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Sleepless

by The Afterglow Cadence

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1.
Intro 00:42
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2.
Calling Out 04:17
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I said hey I’m calling out I said hey I’m calling out Can I see you? I’m calling out I said can I see you? I’m calling out for you and I thought I couldn’t make it out this time because I was buried beneath your love And I thought how could I forget that I could steal your heart again and be myself between your love and I thought I could throw a stone in a wishing well to see you here I said hey I’m calling out I said hey I’m calling out Can I see you? I’m calling out I said can I see you? I’m calling out for you so goodbye oh goodbye I never thought I would see the day you’d leave me here alone again but now time is gone I’ll lay here and close my eyes to feel you here beneath my love beneath my love can I please forget the image inside my head? no more regret within this life I said hey I’m calling out I said hey I’m calling out Can I see you? I’m calling out I said can I see you? I’m calling out for you
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Deception 04:39
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Darling I know you have a plan for me I haven’t behaved quite well as you’d like me to Don’t let it deter the fact of what you did wrong It wasn’t an act of my own decision Did you feel it too? Can I count on you? As I saw you look in my direction Call me broke inside, now darling don’t you lie I know you play the game deception What can I do to get through to you? I try to break down the barrier Can I ask you why you let love die? I cannot bear my own reflection Baby don’t go, it hasn’t been that bad Let’s go back to the start and remember what we used to have I feel it, the shortness of breath as you draw near I’m torn, I’m falling, I’m breaking down Did you feel it too? Can I count on you? As I saw you look in my direction Call me broke inside, now darling don’t you lie I know you play the game deception What can I do to get through to you? I try to break down the barrier Can I ask you why you let love die? I cannot bear my own reflection
4.
Stones 01:48
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5.
Failures 04:27
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I’m not giving up on life Even though I probably should It hasn’t turned out the way I expected But I know now that nothing ever does I’m not giving up on life Just because of past mistakes and my stupid failures I’m going to stick around So I can make a few more and rub my face in dirt I’ll tough it out for thirty more lonely years And think of all the positives Of living life this way Because I’ll always be able to make up stories about how happy I was when I’m old I’ll be able to choke back my tears and tell strangers that my life had meaning and substance, that I accomplished my goals and no one will have to know that I can’t deal with the crushing weight of irrelevance No one will have to know that I gave up I think about the future and I can’t help feeling scared Because all my life has just been one long string of fuckups And I know I’ll never change No one’s listening, nobody cares And why should I expect them to? Relationships are based on reciprocity I was never there for you So now you’re never there for me And I’ve got a long life waiting for me I wish I cared enough to apologize But I need to keep thinking positive Because I’ll always be able to make up stories about how happy I was when I’m old I’ll be able to choke back my tears and tell strangers that my life had meaning and substance, that I accomplished my goals and no one will have to know that I can’t deal with the crushing weight of irrelevance No one will have to know that I gave up Yeah, no one will have to know that I gave up on every single dream I ever had No one will have to know that I walked away from every chance No one will have to know that I’m lonely and scared and confused and I hate myself No one will have to know that I gave up No one will know how I miss my friends And how I wish I wouldn’t have driven them all away No one will have to know how I regret burning those bridges and being so cold No one will have to know how fucking much I wish that I could change my life But I can’t, but I won’t, I’m alone ‘Cause I’m a weak old man who threw his life away
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Catch a Ride 05:11
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All this time you let yourself fall into this endless dream All this time you'd run away to the only place called home I can see between the lines that your heart is still not whole Promise me you'll change your mind if we pack our things and go So let's go to all the places you wanna see California to your New York fantasy Back in black to see when rock n' roll died Only look is the one in your eyes baby Hit me up on the West Coast drive Looking up to the sweet sunrise baby Catch a ride so we can spend some time Only beginning when you're by my side Cast away into the light where your mind is still your own Look at me, look how the time took away our innocence I can see beneath your smile that your heart is still not whole Come with me, one more goodbye isn't what you will be told So let's go to all the places you wanna see California to your New York fantasy Back in black to see when rock n' roll died Only look is the one in your eyes baby Hit me up on the West Coast drive Looking up to the sweet sunrise baby Catch a ride so we can spend some time Only beginning when you're by my side
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Station 45 07:18
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Well I was sitting in the back of a boxcar heading down the track with a 45 I'm a man on a mission to take on the villain who went and done took my pride Had a drink, threw it down the time is now for me to go and make my day With the look in his eye bullets started to fly Not a better way to die today Oh with my hand on the trigger Stake couldn't be bigger Blow him away now blow him away Lord knows I've been a sinner Down to the river Wash me away now Wash me away Now the deed was done I was on the run Hit the saddle from dusk to dawn Only martial law is going to bring me down another bullet with my name is gone Town to town hiding out from the badge I knew my luck was running dry Heard my name called out by the man who was gonna try to take my life Oh with my hand on the trigger Pulse getting quicker Blow him away now blow him away Lord knows I've been a sinner Down to the river Wash me away now Wash me away I'm here to stay I fought the battle I'm riding off I've had enough Into the sun I'm gone again
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Always 03:55
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I’m as pretty as a car wreck and twice as damaged I’m a loaded rifle aiming at the heads of all my enemiesa and I’m not feeling much passion today I am the taxi driver that won’t take your credit card I’m a lonely girl with a broken heart I’m a twelve year old boy who’s always in the way I’m always in the way I remember the time when I could just believe There was someone watching over me The nights were alive; we were alive But now I have to deal with the things that hurt Like mustard stains on my favorite shirt They're not going to wash away too easy This isn’t going to be easy Pull the plug when I start to lose focus I don’t want to be a burden Cut my hands off when I start touching things I shouldn’t Burn the skeleton man and throw away the toothpicks that you had The photos you saved are never going to make you feel complete You will never feel complete I’m as pretty as a car wreck and twice as damaged I’m a loaded rifle aiming at the heads of all my enemies and I’m not feeling much passion today I’m the priest who won’t ask you for your forgiveness I’m a wet cigarette I’m the parent that sincerely cares but will never understand They will never understand I will never understand
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Division 04:58
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10.
Take Me to the Water 06:47
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I was standing by the sea Waiting for someone to come and rescue me Well I was standing by the sea Thinking about the life that I had come to lead Well I’ve been haunted every day By the things that I’ve been hearing myself say I’ve been haunted every day And I want to make these feelings go away I wanna go down to the water So she can lay me down to sleep Let the waves wash on over Carry me out into the deep blue sea Oh I’ve been shot down I’ve been thinking about the lies That I’ve told to myself far too many times Yeah I’ve been thinking about the lies And it’s time for me to take off my disguise I want to go to sleep in the water Let her take away all the things I’ve seen So come and take me down to the water Let the crashing waves come and set me free Oh I’ve been shot down, shot down
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Sleepless 08:00
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I might mix amphetamines and benzos today and see if my friends are around to start a fire in my driveway I have a hard time reading books I hardly crack open my King James every day I don't even look at the stars anymore I'm like the Taylor Swift of anarchy Oh bed, heal my sleepless eyes Wake me up when this war is over Since I was a little boy I always had an obsession with opiates Relieve all the pain, physical and emotional Beneath this sea of bodies lies a battlefield No bugle sang more sadness than Johnny's Sunday buried bones I woke up feeling weird today What's today, is it Sunday? I'm not sure This week's been a blur and I can't remember what I said or did to make you disappear and leave me here alone And I can't go back to dreaming I can't go back to the memories I can't picture happier days waiting to take me away Ask him if he wants to talk See if you can help Say it's been a while and you want to catch up But he'll say go away Go away. When will he come home?

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Second full-length album by The Afterglow Cadence.

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released November 19, 2015

Recorded in February 2015 at Nic Tassone's Attic Studios
Mixed by Nic Tassone
All words and music by The Afterglow Cadence, with additional lyrics on "Sleepless" by Cowboy Van Gogh and Grant Hill
Cover photo by Maggie Kline

Brian Donarski - Vocals, Guitars, Bass, Keyboards
Ian Steuer - Vocals, Guitars, Harmonica
Nic Tassone - Drums

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Alternative music duo from Green Bay, Wisconsin.

The Afterglow Cadence consists of Brian Donarski and Ian Steuer.

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