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Lying Awake

by Ellery

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1.
Anna 03:30
She was falling asleep with the light on, waiting With her back to the door and the whole world fading He was never no good if he'd leave her that way But it's funny how that's never made this okay CHORUS: Anna, hang on There is more where all this came from (repeat) Well the news made her more than a name but barely To the small town of Troy and the Carman family Who were told it would be like it all was back then That the world could pretend like it never happened CHORUS In your short life, you've lived a thousand times You stood so brave, they robbed you blind The truth is, there'll be harder times And it's okay to say you're fine But I'll be waiting back behind, and You can make your troubles mine
2.
Be Like This 03:23
Your voice was soft It always is That’s why I thought I’d get through this Your fingertips Light on my face Felt like a kiss That’s my mistake CHORUS: I was staying up all night Had every detail memorized I felt my edges start to slip I said I wouldn’t be like this Said I wouldn’t be like this I told you once The braver half Who I’d become if You ever left The less there is Of me to show The more I wish You didn’t know CHORUS You moved too close For me to think Straight, and so I let me sink It’s not your fault I wanted to I built the walls I can’t get through CHORUS And I apologize for The way my eyes won’t leave the floor CHORUS
3.
Nights like this were meant for lovers That’s how they begin Whisper soft like angel songs That drift in on the wind But it only takes a word To make you shudder in your soul And that’s all it took tonight To leave us both like steel and stone Chorus: But I can’t live without you Oh I know I made a mess I cursed and cried about you, I could not have meant it less I could not have meant it less We were never strong enough To keep this in our heads But we were never meant to say These stupid things we’ve said And I don’t trust me anymore Than you can trust me now Oh but I can’t help hoping good will come Though I can’t tell you how CHORUS And I’m no good at this, It’s like the story of my life How I’ve been pounding fists Against the one sure thing in mine You’re the one sure thing in mine
4.
Arizona 03:53
Said he’s doing just fine 95, and biding his time Empty notebooks and bottles of wine Collecting newspapers and library fines We’re talkin’ thousands of days They came, they stayed, and faded lazy away Left him standing with that look on his face Knows he’s got too much and nothing to say CHORUS: With the whole world, watching him go Saying live your life or leave us all alone Us young ones with our never growing old And his sun goes setting low - in Arizona It was a Saturday night He wiped his eyes and turned out the lights Sixty years and then a silent goodbye He still forgets and calls her name sometimes He said he’s easy to please Short sleeves and jeans with grease on the knees When you’re outliving every one of your dreams Don’t do no good to wonder what it all means CHORUS She said, “Baby, there’s never been much time We’ve known it all our lives” I think she was right
5.
Long Coat On 03:39
It was a long winter for Katie And she had the worn look to show it Her roof was old and leaking, And she was tired of living below it She didn’t know who lived above her But this room below she knew too well She’d read books of friends and lovers And wanted stories of her own to tell CHORUS She had her long coat on She had that look in her eye She was wavin’ her hat in her hand When she said ‘goodbye’ Her mama stood there gawking by the doorway Would’ve never guessed she’d finally go Saw her pack then leave behind her suitcase Sat forgotten in the melting snow So Katie was away to find her freedom The winter held her in and let her go When they said it was a big world, she believed ‘em But I guess some people have to see to really know CHORUS It was a long winter for Katie But one day Katie had her chance And back home they never could stop saying How she left and barely gave them all a second glance... CHORUS
6.
It doesn’t matter anyway Any more than any other day I wish it didn’t feel this way I wish it didn’t feel this way Of course you’re not the first to go It echoed in us years ago These things they happen slow These things they happen slow I saw you on the TV screen They painted you an ugly green We lose ourselves in simple things It’s always the simple things Like your brittle broken heart But I think that’s the easy part Doesn’t matter who you are Doesn’t matter who you are We feel it under every breath To say it scares us all to death But that don’t make it matter less That don’t make it matter less They love to beat you when you’re down And spread the news all over town Can what was lost ever be found Can what was lost ever be found It’s been a long and lonely rain I listened to me say your name And nothing in me feels the same Nothing in me feels the same
7.
It’s quiet in Kentucky You never ask about me I never thought about it Until now It’s cloudy out my window Just another TV show And noises in the hallway Outside, and CHORUS: I guess I know better now That few things ever go The way that we mean anyhow That’s better I suppose You thought that I was joking When I said I was worried I’d never love somebody Like you do It’s easier on some days I keep me busy anyway I read a lot on weekends Downtown, and CHORUS I called while you were working It’s easier than talking For just so many reasons And it’s funny how we speak so clear While such a mess inside I mean more than I’m saying here You know that just as well as CHORUS
8.
It’s just a fear, unnamed We shouldn’t have to do this to ourselves we shouldn’t have to do it this way You weren’t the first, allowed To blow in like a wind over my soul To roll in like a thundercloud It’s all the same, who knows I came in with a heavy, hollow hand I came out with a brittle hope And with my walls defined More surely I could shake away my pain More confidently draw the lines CHORUS: So you will never get inside my, See inside my head You will never get inside my, See inside my head You took my hand, we sat down You told me this was different than before You told me you would stick around But good intentions lie Beneath the sacrifice they take, Behind the guarded look in your eyes CHORUS I came prepared to fight We shouldn’t have to do this to ourselves I’m choking on what’s left of my pride
9.
Sing a song, commemorate it Everything you’ve lost Write how long it’s always taken Just to swim across You were always blurry-eyed You meant it how you said Bending down, observing lives As you pronounce them dead CHORUS: Hero, Hero Of some lovely story Nobody ever wrote Lean out from your tower, darling Cast your shadow down Spend your saved up hours, darling Nothing matters now You dreamt your sorrows welled like water Washing all our flaws One never saw a better martyr Dying for applause CHORUS Maybe you’d have made it Easier on us all If you had never taken it Upon yourself at all
10.
Let him turn to go, let him tell you no It’s coming Fire in his shoes, saddest bit of news It’s coming Circle round again, lost and found again Your story Waiting up past dark, that’s your favorite part Your story PRECHORUS: I saw you with your back turned to imaginary crowds I saw you with your head down, saying “nothing matters now” CHORUS: You sigh, Nothing to it You lie, You’ll get through it Whistle to the tune, dance around the room That’s something Stand out in the rain, cry when you’re in pain That’s something PRECHORUS CHORUS You fight to stay awake, Your dreams will likely drive you mad But only cause you’re living like One shot was all you had CHORUS
11.
It's Alright 04:35
Remember how we chased it like shadows Life was the ocean; we wanted to swim Looking back now, it’s just how the path goes They tell you it’s over; you never begin We don’t give ourselves time - the way that we used to To watch it all happen, unfolding in sighs You’d think we were blind, the things we can see through The things we look past when emboldened inside CHORUS: But it’s alright now, it’s alright The ghosts of our glories are gray-bearded guides The sound of our sorrows has stirred us inside (But) I think maybe I’ve never felt more alive I asked you just once if you thought we could be found You never did tell me; but I think I know now Whatever ship comes, by dark sea or gray cloud As long as the well’s deep, we make it somehow CHORUS I don’t know how to make peace or find it We’re most of us stories we’re scared to explain But what if there’s sound, somewhere caught behind this A song we can sing while we’re lying awake CHORUS

about

Ellery, the husband-and-wife duo comprised of Tasha and Justin Golden, unleashed its Virt Records debut, "Lying Awake," in 2006. The album, produced by previous Grammy nominee Ric Hordinski (Over the Rhine, David Wilcox), showcased a band which, after five years of making music together, had finally found its musical center.

The band's debut was warmly received by the Cincinnati community, including a cover story in CiN Weekly, regular airplay on WNKU, and three nominations in the Cincinnati Entertainment awards. "Lying Awake" earned Ellery strong national recognition as well, including glowing reviews in national publications such as Paste Magazine and Performing Songwriter. "Long Coat On" was featured on Starbucks HearMusic, and the first single, "Anna," was featured on Paste Sampler #21 and played on AAA radio stations throughout the country and in the UK.

"Tasha and Justin Golden combine skillful, melodic instrumentation, intelligent but unassuming lyrics, and captivating vocals to make engaging indie pop on Lying Awake... [It's] music for the well-adjusted, music filled with alt-radio-ready piano, tasteful guitar and breathy vocals that flirt with melancholy but always climax with hopefulness." -Paste Magazine

"...The 11 emotionally charged, introspective, mid-tempo tunes smartly put singer Tasha Golden's smooth, pliable voice front and center to guide the soaring melodies, as her muted piano playing and the shimmering guitars and husky backing vocals from husband Justin Golden provide an earthy ballast..." -Performing Songwriter Magazine

"One of the few acts to come across my desk in a long while whose recorded work actually lives up to the hype surrounding it, this married duo of Tasha and Justin Golden make passionate, spiritually invigorating postmodern folk-pop that is as memorable as it is easy to swallow..." -Connect Savannah Magazine

"...The twosome's airy yet organic Pop has a soul-tickling emotional weight that many bands would die for. Starry-eyed yet also very grounded, Ellery's sound is romantic, dreamy, moving and flawlessly executed." -Cincinnati Citybeat Magazine

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released April 4, 2006

Produced by Ric Hordinski
Recorded and mixed by Ric Hordinski, Mersey Beat Studio, Cincinnati, OH
Additional assistance by Phil Raath
Mastered by Richard Dodd, Nashville, TN
Photography by Michael Wilson
Design by Jeremy Cowart, Pixlegrazer

Tasha Golden: vocals, background vocals, piano, Wurlitzer
Justin Golden: background vocals, acoustic guitars, electric guitars, tenor guitar, mando guitar
Ric Hordinski: electric guitars, loops, keys, percussion, stuffs
Amos Heller: bass
Josh Seurkamp: drums, percussion

Justin plays Taylor guitars and uses Elixir strings
Ric plays Rick Turner guitars, TEO Octave Twelve String guitars, and uses D’Addario Strings

Ellery is Tasha and Justin Golden
www.ellerymusic.com

All songs by Tasha Golden, music by Tasha and Justin Golden
© & (P) 2006 Set Adrift Music (ASCAP). All rights reserved. Marketed by Virt Records LLC under exclusive license. Unauthorized reproduction prohibited by federal law. Virt Records LLC, P.O. Box 9142, Seattle, WA 98109.
www.virtrecords.com

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Ellery Louisville, Kentucky

Ellery’s intimate, lush-pop songs are heard in feature films, TV dramas (ABC, SHOWTIME, FOX, NETFLIX), and taken them across the globe over years of touring. The band writes and records between research, mixing projects, and indulging two black cats. Ellery makes loud louds and quiet quiets. ... more

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