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Faraway Star

by The Literal Translation

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1.
Stop to Think 03:46
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you better catch yourself before you start to blink this life is coming up before you stop to think you better watch yourself stop living on the brink this life is comin up before you stop to think i hear you tellin me lately this place is broken this whole world is built on lies all that i want for you maybe is to see some sense of hope in your eyes When this all began we took a leap of faith what keeps us holding on Remembering early days? you better catch yourself before you start to blink this life is coming up before you stop to think you better throw your rope before you start to sink this life is comin up before you stop to think
2.
Cloudscape 02:08
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Faraway Star (Album Mix) 03:13
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You float high above A red and purple sky So present yet removed This tiny point of light But you stay so cold Wont return a smile And theres no way out to you a hundred million miles a faraway star one we can never know oh a far faraway star lost in the city glow what makes you think your light will reach another all the way out there you could learn to stop asking and try to free yourself instead a Faraway star One we can never know oh a far faraway star lost in the city glow a faraway star familiar but unkind oh a far faraway star waits for the end of time
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Come Back and See 05:50
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Come back come back and see so ive been thinking again About the story that ive told all the ways that ive been ignoring things that i once sold and in a moment its over must be going it was all a figment a momentary flowing so on it goes you play you know its just a game dont have to feel that shame here comes that feeling again All the confusion that it brings see all these ways ive been Just overthinking everything a shallow actor Just waiting for disaster stepped out my armor and now i cant get back there and on it goes you play you know its all a game and after all the pain you Come back come back and see its not the way it used to be just come back come back and see its not the way youve known one side is white as snow the others dark as night And in our turning away Were closer to the light So on it goes This time we know Its all the same and after all the pain we Come back come back and see it all comes round eventually just come back come back and see now you have been alone
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Can We Still Fall In Love This Summer? 03:24
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Out of a Dream 03:40
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You came to me out of a dream reality not always just the way it seems now all i wanna do is dream about you cause in a dream youre always just the way i found you baby youre always walking with one foot in front of me but baby if you slowed down might find the place you want to be just when i feel ok thats when the clouds turn grey and rain starts falling heavily so long its been the worst wish i could lift this curse and find the you waiting for me You came to me out of a dream reality not always just the way it seems so now im stuck singing songs about you cause in a dream youre always just the way i found you baby when were alone you make it just bout you and me but baby rest of the time you hide your face and you wont see that we could make this flow wish i could let you know id make you feel just like a queen the door to this breakthrough is right in front of you why do you have to end the scene You came to me out of a dream reality not always just the way it seems now all i wanna do is dream about you cause in a dream youre always just the way i found you
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Life Behind Glass 05:35
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the night goes slowly now The memories find their way into my mind take opportunity to strain minds eye and see the grand design with no warning i bought the store of pain you had for me thinking your answer was the key leaves me to wonder why i live this way a life behind the glass im looking in while time keeps moving past my nightly ritual an auditory visual undefined this time ill get nowhere stones in the ground that never see the light my only gleaning from all of this experience was the meaning thinking your answer was the key leaves me to wonder why i live this way a life behind the glass im looking in while time keeps moving past if its not real then tell me why it needs to be set free thinking your answer was the key leaves me to wonder why i live this way a life behind the glass im looking in while time keeps moving past
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Looking Up 05:45
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people rush headlong through the city looking ahead dont blink or youll miss it I spent my time looking up and away was i looking for something that i could save was i looking for something ill never give up They look ahead of themselves but im looking up remember being just one of the millions no irony just strength of illusion i couldnt help looking down to the grave was i looking for something that wont fade away looking for faith that isnt so tough they look for bigger fish but im looking up Up there the gold capped spires scrape the clouds up higher A steam cloud that rises from the roof a thousand lifetimes search for truth well people rush headlong through the city Eyes on the prize cant blink or youll miss it I spent my time looking up and away looking for something i could save looking for something that ll never give up warmth of the sun and the cold winter days feeling the eyes of the lost and depraved trying to keep ahead of the flame keeping myself maintained And im looking up
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In Clear Light 06:10
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in the midst of what you know when everything is put away theres a knocking at the door its never been like this before in the middle of the play curtains flutter then let go and all your quick and easy saves they just end up in the way In clear light I was wrong there’s nothing left to hold on to all the years like breaking waves I Cant believe we didn’t see for all the times we rode the crest just got dragged under again why did i have to say those things to you why am i always scared to tell the truth In clear light I was wrong there’s nothing left to hold on to
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The Night 07:13
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its dark and its lonely but im not done Cause i can hang on to hope ive been the fortunate one As i look up at the towers above i still remember the way that it was when time stood so still your face by the windowsill theyre scattered and torn the times that we wore i still walk these streets what do i hang around for theres nobody else can live in this frame so i laugh to myself this is some crazy game i feel you right now I know that your here somehow To this life i adhere long since you disappeared oh but the night live for the dark of the night i love the quiet of the night when the city sleeps with the secrets that it keeps a sailor thats lost adrift on the sea search party gave up guess they stopped looking for me this journeys my own so i let it be but i know that the clock is gaining on me while im still around And the past is gaining ground outside the city do you still remember me? all the way out there out at the limits of mind what did you think you would find was it a waste of time all the way out there out at the limits of mind what did we think we would find were we wasting time I stayed until the bright lights stung the towers were my only horizon glass and steel like a cage Blocking out the sun In the night
11.
Wednesday Afternoon 02:43
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released May 1, 2021

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The Literal Translation Los Angeles, California

Following several years with Americana group Sim Ross and the Redemption, Jason Consolacion, and Bushwick-based Gold Stars for Everyone, Dan Powell decided to go solo as The Literal Translation, releasing his first album of original music in 2019.

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