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Behind Sapphire

by Behind Sapphire

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Allan Oroz Amazing atmosphere, incredible sense of aesthetic with an epic ending! Oh My, What a Fine Day is a perfect final track for the album.
This album has a summer feeling across all its tracks, and I totally, totally love that! Favorite track: Oh My, What A Fine Day.
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1.
I’m rewriting Christmas thoughts And what things could be like Chasing other peoples dreams Till we enter the light We call to brothers with out fear of flight We count the moments till we’re out of sight Today, could be like any other day Tonight, could be like any other night So I’m waiting by the satellites Hoping that the moon would call us back These blankets are my fall My hiding place from the dreaded cold Mondays Take these tears to my house The Kleenex is beneath us now Dry your eyes; I am your surprise tonight Today, could be like any other day Tonight, could be like any other night The joining of our eyes is so right Tomorrow, we’ll be on our way To late afternoons firestorms Today, could be like any other day Tonight, could be like any other night The joining of our eyes is so right Tomorrow, we’ll be on our way Till late afternoon firestorms
2.
Big Steps (free) 03:46
Jacked, like a snack from a knapsack You don’t know which way is up, up above Jack’s stacked on the tip of a wick whack You won’t cry or show you’re inside out You’ve cracked, now you’re letting your best out Wait, stop, you can’t go forward without looking back But you try I’m so tired of my so-called friends All I want, all I need is another trend If something easy comes around the bend I’ll take it down to your small tugboat-tapping town Wrapped up in miles of beanstalk Go on up it is up, up above So fragile, like you’re taking some big steps Don’t crack ‘cause you’re doused in your own ways You’ve left and now you’re pulling in a rep Don’t Jack, don’t climb back up to the top You can’t go forward till you hit the sack Till you hit your top I’m so tired of my so-called friends All I want, all I need is another trend If something easy comes around the bend I’ll take it down to the ground I’m the means to the end I’m so tired of these so-called friends All I want, all I need is another trend If something easy comes around the bend I’ll take it down to your small tugboat-tapping town I’m so tired of these so-called friends All I want, all I need is another trend If something easy comes around the bend I’ll take it down to your small tugboat-tapping town Forever the breaks, it is time for escape You’re escaping on us (For us there’s time) Well, don’t you give up on us Don’t you give on time or us If the water will rise, pull up your jeans to your knees Make your paper airplane and send it out straight to the sea
3.
Delight, With these green leaves, green leaves They cover these old trees All we do is tear them down With these mean things, mean things All of these tree rings are going to bring me down Somebody come save this sunshine Back to where delight lies Running reminisces Running to the kisses Running away I wait for delight So I’m waiting, waiting I’m under this sultry Below once more, I go to her With these two seeds, two seeds Now they’re planting old trees A place where I deserve Somebody come save this sunshine Back to where delight lies Running reminisces Running to the kisses Running away I wait for delight I’m waiting on the backside I always wait I smell a problem Then my horse rides in My heart alone is the hardest part It’s a traffic jam and it burns right through my trunk
4.
As For Us 02:45
As for us, We’ll cause a million miles To form this great wall I’m so sorry That you can’t be much taller Oh Mrs. Beautiful, You come at the right time Singing those morning lullabies To wake me, it can’t wait I’m back to bed Take a walk with me For a thousand miles I’ll make the moon shine bright I’m so sorry that you can’t be in this story Hey Mr. Courteous, You cower in your bed But don’t be at the top wishing Forever you’ll be in silence, Call it dark I’m back to bed (mhmm he’s back to bed) Without the sorries (without the sorries) I’m back to bed (oh he’s back to bed) And don’t you worry (I won’t worry) It must be in my dreams It must be in our dreams
5.
Christmas Nigh (free) 02:43
Olden day snow, It’s a cold night A fire cries out Cuddled close tonight So far, we’re never alone But looking back to when mother would say: “We are alive and we have got the Christmas light of time, Bulbs shining bright and high above the candles, Christmas Nigh” I have been living life Through a window and Through the artwork Paintings that rose from the ashes A warm soft glow echoes from the outside “We are alive and we have got the Christmas light of time, Bulbs shining bright and high above the candles, Christmas Nigh” Adventure through the cold On a journey coloured white Build yourself a snowman You’ll surprise yourself with fright Corncobbed and piping he is dancing In the brightest of daylight That’s how it started, Several pages ago
6.
Well, crazy critters crawling off my hat And the one who knows, is to afraid to even call back Mister play your cards right, Can’t you keep them down at your side? Dearly beloved we’re gathered Together whenever we’re ever together However the weather is better through your pretty eyes Mister I know you did yourself some good in the present With constant persistence Abandoned three wishes can never be bargained for more Well based on the fact is I’m a number of maps The eating up inside of digestible lies Gets you right on track Spiral into dark times Misconnected is the daylight Dearly beloved we’re gathered Together whenever we’re ever together However the weather seems better through your googly eyes Mister I know you did yourself some good in the present With constant persistence Abandoned three wishes can never be given away I’ll smile in the winter When the leaves fall off the trees You could be my wife’s tale, I’ll be your waiting man And we’ll walk off hand in hand Watch as the moments fall like rain There’s things that can’t be told by age Of course these folks don’t hear your name You’re more than when you seem the same But I won’t test you I won’t
7.
Waiting for the worst to come It’s keeping me from bopping Waterbeds that hold me down A sleeping bee, a sleeping bee I’m hiding in the shadows And I’ve been thinking I won’t get out If I don’t believe in me, Don’t believe in this truth Corset Slow time in this sunset Pacing back while unamused At fools that keep me in a ruse Salute a hidden grief Trying to find a way back home An octopus that told the sea To grow a tale and live the dream Will always blend within And underneath the water And I’ve been thinking I might get out If I just believe in me, Just believe in this truth Oh look out for So don’t you think that I Might make it out of here alive The other time I thought I saw you come, I was making things appear in slow-mo But I’ll stay here And I’ll try So long as I have my two best friends So long as we’re swimming free No I can’t, no I won’t give opportunities The chance on me
8.
Know It Alls 04:04
Don’t make your strokes about Leaving a mark you wished you’d live without Go make your jokes about Some token trophy scar and how you got it In the time allotted Until it goes away A know it all sings after all But I won’t sing anything Let me paraphrase my troubled days And live like nothing has changed I always coax you and I A little chance to sway Some more little lies I know everything that needs to be known I’m not afraid anymore A know it all sings after all But I won’t sing anything Let me paraphrase my troubled days A know it all sings after all But I won’t sing anything Let me paraphrase my better days And live like nothing has changed
9.
My thoughts sway Every which way Like the shorelines they brush up against Oh no, it’s happened again My imaginations getting the best of me History once has said that everything is as it seems There’s no fooling me Because I am seemingly impossible to read If I don’t straight walk the sidewalk I won’t be the yellow chalk fish I won’t be your yellow chalk fish Underneath the sea So majestic and offensive Drawing lines along legacy Oh no, not again My miseries taking the backseat It’s an “everything as you imagined it to be” mystery It won’t shake the sea We’ll see Because I am stretching out the possibilities If I don’t straight walk the boardwalk I won’t be the yellow chalk fish I won’t be your yellow chalk fish Underneath the sea
10.
Pink Clouds 04:43
Love, it seems, has found me Tapered in moonlight With a promise of a favourite disguise When there’s nobody else I’ll make fun of myself And promises that no one but, I saw pink clouds Covered with the shawls from the morning After I flew over the sunrise and over the surprise Water will fill my lungs Over the clouds, down under The pillow with soft magic sound We sat the morning next to waterfalls Because love, it seems, is always right on time And in the right way Stories that will break your heart Wild dancing dreams Fall in with head over heels And I’m making fun of myself Moments with the clearest skies While dressing, I saw pink clouds Covered with the shawls from the morning After I flew over the sunrise and over the surprise And water will fill my lungs Over the clouds, down under The pillow with soft magic sound We sat the morning next to waterfalls Saturday’s a story, Of wild rides, it’s all on me Tales of rapture come chasing for life Over edge, we dive tonight ‘Cause I fell asleep last night My momma says to eat the vegetables And I don’t mind them Counting colours with everyday friends It’s just the way it goes in here I saw pink clouds Covered with the shawls from the morning After I flew over the sunrise and over the surprise And water will fill my lungs Over the clouds, down under The rounds of a string bound town We sat the morning next to waterfalls We sat the morning next to waterfalls Talking all the time that we sat wall-to-wall
11.
Rosebuds gather in the middle of the street I can’t breathe; they’re tickling my feet They sing to me Everyone comes and goes through our yard, When we bloom so beautifully in their gardens They dance merrily across our fields, Time seems to slow down I’m falling asleep Crystal ships march safely through a storm For a moment it felt like everything was fine I’m fond of sleeping on the horizon Wake me up when the half moon rises As they land on my shoulders, The petals turn to dust My arms are heavy soldiers Left out becoming rust Mother nature And the weight of the world on my shoulders With rage and force She ends the madness We shiver We shudder away When there’s nowhere to run, The storm has just begun

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Album Praise:

"Chock full of folk instrumentations and soul-moving vocal melodies, the album is a painting of experiences, faith, and nature...It is without a doubt that the band has what it takes to make the grade and truly make an impression within the Canadian music scene. They are a new generation of young artists who have a clear vision of who they are and what they want to do." - Xu Wang [The Peak (SFU Newspaper)]

"If you were looking for a soundtrack to your summer, Behind Sapphire may have just made it." ALBUM RATING: 4/5* - Francois Marchand [Vancouver Sun]

"Behind Sapphire's self-titled album is the perfect summer music, great for any occasion and will especially strike a chord with fans of Walt Disney, The Beatles, John Mayer, Sufjan Stevens, Patrick Watson, Andrew Bird or St.Vincent." - John Tanner [Vancouver Observer]

"BC CD OF THE WEEK: Behind Sapphire. As well as an attractive package, this duo has made attractive pop. Sometimes cinematic in scope, Behind Sapphire employs instruments as diverse as trombone, ukulele, glockenspiel and vibraphone to create uniquely arranged '80s influenced post new wave songs." - Tom Harrison [The Province]

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released March 31, 2010

All Songs: Mazankowski / Cassell / Tomkinson
Recorded at Vertical Studios, Vancouver BC
Engineered, Mixed and Produced by Tom Dobrzanski
Mastered by Joao Carvalho, Toronto ON

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