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Ruins

by The Last Dance

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1.
Mesmerize 04:14
Watch me now watch me, closely as I Whisper and take you deeper and deeper Into your dream, into your dreams Secrets like crowns as if taken like breath Thorns be the whisper beyond an ears death Haunting, into your haunting Feel, feel alive, the insides Be awake, be still, be breathing Bleed, feel hurt, cry your heart out As it stops, it stops, it's time All of this is real In this life, in this world In this dream you dream believing more More than this, more than your life More than real, you’re real, what you call real Watch my eyes, mesmerize Feeling my heart Stealing your show, your world Taking my hand and forever forget I’ll never ever, ever lie In this life, in my world In this dream you dream, pathetic little dream
2.
Missing 04:21
I want everything to be, to be more I want everything to be more I want to be larger than this I want more than, I could More than before you But your love is not enough for me If I could dream of everything Be more than I could, I would When I dream and think Inside I want to believe But I more and more I Try pretend, again and again once more But your love, is not enough for me Just a little missing, just a little more Break me when I can be (break me just a little more) Just a little missing, sometimes just the whore Break me inside myself just a little more Just a little more, just a little more When I dream reflections, memories I want to believe Inside more and more I Try to defend again and again One more time I know, one more try One more chance to know, once more Just a little missing, just a little more… Breaking inside myself, a little missing I dare you push me just a little more Inside myself, (just a little more) I dare you push me just a little more Push me just a little
3.
KatSong 04:41
Step outside and watch them reveal All they really think and fear When you rose from darkest corners We all saw the light you hid But if you don't ask Then they can't say no And you dared to ask From the shrinking fear of the anxious girl And if you don't ask then they can't say no From the need to feel and the losing fight That if you ask you will know That you will be remembered You will be, and know that you are loved You are the light in your own darkness That consumes, and yet you live You are the fire in your own consumption Staying the cruel fate that we all share Of the anxious girl and the light she hid Who dared to ask then got to know You will be remembered You will be, and know that you are loved Step outside and watch them reveal What they really think and fear To the anxious girl if you didn't ask You’d never know That you'd been a light That you'd been a light More than you know You will be remembered…
4.
Cages 03:39
All the weather of your desire Silence stares from mirrors All my gifts corrupt like flowers Would you care I have secrets too One more, my life to find you nearer Take this cage with me inside for your shelf With one more gift you’ll find my place In you world not too unkind Don’t be scared if I know your secrets I’ll be kind to your shame as you sleep Quiet in my cage Watch you breathe and dream away Moments I could share Never touched, never seen As close as I, from this cage can be to you With one more gift you’ll find my place In your world And I feel if words came right you’d see We’re not unkind, so take this gift As close as I, from this cage Can be to you With more gift you’ll find my place With one more gift, you’ll feel
5.
Still 02:53
Let me breathe and fall into this sleep Let your eyes be the last thing I remember Into this dream believe becomes our lifetime Stay quietly, stay purity, be still your heart From becoming me (I feel, I love) From believing me (Your heart, is mine) From holding me (I leave, but still your heart to me) And my everything (My everything) Let me be still (I hurt, I cry, I’m still) You're my gift, my simple joy and smile And as I fall asleep, the last thing that I remember, is you The heart of you The smile of you My want for you My love for you (My love for you) You're becoming me (I feel, I love) From believing me (Your heart is mine) From your holding me (I leave, but still your heart to me) My everything (My everything) I let you now be still (I hurt, I cry, I’m still) From your holding me (I break) From becoming me (Inside) Your hating me (You’ve broken me) Let me fall (Still you are my heart) Watch me die inside (My love) You're free, be still (Be Still)
6.
When you’re waiting, when you’re wishing Waiting just to see Alive but not yet free, your moments fleeting Your moment to be free I cry, I hear you scream I feel, I feel you bleed I cry, your tears drown me Missing, surround me It’s the edge of the world that finds you now It’s the end of time called home Once reminding, we are not forever All alone, in my lonely world Waiting for you to find me All alone, I’ve waited here alone Quietly just to be yours still I was here, always waiting here Quietly waiting just for you It’s the edge of the world that finds you now It’s the end of time called home Once reminding, we are not forever
7.
Thoughtless 04:17
Was there a time when it was thoughtless When did it become design Is it the pleasure or the power Is it about the life, or about the lie Ruins left afire Lives set burning in the wake Of selfish desire And of love that was mislaid There are wounds that don't easily heal About the life, about the lie All your charm rendered still You're not the only one who knows you ran Coward, obscure, a fallen man About the life It's easy to say at the end of a rope That you're sorry for this and you'll never do that It's easy to think new beginnings are cheap And the past is the past for a reason You always wanted a life adored But you couldn't give the love But the lie always follows you home And so goes the life It's easy to say at the end of a rope That you're sorry for this and you'll never do that It's easy to think new beginnings are cheap And the past is the past for a reason But it's always about your life
8.
Scars 04:13
Do your fingers bleed as you grip the edge Would it feel like your life with any other knife Does it touch you back, does it bring you back To life before scars, to your life before the scars Finger on the scar, tongue is the dagger To be felt like To be loved like you love in return To be only, only in memories Of scars that are the lie Are your scars your lie Bitter and scorned, scars speak lashing From your wounds, into their hearts Your refrain, you’re familiar, you’re obvious Driven to wake but cut like thieves Does it bring you back or touch you deep and wanting To be felt like, to be loved like You love in return, to be only Only in memories, to live in you scars Do your fingers bleed as you grip the edge Let it touch you back, let it bring you back
9.
You would go back, but only to mourn her You can't go back, it would only scorn her Why can't there be time like there was When there was forever Time without mistakes, without regrets And nothing to forgive Wishing you had understood You had everything that you wanted You can never go back, you already had Your chance to be your future Say what you like, that you had no choice That you had to lie and leave to save her Like you did, every time Always everything that you wanted But she would have loved you forever Like you could have deserved Some love is never forever Like the love you'll never have for yourself again Wishing she had understood You’d never be all that she wanted She can never go back though you hope that she would You’re not that cruel anymore That you would need to be remembered That you could hope to be redeemed That they should ever forgive you That you ever deserve to be she She would have loved you forever Like you could have deserved Say what you like, that you had no choice That you had to lie and leave to save her Like you did, every time Always everything that you wanted She would have loved you forever… Like the love you'll never have for yourself again She would have loved you forever Like you'll never deserve again
10.
Medicine 03:49
Why can't you sleep when you're alone What do you fear without your medicine You won't have your miracle When you're the only one to sacrifice You’ve shown that you will take it all And be whatever I like We all stand in spite of alone We all want, someone To be our medicine Someone to be our medicine Why can't you sleep when you're alone What do you fear without your medicine Why do you need a miracle, or to take it all What would it be to stand alone And be your own medicine Be your own medicine We all stand in spite of alone We all want, someone To be our medicine Someone to be our medicine You don't need someone to be medicine Don’t need anyone to be your medicine Without you I fall apart My medicine, I don't want I don't want, my medicine I fall apart without you My medicine, my medicine
11.
Rose 05:02
Little one, be careful You can’t go back My little one, don’t fall To the voice of behind Little Violet has come To the end of the world she knows Little Violet, don’t fall To the voice of what’s to come She thinks about love in so many ways They only want the kind that break her heart Morning, she wakes Reflection, she stares and lingers sadly The path of a tear burns slowly, echoes Whispers, “who are you” She thinks about love in so many ways They only want the kind that break her She dreams of a love, she wants for a love That can only give, that can only give And maybe she’s not so lost To find the world incredible And maybe she’s the only one to ask why “Why can’t I fly again, like I used to” “Why can’t I fly again, like Violet” Violet has come to come to Violet Violet, don’t fall Why fall when you can fly Because maybe you’re the only one to fly She thinks about love in so many ways They only want the kind that break her She dreams of a love, she wants for a love She only wants, but why can’t Violet Violet has come to Violet
12.
Still Waters 03:14
What could we be if we could be Content in every little thing Ecstatic in the comforts that we've sown In spite of all our passion, in spite of all our reason We never seem to want like we did Before the storm We all want to go on living But truths not so forgiving The moment we are settled We want more The stillness will arrest you Caress and beckon you home Into the storm Still waters take you nowhere The air starts to breathe And it rises you to your feet again The storm takes you up And you wonder when you will land again Where you will land again The stillness still arrests you in spite of you Still caresses you and beckons you Into the storm again Still waters take you nowhere We all fear the storm

about

"Ruins" was inspired by and is dedicated to Kat. She is the main reason this album became a reality. It's easy to take time for granted. It's easy to procrastinate and convince yourself that there's plenty of time, there's no hurry... So, for years we sat on a handful of songs, fairly unmotivated to finish a record that time and geography had made more difficult to do. Then we met Kat. She had learned that her time was tragically limited and she was reaching out to people who meant something to her. She was reaching out so they would know. She inspired us to get this album done. And you get to know this because all she wants to know is that she meant something and will be remembered for something. It's all we have to give, but we will give it. Thank you, Kat, for reminding us why we dance.


*Includes Desperately Still [Klonavenus Remix] bonus track with full album.

credits

released April 17, 2015

Jeff Diehm - Vocals, Keyboards, Programming, Rhythm Guitar (Thoughtless)
Rick Joyce - Guitars, Keyboards, Programming
Peter J/ Gorritz - Bass, Keyboards, Programming
Tom Coyne: Drums and Percussion

Additional Musicians:
Rogue – Vocals (KatSong)
Andy Deane – Vocals (KatSong, Everything That You Wanted, Still Waters)
Rachel McDonnell Jennings – Violin (Still)
Nathaniel Johnstone – Violin (Edge of the World)
Katherine “Velvet” Joyce – Vocals (Mesmerize, Missing, Still, Edge of the World, Still Waters)
Mera Roberts – Cello (Still)
India Herrera – Cello (Still)
Alethea Leventhal – Vocals (KatSong, Everything That You Want, Still Waters)
Lauren Hoffman, Evelyn Hoffman, J.J. Williams, Tony Lechmanski, Shawn Decker, Kathy Monnes, Claressa Joyce – Vocals (Still Waters)
Robert Schott – Keyboards (Rose)
Carl “CJ” Joyce – Drums (Edge of the World)
Wynter Joyce – Vocals (Edge of the World, Still Waters)

All Songs written by The Last Dance

All Songs recorded, produced, mixed and mastered by The Last Dance in Middlesbrough, U.K., Brea, CA, Costa Mesa, CA, Charlottesville, VA, and Tucson, AZ.

Additional Vocals recorded by Andy Deane in the Bella Morte Studios, Charlottesville, VA.

Drums and Percussion recorded by: Mark Bolton at Sound Cage Studios, Brea, CA, Jess Stetzer at Audio Lounge, Costa Mesa, CA, Gator McKinley at Funeral Home Studios, Valley Village, CA, and Byron Brown at Mercurine Studios, Alhambra, CA.

Artwork, design and photography by: 3QuarterMoon Creative

Additional Photography by: Kelli Coyne, Katherine “Velvet” Joyce and Rich Tarbell

Published by Mystine Records
Released by Mystine Records and Strobelight Records.

© ℗ 2015 The Last Dance / Mystine Records (ASCAP) - All Rights Reserved

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