Icarus
by Tide of Empire
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Passing Life
04:52
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I can’t sit still
with all these running through my head
the dreams I seek
are the ones that I’m supposed to be
there’s a grumbling in my head I can’t shake
there’s a voice inside that’s telling me I’ve got to get to there somehow
I’m still young
but I’m getting older all the time
passing by
there’s a meaning to my life, I know there is
all at once I feel this is the end
and I don’t want to be
sitting ’round and watching life just passing me
and I’m in a room without a window and doors that don’t have keys
well, i’m spinning webs of wonder, every second lay here dreaming
hoping all these years aren’t wasted
I hold my head and sing… na na na na na na
make my name
maybe I’ll write it on my hands
I’m trying hard
I’m setting up myself for once I might just get up off my ass
’cause I don’t want to be…
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Wakeup Goodbye
03:46
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it’s the same every day
wake up late, give a kiss and out the door
no time to talk, no time to say
wish it could be another way
you’re so precious when you sleep
hate to take you from your dreams
miss you so much, miss you grow up
but it’s time for me to go
wakeup, it’s time for me to leave again
goodbye, i’ll see you on the weekend
another day and the sun sets late
face the road that takes me home
i pass the miles, i pass the time
wish i could see you and your smile
i’ll be home before you sleep
so you can tell me all your dreams
miss you so much, miss you grow up
but tomorrow i’ll have to go
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Son
04:43
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I want you to have the confidence to follow your dreams
I want to lead you by example and give you all you need
I don’t want to let you down
and I want to show you how
to do the right thing not the wrong
this is your song, son
’cause it won’t be long, son
til I’m dead and gone, son
I want you to be the kind of man I could not be
I want you to reach the heights I could not reach
I don’t want to show my fears
and I always want you near
whatever you become is fine with me 'cause there’s nothing like having a son
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No More Excuses
04:09
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if I wasn’t slow
if I wasn’t late
if I wasn’t so damn sure I am everything I hate
if I wasn’t poor
if I wasn’t weak
if I wasn’t so self-conscious you can’t hear me speak
if I wasn’t tired
if I wasn’t scared
if I wasn’t so damn drunk that I can’t leave my chair
you would see me stand up
if I think about it now and I get too overwhelmed
couldn’t bear the weight of my shame crushing down
want to be strong for you, to be more than I am
no more excuses, I can’t lose what I’ve found
if I wasn’t dumb
if I wasn’t deaf
if I wasn’t so damn blind to the life that I have left
if I wasn’t old
if I wasn’t lame
if I wasn’t so damn bad at taking any blame
love makes fools, love makes saints
which one am I
some say we choose, some say it’s fate
which one is right
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why do I do this to myself
and run my ego past the limit line
like I’m a modern-day Icarus
tumbling down from a great big sky
I don’t know if you noticed, but this means everything to me
and I don’t know if tomorrow I’ll be earthbound or free
why do I do this to myself
and blow my mind like a hurricane
maybe all I need is this guitar
to get me through the driving rain
why do I do this to myself
and everytime I swear not again
it’s hard for me to stay grounded
when I’m always looking back at heaven
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about
5 new tracks about the tides and trials of life, from Tide of Empire. Adult contemporary, rock, indie, it doesn't matter - these are songs that you'll recognize yourself in, relate to, and ultimately sing along with at the top of your lungs.
credits
released February 14, 2012
Barry Chase - guitar, vocals, organ on ‘Icarus’
Tom Neves - guitar, vocals
CJ Scieszka - bass, vocals
Russ Benoit - drums
Recorded by Russ Benoit at The Broom Closet (Dartmouth, MA)
Mixed and mastered by Christopher Byron at The Writer’s Desk (Meriden, CT)
Photograph ©2008 by Sarah Chase. Used with permission.
Logo design by Group Nomadic
Graphic design by Stephanie Anderson and No Surrender Records
Barry Chase - guitar, vocals, organ on ‘Icarus’
Tom Neves - guitar, vocals
CJ Scieszka - bass, vocals
Russ Benoit - drums
Recorded by Russ Benoit at The Broom Closet (Dartmouth, MA)
Mixed and mastered by Christopher Byron at The Writer’s Desk (Meriden, CT)
Photograph ©2008 by Sarah Chase. Used with permission.
Logo design by Group Nomadic
Graphic design by Stephanie Anderson and No Surrender Records
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Tide of Empire New Bedford, Massachusetts
4 guys playing rock and roll songs about life, fatherhood, and the joys and tribulations that come to us all
discography
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Feb 2012 -
Dec 2010
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