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Watching the Sun Go Out

by Total Strangers

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jewelandbob Great sounding album by some talented musicians. Echo Park Jimmy excels on vocals, reminiscent of Eagle Rock Eddie. Favorite track: All Falling Down.
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1.
What You Do 04:31
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What you do just takes me What you do concerns What you do mistakes me for the fire and burns What you do suspends me What you do not real What you do up ends me stacks the deck and deals Won't you tell me what is you have found there? Won't you take me where all you have gone? What you do just blurs me What you do obscure What you do assures me, claims relief for cure What you do deflects me What you do surrounds What you do rejects me contradicts and clouds Won't you tell me what is you have found there? Won't you take me where all you have gone? I want to go, I want to go there with you I want to go, I want to go there with you I want to go, I want to go there with you I want to go, I want to go there with you What you do detects me What you do reveals What you do subjects me, leaves the rest concealed What you do suspects me What you do deceives What you do protects me under lock and key Won't you tell me what is you have found there? Won't you take me where all you have gone? I want to go, I want to go, I want to go there with you
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Card Trick 04:26
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Sister Mary tried to scare me with things she’d seen Told me son you don’t have to see it to believe Love flows down and drops of water wash you clean Manipulation, better given than received First the sleight of hand shake Then a star to prey Picks the guarded landscape Leaves the slow decay Cast aspersions, net the marks, and cut the bait Congregations manicured with thoughtful frames Sold salvation, buys indulgence to escape With credit cards of who to charge and who to blame Cuts around the edges Takes the whole thing out Claims divine perfection Benefits from doubt Falling Falling slowly out now Handing down redemption, pass the dice, and wipe the slate Don’t know the odds but love the game and have to play Insinuations come and go and take a break Silent juries ever loyal look away Discards the indiscretion Soft appeals to faith Not up to your discretion Need to know your place Falling Falling slowly out now Falling Falling slowly out now When the house stops winning furniture is rearranged Collections offered set aside for keeping safe Treadmills spinning exhaust the miles and dull the rage Keep all appointments to sanitize and key the cage Now watch the hands shake Conviction starts to melt The card trick you played Was the hand you dealt It was the hand you dealt
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Shine 04:19
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I’m not the one you think of when it’s time to please I’m not the one you keep in mind I’m not the one who sells you air you need to breathe I’m not the one you try to blind Shining rays cast a shade And parade the ones that have to hide Shining rays cast a shade And parade the margins to the side I say what thieves believe you hold another key You get a different set of eyes I break the silence You pick the piece you need And give witness to disguise Calmed obscene and buried leads Leave unseen and better left implied Flash the light to scene Fade to read between the lines Spark the eye belief Brighten cold relief and shine You deal the hand that only suits them when they please You arrange a place and time I make demands You put their mind at ease And wink at those you leave behind Icy glaze paves the way Slows escape and leaves no place to hide Flash the light to scene Fade to read between the lines Spark the eye belief Brighten cold relief and shine Chills of hushed indictment Lined against a wall You shine behind the spotlight And wait for me to fall Flash the light to scene Fade to read between the lines Spark the eye belief Brighten cold relief and shine
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Set in Stone 03:25
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I could never turn the key of a lock set safely I could never turn the light on at night I would rather have the dark to provide me safety I would rather have a way to deny Living in a fog mutes the bells, alarms, and all that ringing Echoes in my brain with no sound Never see the wrong heal the unrecalled and god forsaken Never see the sky falling down I could never tell myself or admit I traded I could never look my life in the eye Everyone installed is assigned a station And they better know their place in the line Statues in the hall stand for all that I have abdicated Allocate the code words to go Monuments in malls only serve the cause when relegated Keeps the mind afraid when it’s closed And set in stone Frozen starts to thaw Cracks are in the wall The ship begins to sink Water all around and You would rather drown Than to give someone a drink Engraved into laws claiming compensation Warning signs for those to expire Deadened in the eyes and politely stating “We’re gonna disagree” with a smile Orphaned by a shove to be cast above with gaslit saviors Leave the underneath to be towed Chiseled in a form that is unadorned from obligation Better to be wrong than below And set in stone Set in stone
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All Falling Down 03:46
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You should be going You never leave Reverse the roles and all the doors are closed on me Your claim of knowing You only see Present a cure you down the dose and sell belief Alone this morning From passed away I heard the ghost of words and leave respects unpaid A stolen moment Somewhere unseen To walk this line I always have to steal relief We’re all falling down We’re all falling down You cut the story To suit your needs Define your time and form the line with paid receipts Your sugar coating Assigning blame A price too high to recognize while I’m restrained My name unspoken A sacred place To hide behind when criticized with no escape I must be going I have to leave You made us beg and borrow and now we have to plead We’re all falling down We’re all falling down We’re all falling down
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Come Back John 03:39
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Come back John we’ve been waiting so long I hope this time you’ll stay I’ve been hanging around Got my ear to the ground You went the other way They threw you a curve And you lost all your nerve You never really changed You’ve shaken our core Made us question before Now there’s nothing to say All the light going down around you All the light holding out around you All the lights going out all around you Come on John we’ve had to much go wrong Still got nothing to say? You see them dumb found With their knees on the ground How much can they take? All the light going down around you All the light holding out around you All the lights going out all around you Safe in the air I’m sure you’ll care When the storm heads your way What I knew about you I didn’t want to face Goodbye John I’ve been waiting too long This never goes away There’s no ticket return Just the bridges you burned The ashes blow away All the light going down around you All the light holding out around you All the lights going out all around you
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Watermarks 04:36
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High on illusion you bend from the arc Flooding confusion drowns low water marks Villains in mirrors can’t see what is plain Don’t ask forgiveness ‘cause you’ll never change No water cleans, no water cleans A scar that owes me, owes me No water cleans, no water cleans A scar that owes me, owes me Color scheme privilege that brands on the skin Once you’ve been locked out you never get in Far out at sea, far out at sea And drowning slowly, slowly Far out at sea, far out at sea And drowning slowly, slowly No water cleans, no water cleans A scar that owes me, owes me No water cleans, no water cleans A scar that owes me, owes me Tide out to sea, tide out to sea reveals the marks Tide out to sea, tide out to sea reveals the marks Tide out to sea, tide out to sea reveals the marks Tide out to sea, tide out to sea reveals the marks There’s only some lights you see in the dark This one is shining on your watermark No water cleans, no water cleans A scar that owes me, stones me No water cleans, no water cleans A scar that owes me, stones me Far out at sea, far out at sea And drowning slowly, slowly Far out at sea, far out at sea And drowning slowly, slowly
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Split Screen 04:39
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Draws a line to conclusion Merging what it really means To the clearly seen Carries off the illusion Bringing home the out of way Introduce by name Arrange the reasons unreceived Burns a gaslight not to see Other channel is muddy Watches while they split the screen Into color schemes Demands return for no money Counterfeits an empty page Someone else will pay Laughs at life that’s not funny Fake offense that’s so obscene We know what you mean Cold precision neverminds or mentions All the floating in between Warm deception modeled for exemption Turns the charm on guilty pleas They’re so clean One defines, one denies And with a red line in between It’s so clean Pick a side not to hide Or justify at any means Some lines for color schemes Some lines for in between Some lines to split the screens Comfort served with confusion Dignifies a timed restraint Black and white are gray Negotiates for exclusion Hanging on refuted claims A false witness gave Cold precision neverminds or mentions All the floating in between Warm deception modeled for exemption Turns the charm on guilty pleas They’re so clean One defines, one denies And with a red line in between It’s so clean Pick side not to hide Or justify at any means Cold precision neverminds or mentions All the floating in between Warm deception modeled for exemption Turns the charm on guilty pleas They’re so clean One defines, one denies And with a red line in between It’s so clean Pick a side not to hide Or justify at any means
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Color Schemes 03:30
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Everyday I wait for words that no one say Hear the silence walking by Every night I try to sleep with open eyes Never know when it’s your time Where did you go to get away? How did you know the warning signs? When did you learn how you were saved? Why was I framed and left behind? When is a birthright promise made? How do you know it was assigned? Where are the gods to who you prayed? Why is your life worth more than mine? Told me stories Sold white lies Separate gardens grown from seeds that plant the same See the violence standing by Worshiped suns produce a light with different shade We all know it’s your crime Where did you go to get away? How did you know the warning signs? When did you learn how you were saved? Why was I framed and left behind? When is a birthright promise made? How do you know it was assigned? Where are the gods to who you prayed? Why is your life worth more than mine? Told me stories Sold white lies
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Right Next to You 05:00
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Somewhere the money Is laying on the line And the call that you hear Is coming from inside Where you go to from here Leaves the past behind The ones who know The ones who know the way The ones who know the way leaving you behind The ones who chose The ones who chose to stay The ones who chose to stay standing by your side We’re so scared to take the measure Watching clouds can change the weather All the skies are not blue All that goes becomes forever Damage done just sticks together And it’s right next to you Somewhere somebody Is gonna pay a price What the wise will see clear A fool will just deny With the threat drawing near The dealer tries to hide The ones who know The ones who know the way The ones who know the way leaving you behind The ones who chose The ones who chose to stay The ones who chose to stay standing by your side We’re so scared to take the measure Watching clouds can change the weather All the skies are not blue All that goes becomes forever Damage done just sticks together And it’s right next to you
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Margins 05:40
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You pressed your luck Against the grain Not quite enough Begin again It wasn’t much And everything Push comes to shove In parting ways No spot marked go Collect along the way News travels slow But not away The story’s told By moving frames A picture sold Or look away No stars unknown The dust remains A gathered storm Narrow escape When time adds it all Margins fade How the waters fall Drops of rain Watching the sun go out Wait for the weighing down Washing it all away A change of tone Or fall in place The link you hold Or broken chain A minor role A starring name Into the fold Not out of range When time adds it all Margins fade How the waters fall Drops of rain

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Some are in the wrong
Some are in the right
Some are watching the sun go out

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released April 18, 2024

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Total Strangers is “Echo Park” Jimmy Petrillo and Mike Wagner, two close friends that came together in their respective home studios to create this musically-eclectic collection of musicians and the virtual band.
Erik Truelove handles drums and Mark Chiddy bass. Other friends join in contributing their unique talents. ... more

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