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Rewire

by Holden Laurence

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1.
Awake in bed in a fever sweat Dizzy as a warped cassette Am I a fool in love with a setting sun? Has she grown restless and ready to run? Has she grown restless and ready to run? And the earth is shaking Shifting to the beat of our endless aching Breathing in black dust in the shadows of old love Breathing in black dust in the shadows of old love In the shadows of old love A wilted rose between her toes Crippled beauty that never grows And all the lies remain the same It's only the dreams within our dreams that change It's only the dreams within our dreams that change And the earth is shaking Shifting to the beat of our endless aching Breathing in black dust in the shadows of old love Breathing in black dust in the shadows of old love In the shadows of old love And the earth is shaking Shifting to the beat of our endless aching Breathing in black dust in the shadows of old love Breathing in black dust in the shadows of old love In the shadows of old love In the shadows of old love The shadows of old love Meet me in the shadows Aw, meet me, meet me, meet me in the shadows...
2.
The ghosts of who we were and what we've seen Pass like shadows all around me And when the sun goes down they come around To tease our children when they're sleeping Their eyes are covered still with blackened veils Like the shade of heavy oak trees And they don't understand the greater plan How the world is ever changing Friends in fever dreams can't take the heat They will melt into each other Like snow melts in rain - it's all the same When it covers one another, I know We met with tender skin, born again Sweetly singing blessings Of rhymes and nameless tunes and cherry blooms Our bodies tight and pressing At the fair behind the school, a kissing booth Where every kiss will cost you something And still we tried to fill the empty rooms With every single heartbeat Friends in fever dreams can't take the heat They will melt into each other Like snow melts in rain - it's all the same When it covers one another, I know Sound the chapel bell, no chance in hell That I'll love another lady If I should fall behind don't pay no mind Just go ahead without me And I don't know how it came to be that you and me Were caught up in a fever Just like a polaroid of a girl and boy We were melted there forever Friends in fever dreams can't take the heat They will melt into each other Like snow melts in rain - it's all the same When it covers one another, I know
3.
Drove all night beneath the moon as she lay sleeping in the back seat I wanna be her fantasy Bathed in white-light porcelain - breathing diamonds over everything I wanna be her fantasy But I slip into a dream, ah-ah I slip into a dream, ah-ah I slip into a dream, I slip into a dream Stopped to smoke in Illinois, she read her gossip magazine I wanna be her fantasy Pointed to the chapel down the road, she laughed and threw her cigarette at me I wanna be her fantasy But I slip into a dream, ah-ah I slip into a dream, ah-ah She got me speaking in tongues I don't understand Speaking in tongues I don't understand Speaking in tongues I don't understand Speaking in tongues I don't understand Speaking in tongues I don't understand Speaking in tongues I don't understand Speaking in tongues I don't understand Speaking in tongues I don't understand at all No I don't understand at all Mmm, I don't understand at all I slip into a dream, ah-ah-ah-ah :) I slip into a dream, ah-ah I slip into a dream, ah-ah She got me speaking in tongues, ah-ah She got me speaking in tongues, ah-ah
4.
Sometimes love is too wild to hold Like innocent dreams that sleep in my arms Her taste was sweet and her voice was calm Lightning strikes once or twice and then it's gone And when it's gone it's gone Bathed in the moonlight - tender innocence Our bodies swayed with the rhythm of a kiss My fingers were colors, her skin an empty dawn Lightning strikes once or twice and then it's gone Lightning strikes once or twice and then it's gone And when it's gone it's gone Like sweat beneath a summer moon - a fever in the night Vapor trails of sorrow thrown across an empty sky Burning for a moment only when the moment's right And it leaves me waiting for another lightning strike Don't leave me waiting Don't leave me waiting...
5.
Rewire 05:04
Somebody rewire my insides My worries won't slow down and my doubts won't die A wild dog tethered to a tree Chewing off parts of itself just to break free Somebody rewire my world I am an empty, open-ended promises to a kind-hearted girl A wild bird tethered to the ground Sings her saddest songs without a sound Somebody rewire my heart Wanting what I'll never have tears me apart A wild beast tethered to another Both running to the opposite ends of the earth - running from each other Running from each other
6.
When we were young we traded our lungs in the for lust Out in the streets grinding our bones into dust And aww, when Morrissey sang those sad, sad songs Aww, we were dying to sing along Ooo, we'll always have the radio Ooo, we'll always have the radio When we were young we surrendered our grace to the heat Out in the woods melted into my backseat And aww, when Morrissey sang those sad, sad songs Aww, we were dying to sing along Ooo, we'll always have the radio Ooo, we'll always have the radio Ooo, we'll always have the radio Ooo, we'll always have the radio And all this aching, why won't my thoughts be still I don't want to change but I know that I probably will That horizon is taunting, teasing before the kill But aww, when Morrissey sang those sad, sad songs Aww, we were dying to sing along Ooo, we'll always have the radio Ooo, we'll always have the radio Ooo, we'll always have the radio Ooo, we'll always have the radio We'll always have the radio We'll always have the radio We'll always have the radio
7.
I was lean and strong at twenty-one Blue eyes staring at the sidewalk chalk Full of love and lust and in-between Blue eyes staring at the city streets A linen dress tight to her skin She waved her hand and commanded the world to spin Aww, floral prints and blue jeans Aww, floral prints and blue jeans Waiting on my Mary Magdalene Waiting on my Mary Magdalene Waiting on my Mary Magdalene She was silk and smooth at twenty-two Brown eyes burning off the teenage blues Full of wasted hours and wildflowers Brown eyes burning with unholy powers A linen dress tight to her skin She waved her hand and commanded the world to spin Aww, floral prints and blue jeans Aww, floral prints and blue jeans Waiting on my Mary Magdalene Waiting on my Mary Magdalene Waiting on my Mary Magdalene A linen dress tight to her skin She waved her hand and commanded the world to spin Aww, floral prints and blue jeans Aww, floral prints and blue jeans Waiting on my Mary Magdalene Waiting on my Mary Magdalene Waiting on my Mary Magdalene Aww, waiting, waiting, waiting on my Mary Magdalene, ahh...
8.
Desire 04:43
Desire like dirt in the road Washed out by the rain like empty newsprint boats Fast when they're dry but onward they sink like a stone Onward they sink like a stone Desire like lust in the sun Boiled in the heat of tender burning tongues Wishes carried deep, humid in my lungs Humid in my lungs Desire like dark Spanish eyes Bright flashes of neon on hot summer nights The moon hung like a kiss in an indigo sky In an indigo sky Desire like vows in a church Whispered like a poem buried in the earth Broken by the sun until all that's left is dirt Until all that's left is dirt And now all that's left is dirt
9.
The wind exhaled and blew back her hair A vision frozen in time Denim and suede, a Ray-Ban charade Playing movies in the back of her mind A second-hand Shakespeare I stood in the dark Throwing roses and choking on rhymes She laughed through her teeth and grinned in defeat As her shadow touched shadows with mine If I could change her mind you know I would If I could change her mind you know I would Black lace and silver with flashes of gold She stared out the window in pain Lost in my dreams, too stubborn to see The stress in her delicate frame If I could change her mind you know I would If I could change her mind you know I would But I still hear her Gypsy song All the reckless and empty promises But I know that the moment's gone Oh, I know that the moment's gone She drifted away as quick as she came Now in fevers I sweat out the past I'm drinking too much and I'm thinking too much Of roses and a Romeo mask Of roses and a Romeo mask If I could change her mind you know I would If I could change her mind you know I would
10.
White sand on an empty beach Standing still and staring out at the open sea Memory stains that I can't erase Tattooed, burned, and scarred in the lines upon my face The southern wind is blowing over me again The southern wind is blowing over me again Blowing over me again Red lips on an empty glass Voices echo still from the shadows cast Spilled my blood at Calvary But I am still as fucked up as I used to be The southern wind is blowing over me again The southern wind is blowing over me again Blowing over me again White sand on an empty beach And I am still as fucked up as I used to be The southern wind is blowing over me again The southern wind is blowing over me again Blowing over me again Blowing over me again Blowing over me again

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released May 10, 2019

All songs written and produced by Holden Laurence

Holden Laurence: Bass / Guitars / Synths / Vocals
Michael O'Brien: Drums / Percussion

℗ © 2018 Holden Laurence

© 2018 Romantic Americana Publishing (ASCAP)

Recorded at Fe True Records / Bobby Peru Recording Studio
Engineered by Shane Olivo
Mixed / Mastered by Shane Olivo
Artwork by Matthew Childers

Special thanks to Dr. Bassie, executive producer and champion of this project.

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"Blends Mope-rock, Post-punk, & New Wave deftly with bittersweet tone & cinematic delivery." - Cleveland Scene

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