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Brighter Days: Begin Again

by Samantha Rise

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1.
Little Soldier On your toes, little soldier You know you saw this coming a mile away everybody says Don’t you let ‘em get any closer Keep that darling boy One foot, one kiss away Everybody says And Everyone’s wearing that crown And Everyone’s waiting to leave this town Everyone’s out of their minds because Everyone’s sitting around inside, except you and I On your toes, little soldier Keep that collar high, don’t you go and sway Everybody says Drawing closer as the night draws closer You’ll sit thigh to thigh, You’ll always get your way Everybody says And nobody told me to wait Nobody told me I had to be brave Nobody knows what they’re waiting for Nobody wants to be cracked open wide, Except you and I And I know how it goes When you’re lonely when you’re tired When you’re looking out the window and the world’s outside If you can bear to stay, first a breath, then a stride Nobody wants to be opened wide, opened wide You know I think we’re on the mend Rip it up and start again You know I think it’s time we start Taking heart (3x) On your toes, little soldier You know you saw this coming a mile away everybody says
2.
A song reminds what it is to breathe Drifting on your words into the street Your touch electric in the cold- I know Bowing heads to tiny screens of light, I feel you draining from me All this screen time's got the space between us feeling overgrown I know, I know I know it's obsolete but I wish you had an answering machine you could go on home and find me play me and rewind me, over and over again If I could be right or wrong might call you on the phone send you a mixtape, or I might let my heart break if I could be right or wrong, I might let you hang around, my kitchen is for dancing I know it's obsolete but I wish you had an answering machine you could go on home and find me play me and rewind me, over and over again and I know it's out of time, but I wish that I had yours and you had mine, you could go on home and find me, play me and rewind me, over and over again Measure my days in anticipation of when I'd see you again What I wouldn't give for, another hour to live for the possibility of you I know it's obsolete but I wish you had an answering machine you could go on home and find me play me and rewind me, over and over again and I know it's out of time, but I wish that I had yours and you had mine, you could go on home and find me, play me and rewind me, over and over again
3.
SOUTH COUNTY MOVIE STAR Came out west to be a movie star But there ain’t no movie theaters where we are Oh I know it’s a farce, but we’re coming in To Brighter Days Came out West to build a music scene And they told us we were crazy now we know what they mean but we’re running ‘til the light is ours Now we’re falling farther than we thought we could though life is hard, the livin’ sure is good Came out West to kiss a boy that I liked but I drove him up into the mountain side And I know he’ll be a long time in coming down It’s part and parcel to the dream we weave I said you and me darling and the Bea makes three We’ll run, run, until the light is ours Now we’re falling farther than we thought we could Though life is hard, the livin’ sure is good I’m gonna be a movie star And I know how it goes when you think you’re on your own And I know how it goes when you think you’ve gotta show up in some way But if you can love you anyway See the light through what they say I’ll tell you what, we’re gonna make it Baby we’re gonna make it Things are getting brighter, lighter Things are getting brighter everyday Came out west to be a movie star But there ain’t no movie theaters where we are From reel to real, I feel it - I know that the light is ours Now we’re falling farther than we thought we could Though life is hard, the livin’ sure is good I’m gonna be a movie star

about

"Begin Again" is the final installment of Brighter Days. A turning and returning to the longest days and warmest nights. We are our brilliant selves, not in spite of our shadows but because of them. Honoring the cycle of life death life, and trusting to the edges of our whole and healing selves.

Gratitude to everyone who made this album possible- I am blessed beyond words for your generosity and love.

To Matt, Ken John and Ryan, the heart of this music- thank you for the gift of your music, magic, and friendship. I treasure you.

"No holy place exist without us then,
no woodland, no dance, no sound.

Beyond all hope, I prayed those timeless
days we spent might be twice as long.

I prayed one word: I want.

Someone, I tell you, will remember us,
even in another time."

-Sappho

credits

released June 21, 2019

Samantha Rise: music & lyrics, vocals, ukelele
Ryan Ptasnik: drums, percussion
John Stenger: piano, organ, rhodes, mellotron, keyboards
Matt Davis: Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Nashville Guitar
Ken Pendergast, Upright and Electric Bass
Andrew Keenan: Pedal Steel, Dobro


Recorded, Mixed & Mastered by Dave Schonauer at MorningStar Studios.
Produced by Ken Pendergast

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