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Age Of Innocence

by Stopping Clocks

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Risviltsov Campfire rock. Sit around the campfire with a warm blanket around you. This album is that imagery, but to the tune of the pains of romance and growing up. One of their best albums. Favorite track: Glass, Pt. 1.
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1.
Glass, Pt. 1 05:34
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A glass shard vase Going through the motions I’ve lost myself In all of the commotion Call it self-esteem Call it authenticity I’m only losing track of what’s you and what’s me Only losing sight of all that I couldn’t see I’m only falling out of touch With who I used to be I guess I always knew it’d end this way I don’t think there’s much more that I can say The joy is lost and you’ll throw me away And leave me out to dry again And find the strength to try again Is this love or envy Is this who you’re born to be Lost yourself in a memory Take it from the top Or change the scene Recede into the darklands Or search for a light on the sea I want to feel distant all over again Cause sorrow’s not a detriment And joy’s more than a fix Detached from who used to hold me together Someday they’ll tie me down and break my neck A Gordian Knot to seal the end Silence fills your head Cold air and the warm embrace Of winter is coming around the bend And I got lost in your mystical ways Blind to what the fortunes gave And no misfortune brought such disorder As when you turned away But we are worth saving Bound to our time We can start over And justify this life And so it seems that all my dreams Have come true all at once Another way to waste away The day has come into my life But it’s okay, I love it to death And I’d trade the world to take an empty hand If only I could reach it on my own Open up insecurities Never seem to want what you know you need Do I want to see you in my dreams Or wake up next to you in a memory I miss the days when I belonged somewhere This isolation will eclipse the light I found The clock that kept my world in motion Stopped a minute to midnight, now it’s come unwound And I wish you all the best But I think you know the rest
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A Gordian Knot 02:28
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A Gordian Knot Our hands forever entwined The bridges of your fingers Meet the coast of mine Your imperfections all in perfect time Harmonize into your gentle smile And the sunset in your eyes When I tell you you’re mine If you’ll only swear to let me feel this way Cause I’ll be here to stay I’ll drive you home when you’re feeling alone Scarred and stoned Might get lost along the way But I’ll get you there someday In the meantime don’t you cry I’ll be here in the morning Lost in the deep of your eyes I’ll never forget those Summer nights Tell me you’ll never forget me And I will feel just fine Now your hands cradle another face And meet a stranger’s embrace i still remember when you held me tight, And held me through the Autumn nights
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Dreaming Alone (Dawn) 04:10
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Cold sweats and wasted hours Maybe I should have stayed asleep Hugging my pillow and yearning to meet you Dreaming alone I’ll hold you as tight as I can Whenever I finally get the chance Rest your head upon my chest You won’t be alone I’m sick of dreaming alone Come a little closer girl, let me know Cause only you can bring me home tonight Waiting for the snow to come Warm touch of a hand on me In my mind I’m by you losing sleep Cling to my pillow and yearn for your embrace Dreaming alone I’ll bring you as close as I can Whenever I finally get the chance Rest your head upon my chest We won’t be alone I’m sick of dreaming alone Come a little closer girl, let me know Cause only you can keep me warm tonight When we’re watching the snow fall down I’m sick of dreaming alone Come a little closer girl, show me more Cause only you can live with me tonight When we’re watching the sky fall down
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This One's For You 02:32
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She said “This one’s for you” And she hands me a ring And I warn you in advance That I can’t quite sing But I say “This one’s for you” And I play you a song And now I can’t lift my pen off the page We don’t speak too much But we know each other well Feel like I’ve been by your side Through heaven into hell And she’s sorry for the silence Says “You know that I’m so shy” And I say “No worries, it’s alright We’re just getting high Cause it’s easier than trying to get by” And this much I have learned That it’s easiest to speak in song Cause I know no one listens Cause I only speak in tongues And my meanings are concealed By some false unaffected irony But I’m here to give advice And so you’ll never need that side of me I’m always here to light your cigarette But you know I won’t take it in Every verse is getting longer Pulled from the back of my mind And every second’s getting shorter As we all approach the end But I take comfort in the present And this story that we’ve made A persona much more like us Than we’ve ever cared to make And history’s not over yet We’re still young and full of life You just wish you could live better But it’s all alright, things will work out right Just give it a little time
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Blue-Eyed Boy/Strange Angel 12:04
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Blue-eyed boy Sees the world is blue And there’s nothing he can do Strange angel She’s got the world inside her head Never had to dream Just wants to live that life instead And you strike me like the sunrise in the sky And take me away deep into the night And carry me along in your weightless voice Let me lose myself in the depths of your eyes Hold on, sweet thing Tell me what’s on your mind And take all my time I’ll make it all fine Cause lover, you’re mine And I’ll never leave you behind Oh, won’t you let me go Won’t you let me know When you’ve let me go Won’t you let me know Crossing paths Just to collide and slip away Hear me when I say That I’ll be here to stay But did you really mean it Or do you just like the sound of your voice So you throw yourself into commitment Just to cut through all the noise Oh, won’t you let me go Won’t you let me grow Why can’t you let me know Just let me go And if the light falls from the sky And love is lost to lies If life is all that meets the eye I’d like to take you out tonight To see the nightfall rise for you and I We’ll be alright Blue-eyed boy Sees the sky is blue Far from the night he once knew Cause she’s someone else’s star Across the dark side of the moon The brightest star has left my sky Never again to say goodnight But if you’d like, I’ll say goodbye So say you’ll take me out tonight And you strike me like the sunrise in the sky And take me away deep into the night And carry me along in your weightless voice Let me lose myself in the depths of your eyes Hold on, sweet thing Tell me what’s on your mind And take all my time I’ll make it all fine Cause lover, you’re mine Turn to me, two sets of eyes collide And whisper lies into my ear Until my tears run dry And memories that break me up inside Are lost to time
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Go From Here 03:59
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I’ve got a question for you Where exactly could I be? I’ve got questions for myself Like was I ever truly free? Where do I go from here When my world has lost its color What exactly happened here When I stepped out of the squalor Where should I be? And what more can I say? How can I warn you just to keep your distance away? How can I beg you to stay Or set yourself free What do I do when I cannot count to three I’m hopeless with you and helpless without Just tell me there’s nothing to worry about Will you still be there when I’m catatonic Stuck inside the depths of my head? Won’t you hold my hand when I’m numb and dramatic? Will you love me when I’m better off dead? Will you love me when I’m better off dead? I’m losing track of what’s you or me Someone please set me free Freedom at last But it won’t come fast And it won’t last Where do I go from here Where do we go from here Where do I go When all the world’s in flow Why can’t I just stay in bed? In silent retreat within my head Allow me to show you the world that I see There’s no time left for you and me You know you’ll never set me free I’m gone, I’ve wasted my time You’ve left me hung on the line And in my decline It’s all fine and great I’ll play it straight An addict for no restraint
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Hold Your Fire 05:59
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Love loosens your grip on the gun But you never hold your fire Taking aim just a few nights apart at a time The sun is setting in your smile again And your eyes are losing light And the moon’s just not as bright And your candle is burning low tonight Resigned to another recurring fear That you’ll never get the chance to defeat Waiting for someone to save you Or sweep you off your feet Wait up, there’s still time You said be patient So don’t you cry Though it might be too late to succeed It’s never too late to try So waste your time Love leaves you lying on the cold hard floor And you wonder why you’re living anymore You thought away your troubles until you’re out of ideas And you wonder how you got here If anything’s real But all you know is today And now is not the time Another dawn will rise Time won’t wait for you to wake So open up your eyes Wake up, you’re running out of time You tried to stay patient But your tears ran dry Though it’s far too late to recover It’s not too late to rebuild I wish that I could push you down To get my way But it never seems to be enough To stay away And once you’re down I’ll pick you up Just to watch you fall This is the end of nothing at all I’ll carry on Why do I feel this way Cause I never had the time to change Take in every word that I say Envy is a powerful thing Everybody knows your name And I’d love to be the one to blame When innocence falls to shame Cause you and I are just the same It’s always been a lie but it’s all up to you And I’d hate to let you down You know this much is true But how long is forever Is it long enough for you Cause I can’t wait any longer now I’m well overdue Why do I feel this way Cause I never had the time to change Take in every word that I say Envy is a powerful thing Everybody knows your name And I’d love to be the one to blame When innocence falls to shame Cause you and I are just the same I never should have left my corner of the world To trample on your bright sky Cause this isn’t me and it never could be Cause I’d never find the will to try For the look in your eyes at the star we share But it’s never really ever been mine So take your joy and get out of my head And keep your star away from my sky And I hate that your love was always meant to be Cause I thought I had the time to be the one I want to live forever with the subject of your dreams But forever had to change and now I’ve come undone Release me from these tears but don’t let me go I open up my eyes and see I’m out of time I tried to stay patient but my will ran dry I let myself down all over again And it’s far too late to start over again Why do I feel this way Cause I never had the time to change And I thought I must have heard you say That it’s all gonna be okay But everybody knows your name And now I’d love to be the one to blame When innocence fell to shame I miss the days when we were all just the same Naive and never victims of this game
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Waste (Dusk) 05:20
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When we’re far too young to die But too old to live like this Addictive fascinations With our empty youth at risk Dreams of wasted sex Age of loss of innocence Never satisfied until we’ve burned up every bridge I don’t want want to die But I’ll try to understand it I don’t want to lose myself But I’ll try to understand it So try to understand Why I’m so afraid to live And try to understand Why I’m too far gone to forgive It all feels like a waste of time I’ll get through the week just fine As long as I can sleep I’ll escape for a moment And get away from my mind I checked a chore off the list today But tomorrow is a day too late To take a break from stumbling ahead Just to lose my way I need some space But I’m too much a waste To take my own advice Just to face more days Of the same disgrace Hope it’s just another phase Slow down, your rear view’s falling behind Open up the door and see the sunlight Trapped in yourself, you’re blinded by Your selfish desire to make it alright Hoping the hands on the clock could stay put For a moment or two but you forget what you’re fighting for Now you’ve gone and lost your head in the war Won’t let your heart beat in time anymore I don’t want want to die But I’ll try to understand it I don’t want to lose myself But I’ll try to understand it So try to understand Why I’m so afraid to live And try to understand Why I’m too far gone to forgive This house is such a mess But I love it to death Got me so far ahead Guess it can’t be too bad Smell of smoke burning off Your laurels and possessions Turn the past away from yearning Let the memories of obsession fall away Take it all back if you care Or are you too unaware Is it all too much to bear Or all too painful to share Such a selfish affair Lost yourself in the despair Refuge in some false prayer Fall into disrepair I don’t want want to die But I’ll try to understand it I don’t want to lose myself But I’ll try to understand it So try to understand Why I’m so afraid to live And try to understand Why I’m too far gone to forgive
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Roam 04:31
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Well I wish it could be simple But you know we’re not the same As when you gave my world color Underneath the warm spring rain Yes I wish it could be easy But the world still turns away We’re too far gone and far apart For you to sing away the rain again One more last time Before we leave for the night I’ll waste it all with you It’s all worth it anyway Sometimes I wish you knew The things I thought about you On those lonely nights But I’m sure you’ll never find them worth your time But babe, you know I’m gonna leave you So don’t cry for me The way I hope you want to Just leave me on my own I’m too proud to be alone So take this pride from me And I’ll go on and write another song Or fail to right another wrong And I know you’re gonna leave me too So I won’t cry for you The way you want me to I fell in love With pretending to fall in love And leaving it all was my worst mistake But it’s all I can do to let you escape I fell in love With pretending to love you And when it all came down I fell in love with pretending not to Soon enough, I’ll be out of sight And out of mind, out of the light I wish you the best when you forget me But please just don’t forgive me
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Glass, Pts. 2 & 3 06:24
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We were barely taught to drive What a time to be alive We’d never face up to time In our strange little lives A tempest on the sea has arrived But we still sail on until the ocean’s dry Didn’t know the meaning of consequence Divided by the river of love and ignorance We are the victims of permanence End of the age of innocence I am the third wheel of my heart and mind I must be losing both cause I think I’m feeling fine A glass shard vase Scrapped back together From the lost remains Of what was forever If I don’t cry about mortality When I’m far too young to die How will I accept reality When I’m far too old to live Do you remember those promises We never could reach Filling our heads With intangible dreams And the hopes that lie Just beyond our means It’s not too late to try But it’s too late to succeed You turned your back on the world And it turned away from you An ashen grave Dug up for memories Pictures burned To stave off the atrophy Throw it all away Forget the promises you made It’s not too late to try Pick yourself up, you’ve still got time Open up your insecurities And open up your mind There’s still time to make it So don’t waste it all away And open up that grave Lift yourself awake And watch the dawn of another day I’ll try to understand I’ll try to want to change It’s too late to be forgiven But I’ll try to want to live
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Stopping Clocks - Dreaming Alone (Single Version) 03:48
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Cold sweats and wasted hours Maybe I should have stayed asleep Hugging my pillow and yearning to meet you Dreaming alone I’ll hold you as tight as I can Whenever I finally get the chance Rest your head upon my chest You won’t be alone I’m sick of dreaming alone Come a little closer girl, let me know Cause only you can bring me home tonight Waiting for the snow to come Warm touch of a hand on me In my mind I’m by you losing sleep Cling to my pillow and yearn for your embrace Dreaming alone I’ll bring you as close as I can Whenever I finally get the chance Rest your head upon my chest We won’t be alone I’m sick of dreaming alone Come a little closer girl, let me know Cause only you can keep me warm tonight When we’re watching the snow fall down I’m sick of dreaming alone Come a little closer girl, show me more Cause only you can live with me tonight When we’re watching the sky fall down
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Stopping Clocks - Waste (Single Version) 04:41
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When we’re far too young to die But too old to live like this Addictive fascinations With our empty youth at risk Dreams of wasted sex Age of loss of innocence Never satisfied until we’ve burned up every bridge I don’t want want to die But I’ll try to understand it I don’t want to lose myself But I’ll try to understand it So try to understand Why I’m so afraid to live And try to understand Why I’m too far gone to forgive It all feels like a waste of time I’ll get through the week just fine As long as I can sleep I’ll escape for a moment And get away from my mind I checked a chore off the list today But tomorrow is a day too late To take a break from stumbling ahead Just to lose my way I need some space But I’m too much a waste To take my own advice Just to face more days Of the same disgrace Hope it’s just another phase Slow down, your rear view’s falling behind Open up the door and see the sunlight Trapped in yourself, you’re blinded by Your selfish desire to make it alright Hoping the hands on the clock could stay put For a moment or two but you forget what you’re fighting for Now you’ve gone and lost your head in the war Won’t let your heart beat in time anymore I don’t want want to die But I’ll try to understand it I don’t want to lose myself But I’ll try to understand it So try to understand Why I’m so afraid to live And try to understand Why I’m too far gone to forgive This house is such a mess But I love it to death Got me so far ahead Guess it can’t be too bad Smell of smoke burning off Your laurels and possessions Turn the past away from yearning Let the memories of obsession fall away Take it all back if you care Or are you too unaware Is it all too much to bear Or all too painful to share Such a selfish affair Lost yourself in the despair Refuge in some false prayer Fall into disrepair I don’t want want to die But I’ll try to understand it I don’t want to lose myself But I’ll try to understand it So try to understand Why I’m so afraid to live And try to understand Why I’m too far gone to forgive

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released April 29, 2021

Ezzie - Vocals, Guitar, Bass, Drums, Keyboards/Orchestration, Production, Writing
Zook - Guitar, Keyboards, Production, Writing
Ron - Drums, Drum Samples, Writing
Jay - Guitar, Keyboards, Production, Writing

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