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Good Grief

by City Over Sand

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1.
Free 04:34
Through sweet dreams I found you and I'll never ever lose you again I don't want to wake up to find the straight line is bent So tell me everything I need to hear Surely the sky ain't falling in We're surrounded by too much beauty for this to be the end Take a look around you You're alive and you're here You cry out for the little things Realise that you are rich You are free You've always had food in your belly Power on and off at the switch The water runs crystal clear from the tap, on demand when your fingers are clicked Take a look around you You're alive and you're here You cry out for the little things Realise that you are rich You are free Climbing trees before they hit the ground Shoot the past before it can't be found You've got it easy Take a look around you You're alive and you're here You cry out for the little things Realise that you are rich You are free
2.
Chasing my tail, on constant repeat The weather’s not bad but I don’t think this city’s for me We could sail away and watch the city fall down Like dominoes, in the distance, caught on the breeze I’m turning this thing around So lost in this town Way back in my day when the pace was slow When the sunshine slept, it was safe to go wherever your feet would lead you And your friends were strong enough to carry you home I should have known when I pulled into town I took the Smith Street turnoff all the way to the sea I just couldn’t see it I must’ve been blind This used to be paradise, apparently I’m turning this thing around So lost in this town Way back in my day when the pace was slow When the sunshine slept, it was safe to go wherever your feet would lead you And your friends were strong enough to carry you home The traffic sits at a standstill all across town Plastic bits on the beaches, golden brown I’m turning this thing around So lost in this town Way back in my day when the pace was slow When the sunshine slept, it was safe to go wherever your feet would lead you And your friends were strong enough to carry you home
3.
Old and Grey 04:23
I’ll take a little time for myself To get over you now that you are gone Your body moved on but your soul Has an arm around my shoulder until I am old and grey You and I we knew what lay around the corner Like a king, you battled on The summer was freezing, it was cold I felt I aged a thousand years If only you grew old and grey And who will notice when you’re gone Your life wrapped up in a eulogy Lets get drunk and sing some songs For you in your memory I’ve been earing your shoes They’re too big for my feet but I move along I’m heading in your direction now In hope that you’ll meet me when I am old and grey And who will notice when you’re gone Your life wrapped up in a eulogy Lets get drunk and sing some songs For you in your memory Life continues as it was Like we never skipper a beat Disrespectful, wrong? But that’s the way it is you know One day you were born and you will die one day And who will notice when you’re gone Your life wrapped up in a eulogy Lets get drunk and sing some songs For you in your memory
4.
Look For Me 03:56
Travelling a million miles an hour Trying to keep up with you You know I, can't fight this feeling, there's no blood but I'm bleeding out Don't hold me down Keep my head above the water So high face down on the ground Come look for me Come look for me Lately I've been feeling inside out How do I know that I'm alive? Do I throw myself from a building? Coked up to the ceiling How? Don't hold me down Keep my head above the water So high face down on the ground Come look for me Come look for me You've only got yourself to beat Still so young, so please I don't see your face here anymore So I play your voice back on the line Everyday that I'm breathing Wasted, daydreaming of you Don't hold me down Keep my head above the water So high face down on the ground Come look for me Come look for me
5.
Leaving 04:47
God damn it was cold in that room I couldn’t wait outside Holding hands, I watched you breathing, losing track of time Help me understand this Lets talk before you leave Help me understand, this can’t be happening to me It looks like you’re leaving It looks like you’re leaving It looks like you’re leaving It looks like you’re leaving this world, oh no Everyday is night without you On the other end of the line No one left to keep me dreaming, one line at a time Help me understand this Lets talk before you leave Help me understand, this can’t be happening to me It looks like you’re leaving It looks like you’re leaving It looks like you’re leaving It looks like you’re leaving this world, oh no Put it down to one of those days What can you say to turn things around The broken will break The spirit will take flight without a sound It looks like you’re leaving It looks like you’re leaving It looks like you’re leaving It looks like you’re leaving this world, oh no
6.
Carrying the weight of the world on your shoulders Every single song on the radio brings you down Get a little sunshine on your face Pack a little bag, hit the highway out of town Smoke a few cigarettes, sip a little gin Get a taste of the free world on your tongue Put a smile on your face, hold up your chin Shake hands with danger And who knows? And so the weeks roll into months Who knows? Where we’re going to this time Jumping around like a fish out of water Take a deep breath, settle down You’ve been found Time to figure out now who you want to be There’s a change blowing in on the breeze, new in town I know you’re trying to forget but everybody bleeds Songs on the radio about love and loss right now Put a smile on your face, hold up you chin Shake hands with danger And who knows? And so the weeks roll into months Who knows? Where we’re going to this time I know a place where we can go The answer is yes to every no And it’s not far from here. And who knows? And so the weeks roll into months Who knows? Where we’re going to this time
7.
Let’s take time now for each other Let’s take time now to heal Let’s take time for you and some time for me Let’s take time for the things that we truly believe in Let’s go back To where we started from When you’re up you fly through the buildings When you’re up you float on the sea When you’re down everything is never enough It’s never enough with nothing real to believe in Lets go back To where we started from There’s a price you pay for the freedom A price to exist, just to be There’s a line to be drawn deep into the sand A line to be crossed eventually Let’s go back To where we started from There’s no rhyme or reason Who’s in charge anyway? There’s no rhyme or reason So get busy living For it's living that you can't replace Let’s take time now for each other Let’s take time now to heal Let’s take time for you and some time for me Let’s take time for the things that make our hearts sing Let's go back To where we started from
8.
What is the meaning of this all? A city full of buildings designed to fall What is the meaning of this all Time to stop leaning and stand tall Is everyone leaving now? I just need one last chance Don’t let me fall please heaven help me Is everyone leaving now? I just need one last chance For if I fall, the world falls onto me There’s got to be more to this town Than shallow feelings and let downs Pack your bags, lets get out Is everyone leaving now? I just need one last chance Don’t let me fall please heaven help me Is everyone leaving now? I just need one last chance For if I fall, the world falls onto me In the here and now A history so proud But it’s lies to me Is everyone leaving now? I just need one last chance Don’t let me fall please heaven help me Is everyone leaving now? I just need one last chance For if I fall, the world falls onto me
9.
Your red is my blue Your too many is my too few You see, when the wind shakes the trees The whistle of the breeze, brings the world to its knees And tells me everything’s alright Your old is my new Wait so long and over too soon for me When the wind shakes the trees The whistle of the breeze, brings the world to its knees And tells me everything’s alright Maybe it’s time To turn a new leaf over When you caught it, I threw With everything that I had and it’s true You see, when the wind shakes the trees The whistle of the breeze, brings the world to its knees And tells me everything’s alright
10.
Code Red 03:44
I thought I'd have something to say by now, but I don't. I thought i'd be exactly who I dreamed I'd be, by now, a joke. I need some air in my lungs to breath. I've got my hand in the air, save me. I'm drowning It's peaceful Underwater I'm drowning Code red, rescue No, don't bother. There's something not right about the way things are, right now, I know. Go left, go right, go up, go down, just go, go, go. I need some air in my lungs to breath I've got my hand in the air, save me. I'm drowning It's peaceful Underwater I'm drowning Code red, rescue No, don't bother.
11.
Sometimes you leave Sometimes you stay Sometimes you give Sometimes you take Sometimes you’re early Sometimes you’re late Sometimes you’re average Mostly great And you’ll always be a friend of mine Sometimes you’re green Sometimes you’re broke Sometimes you breath Sometimes you choke Sometimes you climb Sometimes you fall I’ve seen you run I’ve seen you crawl But you’ll always be a friend of mine Wherever you go you’re on my mind Wherever I am, I look to find You there Sometimes you see Sometimes you don’t Sometimes you sink Sometimes you float Sometimes it hurts Sometimes the pain Gives in to sleep To take it away You’ll always be a friend of mine Wherever you go you’re on my mind Wherever I am, I look to find You there Sometimes you drink Sometimes you smoke Sometimes it’s weed Sometimes it’s coke You’ll always be a friend of mine Wherever you go you’re on my mind Wherever I am, I look to find You there

about

We grew up listening to our parent's record collections. Big white cans with a black curly cord connected to pioneer systems, each component divided by glass and too heavy for a young boy to lift. It's a memory we all share as a band.

Music was a process, it was something to touch, feel, smell and protect.
It was also a gateway to another world. Falling asleep on the floor, cans on, connected. It's a vivid memory we all keep and one that remained with us as we created our own record.

Our wish is for people to exist in the music, feel the songs, hear the lyrics, and fall asleep on the floor, connected.

Although we've become victims to the pace of our world, where nothing lasts and the water is shallow, we chose to take a dive, to the bottom.
It matters not that the music won't sell, that we most likely will never recoup the true cost of our story and labour.

What matters is that the music exists, and it did not before. The stories exist, the feelings are legitimate, the experience is real and forever, and we shared it.

Good Grief carries great meaning and reconnects us to another time that holds memories of the spark that is now a raging inferno.

From little kids bewildered by the magic of music and song, to now, as grown adults with children of our own and more than ever in awe of the power of music as an outlet to the daily grind and rigors associated with the passing of time.

The connection is legitimate, the timing fortunate, the content mirrored by the reality of life.

More than ever before we feel proud of this work, protective like a parent and unhinged from the burden of success. We'll forever lie on the floor, cans on, with the music in our ears.

We hope you do the same and find your reflection along the way.

COS 2016

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released September 23, 2016

Written and produced by City Over Sand at Blindboy Studios, Gold Coast Australia. Mastered by Paul Blakey at 12th & Vine Post.
Graphic Design by Aqua Owl. Fiddle on track 3 by Rachel Bostock.

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City Over Sand QLD, Australia

City Over Sand are a band of independent songwriters, musicians and producers who create indie pop music in Queensland, Australia. Four core members, Brad Hosking, Jules Keshan, Stevie Whittington and Dan Carroll work out of Blindboy Studios.

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