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The Statesmen

by The Statesmen

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Love Letter 04:02
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No Hay Color 03:52
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Another Brighter Day Everyone’s got a flame to feed, a vein to bleed There’s suffering to be done Everyone’s got a monkey on their back, a looming heart attack When there’s nowhere left to run Everyone’s got masterpiece, some expertise That’s hiding in their brain Everyone’s got something to say, an egg to lay Before they go insane Another passing chance A change in circumstance Another brighter day We’ve all got a load to bear, some weight to share That’s heavy on our hearts Everyone’s got their own dream, though it’s difficult Difficult to tell us apart We’ve all been read the riot act, but the facts Never seem to get in our way We’re no strangers to heartaches but we’re still looking Looking for a brighter day There’s always one more show to play And another blessed way Another brighter day We’ve all got a fleeting chance, a change in circumstance Is never really too far away But fate is such fickle friend and in the end It always seems to get in the way Everyone’s struck with afflictions Some contradictions Living in their head It’s all just a blessing and a curse But it could be worse You know you could be dead Everyone’s got a price to pay, every day It’s raining on your head It’s all just a blessing and a curse But it could be worse You know you could be dead
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Home 03:41
Home I was a locust leaving empty shells in darkened halls Ignorant to the distant cry of lonely calls Opened up and seeping into gilded walls Dreaming up a future for myself Her little wings drop her safely on the stage But I must drive for hours before I turn the page And these little wars within us that we all wage Leave me staring blindly at the road I didn’t want to be the one To tell you about these things I’ve known How a good world can turn so dark and cold But all these thoughts surround me As I make my way back home Home Impressions from the night leave a darkened stain As the lights from the stars begin to wane And our choices are all the same, normal life and hunger pangs I feel the miles speed beneath feet In the daylight of a diner while Brooklyn bound I greet the yellow day and hear the sound Of life coursing through the veins of this nowhere town (home, home) I didn’t want to be the one To tell you about these things I’ve known How a good world can turn so dark and cold But all these thoughts surround me As I make my way back home Home Doubt will be a part of every dream But a strong will is enough to keep me on the scene Sometimes the heart is just a broken machine (home, home)
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Better Off 05:05
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Esmeralda 04:45
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Headlong 04:48
Headlong Nearby cell phone rings mix with other things Like trucks backing up in the distance In certain instances like this, I reminisce About a future I once dreamt And it looks so eerily similar to last winter That’s it’s hard not to be knocked out If you’re wondering what’s going on inside my head Well that’s what I’m thinking about And it’s Sunday afternoon And there are strangers in the neighbor’s room As their cigarette smoke slowly crawls through the walls And mixes with the city fumes And we need more of these sunny days to waste To try to taste, you know this ain’t LA It was gray all yesterday and for months before It’s been hard to stay Nosedive, headlong And everything’s so simple Why do I have to go and make it hard There’s an unbroken bond between us As the years rust and life lays out in shards I was running around in circles Just trying to catch my breath Am I living how I should be Or am I just another joker cheating death Nosedive, headlong All those forgotten scenes All those blank face dreams keep coming into mind And when I turn around to face them They creep up from behind Now I’m half-dead just waiting for the dawn And I’m tired but I’m not all the way gone Nosedive, headlong Circumstances being what they are We stare far off in the distance Thinking about tomorrow becoming yesterday On the way to ever since And were we careful of what we dreamt of Did we tempt love to call our name If we let ourselves believe it You know our lives and our dreams Are really just the same Nosedive, headlong

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released March 20, 2012

The Statesmen

Jonah Smith - keys, vocals
Josh Dion - drums, vocals
Scott Metzger - guitar, vocals
Ben Rubin - bass, vocals

Emory Joseph and Andy Stack - Additional Harmony Vocals on "Turning Outside"and "Headlong"

Engineered by Tomek Miernowski
Mixed by D. James Goodwin
Mastered by Nathan James at The Vault
Artwork by Joshua Marc Levy
Executive Produced by Bill Fuhs
Produced by The Statesmen
Recorded at Grand Street Recording in Brooklyn, NY

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