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What A Time To Be Alive

by Race to the Moon

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1.
Otherside 02:34
would you just shut up let me say what I must I can't keep biting my tongue its time I taste someone else's blood that was the last straw that was the last chance to repent I think we've all made our choices here its time to learn about consequence we're gonna find out one way or the other what exactly we deserve so why not jump ship there's bound to be something better than this on the other side
2.
Thunder 03:17
Heartbroken and lonesome I was strange as folk I was huddled backstage while the kids played baroque visions and voices and notes that bend I close my eyes as the strings come in And then it hits like thunder and I feel so strange oh I cannot explain And then it hits like thunder and I feel so strange oh I cannot explain how I feel Quickly the hours pass The day grows dim Oh the childish ways we spoke back then visions and voices and trumpets roar I close my eyes til I can’t take anymore And then it hits like thunder and I feel so strange oh I cannot explain And then it hits like thunder and I feel so strange oh I cannot explain I was dumb wild and free I was a brand new boy limbs grown and wired from climbing out of the void heard them mention your name as I came up for air they say you kissed another boy but I don’t even care
3.
Always 03:58
I lay claim to this piece of the rock in the name of you and I and all our future children and we can dance upon whatever grave we like at least they'll know somebody's really living all this just to make you believe it could always be this way and through the night she clings tight to me exhales and exclaims can it always be this way I will cling to this piece of the rock against the tides of time that are so unforgiving and I'll return here til the well runs dry remind myself why its all worth living all this just to make you believe it could always be this way and through the night she clings tight to me exhales and exclaims why can't it always be this way always
4.
Get Better 04:37
Jackie's heart jumped from his chest onto his sleeve he's hearing voice every night as he falls asleep and more and more its getting harder to believe things will get better gets the shakes at every ring of the telephone feels her name creeping out from between his bones Zoe says at first it's hard to sleep alone But it gets better And someday you'll calm down that day you'll find how you're stronger than you were before and nothing here's worth dying for That day you'll come round that day you'll find out first you have to love yourself so take a toast to our health and know someday you'll turn around think if only you could see me now tomorrow morning's gonna come on like a fever tomorrow nights gonna feel that much more like a dream tomorrow evening we'll be back here believing it will get better Jackie I know there's been a few bad choices made and things can't always go our way but isn't it nice to hear all these voices say it will get better
5.
Strong 04:21
every time I told you I'd be coming home soon just made the nights more cold cause I'd lied to you and that was wrong if I could fill this moat with the lonesome tears I've cried I would fashion a boat and ford to your side if I was strong but I'm not strong my long list of regrets all the things I wish I could be get lost in the peace I feel when you're next to me without you I'm not strong thought I'd find forgiveness if I wrote it into my song cause it takes a great big man to admit when he's been wrong then why do I feel so small
6.
Pick Sides 03:32
the lights went out in hollywood a symptom of the things we could have lived without had we only thought to try cars up on the freeway stall bedlam in the shopping malls shots ring out they echo down your spine its only sentimental a promise made we then broke we said we'd be better people we know it wrong but we still pick sides the signs alight upon the hill say what you are say what you will does your left hand know the right one always lies the lights come up upon the stage our hero's dead, its a new age its the fourth act, time to undo the resolve oh what a time to be alive the lights came back to hollywood the radio played the same six words what a time to be alive
7.
Buffalo 03:51
every time I leave put my pedal to the floor browse the self-help books at the airport running low on sleep from staying up all night just looking at the scenery outside have you written cause I don't know tell me why took that bus downtown there was music in the air they put that big black X on your hands gave career advice to the kid you didn't know at the hardcore show in buffalo have you written cause I don't know tell me why
8.
Sing Along 03:17
I set out seeking to find myself among the denizens of the underground and I claimed a space right there center stage search for refuge in the wall of sound just one of many longing to belong wait for the part where we all sing along I was not born that day so much as I fell out of grace and fashion with those that would not accept change and I felt like, felt like I'd found my place four on the floor no regard for personal space swing around punch and kick trip over my own feet, eat shit find my way to my legs again with the help of an "x" marked hand feels like arriving in the promise land

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released September 25, 2015

James Holescher: Lead Vocals, Rhythm Guitar
Victor Powell: Lead Guitar
Jackson Keating: Bass
Toffer Bartonico: Drums, Vocals

Recorded at Sugar Hill Studios in Houston, TX
Audio Engineer: Cody Franz
Mastering Engineer: Chris Longwood
Album Art: Reuel Yarbrough

Thanks To: Band WAFS (Hayley, Chelsea, Becky, and Jess) Bassman Pep, Fransisco, Eddie Mendez, Golden Sombrero, Craigslist, Hotmaghandi, William Sullivan, and our loving families for letting us make endless amounts of noise.

Copyright 2015 Race To The Moon

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Race to the Moon Houston, Texas

Race to the Moon draws on its punk and indie rock influences to create driving, sophisticated music. Four recent transplants to Houston joined forces with a shared love of Wilco, Dinosaur Jr., and high energy live performances to create a charging rock band. RTTM started its journey in June 2012 and is gaining steam, bringing rock energy and dynamic songwriting into the local Houston scene. ... more

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