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Tough Trust

by Michael The Band

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1.
Tough Trust 04:00
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Oh my alright I got a letter from the messenger; The High and Mighty never forgot all the debt was there. Oh why, oh why can I never seem to get ahead? It's by design and I never seem to break it's set (or its head) Awwaw awwaw, In time you had to go and take my heart, Find me, find me If we believe we have tough trust The tough luck can't touch us Throw me a rope, I'm a trope in the basement (I'll talk lots sloppy and basic) I'm (mom) always broke down, never started saving (You'll fake your grace till you make it) But then I wake up and I take up all I have in sight (Brief shapes in all that we make of it) I wanna soak in it, the roses of a beautiful life! (Honestly, probably taken) Awwaw awwaw, in time you had to go and take my heart Awwaw awwaw, Finally got the peace of mind to park I'm me I'm me, leaving all the bad stuff Find me find me, If we believe we have tough trust The tough luck can't touch us! And if you're waiting for a feeling that you've never known Get away from that you're only what you've ever been Don't wait, today is late enough It's fate that's always swept under the rug Do you want, do you want these scars for the rest of your life? Awwaw awwaw, in time you had to go and take my heart Awwaw awwaw, Finally got the peace of mind to park I'm me I'm me, leaving all the bad stuff Finally finally, If we believe we have tough trust The tough luck can't touch us!
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So Right 03:04
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It’s not Beverly Hills But I pay the bills and I got the dreamin’ Leave it all to believin’ I’m not trying to leave you or deceive you, Just to please you Part of “keep on redeeming” I’m gonna keep on retrieving I’m still the golden in your life I’m gonna keep on receiving As the years slip from the grips of time **ALWAYS see intimate reality Make it feel So Right And unpack the weight and it makes you feel So Right Always soak the rosehips Like those hopeful moments She’s too good for me Summer night, feeling’s right from the veranda She’s into making food for me Savor that sweet home panorama I’m gonna keep on repeating ‘til we get old and fat and wise We’re gonna keep on defeating All the mold that grows inside our minds ALWAYS seek intimate reality Make it feel So right And unpack the weight and it make you feel So right Always soak the rosehips Like the hopeful moments This song serves as a breath of fresh air, or almost like a gasp of air before you go under water. Not much to explain, just sweet cruising with a partner.
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Captain of My Flame 04:35
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Now don’t freak out I chickened out on changing Could you look the other way? I just wanna hear you say Ooh baby, you amaze me You’re OK, see you’re not crazy Leave it all by the wasted time Behind me Kick it all with the caked-up dust Behind us I’m gonna wake up and take up the blame I wanna breakup with parts of my brain I wanna wake up and blank on my preying I wanna take up the parts of the pain Tell me what you want But you’re really in a funk Are you ready to be heady? Everending, never-mending turntable You freak out, you freak out You put the feeling on me The feeling’s under me now You leach out, you leach out You’re seeping in through the seams You’re soaking into me now Just keep out, just keep em’ out Trespassing bad dreams Better luck next time with me Trespassing bad dreams Better luck next time with me I wanna wake up and take up the blame I’m in a breakup with parts of my brain I’m gonna face up and take up the pain But either way, I’m the captain of my flame Tell me what you want But you’re really in a funk Are you ready to be heady? Everending, never-mending turntable May I always be there Asking things May I always be there Giving things Ohh, please be with me
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Michael's Thriller 03:14
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How can I say less? When I mean more I say way too many words Then you get bored Battle a temp, battle a temp, battle a temporary weakness And repeat this And repeat this: You are a witness to the bleakness But you don’t need this Believe me, leave this And I bobble, bobble the bottle yeah In my bubble, bought all that bottled ya Double double, brought all the W’s From the rubble, brought up the dahlias Michael’s Thriller Psycho Killer Micro Filler And I turn away, and I’ll turn away, and I’ll turn away How can I say less? When I mean more? I say way too many words Then you get bored Married into middle class But I begged, I begged, I begged, I begged, I begged her parent’s pardon For I am not the image of What they’d always dreamed of And I wasted so much God damned time Trying not to cross imaginary lines But now I’m on the borderline And just as long as I look forward I am fine How can I say less? When I mean more I say way too many words Then you get bored
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My Secret Hiding Place 05:20
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Flow with me in the warm water Can’t you just feel the rays on our face? I imitate the sea life In a mate, you may see life Wide awake, you see what’s wrong How to take that seething song Put it away and just move on Put it away and just move on I wanna be the one Who never falls all over, baby I wanna be the everlasting In a mirror, vaguely Long lay the queen of my life May I behave how she likes ALWAYS, ALWAYS, ALWAYS, ALWAYS (How to take that seething song, put it away and just move on) Not proud of my My, my, my, my, my secret hiding place What if it never got better? What if I’m just like my father? Not always straight with my mother If we open up, it feels safe When you feel safe you never look better Not proud of my My, my, my, my, my secret hiding place If we open up, it feels safe When you feel safe you never look better
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All the Rage 03:40
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You couldn’t face it So you just got wasted Tried to replace it But you just displaced it Comin’ up high on the west side valley Look in your eye, never look right by Ooh wait, you ooh wait Look in your eye, never look right by I’m OK if I leave there after I’m enabling all the rage Seven times and I climb the rafters Seven brains and I turn the page Who were those guys that were in the alley? Wearing disguises, they looked like spies Who makes you ooh break? Wearing disguises, you look like mine And I take and I take something from you And I beg you not to blow my lid I didn’t mean to Dig enough and it will cave in Comin’ up high on the west side valley Look in your eye, never look right by Ooh wait, you ooh wait Look in your eye, never looked right by I’m OK if I leave there after I’m enabling all the rage Seven times and I climb the rafters Seven brains and I turn the page
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Big Brother 03:21
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I see a ray and then follow it I hear your voice like a tin can in the rain I’m falling off like a landslide vacation home Calling off all my plans for the future I’m burning out, faster than the California coastline The Postmaster’s ghost like a clothesline And both eyes, like blood lines We can’t find the final divide to decide where our votes lie Our boat’s idling low Lord knows when I can’t find my head Big brother bring me back again Lord knows when I can’t find my head Big brother bring me back again Lord knows when I can’t find my head Big brother bring me back again Blame it on the radio Blame it on the news Blame it on the chemicals The blame is all on you Blame it on the internet Blame it on the blues Blame it on the medicine The blame is all on you Bight marks on the bullet Better leave you But I need you Bet I please you when I bleed, too Might not yet annul it But I need to Bet a deed too Could I leave you When they own it? Fine I’ll be there Based on the waste, I’ll be paste on the wafer Finally bare Straight to my face I’ll be tasting the Laziness Lord knows when I can’t find my head Big brother bring me back again Lord knows when I can’t find my head, Big brother bring me back again Lord knows when I can’t find my head Big brother brings me back again
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Never Fit 03:22
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Why the fuck the propaganda breathing Bleeding epiphany Why the fuck you even care Why the fuck you fish in the sea? What the fuck the game? I don’t even know what they’re playing If I’m in love with pain I don’t even know who to blame I’m feeling naked now I never fit and never gonna fit in I’m fuckin naked now I never fit and never gonna fit in Im feeling naked now Never fit and never gonna fit in I’m feeling naked now I never fit and never gonna fit in Machu-machu-Machu Picchan it Headed for the hills, headed for the hills Preacher watch your preacher preaching it Gotta pay the bills, gotta pay the bills Better than you ever were before Met her then you never worked no more Should have made it easier on her Could have made a peaceful honor But he got, but he got, buddy got scared Fear sears deep down there Gotta get, gotta get, gotta get going up those stairs Feel how mirrors blare wear But he got, but he got, buddy got scared Never fit and never gonna fit in I’m feeling naked now I never fit and never gonna fit in I’m fuckin naked now Gotta get gotta get, gotta get goin’ up those stairs I never fit and never gonna fit in Im feeling naked now Never fit and never gonna fit in I’m feeling naked now I never fit and never gonna fit in
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Knowledge Repeats Itself 04:11
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And if you hate Hate the race Then let me turn a little deeper to the pace maker So hang on, hang on My older sister was my role model The way she moved through the dull drone of suburban life with excitement And not too much entitlement Sort of enlightened, man And we believe the deacon And leave the meat they’re bleeding And every book they’re reading And we’ve achieved a reason And let the weeds perceive To lead the world to being Calibrate all the wasted prophets The big bass drum knocking on the socket The heart beat so hardly seeking Longing, believing, involvement, achieving I’m probably preaching But knowledge repeats itself All who believe in it offer you meaningful tips Everyone told me “Boy you gotta leave the dreams behind, Never gonna serve you in real life” But now that I’m older I just wanna live a genuine life Stress less, don’t dress to impress I am blessed Cuz I see the beauty When 90% of the rest are obsessed with their death Or their wealth Or their legacy Sell away all the wasted solvents Don’t wait for the vagrant who’s involved in The big chase is dissolving the problem It’s possibly all of it All of the logic It’s squalid, it’s toxic It’s off of its rocker chick Calibrate all the wasted prophets The big bass drum knocking on the socket The heart beat so hardly seeking Longing, believing, involvement, achieving I’m probably preaching But knowledge repeats itself All who believe in it offer you meaningful tips Celebrate all the blanks and non-fits Tell the mistakes they make you honest
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You're a Dream 03:21
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If you find your one and only You gotta give up everything I’m gonna give it away I’m gonna give it all away Gonna give up everything I ever make To our thing I’m Gonna give you the praise I’m gonna give you all the praise Gonna give you all the praise Cuz you’re amazing, You’re a dream I feel naked I feel naked I feel safe Naked and safe when I’m with you ooh I feel naked I feel naked I feel safe Naked and safe when I’m with you ooh You’re a dream girl You’re a dream come true You’re a dream come true ooh ooh Say what you mean girl Take it or leave it You’re my dream come true

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released September 29, 2023

Produced by Michael The Band
Written by Michael The Band
Track 3 Co-Written with Chris Walla
Tracks 2, 5 and 7 Co-Produced with Andy D. Park
Mixed by Andy D. Park
Mastered by Ed Brooks at Resonant Mastering
Album Artwork by Hannah Schmidt

Michael The Band is:
Harry Michael Smith
Mike Vernon Davis
James Kasinger

Additional Vocals by Katie Jennings on Track 1.
Additional Keyboards and Guitar by Chris Walla on Track 3.
Additional Guitars, Keys and Bass by Andy D. Park on Track 2, 5 and 7.

Special thanks to Meredith Laws and Jamie Coletta.

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Michael The Band Seattle, Washington

Born of a longtime collaboration of two Seattle indie music scene veterans, Mike Vernon Davis and Harry Michael Smith, Michael the Band presents music crafted from their shared and unrelenting quest for authenticity and attention to detail in every song. Michael the Band seeks to take you on a rich and thought-provoking musical journey that will stir your soul and make you dance. ... more

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