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Meet Me in a Dream
04:07
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No one wants to be the one who's unwanted
And you can only hold on tight for so long
Lately all my dreams have been haunted
I forget that you're gone
Pulled in by the grip of temptation
Sorry as I was to watch you go
But we were never under one another's obligation
And I'd like you to know
If you can't meet me in the moonlight tonight
Doesn't matter where you are
Your memory's not too far
And if you call my name on an astral plane
You can slip into subconscious at dawn
If it's no use hanging on
If it wasn't meant to be
Won't you meet me in a dream
Open eyes to the cold light of morning
Soon as I'm awake you're gone and I'm alone
I may walk a lonely world in the daytime
But at night you come home
You told me that you no longer need me
And you're walking now with a lover newfound
But you touched me deep enough to become me
And I carry you round
If you can't meet me in the moonlight tonight
Doesn't matter where you are
Your memory's not too far
And if you call my name on an astral plane
You can slip into subconscious at dawn
If it's no use hanging on
If it wasn't meant to be
Won't you meet me in a dream
You might only exist in a memory
Replaying in my mind every night
But I don't always need someone beside me
It'll turn out alright
If you can't meet me in the moonlight tonight
Doesn't matter where you are
Your memory's not too far
And if you call my name on an astral plane
You can slip into subconscious at dawn
If it's no use hanging on
If it wasn't meant to be
Won't you meet me in a dream
If it wasn't meant to be
Won't you meet me in a dream
credits
released January 24, 2021
All instruments/vocals/production Adam Wazonek
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2. |
Sleight Of Hand
03:14
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Sweet world of wonder won't let me be
Doesn't really take too much to mystify me
It's just a sleight of hand
It's just a sleight of hand, oh
These subtle powers run the big machine
Piece together matter from the fabric of a dream
It's just a sleight of hand
It's just a sleight of hand, oh
Pulling the strings of existence
To disappear into thin air
Look away for a moment, you'll miss it
It hides in plain sight everywhere
This grand illusion, this game of time
Manipulated by a motion so fine
It's just a sleight of hand
It's just a sleight of hand, oh
Another moment, another sign
Crossing boundaries of human and divine
It's just a sleight of hand
It's just a sleight of hand, oh
Pulling the strings of existence
To disappear into thin air
Look away for a moment, you'll miss it
It hides in plain sight everywhere
Pulling the strings of existence
Look away for a moment, you'll miss it
Pulling the strings of existence
Look away for a moment, you'll miss it
Pulling the strings of existence
Look away for a moment, you'll miss it
Pulling the strings of existence
Look away for a moment, you'll miss it
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I was up in the valley on Saturday
Your folks were outside shaking hands
Should have told them just how much you mattered
The words slipped through my fingers like sand
The Royal Canadian Legion
I'd spent many nights there before
We drank in unholy communion
And we painted the air with your lore
Faces from drunken encounters jogging memories
They're all together now
I dodged the bullet that sunk you
Still took a few more years to come around
There's people I love I can count on
And some who I can't, though I've tried
And a few who could call me at three in the morn
And I'd rush to be there by their side
You stood at my side for the eulogy
Compassionate warmth in your eyes
And I thought to myself about how lucky I am
Just to know such a beautiful guy
All the miles behind us, dark places
Took you as a warning sign
One more for the body count
One more drink to this friend of mine
I last saw your face at the funeral
You were hanging out under the arm
Of some dude in shamanic regalia
Under the spell of his mystical charm
The spark we had unconsummated
Still glad to call you a friend
And we lamented the grim circumstances
That brought our paths together once again
Stepping out into sunset, quiet exit
Didn't want to say goodbye
One more night in the land of the living
In the golden hour of the golden summertime
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4. |
Walthamstow
02:36
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Train doors open at Paddington Station
Solitary stranger in the motherland
Senses awakened to a new vibration
After eight long hours in an airborne tin can
Waited too long to get across the pond
Westminster wanderer with time to burn
Fast mates made, talking late and beer's strong
Last call and out into the London streets turned
Didn't mind taking a break from the masses
Couldn't catch a breath in old Soho
Up above ground with rose coloured glasses
Hopping out the tube at Walthamstow
Happy to know you, my East End brother
Companion and tour guide, for what it's worth
Talking about life and music and lovers
It's the same old struggles on the other side of the earth
Legions of smiles from friendly faces
Sixty bohemians in a nursing home
Browsing trinkets in open air marketplaces
Sunrise high street Walthamstow
And everything's new to me
A place I've only been to in my mind
And it suits my fancy
So much to get through, so little time
East London streets, won't you be mine
Tube to a train to plane out of Heathrow
Bleak morning rolling out of London town
February '20 and who would have known
It was a couple of weeks before the world shut down
Didn't mind taking a break from the masses
Couldn't catch a breath in old Soho
Charmed eyes peering through rose coloured glasses
Walking through the streets of Walthamstow
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5. |
Handsome Man
03:11
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Handsome man
Why do you look that way?
At least through these eyes of mine
That's kind of hard to say
I know with you I've got no business
I'll just admire you from a distance
I won't impose desires on you
My handsome man
Handsome man
I'm just the way I am
And you're just the way you are
All part of a greater plan
Handsome man
Maybe see you again
I'll be around, I guess
Should ever you need a friend
Handsome man
Happy to see your face
Imagining we were one
Wrapped in a warm embrace
You strike me as straighter than an arrow
I've heard the same about myself though
But I'm too afraid to play that game
My handsome man
Handsome man
Don't want to take that chance
Maybe just catch your eye
See if you return my glance
Handsome man
Maybe I need some time
On my own again
Back on my own again
Handsome man
I'm just the way I am
And you're just the way you are
All part of a greater plan
Handsome man
Maybe I need some time
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6. |
As The Crows Fly
04:19
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Running out back just to check out the spectacle
The sky turns black in an everyday miracle
Heaven and earth in rush hour traffic
The cinema of nature with a healthy dose of magic
Like clockwork, daily migration
From all over town to one final destination
Down on the tarmac, souls in metal bubbles
Going a million different places with a million different struggles
Eastbound they're flying
Calling from the trees, lining up upon the telephone wires
One being up in the sky
Faces on the ground passing show to the birds on high
A thousand wings in flight
Murder overhead, bringer of the night
Blackening the sky, watching as the crows fly by
Dusk comes, harbingers of the dark
Look up, they call in familiar tongue
And I wonder what they could be saying
So long to another day
And it's moonrise
Roost assembled till dawn is nigh
A sight for awestruck eyes
Turned skyward till the lonesome echo of the final cry
Watching the crows fly by
Wind meets feather, diving down up above us
Who's the ringleader of this flying circus?
Dark eyes laughing at human kind
Trash cans and power lines, the rest of it is worthless
Glimpse caught by the evening commuter
Foot off the gas of some big gross polluter
One eye on taillight, one on the night sky
Awakening the dream of travelling as the crow flies
Eastbound they're flying
Calling from the trees, lining up upon the telephone wires
One being up in the sky
Faces on the ground passing show to the birds on high
A thousand wings in flight
Murder overhead, bringer of the night
Blackening the sky, watching as the crows fly by
A thousand wings in flight
Murder overhead, bringer of the night
Blackening the sky, watching as the crows fly by
Calling from the trees and the telephone wires
All these faces on the ground passing show
To the birds on high
A thousand wings in flight
Murder overhead, bringer of the night
Blackening the sky, watching as the crows fly by
Calling from the trees and the telephone wires
All these faces on the ground passing show
To the birds on high
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7. |
Two Ships In The Night
03:54
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Gone, but you're still around
Lost and adrift forever
Watch as it all falls down
Act like you don't remember
I can see your beacon burning bright
Try to look away, but it's still in sight
No, won't ever disappear
Though it's like we're passing like two ships in the night
Sailing slowly in the moonlight
Two ships in the night
Sailing slowly in the moonlight
From the other side of the wall
Can you still hear me calling
From the other side of the wall
Can you still hear me calling
Watching from the shore as the rain falls down
Over endless expanse of ocean
Far as I can see, waves washing over me
Like an echo of old emotion
A change of heart like a change in tides
A hundred million reasons like the stars in the sky
Oh, so wish I had you near
Though it's like we're passing like two ships in the night
Sailing slowly in the moonlight
Two ships in the night
Sailing slowly in the moonlight
From the other side of the wall
Can you still hear me calling
From the other side of the wall
Can you still hear me calling
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8. |
Local Sensation
03:29
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Local sensation
I've seen you playing round
You bring the party
But only in this town
Had a taste of the limelight
But couldn't play the game
Walk on down any street
And nobody calls your name
Local Sensation
Content with where you are
Shot for the moon
Just to land among the bars
But they still come to see you
Under incandescent light
Navigating the soundtrack
To another crazy night
You call the tune
Fuelled by the room's appreciation
No labels, agents on the phone
Big negotiations
Stack up the glass at centre stage
On-house libation
You're nothing new but you're still you
And you there's no replacing
Evocateur of a memory
To enlighten heart and mind
Dealt the cards and you played them
Just to keep the fire alight
And you're on the stage tonight
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Soliterre Vancouver, British Columbia
S O L I T E R R E
A soul inhabiting the body of songwriter, instrumentalist and home recording enthusiast Adam Wazonek, asserting itself in the form of lush synthscapes, jangling guitars, and thought-provoking themes.
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