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Here and Gone

by Michael Martens

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1.
Becoming Stranger 06:31
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This is just the first Moment of your life All you have are words to describe I can’t read between the lines Becoming stranger We’re changing all the time Driving through America You waste a million miles Who am I supposed to be When you’re not around? This is just the first Version of your life The body all is yours to design No regrets make up your mind Becoming stranger We’re changing all the time Driving through America You waste a million miles Who am I supposed to be When you’re not around? Maybe strangers La la la la la la Becoming strangers La la la la la la Becoming strangers La la la la la la
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February 03:36
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Is this the day? You always said the end was near Do we finally escape? Look into myself; find that you aren’t there I can’t sleep alone If you’re by my side We can’t go on Oh love on the side Ain’t gonna beg for your love Ain’t gonna beg for your love Is it a waste? Wishing I could have made your heart linger Did I make a mistake? No I don’t want No I don’t want any more pain We gotta sleep alone Still I’m up all night We can’t go on Oh love on the side Ain’t gonna beg for your love Ain’t gonna beg for your love How we gonna sleep at all If when we look inside There’s nothing at all Oh love on the side Ain’t gonna beg for your love Ain’t gonna beg for your love Ain’t gonna beg for your love on side Ain’t gonna beg for your love on side
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You Should Be Honest 02:30
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I don’t care what you say As a matter of fact I won’t change It's easy if you fake it If you waste your time Avoiding all emotion just to bury your lie You should be honest Get out of it You should be honest Get out of it How you gonna leave if you haven’t yet Set all your fires and burned all your bridges Everything won’t always be all right Well all right You should be honest Get out of it You should be honest Get out of it It goes on and it gets tragic Get out of it You should be honest Get out of it You should be honest Get out of it
4.
All Ways 04:18
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Yeah I need a doctor I don’t understand what I might do And if I tell her I’ve lost that feeling Out of all ways All ways All ways to go All ways to go Oh look on the bright side Give yourself a second chance It’s just a feeling that you get It’s just a feeling Out of all ways All ways All ways to go All ways to go Look on the bright side It’s just a feeling that you get It’s just a feeling Out of all ways All ways All ways to go It’s just a feeling that you get
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Here and Gone 05:24
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Here and gone We’re only going nowhere If you're patient, it’s a vice You rush to idle somewhere Oh wait until you are so much older Oh wait until you’re half of a broken heart There’s no simple kind of love Don’t you understand? It could be heaven or it could be hell It’s a dangerous kind of love If you’re half of a broken heart Oh wait until you are so much older Oh wait until you’re half of broken heart There’s no simple kind of love Don’t you understand? It could be heaven or it could be hell It’s a dangerous kind of love If you’re half of a broken heart
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Unfold 05:21
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In a little while now I’ll be on my way I’ll have my head up in the clouds In a little while now I’ll begin to say You can hurt without hurting yourself Today I found out how In a little while now I’ll be on my way I’ll have my head up in the clouds In a little while now I’ll forgive you For all the pain I cared all about Today I know I found
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What Do I Do Now 02:16
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What do I do now? Now that you are gone And it always ends this way You know If you try to work it out You know If you try to work it out ‘Cause that’s the only road And it always ends this way You know What do I do now? What do I do now? Your eyes, they glow What do I do now? What do I do now? What do I do?
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Out of Control 04:53
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Back when you had it all worked out How’d you keep things right? When things would fall apart You’d be a rock, a light You’re a light But you slide out of control But you slide out of control So you can start again With a new haircut you straighten up Clean the yard watch the news Get organized, getting ready to Find a new job get a new car Isn’t that what you’re supposed to do? If you slide out of control If you slide out of control You can live again You can build again You can start again You can love again You can fail and then You can start again If you slide out of control If you slide out of control
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Get Over It 04:39
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How do you get back? How do you know Where the start of it was at all? It gets hard to bend If you feel the end You get old You get over it In the morning You get up Over and over again and again It was all the same Almost everyday You get old You get over it Whoa, it’s easy to think You just can’t get yourself right I believe it’ll get better Whoa, it’s easy to think It’s just one little piece of my life No talking Before noon We only get mad and point a finger or two It was hard to say I was wrong You get old You get over it Whoa, it’s easy to think You just can’t get yourself right I believe it’ll get better Whoa, it’s easy to think It’s just one little piece of my life I believe it’ll get better

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Bonus Material Included in
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+ Artwork
• Alternate Artwork (pdf)
• Artwork and Liner Notes (pdf)

+ Bonus Tracks
• [Bonus] Out of Control - Piano Mix
• [Bonus] Unfold - Tascam Demo

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+Fun Production Notes:
• Production started July, 2013; demos recorded on a Tascam DP-01.
• Songs developed while using online step sequencers such as:
drumbot.com/projects/sequence/
hisschemoller.com/blog/2009/step-sequencer-drum-machine/

+Excerpts from Apollo 10 Press Conference, Launch and Mission Communications (Tracks 5, 6)

+Fun Featured Instruments:
• Casio CTK-450 (Tracks 1, 3, 4, 5, 6)
• Animoog for iPhone (Track 1)
• Tascam DP-01FX (Track 1, 4, 5, 8, 9)
• Zach plays the Trumpet (Track 7)

"Here and Gone is about transitions and development. Occasionally we feel like we've come so far only to take a giant step back. While this music ponders that progression and loss, I still believe it'll get better."

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released November 21, 2016

©2016 Michael Martens
Fuller Sound Studios
All rights reserved.

Music and Lyrics by Michael Martens.
Performances by Michael Martens and
Zach Guglin.

Produced, recorded and mixed by
Michael Martens and Zach Guglin.
Special thanks to Jared Pascale.
Mastering by Dave Harris,
Studio B Mastering.

Artwork and Design by Michael Martens.
Super special thanks to Zach Guglin.

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Michael Martens Los Angeles, California

Michael is a musician from Connecticut living and recording in Los Angeles, CA. Writing and recording music since he was 13, Michael formed Minus Ned with Zach Guglin in 2002 when they were in High School. Minus Ned released several EP's and Albums between 2002 and 2013. Since Minus Ned dissolved, Michael continues to write and record original music. ... more

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