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Oh, to Know!

by VALENTIGER

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1.
Oh, to Know! 03:35
Well I would like to think that we can That we can know the sorts Know the worst of what hurts And we could agree just to be sure Of at least one thing Baby, you and me Oh, To Know! Just like a bottle floating oversea We’re floating to be free Two escapees We’re sailing along as a write-in To an ocean of doubt Out and on the prowl Oh, to know is to know nothing at all You would be a fool if you didn’t know that already Oh, to know is to drown us both down to the bottom! Oh, baby to know, baby to know Is knowing nothing at all Baby, to go all the way home Is just a place to call Who waits!? Who waits!? Future brings endings Baby to know, baby to know Is knowing nothing at all!
2.
All I 03:25
I’m looking for all my friends Who are looking at the dirty floor with no end To slide through the wasted time To own a good clean fight Now I’m looking to all my friends Looking down the dirty dead ends But I’m floating off my chair And into nowhere again So glasses clink like shackles We’re all bound to crack like plaster Now I’m looking to end these strange Things that I have made for you But I’m floating off my chair And into nowhere again I’m looking at all I’ve been Looking at the dirty floor with no end But I’m floating off my chair And back to where I began
3.
Another cool move From head to toe These thoughts could blow out an airbag Another cool move My aim is backlash I can't remember the flashback A burned-out contrast Black in the bomb blast To be skinned out Another cool move No move at all I'm linking along that jingling song And I sing this jingled song, too No cunning, wispy hair And no smiles cut to the cake pan I want it kept simple I want it as black as white can be I want it to be caught Put up on the spot I shouldn't ever fit In the slot that well Another cool move No thinking time It's just a reach out to me and mine And those eyes, it's hard to make them lay Artsy pate, oh no! No thinking at all I'm just floating on the route of a changed man No cunning, wispy hair No Kyles cut to the cake pan
4.
Well, I don't forgive you And I don't forgive me 'Cause it's places like these It's pretty plain to see Well, it's not easy We're hard-earned in sin Outright upset, outraged and taut Mindless and burdened Now, we might fall But it's the brawl that won't live Oh, 'cause it's love It's love It's love I forgive Yeah, it's love It's love It's love I forgive So, skyscrapers They sway from side to side And even lawmakers Only do what they think is right So, if you float like a green spade leaf You're gonna land in the crick You spin and turn all those turtles Topple over 'til you sink like a brick And if it's a hobby You're just window shopping, love
5.
Sun shines through All you do Moon does, too To get you through Sun shines through All you do Constant white noise And the rougher boys Girls who dress up You're restless with strange luck But don't let the worry Drown the light from your shining eyes Wet and shiny streets Endless hands to meet Talk of fights and big lights Good friends and bad ends await But you know that you can stay Young in those shining eyes Constant white noise And the rougher boys Girls who dress up You're confused with strange luck You walk around, talk about Fitting in to figure out With all you know You couldn't go To find your way out Of those shining eyes Let the sun shine Through all you do
6.
Traffic is humming all down the street tonight Shaking a feeling up and I'm alright And I could be good I think it's time I should 'Cause I've been frozen dozing And I've been cooked! I know that you are good And I'm not about to overthink it like I could Oh, we're bound to be down But tonight I'm coming around Yeah, I'm talking the past off Kicking the town!
7.
Into the Sun 02:45
All over I feel and pull for The reason why Planted roots Never bound a leaf From flying to its demise I guess I'd want to feel it, too Floating through a whole different view But when it's over, hey, it's over 'Til the sun comes again When tomorrow pulls your sleeve to go To where you think you belong Just set your eyes blind, east to the skyline And you walk it into the sun Of all the things The things I've let go The things I've slipped through Well, I forgot a lot of pretty things And some bad ones, too
8.
Nick's got his smoking sticks He's driving miles a day He's trying to hold on To another last chance He chastises drug addicts He says the drinks are not strong But he's almost smoked 20 filtered cigarettes So, if you have to let me down Don't be afraid 'Cause I know I will let you down In some other way "Why I'm not great" C'mon and say it with me When your ordinary day Folds into a copy again Your daddy's got a reputation And your momma don't clean And I used to know What made you so mean You set your sunset strip And now you've got to swallow it You were already 19 And you'll always be news to me So, if you have to let me down Do it today 'Cause Lord knows we may dare to say Something great "Why I'm not great" Oh, 'cause risks are not fate 'Cause my bed ain't made And I get laid And my math ain't straight
9.
Everybody get up Everybody get out It's time to Wade the bodies in waves Make the most of your day And climb through Those crowded stairwells And vapor trails of Ideas from the silver screen You slide to angle Through the tangle Of the dayful, painful scene So, run the power lines To electric times By no surprise we find Flawed rules cruise cruel misaligns It's fine alright If there's no warning who we are now We can only hope to say That the tracks you make aren't the ones you hate When you come back changed Good day, goodnight I want it, too! Buckle down for the season Hoping for good reason Good day, goodnight I want it, too! Cruel misaligns I'm coming through! 'Cause I want it, too! I want it, too!
10.
Oh my God, this weekend Well, I feel like I cheated again 'Cause the times I reel in Are waiting to be repeated again All my obligations Are just now sneaking right in 'Cause the times I'm reeling Are just waiting to be repeated again Oh, I just can't shake her advice She said, "You'd better be careful or it'll be your whole life." Oh my God, this weekend Well, these feelings you'll never forget You just might dream Or even be forced to relive At times that just seem so unkind That impossibility to rewind Oh my God, this weekend Well, I feel like I cheated again Burning holes in my socks And I'm changing my locks Guilty pleasure, falsified treasures I've either been sleeping Or I've gone right off that deep end again Could a trip to the store Be any more of a bore?

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released March 5, 2011

Recorded @ STOCKING STUDIOS & ELEVEN TWELVE (Grand Rapids, MI) from July 21, 2010 - January 2, 2011.
Produced by VALENTIGER.
Mixed & mastered @ ELEVEN TWELVE & JJ STUDIOS (Grand Rapids, MI) by VALENTIGER & STEVE HOLSINGER.
All songs written by BRENT SHIREY, ABOVEBOARD MUSIC (ASCAP).
Published by ABOVEBOARD MUSIC (ASCAP).
Artwork by BRENT SHIREY.
Original cover photo by NICOLE LARAE.
Band photo by AMY CARROLL.
PR - THE MUSEBOX (Brooklyn, NY).
Horns arranged by BRENT SHIREY, except 7 BRENT SHIREY & Mark Lago.

Thanks - STEVE, JOANIE AND JACK HOLSINGER, MARK LAGO, CHRIS SCHAEFER, STEVE MILANOWSKI, NICOLE LARAE, AMY CARROLL, THE RIDERS, THE SHIREYS, CHRIS ZIEBARTH, PETER FOX, ALEX MOORE, H.G. THOMPSON

All rights reserved.
(c) (p) 2011 ABOVEBOARD MUSIC (ASCAP)
www.valentigermusic.com

88.1FM WYCE 2011 "Best Pop/Rock Album"

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Valentiger plays charismatic pop rock that caters to a wide variety of sensibilities. Carefully crafted and effortlessly orchestrated, their collective confidence as a band is as deserved as it is tongue-in-cheek. Their infusion of wit and humor with an enlightened cultural outlook creates a product as reflective of their individual personalities as it is cloaked in surprising wisdom. ... more

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