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Forty Days (and Forty Nights)
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A mellow acoustic groove explodes into hard rockin' mayhem in this mood piece.
banter dan sheehan boston
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BANTER is a band which combines modern and classic rock sounds in most refreshing ways.
Banter rocked the clubs and airwaves of the Northeast United States from 1996-2004 with a catalog of songs infusing everything from folk and punk and Arabian drones into a unique brand of rock that defies classification (OK, fine, call them alt rock if you must). Their lyrics range from musical paintings of places that have affected their lives (and ours), as found in songs like "The Fort," "Springtime in February" and "Three Weeks," to themes of angst and paranoia as tackled in "Lowered" and "Farewell." Their CDs, which include the highly acclaimed EP and their full-length album , brought the group international attention with reviews in places as remote as Bryansk, Russia and chart success in France. BANTER has performed throughout the Northeast United States from New York to New Hampshire and has championed the New England media from magazines to TV.
Song Info
Genre
Rock • Rock General
Charts
#7,265 in subgenre Peak #36
Charts
Peak #354
Author
Dan Sheehan
Rights
1996 Daniel Sheehan
Uploaded
December 08, 2007
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MP3 4.9 MB • 128 kbps • 5:20
Story behind the song
Written when I'd just moved from New York to Boston to start a new band and had some anxiety about what I'd left behind.
Lyrics
Shall I tell you all about my pain? Can you help desensitize my brain? Cannot seem to find the words to say God, I wish that you were here today Forty days and forty nights Staring up into the light Try to think myself to sleep But the future seems so steep Try to call you but you're never home Try to satisfy my lust to roam Cannot seem to find a single reason why Guess I'll let another day go by Forty days and forty nights Staring up into the light Try to think myself to sleep But the future seems so steep You know it seems so steep Try to listen to some music but the radio's broken Write you letters, take back all the words that I have spoken Cannot seem to find the words to write Guess I'll save it for another night Forty days and forty nights Staring up into the night Try to find another way To put off another day
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