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Friends of Mine
07:06
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I can’t wait to save the world from you
To feel like a champion is more than I ever could do
I can’t wait to save my world from you
I’ll try not to rest my head for fear I won’t ever come to
I’ve filtered out these friends of mine
And found a lot I never knew
I’ve fallen out with friends in time
I can’t believe I put that all on you
Can’t see through this
Fate, distorted
Shame is silent
So don’t write this down
Speak to me now
Faith is desperate
A grey permanence
Pain is silent
So don’t write this down
Speak to me now
Fate was wrong as I recall
Fate was wrong as I recall
Fate was wrong as I recall
Fate was wrong as I recall
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2. |
Where We Are Now
04:09
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Save the right words until Autumn
So you can say them from miles away
It’s a shame we can’t ever be open
But I’m ready still
I can feel the thrill
I never wanted to make sense
I always thought I’d be somewhere on the road
Used my songs like a defense
They never led me anywhere but home
I was a hopeless romantic
I had my eye on the prize so many times
Used my heart like a defense
It always led me everywhere but home
But I’ll still spill my guts for you
Where we are now is somewhere new
I was too young to focus
Too savor every moment
I lost all forward motion
Now I’m standing still while you’re leaving
(I never stayed in a single place)
I wanted your devotion
Some kind of secret potion
Hellbent on backward motion
Now I’m standing still while you’re leaving
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Ships Passing
04:05
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Now and then I start to celebrate, start to medicate my way around
But lately I feel like I've wandered off, like a passenger who missed his stop
Because you were the rock I anchored on
The 'X' on the map I stumbled on
And I'm waiting here to find you
Now and then I levitate to you, pull away from you to a lonely shore
You were the rock I anchored on
The 'X' on the map I stumbled on
And I'm waiting here to find you
You were a heart that missed a beat
A hole in the earth that swallowed me
And I'm waiting here to find you
Let’s set our sails towards the moon
We’ll follow its lead ‘til dawn
‘Cus you can’t outrun the ones you love
And why would you want to?
I’d scour the earth to bring you home
Cus lately you feel like a ship passing me by
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4. |
Lighthouse
05:12
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This the first of more to come, an echoing of all we've said and done
But in between there's a sadness we live for
When I'm in between there's nothing I love more
I came to say, "I'm alive just for your sake."
We've lost and we have found
But don't get worried, don't get out
I'm here to stay like a lighthouse in the rain
A beam above this town
That can't stay busy, can't stand out (or settle down)
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5. |
Seaward
04:24
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Act I:
"I'm too young to repent, I am just a boy
I don't need a war to pull me in and hang me out to dry."
"Then just stand your ground, dear
Like a valiant steed
Leave your arms uncrossed, dear
Time has led the finer things to me
So give me your heart and the rest give up to the sea."
Act II:
So I started thinking where's the place to be
For a hardened heart and the bitter blood and bones inside of me?
I was an open window, I had my own rule book
Now I'm so goddamn lucky
'Cus with nothing to guide you, and no one to help you row
You can tear up your map and invent your own way to go.
It wasn't slight of hand
It wasn't contraband
It was just the view from land
The sea at night could tame a wild beast
I'm not the same as them
I'm just a conduit
So fucking radiant
What world is left can end without me
Act III:
This fate of ours, it was wrong, as I recall
But this love of mine, I would give to you every time
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Minuteman
05:03
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I know that if you had your way we would be, all alone
On this earth, laughing at birds on a wire, trembling
But oh my god, I’ve been down here so long it hurts
I’ve seen the earth crumble beneath pious men, as their bones get weaker with sin
If a minuteman came to protect me, I’d have no worries, I would be free
‘Cus the perils of love’s unrequited sting like a bullet, that I’ve never seen
(I’m scared to be me)
He spread his love all through the hallways
How could this happen?
When will it end?
We beg, steal and borrow
Cus there’s nothing that’s sacred to them
I’m scared to be more
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7. |
Shy Away
03:46
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Are you feeling like there's nowhere else to run?
This weight, it hangs around just like the sun
Can I tell you something so you won't shy away from me?
"Let it be, let it be, let me be..."
I feel like there's a sadness stuck in you
I can see it in your eyes across the room
Can you tell me something so it won't eat away at me?
"Let it be, let it be, let me be..."
And I know that we can’t wake up with a beam of silence overhead
So let me say what no one wants to say, and pretend to believe it when I do
“There’s nowhere else to run”
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From a Pedestal
05:03
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Darling, you’re fading out
There’s nothing around
The light will guide you now
Try to just level out
You’re stuck in the clouds
I’m yours to bury now
Boy, you’re a light, you’re royalty
You’re a saint when no one is
I can’t wait to follow you
Darling, you’re fading out
I trust you’ll be sound
Chase your demons down
Can’t you just level out?
Be rid of the doubt
I’m all you’ve got right now
Boy, you’re a light, you’re royalty
You’re a saint when no one is
I can’t wait to follow you
Boy, I’m a fraud, I’ve always been
But my pride is much too strong
I can’t wait to follow you
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9. |
Slice of Life
03:54
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I never wanted to get things right
I only wanted to say I tried
That’s all we can do these days
I found a way to keep things straight
But I confused them anyway
I had a way out
If I could do it all again, I would
I still see what you can’t see is true
It still seems like you can’t speak for you
I’m waiting for your light to show
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10. |
Hindsight
05:41
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You say, “we’re alive and we’re well for now, on the ground”
So I’ll wait
If we die, I will follow you in the ground
It never was a sad song that made us work
‘Cus it always was enough to act like we’re young
I thought I knew it all, but who really does?
It never was enough to block out the sun
Will it ever be enough?
That wasn’t right, that wasn’t me
That was the coldest I’ve ever been
If you get a chance to leave, don’t waste that one on me
That wasn’t right, that wasn’t me
I dug out a hole and planted the seeds
If I get a chance to leave, I’ll make sure you’re with me
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The Cast Before the Break Albany, New York
Formed in 2007. Signed with Deep Elm Records in 2011.
Began our third record in 2012.
Went on
indefinite hiatus in 2013.
Reunited from a distance in 2021 to finally finish that third record.
Signed with Mint 400 Records who will be releasing "Where We Are Now" on March 11, 2022.
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