1. |
Familiar Places
04:10
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Smell of spring awakens feelings deep inside this heart of mine
Please remember when we’re older and we’re left behind
Give me hours and give me summer
Give me curiosity
Hope we never ever settle as you go move on and on from me
We can’t give any more
Like breathing on the ocean floor
Something only in dreams for us to find
We may understand in time
But today, here for now
I’m leaving behind all the clouds
Just to say
Just to say
Always visit in my dreams and in these memories I swim
Always in familiar places, we begin again
We have hours and we have summer
We have curiosity
Here in flowers, here in wonder
Here and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on with me
We can’t give anymore
Like breathing on the ocean floor
Something only in dreams for us to find
We may understand in time
But today, here for now
I’m leaving behind all the clouds
On and on
On and on with me
On and on with me
There’s a vision in the night
Like a risen light
On and on with me
Something moving in the dark
When we pull apart
On and on with me
All I see is all around
In the up and down
On and on with me
And I could feel it all so real
For a moment in time
On and on with me
Where do we go in a day
What are we to say
On and on with me
Till there’s a vision in the light
And it shines
On and on and on and on and on and on...
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2. |
Shining
03:17
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Light
Come and feel the light
Over all the world this time
I know we need it, alright
In flight
Pressure on the flight
There’s some turbulence this time
And I’m uneasy, I might be
Asleep at the wheel
That’s not how I’m supposed to feel
But you took a shining to me
And we can be who we want to be
Genevieve, we’re sentimental people
Fall
Passing through us all
In the middle of a storm
You never feel it at all
But there’s a call
Coming from a mountain tall
It’s so hard to not feel small
And you’re uneasy, but we can’t be
Asleep at the wheel
That’s not how we’re supposed to feel
But you took a shining to me
And we can be who we want to be
Genevieve, we’re sentimental people
Asleep at the wheel
(Here I am in the night like a risen light)
That’s not how I’m supposed to feel
(Holding on real tight)
But you took a shining to me
And we can be who we want to be
Genevieve, we’re sentimental people
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3. |
Dreaming in Green
03:36
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Here and now
Where we are in a playhouse
The safest sound
Like we’re lost in a dream
Awake, I’ve found
I return to the same few memories
But this river that’s been flowing
It’s running like its mad and
You’ve said things you can’t take back
And would you if you could
I hold on to you tight, more than I should
I wasn’t ready for this information
Now I wanna leave and let you down
But you’re something of my own creation
Here and now, now
I’m such a sucker for this kind of loving
When I see you there behind a screen
With a radio forever humming
Till we sleep at night
Dream in green
Tornado clouds
They’ve been dragging us deeper and deeper
The strangest sounds keep me locked in a room
So what do we do when we drown in the deepest blue
From that river that’s been flowing
And don’t you think it’s strange how
We are taught to keep the colors inside of their lines
When autumn shows us sunsets every time
I wasn’t ready for this information
Now I wanna leave and let you down
But you’re something of my own creation
Here and now, now
I’m such a sucker for this kind of loving
(Sucker for this kind of loving)
When I see you there behind a screen
With a radio forever humming
(Radio forever humming)
Till we sleep at night
Dream in green
Another year
What’s it mean to be older
And things are weird
Ages since we were small
I know this fear right here is one I’ll always hold
Till I sleep at night
Dream in green
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4. |
Rivers (Fall Away)
04:02
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In the garden here
Wild chandeliers
And I’ll be swinging from them on and off
You could join me, sure
What you’ve got is pure
And to be honest, I think that’s all I can take
In rivers when they fall away
Move around in love
The experience of
And all the wondering that finds us there
I make enough mistakes
Do I have what it takes
I lose me so many times within a day
In rivers when they fall away
Fall away
Any circumstance
Life deserves a chance
Let me feed you from the soil
I’m here to stay
In rivers when they fall away
Open up my heart
Let’s see where it starts
When there are miles for us to figure out
But you’re not just your face
It’s not for them to place
In the garden, we are here and clear as day
In rivers when they fall away
Fall away
Any circumstance
Life deserves a chance
Let me feed you from the soil
I’m here to stay
In rivers when they fall away
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5. |
Star
05:09
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I feel the earth around me turning
We cheer another glass
I can see the stars align
Sometimes it happens all so fast
I feel a spark alive and burning
We laugh all through the night
Till the sun is coming up
And it’s burning our starlight
Before it’s over
Do we get closure
I feel my senses now are turning
Emerging from my shell
It’s magic when the stars align
And I’m good here with myself
I feel the race around me burning
But I don’t have to run
I’m ready to believe again without believing in someone
Can we be closer
Here in forever like I’ve always known her
And now that it’s over
Do we get closure
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6. |
Square 1
04:03
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I can’t deal with all this cold
And I’ll probably die before I’m old
With stars that burn like neon in the night
They’re a light I find
When I need some peace of mind
When I’m feeling lost in the sand
When I’m tired of wasting all my plans
Illusions, delusional confusion
With no solution to where I stand
When it’s not like I had planned
Gotta pick it up and it’s back to square one
It's back to square one!
I can’t deal with all this change
And I feel it more-so as I age
Cause we are precious
We burn like neon in the night
We are light
And we strive to be more than just alive
So when I’m feeling lost in the sand
When I’m tired of wasting all my plans
Illusions, delusional confusion
With no solution to where I stand
When it’s not like I had planned
When my feet can’t stay on land
And I’m feeling lost in the waves
When I’m losing my mind in confined space
Illusions, delusional confusion
No solution to where I stand
When it’s not like I had planned
And it’s back to square one!
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7. |
Underneath the Weather
04:24
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Labor
Early in the morning
Late in the eve
Been working in a fever
Loans on top of loans
They chain us deep
Soon
Thought you’d break it through
But nothings ever new
Kill me slowly
I’ve been underneath the weather
No time for me to heal
I’m oh so ill
Dying in the desert
Dying for a man on a golden hill
We’re all addicts
Addicted to the drinking
Oh, all these drugs
I’ve been smoking in the attic
I’m just trying to make it through another one
Of these days
Function in a haze
Been thinking up the ways
I can sneak a little
Relieve a little
Underneath the weather
No time for me to heal
I’m oh so ill
Dying in the desert
Been dying for a man on a golden hill
And you know what I’m feeling
Cause baby, we just work
And then we die
And there’s no deeper meaning
It’s a lovely scam, a sham
God bless a family man
Far away, beneath the ocean
There’s a darkness ever growing
In the blink of an eye it’s there inside you
I’m not going to work today
You can’t make me go to work today
I’m not going to work today
You can’t make me go to work today
I’m not going to work today
You can’t make me go to work today
I’m not going to work today
You can’t make me go to work today
I’m not going to work today
You can’t make me go to work today
I’m not going to work today
You can’t make me go to work today
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8. |
Astoria
04:29
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The sky is blue tonight
Electric light
Calling out across the river
Are you alright
The sky is blue and there’s explosions in the air
And if the aliens are coming
Are we sticking around
You called me right away
Told me where to stay
Said you’d be right there
So I concentrated on the stars
Hiding out here in the cool wet darkness
Rub my eyes to visualize
That green television in my head
Supercomputer in my bed
Tie me up in cable wires
Thread me a needle to the heart
On the operating table cart
Can anyone tell me why the sky is blue tonight
Electric light
Calling out across the river
Are you alright
The sky is blue and there’s explosions in the air
And if the aliens are coming
Are we sticking around
You left me on the phone
Hanging there alone
When you said you’d be right back
So I left and went to get some help
Racing for my life in cool wet darkness
Close my eyes to visualize
Those green televisions in my head
Supercomputers in my bed
Tie me up in cable wires
Thread me a needle to the heart
On the operating table cart
And nobody knows why the sky is blue tonight
Electric light
Calling out across the river
Are you alright
The sky is blue and there’s explosions in the air
And if the aliens are coming
Are we sticking around
Huh!
I find myself lost in shadows
In shadows, oh in shadows
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9. |
Daisy
04:20
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You know I hope that there’s life out there
Cause, it’d be pretty sad and lonely if we were the only guys out here
You know what I mean?
The only car in the garage
The only monkey in the tree
You know?
It’d be pretty damn sad
The sky is melting fast
The colors, they don’t last
We have to catch them
Soon, they’ll turn to gray
Sand between our toes
Saltwater in our nose
The earth begins to wash the sun away
Daisy, am I dreaming
Have I been here before
You look so familiar
And I wanna know you more
Underneath the orange and the purple, all is still
A sunset we could die in here on a golden hill
Everything you’re scared of
Everything you adore
And everything you’d do if death was waiting for you by the shore
We’re safe, don’t hold it in
It’s just us and the pelicans
All I can be with you is myself
And no one else, and no one else
And Daisy, am I dreaming
Have I been here before
You look so familiar
And I wanna know you more and more
And underneath the orange and the purple, all is still
A sunset we could die in
Here on a golden hill
Oh Daisy, won’t you stay with me tonight
In places so familiar
And everything’s alright
Oh Daisy, won’t you stay here in my heart
With magic in this moment
With shining in the stars
Oh Daisy, won’t you stay with me tonight
In places so familiar
And everything’s alright
Oh Daisy, won’t you stay here in my heart
With magic in this moment
We’re shining in the stars
Together we are frozen in everything we are
With magic in this moment and shining in the stars
Coming apart
I see you in the falling rain
Coming apart
I see you in the falling rain
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10. |
Strawberry Sky
07:16
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Here, walking on the water above a million eyes
In our own paradise we found
And we’re never coming down
To be kids
To bloom in this
Before summer’s just another season blending into mist
When it’s all alive in a strawberry sky
And the sun is setting for the world
So soft and easy
Like this risen light, I need you to stay in this meadow in the clouds
Always
Here, we are only stardust in this lonely life
And there was paradise we lost at much too high a cost
But we grew up and we lost touch
And summer’s just another season underneath the sun
When it’s all alive in a strawberry sky
And the moon is glowing for the world
So soft and easy
Like this risen light, I need you to stay in this meadow in the clouds
Always
I saw you out the other day
Neither of us knew what to say
And you were stuck there in my mind
An old friend from another life
I think it’s funny how it goes
There was a time when I knew you close
But like the shimmer of the wind
You are there and you’re gone again
Feeling up and feeling down
We are lost and we are found
The more I learn the more I feel alone
And everything’s alright
Everything’s alright
We have sunsets in paradise
I saw you out the other day
Neither of us knew what to say
And you were stuck there in my mind
An old friend from another life
I think it’s funny how it goes
There was a time when I knew you close
But like the shimmer of the wind
You are there and you’re gone again
We said things we can’t take back
And would we if we could
I hold on to you tight, more than I should
And everything’s alright
And everything’s alright
We have sunsets in paradise
Everything's alright
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11. |
Disco Friends
06:08
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We’ve been feeling attraction
A magnetic reaction
Here with the flashing lights all overhead passing
We fall away
And I haven’t seen your face in forever
We’ve been under the weather
But in this moment
I swear, nothing is better
Let’s fall away
Cause there’s no other party like we’ve got here now
No, there’s no other party like we’ve got here now
And as we all get older
Our circles quickly shrink
As we become all tangled and tied up in routines
Just know I’m thankful for you
That you made time for me
That we can share this moment
That we can find some peace
Here, every time
Just release
We’ve made some big decisions
We’ve seen powerful visions
There’s sacrifices made
There’s terms and conditions
And we fall away
Oh, but if I ever knew you
And if you were my friend
I keep a place for you real close
I go there when I need it most
These memories are real
Sometimes it’s all we have
And I don’t take anything for granted
It means so much, I swear
And there’s no other party like we’ve got here now
No, there’s no other party like we’ve got here now
And as we all get older
Our circles quickly shrink
As we become all tangled and tied up in routines
Just know I’m thankful for you
That you made time for me
That we can share this moment
That we can find, that we can find
Some peace of mind together
Suspended in the air
Where we make our own weather
And we’ve got love to spare
Oh, this world can be so brutal
It gets darker every day
But we hold all the colors to wash the dark away
Here, every time
Just release
Just release
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Olive Avenue Chicago, Illinois
Olive Avenue’s songs are crafted as modern love letters to classic pop writing, where soaring melodies and complex harmonies melt into technicolor guitars. Chicago artist Ryan O’Toole explores themes of intimate friendship, late-stage capitalism, and growing beyond adolescence in a world somewhere between dreams and reality. ... more
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