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The City at Night

by The Heavy Editors

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1.
Meltdown 02:26
Taking my time/breaking you down I just don't feel quite like running around/this town In and out of danger/I feel like I'm a stranger To me, myself, to me Into the void/fully destroyed Letting my sins grind me all the way down/meltdown In and out of danger/nothing could be stranger To lose myself this way In and out of danger/Essence getting fainter I'm going, I'm going, I'm gone In and out of danger/nothing could be stranger To lose yourself this way Essence getting fainter/I'm in and out of danger I'm going, I'm going, I'm gone
2.
Now we are fighting with ourselves Are you going back for someone else I heard her talk about success But I cannot sleep I cannot rest So I will sleep and dream about the West How the west was won How the west was won There are kids that stay out late They can't escape what is their fate? You try to take blood from a stone Redirected lines past orange cones My parents are freezing right down to their bones How the west was won How the west was won Now we are talking to ourselves
3.
Slaves 03:20
4.
The city at night It's so hard to fight The city is so wise But still she just cries I run to the farmer's earth I'm one with thee I run to my mother's skirt I run to The city at night It's so hard to fight The city is so wise But still she just cries I run to the master's berth Land of the free I give all that I am worth I'm on my knees I run to the father's earth I'm one with thee I run to another skirt I run to the city
5.
I need a shotgun choke in the very worst way Guess I found something I just can't explain away But my heart's getting bigger like the lump in my throat And the pace that you've been giving doesn't mean you can't gloat to me And the words you spoke, did you really believe it? The promises you broke really gave it away A beeline traffic to the phonomatic And the signal's getting lost in the cruel, cruel light of the day The cruel, cruel light of the day With your green eyes flashing making hearts feel passion I guess you found something that works for you every day But my heart's getting bigger like the lump in my throat And the pace that you've been giving doesn't mean you can't gloat to me And the words you spoke, did you really believe it? The promises you broke really gave it away A beeline traffic to the phonomatic And the signal's getting lost in the cruel, cruel light of the day The cruel, cruel light of the day
6.
When I'm leaving home You don't have to carry on I won't see you anymore I won't come on through your door When I'm driving on my own I'll go right on past our home That's my mother on the phone Said you don't want me no more I'm alone I'm alone I'm alone It's a cold and rainy day Do you feel I've lost my way Why you've never saw me play Just another gig gone gray All alone All alone We're all alone Guess it's time for me to walk I'll go right on past your block Seeing faces on the clock Maybe someday we can talk
7.
On TV 02:49
I'm on the level baby isn't it great I can save you from yourself We'll hit the high road and we ain't comin' back We don't need nobody else A bottle of whisky girl and I'm doing fine We'll be the Bonnie and Clyde now, of venom and wine Well just get out your stereo, lose that MP3 Get out your daddy's records girl and play them for me That's the way That it's done on TV Jump down and turn around we're getting it straight, I can tell They say we're livin' in heaven but we're livin' in hell Well just get out your stereo, lose that MP3 Get out your daddy's records girl and play them for me Well just get out your stereo, lose that MP3 Get out Exile In Guyville girl and play it for me That's the way That it's done on TV
8.
Alien Lover 02:15
Well your weirdness, your grace Puts my heart out of place, I'll admit And the flashback to love by the Nebula In the Abyss And the phasin' and tasin' as time stands still What is this? Gravity can't hold us back now I'm lost in your kiss Oh yeah Into the void, hurtling toward our demise It means little now, as long as I'm lost in your eyes To the future and back, I'm a fool, nullified From the points of your ears to the floor I'm in tears...Vulcanized Oh yeah T'pol!
9.
Within Reach 03:27
Walking along this road Having to change my mind Faces that sometimes change Passing on so much rage You're taking me higher Reasons you lack the truth Laughter is no cure A warrant for you arrest Just another empty page You're taking me higher And I am a climber And I am getting higher Hidden without a trace Wasted with all divine Happy for all you've got Broken some other's lies You're taking me higher Go far away my side Need some more room expand Walk among shoes so old Now it's okay to cry You're taking me higher And I am a climber I am getting higher
10.
Time 02:21
Trapped in the days that have no past beyond my mind All I can see is flowing wine An hour passes by And all I see is blowing time Running in circles Yet I cannot ask why Is it just me or am I blind An hour passes by Yet all I see is blowing time Somewhere inside me I wait I hear thee All this is close As the days pass now I am captive on my mind All I can see is flowing time An hour passes by Yet all I see is blowing time Time

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The City at Night is the first full-length from DC/MD guitar rock trio The Heavy Editors and features 10 songs running the gamut from straight-ahead rockers to flirtations with psychedelia.

"The City At Night is a cool collection of short, punchy and excellently-crafted blasts of pure power pop, with a little punk thrown in for good measure...pure power pop gold." —Rudy Panucci, PopCult

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released May 25, 2019

Wally Bird - Drums
John Rapoza - Bass, Vocals
Joe V - Guitars, Vocals

©2019 The Heavy Editors
Tracks 1, 3, 5, 7, 8 by Joe V; Tracks 2, 4, 6, 9, 10 by Rapoza

Recorded at Actiondale Studios, Washington, DC and Annandale, VA
Engineered and mixed by Mike Harvey

Mastered by Tom Ruff at Asbury Media

Cover art from original painting "The City at Night" by Joseph F. Rapoza, Jr.

Bonus art by Jen V.

Dedicated to our parents.

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Straddling the line between alternative and hard rock, The Heavy Editors' are bringing guitar-oriented rock back in unapologetic fashion.

"The Heavy Editors make pure post-punk power pop, exquisitely-crafted and impeccably-played...This is not manufactured hit-factory pap, but real rock and roll played by musicians with real chops." --Radio Free Charleston
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