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Out of the Basement

by KATES!

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1.
Truck Nut 04:48
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On a humid August evening Headed for a drive-in movie Summer breezes turned to chills Soon as you spoke At first I didn't see you Until my ears they started to burn It's like you'd found a dying ember You could stoke A few years back, I'd wager If our paths had ever crossed You wouldn't have cared to say a thing I might've heard But it seems you've found your voice It's time to tear the whole world down You put that flag up on your truck And spread the word But I think I've read your bible It's a sad, disjointed gospel Twisted fables tied together with silly string Now you work so hard to spread it Filling strangers with your damage But the truth is that you don't know anything Now you've hit your stride You rant and rave at random strangers There's nothing new to your Conspiracies and rage Driving home that night I thought about the confrontation The only thing that I regret Was I engaged Cause I think I've read your bible It's a sad, disjointed gospel Twisted fables tied together with silly string Now you work so hard to spread it Filling strangers with your damage But the truth is, you don't know a goddamn thing A goddamn thing Trade it all for something And now you've got nothing Nothing Nothing at all
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It's A Shame 03:17
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You're so original I tried to be like you But I couldn't keep it true We were close friends Were nearly birthday twins Off by a month and a bit Stuck together When the bullies hit Because we never fit And we fought back When they would throw down words That never matched our verses We got older I hung with artist kids You turned to finances And the day came When our differences Outranked our samenesses And we argued About our politics You never made much sense Come to shouting Agreed to disagree That was it for you and me And it's a shame It's a shame I found out what you became It's a shame It's a shame you don't know it Shame you don't know it We haven't spoken In nearly 20 years And we live in different tiers Got to thinking Some days I wondered where You might have staked your share I searched your name That's when I found your feed And I wished I couldn't read It was shocking How bad your compass was broken Was best unspoken It's a shame...
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Don't Let the Moment Pass 05:52
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I made a life for myself Tiptoeing below the radar Felt terrified and exposed By any decision Treaded on water but tried Not to cause a ripple I learned to ride a shadow With great precision Stand up in the crowd At risk of being discovered Then you slink back down And take comfort in being unseen You make a conscious choice To fight right through your instinct Now you're out there and your every move Stands in sharp relief You know you broke that egg But you're not sure how you managed to crack it And as your problem grows you complain But there's not plan of attack yet Then there's the dread and the doubt and the feeling That your time has passed you by So hold on while you still can Just try to enjoy that ride (break) You know you broke that egg... Don't ever catch yourself on someone else's time You won't regret it, no, you won't regret it at all Don't let the moment pass, don't let it pass you by You take the keys and grab the opportunity I can't explain it, no you can't expect a thing I'm holding fast now, yeah, I'll bring what I can bring And if you say it's alright, I hope you'll let me in I've kept my guard up, I know, we can let the healing begin Don't let the moment pass (oh yeah yeah)...
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The Night Was Calling 03:46
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When the concert ended we stopped down the road for takeout And we filled our faces with calories and caffeine So hyped from the show that no one was ready to go back We were big boys now Some of us were almost 19 We had nothing to do so we searched for opportunities We had nowhere to go and we barely knew where we were And my phone was ringing, my mom asking when I'd be coming home But I shrugged it off Was a badass on an adventure The night was calling And you had to answer Yeah the night was calling you And I think that you had to answer Filled into the car and we drove somewhere up in midtown And there was Baba O'Reilly blasting on the stereo We met up with some other friends who'd escaped from a double-date The Sable wagon was full Of excess testosterone We were tired and bored, hung round in a North York parking lot Circled aimlessly till we voted to head to the Green Room We took an upstairs table next to the door to the fire escape Where we argued about the validity of nostalgia So are you coming home tonight? When are you coming home tonight? Are you coming home at all tonight? Tell me, are you coming home? Won't you come home? Why don't you answer? The night was calling The night was calling Yeah the night was calling you this time Yeah the night was calling and all you could do was answer
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You're On Your Own 06:06
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Thought we were finally Nearing the end But here we go now For another ride Thought we were gonna help Each other out I thought that you were On my side Now we're in the dark Have to face the odds This game is tossed And I'm so afraid That all that we fought for Will soon be lost And I know that they told us We'd get through together But you're on your own And I know that they told us Look out for each other But you're on your own You're on your own You're on your own Thought that we'd come out A little stronger I thought you and I Would've learned and changed Despite our failure We'd keep marching forward Finding strength through our stumbles We'd rearrange So do what you can You can to survive Don't expect to be rescued It's take what you find Don't ever look back Whatever happens will be excused And this endless cycle We'll drift through again And we'll drift through again I hope that you're OK That you keep your health You take care, my friend Cause you're on your own You're on your own So do what you can... Ohh - you're on your own
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After the Bombs 08:06
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(Dedicated to Ukraine) You came out from the underground To a burning battered street After the bombs After the bombs As you search through the destruction You're too numb to feel the heat After the bombs After the bombs Had a dream that I was running Over a bridge when the span beneath me It fell away Into the sea And you were standing on the other side And I could see you jumping and waving But I couldn't hear You calling me Would I hold on, keep my balance Or would it weaken my resolve After the bombs After the bombs Would I have the chance to show them That their problems won't be solved After the bombs After the bombs So let's awaken from this nightmare We have to crawl out from this hole We've been living in Been living in And we'll stop our adversaries And together we'll forge a new path That's where we'll begin That's where we'll begin After the bombs Will you stay strong? Will you stay strong? With the first snowfall in winter There's a deep-freeze round the corner We expect a hostile season coming soon But we know that spring will follow Long as we can persevere And see it through As they set their sights upon us Our eyes focus on the future Can't lose track of who we are or what's at stake Seems they never had the upper hand Cause they never could have known What it would take What it would take After the bombs - still falling above our heads tonight...
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The Fadeout 04:15
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Well your synth is starting to drift out of tune And you're burned out hoping to find something interesting soon And it seems like you might have a piece of a thread But it's not quite enough to distract yourself from the dread Oh from the dread, oh no! You find inspiration from experience Which is kind of hard when you don't really get out much And so you spend your time streaming videos of trendy movies So they can't say you're out of touch You're so out of touch, oh no! You've reached into your pockets You turned up nothing good All you got was dust You might be slipping now Has it finally happened to you? And it seems as though you're lost in the past You're out of time You're no longer a match And as you make your exist You'll ask: How could it be true? Yeah how could it ever be true? Well your children think you're the greatest thing For the first 10 years Then they begin to waver And as the curtain falls They see an aging goofball Fading slowly and surely out of favour Out of favour - oh no! And it won't be long if you're careful enough, well You'll probably find your credibility's unwinding Until the day they say they hate you And it's a gut punch that lands so hard It's nearly blinding It's nearly blinding - oh no! Well you stood up on that stage You got the hook and it was over Did you think that you could stay there Till you turned blue? And it feels like a new chapter In your life for worse or better But you ask yourself How could it ever be true? How could it ever be true? You're beginning to fade out Don't you fade out Don't you fade out on me...
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How Did We Get Here? 02:46
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We can trust each other We can stick together We can hold each other tight And we can use our power How did we get here? How did we reach this place? Drained of our resources But we can counter back So ask yourself if you care We'll blow the door wide open How did we get here? How do we turn the tide? How do we find the strength? How do we make things right?
9.
Dancing Queen 04:08
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10.
The Past 04:49
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Never thought I would be so late Didn't think you could make me feel so small Believed I was trying my best Told me you didn't want my help at all Said you needed more Was a time we could coast along Used to hang around in bed till noon We didn't have anywhere to be While the grownups were playing a different tune Someday it was true We'd sing it too And it seems Both you and I Came up in a simpler time And now that we've re-emerged, it's clear Those days are over And though we could Give it a try And speak in simpler lines Only to spin a new fiction And those days are over They're over now These days the game Has fully changed First-hand we've seen what it can take To hold the line And maybe now You'll hear me out I hope with the crisis all around That we can meet the moment Because our silence It leaves a void And it seems Both you and I Came up in a simpler time And now that we've re-emerged, it's clear Those days are over And though we could Give it a try And speak in simpler lines Only to spin a new fiction And those days are over They're over now And I tried Yes I tried To hold the line for you Frayed at the edges now Till the day was over Yeah I tried Yes I tried To keep it together for you In flames all around us now Till the day was over It's over now Yes I tried Yes I tried To hold the line for you Frayed at the edges now Till the day was over Yeah I tried Yes I tried To keep it together for you In flames all around us now Till the day was over It's over now

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Wish me luck: I'm stepping out of the basement now.

Hope you enjoy these songs. It's been a blast making them! Thank you to my family, as always, who continue to be patient with me, as well as occasionally supportive, whenever I step away to work on my little Ableton symphonies. Surely, in some self-serving way, I'm doing this for you, too.

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released April 4, 2023

Dave Kates - Vocals, guitars, synthesizers, bass, drum sequencing, arrangement and production, editing and mixing (for better or worse). Basically, all the Dave-ing, plus some of the Kates-ing.

All songs written and composed by Dave Kates except "Dancing Queen," originally written and composed by Benny Andersson, Bjorn Ulvaeus and Stig Anderson.

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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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