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Paint the Night EP

by Standard of Living

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ghopkins The song Wilson is one of the most prophetic lyrical creations pondering small town life. Well composed.
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    Digital download of BOTH "Paint the Night" and "Patience" EPs as well as your choice of either the green "Rainy Day" or purple "Standard Fo' Living" t-shirt, printed on Tultex brand. Photos of both shirts are above.

    You will be able to download "Paint the Night" instantly, and within 2 days we will e-mail you a one-time use download code for "Patience." You just come back to Bandcamp, enter the code, and download.

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    All proceeds from selling our music and merch at these prices will go to fund the release of music from our upcoming project. If you like the music and want to donate more than the minimum price, it would mean the world to us. Those who do--we'll figure out a special thank you gift in the near future.
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1.
Intro 01:13
2.
Wilson 03:22
Seven acres through that door We'll search the trails and cornfields Seven acres to explore We'll get lost and find ourselves And I swear you can see the milky way As far as it is above And I swear you can hear music play as it narrates the evening sky I remember driving out to Wilson I'd pack my bags and stay there for the weekend Those were days when I would call you best friend ah We used to stay up late at night And watch the movies we rented We used to dream that we could fly and pretend we're heroes And I swear we were invincible as far as we were concerned And I swear we were inseparable 'Till our youth finally dried away (Chorus) And I wonder where you are Back at home with your family with your childhood Or have you left to be on your own And I want to see again The place I knew before I left it years ago (Chorus)
3.
Without You 03:15
She covers up her head With the hood of a sweater As the rain comes down The street lights are reflecting in the night Off the black tar coated with liquid Don’t you have a question to ask me? Why else would you come crawling back? I thought that you would know the answer You should keep your suitcase back I won’t ever leave the light on baby I don’t even want to see your face again The rain is falling from a dark blue sky And I feel fine without you in my life Whoa She covers up her moves Like she’s quitting her day job And it worked on me When she lies, it’s perfectly disguised And you’re damn sure she’s got an alibi I just have a question to ask you Was it worth the time you wasted? To sabotage what we had made here To sabotage what we created (Chorus) She covers up her head With the hood of a sweater As the rain comes down When she lies, it’s perfectly disguised And you’re damn sure she’s got an alibi (Chorus) (Chorus)
4.
Why do we always play this game You’re making empty threats again Don’t tell me, I already know You always wanna Runaway run, runaway run, runaway Don’t think for a second you fooled me Runaway run, runaway run, runaway I’ll be waiting ‘till you come back home If I could just stay away Maybe then you’ll come around But you always rearrange whoa whoa If I could just make you stay Then I’d never be alone But you always run away whoa whoa Your searching for a problem that Does not exist, don’t have a reason to hide But you can’t resist You always wanna Runaway run, runaway run, runaway Don’t think for a second you fooled me Runaway run, runaway run, runaway Ill be waiting till you come back home (Chorus) (Chorus)
5.
Here it is My first letter since I’ve gone away Mind to hand, pen to paper, Opened by Thursday Write me when you’re ready Don’t you rush Yeah, we’ve got time And when you find the proper words Just write me a verse And I’ll send you mine God, I wanna be home All I got is east coast dreams And a western sky And even though I never Seem to get it right I still try To fill you in With a post card and some 3 by 5s To tell you when California sleeps It’s when I thrive Tell me where your heart’s at Tell me what you’re thinking now I’ve got an educated guess With a letter addressed And a three to five day wait All I got is east coast dreams And a western sky And even though I never Seem to get it right I still try To tell you what it’s like To sleep on hard wood floors In a house in east L.A. I still got your photograph You gave to me When I left that day When I get home I swear I’m there to stay I never liked to travel anyway I’ll put my suite case And bags away for good (Chorus) (Chorus)
6.
I’m through with the night And I’m driving home with the radio The volume is low but I can’t escape The frequencies, the ambience And the white noise in my head I’m through with the drive And I lay awake with each mistake Open to the sheet with the fresh ink It’s bleeding through the pages Of the story I write It’s not finished I can’t say that I’d do it all the same If I had the chance to write it all again There’s no day I don’t wish I could erase a paragraph I’d be nice if it were true That every sentence I write I could undo This is the story without the fiction I’m through with the light So I switch it down and I turn off Under the covers and out of consciousness I close my eyes and say to myself Tomorrow’s another day Tomorrow’s another day to ruin (Chorus) This is the bridge This is where I’m supposed to change my ways I’m sorry to disappoint But I feel the same I’m still filling the pages with words That furnish the book Entitled “Regret” (Chorus) Tomorrow’s another day Tomorrow’s another day to ruin
7.
Summer’s sleeping in my car As I lean back to stare Take a glance at what my sunroof offers So close A tinted version of the night sky Spheres of light Piercing through a blanket of obstacles Sky Canvas We can paint the night In the broad daylight Paint the city black Smoking clouds, a reaching branch And a slight haze of light From the small metropolis below A mesh of sight layered like a painting The ceiling window framing it Wish I could cover up the street lights So close A tinted version of the night sky Sphere of light Making up the largest of obstacles Sky Canvas We can paint the night In the broad daylight Sky canvas We can dress the sky Summer’s sleeping in my car As I lean back to stare Take a glance at what my sunroof offers Sky Canvas We can paint the night In the broad daylight Sky canvas We can dress the sky In a dark twilight Paint the city black (Sky canvas)

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released July 3, 2009

All music written and produced by Standard of Living. Lyrics by Josh Rabenold. Mixed by David Schuler. Mastered by Josh Myers at California Road Studios.

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