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Between Stations

by Istvan & His Imaginary Band

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1.
Your Eyes They Say It All 02:17
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Can it be or do my ears deceive me 'Cause that's the sound of someone breaking free It gives you chills and chills are multiplying But now it happens much more infrequently So hold it tight like a mismatched, singing little girl Who locks her secrets and treasures in a drawer Keep it close and use it like a weapon Every time your fucking drummer counts to four Did you see him as he tried to climb the wall And did you secretly want to see him fall I've got the answer Your thoughts are cancer Your eyes they say it all Your eyes they say it all Your eyes they say it all Your eyes they say it all Your eyes they say it all Your eyes they say it all Your eyes they say it
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Exile 01:59
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He had one suit of clothes Only had two wheels Spoke in spartan words Little could he reveal Children laughed and women wondered Days went by very much the same Mothers cried a guilty river The nights withdrew and nothing changed A castle was conceived and built On an undisclosed location Void of an pageantry Not a single invitation Children laughed and women wondered Days went by very much the same Mothers cried a guilty river The nights withdrew and nothing changed A brother followed close behind Scribbling words and feeling clever But these siblings shared more than their name They shared a fate that they would share forever Children laughed and women wondered Days went by very much the same Mothers cried a guilty river The nights withdrew and nothing changed
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She Likes Their Song 02:30
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She's getting stations on her braces She drags me to her favorite places She smiles and stares she's unaware The things she does to me it makes me wonder why I care I blurt out crazy accusations When she protests I lose my patience But I can't help the way I feel wish I were dead I want to play all of the stupid songs she hears inside her head She likes their songs She doesn't like my songs Like she likes their songs Spinning around she's got me spinning around Spinning around she's got me spinning around Spinning around she's got me spinning around And working every night Changing my words and chords to fit her fancied flight Making me do things that are weird and just not right One day she'll learn about frustration Heartache and of humiliation 'Til then I'll shower her with lies It's like I said! I want to play all of the stupid songs she hears inside her head She likes their songs She doesn't like my songs Like she likes their songs
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Living Ghost 03:42
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Devils and monsters sing a single song Singing all day long singing all day long While your words are dead or dying Lying on the floor Can't be used no more Can't be used no more And if you catch yourself laughing then you're half way there Half way there Half way there And if you catch yourself laughing then you're half way there Red eyed riot hanging by a thread Running through your head running through your head Like a frantic bee sensing it's the start of fall Wants to sting you all He's gonna sting you all And if you catch yourself laughing then you're half way there Half way there Half way there And if you catch yourself laughing then you're half way there
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Earth As Mars 02:33
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Chased down the face of a God in the sky A tear drowns an angel, collides with sunlight And gives birth to a rainbow that falls from a cloud Erupting with laughter A terrible sound A terrible sound Sometimes colors fade like friendships broken over a girl Replaced by fluorescence cast down like a sentence On the stage of the slighted where no one is found Only echoes of laughter A terrible sound A terrible sound
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Between Stations 03:37
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Do you remember when your radio was your friend Both of you spent so much time together You never thought that it would end That your radio was planning something better Had to listen to you all these years Had to do exactly what you told it Forced to spit out all those hackneyed tunes The ones it thought you'd outgrow when you were old Then your ears Heard him scream And cry out And your fears Were confirmed With no doubt Then somehow It got down From his perch Closed your ears While he blared There's no light and no sound Between stations There's no light and no sound Between stations There's no light and no sound Between stations There's no light and no sound Between stations All of the sudden the sound just stopped An eerie silence filled up the darkness Your head was reeling you were in a trance Then you tried to play it off like nothing happened So he spit out one more burst of sound Just to remind you that things were different He knew it would be hard for you to change To make a commitment There's no light and no sound Between stations There's no light and no sound Between stations There's no light and no sound Between stations There's no light and no sound Between stations
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Masquerade 02:39
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She's a she's a one woman parade She hears one note all day But it's a masquerade She's so afraid Of what her friends will say He looks looks and acts the same Hears the same one note refrain Did it happen one day How did they get that way Misdirection fake imperfection Shameless affectation everyday Shameless affectation everyday Shameless affectation everyday She's a she's a one woman parade She hears one note all day Slave to her coterie I think she's here to stay Misdirection fake imperfection Shameless affectation everyday Misdirection fake imperfection Shameless affectation everyday
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The Archetype 04:04
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I thought about you last night I played some songs you used to like I played those songs so many times I nearly broke down and cried Remember when you were mine And when we kissed the second time I think I nearly lost my mind I always knew you were the archetype With every hint of fall It brings me back to Me and you

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Between Stations is Istvan's solo acoustic debut album. It's a super tight collection of intimate, fun, dark and witty art pop gems with no nonsense arrangements that still let their ornate extras shine through. Recorded at North branch in Chicago with Barry Phipps from the Cocktails.

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released November 16, 2012

Ryan Murphy (Vee Dee, M.O.T.O J. Davis Trio) on drums, Diane Lena ( MIssing Tooth) on synths & vocals and Istvan ( Woo Woo Stick, Lank Fame) guitar and singing.

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