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Before The Moment's Gone

by The Rose Lights

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1.
I opened my mind to see the world With masses of color and shape I opened my window and wondered aloud Must it always be the same? There’s something we’re missing And something we’ve lost We may never find it again But now, but now As we lay hand in hand A prism of colors passes my eyes A flock of strangers passing by - I see In you, in you... You held fast to stories of worlds left untold You watched me unravel; you let me unfold And there in the distance, I saw you in tears Wrapped in your kindness; blinded by fear Something was turning And something was gained And I never could’ve foreseen But now, but now, As we lay hand in hand A prism of colors passes my eyes A flock of strangers passing by - I see In you, in you In you...nothing is the same! And nothing, nothing, Nothing is the same But now, but now, In you... Bringing my fortune into this new world You’ve gone unnoticed; I know all too well And seeing a future for all that’s in shreds That’s where all of my travels have led Something is missing And something is lost But now I’ve found you, my friend
2.
Dinner Bell 05:12
The dinner bell is ringing loud tonight Wonder who’s been cooked today? Before we wave around those angry knives Hold your place. Now who’ll say grace? That bell sounds oddly like a curse tonight And here I'm set before the fire For forks and stoic eyes to scrutinize The manner that these bloody things require Hey, hey - what will it take to demonstrate, now? Hey, hey - they’re not out to get you, no But that don't change the fact That I can’t turn my back On the world, for the sake of saving face Oh no, not I...no The dinner bell hangs there before my face Reflections of fear and gleaming knives A desperate prayer to her indignant grace A hole appears in me before my eyes Hey, hey - what will it take to demonstrate, now? Hey, hey - they’re not out to get you, no But that don't change the fact That I can’t turn my back On them all, for the little Sense of comfort that it brings Oh no, not I - not this time This time, you won’t win! So, imagine my surprise When I dared unveil my eyes Face to face with my head upon a plate Oh well, thought I, If I were doomed to fall that night At least I could enjoy a decent meal!
3.
At midnight, the rain fell Roughly over half the world On that day, the wall fell Doors opened to the town And you said, "Why do you do this For people who won't learn your name?" Do you remember? When we all came to see you And we all raised it up one more time And we wonder, and we wait For yesterday... Yesterday, the days were long And the wind pulled at our jackets Do you remember? When we all came to see you And we all raised it up one more time And we wonder, and we wait For yesterday... Yesterday, our dreams were in reach and All we had to do was to catch them And we made all the grades That we didn't deserve Isn’t that what happens In a perfect, perfect world? And I took your hand That I didn't deserve False memories we preserve
4.
5.
White Garden 06:08
Step up to the fireside, admire the starry sky The moonlight makes us free again Not shackled, you and I And we hope there's a passionate courage inside That keeps us strong, pushing on If we put all this anger and warfare aside Our fair Earth could join as one Discover its wonder, put all else aside Now it’s time to join along On a hike amidst the wilderness A man, his kids embrace the forest sound He said, "I thought to take you here Before they come and cut this to the ground" As they barefoot race into the swell The salty sea sprays crystal drops abound A paradigm so natural That wealth beyond the tangible is found Step up to the fireside, admire the starry sky You think we're insignificant Just pieces, you and I But one voice can speak loud What the whole world denies One man strong pushes on Our beautiful planet is fated to die Save our souls, save our souls But there's still a chance now to open your eyes Now it's time to join along... Ohhh, every action, every action Ohhh, reaction, reaction
6.
For you the fire burns blue As I only see red And the more I linger here The more I wish I was dead You didn't notice; I didn't care The time it took to make me here I didn't even want to see your face This far away from mine But I can see you now; you're just a machine A perfect canvas for a childish dream Your indifference speaks louder to me Than a gong... I can see you now...nothing is the same
7.
Gypsy Melody 07:10
The reluctant bride - soon She will learn to disappear Switch of the hand - She will lose her composition She'll be unable to fit into the arms Of her mother, whom she is now Kissing on the forehead for the last time For the last time She'll not see the fallen face of her mother When she discovers an absence Impossible to bear And we'll not hear the end of her sorrow When we come back to this land She'll not bravely wipe her tears And run away from all her fears She'll not turn back her head And long for something real Until this story comes back again to me By the sound of a Gypsy melody... Beside the lake, below the crest A marriage tried to manifest today But forcing love's impossible I floated down the waterfall away Though I don't want to hear it How they'll reflect on me I cannot say I haven't been remembered Except among the forests of the deep Nor have I been forgotten The sound of the waterfall puts me to sleep
8.
Evergreen 06:54
The wizened field before me Where I saw you We were frolicsome and hapless Beneath a dusky moon And you told me in shadow tones You thought you were in love But as we lay and we gazed It was too vast to comprehend You must have forgotten too The beaten path behind me, I turn back Not one more step, I thought Before I touched the ground Trying to discern your shape Among the remnants of a wood afire Where I thought you might have stayed Carried away in such a haste You were lost among the flurry A hurricane of leaves Now how am I ever to find your canopy again? I haven't forgotten you Where have you gone? I always thought I'd have you back by now I try and sing a song And nothing really happens As I pass back by the spot again Where have you gone? Always thought I'd have you back by now I sigh and say hello As if nothing else had happened And I pass back by the spot, the hollows You smile and wave back Your presence is still here to me So near yet hard to see So stay as far away as you do ‘Cause you know In time we'll just fade back into the winter Please don't take her Please don't turn away from me Please don't take her Please don't grow away from me I need you by my side, forever green
9.
You’re swimming by a school of fish In the deep blue crystal water Your motorcycle’s out of gas But you need to get across the border You realize this imagery is Too hard to make up But this is not a dream until you wake up They said, make the best of it Give it everything But you don’t know at all ’til you realize Is a minute way too long? Before the moment’s gone You can’t remember what you’ve left behind They said, make the best of it Give it everything But you don’t know at all ’til you realize Is a year too long? Before the moment’s gone You can’t remember what you’ve left behind You’re sitting at a desk and talking to a man In a suit with a beard and glasses About why you’re here and what’s the point Of all the interconnections You realize philosophy just Judges on emotions But this is not a thought until you notice
10.
Someone told me every time you remember You're rewriting the memory And I'm diluting the truth With my own convolutions Did it really happen? If all I have Is your word and mine? Every day I wake up, I do other things I've put myself on an assembly line I'm gonna get somewhere That's what I tell everyone I'm coming into my own, I say Oh, but would you tell me Oh, tell me what it means to you to be real? Someone told me that if your life is empty You'll always find a way to fill it Well, I don't know if I'll ever accidentally Stumble on my truth Ooh, the only thing left to do Is to assume that there's something Something better out there Everyday I find a message Someone tries to send to me Leaving little notes everywhere I go Sometimes in a song, or a magazine But when I stayed to see their face I discovered it was only me Baby, baby I don't know If I know any of this to be true Baby, I don't know if I Know any of this to be true But I'd like to try it out And you and I could become real You and I, becoming real
11.
I see you tumbling over on the other side I wonder why it is you hide From streetlights on a cool night From feeling, sometimes I see you tripping over your ashes Do we concern ourselves with the passage Of time? I’ve been spending my days alone now Carving a place out for myself A platform for my thoughts to land on I won’t remember you’re gone When you come around, I can see Remnants of what you used to be An ancient ruin you’ve become And you speak my name like I was anyone Sometimes it stings just like a hornet The life you wanted, is it yours yet? I always hoped you’d stay in my town In case the picket fences fell down But I was sadly mistaken And my heart, it is breaking

credits

released May 15, 2013

Recorded August 2011 to 2012 by Paul O'Brien and Jason Shao at Studio B and Jason's bedroom (Madison, WI).

Produced and mixed by Jason Shao.
Mastered by Chris Graham.

Aarushi Agni - Lead Vocals
Jason Shao - Guitar, Vocals
Scott Klasek - Keyboards, Marimba, Vocals
Kevan Feyzi - Bass Guitar
Julian Spindell - Drums

Additional drums on tracks 3 & 9 by Andrew Reidenbach.

All songs written by The Rose Lights, except for:

Tracks 5 & 7 by The Rose Lights and Nathaniel Javid
Track 10 by The Rose Lights and Jacob Wolbert.

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The Rose Lights are a jazz-influenced piano rock band from Madison, Wisconsin.

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