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This Is the Color of My Dreams

by Qualia

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1.
That’s how the silence ends With a bang, not a whimper I thrive in discontent Come alive in the wintertime It’s cold in the trenches Wish I could linger, but Can’t stay on the benches Sit out this life of mine Can’t talk to terrorists Some fears can’t be dismissed Some thoughts can’t coexist So sound the alarm Prepare for war March seven times Around these walls This is your therapy, crisis is clarity Let your defenses freeze, crumble to the ground Play back your movie reels of faded memories You’ll never be at peace unless you sound the alarm We’ll come together here Make love to all our fears Fist fight Gods and ideals With backs against the wall, And we’ll be drinking it Until we sink in it Singing out our symphonies Outlive the curtain call Can’t talk to terrorists Some fears can’t be dismissed Some thoughts can’t coexist So sound the alarm Prepare for war March seven times Around these walls This is your therapy, crisis is clarity Let your defenses freeze, crumble to the ground Play back your movie reels of faded memories You’ll never be at peace unless you sound the alarm
2.
Breach 03:27
Valentine, how bad do you want to prolong the fight? Gnaw at the bone of contention we found Crave it like blood thirsty hounds? Valentine, you go for the jugular every time And I shake it off like I don’t even care Pretend that I’m not really there I’m chasing the tear, Now I’m reaching, reaching, breaching the peace Yes I’m reaching, reaching, breaching the peace that we keep We pray for what we can’t believe And I’m breaking down, I’m reaching, reaching, BREACHing the peace Yes I’m reaching, reaching, BREACHing the peace that we keep We fake it but we can’t believe And all I can do is BREACH There was a time When joy was abundant and justified We stole all the happiness in the world Treasures we never deserved Well valentine, I’m carrying boulders I try to hide I have to set fire to my crucifix The bridges we failed to fix I’m all out of tricks, and I’m reaching, reaching, breaching the peace Yes I’m reaching, reaching, breaching the peace that we keep We pray for what we can’t believe And I’m breaking down, I’m reaching, reaching, BREACHing the peace Yes I’m reaching, reaching, BREACHing the peace that we keep We fake it but we can’t believe And all I can do is BREACH I’m breaking down I’m breaking down I’m breaking down And all I can do is BREACH
3.
Stardust 03:33
Look at the lights across the sky Why would you even want to cry? We’re nothing but stardust, we’re nothing but stardust Your heart is pure But dirt accumulates, it’s getting complicated You sleep on floors Running in safety mode, young never felt so old You’re tripping over it Ripping the frays and stitches That your mother’s sown You used to water it Pulling out Baobab trees Your weeds have overgrown Look at the lights across the sky Why would you even want to cry? We’re nothing but stardust, we’re nothing but stardust Sing to your weary bones Tell them you’ll soon be going home With nothing but stardust, we’re nothing but stardust Your time is lost Nothing to show for it, and there’s no cure for it You’re breathing salt Plenty of oxygen, but you won’t breathe it in Long as your only rose Stays in a plastic globe You’re gonna feel alone You used to water Pulling out Baobab trees The kids have all but grown Look at the lights across the sky Why would you even want to cry? We’re nothing but stardust, we’re nothing but stardust Sing to your weary bones Tell them you’ll soon be going home With nothing but stardust, we’re nothing but stardust C'est le temps que tu a perdu pour ta rose qui fait ta rose si importante C'est le temps que tu a perdu pour ta rose qui fait ta rose Ta rose Sing to your weary bones Tell them you’ll soon be going home With nothing but stardust, with nothing but stardust, we’re nothing but stardust
4.
The shadows fight him in the night And they drink away till the break of day They walk behind him in the light Every waking moment, every step he takes, yeah He’ll never paint inside the lines Cause he’d rather try trace out her silhouette These are the best days of his life Holding out for someone that he barely met And still he cries for it Everyday dies for it Losing his mind for it But he won’t let go He’s singing whoa No, I WON’T LET GO Still singing no, no, no, I WON’T LET GO She runs to chase away the fear That she’ll always run from what she can’t admit She feels the tension disappear And when it all comes back she takes another hit, yeah And she knows better than to pray For a golden offer that she can’t refuse Once you can always run away There’s nothing left to die for, nothing left to lose And still she cries for it Everyday dies for it Losing her mind for it But she won’t let go She’s singing whoa No, I WON’T LET GO Still singing no, no no Until the end of the world Until the end of the world Whoa, no, WE WON’T LET GO Still singing no, no, no, WE WON’T LET GO
5.
I’ll make you a deal, right here by the crossroads So if you agree, just give me a sign Oh yes I believe you’ll take what I offer Step into my circle now, I’m crossing every line Take what you want from me I didn’t need it anyway So take what you want from me I’m ready for the interchange The feel of not to feel it When there is none to heal it It makes no sense to steel it now And I don’t want to anymore I need her so bad, can you make it happen? But talk to me quickly now, the sun’s almost up Let’s sign it in blood, yeah, iInitial the changes What good is a soul without another soul to love? Take what you want from me I didn’t need it anyway So take what you want from me I’m ready for the interchange The feel of not to feel it When there is none to heal it It makes no sense to steel it now and I don’t want to anymore So take it away, take it away, take it away - I don’t want to anymore So take it away, take it away, take it away - I don’t want to anymore So take it away, take it away, take it away I don’t want to anymore So take it away, take it away, take it away
6.
In the wake of winter blooms an early spring Let the sunlight in for the bird to sing In the frozen sky blows a tempered breeze Promises of warmth to barren, snowcapped trees Come to me at night When I’m all alone When my ink runs dry And the pages white as bones I’ve become again what I fear the most Hope I don’t offend any sleeping ghost Tiptoe by the moonlight, I track down what was lost And look for firewood in the permafrost Come to me at night When I’m all alone When my ink runs dry And the pages white as bones Give it in, give it up In the dead of night When I’m all alone When my ink runs dry And the pages white as bones Come to me at night When I’m all alone When my ink runs dry And the pages white as bones
7.
150 04:01
The rusty weathered traffic light Blinking in the dead of night The green grass underneath the snow The river in its frozen flow The tree that stands bereft of leaves Against the howling northern wind And every bud that waits for spring Shall sing for you Shall sing for you And the soul in everything shall sing for you The Pharaoh in his golden tomb The baby in the burning room The stranded whale upon its death With every heaving, dying breath The disbelieving atheist Who knows that you do not exist He may deny the crucifix, But sing for you And the soul in everything shall sing for you That’s how the silence ends With a bang, not a whimper I thrive in discontent Come alive in the wintertime To sing for you

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released September 1, 2014

All songs written by Michael Hazani
Produced by Michael Hazani and Jake Birch
Recorded at Grand Street Recording Studios
Engineered by Jake Birch (www.caveman-studio.com)
Vocal production by Micky Blue, Jake Birch and Michael Hazani
Additional Vocals on “Sound the Alarm”, “Stardust”, “The Feel of Not to Feel It”, “White as Bones”, “150” by Micky Blue (www.mickyblue.com)
Additional Piano on “150” by Pierluigi Salami (www.pierluigimusic.com)
Mixed by Jake Birch at Caveman Studio (except “Breach” and “I Won’t Let Go”, mixed by Ethan Mentzer)
Mastered by Ricardo Gutierrez
Cover Art: “Pink” by Nuria Bonser
For Booking, Press and Management info: inquiries@qvalia.co

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