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Don​’​t Look Now

by Song Sparrow Research

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1.
Talk you off your ledge Back to salvation Everyone stays home But you gotta go on a vacation Je ne parle pas français I wanted to go to Mexico anyway You can can always choose How long you're gonna stay A thousand miles, you close your eyes Everyone just wants to be wise Look back way before This happened even more A thousand days, as many nights Everyone just wants to be remembered right If you could see yourself young You'd see how far you've come This is where we are but this ain't how it ought to be Wherever time takes us we'll have to see This is where we are but this ain't how it ought to be Wherever time takes us I guess we'll just have to keep pushing to be free Talk you out of your head Back to reality Everyone else makes friends But you're cynical of that mentality Je ne comprends pas I'm just telling you what I saw We can can always move If you're feeling that raw A hundred thousand trains of thought Some trains just won't be caught Looking on down the line Looks like we're gonna be fine A thousand billion ways of life None of them seem to be just quite right Keeping all this in mind I think we're doing all right This is where we are but this ain't how it ought to be Wherever time takes us we'll have to see This is where we are but this ain't how it ought to be Wherever time takes us I guess we'll just have to keep pushing to be free
2.
There's a black shadow That covers my life It covers you too Don't feel alone We're here with you It all works out And all I see is all the love in the entire world And all I see is all the love in the entire world And when the dreams come true There's no god for you There's no one up the in the clouds Just a nice rain washing down Don't look now It's just a belief How can a belief be so unappealing It's just the same as asking a person his or her name Mmm can't you see now where we are Mmm can't you see now where we are And all I see is all the love in the entire world And all I see is all the love in the entire world It all works out
3.
Bad Timing 03:31
Go, go to be gone And the last one who knows Is a little shaken Yes, always when you go In the surface of your eyes The leaves blow in the wind And the sound echoes for miles A life of sin Send me off in the night To be alone Send him off with a fight The laws of a lonely soul Send me off in the night To be alone Send him off with a fight The laws of a lonely soul When the leaves go The light won't show The night is away But you know it will come through the ground In the surface of your eyes The leaves blow in the wind And the sound echoes for miles The Earth still spins Send me off in the night To be alone Send him off with a fight The laws of a lonely soul
4.
Woke up this morning An ascending song Traveling through the window Who knows for how long The purple skies we take in stride And the songs of the birds that we heard outside There it goes Let it all drift by And ask yourself If you ever really know Here it comes again There's no stopping it Or saying if it's coming back again The life beneath us From where we land Will live without us We understand The single chord sings to the sky The song of the train as it passes by There it goes Let it all drift by And ask yourself If you ever really know Here it comes again There's no stopping it Or saying if it's coming back again The purple skies we take in stride And the songs of the birds that we heard outside There it goes Let it all drift by And ask yourself If you ever really know Here it comes again There's no stopping it Or saying if it's coming back again
5.
Where the beach is I wander to I breath in I notice you breath in too Out of no where Comes a beetle And then two birds appear Oh yes I hope you do What you wanna do No but it's not exactly What you said When you said that you know That other ideas go on I want to be there And never want to come down I say this with only love Where did you go Where'd you go When you left me Like an abandoned child Never mind it all When you learned it on the phone Turn around So I can hear you I want to stay here And never want to come down I say this with only love
6.
Let It Ring 03:15
Calling your laughter To the waves End of spring Never ending Yesterday Years passing Oh where have they gone What if it turned After a while Back around I'd rather believe Crossing the bridge To feel the same breeze Let it ring Never ending Yesterday Years passing Oh what if they're gone What if it turned After a while Back around I'd rather believe
7.
Song Bird 03:24
Every time when I'm out Every time when I see you I don't even pretend to ignore you anymore no no no I don't even pretend to see you Maybe the time has run out for me And maybe it's up for you Do you no longer believe anymore I got a bird that whistles I got a bird that sings If I ain't got my baby Well at least my bird can sing Oh and the whole time it was just sitting right there in front of me Oh and the whole time it was just sitting right there in front of me Oh and we knew it wouldn't come back No but we didn't really know where it would go And we didn't know how far it had come Oh is this what it's like when you can't find your own home Is this what it's like when you don't know where you're supposed to go Is this what it's like Oh well I should know I should know but I don't I don't feel like I know nothing I don't know nothing right now I got a bird that whistles I got a bird that sings If I ain't got my baby Well at least my bird can sing
8.
Always something going wrong It never does last long The sea has taken hold of me Another thought has you today Watch the day And how it sounds How'd you get to where you Were when you were all alone What's your name and how does it go Hope you're careful when you're alone Anyone can Believe me when I'm right There's no turning back now There's certainly nothing that you could do But when the time comes I know that you'd love To watch the day And how it sounds How'd you get to where you Were when you were all alone What's your name and how does it go Hope you're careful when you're alone Always someone turning 'round Into the black sound The trees have taken hold of me Another thought has you today Watch the day And how it sounds How'd you get to where you Were when you were all alone What's your name and how does it go Hope you're careful when you're alone
9.
Tracks 03:31
All of the land is passing by In rows Lonely once again For now Drawn from up above Two hands tied Behind my back Behind my back You have the place all to yourself This time Outside's tinted blue For now Drawn from up above Two hands tied Behind my back Behind my back Oh once you're gone you know That you never could believe what you have to know Lessons to learn and knowing when to Lay low Feeling love again For now Drawn from up above Two hands tied Behind my back Behind my back Two hands tied
10.
Here We Are 03:06
Weather easy Reach out and touch me Hold me until there's always nothing to hold This is a life Remain so careful Diligently overturn Unearth and resume Try with vision off A light Takes me down now Motions of the world Take flight Where's your life World Here we are All of us not being saved And just for you A rose is sent But by the time that it arrived It was already far too late When you ask me that You know what I'll say When you look at me that way Till the next time World Here we are All of us not being saved And just for you
11.
Disillusion 03:28
Tell me about the time when you were The space above the sea And above Between your love Oh I could never have And I won't have again There came the reason Oh when it comes When it comes What it was Lights low About when you dream About when you dream at all And up and down Oh when you're lost It's all It's all about Disillusion Disillusion But there's a rock to rely on When you told me Let's go right now Oh but there's a reason to wait I fell and it was it was alright To where there's no disillusion Disillusion
12.
Inside you There's something gone A darkness has Come over There's no way From outside To save you I love you still the same I love you still the same I know I can't be with you today I won't be around much these days There's a darkness inside you That no one else could take away I love you still the same I love you still the same There's a light that shines And it's calling from all sides Last time I saw you You looked so thin I thought you might slip away I love you still the same I love you still the same When the light comes I'll still remain You can find me when no one can And when the darkness falls You'll know where I am Would you reach out and say hello I love you still the same I love you still the same Wherever you go Remember all the love Whatever you decide Remember all the love inside I love you still the same I love you still the same There's enough at stake Each and every day We keep holding on tight There's a look in your eyes And it scares me every time You'll be all right I love you still the same I love you still the same

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released August 19, 2022

Produced by Hamilton Boyce and David Balatero
All songs written by Hamilton Forest Boyce
Recorded by Mike Sebring at Soundhouse in Seattle, Washington
Additional engineering by Hamilton Boyce and David Balatero
Mixed and mastered by Kevin Paul

Kenneth Aramaki – Synth, Hammond C3 organ, electric piano
David Balatero – Bass, synth, electric piano, cello
Hamilton Boyce – Vocals, guitar, synth, drum machine
Evan Woodle – Drums, percussion

Neil Welch – Tenor saxophone on "Let It Ring"

Photography by Selena Goodwin

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Song Sparrow Research Seattle, Washington

Throughout the last decade and a half, Song Sparrow Research have released an infrequent but constant stream of records across the spectrum of psych-pop, chamber folk and indie rock, while always centering around lush and moody sound palettes. Formed in Seattle, the current members Hamilton Boyce, David Balatero, Evan Woodle, and Kenneth Aramaki now span Los Angeles, Brooklyn, and Seattle. ... more

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