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Written by Everything Turned To Color (Serenka Music, BMI)

Produced by Blake MorganRecorded, Mixed, and Mastered by Blake Morgan at ECR Music Studios, NYC

www.EverythingTurnedToColor.com

life imaginedE V E R Y T H I NG T UR NE D T O C O L O R

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soft in lament Sleep soft in lament ‘cause I’ll be just fineSeems I’ve been waiting forever to dieBut love run its course, my life ran its courseIn unpublished manuscripts, bourbon and wine So if it’s too late to ask whyJust go on old friend like the stories you toldKeep blissfully floating on by The sun and the moon, their beauty betraysTempting like sirens my wishing to staySo long overdue and long undefinedBut hey if we’re lucky we’ll soon reunite

Gently, just across the divideSo go on old friend like the promises owedKeep blissfully floating on by ‘Cause wishes aren’t denied in the afterlife Sleep softSoft in lamentSleep softNo need to dissentSleep softFor you I repent in good will So go on old friend like the stories you toldKeep blissfully floating on by

something to live for Gone halfway to the moon and backSupersonic but falling fastSeems you can’t outrun your fate in the starsJust delay the inevitableWrought with worry and what we wereOnly of the subconscious mind and the etherFallen from ether You give me something to live for Slipped and fell through the stratosphereStill you caught me without a careTold my mother I’d always obey, but in secret…Up the stairwell and out on the porchIn the schoolyard our innocence lostMeans are ends to the nth degree but in number The devil is 3; the devil is me

You give me something to live for

From opposite horizons To adjacent tidal wavesWe topped the highest heavensYet you forget what we all gaveSo farewell dear resolutionFarewell to the faithless hollow heartI want no part You give me something to live for

when you wish me there So it goes…Youthful ecstasy and hopeAdoration no one knowsAge and coping as the children grow older stillFleeting roses and rainbowsPhotographs of seeds we’ve sownTechnicolor vows for the unknownFor the future shone in you When you wish me there I will be thereAs footprints in the sandJust one step behind'Cause when you wish me there I’m already thereJust a whisper on the windAnd ashes in timeMemories of mine

What a ride for journeymenThe rush of blood’s adrenalineDiving deeper still it’s ever close, there it goesLife and laughter, lust and loveFriends you still know nothing ofIllicit energy renewed with sight of the dying light

When you wish me there I will be thereAs footprints in the sandJust one step behind‘Cause when you wish me there I’m already thereJust a whisper on the windAnd ashes in timeMemories of mine

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For me, to the fortunate fewI see, hey I’m fortunate too

love and be loved Come with the blood moonThrough the whispering pinesA stranger among usA soul for the shiningCut from the same clothWe left him to dieHe ain’t of this townNo son of mine But “love and be loved”? Just another lieSpun from the insideIt’s all just posturing

Stole me some nectarAnd with it their goldThe loveliest gestureThey come and they goHung from the rooftopsAnd sprung from the vineAnother escapeeNo son of mine

But “love and be loved”?

Just another lieSeen from the outsideIt’s all just posturing

We all want the same things

I was hoping I could steal a little timeTo chew the fat and flush out all the lies‘Cause once upon a lifetime you were mine

invisibility When I saw you dancing in the nude I knew we was goneFar too long to reconcile the demonsThat we’d muted out with alcohol self-prescribed for the painTook years to find but finally I’m believin’

There’s more insideThere’s more in life for meTo the fortunate few I pleadCan I be fortunate too? I caught a little lullaby like a halo in my handA rainbow through the seasons of deceitWhile forlorn at first by second sleight I knew the grievance gameIt’s who you know and how you can deplete them

For more in lifeBut you need more inside for meTo the fortunate few I pleadCan I be fortunate too? Oh and when you break you’re like a childOh and when I break I’m like a child tooReborn in your open arms

‘Cause in your arms there’s more for meTo the fortunate few I pleadCan I be fortunate too?

once upon a lifetime Once upon a time in New York CityOnce upon your lifeThe world you wished and hoped for cracks wide openWith just a roll of the dice

From everything to none at allYou were the crutch I never saw‘Neath the ghost light hissAlways only yours

I was hoping I could steal a little timeTo chew the fat and flush out all the lies‘Cause once upon a lifetime you were mine

Wasted days maybe but by good fortuneThe memories are niceBut ‘neath the ruins of that old back porch swingYou were just killing time

Lost everything yet I absolveYou were the fixer of my flawsFuture gone amissAlways only yours

I was hoping I could steal a little timeTo chew the fat and flush out all the lies‘Cause once upon a lifetime you were mine

I’ll see you soon I hope my friendYour soul’s the beacon light that guides us homeTrust me this day is not the endBut the birth of effervescent love that I’ll transmit to my own

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To love and be loved Love and be lovedBefore it’s too late

adelynn Damn boy been faithin’ on a shooting star so trueWhile you been creepin’ low just around the bendHe gone deaf, dumb, blind, and mute for faithin’ he the foolBut we all will get our due in the endWon’t we Adelynn? You may reach the starsBut you can’t change what you are Purveyors of empty hope hold the gentle hand of fearFor blessing the timeless needs of ten thousand sonsWhile daughters who should rule this world are broken and rebuilt in tearsWell me I subscribe to the gospel of noneHey there Adelynn You may reach the starsBut you can’t change what you are

‘Cause one day the sun will turn to blackAnd that day there ain’t no going backOnce you lift up the veil and disarmBut then you will be disowned you sayBut I would bet on better daysBetter ways to heal an ailing heartJust a lonesome heart led astray

You may reach the starsBut you can’t change what you are boyYou can’t change what you are

everything turned to color Deep beneath the ocean blue True love awaits for me and youIn Polaroids, an old shoeboxThe souvenirs we never bought They call me home again, thy heart an ocean childThen you send me overboard but I can only smile‘Cause all the while Everything turned to color I seen ya first on foreign filmYour native tongue and crimson skinSeduced me sweet as fates alignedNow in my bones your lover’s cry

It calls me home again, thy head a desert stoneThen you send me waterless to walk the land aloneAnd all the while Everything turned to colorAlong that country mile

don’t wake me Don’t wake me now for I’m sleepingDon’t chase me out when I’m dreaming

I came upon a quiet treeTo root me to my groundAnd here the wind she speaks to meIn whispers so profound

For years I strayed, lost in a mazeNot always brave and tempted by the haze

Then I came upon a bright winged birdShe gave me my first flightAnd though the clouds they rain on herStill she glides with might

Leave me now, I know the wayLet me be because I forgave

You’ll come upon a laughing streamHe’ll tell you tales of dreamsAnd I hope the earth she’ll give you strengthA song to help you breathe

hung atop the heavens Bless me father bring me peaceThe time has come; I swear I’m now at easeKnowing where I’m going, knowing where I beenI ain’t asking nothing but releaseNothing but release Somewhere somehowHung atop the heavens you cut me down, this I knowSomewhere somehowDrowning in the ocean you pull me outStill I let you downOh I let you down

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Mother many times deceivedNo explanation for the reasons you believedThis boy in shadow, a man in flamesNo room left for love to be receivedBut love will be received

Somewhere somehowHung atop the heavens you cut me down, this I knowSomewhere somehowDrowning in the ocean you pull me out

So pull me outWhen your heart’s cracked open wideWhen your head’s blown through the skyWhen only love can healLove will healLove will heal Somewhere somehowHung atop the heavens you cut me down, this I knowSomewhere somehowDrowning in the ocean you pull me outBut I let you downOh I let you down

somebody loves you Smile because somebody loves youBecause, blue skies above you“The grass is greener babe on the far side of the seaSomebody loves you, it just ain’t me”

Hitched a ride down through the EvergladesTo bide time from the cityscape

Swear I saw your ghost floating high upon the breezeNobody loves you, not even me Paris before the war then utter disbelief Love lost for the forlorn, was it all hypocrisy?

Somebody loves you, somebody loves you, somebody loves you It just ain’t meIt just ain’t me

Written by Everything Turned To Color (Serenka Music, BMI)

Neha Jiwrajka - vocals, piano, ukuleleBryan Weber - vocals, acoustic guitar, percussionKyle Weber - electric guitarBlake Morgan - bass guitar, piano, percussionJonathan Ellinghaus - drums

Produced by Blake MorganRecorded, Mixed, and Mastered by Blake Morgan at ECR Music Studios, NYC

Art Direction by Everything Turned To ColorCover Photo by Neha JiwrajkaBand Photo by Taylor BallantyneCover Design by Torrey PaquetteProduction Design by David Cloyd

www.EverythingTurnedToColor.com

pm2017 Everything Turned To Color™. All rights reserved. Unauthorized duplication is a violation of applicable laws.

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