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This City

by Sameer Cash

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1.
Keep Kicking 03:25
They talked about living Like nothing could hurt them God damn they said it Set off with a purpose My clothes no longer fit me I’ve been growing each day I find myself drifting When I try to stay straight Your words no longer hurt me I can’t feel a thing Your body’s been moving Like it’s waiting for spring I know you’re tired And things aren’t working right But this place ain’t your home It’s just a stop for the night The whole thing exploded on Saturday night Cause they’d rather get loaded than kick up a fight Now they’re sitting there silently Just sipping beer quietly And she just shouts out loud “honey, don’t die on me” “I thought that I told you This whole place is wicked And we all huddle close When the fog starts to thicken I’ve been talking to ghosts But I don’t think they’re listening When your backs against the ropes You just got to keep kicking
2.
This City 03:15
We work until we’re shattered in this basement Counting the tips we made And then drank away The smoke sticks like a second skin That I shed time and time again Until the buzz kicks in And the streetlights shine Like they know how it ends If this city keeps pushing me out I’d like to see it live without me Just give me one good reason I should stick around I’ve been living in a make or break I’ve been giving just to see you take I hear it in the voices of my friends As if they’re having way more fun On the other side of the 401 If this city keeps pushing me out I’d like to see it live without me We work until we’re shattered in this basement It’s 3 in the morning I told you before It’s the last time I’m giving in If this city keeps pushing me out I’d like to see it live without me
3.
All my heroes Are dead or dying So sick and tired of trying and trying All the cool kids Curled up in the corner Asking themselves “What the hell are we living for?” And I know sometimes it’s easy to fix But usually I’m struggling Mostly I’m just losing control Of my edge And slowly disappearing Fading into nothing at all All the dreamers That I grew up with Are all lonely and desperate and filled with resentment As I move through A fog of changing moods Leads me right back to you So I keep Running and running and running And I know sometimes it’s easy to fix But usually I’m struggling Mostly I’m just losing control Of my edge And slowly disappearing Fading into nothing at all Fading into nothing at all So I keep Running and running and running
4.
Cherry Red 03:04
She comes into the room with factory precision Lights another smoke, takes a drag and then flicks it She’s got battle scars from all the wars she’s been in I know she’s talking tough, like a one-two punch But I can feel her giving in “All out of hope tonight” She whispers soft as she shuts the lights Full of pain and regret We drown our words in cigarettes All the things we should have said Burn right up, cherry red Honestly, I’m sick of this bullshit She opens up her mouth and the room goes quiet Floats across the floor like she’s used to flying Still, the ropes that keep us close end up untying Until we admit defeat Until we can’t sleep Until we’re sick of trying
5.
I’m waiting for a driveway moment with the lights off Where the space between our bodies is closing To your favourite song I’m waiting for a driveway moment and falling rain Where all the things that we are smoking won’t escape You change your mind like a traffic light On a street that nobody drives I see the sadness hidden in your eyes I’ve been looking through your thin disguise In all of our driveway moments With the heater on Drawing figures on the fogged-up window A peace offering I’m waiting on a driveway moment Do you feel the same? Cause right now my life’s going nowhere Maybe you can relate I know this city hasn’t offered us much But you got its heart and I’ve got its guts I can’t afford the tricks it pushes on us We made a deal and now it’s breaking our trust Save all of our driveway moments in your memory Pull them out with pictures of your parents when you’re lonely I remember all our driveway moments with the lights off Where the space between our bodies was closing To your favourite song Save all of our driveway moments At a stand still Cause I love you but you’re still deciding Maybe you never will...
6.
$3000 03:09
Where do we go when the mall shuts down And all the jobs have drifted out of town And this whole scene has petered out And the dream Is buried under ground So we’ll save up close to 3000 bucks But lock it up in the trunk of your girlfriends broken down SUV The way it moves is a mystery And I’m a fool for everything it bleeds I’m out of moves can’t you see We’re bound to lose with every breath we breath So we’ll save up close to 3000 bucks But lock it up in the trunk of your girlfriends broken down SUV Can we hide out In your mother’s house Until it’s safe to come out This city has left us fragile and filled with doubt The madness is slowly cascading While our magic is fading Like a dream from which we’re waking It looks like everybody’s faking I know that everybody’s faking.
7.
Paralyzed 03:22
The cavalry Is pulling up While you sharpen your silence And figure out if you’re strong enough Deep in the night With those flashing neon alibis You hide behind this thin disguise until you’re paralyzed And your bedroom eyes Flash green and bright I’m standing in the doorway Trying to give you love but it’s hard to find Way out of sight My darker side gets realized So I hide behind this thin disguise until I’m paralyzed All we are looking for is massive connection Must be easy cause everybody here’s pretending Until they’re paralyzed Deep in the night With those flashing neon alibis Way out of sight Our darker side gets realized So we hide behind this thin disguise Until we’re paralyzed
8.
Stay in touch When you move out When your bedroom becomes a temple Where your father hides his doubts When he’s down on his knees Admitting defeat When the words you need Are just out of reach Stay in touch with your mother And your high-school band And all the things you’d never understand When it gets too much And the money dries up Stay in touch With me Honestly, it’s a tragedy After all this time You think we’d find A few less casualties But there were decade dreams Smoked out in that ravine And a few of our friends Still haven’t been seen Stay in touch with your mother And your high-school band And all the things you’d never understand When it gets too much And the money dries up Stay in touch With me
9.
Easily 02:15
The parking tickets pile up And the dash is littered With empty packs of smokes And coffee cups We’ve been driving for 10 hours straight I don’t know what went wrong But if you’re leaving town you know I’m game I brought some things to ease our mind You said “I’m alright for now we’ll find another way to pass the time” We talked about our favourite songs And about how we’re always scared About how the good in us might be gone We could drive until the sunset turns to ash Talking to each other about things we don’t understand Staring straight ahead as if we got a plan This isn’t where I thought I’d be but I could die here easily

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released September 11, 2020

All songs written by Sameer Jeremiah Cash except This City written by Sameer Jeremiah Cash & Matthew Angus

Produced by Matthew Bailey
Recorded by Matthew Bailey at The Immergluck and Chris Stringer at Union Sound
Mixed by D James Goodwin at The Isokon
Mastered by Philip Bova Shaw at Bova Sound

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