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Dark Places (ft. Rebecca Brickley)

from The Goods by Governing Dynamics

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Written for Spintunes 5 Round 3 - Write a mini-opera that tells a story via dialogue between two characters.

I took "opera" with a grain of salt. Which is just as well, as I can't write opera, and if I could, I don't have the instruments to play it, and if I did I sure as hell can't -sing- it.

My friend Rebecca Brickley took some time off from an EXTREMELY busy week to play the second character in this song. You should go look at her bandcamp over here rebeccabrickley.bandcamp.com and her Youtube over here www.youtube.com/user/bekabee24 and she also does this Thing A Week thing over here www.youtube.com/user/thingaweek?feature=results_main and YES REBECCA YOU MAKE ME LOOK VERY LAZY but in any event I'm glad we finally got to collaborate on something.

lyrics

Lost downtown in the burning summer
Wasted so many things all that year
Oh oh
But I guess that you'd know

After all that we've been through
Do you still feel the need to drag me down with you?
Oh oh
Well I guess so


But I told you
(and I heard you)
This is the last time
This is the last time
That I call after midnight

Headlights on an empty street
Smile like you never knew me
Like you don't see right through this charade

I'm not gonna pull you out this time
I'm not gonna be around
To see your bleeding heart on parade

I guess I'll just go missing
I can see it all shattered
Stained glas, got dirty
And then got swept away

I'm not playing this game
I was getting along fine
I wish you'd just leave
When I know you won't stay

Remember we were afraid of nothing
If you'd like some aid in deconstructing
Well keep looking
Keep looking

And the sirens
And the stars we can never see
And the silence
That follows us down the busy street
There's no hiding
From the sliding back into day
What do you like so much
About the night anyway?

Sunrise on an empty street
Smile like you never knew me
Like you don't see right through this charade
I'm not gonna pull you out this time
I'm not gonna be around
To see your bleeding heart on parade
So tell me why the light takes you apart
The patterns I knew are only traces
For all the world, I swear I'd love to make a new start
Where I don't always find truth in dark places

And I heard you
This is the last time I call
Call after midnight

credits

from The Goods, track released July 30, 2012
Rebecca Brickely - vocals
Travis Norris - everything else

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Governing Dynamics Kansas City, Missouri

Governing Dynamics is an alternative rock band captained by guitarist and singer-songwriter Travis Norris. The band regularly takes part in Spintunes (spintown.bandcamp.com) and has attracted literally dozens of international fans via layered guitars, immaculate solos, and thoughtful lyrics.

From KCMO through a series of tubes to you. ... more

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