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Waves

by Alex Schaaf

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1.
Waves 02:52
Give me time to Give me time to relax I don’t know you I don’t know you yet Waves are on my side swallow me up with the tide ‘cause I’m not sure that I’ve earned the right to stay Follow me down Follow me down below It’s a straight shot easier if you let go Waves are on my side swallow me up with the tide ‘cause I’m not sure that I’ve earned the right to stay Waves are on my side swallow me up with the tide ‘cause I’m not sure that I’ve earned the right to stay
2.
It's Amazing 02:56
The sun is stretching it limbers up too occupied to think of much Me, I’m just dancing with something new and it feels alright to tell the truth it’s like the man that I’ve been lately is something hazy from a dream ‘cause the difference when I woke up It’s amazing I learned my lesson I made some notes Let’s take a look see what I wrote Shit - well it’s just a scribble it goes up and down I say ‘oh well, let’s hit the town!’ it’s like the man that I’ve been lately is something hazy from a dream ‘cause the difference when I woke up It’s amazing Now all of my clouds they’re over my own head Now all of my dreams they lie in my own bed the light, it shines on what’s beside me yeah that’s all that’s on my mind for now
3.
Lights Out 04:32
I sit in darkness holding my breath purple and hazy blue Something starts glowing I see a square I ask if you see it too When the wind kicks up all that I am calm requires a touch Something beyond the tools at my reach Hands are not good enough Do you hear me out there? ‘cause i feel my lips moving it’s hard to tell sometimes where I am but when I turn the lights out the fire takes over It’s easy to see the storm on the rise quaking the furniture Fear is in season but don’t invest now a drought’s coming up, for sure Do you hear me out there? ‘cause i feel my lips moving it’s hard to tell sometimes where I am but when I turn the lights out the fire takes over
4.
Harvest 04:09
Out in the garden  i've lost track of what it is  that i even planted  maybe some radishes?  but it doesn't matter  i'll take whatever comes  i'm greening up my thumb  would you call this waiting?  i call it watching carefully  it's already going  much faster than you see  yeah I like it better  'cause waiting's down the street  but watching's here with me  'cause i'm not tired of growing  it's the only game i'm playing  i'm just ready for the harvest to come  to feed a friend in need  is this a lesson?  or just a sorry circumstance  that's keeping us guessing  when green will come at last  yeah i'm at the window  i'm praying for some rain  'cause something's gotta change  'cause i'm not tired of growing  it's the only game i'm playing  i'm just ready for the harvest to come  to feed a friend in need  when i was certain  you're never coming back  it made me less nervous  less risk of heart attack  'cause waiting was wasting  my garden from below  it suffocates the flow  'cause i'm not tired of growing  it's the only game i'm playing  i'm just ready for the harvest to come  to feed a friend in need  to feed a friend in need  to feed the friend in me
5.
Polaroid 03:27
I found the polaroid in the car figured I’d thrown it out back in March nothing had changed, it matched to a T what I’ve been living with in my dreams Sitting in my room, covering your face I thought I’d destroyed every trace what is not there will not be remembered that’s what you taught me back in November A picture has power when it stands for a ghost if you were here that’d scare me the most I could take its legs out if I wished I could look you up, see what I missed I’m not alone, I’m with all I need Don’t need a phantom following me gets in the way, obstructing the view of the beauty that’s left in a world without you I’m taking steps to feel better again my garbage is overflowing I’m taking steps to feel better again but still I put you in my pocket
6.
Built it up from the ground was the very first place that I could call my own I painted it brown so it would match with the neighborhood and I tried to make it home but wait, just wait my mind is on the way in a minute, it will come to paint it Blue ok, ok, I won’t make the same mistake but a new one, well that might do When she arrived it all felt right but for one detail Brown was feeling pretty dull so i painted it red to match my heart and called up all our friends had ourselves quite a ball but wait, just wait my mind is on the way in a minute, it will come to paint it Blue ok, ok, I won’t make the same mistake but a new one, well that might do When she left, the house itself seemed to mock me now all the red was memories of you my friend said I should burn it down but then I’d lose it all can’t I just paint it Blue? (I know it’s hard to see from your point of view but I think that color looks good on you)
7.
Jenny 04:18
Jenny come on would you we’re gonna be late as it is the car is on our street It takes a while to get there the same as getting anywhere so up and on your feet I climb the stairs they crumble one by one and I start to feel on edge I brush your hair but the rest of you is gone and I awake in my own bed But you have to be invited in you can’t show up just when you feel like it I thought I was in charge of my dreaming it don’t seem fair Jenny come on would you stop playing around with my heart I’m trying to get it right my days are full of progress but that all seems to be erased when you sneak back in at night I wake at two I surface from the deep and I try to swim away What can I do a man needs his sleep and the morning’s far away But you have to be invited in you can’t show up just when you feel like it I thought I was in charge of my dreaming it don’t seem fair
8.
Like A Bird 03:34
One day I’ll be like a bird high and free nothing weighing me down no place to be I’ll come find you then I’ll come find you then One day you’ll be like a tree feet on the ground nothing dragging you away no other town I’ll come find you then I’ll come find you then One day this will be a laugh that we give to our kids ‘Tell the story once again’ all the shit I did I’ll be better then I’ll be better then
9.
Can I send you something so you don’t forget Can I write you a letter would that be wrong? I know I’m the doer but something had to be done I know we can make it if it’s not too long There’s no need to worry the dogs are on the porch just shut the door behind me and I’ll be back before it’s dark I came here with nothing and I don’t wanna leave without diving for something a little out of reach Go to Denver Monday Santa Fe from there after that it’s a question is that so wrong? There’s no need to worry the dogs are on the porch just shut the door behind me and I’ll be back before it’s dark ‘cause something’s got a hold on me I can’t let it go I won’t let it go It’s pulling me right into the deep I don’t mind it though I don’t mind it though There’s no need to worry the dogs are on the porch just shut the door behind me and I’ll be back before it’s dark

credits

released August 8, 2018

written and produced by A.S.

drums on 2 by Mike Gunvalson
drums on 5, 6, 7, 9 by Zach Hanson
guitars on 1, 2, 3, 5, 7, 8 by Matt Vannelli
guitars on 4 by D.J. House
pedal steel on 1, 2, 8 by Ben Lester
bass on 2 by Kevin Scott
bass on 3, 9 by Cooper Doten
vocals on 1 by Aly Spaltro
everything else by A.S.

cover photograph by Brenda Bingham
inside photograph by Jonah Lorsung

engineered by Zach Hanson
additional engineering by A.S.
mixed by A.S.
mastered by Zach Hanson
recorded at April Base in Fall Creek, WI
additional recording at Decent Vibes in Minneapolis, MN

recorded from January 2018 to June 2018
mixed at Decent Vibes in Minneapolis, MN in June 2018
mastered in Chippewa Falls, WI in July 2018

thanks to everyone that’s helped me out with this, including Zach, Mike, Cooper, Matt, my landlord Kevin, D.J., Ben, Aly, Brenda, Jonah, and everyone else out there who has come to a show or bought an album or supported this in any other way. see you out there.

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