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The Gradient
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Kind of a pop punk tune about wanting more than what we've got.
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Singer songwriter from Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
I'm a songwriter born and raised in Edmonton, Alberta. I play bass for my band, This Machine Kills Fascists. My music is pretty much the most important thing in my life.
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Genre
Alternative • Pop Punk
Charts
Peak #185
Peak in subgenre #8
Author
Patrick Olson
Rights
2007, by Patrick Olson
Uploaded
December 01, 2007
Track Files
MP3
MP3 3.7 MB • 128 kbps • 4:01
Story behind the song
This is my final project for my first semester of songwriting at Grant MacEwan. I played all the instruments. The recording process was definitely interesting and I think I finally discovered the secret to recording good sounding music.
Lyrics
There's a motion in the ocean And it's pulling me back into the wall A little feeling from the ceiling And it's telling me I'm about to fall But I just ignore the warning signs Heed no thought to direction We will write our own book even when [chorus] The brush strokes failed As the penned notes wailed And they all just seemed to get lost in the gradient In our lives, they say We can make a change But we just can't seem to get ourselves together again. There's a schism in the rhythm And it's reaching down into my soul A demolition premonition and I'm letting go of all the old And I can't decide to run or fight Heed no thought to direction We will sing it didn't matter that [chorus] If the sidewalks are so comforting, And if silence makes great company, Then why does everybody sing Of the moon and stars and sky? [chorus]x2
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