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Hold Your Breath For A Rising Tide

by Down and Above

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1.
We always think we have so much time Spend forever on the nickel and dime Who knows when you reach the end of the line If I listen close I can hear you whisper Remember baby face kissing Daddy's whisker We'd circle up and sing "Mama-mia come on home" any time we missed her A kangaroo ride in sawdust covered Carhartts After coming home in the pitch dark A promise kept from a worn out worker to a kid with a full heart I'll meet you in my dreams, keep you alive in my memory I'm catching up but you're so far ahead of me I'll make you proud, make you proud of me I remember getting calls when I was way overdue "Want to make sure that you're breathing, haven't heard from you" It drove me crazy - I could see straight through and I wouldn't say I'm sorry Now I wish for that long belated call To hear that you're still breathing - haven't heard from you at all Did the big one pull you in or did time just get away from a kid with a full heart I'll meet you in my dreams, keep you alive in my memory I'm catching up but you're so far ahead of me I'll make you proud, make you proud of me
2.
Hopesablaze 03:09
When the west was rich with cowboys you found your man The Ex had taken it badly, had been in love madly, in love with my land Moving trucks backed to the door and all the neighbors knew the score A beaming bride and old cowboy on the road again Said "Jump in the car girl, let's get outta town" Had no idea we'd come back to what we found Now we'll never really know (take a guess) who burned down our nest We'll never put a face to the name who set our hopes ablaze Comin' up over the ridge, smoke in the air Oh my God, my dear, the hilltop is burning, our home should be there Tire tracks fresh in the snow Gas cans on the front lawn glow Comin' up over the ridge, smoke in the air Now we'll never really know (take a guess) who burned down our nest We'll never put a face to the name who set our hopes ablaze The snow fell as hard as our dreams and the blaze lit the eastern sky We held each other close and we knew we'd make it through the night
3.
So Alive 03:10
Guess some feelings never really go away This one came around for another day I miss you - now the sting has been replaced by an aching in my heart - it won't go away Imagine my surprise when just last night you showed up right by my side I was so glad I found you, threw may arms around you Never seen you looking so alive I want to see it, I want to believe it's true I've been stuck in a rut but I dreamed I woke up talking to you My throat was in a knot I could hardly speak I wondered if you held secrets from the deep You said "Slow down boy, you'll wear yourself thin. You gotta come back home inside your skin" I had so many questions we had so little time You had so few answers but you looked in my eye Said "I'm doing all right, hon, I'm still around. You'll be just fine, keep your feet on the ground" I want to see it, I want to believe it's true I've been stuck in a rut but I dreamed I woke up talking to you
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5.
Shark Attack 03:42
What a laugh this is, I just can't wait to tell our friends and see how this thing ends We're gonna make a mil and sell our story on TV from the middle of the sea It's all right, it's all right We're not gonna die tonight Hold your breath for a rising tide We're gonna make it out of this alive When we pushed away we both blew kisses to the shore and thought we'd see her more When we caught our breath we lost, we lost sight of the land Just hold on my friend - I know what you're thinking, the spark has left your eye Maybe if we last the night someone will come along Just keep holding on It's all right, it's all right We're not gonna die tonight Hold your breath for a rising tide We're gonna make it out of this alive It's all right, it's all right if we don't make it through the night I'll say a prayer if you like Just stay afloat and hope to see a light
6.
On a hot and sticky stretch of Interstate 80 In the summer of 2005 Me and the boys and a van full of toys killin' time to keep the dream alive Drinkin' up the beauty of the Iowa freeway, flat farms as far as the eye can see We were all a little bored and a little more behind so we pushed the van harder and cranked the AC Last night we played Gabe's down in Iowa City, a waste of a 4-hour drive A touring bill of the "Twin Cities' Finest" played for a roomfull of FIVE Tonight will be better, such beautiful weather, just 200 more miles to go When under the hood something's up to no good Watch as our hopes pour onto the road Maybe we can find a song where we all can sing along Echoes in a song let the voices carry on We've paid our dues now it's time to collect call AAA for a tow A couple hours later we're hitched to the trailer Off to Nebraska we roll Sitting and waiting and swimming in heat Sharing the ditch with the ticks and the fleas If I'd taken shop we'd be back on our feet, but we opted for choir instead Now our hope for tonight's show is dead Maybe we can find a song where we all can sing along Echoes in a song let the voices carry on Maybe we can find a song where we all can sing along This will carry on when the days have come and gone The tour's passed us by and the bottom's fallen out We're left with a wreck and a pile of doubt With nothing but debt left and no van to drive we'll do our best to survive Storm sirens sounding The kick drum is pounding The crowd drowning out all the noise The ringing of ears from a trail of tears It's good to be back with the boys
7.
Molasses 03:04
You're a pretty thing, watch where you stand He's a smooth one, you'd better watch his hand He'll tell you everything you want to hear Hey that guy you just made eyes with maybe has a plan For a way to make a coward feel like a man He'll tell you everything you want to hear Watch as the room begins to smear baby But don't you let it go, don't you let it go Wait for the smoke to start to clear baby Before you let it go, don't you let it go Hey baby - blow me off and look away Drink up - you'll be givin' me the time of day You're comin' home with me - don't walk away Watch as the room begins to smear baby But don't you let it go, don't you let it go Wait for the smoke to start to clear baby Before you let it go, don't you let it go (Cover your glasses, you'll move like cold molasses)
8.
Drinking the smoke from a roadside cafe with a lump in my throat - I can't swallow my eggs I've been a fool and I've always cared for you though it hasn't always seemed that way Excuses are easy to find, but reasons are hard - I just run out of time I know I didn't call you from out on the road but you were always the one on my mind Lately my dear I've been searching my diary for pages when you were still mine The words covered over by a pressed 4-leaf clover plucked from a luckier time The secrets I keep are transparent at best I heard some advice that hit close to my chest Said "This kinda girl don't come along every day - She's a catch, don't let her get away" Lately my dear I've been searching my diary for pages when you were still mine The words covered over by a pressed 4-leaf clover plucked from a luckier time I'll get some new jokes and a puppy named Folks - you'll love him from very first sight Then someday maybe you'll call me your baby like you did in my dreams tonight
9.
Lately I've been down and I've been reeling and nothing's giving me the bite Turn the faucet on - echoes of a song, but nothing's coming out tonight I've tried everything from the ceiling to the ground My hands are black with coal but a diamond won't be found Do my best to pry the rain down from the sky but the ground is good and dry tonight I confess I'm a mess, but honey you know that you know me best I confess I'm a mess, but honey I confess I'm a mess, but honey you know, you know I don't know if I can ever be all the things that you see, things that you see in me I don't know if I can be all the things that you see, things that you see I've been dying for that something that makes me feel alive But coming up with nothing no matter how I try Can I take another zero and still give an ounce of fight Make a comeback, be the hero Nothing's coming out tonight I don't know if I can ever be all the things that you see, things that you see in me I don't know if I can be all the things that you see, things that you see Cuz I'm feeling down, down, down . . . Forgive me my dear but I just need to hear what's written all over your face A hundred times for the broken up lines Putting me back into place I don't know if I can ever be all the things that you see, things that you see in me I don't know if I can be all the things that you see, things that you see
10.
I wish I could have come home sooner To be the good supporter, to be the one to spoon her If you can hang around for another hopeful day I promise this will turn around, like sunshine after rain Sometimes the road is hard, and there's no easy way around it I'd love to take the highline or the subway underground it Maybe cut a corner, maybe thumb a friendly ride But we've got to keep on moving while time is on our side It's hard to find your way with a flashlight on a bright day when your map is just a white word written on a white page We can take a little dark and sparks will have more meaning I promise this will turn around, as sure as my skin is peeling I wouldn't be surprised if you're the one to pull us through You deserve so much more than you would ever think you do I think if I just swing enough I'll get a lucky hit Then maybe we can plant a seed and pour ourselves all over it And we can grow together and keep pushing through the pain I promise this will turn around, like sunshine after rain
11.
Hope 02:48
So you've reached the end of the ride but you want to stay inside The thrill you thought you'd get, you haven't felt it yet And you would do it all again if it would only mean the end of the heartache and the emptiness There is hope further down the road The storm is heading east I'm told There is hope further down the road The Minnesota cold has chilled you to the bone And the snow has buried deep the roads to get back home Just give it some time dear and the air will start to clear There is hope further down the road The storm is heading east I'm told There is hope further down the road Sunny skies in Idaho There is hope further down the road
12.
Another year gone by with that thorn in your side I know you've got some things to say to me love I know I coulda been, I know I shoulda been, I wish I woulda been better to you But I know I can change, I can be a better lover Saying it is one thing and doing is another I love you more than you'll ever know I hope that one day I'll be less about me and more about you Less about me so I can show you I can't help but see you look away from me I'll ask you twice, I know it drives you crazy I know I don't work hard enough for you You ask me to and I want to But this head's full of memories, regrets and felonies Tied to a tether but it's gonna get better I love you more than you'll ever know I hope that one day I'll be less about me and more about you Less about me so I can show you You're a streetlight shining in a ghost town Beacon of hope in a city of letdown You're my bright light shining in a ghost town This town, any town here with you now We'd light up any town, burn bright any town You're a bright light shining when the big city feels like a small town full of letdown You're the bright light, eyes wide open in the big city night like a kid from a ghost town I love you more than you'll ever know I hope that one day I'll be less about me and more about you Less about me so I can show you
13.
I don't want to miss my chance See it clearly at a backward glance that I waited too long and I let you slip away This time I'm picking up my pen to write this year what I've known for ten We've been writing in pencil all this time but wouldn't erase a day I think we found our I think we found our I think we found our love again Somehow we managed to survive a thousand dark frozen winter nights Spring sun melt the ice into water down the river You're the angel in my life You're the apple of my eye And I want you to know what I've known for the longest time I think we found our I think we found our I think we found our love again So many friends in and out of my life but I won't let you go - not tonight So many endings to a single line but I found the perfect rhyme I've never felt so clear my dear With my voice shaking I'll try to say it "Do you wanna dance and hold my hand" Sing along

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released February 22, 2008

Produced by Down and Above
Engineered, Mixed, and Mastered by MountainSize Music (David Young, Ian Allison)
Additional Engineering and technical: Wayne Thomas, Nick Pettigrew, Stanley Rodgers
Album Design: Dustin Mulcahy
Artistic Direction: Emily Sexton
Additional Vocals and vocal production on "Interstate 80": Matt Kirkwold
Background Vocals on "The Things You See In Me" and "Proud (A Promise Kept)": Attention
Background Vocals on "Love You More": Dropping Daylight
Pedal steel on "4 Leaf Clover": Ken Wilson
Cello on "Love You More": Dan Lawonn

David Young: guitar, vocals, piano
Ian Allison: bass, vocals
Zach Young: drums, vocals

© 2008. All songs written by Down and Above (SESAC) except "The Highwayman", written by Jimmy Webb and published by the Harry Fox Agency (ASCAP).

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