Then
roomtwentyfour
[2014]
And I'm so sure that you will stand the test of time. You'll let it grow to regrip again from that place inside. You won't just fade away.
And I hold inside all the reasoning behind everything you've said and done. Oh, how it's shaped you like a mould. You're falling down now, but. It was such a golden opportunity but now the colour's fading and now your days are wearing thin.
Just think of all the time you've spent. Just think of the whole life you've led. It somehow felt so backward at the time. Just think of all the time you've spent. Just think of the whole life you've led. You just wish you could change the hands of time to make this appear.
So, just take a while, believe in yourself and listen to those voices that say, "You're only as safe as your mind creates".
Tonight, I'll leave the light on in case you take me up on it. Just say yes, say yes.
Girl, can you see the state I'm in? You're making my world unstable, woah-o. Girl, can you take my hand, yeah? Our lives will be our own fairytale, woah-o.
Until then I'll wait every hour, perched on top of this clock tower until you find it in yourself to say yes.
Do you miss the feeling that you'd get when you used to sleep for hours? You'd wake up in a corner of regret to know it's all still the same.
You spend the weekdays inside your head, just to figure out the games you play and understand the rules you've set. Well, now I'm mapping out crop squares until you admit you'd like it better if all of this was gone.
Do you agree this wasn't desired effect? I'm waiting for gravity to initiate. Now you're choked up in the atmosphere you wish to God you didn't create. Celestials hang on string from above. As I move, they pull me closer. What an adventure, but it all ends here. It's calling me home.
You won the battle but I can't say the war. You wrote the chapters but I'll finish the story my way.
If only you'd believe that you will never be out of my mind. Only you and me will see the sun rise its way through the night, again.
Remember when we'd listen to old cassettes from the back seat? We never knew that we'd fight for our universe. Well, now I do. Remember when we'd say that we'd never grow old or want to? But now time has moved on and I am stuck here waiting.
I'd always say that I am a man of silence. I could never find the words to say. But you'd always say to embrace that silence because it comes to life that way.
But is this what I live for? I wait for summer, just to find your warmth. Remember how you came undone? I'd never figure it out, how you found your way. I'd think it out for days, though I'd never figure it out. But I'd always think about you and dream about what you meant to me.
But, oh, the acting. You had me going there. Every second adds up to the hours of the days I used to spend...
On top of the rain, to put a stop to your evening. While you're just thinking of forgetting who I am. I'm on top of the rain to put a stop to your evening. And you're thinking of forgetting who I am.
On and on, "The Showstopper" and all the times we've spent. Like the days I'd end up thinking that we were getting somewhere.
But, oh, the acting. You had me believing you. Yet, I hold all the answers to the things you wish you knew.
Just like a statue, I wish you'd go nowhere instead of getting around.
I'll help you decide your own ending. We'll turn to the last page, erase it out. If only you could see what I'm wishing: you'd take back that decision that changed us all.
Lights go down as this venue closes. Yeah, I'm thinking about you again. It's got me scared that no amount of medication will get you out of my head. This love is disease. It's bending my sight. I've done all I could to get you out of my mind. But nothing could prepare me for the end.
But this all will disappear if I turn around tonight. I can't shake the feeling that it's broken.
But who's to say that the rain won't cease in the winter? Buildings stand in the way of the daylight position. Because we're outside and it's 3:29 am, we see the whole street drenched in light. Feel the horizon take aim and watch the colour fade.
Yet there's inconsistencies between the sheets of the bed you insist you make. Now was a better time than ever.
It's alright if you live to see the day.
But can I look past it this time? And I won't speak for myself when it's all said and done. So, no more acting and no more coming around, again.
And you're left with the same day-old, it's the same deal we've always had. I'm sure you never meant this. But if today if the world did fall, are you safe on the ground you're standing on? Because at night I've always felt this.
As this unfolds, I drift closer to shoreline. I'll make it back this time just to hear your voice. Just say, "I'll be waiting for you."
As this draws to a close, we'll think about all the times we knew. "On and on and on", we'd say.
I'll be thinking of the times we would say we rely on our own forever. Inside, we would be missing that one part we could never make alone. You're my own forever.
This night's so cold without you in my arms. Just try to understand. I need your voice to shout out the same things I said to you. The days seem longer without you and this all seems pointless.
But if I run, I sink further. Because all this time has been pulling me under. All I know is that I'm coming home to you. And it sets again, just like last time. Next, the premonition. This light switch brings a safety deep inside.
Yeah, to you, oh, I am somewhere across the distant skyline. I know I'm asking for it.
Around and around I can hear these voices. Both up and down, they say its because of you. But if I turn around I can see these voices. Both up and down, they surround me and all I do.
Every time I try to sleep, I see you staring back at me. Insomnia. You're the reason why.
Early morning, the night is wired. Your second chance has now expired. I bet you're happy now, I bet. But it doesn't change my regrets.
I never knew what this felt like, before today. I knew it was going to happen. Well, anyway, your mark remains but lives change. This is not the end, this is what you'd call 'bye for now'.
"When the band disbanded in 2010, we were sitting on an album's worth of songs. Four years later, I approached Ben and Brent to see if they were interested in self-producing an album, as a way to celebrate the band's journey. We even wrote our first new song together in over 4 years, 'Good Memoirs'. It was such a fun project and a great way to show everyone the album that could have been."
Release credits
All songs written and recorded by Jayson Evans (Guitars, Vocals), Brent Ebeling (Bass) and Ben Sanderson (Drums, Vocals), except for 'Insomnia (Bonus Track)', where bass is performed by Luke Dixon and drums by John Sinclair. Additional instruments by Jayson Evans.
All lyrics by Jayson Evans.
Produced by Jayson Evans. Recorded, mixed and mastered by Jayson Evans at Senator Studios.
Cover art photography by Wanagi Zable-Andrews.
Release trivia
'I Tried to Write a Short Song Title, But I Failed' was written as a response to the overly-produced and substance-less pop rock that was popular at the time. A producer the band had worked with said their song titles were too long and that they needed more catchy vocal parts, such as lyric-less responses, like 'woah's and 'ooh's. The producer also commented on the bands deeper lyrical subject matter, advising them to sing about more surface level things, such as 'a guy chasing a girl'. Jayson wrote the song ironically, incorporating these elements, with a twist: the seemingly romantic protagonist is eventually revealed to be a crazy stalker.
The song title, 'The Sky is Falling' is a reference to a famous line from the TV show, '24' - a show that Brent and Jayson used to watch together.
'Good Memoirs' was written in 2014. The band did so to see if they could still write a song like they did in the old days.
'Gettin' Aroun' (Just Like a Statue)' was the last song the band wrote before they disbanded in 2010.
The skit before 'Airstrike on '04' is referencing a real-life situation the band had: an old manager telling them that they should abandon their pop rock sound and get ahead of the 12-bar blues resurgence that he was sure was on its way.
As the album was recorded to celebrate the band's journey, Jayson asked to record 'Insomnia' (a song from their first demo, released ten years prior) with original members Luke Dixon and John Sinclair, as an easter egg for long-time listeners.