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Take Me Home Tonight
03:18
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There's a killer on the road tonight
But there’s safety in solitude
The sound of a distant drum
Redefining the horizon
Take me home tonight
Take me home tonight
Take me home tonight
Cause I would rather be here
Than ever see the sight of you go
Walking down the road tonight
With a fear long and overdue
That we’ve squandered the days to come
Just surviving, just surviving
Take me home tonight
Take me home tonight
Take me home tonight
Cause I would rather be here
Than ever see the sight of you go
Take me home tonight
Take me home tonight
Take me home tonight
Cause I would rather be here
Than ever see the sight of you go
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All the Days
03:02
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We came undone like worlds colliding
Softly shine before burning out
We always hurt the ones we love and
Shake our lives till they’re upside down
Yesterday has gone astray
May the sun rise in its wake
There must be some meaning that's yet to be revealed
All the days we run
All the days we run
All the days we run
Come and go till they’re gone
Our dreams aflame in the ancient moonlight
Tore apart both the head and heart
The clouds recede, the rivers roll on
Ashes to ashes and dust to dust
Yesterday has gone astray
May the sun rise in its wake
There must be some meaning that's yet to be revealed
All the days we run
All the days we run
All the days we run
Come and go till they’re gone
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Until We Meet Again
03:00
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The sands are shifting in time
And the rays of the sun have gone cold
Tomorrow is coming in sight
In a world that can't be controlled
I mean no harm in this life
Lord I know its been a hard road to hoe
It's hard to be patient and kind
In a world that's out of control
A world that's out of control
Until we all meet again
Until we all meet again
Until we all meet again
I’ll do my time
Monotony refusing to fade
We can all be sad and scared and alone
But together we can carry the load
It feels like an ominous sign
To be embracing every glimmer of hope
Lord it's been a hell of a time
In a world that's out of control
A world that's out of control
Until we all meet again
Until we all meet again
Until we all meet again
I’ll do my time
Monotony refusing to fade
We can all be sad and scared and alone
But together we can carry the load
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Rise
03:40
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Everything ain’t what it seems
When you end the reign of ancestral dreams
Dead inside and dead again
All soulless eyes and sinister ends
There’s room to build upon this empty promenade
Whose memory lingers on
We’ve all been left to our own
Along this darkening road
And though it can't be controlled
The new will rise from the old
Oceans rise and monuments fall
Keep and share the pain for us all
But one bright day the skies will clear
And pave the way for the dawn to appear
There’s room to build upon this empty promenade
Whose memory lingers on
We’ve all been left to our own
Along this darkening road
And though it can’t be controlled
The new will rise from the old
The new will rise from the old
The new will rise from the old
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5. |
Multitudes
02:58
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All your multitudes elude me again
And feed into the desperate ire that you feel
Waiting for this solitude to get old
Our strange transcendent sense of time is surreal
I'm filling the hole inside where you go
You're reaping the life inside that you've sowed
I'm telling you to come inside
It's getting so cold and we’re out of time
Take it all back before too long
Or all of this fades away
All your platitudes fall short in the end
Waiting for some perfect time to be healed
I know my attitude is lonesome and cold
But there's no such thing as a perfect time to be healed
I'm filling the hole inside where you go
You're reaping the life inside that you've sowed
I'm telling you to come inside
It's getting so cold and I’m out of time
Take it all back before too long
Or all of this fades away
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National Steel Galesburg, Illinois
National Steel is the retro lo-fi Americana/Indie Pop recording project of Michael Hattem, who, in addition to writing the songs and playing almost all of the instruments, self-produces the records. Referred to as "cosmological freak-out Americana" by one reviewer, National Steel melds indie folk songwriting with retro pop instrumental and production sensibilities. ... more
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