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Hold Out For Love

by The Shallows

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1.
Age of Ava 03:16
AVA where'd ya go last night did you ever happen to show up after i must've passed out again  i got bad timing  if only one time though  AVA i just wanna follow you home  and maybe someday later i could take you on a tour of the catacombs  AVA I want you to investigate all my insides with those private eyes on loan AVA don't wanna though AVA i gotta say  heaven knows that i cannot relate  i'm really showing my age AVA aren't you still a little young to just be sitting there in contemplation out the window AVA i know they wrote you out for basic cable t.v.  why don't you be my sweet little Lolita ‘till you care enough for me?  what’s one man's treasure  is another's trashy fantasy
2.
Decathect 00:37
3.
I’ve got you in my sights Caught you up front, the stage right I couldn’t look you in the eyes dreaming last night dreaming of Last Nights and speaking of last night I was up recalling on all of our favorite spots: If it wasn’t the Haunt We were at the Dock, Checking out Lot 10 What do I got left then? Here Hanging out with Miss Ava and Heavy D I got my ladies’ arms wrapped around me Who’s the new chick? I thought we went through this? Isn’t that why you had to be moving back home? I thought you said you just needed some time alone, Now you say you’re back didn’t have to ask Visiting on business? listen: It neither is nor it isn’t anymore it’s gone, missing…
4.
Will I always remember the times we had together?  Was it in Hell or was it october that I let you slip away?  Watched as two hawks fly encircled around one another we could relate We drove back to your apartment We said ‘goodbye’ to Everywhere We cried As I recall: Weren’t we on acid or was it something I said that made you get upset before I moved away? Aw, hey I spend all my time thinking over I need you closer to me these days It’s no better being back home here With the friendships and the families that I had here with her  I feel sadder now that I’m older  And the weather is getting warmer  I wish I could tell you that I still love you but I don’t have your numbers anymore .. …… … It was chilly— it was dark  Talking on the dock  You took your shirt off and I said, ah I wish I could go back to that same place  Where country music bands stop to play  Like a rolling stone she’s just a shot away  I wish I could go out that same way
5.
I am a quiet worrier I am a wild creature I still feel wired from the night before The night that I met you I could tell you were troubled I could tell you like trouble The real kind of trouble The kind that makes a gentle man Question all the worthiness Of his situation in this life he had We have both been here before Is this not the same place? Just with different pillows different cases different window panes Stained with different colors— Real bright colors Got me distracted My vital organs You’ve extracted Oh, Pericardium!  please protect me from all that I see  before i become what i said  i would never become again  i close my eyes  i take deep breath  i feel in control  i play pretend
6.
Goat 03:20
Everybody's trying to reach me— I'm picking up the phone, ‘hey—you’re breaking up’ Felt the brain disconnected from the body so bad  Nervous system on the fritz  To recover I'm gonna need you and those drugs I had back  Acting like it doesn't matter anyways I want them back  I want ya back  I get low— rumor has it that I'm coming back around  Did I let you down? She's dancing around the apartment  not wasting anytime  she starts burning sage and lying to herself  to forget about how i'm living now  Somewhere out in NY—not the city The second city  they say it's up and coming—getting hip  But I don’t believe them I see the light  I've waited a long, long time for this  I see you were right  I wanna hold you close like you're mine, all mine  We go out— Walk in the park  skipping stones — it appears we are lost  yellow house — we made a little home  I do the dishes in the kitchen while she's outside making all the pretty flowers grow, not afraid to let her tulips show Waking up— smells like rose  She's a peach— she's all right and she knows that she'll always be  with or without me  I see the light  I've worried a long, long time for this  I see you were right  I could never hold you close like you're mine, all mine
7.
Wasted time! Tried to decide what to wear for you tonight  Ya know I like the whites  ‘Only foreplaying tonight,’ That's what she said  In a Bushwick apartment I was stranded in bed— will I start to get head?  Then the threshold for love breaks— I should have warned you I might be still coming of age I hope you don't mind it babe  We hibernate then come out— This must be what the Bon Iver was talking about  Save, we're all in the wrong place  So let's check out before it's too late  We’ve still got a lot more to do for you today
8.
Joan + Lily 02:49
9.
I've got a feeling that I can't explain  Wouldn't you know it ? You know exactly what it is  You have these feelings all the time  You are very good at this  Treating me like you are not mine  I am building up a wall  I'm taking my time—brick by brick  I am getting good at this  I am never getting over it  You say you can lend your hand  I love the way you always underestimate  I left you a rotten mess  Are you still a little bit left in the dark?  Are you still available  for me to be entertained  by your precious body parts?  Please don't tell me that you’ve changed! You are so divine!  You are so self-realized!  I am such a pessimist  I am so full of shit  Haven't you had your fill drinking from the Two of Cups ? I fell on all Five of Swords and I threw em up  I can't even stand up straight  I can't even head my way  I can't even say your name  Blame it on something that I ate  I can't even decide— where do i belong?  shall I stay here, hide? leave here now and run away?  I can’t even It stands to reason— It's the same thing  I can't even make you feel okay  like it's got anything to do with You and I

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released January 11, 2019

All tracks recorded in Trumansburg, NY at Sunwood Recording Studios
(Additional tracking done at the Tarthouse in Buffalo, NY)

Mastering was done by Andrew Kothen at Select Sound Studios

Chris Ploss - Engineer, keys, percussion
Jacob Peter - guitars, bass, drums
Joe Myers - singer, songwriter
Emily Finlan - singer, cello
Alyssa Duerksen - singer (track 5)
Brittany Costa - singer (tracks 3 and 4)
Kyle McGinty - trumpet (tracks 1, 2, 3, and 4)

Special thanks to The Grand Low for contributing to tracks 4 and 7

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