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Heartache Is A Four Letter Word

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1.
Heartache is a four letter word Underpinned by pangs of a once deferred Reality where she is gone for good Too late to work it out even if we could Left bereft and all alone Onliness is loneliness I know Stripped bare and left for dead Tracing back the tracks of tears I shed Heartache is a four letter word All the best of me left with her Taste the bitter taste the sweet Eat and drink and merry be Lying on my back staring up One last acrid sip within my cup Verifiable and true Everything I ever said to you Heartache is a four letter word Overcome solely by the first conferred Peck on the lips from a new love Even more beautiful than you love
2.
Two lone bodies in the sky The Sun is going down the moon is high Exit day enter night Phantoms dancing in the pale moonlight Would you wait for me if I asked you? Would you take from me or break your bread in two? Stay up late and talk to me About all the things that we once hoped to be Childhood dreams now out of reach Slowly fading distant memory Would you wait for me if I asked you? Would you take from me or break your bread in two? Babe the dawn is coming soon Pale light shadows a sinking moon If I should stumble and fall for you Please tell me darling that you'd fall too Would you wait for me if I asked you? Would you take from me or break your bread in two? What would you do if you were me and I were you?
3.
Knowing when to behave and to be polite Knowing when to speak your mind and keep your mouth shut tight Knowing when to stop and when to rewind Knowing when enough is enough is enough is only slight Knowing when to cut loose even if you're uptight Knowing when to leave and when to stay overnight Knowing when there is a bounty and when there is a blight Knowing when there is hope even when there's no hope in sight Nothing's solid and nothing's striped Nothing's black and white Knowing when you're wrong even when you're right Knowing when to run and when to stay and fight Knowing when to calm and when to excite Knowing when the powder keg is about to ignite Knowing when to chew and when to take a bite Knowing when something's new and something is tried Knowing when to add and when to divide Knowing when a yes is a maybe and a no is a might Nothing's dull and nothing's bright Nothing's blind nothing has sight Nothing upsets nothing delights There's nothing to love nothing to spite When nothing's black and white
4.
The river's about to break it's banks, and flood the plains. If the good Lord's willing, it won't reach our place till two weeks from today. By that time we'll be long gone and far away. Oh Lord I swear I'm about to break into a thousand pieces. Much more I can't take. I heard tell that there's a place down by a silver lake where money grows on trees with golden waves of grain and anything you please. Oh let's run. Let's run away. So let's leave it all behind without a care or a worry in our mind. We'll head North and then turn West, and find the country that suits us best. So let's grow old and frail and blind. Then one last time; leave it all behind as we run. Run away.
5.
Forever at a loss for words My thoughts and my mind are a blur Trying to clear my head Wish I could remember the thing she said As she walk out the door Something about breathing I can't recall anymore So I'll string each syllable along And pray what comes out as I strum and I shout Is a song with a joyous refrain One to sing again and again Where everyone knows all the words Where all is not lost and nothings absurd When the moon behind a cloud goes When the sun for days never shows When laughter is shattered by pain Just open your mouth and pray what comes out Is a song with a joyous refrain One to sing again and again To forget all the heartaches and pains Where all is not lost and there is no end

about

This EP, the third studio offering from Nashville songwriter M Schneider, consists of his most thoughtful creations to date. At 5 songs in length, Heartache, celebrates the solo performer. To preserve the emotion and intensity of a live performance all of these tracks were left unedited as complete performances with only minimal overdubs. Another notable part of this project was that it was recorded and mixed as a mono EP. The reason for this was as Schneider puts it is: "In a day of modern recording practices I wanted to create an album of songs that harkened back to an older time. To create something real, whole, and representative of what happens live on stage. I feel I have done just that."

credits

released June 28, 2011

All music and words written by M Schneider

Initial tracking engineer: Jeb Morris
Mastering engineer: Marc Chevalier (Ravensound, Nashville)

Produced by M Schneider

Recorded in marvelous monophonic sound

© MMXI Aquariums Music

Harmony vocals on "Long Gone And Far Away" sung by Elizabeth Schneider

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