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Mistral

by bluerace

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1.
Either/Or 04:40
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Well, here goes Get up on your toes It’s time you read the writing on the door We’re to blame And if it’s all the same It’s the consequence of thinking either/or Hell bent Or heaven sent I wish that we were smarter than we’re sure Black, white Left or right You show your colors thinking either/or Face plant Like an elephant You crashed a hole right into the dance floor Jackass Got your hall pass But they tricked you into thinking either/or We keep ourselves down With this false middle ground Well, we bought the greatest story ever sold Oh, but here’s a plan How ‘bout both/and? And we kick this idiot logic either/or
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The Last Laugh Track 03:31
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A holiday today We finally got away A different point of view And some time to spend with you Well, I’ve always been optimistic I thought I could make your dreams come true Oh, but I am just a dreamer goofball Would you have chosen different if you knew? The hit parade du jour Mama’s out on tour While baby sits and plays His bass guitar all day Oh, I go reaching for my headphones But it’s no use, he keeps on cutting through And he has got that walking thing down But mostly we’re a different kind of blue Well, Roger’s had enough He says the world is too fucked up But I think it’s okay Because it’s always been this way Oh, I’ve always been optimistic I thought I could make my dreams come true But the universe will have the last laugh Good luck, it’s been sure nice knowing you
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The Answer is Yes 05:15
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I know you’re not the kind to lose your head Maybe just lose your heart instead You’ve taken this road down to where it’s led And now you feel you’re next to nowhere I don’t have much to give you, I confess Still I can help to fill the emptiness If you are asking me The answer’s yes Yes, yes, yes You feel this ache that you cannot name These tangled thoughts you try to tame Oh, you’ve longed for these things for so long, but they never came Oh, but love Maybe love is in the small things I can’t stand by and watch you stand for less And I wish it all came down to me, I guess Whatever you ask for The answer’s yes Yes, yes, yes And when your black cloud resolves to gray Like the night reveals into the day Oh, these things you wish for are gonna come your way The waiting is over I know you think your whole world is a mes But it’s time to put on that sweet black dress Tonight the world is yours And the answer’s yes Yes, yes, yes
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Staring into the Sun 04:28
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Like streams of consciousness that flow into a river A well of feeling overflows in a flood I’m left here thinking about these things I have left behind The difference between what is and what was I lost my way Staring into the sun Sometimes we’re pulled to do the things that we do Lost my bearings Staring into the sun Now yesterday couldn’t come too soon I was not looking where I was not supposed to When suddenly there came this light in my eyes I saw a face, a balcony, and a blue door Explode away the other sun in the sky Don’t tell me about moments frozen in time They ignite then burn right out and they’re gone And I am still waiting for my world to re-turn And I don’t need you to tell me that I’m wrong It all fell down on me And it all comes back to you And the sun does not stay set I had a vision Staring into the sun Sometimes we just cannot escape from the pull Double vision Staring into the sun Now yesterday couldn’t come too soon Too soon No, it can’t come soon enough, no no But it won’t come at all It’ll never come again It’s gone Gone for good, but not for good It’s gone
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Secrets of the World 06:30
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Today was just another day A lot like the day before I can’t believe all of the things that happened My car broke down It rained again You spoke my name while you were sleeping I wouldn’t have missed it for the world And tomorrow is magic because it comes Ringing its promises Though bad things sometime come to everybody So take a chance now Breathe the air And think of things you’ve never dared And offer up this simple prayer It’s right there You can’t keep it from getting dark outside But you might as well give it a whirl ‘Cause you never know where you’re going to find All the secrets of the world I can’t believe the things I see And I don’t believe what I don’t I try to separate the facts from faction When reason, logic leave you cold And lock you in their strangle hold Just set your heart to overload Some things will Remain untold You can’t keep it from getting dark outside And I know that it sounds absurd But it’s getting so there’s no place to hide All the secrets of the world Today was just another day Maybe you fell in love Maybe you learned something you thought you knew Maybe the sky fell to the ground Maybe you stared the bastard down With all that’s waiting to be found It’s your time Look around You can’t keep it from getting dark outside But you might as well give it a whirl ‘Cause you never know where you’re going to find All the secrets of the world You can’t keep it from getting dark outside And I know that it sounds absurd But it’s getting so there’s no place to hide All the secrets of the world
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Stop My Heart 05:26
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Come let me dry all your tears tonight Let’s put them to bed Silence those voices inside your head I am here, I’m in your life And this is my charge To make sure you know what a gift you are You stop my heart Every time I think of you You hold my breath You make me weak My strength is you I know it’s a miracle I found you A miracle that you would want me, too I never had a choice Right from the start You stop my heart I’ve watched you glide through this world I’ve followed your eyes I don’t know if you even realize How you draw in people with your grace And I am just one I am in orbit around your sun You stop my heart Every time I think of you You take my breath You turn my world My world is you I know you’re a miracle I found you A miracle And you wanted me, too I never had a chance Right from the start You stop my heart
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Shutdown 05:40
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Music taught me how to listen And I’ve heard all you said But when it’s time to turn the tables You turn off instead On the edge of all this beauty You just shutdown Auto fade to black Why do you shutdown? You tell me to face the facts Then you choose the ones you need And you call your sympathetic army To bring me to my knees On the verge of all this beauty I won’t be shutdown I will sing my mind I will not be shutdown All this artful indignation I see through your veil But if you ever lift it I will be there without fail In the realm of all this beauty We won’t be shutdown Turn the power off We will not be shutdown Yes, in the thrall of all this beauty We won’t be shutdown It’s your power But we will not be shutdown
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More Than I Love 05:14
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All covered in blankets of stars That keep us from being afraid of the dark And the distance and emptiness and Where sometimes A little light is gonna find its mark With all that you are Can you be More than I love? Counting the stars They’ll never be More than my love Look to a star Are you sure That it’s still there Or maybe just an illusion of light? ‘Cause the stars are all ancient And we’re just a heartbeat in time That’s why we’ve got to love with all our might With all that you are Can you be More than I love? Counting the stars They’ll never be More than my love
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All I Have Forgotten 03:54
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Across this twilight’s radiant distance I am a time-worn traveler And looking back on all I have been given Oh, all that I have forgotten and left behind It hovers over all the things I carry along Into this song I’ve left a trail of love and damage But not an empty moment still How could I lose these things that I have been granted? Oh, all that I have forgotten and left behind It hovers over all the thoughts I carry along Into this song Can you help me to remember? Through the shadows and the scars ‘Cause all I need is to remember All the faces And the places And the moments Oh, and what it feels like... All that I have forgotten and left behind It hovers over all the dreams I carry along Into this song Oh, all that I have forgotten and left behind It hovers over all the love I carry along Into this song
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Mistral 07:16
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The coda comes before the overture is over The storm it comes before the calm And it’s so peculiar when it’s not what you expected And I know you’re not among the ones who don’t expect too much It’s not your fault California It’s manifest Destiny City’s son, I tried to warn you Now I’m staring off to see The mistral The code it comes before the resuscitation Oh, I am breathing in your mouth And we could hide here in this bed and save each other While the world outside is rumbling And crumbling all around <All fall down> Silicon California Manifest destiny Must be something in the water I am setting out to see Oh, the mistral They say what goes around It comes around, too But what if one day it just... ...stopped? Who’s the king of California? Just another B movie I am sailing Cross that water I am sailing off to sea Kingdom come California Just another B movie I am surfing On your water I am surfing
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I Want to Make You Feel Everything 03:37
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The night nestles into this room Tiptoeing light on the floor Oh, I’ve been away But I’ve come back For more And I won’t leave these gifts I bear at your door You sleep with your arms stretched high Your mouth is open and moving Oh, I am awake I can’t be dreaming And I want to make you feel everything We choose And we are chosen We’re blessed And we are what we are So don’t ever change a thing About you ‘Cause in this world where we slide and glide along the surface I have plundered your secret depths and found no end And I want to make you feel everything

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Mistral is our third album-length release. Le Mistral is what the French call a strong, cold northwesterly wind that blows through the Rhône valley and the south of France and into the Mediterranean, usually during the winter. So okay...we got our continents and bodies of water mixed up in the title track. But this record was influenced, during the entire time we made it, by this foreboding that a storm was brewing. We still feel that way.

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released May 17, 2019

Recorded, mixed, and mastered at Cloud 9 Recording.
Engineered by Joe Napoli.
Produced by bluerace with Joe and Jack Napoli.

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bluerace is a four-piece contemporary music ensemble from the New York metropolitan area. They have independently released three album-length works, "World is Ready" (2009), "Beautiful Sky" (2013), and "Mistral," found here, in 2019. They characterize themselves as a small factory or workshop of songwriters, and their sound is characterized by the interplay of the two guitarists distinct styles. ... more

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