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REQUIEM FOR THE LIVING

by THE DISPOSITION

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1.
SMILE 06:57
Smile by Lynn Gentry Smile The sun is showing up We’re all done throwing up The favors in your cup Smile We’ll be credible soon Tomorrow will be June Stop crying in the moon Be happy I know the sky is falling I know that she’s not calling It’s all suppose to be Be happy just like me Smile Life’s sweet as syrup Now Sarah’s staring up Hoping that she might see Smile Hoping that she’ll be falling Hoping that you’ll be calling And you’ll sweep her off her feet Be happy Be happy just like me I know the sky is falling I know that she’s not calling Be happy Be happy I know that time is ending And don’t be condescending It’s all suppose to be Be happy just like me Smile Like joy will never end Like she’s more than a friend Like somehow this could be Smile Knowing the plot won’t twist Knowing that pain exist The end will not be this Be happy Be happy just like me I know the sky is falling I know that she’s not calling Be happy Be happy I know that time is ending And don’t be condescending It’s all suppose to be Be happy just like me
2.
Requiem for the Living by Lynn Gentry The dead And those who try be it For whom the bell may toll Will try to keep the secret Of what we all know now Before we could not see it The tell tale heart that know Will try to keep the secret In chamber that were closed Will now reveal the secret Of what we all know now We want not to believe it Requiem Requiem Requiem Requiem The lives The now we are not living The roles that we forgot The sight we just can’t give Relax We must just go on living Remember what we learned Be careful what you get Requiem Requiem Requiem Requiem The path We chose for one another I loved you like a friend And sometimes like a brother But what we all know now Is more than just a dent Yes what we all know now The time we share must end Requiem Requiem Requiem Requiem
3.
Pictures in Snow by Lynn Gentry Pictures in snow Pictures in snow They run all night They run all night But they don’t know Anything It gets so hard now To remain Until the light Brings back our sight Dark on darker Dawns the light Flakes they fall On city light Soft silhouettes Hard winter nights They run all night They run all night But they don’t know Anything It gets so hard now To remain Until the light Brings back our sight Solo But they don’t know Anything It gets so hard now To remain Until the light Brings back our sight White on whiter Now recite Words of men Who had to fight As all their blues We will confuse And shun the light To run all night But we don’t know Anything It gets so hard now To remain Until the light Brings back our sight Until the light Brings back our sight Until the light Brings back our sight
4.
Song for a One Woman Play by Lynn Gentry Am I making it? Or am I just wasting time There’s no more faking it I have to figure out who I am You know they say there’s Really only one way out And if I’m taking it I won’t have to find out Curtains call and close The stage is all I care about The good things come and go And soon you learn to live without A good man is just One you don’t cry about And when he’s gone away He leaves you nothing left to doubt Don’t push me I’ll let go Don’t push me Don’t push me Say something I’m listening Hold on Hold on The marquise’s changing now And I’m just sitting in my room The storm ain’t over yet I can feel the storm clouds loom Are sins forgiven? If you’ve already given up I gotta know right now Cause’ I’ve already had enough Don’t push me I’ll let go Don’t push me Don’t push me Say something I’m listening Hold on Hold on
5.
BLUE EYES 04:47
Blue Eyes by Lynn Gentry As now the streets turns to grey You came in passing As I had nothing to say Your ears sat listening Time goes by As our eyes fade I don’t know why You chose me But in my mind You look happy As you’re smiling Should I let go or hold on We both have nothing But all the things we should have done We both were asking Time goes by As our eyes fade I don’t know why You chose me But in my eyes You look happy When you’re smiling Blue eyes in The night Drift away There’s no point In holding Someone Like me Goodbyes in The night Bring empty days Time goes by As our eyes fade I don’t know why You chose me But in my mind You look happy When you’re smiling
6.
ACT OUR AGES 03:09
Act Our Ages by Lynn Gentry Visions of Johanna disappear As your song rings in my ear Am I losing you Or were you ever here? There’s too much yelling in my mind For all my thoughts to be so kind Come just one step closer And my mind will have no fear There’s too much noise for me to talk And there’s no place for me to walk Impart to me the door that holds the key So I can walk And if we do it in stages Well then we might just get applause For all these thoughts inside our minds But if we both Act our ages Well then we might not be inclined To take our chance as we’ve got time The words you say are making me come close If life were easier than prose Then I might be with you But now the future knows Between the city and the state I’ve been too busy as of late The words you say are giving me a reason I should wait But now she stands inside my path These questions get harder to ask Girls like you are never really quite Within my grasp But if we do it in stages Well then we might just get applause For all these thoughts inside our minds But if we both Act our ages Well then we might not be inclined To take our chance as we’ve got time The signs you made won’t help define the line And I’m running out of time You are leaving one But who’s left in your mind These questions get harder to ask With elephants inside my path Now both of us have reasons As to why we shouldn’t ask But if we do it in stages Well then we might just get applause For all these thoughts inside our minds But if we both Act our ages Well then we might not be inclined To take our chance as we’ve got time
7.
LAY ME DOWN* 04:01
Lay Me Down by Lynn Gentry If you think your life is hard It’s about to get a whole lot Harder Love is not a feeling you get it’s A pain that you Harbor Oh, the pain Inside Will, it feel Alright You lay me down To sleep That I might dream Of you You lay me down To sleep I might not rise again You can’t hold it, you can’t hide it You can’t built it, or buy it alone You can’t feel it, deal it Fake it, or be real alone And all, the pain you feel Just let’s you know it’s real You lay me down To sleep That I might dream Of you You lay me down To sleep I might not rise again
8.
IT'S LIFE* 05:20
It’s Life by Lynn Gentry I’m a poet of heartache I bestow the hearts I break I’d like to redefine the lines But these sad songs they take time I’m a spider in my head You got caught inside the web You tried not to break away But I ate you anyway It’s Life It’s Life It’s Life It’s Life Why be drawn to words and rhyme Of depression and the mind It’s much easier I guess Love will only make a mess It’s Life It’s Life It’s Life It’s Life I’m the best drunk that I know Moderate and lyrical Thrifty, cheap and eyes of pink High on life and low on zinc I can’t hold you and be free We both heard the poetry One where lovers die at night I’m too young to make it right It’s Life It’s Life It’s Life It’s Life
9.
TENDERLOIN 05:49
Tenderloin by Lynn Gentry The hardened path That some may grasp When they need A place to stay Beneath these walls We’ll walk and crawl For here is all That we can pay Where some are slipping into darkness Where some have chose to hideaway In hopes that they might be forgotten For all misdeeds of yesterday Night falls On day Death holds All’s fate Castles of stone Leave us alone For if we need We’ll just eat cake Construct amidst Within fates twist Beneath these layers We’ll pass away Where some are slipping into darkness Where some have chose to hideaway In hopes that they might be forgotten For all misdeeds of yesterday Night falls On day Death holds All’s fate Solo Night falls On day Death holds All’s fate
10.
THINK SO 02:41
Think So by Lynn Gentry Take your hands off my eyes Take your hold off my heart Nothing’s easy to do I didn’t mean to love you But did you think so But did you think so I never meant to change your mind I changed your mind It’s easier than blue Now I will play the fool And listen now, for trickle down Till all comes in to view Take your words from my mouth Take your things from my house Nothing’s easy to do I didn’t mean to love you Take your thoughts from my head Take your scent from my bed Nothing’s easy to do I didn’t mean to love you But did you think so But did you think so I never meant to change your mind I changed your mind It’s easier than blue Now I will play the fool And listen now, for trickle down Till all comes in to view

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PRODUCED BY TIMOTHY VICKERS AND CHARLES GONZALEZ* - ENGINEERED BY TIMOTHY VICKERS AND CHARLES GONZALEZ - RECORDED AT RADICAL SOUND AND MISSION BELLS -
MIXED BY ANDREW OSWALD AT SECRET BATHROOM - © 2012 THE DISPOSITION

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released October 31, 2012

LYNN GENTRY VOCALS AND GUITAR / DYLAN SWIFT* BACKGROUND VOCALS AND LEAD GUITAR / JAY LEE LEAD GUITAR / TIMOTHY VICKERS ELECTRIC BASS / LEMME ADAMS ACCORDION FENDER RHODES WURLITZER AND PIANO / ANDRE POULIN* DRUMS / ROB MILLS DRUMS

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THE DISPOSITION San Francisco, California

In late 2010, The Disposition started recording their debut album, with Charles Gonzalez at Mission Bells and Radical Sound. In the studio the band would gain a better understanding of their sound and create what they call Electric Freak Folk, though the sessions only produced three tracks for the debut. In late 2011, The Disposition went into the studio to continue Requiem for the Living. ... more

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