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up for air

by batteryboy

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CRueD THuNDaR This was among the first songs (and most memorable) I ever heard batteryboy perform on August 2012 at The Beat Coffee House in Minneapolis. Favorite track: choosing sides.
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    side a:
    choosing sides
    winter's gate
    just enough
    cross divide
    cascade sky

    side b:
    up for air
    beautiful
    symptoms
    the possible
    from up here
    matter of trust

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    track listing:
    choosing sides
    winter's gate
    just enough
    cross divide
    cascade sky
    up for air
    beautiful
    symptoms
    the possible
    from up here
    matter of trust

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1.
walk until my bones are cold dead of winter taken hold slowly I begin to understand deep into the dark of night nothing else but bitter white I reach into the darkness for your hand find a place to keep us warm sheltered for now from the storm keep together close we'll last the night waves begin to turn to ice dancing flames begin to die the force of you against me gives me life wrapped in blankets wrapped in heat slowly hearts begin to beat winter's gate lies straight ahead we'll take it with force, we'll leave the rest between two trees the sun will rise all your worries all your cries disappear into the waves at night float away into the waterside
2.
the possible 04:05
sleep against the window watching rain race down against your cheeks dream of love you'll never know believe in something you have never seen wake in the middle of everything moving back and forth it spins you round until you fall don't make a sound reach for it, raise your arms into the sky reach for something you could never find it's the possible towering above your system cowering in corners by the door it's the possible cowering behind your symptoms towering above your cellar floor fear of never knowing fear of knowing what's on the other side seek a new beginning far from all the things you've always tried run as fast as you can bare run from wisdom run from knowing run from turning over one more page if you dare, something's bound to make it's way into your heart if you can make the space
3.
so caught up in rainbows why wouldn’t you know why i can’t be all those things all that you wanted all that you needed all that you wished me to be why would you want to feed my emotion nurture my wretched speed feed my emotion, dangle in battle dangle and feel your breeze blow me away now far from your saddened far from your certainty i want it all i can’t believe i want you i wanted it all i swear that, i swear that you crawled i couldn’t believe it, i wouldn’t believe it if i hadn’t seen it myself
4.
up for air 03:56
secrets spilled like rain never fill the cup again the feelings that remain, never coming up for air these days the feeling came again the sun light’s up ahead the hope it spreads like love again i found the great design i found the reason why the day that i was born, the day i wondered why marching forth like other men i never wanted to pretend like them embracing lives i never lived becoming much more than i could dream the satellites overhead your breath against my neck your eyes they tell me i’m alright i found the great design i found the reason why the day that i was born, the day i wondered why the water fills the cup hold still i climb my way back up the hill be careful not to steal the light, surrender to the dark of night fly high above, don’t fall behind hold on tight, hold on so tight i finally found the great design, the day i was born the day i wondered why
5.
when all you feel is fire when all you see is white when every way you turn worn down and wearing frowns i'll be waiting on the other side for you when every line you draw fades out when every thought you think grows doubt when every light glows black when words can't fill the cracks i’ll be waiting on the other side for you when nothing feels quite right when lights go black outside when winter steals your faith when nothing feels the same i'll be waiting on the other side for you when the world sees you've had enough buried deep and the waters rough i'll be waiting on the other side with you when stares burn and lies are true no faith left just emptiness i'll be waiting on the other side with you
6.
cross divide 05:59
i long for you to rescue me pull me out of scorched debris i call for you you can't hear me from all the way beneath too strong for you to clear the way too far for you to reach my hand you run for help but no one comes i know you've done all you can sleep tight, sleep until the sun rises dream sweet don't believe the things they tell you don't believe that you can fly please, please just surrender don't get caught trying to pretend you're stronger than you really are blue skies ahead keep calling out not far from here we'll stop for now make peace make plans to conquer more to cross divide to end the war sleep tight, sleep until the sun rises dream sweet don't believe the things they tell you don't believe that you can fly please, please just surrender don't get caught trying to pretend you're stronger than you really are hopelessly i tried to hold on to everything i tried to grasp on to anything i would've settled for emptiness just to say i had found something to live for and to bring me peace i could've set my heart on a string to dangle and to catch the wind just to say i had found something to live for now
7.
cascade sky 04:34
broken houses empty fountains screams and shouting trying to believe pain and sorrow hangs tomorrow buried in the concrete underneath heads on sidewalk listening for the footsteps coming home to set you free silly boy don't waste your courage trying to find wisdom on your knees cause all you'll have is me, no wishes on the breeze all you'll have is me no one else is hiding up there curse me i don’t care blue beneath the black like grease you beat yourself you lost your will to breathe take off your shoes look at the clouds and start to walk without a doubt you'll see that's where spirits learn to fly and that's where you will find the will to fight whistling through the bending trees you'll find your meaning in the stars at night cause all you'll have is you, revealing all that's true all you'll have is you no one else is hiding up there, just stars in blackened air
8.
beautiful 03:58
i woke up in my sleep dreamed i couldn't see a thing only whispers only sounds from down a mountain high i started out to climb just to see if i could find the thing that shined below the trees that whispered in the night so dark all i could do was to feel in front of me and let my hands act as my eyes to see what i could find and it grabbed a hold of me spun me round the leaves forced my eyes to see to believe it's beautiful, to see what you believe i walked into a cavern to shield my face from frosted winds but once i turned to build a fire something stole my flames hiding in the shadows i reached out to touch its face but once i stretched out far enough i woke up to my name but i found myself still dreaming just inside another dream i screamed but no one heard so deep down inside this place and it grabbed a hold of me that feeling that you need to find just what you seek what you believe it's beautiful, to find the life you seek when you wake will you believe all the things you never see will you find the life you seek will you dream the dreams you dream it's beautiful to see
9.
symptoms 04:06
sometimes the symptoms never really go away they started showing up just the other day you treat them just the same they're guaranteed to stay haunt around every corner every step you take they'll pin you to the floor spin into your face sometimes the symptoms never really go away the doctor said to take these three times a day they'll make you feel like a hero just for today but brace yourself, they're coming to take you away you take the pills to make the visions fade to black replacing them with symptoms pulsing like a heart attack they’ll strap you to a board and roll you down the hall ceiling lights race past your eyes begin to crawl the symptoms strike much harder when you reach the door you beg for mercy you beg the staff for something more the doctor said to take these three times a day they'll make you feel like a hero just for today but brace yourself, they're coming to take you away the world can't tell if you're over emotional and no one knows if you can't handle it so take your dose and bury those symptoms deep down in your self if you can't stop what's happening inside your head then how can you start moving foot-by-foot ahead just take your dose and bury those symptoms deep down in your self
10.
from up here 03:47
wake to the light of the golden lit sky look around, take a look not another person in sight this could all be yours, all yours if you want to try to take your life, take it outside for a while to live to love to feel alive to see the light go on inside to see them dream under moonlight to see them play by fireside i could be so much more than i ever dreamed i could when every single word sounds just like it should i close my eyes tight so the colors they swirled like the most perfect song sung in a most perfect world to taste a taste of what it's like to share it all with you by my side from way up here everything's just fine from way up here life just seems so right but can anyone really stay up this high or do you lose your ground and stumble down and fall into the river at night no, not for me i’ll disappear and make this home for you, you’ll see for only you and me
11.
just enough 04:34
leaking through can you stop enough catch the rest keep it for yourself simple things seem so tough when everything buries the love dangerous to the touch grab just enough love for the both of us falling, keep falling, grab just enough

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The first full-length album from batteryboy.

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released June 18, 2013

Cobey Rouse - vocals, guitar, drums
Shannon Frid-Rubin - vocals, violin, bowed glockenspiel, percussion
Eric Carranza - keys, electric guitar, ukelele, bass, vocals

Also:
Peter Anderson - additional percussion

Lyrics and arrangements by Rouse
Music by Rouse, Frid-Rubin and Carranza
Engineered and mixed by Peter Anderson at Flowers Studio
Cover design by Paul Gardner @ FloraFauna, florfaunaworld.com
©2013 Galloping Spread, LLC

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batteryboy Minneapolis, Minnesota

batteryboy combines social awareness and personal revelation to create “music to deal with everything else.” Founded by singer Cobey Rouse in 2011, the group includes multi-instrumentalist Eric Carranza, bassist Ray Ringer and violinist Shannon Frid-Rubin. Their lush sound of strings and Carranza’s Eno-esque atmosphere give Rouse’s emotionally charged lyrics a fitting place to come to hit home. ... more

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