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Land of Dreams

by Ben Below

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Shroomie ya'know when you're listening to a song and it forces you to kinda just zone out and experience it? well, that's this whole album. Favorite track: Your Audition.
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thechameleoncircuitisbroken Love this album so much! I constantly get StarBear and Your Audition stuck in my head, both incredibly catchy songs Favorite track: StarBear.
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1.
Icarus 03:35
Trapped inside this prison with no company except for these impotent inventions and my father's broken dreams Sailors come and sailors go, they trade in tales but never know how eagerly I listen for the world beyond the waves Yearning for the skies above Invoke the gods beg for my freedom Climbing the stairs of this godforsaken tower Losing my sanity hour by hour Staring down into the watery abyss Teetering right on the edge of this precipice 3, 2, 1, let's go! Flying high Grasp at the sun Wind through my wings I'll never come back down Teased by tastes of freedom flight I'm doomed to dream another night restricted I'll bide my time and set my eyes on when to rise, and claim my prize again 3, 2, 1, let's go! Flying high Grasp at the sun Wind through my wings I'll never come back down Flying high Caressing the sun Flames are my wings I'm never ever falling back down
2.
Everybody wonders Everyone has their price It's just a matter of where you set it So when you wonder Consider this advice You'd be better to forget it All eyes are on you, can you feel it? The sensation of the spotlight All eyes are on you, can you feel it now? They'll get you, infect you Strut you out for all to see, and start to get you hooked on their supply They'll get you, infect you No one here will protect you, another victim joins the chorus line Take the stage, dim the lights the curtain call is calling Will you make it through the night, or just keep falling down down down down down down down down down? They'll get you, infect you Strut you out for all to see, and start to get you hooked on their supply They'll get you, infect you No one here will protect you, another victim joins the chorus line Cut a sandbag with a knife Watch it flow down to the floor If this really is your life, then you can't take it any more Take your place, center stage, watching, waiting for the fall The chandelier shatters around you safe and bathed in cheap applause They'll get you, infect you Strut you out for all to see, and start to get you hooked on their supply They'll get you, infect you No one here will protect you, another victim joins the chorus line All eyes are on you, can you feel it? That sensation of the spotlight All eyes are on you, can you feel it now? They'll get you, infect you Strut you out for all to see, and start to get you hooked on their supply They'll get you, infect you No one here will protect you, another victim joins us Oh, we'll get you, infect you Strut you out for all to see, and start to get you hooked on our supply We'll get you, infect you We won't deign to protect you, another victim joins us, joins us, joins the chorus line
3.
On my walks home I pass by your place And by hook or by crook I'll keep walking past it All the trail tracks lost in Jack Frost's cold embrace All the snow covered roads that just serve to remind me of How we used to be, how we felt so free Mornings as portals for what more the day could bring If you're asking me how I get through these days so short, it's the days not so long ago I remember summer, when you were by my side Would you remember those summer nights? Or would you run and hide? Memories of men who we used to be before the drip feed of freedom was taken from us A vow we gave loving- and willingly But a broken heart's start is one broken promise Some folks' lives will change, some will stay the same You took the high road and I took the low one and If neither one's to blame, why'd I feel this shame, thoughts full of anger and petty revenge, but then I remember summer, when you were by my side Would you remember those summer nights? Or would you run and hide? I had a dream about you last night You came and knocked on my door In the kitchen, you made us cocoa We spoke all night, and then I told you I have a dream about you every night You come and knock on my door In the kitchen, you make us coca We speak all night, and then you tell me I remember summer, when I was by your side Yes I'd remember those summer nights Let's have another try I remember summer, when you were by my side Would you remember those summer nights? Or would you run and hide? Run and hide Run and hide Run and hide
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There we were, the four of us, settled in that fateful night Perfect strangers only sitting down for dinner, didn't know that it could change our life In our apartment in the land of dream, where everything can only go right Far outside the city walls, and far beyond the city lights Cause when the sun goes down on Primrose Hill We all need somebody to dream of Cause when the sun goes down on Primrose Hill We all need somebody to dream of We laughed we joked, we drank, we smoked, in the land where time had frozen for it A life lived slow in the orange glow, in the twilight of eternal sunset Cause when the sun goes down on Primrose Hill We all need somebody to dream of Cause when the sun goes down on Primrose Hill We all need somebody to dream of First Dave fell for Lara, and Lara fell for me We laughed it off, but I was falling for them both, and we were all a-falling for Marie But love is not a secret to be shared with just one soul And rather than quash our feelings down, we'd be four quarters of a larger whole Cause when the sun goes down on Primrose Hill We all need somebody to dream of Cause when the sun goes down on Primrose Hill We all need somebody to dream of So we were inseparable for our miniscule eternity No desire to attack the terrible fact, eventually we'd have to leave One day a sudden sharp reminder, of the life before this waking dream Absent mindedly check a calendar, discover how long it's been Four years, four golden years It's been four years, its' been four golden years But every golden sunset has a corresponding sunrise And when the time came for waking once again it wasn't long enough to say goodbye A pit inside my stomach, and a vow again one day When the sun goes down on London town, I'll find you all again, and find a way to stay
5.
StarBear 04:36
When I was a boy, I never knew how to act in front of others When I tried to speak the words would get... stuck I looked to the stars and wept and to the garden came my mother She knelt down beside me, she lifted me up Our eyes on the skies, she taught me to spot and name the constellations And said there's a special friend waiting out there She said when the life we live turns harsh and scary he's always above us waiting To escape from the world, just put your trust in the bear StarBear, are you out there? And I won't take no for an answer I've a need for something real, and I've no choice but to believe So StarBear, if you're out there, then I know you don't have the answers But I don't know how to feel, and I need a friend As I grew up it remained our special secret kept between us Whenever we were apart and needed someone to care And as she grew ill, she said "Don't cry for me, for son I promise. I'll never really be gone, I'll be with the bear" StarBear, are you out there? And I won't take no for an answer I've a need for something real, and I've no choice but to believe So StarBear, if you're out there, then I know you don't have the answers But I don't know how to feel, and I need a friend StarBear, are you out there? And I won't take no for an answer I've a need for something real, and I've no choice but to believe So StarBear, if you're out there, then I know you don't have the answers But I don't know how to feel, and I need a friend StarBear, are you out there? And I won't take no for an answer I've a need for something real, and I've no choice but to believe So StarBear, if you're out there, then I know you don't have the answers But I don't know how to feel, and I need a friend
6.
I can't believe that all this time I thought that someone lived inside Processing instructions, understanding none I can't believe that all this time I got to live while others dies The lottery of fate is not a random one Sudden realisations hit me, trigger something deep inside Find my worldview shattered into fragments Sudden realisations hit me, when the wonder's all but died I close my eyes. I close my heart and start again I can still believe I loved you, and believe that others loved you to It's just the kind of person that you are It's dawning on me like the day, that love alone can't make you stay By dusk you were returning to the stars Sudden realisations hit me, trigger something deep inside Find my worldview shattered into fragments Sudden realisations hit me, when the wonder's all but died I close my eyes. I close my heart and start again
7.
Go again, but we're never gonna get very far We pack it up and take it out but then head back to the car We might try but we're never gonna stick out the rough Yes we can practice in the basement but it's never enough And now it's time, finally to exit our cage You're lying when you say we'd never be the lords of the stage Lights up, heads down, it's nearly time to engage We're next up, next up, next All or nothing, here we stand If it's all for nothing, still here we stand Can you feel it, the reddening, beginnings of shame Try to pin it on the culture but we're really to blame Nobody really wants to listen to what we have to say But we'll speak, we'll sing anyway A wise man told me once, everyone has something From those born with spoons of silver to people born with nothing We'll keep picking up our instruments, yeah we'll keep on strumming and hitting and plucking and singing and, fucking go! All or nothing, here we stand If it's all for nothing, still here we stand All or nothing, here we stand If it's all for nothing, still here we stand
8.
In Time 02:44

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Written as part of The "February Album Writing Month" challenge 2023. All tracks were written, recorded, and produced within the month of February 2023

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released March 1, 2023

Ben Below - Vocals, Guitars, Bass Guitar, Keyboards, Synthesizers, Mandolin, Banjo, Drums
cazminah - Vocals
Jenny Mulholland - Vocals

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