1. |
Save the Day
04:29
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I keep on searching, finding answers
That only lead to different questions
Try to shut it down, in my mind
Live for today
Most of my friends, haven't seen them
Though they tell me they're OK
Seems we all stand at the ready
But not to stay
Getting stuck on breaking stories
I leave the moment to spoil and sour
Kids are growing up by the minute and by the hour
Where do we stand? Are we sinking?
Is the future still in play?
Feel so damn depressed by the depths of our decay
But no I'm not waiting for someone to save the day
No I won't wait for someone to save the day
I miss my family and my friends
I miss the daily frustrations
Even the crowded platform, rush hour at the subway station
They talk about the new normal
But the normal isn't new
I dream about the "before times"
Adjust the glare from the rear view
And try to get back home to you
So did they get what they wanted?
Or was disruption more the end?
Tearing shit up for the thrill - were they just making friends?
Hear them talking 'bout their freedoms
Guess everyone's got bills to pay
Put your pants on every morning
And you're on your way
Won't catch me waiting for someone to save the day
No I won't wait for someone to save the day
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2. |
Better Friend
04:00
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3. |
In Those Days
02:54
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Asked for your number after classes
You gave a sigh and you shook your head
I fell back hard, I think I broke my glasses
Things didn't go like my friends had said they'd go
And that night
Saw you walk by with your friends
In the arms of a lanky guy with a Bulls cap
Didn't wanna think that this was how it was gonna go
But when I saw you with someone else
I knew I had to face it and step aside
There's no one gonna come to bail you out
It's not their place to hold your hand
Like when your words escape you and your aching head
Slipping through your fingers like grains of sand
Still I remember what the ski team said
As they lined up to board the bus at sunrise
It was something rude about my mother (and they don't even know her)
So as they hissed and heckled
I knew I had to throw it back at them some day
Asked for your number after class
(Out in the hallway by the caf)
Rejection hit me hard and fast
(But to look back now you have to laugh)
Lacked the confidence to close the deal
(Is it how you wanted me to feel?)
Not the way my friends said it would go
(They didn't think you would say no)
I think I saw you on the news last night
You were holding a placard outside a schoolyard
Screaming at all the parents
And scaring those poor kids - oh no!
As I watched on the TV screen
I knew that we were never really meant to be
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4. |
We're Good
02:42
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5. |
Breathe Again
04:26
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6. |
No Return
05:56
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August 2003
03:48
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Walking through the dark in a familiar park
Didn't know who you were, but you warned us:
"Prepare for the conflict!"
Still we stayed back and we watched the stars
Kind of shaken by what you said
Didn't know what you wanted
Was barely over my teens in 2003
Were sitting somewhere between the ages
Of pagers and cellphones
Epidemic that spring, we barely did anything
But what really shut us down?
The power lines in Ohio
But, hey, what did we know?
Been nearly 20 whole years
I've got the wisdom of age
But still the thoughts come back
Like remember the time when the lights were out?
As for those August days
Through the years, in some ways
May have been lost on us that night
But was this what we were warned about?
Cause I'm starting to have my doubts
On the night that you met us we were settled in
To a situation we couldn't
Contain or control
It's as if you'd seen through to the decades ahead
We'd have to fight to hold onto the truth
Against grifters and criminals
You said,
"Remember me? August 2003? I wore the leather gloves without fingers, warned you 'bout the future?
"And now you're twice your years with a house and some kids, but somewhere back in time, could it be you were missing the picture?"
Were you prepared for the conflict?
I don't think I was ready
Were you prepared for the conflict?
Cause I just don't think I was ready
How did you know? How could you know?
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8. |
Emergency
05:34
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9. |
If You...
04:17
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KATES! Toronto, Ontario
KATES! is Dave Kates, multi-instrumentalist, family man and occasional singing robot. Currently, he divides his time between working from home, refereeing his children and recording in his basement.
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