I. Intro (no. 1)
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I just wanna feel-
Weightless & healed.
I just wanna talk.
(Please let me...)I can't come across-
Quite like I want;
Quite like it's real.
(Please let me...)So hello again,
Shadow beneath my step.
Carry me home-
(So I sleep not alone)
Trust me, I've been where you've been.Hello again,
Familiar sweetness of breath.
Cling to me tight-
(So I sleep through the night)
Oh, how you've stained my skin.Hello my friend,
Whisper of what could've been.
(Give me a year, and we'll meet right back here...)
...And I'll say somethin', nobody's said.
II. Sit, Stay
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Car crashed down the road,
They called the cops, I called back home-
Kinda looked like somethin' you drove.The sun went down, it's hard to say-
Exactly when with out time delay,
But the stars were away on your end of the phone.'Cause when you love somebody....
(Mmm)
Yeah, when you love somebody...
(Mmm)It took some time, it took some skill-
To look you in the eyes and feel so still-
Three little words, finally heard.But you headed out, got back on the train-
It might'a driven me crazy, could'a driven you sane-
Not really sure what I would've preferred.So now I watch my steps,
Control my breath-
And when I walk past your old window,
I try not to stare.But I've found I do best-
Hangin' around the things you left-
So I round that goddamn corner,
Like you're gonna be there.Cause when you love somebody,
You lean on 'em.
But when you love somebody,
Sometimes, you gotta leave on 'em.
III. Play Dead
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Bitter end-
Sittin' on the kitchen counter with a bucket of them.
It fills your head-
Livin' like a king of nothing,
Missin’ who you were before then.& It’s not fair-
Spittin' out sick convictions, dead in the air.
And you got scared-
Lookin' out past the driveway,
Her tracks might still be there, still be there.“I tried.”
You say it like it still means anything,
You say it like it makes things right.
You say, “I tried.”
Cause sometimes things get better,
And you really thought she might.Say, "I’m only... as much-
As I was... to you."
Say, "I’m only... enough-
If you can say... 'I love you...'...too.' "
IV. Leave It
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You’re never quite sure, whether it’s her-
Or just the letter that you left back home.
You never quite knew, how to be through,
How to let go-
Like the sweater that you never had-
Time to outgrow.The littlest things get in the way-
When everything important is gone.
The second you sing, you give it away-
They couldn’t say where (you/I) went wrong,
& That’s not okay-
So you can’t move on.I tried-
And it’ll never get better,
But it will just go away.
(So you'd better move on)& I lied-
When I said I’d let it go,
And we’d both be friends one day-
(Friends one day, friends one day, friends one...)& I lied-
When I let and “I love you” slip,
And I promised-
I would stay.
V. Pit Bull (Demo)
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Hold my hand, like you used to,
And make me understand-
How all of these people,
speaking softly, grit like sand.You left the front door locked that day,
Slipping past the fire escape-
Oh, some have tried to bend and pry,
And a sorry some just wait.You kept the love your father gave,
Don’t tell a soul, keep your face.
The bastard he raised ya-
To master your anger,
Ashamed of the daughter he made.So you caved-
You knelt, what else could you call it?
I mean, if we’re being honest-
Your games are the same,
and his angst is ingrained and perverse-
And so you carry his name like a cure.You say you saved-
Yourself, by keeping us out.
You’re sure of it now.
So we’re to allow ya to bow to the Dog,
And his teeth, and you’ll walk-
To your own damn leash.You bit my open hand-
So under a canine tooth,
You could taste my truth,
I’m not running-
I’m never going away.You bit my open hand-
Through bark and bray,
You start to pray the days
You carried a canine tooth,
Are contained or cut loose-
He was bluffing-
You two were never the same.
*Project Information
I. Instruments
Classical Guitar
Yamaha NTX1 “Henry”
Yamaha YFH-731
Flugelhorn
Bach Stradivarius Model 25
Trumpet
II. mics
sE Electronics sE8 VE (XY pair, ~8 in. from 12th fret)
Classical Guitar
Audio-Technica AT2035 (~4 in. from source)
Vocals
Close — Electro-Voice RE20 (~4 ft. from source)
Brass
Hall — sE Electronics sE8 VE (25-ft. spaced pair, ~60 ft. from source)
III. gear / Details
2021 MacBook Pro 14 in.
Computer
Zoom H6
Interface
44.1 kHz
Sample Rate
24-bit (Later resampled to 16-bit for CD & streaming masters)
Bit Depth
Logic Pro X
DAW
IV. Sessions
Guitar & vocals performed by Isaac Stormont (in my attic) between Dec. 2024 & Jan. 2025
Trumpet & flugelhorn performed by Aiden Dowd in the Durgin Concert Hall at UMass Lowell, Feb. 16, 2025.
V. Downloads
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