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Things Get Better / Alchemy Cosmo Single

by Above/Below

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it rings clear cause the sound is ageless and known like the A-list still they try to arrange this its feeling kind of strange this movement back and then forth shaken to the core but guess that's par for the course and we're a force to be reckoned with like Gordo from Tekken with a power insurmountable even in this hour full of doubt, they're turning it inside out, still we remount the offensive, effort is intensive just to stay pensive when distraction is plentiful and thrive up in the moment 'cause each instant is integral pivotal - the balance wavers in the wind that shakes the fruits of labor from the crops that we tend not break nor we bend, the tide is too massive so often we send these messages for the masses shout from the rooftops, and project like Trevor the truth will prevail, and yes, things they get better it echos down the hallway, heard what they all say i call it how i see it but it blind like a sun ray they say that someday it'll clear like a runway but someday is a long time and life I'd like to call mine shook like a fault line but justice he opined is not for a man to decide but still hide resided on the wrong side ever since birth unequivocally active in the struggle its worth every scrape suffered, every tear drop shed the unexamined life is not worth being led not a brick in the wall not a stone in the quarry not another sad story not concerned about glory forty days and forty nights wandering aimless writing on the wall only equal in name its insane where we're headed why I'm writing this letter time tested truth prevails things they get better
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Alchemy 03:46
a different time, a different place than the spot that we're at and I'm meaning something different than just a dot on the map feeling caught in a trap, trying to wrestle my way out but the struggle is a cycle, day in and day out the way in is well marked, still searching for an exit still thinking 'bout a power move, wishing I could flex it looking for a nexus or a little human touch a glimpse of the glimmer in your eyes meant so much it was never enough, the time that we spent together the time that we spent apart, endured like bad weather now miles in between us, the trials, the tribulation the situation where I find myself, strictly my creation pacing back and forth, racing thoughts in my mind facing facts of reality, cold sweat pouring out of me looking for distraction, staring out from the balcony searching in the skies for a fix like alchemy

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Released by Cosmodemonic Telegraph as part of the 2011 Hygienic Cosmo Singles.
A-side featured on compilation The Long Hundred also released on Cosmodemonic Telegraph.

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released January 29, 2011

Above/Below is:
Gabe Chandler - Vocals
Patrick Murphy - Trombone
Johnny Harbel - Flugelhorn
Kevin Thornton - Alto Saxophone
David Dorfman - Baritone Saxophone
Hollis Dunlap - Guitar
Chris Reilly - Bass Guitar
Jonas Sanchez - Drums

Additional vocals on both tracks - Lacy Johnson

All songs written by Above/Below.
Artwork by Jonas Sanchez.
Recorded in various bedrooms across the United States.
Mixed and mastered by Hollis Dunlap.
Special thanks to J Curland.

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Above/Below New London, Connecticut

Above/Below was born in New London, CT circa 2008. Their debut full-length release <<Two Sides>> garnered international acclaim and won the 2011 Whalie award for Album of the Year. Nearly a decade later, A/B is back with new music.

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