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The Portingales (album)

by The Portingales

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1.
I Slept Through A Decade 04:39
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Wake me up I slept through a decade And my unworked lungs are fighting to breathe These feeble eyes are so tired of shadows Please take these dirty blankets and wash them for me I'd like to know do we waste years as we go? I'd love to see a best friend beside of me Wake me up I slept through a decade And I broke my foot learning to walk Don't blame me if I can't understand you When my heart feels like a town under siege I'd like to know why we lose friends as we grow? Speak to me, tell me what is left to see? There's still sleep in my eyes and I don't like surprises, especially the type that impoverish my life It's one year at a time like the beads on a rosary while I wait for letters that nobody's mailed to me And watch people get dumber day after day And I'm trying to figure out how we're all upside down now, we're living in clown world So hurry up I need to see beauty Enflesh these bones and bring me to life Wake me up the morning sun's rising And I think I'd like to waltz in the trees I want to learn why did life take such a turn? I cannot comprehend all the broken things left to mend So wake me up I slept through a decade Wake me up
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My Pick Fell In The Hole 03:03
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Everything I know, it didn't help me in the end The further I rise up it seems the lower I descend I went to a school--the books are still upon my shelf But have I yet begun the understanding of myself I walked into a store to get some things I needed The choices made me dizzy; I wondered what I came in for I once knew a girl--she gave me everything I have Her absence makes me ache but her memory makes me laugh I still have the photographs in a hand carved box inside my closet And the best parts of me, well someone else has walked away with Just give me half a chance to screw this up--it won't take too long I wrote a lovely song, but my pick fell in the hole again But my pick fell in the hole again (I still have the photographs)
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Once Not Long Ago 02:50
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Once, not long ago anything could happen I caught a beam of light but it left me empty-handed For everything I'd done, and all the years that'd passed Well it put the fire out and it shattered all the glass Now some time's gone by and I have grown older My heart is ill at ease and regret hands o'er my shoulder Wish we could have persevered in the love we'd briefly known But I'm powerless and I know it's out of my control One day I'll reach my hand and I'll catch the lightning Maybe I'll see you then? The future is so frightening Seek it though I may, there's nothing to grab on to Nothing left to say -- nothing to return to. Once when I was young, anything could happen
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Falling Up 05:05
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I got knocked out by a candlestick I cracked my head and birds flew out of the hole My body bore so many wounds but I Took a bath and found they had all turned to gold I feel the weight of the ocean Crushing down on my back again This life is a chain of misfortune That somehow dropped me where I want to be Falling up; falling up I tumbled down a flight of stairs And landed in the Garden of Eden I don't need your pat on the back I fell into this throne by sheer accident I wrote a masterpiece in my bowl of moistened Alphabets Each day gravity pulls me And I hear the sound of the planets again Falling up; falling up I feel the weight of the ocean Crushing down on my back again And I won't be dissuaded, that I know Falling up (You don't belong here) Falling up (You don't belong here)
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Pillars of Salt 02:20
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I am not alone But life is complicated these days Strip all the meat from the bone To uncover it's meaning We've all different meanings of home And everybody is looking for something Put endless food in the hole While we cover our feelings People falling in love, they don't know what they want We are pillars of salt looking back on the wreckage of our lives
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Leaden Sky 05:11
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We were under a leaden sky Do you remember? Do you remember? We were under a leaden sky Do you remember? Do you remember? The stillness of snow that hung from the trees Where we soaked our shoes and we dirtied our knees And I twirled my fingers around in your hair And we spoke our sweet foolishness there Exposed beneath the cold winter sky Do you remember? Do you remember? We could not let opportunities fly Do you remember? Ah We fought a long summer and love spoke through pain We clung to each other, in hopes of better days I tried my best but I wasn't a catch I got too fearful of my heart being left You put your eyes to the horizon and what could I do? You faded while I held on to you We suffered under the hot, muggy sky Do you remember? Do you remember? I refused to let my devotion die Do you remember? Ah So the distance it grew until you went away I felt you withdraw in a sad, slow decay I reached my hand to you, you turned your head I wrote you a letter--you ignored what I said I went to see you to talk it all out Do you remember? Do you remember? But you were different--you shut my love out It's a pain I remember Your absence, well, it collapsed my life Doesn't that matter? Doesn't that matter? I was fighting to keep us alive Doesn't that matter? Did I ever matter? I felt so rejected, like a disease I loved you but you'd had enough of me So I took the bullet while you laid in the sun Do you remember? I hope it was fun I get that you did what you had to do I just want you to know what I've suffered through Ah
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Blow Me Up Like Alderaan 03:54
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My mind was in a haze but I didn't feel uncomfortable I'd always sang your praise and I found you irresistible You became my point of light on a vast, dark sea of loneliness It's all coming back tonight I was stuck on you and it made me feel invincible Our love was one big wreck but I defended it on principle There was a sadness in your eyes and I couldn't pick you up Couldn't bring the stone to life (You had me alright) I was dangling from puppet strings (You had me alright) I withheld not anything (You had me alright) I was fooled by slight of hand (You had me alright) Blew me up like Alderaan We lived under the shade and I couldn't break us out So you withered away and your spirit flew down south Like water from the rock you quenched my thirsting dignity And we touched across the clock It's all coming back tonight; I don't wanna give up on you But you blew me up alright, cast away what I thought true It's all coming back tonight; I was fooled by slight of hand You blew me up all right, left my pieces on the sand (It blew up) I can't believe it's over like I can't believe it happened and I still feel the explosion I can't pull myself together
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Can't Fool Myself 05:04
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I'm doing alright these days Rearranged my books and bought new clothes I'm watching the clock tick and the faucet drip I am wearing my carpet out I occupy time with this and that I was waiting for the day you'd come ask me to take you back But I can't fool myself I'm going nowhere fast I can't wait for you I can't wait for you The leaves have all turned And the sky is gray I haven't heard a word from you Since the nineteenth of last May The summer went by You were nowhere to be found Your laughter's fading now By God I miss the sound But I can't fool myself I'm going nowhere fast I can't wait for you I can't wait for you I could not help it I was in love And I can't just shrug it off I'm sinking below I'll just endure it Serve my time Pick up the mess you made When you left me behind But I can't fool myself I'm going nowhere fast I can't wait for you I can't wait for you But I can't fool myself I'm going nowhere fast The heart knows what it wants I'll always wait for you
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Nectar Runs Dry 03:13
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Nothing compares to your words of guile When you told me that we should part ways for awhile You said we need space to unravel our lives But the truth is you had a new man in your eyes Hey, what can I say? When the nectar runs dry then the bees fly away Ooh, what could I do? I'd have leaped like a deer to repair things with you Life goes on under the sun Well your new lover proved just a feckless young boy Whose inconstancy played with your heart like I toy I thought you'd return to where we went off track But my time was done and you weren't coming back Hey, what can I say? When destiny called I was out for the day Ooh, what could I do? I still pause with nostalgia when I think of you The night drags on through the dark Time has a way of helping us see How things that transpired were all meant to be I forgive you the wounds I received at your hand It's taken awhile but at last I can stand No, please don't go-- I don't want anything except to just say hello I do wish you well In the end we just want to have peace with ourselves There's nothing new under the sun And life goes on in the sun
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Down to the Ocean 06:32
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My eyes are like the sea They are turbulent and green And they will swallow you up, believe me I've seen it happen before I will level with you I fall in love way too fast And I'll let those waves carry me onward To my own destruction I went down to the ocean finally And I found love only existed inside of me The endless waves spoke stillness to my soul And they gave me nothing to go on Seems I'm always out of touch Or else you are out of reach If I can't have you, then I'll adore you Love is a bitch that way But one fact still remains Constant as blood flows through my veins There is more empty space inside of me Than I could possibly fill I went down to the ocean Saturday And I saw love close its eyes and drift away The empty stares...they filled the air And they gave me nothing to go on So I stand here disconsoled With my ankles in the sea I can still smile while I am collapsing That's just the way that I am Maybe someday if you can breathe You will find me here in the green I do not care if you can't understand Never mattered to you anyway I went out to the horizon on the sea And I found my heart--it was floating aimlessly And I felt the sand slip through my hands And it gave me nothing to go on I just need a little something to go on
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Water in My Bones 04:56
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We went out on a friendly stroll And dug ourselves the deepest of holes I dug so deep I thought you never could leave At least that's what I tried to believe That is what I tried to believe "Love is an act of faith" we said And I can't get that saying out of my head We leaped into the dark unknown And I hit the ground and broke all of my bones I hit the ground, broke all of my bones You said that I felt safe, like a home And I was the flower that sprung from a stone Our lives were messy though our hearts were sweet And we left our work of love incomplete Our work of love is still incomplete Each day you made my soul want to sing And I thought our love could withstand anything But it could not endure your restless heart Now the tower we built has fallen apart The tower we built has fallen apart We burned so bright but too soon we were done Like a morning dew dissolves in the sun Our story's full of wasted dreams Am I a fool because I still believe? Yes I am a fool and I still believe We were underwater all of our days We swam for the light to breathe, and break away But you kicked off, left me nowhere to go Now I can' t get the water out of my bones No I can't get the water out of my bones
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Call and Respond 04:14
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The richest freedom I've yet seen It came to me in a dream A place where I gave little care To what others thought of me I imagined I was such a man Of boundless wit and golden hands Who could walk on top of fog Like newly fallen snow With every finger in the pie of happiness Shorn of all disguises Once a gem fell from the sky Into my palm--no surprise! It burned the flesh off of my hand While I clutched it to my breast I sat inside the diner late With a smile upon my face When I realized nothing's ever lost Not even wasted time Both windows down upon the interstate Barreling feet first into a big mistake It's all call and respond Sometimes we all shatter on the rocks Sometimes we put our head upon the block Sometimes we all fall away Sometimes we all fall away Sometimes we all fall away Sometimes we all fall away
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Brightest of Eyes 04:20
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Interpreting hieroglyphics is more certain than reading you Oh your strategy escapes me; you're so out of the blue And I feel I can sense myself eroding And I feel I can envision loving you You, brightest of eyes You don't know my intentions; desires shrouded dark But I swear my heart is noble, only lend me that first spark And I feel I can; my confidence is exploding And I feel I can make a little place with you With you, brightest of eyes Ooh, brightest of eyes
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Barrel in the Flood 04:20
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I am a barrel in your flood You're in my bones, you're in my blood With roots entwined around the core My heart is anchored to the floor When I met you I found the key To unlock everything for me I tried to carry you along But you were firmly planted Will I feel that way again? Will I feel that way again? I had no business loving you It was a foolish thing to do A happy fault I don't regret I wonder how we'll end up yet? I wish I wasn't such a creep But when I love I love for keeps I miss the way you used to say That I was so pretty Will I see your face again? Will I see your face again? And among the world of men All good things come to an end Perhaps some day we'll share a smile Until then take care of yourself Will I hear your name again? Will I feel that way? Will I see your face? Will I hear your name? Will I know joy? Will I live again? I had no business loving you

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Debut album from The Portingales, an indie rock band from Ann Arbor, MI. Fourteen songs for your listening pleasure.

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released November 6, 2019

Recorded and mixed by Geoff Michael and Marty Gray of Big Sky Recording, Ann Arbor, MI. Mastered by Chris Goosman of Baseline Audio Labs, Ann Arbor, MI.

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The Portingales are an indie rock band out of southeastern Michigan. Combining stylistic elements as diverse as 1960's British rock, folk, and grunge, the melodic tunes of The Portingales strive to capture both the energy and melancholy of life's most meaningful experiences. ... more

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