIKE, I AM HERE TO PLEASE ANYTHING YOU LIKE, I’ll GET ON MY KNEES STAND AND DEFEND YOUR WHOLE WORLD OF PRETEND IT’S OUR MOMENT IN TIME, I CAN’T GET OFF MY MIND I’VE BEEN HAVING A DREAM, WHERE I THOUGH YOU WERE MINE ANYTHING YOU LIKE, I AM HERE TO PLEASE ANYTHING YOU LIKE, I’ll GET ON MY KNEES ANYTHING YOU LIKE
10.
Betty Song 04:04
SOMEONE’S TALKING AND I CAN’T HEAR A THING WORDS ARE FALLING BREAKING EVERYTHING WHO WILL SAVE US FROM OURSELVES TONIGHT LISTEN BETTY THAT’S NO WAY TO LIVE HOLD ME CLOSER I’VE GOT MORE TO GIVE ON UNSTEADY GROUND YOU MAKE YOUR MOVE OH SWEET BETTY HOW YOU BREAK THE RULES WHO WILL SAVE US FROM OURSELVES TONIGHT IT WAS GETTING SO COLD, IT WAS ALREADY LATE HOLDING OUT FOR A CRUMB AND MY HAND STARTED SHAKING I WAS DOWN ON MY KNEES, I WAS TURNING INSIDE RUNNING LOW ON BELIEF AND WE’RE ALL OUT OF WINE WE HAVE TAKEN A TURN, WE HAVE FALLEN BEHIND ALL THE SIRENS ARE GONE AND THIS SILENCE IS SO LOUD BETTY OPEN YOUR HEART THERE IS NO NEED TO FIGHT SAVE YOURSELF TONIGHT

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released December 1, 2013

"Here You Are" produced by Arthur Kremer & Emmett Aiello
All songs recorded, engineered and mixed by
Shane Michael Rose (Shane O'Connor) and Arthur Kremer
in Brooklyn, 2013
Mastered by Michael Tucci at The Engine Room NYC

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