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Bitter, Sweeter

by The Discs

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1.
Hide Behind The Word 03:14
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Presumptuous and ludicrous, hypocrisy each day Releasing in the ether, returning anyway Exposing, juxtaposing, though naked’s not my style Retire in the dire, breathing fire all the while And when you see too much, Then I’m stepping on the clutch (reaching for the crutch) Lamenting and tormenting, there’s never time to waste I write with one eye on the page, the other keeping faith Creating, excavating, I work into a cage And any acts of loving kindness, quench the need to rage I hide behind the word Do you ever see me being heard? Absurd to think it’s true I’m hiding from you, too I hide behind the word You get too close, then like a bird Take flight to open space Back to my hiding place I'm becoming, can't you see? But for now, I decide to hide behind me
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Gone, So Gone 03:37
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Gone, So Gone Gone, so gone, damn the dawn Halts my heart, forced apart Long, so long, lingers strong Firm and futile, blithe and brutal I feel irreverent in my hating how to love I want to sleep inside your embrace, Wakening is an open space, Love forlorn, Gone, so gone I want to dive in your holy place, The one that time cannot replace, Love forlorn, Gone, so gone Pictures reflect the cavalier I used to be But that wasn't me 'Cause all the while he'd hide inside a menagerie Muted colors and dreams I'd love to love you but my blame is holding fast Forgiveness, reverence, keys to propelling past Still feel irreverent in my hating how to love
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Sand In The Gasoline 03:13
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I’ll give you tools if you are broken Break apart my lips once you have spoken Justice is luscious and it’s Noble holding to the dream I get disruptive for corruptive regimes Extend my arms once you have fallen Empower and implore some caution It’s tough to rough it as you're Keeping your focus keen Pursue the herd just to be blurred and barely seen Like sand in the gasoline / Sage to your Philistine Torn pages in the magazine / Sand in the gasoline It’s hard to stand against the empire Can you withstand the heat of hellfire? Backfired! When you’ve decided to be guided by the big machine You’ve just surrendered to the splendor of routine Like sand in the gasoline / Sage to your Philistine Virtue to your libertine / Bitters to your tangerine Sand in the gasoline
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Vertigo Rose 03:18
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She does me dizzy, with her calliope chime Me as her minion, she as my strychnine devine She is Miss Destruction, my Vertigo Rose Pure punch-drunk seduction, my Vertigo Rose She's a helicopter, a rudderless crusade Should I try and stop her, I'm caught under the blade She is Miss Chaotic, my Vertigo Rose Atypically hypnotic, my Vertigo Rose You are ethereal, but the air's too thin It's immaterial, addicted to your spin She is Miss Reactor, my Vertigo The least common factor, my Vertigo She is Miss Conviction, my Vertigo Rose She's my strange addiction, my Vertigo Rose
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Objects In Mirror 03:44
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Peer outside your mind, as if the sun will cast a Dimness on these days, illuminate your gaze Bounce beyond the black, the time is blinking faster Like a sweeping haze, we're merely just a phase It's still there, not going anywhere One foot in the past, the other in the future Pissing here and now, on the moments you allow Accelerate your fate, arriving sooner Missing your chance to bow, to the what, the why, the how It's still there, not going anywhere Objects in mirror, are closer than they appear Objects in mirror, never, never, never disappear Outrunning the past is like Divining what will happen Ratchet down, the rumble's useful Ready to take action 'Cause we're living by a fraction
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Fact Or Friction 03:27
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What is assumed, and what is clear? What can be said about dread? It’s over there, but can it be here? Bleeding blue or red? How many times have you chained yourself to rhyme? All things in life, either truth or in strife It’s all fact or friction What do you think, what do you hold? Can you shift with the wind? Are you measured, do you live bold? Kicking above the din How do you thrive with all the lessons you’ve survived? All things in life, either truth or in strife It’s all fact or friction Will you resolve the life you’ve made? How do you spend your days? As the cards keep getting stacked It’s either friction or it’s fact What will you find, in the subdued or sublime? How many times have you chained yourself to rhyme? How do you thrive with all the things you’ve survived? All things in life, either truth or in strife It’s all fact or friction
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Hello Hello 02:54
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Hello hello So good to see your smiling face again, hello God knows it’s been some time Since we last said hello How has your life been? Is your burden lightened? My chest, it tightens With the thought of reaching out to you, hello Do I hesitate to Discover a way through A space to forgive Each day that I live There's still a trigger 'Cause some feelings linger So how do I figure Into your life, if I even do... Hello hello Have you thought about the two of us since then, hello Hello hello Maybe the time is not yet right to say... Hello hello So good to see your smiling face again, hello God knows it’s been some time Since we last said hello
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How Do You Feel 02:52
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I have a heavy-hearted wonder burdening my troubled mind Redeeming beaming inner thunder for me and this humankind When I try to comply and feign sense of what is real And how do you feel? I have a penchant for resistance when I should be letting go Saying ‘yes,’ may be a challenge when your tendency is ‘no’ In the fray of the day, what my work has revealed Is how do you feel? Sometimes I feel sublime though perception can’t be bought When the dream has gained esteem You teach what you’ve been taught What it means to value virtue What it means to live a life These are the questions that I clutch to Shifting me into overdrive When it comes down to the bone The jump-off point to deal Is how do you feel? When I try to comply and Feign sense of what is real And how do you feel?
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Mind Your Own Business 03:40
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Just how did it come to be you stepped into my shoes You have got your own, you see Though it’s not for me to choose Anyway, it all comes down to my own philosophy You can’t know just what it’s like to live inside of me Some people choose the high road While the others second guess I’m not saying what it right or wrong or more or less All is ask is that you let me be with my own choice I was never one to follow I have my own voice So mind your own business I’m doing fine You take care of your life and I’ll take care of mine No excuses for my muse or how I live my days I’ve waged a war with fear ignite the blight ablaze We are all so over-focused on each other’s paths To gaze at our reflection is to witness our own wrath Doesn’t need to be a drag just one step at a time But please don’t scowl or point your blame I’ve my own hills to climb
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Let's Go To California 03:09
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New York City, oh what a place Everything you could love, the chaos The plod and the pace But my heart is aching, for something new The west is beckoning me, is it calling you, too? Out where the sun has its way Let’s go to Californ-i-a I swear it’ll happen one day You and me, what do you say Californ-i-a Her spirit is present, no matter how small As the urgency grows until I heed to the call Create a foundation, build it as one And lighten our step with the sea Big sky and the sun There’s an inner voice and it’s drawing me To a place I’ve only heard in song And this feeling has been restoring me Cause lately it’s been hard to stay strong A change it is coming, we know that it’s true And I can’t imagine this dream Without the presence of you Out where the sun has its way Let’s go to Californ-i-a I swear it’ll happen one day You and me, what do you say Californ-i-a
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Memories Of Your Mind 03:01
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There’s no event that is so deep or smells as sweet as this No song can ring aloud so clear or bring about such bliss And try as hard as you may try To paint that picture, true and kind No life can ever hold against the memories of that kind The memories of your mind No taste as savory and rich as when that fruit so new No innocent love beckoning the years have held torch to That’s why I sing so carefully each tried and tested line No life can ever hold against the memories of that kind The memories of your mind We travel journeys far and wide Sometimes we change our course No candle held, eternal dreams And the urgency of that force No time spent in younger years could ever tow the line As recollections filter love and sweep away the grime I can’t state it much more clear if I screamed a thousand times No life can ever hold against the memories of that kind The memories of your mind
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You Are The One 04:25
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Pariah lover’s tinted lens Imprinted, tearfully dispensed Wished that I arrived too late You are the one that went away Jolted, bolted out the door Over shoulders, bowed to your Tendencies to fend and stray You are the one that went away You are the one that went away I could have been the one to say Release the piece that leads into the fray Me, the one who misconstrued The stuff of love that came unglued Tried in stride, even halfway You are the one that went away Days and years and lives lie fast That single soul, it’s time has passed Spits me into a fading haze You are the one that went away You are the one that went away I could have been the one to say Don’t surrender to dismay Release the piece that leads into the fray All the energy we’d given Every memory’s been written Evaporated in the ether Makes your imagery so bitter, sweeter

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released June 2, 2023

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The Discs Asheville, North Carolina

Hailing from Asheville, NC, The Discs are Allan Day (guitar/vocals), Mike Comparetto (bass/vocals) and Greg Radz (drums/vocals). All members are veterans of their respective music scenes.

The Discs fuse elements of rock n roll, power pop, and ’77 punk/new wave with current indie production values - performed with urgency and conviction - for a compelling live sonic experience. ... more

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