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Lift You Up

by Return For Refund

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1.
You wake me on a Monday ringing at the door With a bible and a briefcase, claiming to know About the violence and the vacancies gripping my soul So now, where you’d get this expertise, I would like to know You drifted through your twenties and you rebelled against your Pa Then your heart began to skip its beats and it sent you back to God Don’t you say, don’t you say, don’t you say I’m wrong. I’ve got no time for your abuse. Take your briefcase and get lost. You’re running up and down the street screaming like a storm About the crimes and the injustices, claiming the world You say you’re going to change things, going to fix it all So now, where you get this expertise, I would like to know. You got yourself a bachelor’s and you thought you’d change the world But you settled on the bottle when you found out it takes work Don’t you say, don’t you say, don’t you say I’m wrong. I’ve got no time for your abuse. Take your beliefs and get lost. Don’t you say, don’t you say, don’t you say I’m wrong. Don’t you say, don’t you say, don’t you say I’m wrong. I’ve got no time for your abuse. No, I’ve got no time to talk. Don’t you, don’t you, don’t you say I’m wrong.
2.
Lift You Up 04:36
I woke up that day feeling strange Something had changed All the lines were crooked and blurry I couldn’t see And then the numbers started talking When these city streets I’m walking Sorting out those quantum picture trees And here’s what they mean All the worlds you’ve made are breaking All your lives disintegrating But I’m getting on my knees to lift you up To lift you up, lift you up Please hold my hand before I spin Into the dark Of another pointless revelry It’s not what it seems Because since those numbers started talking I’ve been slipping. I’ve been falling Wondering if this life is meant for me And do they mean what they say And everything you’ve said is wasted Now it’s time I hit the pavement I’m getting on my knees to lift you up To lift you up, lift you up One more thing before I’m leaving One more lie that I’ll be seeding I’m getting on my knees to lift you up To lift you up, lift you up.
3.
Nothing Left 05:56
I see my house but drive right by There is a light on inside This road leads me to another drink I cloud my mind so I can’t think And you tell me I’m to blame But I’m leaving all the same I’ll walk away and there’s nothing left to say I can not stay cuz there’s nothing left to say Rubbed eyes, tossed hair, torn sleeve Either way I have got to leave And you tell me that you’ll change But we both know it’s too late, I say I’ll walk away and there’s nothing left to say I can not stay cuz there’s nothing left to say You called. I came but there’s nothing left to say I can not stay because there’s nothing left to say I need my life again I see my house but drive right by There is a light on inside.
4.
Stay Awake 03:28
So, your life is a mess? Well, just sign here my friend We can give you some hope and provide a new family We’ll put you through the gears and redefine your fears Don’t forget to say “Sir” when you are talking to me You got to stand like a stone and never fall You got to never speak up when something’s wrong You got to learn not to cry when you feel pain Stay awake, stay awake, stay awake, stay awake, stay away Here’s your new bed. Forty years old and covered in piss Don’t forget to say thanks for giving you a place to sleep Your thirty roommates are great. They can help you find your place So, don’t you come knocking upon my luxury suite You got to stand like a stone and never fall You got to never speak up when something’s wrong You got to learn not to cry when you feel pain Stay awake, stay awake, stay awake, stay awake, stay away You got to stand like a stone and never fall You got to never speak up when something’s wrong You got to learn not to cry when you feel pain Stay awake, stay awake, stay awake, stay awake, stay away
5.
What were their names? I’ve spent all my life away Never making anything, never making any waves Happy scenes seem so relevant But they’re trivial unless something else is built How many kings are now forgotten? How many crusaders leaving all their kids and crops Traveling across the world raping and plundering? What were their names? They thought they were better than the rest The others ignorant, all just savages Hateful dreams turned into nightmares Masking up their fears of a bottomless abyss How many gods are now forgotten? How many holy men standing on their mountain tops Yelling at the sky and hearing nothing? What were their names? How many kings are now forgotten? How many gods are now forgotten? Everything we are will be forgotten. What were their names? What were their names? What were their names? What were their names? What were their names?
6.
My Gun 06:03
I remember the trees and the way they used to sway Before the Fall took the best of them all I cannot believe you think that you can still call me on the phone The lines are all dead and I’m taking out my gun I remember the lies that they sold us every night Before the waves washed away everything So many dreams frozen inside of their fluid filled lungs My friends are all dead so I’m taking out my gun They used their time to prepare Built themselves towers and bottled up the air It wasn’t our fault be we all had to pay Me and my gun going to blow them away Take that you pigs ​Die! Their blood on my lips ​Die! I'm taking out my gun. I'm taking out my gun. I'm taking out my gun.

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"Lift You Up" was recorded over two days at Phase One Studios in Toronto.

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released March 24, 2017

Return For Refund are:

Drew Clementino Aguiar - Vocals / Guitar
Sasha Molotkow - Backing Vocals / Lead Guitar / Bass on "My Gun" / Hammond Organ on "Nothing Left"
Alexander Schwartz - Bass / Backing Vocals / Violin on "My Gun"
Alex Van Briggle - Drums

Produced by Return For Refund and Michael Jack

Engineered by Michael Jack
Assistant Engineer: Darren McGill
Edited and mixed by Michael Jack at The Radio Room, Barrie

Mastered by Peter Letros

Cover photography: Ema Suvajac
Inside photo: James Stefanuk @ Jim's Journals
Cover design: Lisa Smith

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Returnforrefund Toronto, Ontario

Return For Refund is a rock band who create a gritty, precise, and high- energy sound filled with infectious riffs and hard hitting rhythms. By combining the sensibilities of the blues, the energy of metal, and the expressive influences of grunge-era alternative rock, the band has found something unique and unapologetically new. ... more

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