straight down to hell
is where i go
now that you've taken all of my thoughts
and scattered them about
i've told you over and over and over and over and over
to stay the hell out of there
and now i've got to put the smack down

i wish you would stop coming in here and tossing that smile in my face
i was just kidding just then you know better than that

all my singing
with the door open
has driven you
to distraction

it's embarrassing
to think of what you think of me
standing there
in complete fabulousness
talk to me
please
i'm easy

i wanted you
you wanted me too
that way it worked out
for both of us
without missing a beat
i kissed you over and over and over and over again
and now we have to decide
how to decorate the kitchen

this is a perfect example of singing without any point
all of these words have been yours
i'm possessed
they've been nothing of mine

performance:

dennis harvey: all instruments | voice

composition/production:

dennis harvey: composition | lyrics | mastering | mixing | production | recording

performance:

dennis harvey: voice

composition/production:

dennis harvey: mastering | mixing | production | recording

performance:

dennis harvey: all instruments

composition/production:

dennis harvey: composition | mastering | mixing | production | recording

performance:

jason harvey: bass guitar

michael ambro: guitar

paul ambro: guitar

dennis harvey: keyboards

composition/production:

michael ambro: composition

paul ambro: composition

jason harvey: composition | mixing | recording

dennis harvey: composition | mastering | mixing | production | recording

step #1: insert key into ignition, pull vehicle into street
step #2: turn on headlamps, activate atmospheric music
step #3: take entrance ramp onto deserted highway
step #4: lean forward, clutching steering wheel, gaze up at lunar body

did
did i
did i meet
did i meet you
at
at that
at that par
at that party
the
the o
the other
the other night
when
when we
when we were
when we were drunk
i
i could
i could have
i could have sworn
we
we fell
we fell in
we fell in love

step #5: take exit ramp onto remote mountain road
step #6: accelerate into sharp curve on narrow ledge, lose control
step #7: open car door, eject self from falling vehicle
step #8: watch vehicle crash below, feel in wind in hair, smile distantly

you
you dreamed
you dreamed of
you dreamed of air
un
under
under your
under your skin
please
please com
please complete
please complete me
what
what was
what was your
what was your name

performance:

dennis harvey: all instruments | voice

composition/production:

dennis harvey: composition | lyrics | mastering | mixing | production | recording

performance:

dennis harvey: all instruments

composition/production:

dennis harvey: composition | mastering | mixing | production | recording

performance:

jason harvey: bass guitar

michael ambro: guitar

paul ambro: guitar

dennis harvey: keyboards

composition/production:

jason harvey: composition

michael ambro: composition

paul ambro: composition

dennis harvey: composition | mastering | mixing | production | recording

performance:

jason harvey: bass guitar

michael ambro: guitar

paul ambro: guitar

dennis harvey: keyboards

composition/production:

michael ambro: composition

paul ambro: composition

jason harvey: composition

dennis harvey: composition | mastering | mixing | production | recording

performance:

jason harvey: bass guitar | voice

omran shafique: guitar | voice

jon beal: keyboards | voice

dennis harvey: drums | voice

composition/production:

jon beal: composition

jason harvey: composition

omran shafique: composition

dennis harvey: composition

It’s only been in the deepest sleep that I’ve seen tomorrow
It’s only been when you’re far away that I see your face

With every emotion conflicted
From the past and the present colliding
Our love-hate relationships reflected
In the volumes of the secrets we’re hiding

We’re better off lost than left behind
With the creatures of habit that survive
By coming to the rescue to keep us crawling back
For the sustenance they provide

What was lost has been retrieved
Deconstructed reconceived
So throw away the insecurity
There’s no room left for what they had come to believe

How often we’ve denied
That it’s time to say goodbye
To the ghosts of the ones we’ve left behind
And to the spirits that they invite
Our recollections of paradise
Are full of holes and full of lies
But the love for life our hope revives
Is better than safe passage through the fire

We’ve made it this far punch-drunk and seeing stars
Revisiting memories camouflaging battle-scars
The only option left to choose we’re guaranteed to lose if we don’t start

Compensating for the times we’ve never laid to rest
Captivated by the love we’ve labored to forget
Complicated by the ones who know too much to know what is best

Countdown now or it’ll be too late to turn around
We made it here in the nick of time for a tandem leap of faith
We’re headed straight for another stage and this is it our axial age

If it takes more than a lifetime to capture
There’s no sense in waiting until we recover
The time we’ve surrendered will never get any closer

If it takes more than a lifetime to capture
There’s no sense in waiting until we’ve recovered
It’s over and still we keep missing the future
Forever is still out there begging to be discovered

Polarized by the sunlight we woke up in a sea of black-lights
And they’re still evolving wrapping around you and I

I’ve never forgotten the last minutes we spent
Facing each other before the winter set in
When the only thing that mattered
Was our slowly unfolding dream

It’s only been in the deepest sleep that I’ve seen tomorrow
It’s only been when you’re far away that I’ve seen your face
It’s only when you’re far away that I see your face

The first steps have been taken and they served to change the view
But there’s one bridge still left burning leaving only this path to choose
Though it may be higher and featureless its boundaries are limitless

How often we’ve denied
That it’s time to say goodbye
To the ghosts of the ones we’ve left behind
And to the spirits that they invite
Our recollections of paradise
Are full of holes and full of lies
But the love for life our hope revives
Will someday be worth the fight it’s been
To have this chance tonight

performance:

jason harvey: bass guitar

david beck: drums

mohadev bhattacharyya: guitar

jon beal: keyboards | voice

composition/production:

jason harvey: composition | mixing | production | recording

mohadev bhattacharyya: composition | recording

david beck: composition

jon beal: composition | recording

extra composition/production:

dennis harvey: mastering | mixing