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In The Dusk Of Everything
Produced by David Ricketts & Matthew Ryan Recorded by Brian Harrison onto 2 inch tape at The Rendering Plant in Nashville, TN Mixed by Matthew Ryan & David Ricketts Mastered by Hans DeKline at Sound Bites Dog Cover Design by J. Hulett Jones Cover Photo by Matthew Ryan All Songs Written by Matthew Ryan www.matthewryanonline.com
1. Lonely Not Homesick
(INSTRUMENTAL)
Written by Matthew Ryan / Copyright Plastic Violin 2012 Performed by Matthew Ryan & David Ricketts
2. And So It Goes
i can't bear the thought of ever going back my head was full of nails my heart was broke and black i never understood that glimmering you chased i found it useless so i turned and walked away
where were you when the sun went down? where were you when that sense of loss left town? i don't care if you're worried now it's too late
the wind blew through the square last night like haunted souls flags were snapping hard and rattling their poles i drove down third street and it felt like i was gone the ghosts of things we said were smoking on the lawn
where were you when the sun went down? where were you when all that hope left town? i don't care if you want me now it's too late it's too late
and so it goes watch it go watch it go and you won't know until you know
i hold no grudge no more though i did for a couple of years the hate you harbor only welcomes what you fear i wrote this song while the sun fell behind the hill the stars look cold but there's a warm light on the sill
where were you when the sun went down? where were you when that sense of loss left town? i don't care if you want me now it's too late it's too late
Written by Matthew Ryan / Copyright Plastic Violin 2012 Performed by Matthew Ryan
3. I Hate Everyone
it's hard to have half a mind in a stupid world can't we disappear from here girl?
i hate everyone i hate everyone i hate everyone but you
all their hearts are black and full of useless stuff they turn their backs when things get tough
i hate everyone i hate everyone i hate everyone but you
the great collapse is coming soon can't we just retire to your room?
i hate everyone i hate everyone i hate everyone but you
i hate everyone i hate everyone i hate everyone but you
Written by Matthew Ryan / Copyright Plastic Violin 2012 Performed By Matthew Ryan (Voice, Finger Drums, Organ) and David Ricketts (Percussion, Snare, Kick and Metal Swing Sound)
4. And It's Such A Drag
who loves you more than me? and who gave you all that he had? all that he had and who can make you laugh and smile like that? and who could break your heart at the drop of a hat? who paid the rent before you were famous who warned you that it steals? now you talk about the past like it was just some waiting room and you talk about me like i was just another one of your deals
and who wanted you before all this? and who held the girl when no one gave a shit? who can tell the truth now darlin' and who can tell a lie? who said they could never understand how people became monsters and if that ever happened to you you'd rather lay down and die? who loved you more than me? and who couldn't care less now that i see? now that i see
who can tell the truth now darlin' and who can tell a lie? who said they could never understand how people became monsters and if that ever happened to you you'd rather lay down and die? ah my valentine you're poisoned now seems the heart i knew is gone, a plow and you can walk away like it's such a drag that i should have something to say after all that we knew and had It don't even make you sad
Written by Matthew Ryan / Copyright Plastic Violin 2012 Performed by Matthew Ryan (Voice, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar and Harmonica) and David Ricketts (Organ, Synth, Tremolo Guitar, Cello, Bass and Piano)
5. The Events At Dusk
a high and lonesome sound comes in to lay you down you crawl below within the pines are whispering behold the wilderness where men get lost and press their luck in hopelessness come on, get up get dressed
high atop some ferris wheel sat to watch the autumn peel yet again a gloaming sky if there's shadow there is light smokestacks along the coast drop dark like frozen ropes people got something in their throats you don't say, you'll never know
blue silver is the sea there is salt inside of me i have felt the world begin over and over again over and over again
rubbed a dime with my thumb pined and pried and wished you'd come the dime slipped and then i lunged thought to laugh but it wasn't fun fell floating overground swans dive through broken clouds did the quiet get so loud? i see you there, i see you now put slow my hand in yours thought quick, not anymore nature always wins the war now what are wars for?
blue silver is the sea we alone made adam and eve i have felt the world begin over and over again over and over again over and over again over and over again
Written by Matthew Ryan / Copyright Plastic Violin 2012 Performed by Matthew Ryan
6. It Always Rains When You Miss Her
it always rains when you miss her and all you want is to kiss her like you did before you slid off the rails it always goes like this it never fails
avenues how they sparkled when you knew she was by your side but the truth isn't something you can shake kid it's something that you did that put a sorrow in her eyes
and what was soft is now as sharp as nails it always goes like this it never fails she'll say your name again but it will never sound the same some things we lose are lost but never go away they never go away
she lit your smoke smiled and said those things will kill ya and when it started to snow she pulled you to her room and then you thought come on now let's get married well maybe it was crazy but she felt the same as you
but what was soft is now as sharp as nails some storms are born within our own sails she'll say your name again but it will never sound the same some things we lose are lost but never go away they never go away
Written by Matthew Ryan / Copyright Plastic Violin 2012 Performed by Matthew Ryan
7. Amy, I'm Letting Go
let's talk about it now amy you've always been hard to read but your love saved me where do you go when the cold wind blows? i told you a hundred times it's no trouble i'll be fine just don't make me read you're mind
there's freedom up ahead but it's a hard curve there's a reverb in our hearts that speaks louder than our words where do you go when the cold wind blows? i told you a hundred times it's no trouble you'll be fine just don't make me read your mind
real love is letting go it's letting go real love is letting go it's letting go i'm letting go are you letting go?
Written by Matthew Ryan / Copyright Plastic Violin 2012 Performed by Matthew Ryan
8. She's A Sparrow
i'm leaving here different then when i came things can't be what they were once they've changed
but let's go down to the mercy let's play all the songs we loved let's relive all that was beautiful as if beauty was enough i can still hear the laughter over late nights in the flood of a roar that broke a bright and brilliant heart is it just too late or can't we even start.. again?
we settled down time and disappointments took their toll until we both stopped trying and the summer turned to snow
now the sky is full of airplanes no you can't make a wish but you could throw your arms around me like you did before all this i'm sorry that i hurt you i was lost and turning cruel but i swear none of that darkness my love was meant for you
she's a sparrow and i'm a street she's a sparrow and i'm a street she's a sparrow and i'm a street and i'll watch her float away from me
Written by Matthew Ryan / Copyright Plastic Violin 2012 Performed by Matthew Ryan (Acoustic Guitar and Voice) and David Ricketts (Juno, Cello and Synth)
9. Stupid World
we wrote on the sidewalk when no one was watching this way to the ocean
and she took her clothes off and waved at the traffic but nobody noticed it was a stupid world
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our train leaves at midnight there's light in the hallway and bags on the curb now
where kids dress like soldiers and bombs fill the windows we'll marry in winter in a stupid world
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soon the trees will be green again and the sun will be out and the birds will return again from the south
some suffer a blindness of wild disappointment despite good intentions
i showed her my scars then she showed me her bruises you're someone's salvation in a stupid world
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Written by Matthew Ryan / Copyright Plastic Violin 2012 Performed by Matthew Ryan (Electric Guitar, Synth and Voice) and David Ricketts (Piano, Bass, Tambourine, Kick and Percussion)
10. Song In Reverse
(INSTRUMENTAL)
Written by Matthew Ryan / Copyright Plastic Violin 2012 Performed by Matthew Ryan & David Ricketts
11. Let's Wave Goodbye
let's wave goodbye to who we were we'll never be that again let's wave goodbye to who we were we'll never be that again and it's not without sadness and it's not without tears and it's not without thinking about all the years that we were that but not anymore
let's wave goodbye to who we were and we'll never be again No we'll never be again We'll never be again
Written by Matthew Ryan / Copyright Plastic Violin 2012 Performed by Matthew Ryan (Acoustic, Voice, Backing Vocals, Snare and Hi Synth) and David Ricketts (Electric Guitar, Bass, String Arrangement, Piano and Organs)
12. * The Broken Side Of Time (Bonus Track - From the film Broken Side Of Time)
i'm on the broken side of time 15 years out of my skin out of my mind and there's no explaining why i went where i've been except that some of us are little more than burnt fuel on the wind my first kiss was stolen my first love was drunk i'm on my back on the ceiling where the first pain was sunk and when i say that i don't mean that i was lifted or free i was more like a dead dolphin at the bottom of the sea
i'm on the broken side of time out of my skin, out of my mind i sing hallelujah from the darkest of rooms until the cold light of nothing shivers and blooms now i don't long for forgiveness, for you to even understand in this there's no difference between a fist and a hand it had nothing to do with you and the truth is that it never did i've been inches from the surface since i was kid but i'm holding my breath and i'm quiet and loud been on the broken side of time afraid until now afraid until now
Written by Matthew Ryan / Copyright Plastic Violin 2012 Performed, Produced and Recorded by Matthew Ryan
Thank You for listening.
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