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1. Talk to Me
2. The Tunnel at the End of the Light
3. Forget It
4. Someone's Favorite Song
5. Let You Down
6. Dance the Night Away
7. One More Day
Songs 1, 3, 5, and 7 written by Jim Pace
Songs 2, 4, and 6 written by Aaron McQuade
CREDITS
The Ampersands are:
Aaron McQuade (Bass, Drums, Guitars, Keyboards, Percussion, Voice) & Jim Pace (Guitars, Keyboards, Percussion, Voice)
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Featuring:
David Knorr - Cello on track 4
Kyra Brock - Trumpet on track 5
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Produced, Mixed and Mastered by:
Aaron McQuade, HappyFactory, Oakland, CA​
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Recorded at:
HappyFactory, Oakland, CA
Lazily Parked Studios, Chanhassen, MN
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Cover Art by: Marsha sitting on the poster I was making
TALK TO ME
Talk to me love
Interactive communication
Verbal unknowns
It’s a misnomer
Set up the plan
As you record me
I speak, as you look within
Did I pass the test?
I’m looking for patterns in here
To identify
Sing us a song
I am the turn and release it
Decide who goes next
It’s all a balance
Set up the plan
As you record me
I speak, as you look within
Did I pass the test?
I’m looking for patterns in here
To identify
We’ll be safe and free
Just like you and me
We’ll be happy and healthy
Like everyone wanted
And safe and free
Just like you and me
We’ll be happy and healthy
Like everyone wanted
THE TUNNEL AT THE END OF THE LIGHT
It’s alright
To see the tunnel at the end of the light
Take a kerosene lamp and a spark
To the damp and the dark
Out of sight of the dynamite
It’s okay
To wonder what if we we just ran away
Living in concrete pods, got spreadsheets for bed sheets
And you and I can’t dig into the red meat of a deadbeat god
With just our declawed paws
I know it’s hard to thrive
When you feel stuck in drive
But rest your brittle fist for one little instance
Trade it for a satisfying thousand-yard stare
Into the middle-distance
When the fog is too thick to see
And you can’t slog through
You find anyone like me
And we will be proud of you
I’m so glad that you’re still here too
Things look rough
But you don’t have to be good to be good enough
Let the clutter pile up on the floor
You’ve got more to live for
Than a minefield from a secondhand war
I promise it’s alright, it’s alright
To see the tunnel at the end of the light
Yeah, maybe we’re a flight risk
But baby with the night disconcertingly bright
We can’t go anywhere, right?
Even if all we’ve got is a song and a satellite
SOMEONE'S FAVORITE SONG
When the sun starts to slide
And night’s curtains both draw themselves in from the side
And the day hits its divide
The windows all stop looking out and reflect what’s inside
In the dark I can sing
If it’s not good enough that’s ‘cause there’s no such thing
In the dark I allow
Myself to wonder who you are, who’s hearing me now
I’m still awake
Playing along
Trying to make
Someone’s favorite song
And I’m tired
I’m tired
I’m tired
I’m tired
But I keep trying
LET YOU DOWN
I, I let you down
I beat myself up
Is it worth going through the pain
It’s hard to stop
Worry about
Looking at the wrong way ‘round
Looking at the wrong way ‘round
Looking at the wrong
And when you said you want to run
It’s bigger here than anybody thought
Not necessarily the kind of thing
Can’t take a smile and then refuse to sing
Yeah
Seems you want to leave
Not that I blame you
Because it’s tempting to get away
As gospels rap
Evangelize
They are just preachers in disguise
They are just preachers in disguise
They are just preachers in
And when you said you want to run
It’s bigger here than anybody thought
Not necessarily the kind of thing
Can’t take a smile and then refuse to sing
Yeah
Oh I, I let you down
And prevent myself
From processing through the pain
A bigger deal
Inside my mind
When in reality it’s so small
When in reality it’s so small
When in reality it’s so
DANCE THE NIGHT AWAY
Pillows in place
To approximate your shape
With only discomfort on my side again
I’m not alone
I’m with every screen I own
And we’re all having a grand old time
With no one to reply
My restless thoughts and I
Will dance the night away
I try my best to be
Distracting me from me
As I dance the night away
I’ll wait patiently
To get picked up by sleep
And count old decisions instead of sheep
The broken record spins
And the DJ’s fun begins
Counting down the top ten times I tripped in public
With no one to reply
My anxious thoughts and I
Will dance the night away
I’ll vividly replay
Some crap from 7th grade
And I’ll dance the night away
ONE MORE DAY
I wish I would have known that
This would be my last chance
I try to be responsive
Decided I’m anemic
And it seems at times you’ve never left
And I can’t decide if that’s good or bad
And it seems you owe me one more day
And it seems you owe me one more day
Sometimes I escape you
But the way I think and act can’t
Emotions are a reflex
Kicking up at odd times
And it seems at times you’ve never left
And I can’t decide if that’s good or bad
And it seems you owe me one more day
And it seems you owe me one more day