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Five Years After The Lights Failed (Covers of our songs by others)

by Curious Quail

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1.
Suddenly you wake up with a start and your head is sore Rememberin' what day it is too late Did you even mourn? There's no point askin' why Reaffirm your alibi Oh those lies you tell about the ones you left behind the ones you left behind After the lights failed
2.
Smashed in the dirt again Breakin my bones? That's fine Cuz they'll mend Me and you Don't stay down long We won't be erased here We've got work to do We always get up but it won't be our place here If we Live a little build a little heal a little what's this all gonna mean for us? We don't have a clue Live a little Build a little Deal a little What's this all gonna mean for us? It's time We can believe Everything we have is beautiful Despite All that we've seen Everything we have is beautiful Spit in their face again Holdin' you close, one arm not our end Moon and Stars Always get up We won't lose our home here we've got work to do we always get up and we won't be alone here If we Live a little build a little heal a little what's this all gonna mean for us? We don't have a clue Live a little Build a little Deal a little What's this all gonna mean for us? It's time We can believe Everything we have is beautiful Despite All that we've seen Everything we have is beautiful If we Live a little Build a little Heal a little What's it all gonna mean for me? I don't have a clue Live together Die together On our own terms There's no place I'd rather be
3.
All in like the places that I lied Nothing in comes in close to bein' "right" Lookin back, it's something that we had but this face is gettin older, and I'm glad and there's a place we know to go and there's a place we know to go Well It's all goin' down, boys We're off the rails now, boys we're all Sons of Bitches now, boys We've angered her now, boys and this world is gonna tear us limb from limb and this place as backwards as is it's finding all our sins it makes us whole again and we're not damned the possibility of findin what we seek is to great for us to bare What matters most is how to pass the time and every time he looks at me, I'm right foldin' back the places that we meant her braid is lashing at me with contempt and there's a place we choose to go it's a place we choose to go Well It's all goin' down, boys We're off the rails now, boys we're all Sons of Bitches now, boys We've angered her now, boys and this world is gonna tear us limb from limb and this place as backwards as is finding all our sins makes us whole again since we're damned the possibility of findin what we seek is to great for us to bare
4.
[Instrumental Version]
5.
How Long has It been since we could raise our glass To the finer things Dream of the past Instead of waiting for a Leap-back What will change this time? On and on it goes while we stand aside No We really don't and somethin' in us brings with it a light that won't be colored out Open up our eyes and what it means for me to let it be? What could he say to be lead here? Apart we are together. Together. Time it falls it erases me and opens doors where the best lies are ones we choose t'believe I just wait for my Leap-back What will end this time? On and on it grows like our cancer and No We really don't and somethin' in us brings with a time that won't be colored out Open up our eyes and what it means for me to let it be what could we say to feel better? Apart we are together. Together.
6.
Who are we To be in this place? What is this A license to breathe What is done When you can't even see You're timin' out whatever it takes you to believe Talk about the weather right now And hope it distracts him from all the blood Talk about weather right now and hope he believes you when all is done Who are we to be in this scene? What is this? We're burnin' red sheets What is done when you can't even see there's nothing left but origami figurines Talk about the weather right now And hope it distracts him from all the blood Talk about weather right now and hope he believes you when all is done talk about the weather right now and hope it distracts him from all your fears keep a straight face right now and hope he believes these are your real tears your tears
7.
Meal bells Soundin' off in the bitter cold her heart swells how long it's been it's hard to tell in this city of tents Estranged Many more arrivin' each day when you wake up there're more mouths to feed city of regrets and the moment my heart breaks at the height of our mistakes the form that it now takes is a little girl asking her father "When are we going home?" but never lies he tells to her the truth and fear that swells in her kills me he says "this tent's our house for now we'll leave as soon as we know how you'll see even if it's not easy you gotta believe me that meal bell should be finding comfort in the food's smell but it straight up drags me back to hell this city of regrets and the moment my heart breaks at the height of our mistakes this form that it now takes is a little girl asking politely "When are we going home?" but never lies he tells to her the truth and fear that swells in her kills me he says "this tent's our house for now we'll leave as soon as we know how you'll see even if it's not easy you gotta believe me Standin here at the end of the world and his tone is so reassured and I though should not I believe him One more day with no glimmer of hope in this Mess full of spirits so broken, I should not but I believe him Foolishly I believed him
8.
Walkin along this path With the stakes so high I just can't look back but I'll see it through Try to bury what led me here all the choices made all these cold dark years but I'll see it through I'll see this through and who are we? who are we? To feed this unending burden of hope that always leads nowhere Sign after sign I go Through the endless night all this fallin' snow But I'll see it through Relive when it went black since the day they died I've been to hell and back But I'll see it through I'll see this through try to raise up a brand new world all the choices made all these brightening years and we'll see it through I Relive when it went black since the day they died I've been to hell and back But I'll see it through I'll see this through and who are we? who are we? to lift this unending burden of hope that we must lead somewhere
9.
In one voice now we sing Even though we are GNARBOOOOOOTS We were forsaken But not defeated and we either learn from our mistakes or fall apart Either learn from our mistakes or fall apart and all this time we've been livin' in glass houses for too long And are we brave enough to admit that we got it wrong? livin' in glass houses for too long are we brave enough to admit that we got it wrong? We honor those we've lost And today we are GNARBOOOOOTS But what would they say if they were still with us? "You either learn from our mistakes or fall apart. Either learn from our mistakes or fall apart" we tried so hard but we were livin' in glass houses for too long now we're brave enough to admit that we got it wrong livin' in glass houses for too long now we're brave enough to admit that we got it wrong Are we givin' up? Can you feel it? Can you feel it in your bones? Are we givin' up? Can you feel it? Can you feel it? (also shout YEAAH a lot)

about

Created in secret, Abe Myers reached out to musicians and bands that have worked with us over the years and organized a tribute album to AFTER THE LIGHTS FAILED as a surprise for Mike to celebrate the 5th anniversary of the album being released.

Mike cried a lot while listening to it for the first time.

The genres range from solo acoustic folk to elaborate analog synthtronica and banjo-led horn sections. This album is incredible.

The original (if you are interested!) is also available on this bandcamp.

credits

released May 28, 2019

All songs written by Mike Shirley-Donnelly; per track credits to follow:

01 - After the Lights Failed // Travis Hayes
Performed, recorded & mixed by Travis Hayes

www.iamtravishayes.com

Music: infiniteammo.bandcamp.com
Gamedev: infiniteammo.com

02 - Moon + Stars // Petriform
Performed, recorded & mixed by Petriform

petriform.com

03 - Braid // Dogcatcher
dogcatcher.bandcamp.com

Recorded and mixed by Jared Milos & Andrew Heine at The Art Farm, San Jose, CA

Andrew Heine: Vocals & Rhodes
Jared Milos: Bass
Ramon Esquivel: Drums
Joey Guthrie: Percussion & Chains
Alan Chen: Violin


04 - The Villain // [MONO]Stereo
Mixed by Abe Myers

www.facebook.com/MONOStereoSJ/


Joey Guthrie: Drums & Keys
Alan Chen: Violin
Josh Hotlosz: Bass


05 - Apart We Are Together // Alexis Blair
Performed & recorded by Alexis Blair
Mixed by Abe Myers

www.alexisblair.com/media

06 - Heavy Rain // Amie Waters
Performed, recorded, & mixed by Amie Waters

amiewaters.bandcamp.com

Sounds and Gear used :
Teenage Engineering OP-1 (Ambient Pads),
Sequential Prophet 6 (Swelling String Synth),
Moog Voyager XL (Bass),
Teenage Engineering OP-Z (Lo-Fi Arpeggio),
Alto Sax (x2),
Vocal Processing on Verses by Antares 8

07 - Refugee Camp // Zen Zenith
Performed & recorded by Zen Zenith
Mixed by Abe Myers

www.therealzenzenith.com


08 - Giraffes // Matthew Joseph Payne
Performed, recorded, & mixed by Matthew Joseph Payne

matthewjosephpayne.bandcamp.com


09 - Reconstruction // GNARBOOTS
Recorded & Mixed March 31st 2019 at District Recording Studio, San Jose, CA by Ryan Perras

gnarboots.bandcamp.com

Gnarboots on this recording include:
Joey Guthrie: Drums, Glockenspiel, Backup Vocals
Aaron Carnes: Vocals, Backup Drums
Adam Davis: Vocals, Casio, Effect Boxes, Guitar
and you. Because you are Gnarboots.

(NOTE: This album originally featured a cover of our song 'Instant Gratification' that was arranged and performed by Alec Holowka; after he was outed as a serial abuser of women in the industry in August of 2019 we removed his track in solidarity with victims of abuse.)

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Curious Quail is an orchestral + chiptune indie collective with members in the San Francisco Bay Area, the Pacific Northwest and southern New England that mix fuzzy guitar rock, orchestral instrumentation and music made with Nintendo Gameboys.

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