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Sono ad un concerto, così per scherzo faccio un gioco e vinco un CD demo, contenente due canzoni degli Straylight Run. Appena arrivo a casa lo metto nel lettore ed ecco che questo gruppo indie proveniente dagli USA inizia a stupirmi. Dopo alcune riflessioni mi decido, vado a prendere l'album (che naturalmente deve essere comandato visto che quasi nessuno qui li conosce, almeno che io sappia).
Ma non voglio dilungarmi. Il primo brano, The Perfect Ending é una canzone lenta accompagnata dal pianoforte; le parole non sono male ma di certo non sono originali. Passo alla canzone seguente: The Tension And The Terror. Mi dico "finalmente un po' di movimento!", illusione, mi sembra un brano inutile. Pigio un tasto in attesa della prossima canzone, Existentialism On Prom Night, una delle canzone che avevo sentito sul CD demo. Bella canzone, lenta, con belle parole seppur non originali che messe sulla melodia danno un risultato suggestivo. La riascolto. É il momento di Another Word For Desperate. Altra canzone lenta. Simile alla precedente la supera forse per le parole (anche se in quel senso non la si può comunque definire un capolavoro). Proseguo, Mistakes We Knew We Were Making, canzone un po' più veloce, ma sa tanto di già sentito, tant'é vero che nei momenti un po' più tranquilli ricorda le canzoni precedenti. Dignity And Money, mi ricorda ancora la canzone precedente, e anche quella prima, e forse anche le altre prime 3 canzoni dell'album. La prossima l'ascolto con piacere, visto che anche lei faceva parte del CD demo, Your Name Here (Sunrise Highway), bella canzone, simile (indovinate?) alle precedenti ma anche qui, come per Existentialism On Prom Night, la melodia rende il tutto accattivante. Ma si, riascolto pure questa. Tool Sheds And Hot Tubs, qui Michelle Nolan, prende il microfono al fratello John e canta al suo posto. Qualcosina di diverso, o meglio, lo stile é sempre quello ma almeno c'é un elemento diverso. Potrei riascoltare pure questa ma decido di proseguire. Compare un sorriso, It's For The Best, canzone normale, non lenta che ricorda vagamente le altre. Si fa ascoltare davvero bene, finalmente! Now It's Done: torna a cantare Michelle e ci si chiede: non potresti cantare più spesso? Di fatto é una canzone lenta ma coinvolgente. La vorrei riascoltare ma alla fine continuo, curioso di ascoltare la canzone finale: Sympathy For The Martyr. Si torna sui livelli dei Existentialism On Prom Night, ma nulla più. L'album finisce così e io rimango un po' perplesso.
Riflettendoci su credo di poter dire che l'album non é malvagio, gli Straylight Run sanno esattamente che elementi mettere in una canzone, e li mettono anche al posticino giusto. Purtroppo però, a mio modesto parere sono eccessivamente ripetitivi, le canzoni si somigliano tutte. Peccato, perché Existentialism On Prom Night e Your Name Here (Sunrise Highway) sono delle ottime ballate.
Elenco tracce testi samples e video
02 The Tension and the Terror (03:41)
all the boys voices cracking
oh, the moaning half tones
come summertime, we're all the same age here
all the tension and the terror
thin limbed gorgeous green eyes smiling
and i'm going straight to hell
all the possibility and promise just weighs on me so heavily
and i try but i'm not convincing
your lips, they pout and twist
and i die trying just to keep myself from kissing you.
you take in everything with a certainty i envy
it's somehow all i need
just keep me guessing please
darling, all of these awkwardjumpstartstalling conversations
mean much more to me than anything
it comes down to me and you
and whether we're supposed to or not, we still will
we're so much better off than them
all the possibility and promise just weighs on me so heavily...
a look
a laugh
a smile
a second passes by and i regret it
words just aren't right
sometimes i just can't explain
all the ways you devastate me
always on my mind
03 Existentialism on Prom Night (04:05)
When the sun came up,
We were sleeping in,
Sunk inside our blankets,
Sprawled across the bed,
And we... were dreaming,
There are moments when,
When I know it and,
The world revolves around us,
And we're keeping it,
Keep it all going,
This delicate balance,
Vulnerable, all knowing,
Sing like you think no one's listening,
You would kill for this,
Just a little bit, just a little bit,
You would kill for this...
Sing like you think no one's listening,
You would kill for this,
Just a little bit, just a little bit,
You would, (you would)...
Sing me something soft,
Sad and delicate,
Or loud and out of key,
Sing me anything,
We're glad for what we've got,
Done with what we've lost,
Our whole lives laid out,
Right in front of us,
Sing like you think no one's listening,
You would kill for this,
Just a little bit, just a little bit,
You would...
Sing like you think no one's listening,
You would kill for this,
Just a little bit, just a little bit,
You would, you would...
Sing me something soft,
Sad and delicate,
Or loud and out of key,
Sing me anything
04 Another Word for Desperate (05:39)
and oh the awkward ways
the you recoil when i get close
and oh the awful grin
that greets me
when i know i'm wrong
so down on hand and knees
choking gasping dripping spit
i just can't make good
on any of these promises
then he asked me
what does that mean
what's another word for desperate
repitition
makes an impression
what's another word for desperate
i won't be around here for too very long
so tip the bottle back
bubble foam
and watch it break
we can all be sure
something awful's comin this way
so take this medicine
in measured doses
take you time
cause they'll tear into you
they will they will
they will they will
then he asked me
what does that mean
what's another word for desperate
repitition
makes an impression
what's another word for desperate
i won't be around here for too very long
i won't be around here for too very long
and they'll tear into you
they will they will
they will they will
take it apart
let it all go
holding it back
it's all just so
why did i care
how did it go
wait for awhile
and i guess that
i won't be around here for too very long
i won't be around here for too very long
05 Mistakes We Knew We Were Making (03:47)
and all our sins come back to haunt us in the end
to hang around and tap us on the shoulder
and smile
silent
it's all implied
"you'll die trying to live this down. you might as well forget it."
still, i'm convinced that wondering what if is the worst thing there is
so we bottled and shelved all our regrets
let them ferment and came back to our senses
drove back home and slept a few days
woke up and laughed at how stupid we used to be
all these lines fall short of what i had in mind
a failed attempt to capsulize a feeling
so i just try fail and try and try again
someday i swear i'm going to get it
because i'm convinced that giving in is the worst thing there is
we'll get over it
sad, strong, safe and sober
we'll move forward
and know where we went wrong
but "you can't go home again."
07 Your Name Here (Sunrise Highway) (05:05)
Your name here
Believe me
It's not what you think
Wish what you want
It's all the same to me
Well not really, but anyway
It's just it's nothing so simple
Nothing so silly
Nothing so mundane
Go east on Sunrise Highway
Turn left at Carmen's Avenue
Go right at the first stop-light
And I'll be outside, waiting for you
I'll Be waiting for you
Your name in lights
It was only a matter of time
Your name in parenthesis
Cause after this mess
I guess you bet
That I'd collapse before you do
Well maybe that's true
Or maybe it's not at all
Go east on Sunrise Highway
Turn left at Carmen's Avenue
Go right at the first stop-light
And I'll be outside, waiting for you
I'll be waiting for you
Go east on Sunrise Highway
Turn left at Carmen's Avenue
Go right at the first stop-light
And I'll be outside, waiting for you
08 Tool Sheds and Hot Tubs (04:00)
replacing old dreams with flattery from new loves.
a hurricane self help into this evacuation from this.
you never meant to, you never meant to. call me. call me. i'll answer.
do you think that this could work out? do you think you could come around?
do you think that this could work out again? i don't.
i don't wanna be forgotten. while you're putting all your time in, into things that don't mean anything to me.
it's too bad, and it's even sadder, i'm losing everything, that i thought this was a lost cause, it was, and i never knew it. try them on and let them go. it might be best to just forget me. walk away and you know you're better off to call me. call me. i'll answer.
do you think that this could work out? do you think you could come around?
do you think that this could work out again? i don't.
i don't wanna be forgotten. while you're putting all your time in, into things that don't mean anything to me.
wasting faster than the hourglass, it's slow but i'm not ready, not okay, don't make this harder than it already had to be. call me. i'll answer.
do you think that this could work out? do you think you could come around?
do you think that this could work out again? i don't.
i don't wanna be forgotten. while you're putting all your time in, into things that don't mean anything to me.
do you think that this could work out? do you think you could come around?
do you think that this could work out again? i don't.
09 It's for the Best (04:23)
it takes more time than i've ever had
drains the life from me
makes me want to forget
as young as i was, i felt older back then
more disciplined, stronger and certain
but i was scared to death of eternity
i was saved by grace
but destroyed by naivety
and i lied to myself
and said it was for the best
so now faith is replaced with a logic so cold
i've disregarded what i was
now that i'm older
and i know much more than i did back then
but the more i learn
the more i can't understand
and i've become content with this life that i lead
where i drink to much and don't believe in much of anything
and i lie to myself
and say "it's for the best."
we're moving forward, but holding ourselves back
and we're waiting on something that will never come
10 Now It's Done (04:52)
moving in slow like the smoke from your cigarette.
every step closer's a step that we both will regret.
keeping a tally, but who can keep track?
your overreacting is taking me back to a time better left alone.
holding onto the phone, holding onto this glass, holding onto the memory of what didn't last.
waiting for better words, they'll never come.
so dry your eyes, it's better.
now it's done.
keep a tight grip like a child holding onto a swingset.
waiting and hoping to find what i can't figure out yet.
please don't unless this is something to me.
another nightmare instead of a dream.
better left alone.
holding onto the phone, holding onto this glass, holding onto the memory of what didn't last.
waiting for better words, they'll never come.
so dry your eyes, it's better.
now it's done.
i never lost so much.(x3)
holding onto the phone, holding onto this glass, holding onto the memory of what didn't last.
waiting for better words, they'll never come.
so dry your eyes, it's better.
now it's done.
holding onto the phone, holding onto this glass, holding onto the memory of what didn't last.
waiting for better words, they'll never come.
so dry your eyes, it's better.
now it's done.
11 Sympathy for the Martyr (06:46)
You just can't relax
and you can't rely on
anyone for anything
So you make your complaints
and oh everyone's let you down
You just can't
ever win
Convinced there's a war and it's always
everybody versus you
Convinced that you're critics are watchin'
and you've always got something,
you've always got something to prove
So tie the noose
and raise the cross
The martyr's arrived
A desperate plea
for sympathy
It's all you need
A laundry list of problems doesn't make you interesting
and never getting help doesn't make you brave
Not listening to reason doesn't mean that you have faith
You're just cutting off your nose to spite your face
So tie the noose
and raise the cross
The martyr's arrived
A desperate plea for sympathy
It's all you need
And you want it all
Ba-ba-de-da-de-da-da
Ba-ba-de-da-de-da-da
You want it, you want it all
And you want it all
Ba-ba-de-da-de-da-da
Ba-ba-de-da-de-da-da
You want it, you want it all
You want it all
You want it, you want it all
Ba-ba-de-da-de-da-da
Ba-ba-de-da-de-da-da
You want it, you want it all
Ba-ba-de-da-de-da-da
Ba-ba-de-da-de-da-da
You want it, you want it all
[repeat to end]
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