Recently we recorded two of our newer songs with Todd Carter at Bel Air Studios in Chicago for promotional uses only. We were generously offered some free studio time by Sparrow of Sparrow Studios and we used the time to record "Spotlights" and "Never a Harbor." Afterwards, we took the mixes over to ARS Studios to be mastered, and we will be using these recordings to tide us over until we finish our upcoming EP, slated for release in January 2008.
-Engineering and mixing by Todd Carter
-Produced by Cobalt
-Album design by Cobalt
-"Spotlights" written by m. hart
-"Never a Harbor" written by t. fort
Spotlights
Hot night
That leather miniskirt
keeps sticking to your thighs
Runways
Clichés
You find disgust with each
manikin’s disguise
But you’re with me now
V.I.P. now
And there’s a price tonight
for every crooked smile
Gotta impress
Gain access
But the prize tonight,
I’m convinced it makes it all worthwhile
But you aint gonna buy it
You tell me no, no, no
I step into the party
And you just go, go, go
So I’ll start dancin’ on these tables
Drink ‘till I am able
To careen into the sun
And when the interrogation starts
I’ll recite repentant parts
But I wont tell them what you’ve done
… to me.
Big shots
Blind spots
You say you’re stuck between my dreams
And expectations
Just get me cheap drugs
And a little scene buzz
And hype me up
On my own congratulations
Adoration - compensation
Far too much alike for me than you’re willing to allow
They adore me like a first date, you adore me like a vow
I know I shouldn’t need it but I know I need it now
And I’ll leave all these suited snakes
Let them slander my escape
And slither to the latest trend
And I’ll jump all these velvet ropes
Make my break with just the hope
To make you smile again
love is not water
my will is not the wind
i aint no castaway babe
i know just where i am
and my tears aint nothing
like a good heavy rain
but from this vantage point
they could be the same
but i am no sailer
i lack a ship
you were never a harbor to me
you were a girl and that's it
and i am no captain
drunk at the wheel
but i owe you the truth though babe
that's just how it feels
so take me away
yeah take me away
take me away
from these metaphors i'm livin for today
yeah you lost me
but nothing is dying
and there's life in our bones
i'll be with you st. valentine's day
as you're al capone
i am not a christian child
losin my faith
i'm simply leavin you
and i'm tryin to save face
this car gives me the freedom
i'd expect from a boat
but i'd not take her anywhere
you couldn't follow
if one day in my travels
i'm back at your port
i'd offer you riches babe
to let me back in your door