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SPEND IT ALL

by That Dream Was Our Life

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Randy Ribay
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1.
Spend It All 03:15
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Stray hearts only beat at night Familiar shadows press against the screen The city spells a name in lights But they never tell you what it means It feels more like ash than fire Dark skies where smoke & dreams collide A slow burn that you recognize Can't wait for the lightning to arrive Haven't felt alive in a minute No illusion of control when you're in it Doubt keeps you from knowing your limit You've got to spend it all when you give it Everytime everytime It's taking my breath away Everytime everytime What can we do to make it stay A fear of comfort that terrifies Mistrust can twist you like a knife Set it off like dynamite But you have to hold on for your life Haven't felt alive in a minute No illusion of control when you're in it Doubt keeps you from knowing your limit You've got to spend it all when you give it Everytime everytime It's taking my breath away Everytime everytime What can we do to make it stay What can we do to make it stay What can we do to make it stay What can we do to keep it safe Haven't felt alive in a minute No illusion of control when you're in it Doubt keeps you from knowing your limit You've got to spend it all when you give it Everytime everytime It's taking my breath away Everytime everytime What can we do to make it stay What can we do to make it stay
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Paint The Walls 03:05
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Paint the walls with something warm A shade I've never seen before Colors bend before the walk Love's the key before the lock I know I talk too much I never have a clue But if I live a thousand lives They all lead back to you We dream until we're blind Until we see the truth If I get lost again Can I come back to you Scrawl a list of things to do Shape a light that's beautiful The world is numb to all that's kind But I don't want a desperate life I know I talk too much I never have a clue But if I live a thousand lives They all lead back to you We dream until we're blind Until we see the truth If I get lost again Can I come back to you
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Time Is The Light That Strings Us Through The Fog 04:13
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No saints, no liars Words are sparks spilling down a wire Night hides from doom & decay You're the lightning flash that makes it brave I felt for a light at the heart of the world A holy mount between heaven & earth Do we ever know when we're where we belong Time is the light that strings us through the fog Cross the firth, kings wear crowns We float past the saved & the drowned Days & roads that glow of gold When you dream of the past do you lose control I felt for a light at the heart of the world A holy mount between heaven & earth Do we ever know when we're where we belong Time is the light that strings us through the fog I felt for a light at the heart of the world It's still too dark to see There's a first time for a last time & I just want to feel it again I felt for a light at the end of the world & It's still too hard to see There's a first time for a last time & I just want to see you again
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Fathoms 03:30
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Burned by the sun Time proved me wrong Been asleep next to you Don't tell me how long Wanted to follow the dream of you down Counting the fathoms miles underground It's not the beauty we keep Or what you can possess It's about what is true Just like everything else Wanted to follow the dream of you down Counting the atoms that spin faster than sound Make me believe Before time runs out If you're lost in the sky I'll be your cloud Wanted to follow the dream of you down Counting the fathoms miles underground Wanted to follow the dream of you down Counting the atoms that spin faster than sound

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EP 49 SPEND IT ALL // Some are easy, some are hard. I just finished this EP of new songs. Two of them took about four months of writing multiple sets of lyrics to the same music over & over because I couldn’t figure out what they were about. It’s really been torture lol. All I really do these days is try to make things that make me feel something but also (this is going to sound so lame) kind of brighten the future a little bit. When I'm shuffled off into the retirement home will these songs bum me out or will they lift me up?

Written while reading books by Chris Voss & Oliver Burkeman, long runs at the navy yard, watching MasterClass videos & Dark on Netflix, dreamy trips to the beach, & semi-weekly games of Ghost of Tsushima Legends w/ Randy, Butch, & Cole.

This is the second release in my 2023 EP series. Check out the Subscribe link above for more info <3

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released October 20, 2023

Written in voice memos & Google Keep
Recorded on iPhone in Philadelphia PA
Edited in Audacity
Photo: Coyote Point, San Mateo CA 7/2/23

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That Dream Was Our Life Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Introspective & prolific, James Cuartero AKA That Dream Was Our Life has been making music as a solo artist since 2014. Described as "a thinking man’s songwriter who stays away from the trap of being defined by a single genre", Cuartero has released fifty EPs, six compilations, & numerous singles over the past ten years. No t-shirts though. ... more

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