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Bells and Whistles

by Radiant Life Perspective

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1.
Fifteen years ago I sent a bottle out to sea With scribbled images of dreams Today it floated back to me Fifteen years ago I was nothing but a child Ideas immature and wild But some things never change Put your ear to the ground and listen.. Back and forth, and from the beginning Close your eyes and run And if you find your home again You're meant to be there in the end Close your eyes and run Six long years ago I though I had it figured out But then my head filled up with doubts Foundations crumbling in the ground Then the roof started caving in And we were hearing sounds Put your ear to the ground and listen Back and forth and from the beginning Close your eyes and run And you might find your home again If you're meant to be there in the end Close your eyes and run If you trust someone let it show If you love something let it go If you're scared that you can't be alone Close your eyes and run
2.
You were sure You would succeed You had everything you could possibly need That's when they took you from your home With little skin to wrap their bones They had hands like silk and teeth like piano keys Not quite settled In your ways Neither set in stone nor in and out of phase You were tied to ten foot poles Made to stay where you were told With no learning curve and not one loving grace There was poison in your well before I met you I was too afraid to tell, you were so young When you emerged from mother earth Made to measure all her worth You were enraged to see the damage we had done None the wiser In those days Tried to make it fit but couldn't find its place All the windows were nailed shut And you could no longer stay put You tore the ties apart and ripped off all restraints You were nothing like the man we met at sunrise We swam Atlantic waters 'til we caught the shore When you arrived from one small cell You were pure and sweet but fell Into the knowledge you could no longer ignore There was poison in your well before I met you I was too afraid to tell you were so young When you emerged from mother earth Made to measure all her worth You were enraged to see the damage we had done
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I've seen you in my dreams Since I was twelve years old Even way back then I knew you would come along And in another lifetime I know we were best friends And if you forget I won't let you run away Someday I'll call you mine Someday I'll call you mine
4.
You been waitin' all this time You were waiting all your life Just to prove it That you could do it You've been settin' bars to high You been aiming for the sky So you could prove it That you can do it But once you go forward you can't go back You take a step to the side and try to relax But don't go, no Just keep your head high and your feet on the ground Now you set your mind and you shouldn't back down Don't go, no You've always been an underdog The kid that everybody thought would lose it You blew it You always been the last one picked Ready to call it quits But you knew it That you could do it But once you go forward you can't go back You take a step to the side and try to relax But don't go, no Just keep your head high and your feet on the ground Now you set your mind and you shouldn't back down Don't go, no
5.
Pretty Lucky 02:01
Found a heads up penny at the five and dime Yeah I think I'm pretty lucky least most of the time Found a rusty old bike on the side of the road By the end of the summer 'gonna make it roll Found the love of my life in the pouring rain How could something so pretty have a dead girls name? When I roll out of bed whistle in the sunshine Yeah I think I'm pretty lucky least most of the time Found a twenty dollar bill in the pocket of my jacket Some old sunglasses and a ketchup packet Went out to Las Vegas and played the game Out in the desert we all look the same Found the love of my life in the pouring rain How could something so pretty have a dead girls name? When I walk to work whistle in the sunshine Yeah I think I'm pretty lucky least most of the time
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Who will love you if I don't? Who will touch you? Who will you hold? Who will kiss you for who you are? who will look beyond the tired eyes and scars? I can't love you like the man I thought you needed And I can't give you what I gave you in the past But you can't blame me because what we had's depleted And I'd be a fool to think you'd never ask...
 Who will love you if I don't? Who would care for you? Who'd be so bold? Who will listen? When you get home? Who will love you, if i don't? I can't hold you like i did when we were younger I won't pretend that i don't see the change that's here Let's be honest, babe, we know our days are numbered I can read it in your face- It's fairly clear
7.
One by one Wonder why You just cant say You’re still alone Back and forth and back you pace and say by now you’re not where you thought when everywhere you’re moving forward you’re going for what now? you say you’re moving towards it you’re moving towards what now? never once stopped to think you’re the anchor and the sail you watch standing still say you’re waiting for the wind to push you off to where you wanna be never once stopped and thought you’re the captain and the whale you raise your harpoon never questioning the weight of every move oh, you’ll never make it home we’re all moving forward we’re moving towards what now? you say you’re moving forward you’re looking forward now We’re all looking for the same thing We’re looking for the same thing We’re all wishing on the same stone We’re looking for the same thing we’re all living in the gutter but our eyes are pointed at the stars we’re all reaching for the heavens but the treasure that we seek is all ours we’re all living in the gutter but our eyes are pointed at the stars we’re all reaching for the heavens but salvation is alive in our hearts On your arm track your heart and watch its rate steadily rise Start to make any progress and you fall back to square one From the start always said you’d never change It’s just what you are Cross your heart know you’ll have to break this one to not be alone From the start saw a fire come this way but did you stop? In the end swear you didn’t change that day but how have you not? What was it you said you were looking for? that sets you apart What was it that you said you always needed needed from the start? We’re all looking for the same thing We’re looking for the same thing We’re all wishing on the same stone We’re looking for the same thing Close your eyes You’re not alone Look outside We’re all alone Close your eyes We’re all alone Its so different from the rest so different it’s just your luck so different you can’t give your best never once stopped to think you’re the anchor and the sail you watch standing still say you’re waiting for the wind to push you off to where you wanna be never once stopped and thought you’re the captain and the whale you raise your harpoon never questioning the weight of every move oh, you’ll never make it home we’re all moving forward we’re moving towards what now? you say you’re moving forward you’re looking forward now
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"Bells and Whistles" is the new debut album from Radiant Life Perspective!

Making of "Bells and Whistles" - www.youtube.com/watch?v=udZVzZvWfIE

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released August 24, 2012

Special thanks to Julian Farino (!) and everyone who worked on the Oranges, Brandon Ginsberg, and Maria Alonte Mccoy. Thanks as always to our awesome friends and family and all the people who have given us much needed help, including but not limited to Frank Lettieri, and Jeff Sarafinas.

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