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Aspects of Adjustment: Live

by David Bays

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1.
Dream Castaway (Live) 04:27
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Come into my sleep let's meet again Run away and leave me when I wake Trap me in my hope for all I care Fantasy is where I go to dwell Is it fake if there's no way to tell Where will I go, what will I find Swim away from reason Drift away, a dreaming castaway Open up my mind unto the night Reality a burden left behind Nightmares come fight my peace of mind What I felt I'll never comprehend But I know I almost held you in the end I know, I know you're not there Swim away from reason Drift away, a dreaming castaway Don't let me drown tonight Just pull me out before I find My dreams wont come alive Swim away from reason Drift away, a dreaming castaway
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Dopamine Dance (Live) 05:23
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Lost inside a stupor, I was sticking to my bed I needed something brighter You picked me up with something that made music in my head But didn't want to tire The tempo set my heart so fast my focus ripped in shreds And set my mind on fire Driving me insane My body can't contain The dancing in my brain So watch me lose control As dopamine explodes So much fucking energy began to pirouette A dance of pure ascension Synapses went to tango so my thoughts could not connect Breaking my attention The beat shook every section of my skull with no regrets Concussing comprehension Driving me insane My body can't contain The dancing in my brain So watch me lose control As dopamine explodes Spinning, spinning in all of this music Somebody pick me up before I fall inside it Wake me up again My body can't contain The dancing in my brain So watch me lose control Of every overload As dopamine explodes
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Perspective (Live) 03:45
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My fingers can't make music My voice has been misplaced I stumble through staggered movement While structures all degrade But I'll breathe in deep And try to keep A hold onto peace So here I stand Cut me down Kill me again I'll reach out And push to the end Where I'm better than I've been I'm static in mindless moments As time just wastes away I'm working to feel more human But my body won't obey So I'll tell myself It's just for now And wait for my dreams So here I stand Cut me down Kill me again I'll reach out And push to the end Where I'm better than I'll Struggle but won't accept defeat Cause there's so much in store For me To be I'm shrinking in lonely moments That grow longer every day I'm losing what I believe in And I'm so afraid of change But the pain won't hold When I've stripped it off And found the better me So here I stand Cut me down Kill me again I'll breathe out And love who I am Where I'm better than I've been
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The Great Blockage (Live) 06:08
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Relate (Live) 05:36
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You don't understand You just don't understand So go ahead and try I've been grieving for so long I'm finally realizing I just can't explain what's on my mind One symptom to the next There's so much more to fix When you're sick of being sick You beg for just one day to finally have a fucking Pick of normal problems in the mix So how do I relate In an unfamiliar place Where I wouldn't want you anyways Please help me understand the change That I hope you'll never face I don't need the high To try to feel alive I'm fighting to get by And I want to live my life the way where I can simply Try to see the world through open eyes Don't think I think you're less I don't want to express Holier than thou If I could get the comforts from the pleasures you allow I'd be beside you there right now So how do I relate In an unfamiliar place Where I wouldn't want you anyways Please help me understand the change That I hope you'll never face Well I can't tie me to you Cause' I can't express the truth And I'm pounding circles into square echo holes While one more normal comes Again, and again, and again, and again So how do I relate In an unfamiliar place Where I wouldn't want you anyways Please help me understand the change That I hope you'll never face
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Coda (Live) 04:53
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Hey maestro how I wish to sing again But the notes run rampant or silence falls Without your hands Composer of hilarity Conducted into melody The song lives on As you vamp into The great beyond Even though you're gone Your coda carries on The music cowers inside my chest lost and trapped The room where once all the voices danced Is just a gap Composer of hilarity Conducted into melody The song lives on As you vamp into The great beyond Even though you're gone Your coda carries on If I had known this was the last Chance we'd ever meet again I would have tried To give what you gave back I said I'll see you, it lost it's way and came to rest And the beat just won't be the same again But I'll play my best Searching for the melody Filled with your hilarity To sing along As you vamp into The great beyond Even though you're gone Your coda carries on
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Resting Road (Live) 03:38
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Porches glow warm and bright Inviting light guides the night Strolling slow, beneath my feet The welcome streets where I retreat Let me roam The resting road Though I don't know Where I will go Peace will bring me home Skies are fair, stars are free The moon it pleads to shine on me Meet me there, where midnight plays Share the way till break of day Let us roam The resting road Though we don't know Where we will go Peace will bring us home Let us roam The resting road Though we don't know Where we will go Peace will bring us home
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Leave (Live) 05:26
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Love has blinded all the godly men The system fails them in it's gaze What will it take to finally open their eyes Tradition binds them all as slaves Why can't they change The tragedy's absurd But holy is your word So I need To leave Children pray but lose their hope again All they've known is tainted grace Faith is wasted by a thousand lies The world moves on inside its rage The dawning age Its cries all go unheard But holy is your word So I need To leave Cause' Sunday's not for me Rape and hate The collar saves the day How the fuck could Jesus want it this way Flush the drain Just maybe we could clean Create the place you fooled us to believe could be So I need To leave Cause' Sunday's not for me
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Finding the Groove (Live) 05:48
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Bad Poetry (Live) 05:21
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I told myself I wouldn't write this song Who needs another verse About love at its worst But I can't help so let's come along I can spew all my emotions true and all But the piece has been composed In a mass of better prose Every line we connect and recall No metaphor works To say how much I care I'd erase all the words To leave the chorus bare Simply I just want you here I wouldn't have to write this If you loved me my dear I'm tossing and I'm turning in the notes I want them all gone So I can move on And end this Shakespearean mope Has my vent of resistance moved you now Satirical remarks Still come from the heart But sadly it broke anyhow No metaphor works To say how much I care I'd erase all the words To leave the chorus bare Simply I just want you here I wouldn't have to write this If you loved me my dear Doors are always cracked so I can see The absence of closure tortures me No metaphor works To say how much I care I'd erase all the words To leave the chorus bare Simply I just want you here I wouldn't have to write this If you loved me my dear I told myself I'd never write this song
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Another Chance to Breathe (Live) 05:01
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Thanks or making hell a home And giving me a hand to hold in my stasis I want you to know That all those nights You kept me alive And thanks for dropping everything To come and keep me company in packs I will not let go of every time That you kept me Alive Every day How could I repay Another chance to breathe Thanks for curing my disease And giving back abilities with replacements You gave back the drive To survive And live a normal life And thanks for never giving up When I refused to take another step Never out of ways to describe How you kept me Alive every day How could I repay Another chance to breathe And thanks for showing me a day Is worth more than all of the pain I've felt Thanks for holding tight in the fight That gave me back my Life every day How could I repay Another chance to breathe

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Recorded within an abandoned office building in downtown Dayton, featuring the musical talents of Colin Hodgkin and Sam Maxwell, experience the raw and DIY live concert experience of "Aspects of Adjustment: Live". These revitalized arrangements of songs from "Aspects of Adjustment" and "I Did It in One Day" kick up David Bays' signature folk-rock anthemic energy to 100%, and feature the honest, hilarious, and vulnerable stories behind them.

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released July 1, 2022

Lyrics & Music - David Bays
Keys & Vocals: Colin Hodgkin
Drums & Vocals: Sam Maxwell
Live Mixing: Grace Randall
Sound Mastering: Jeff Gates
Lighting: Gabe Reichert
Video and Photos: Yours Truly Productions

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