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the feeling is real

by lesser animals

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NTRMN90 James Sanderson is the greatest songwriter of our generation.
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Sam Beautiful songwriting, vocals, and instrumentals! Listen while hanging with friends, alone on a car ride, relaxing by the fire, or while on a quest to find the dragon goblet. Favorite track: Great Lakes.
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1.
Great Lakes 03:30
Frightened by knowing What all our talk has got me going through Pushing out the feeling And going home to empty rooms For some reason It can fill us up Don’t know why but it won’t stop Hallowed out and thin Feels like a fall could be a great escape Staring at the ceiling And dreamin up some way to make you stay For some reason It can fill us up Don’t know why but it won’t stop The great lakes We’ve been tamed by the great lakes
2.
I’ve got that sand at my heels But the feeling is real My eyes are closing there’s not much left Except the hours to steal I know my skin’s turned to stone Can’t move when I am alone Feels like my ceiling is haunting me Why won’t you pick up the phone? I have to give up the rest Helpless, flat on my back Think I’ve come under attack For the decisions that I have made I try to breathe but I can’t How many times in a day Have my thoughts gone astray Release me please I have done no wrong I simply made some mistakes I have to give up the rest Release me please I have done no wrong I simply made some mistakes
3.
Wait 02:31
Nothing’s changed There’s not a drop of bad blood between us I keep my head down And i know you can understand Well I’ve fallen out with all my old friends, bud But I’ll continue to hold on until you tell them Wait You’ve got it all wrong, so why can’t you Stay Don’t turn it all off, at least not right out of the Gate Please you’ve got it all wrong so why can’t you wait I’m seeing stars My hands are shaking, I stayed up all night Filled with regret And what am i to do with it You’ve got a lot of words that fill a lot of pages But written in the margins Is something that you couldn’t say out loud Didn’t feel right just to bleed it out Wait You’ve got it all wrong, so why can’t you Stay Don’t turn it all off, at least not right out of the Gate Please you’ve got it all wrong so why can’t you wait
4.
For Real 03:07
Someone borrowed my time and let it ride On the wings you made me On the hope of someday I don’t wanna leave you so I’ll remain Some hundred miles away But we can try And nothing changes our minds But my heart doesn’t beat when you’re not around So we can try Don’t worry about what you find My eyes are closed tight and my hands are bound For real There is no conclusion, the future’s wide But I’ve got my blinders on Hold my hand Your room is like a dungeon but I don’t mind The chains to nothing to me So we can try And nothing changes our minds But my heart doesn’t beat when you’re not around So we can try Don’t worry about what you find My eyes are closed tight and my hands are bound For real
5.
Cannot Hang 02:11
If I led you astray Would you take it away? I mean it’s just not my thing What else can I say? I wrapped myself up in June Left this afternoon And now there’s snow on the ground Feels like it’s too soon I really wish I could I wanna know what’s good, I cannot hang If I invent a way to feel, is it enough to help me deal? I’m sorry I didn’t call Did you miss me at all? Feels like I’m floating around Instead of breaking your fall But just go without me and don’t look back Cause I’ve been changing this whole time I forgot the context of your attack Forgot the feeling of sunshine I really wish I could I wanna know what’s good, I cannot hang If I invent a way to feel, is it enough to help me deal?
6.
Every word’s been weighted, as if tied to a stone Did you reach that conceit on your own? Guess I’ll take you home At night you are told that you’re wrong By shrieking creatures who strung you along But I think you’re strong What is the beauty that’s come over me Do you have to get what you see? If not, then it’s free A howling wind clings to the scene In a voice so soft but unyieldingly mean You can’t help but speak All of the ways that you burn me alive I’ll do what it takes to survive Just bring me to the edge of my life Born and repurposed to purchase the throne You’re scared to do it on your own How high you have flown Upset by the things you have learned But while you have toiled and yearned You gave someone else a turn All of the ways that you burn me alive I’ll do what it takes to survive Just bring me to the edge of my life
7.
Face the Sky 03:16
Your face in the window The words that you found weren’t wasted I won’t tire again Sights unseen, thoughts untasted Where is forever? The end that I felt has faded Face the sky but don’t go The need is there, the stars choke Head and ground, they both hold It opens up, the clouds broke Who made you stay there Alone at the edge unwanted The future is clear now Falling forever and on Falling on Face the sky but don’t go The need is there, the stars choke Head and ground, they both hold It opens up, the clouds broke Guarding your mind From the yawning of time Despite the boundaries Know the years have been kind Scared to rest You know you’ve passed the first test The light’s gone out Now the light springs from your chest
8.
Pick a habit you said Some things aren’t worth the price we pay It’s not that I don’t believe you But I’m doing ok I wish I could make you believe I’m never gonna die, alright? I know what you’ve heard, believing written word instead of sight But I’m never gonna die, alright? When the sun burns out When the oceans and rivers stone It’ll be something close to rapture I’ll be here alone I wish I could make you believe I’m never gonna die, alright? I know what you’ve heard, believing written word instead of sight But I’m never gonna die, alright? Body of glass, smoke and caffeine Convincing myself the dangers mean nothing to me I’m never gonna die, alright? I know what you’ve heard, believing written word instead of sight But I’m never gonna die, alright?
9.
Huntress 02:29
There’s never been a better target Broken winged and heavy hearted You were taught to bleed them til they’ve all been dried How else could you be the law of nature’s bride? But I’ve been waiting so long to tell ya Huntress with the cup that you drank from Born to take the life of the golden sun For there are answers in the forgetting of things If you’ve got a problem deep in your lungs Don’t try to understand if it won’t come When the chalice has been emptied And you’ve collected all your dowry Will you spare them from your jaws or from your strike? I look forward to the screaming in the night Huntress with the cup that you drank from Born to take the life of the golden sun For there are answers in the forgetting of things If you’ve got a problem deep in your lungs Huntress with the cup that you drank from Dawning on the days that we stole from For there are answers in the forgetting of things If you’ve got a problem deep in your lungs Don’t try to understand if it won’t come
10.
Hunter 04:06
Dark glasses, the sun in the living room You - you speak so soft, think I would know if you were going to Sick and bloody, beat and bruised Fell in love with a landslide It’s so far off We were born under a dark cloud baby But the stars were all aligned I know it’s difficult when you’ve seen the surface I know it’s difficult to say goodbye I’m getting older still And all my friends are giving in So what? We were born under a dark cloud baby But the stars were all aligned I know it’s difficult when you’ve seen the surface I know it’s difficult to say goodbye

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released January 29, 2021

Vocals - James Sanderson
Guitars - James Sanderson, Mike T Kerr, Noel Friesen
Bass - Mike T Kerr, Noel Friesen, Kevin Dempsey
Drums - Zach Wheeler
Organ - Noel Friesen
Alto/baritone Sax - Kim Wheeler

All songs written by James Sanderson, Lesser Animals
Engineered and produced by Kim Wheeler
Mastered by James Krivchenia
Cover art by Susan M Davies

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