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I've Tried Sleeping

by I've Tried Sleeping

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1.
If you go back in time don't mess with your former self In the zombie apocalypse aim for the head You've got to run got to fly like your life depends on it Don't get caught lying to yourself Or the man will come and get you Lock you down deep in suburbia Your love's got me flying high above the day Your love's got me flying high anyway The past comes in and out of focus Got to part this sea somehow like Moses When I close my eyes I can hear their voices And on the count of three You'll snap your fingers once This crack in the windshield is growing but let's wait another day Did you say less is more or more is more or more is less yesterday You've got to run got to fly like your life depends on it Don't get caught lying to yourself Or the man will come and get you Lock you down deep in suburbia Your love's got me flying high above the day Your love's got me flying high anyway Your love's got me flying high above the day Your love's got me flying high anyway
2.
Falling faster than building seven came down Now they're eating their own He waves his arms around Lines his pockets pushing podcast gold Sweating dye Rudy, did you know Was it was an inside job Were you on the inside I'm not talking squatch or if we landed on the moon I just can't believe as the years roll by and by That not one person from the demolition team With a heavy conscience hasn't blown the whistle Or come out to say Yeah, It was an inside job And I was on the inside I've tried sleeping with the wool pulled over my eyes You can move on now there's nothing behind the door But there's no relief your story just don't add up You can move on now there's nothing behind the door I've got questions is there anyone out there left to dial You can move on now there's nothing behind the door If you're going to lie to me Please give me a story that in time I'll be able to forget
3.
Went to the record store When I was in sixth grade Took my lawn mowing money And you know I bought The Wall The day it came out and played it over and over Until my Mom she saw the art On the inside cover where the judge is an asshole When she took it I fell apart But then I found where she hid it and was back in business You know I turned it up loud It's been painful watching rock die Year after year by degrees I could bore you with the reasons why Pick your poison MTV Sony Napster the times Clear Channel the internet and whatever I'm forgetting So I went into hibernation And had a near death experience that became this record And now it's time to turn it up loud Bring back the rock and roll Hard hitting rock music clubs four bands deep To rattle our bones and wake us from this sleep It's time to turn it up loud
4.
By now you've probably realized You can be whoever you want to So far from where you started And no one knows you from Adam You're out here on your own in the world We're out here on our own in this world With one life This one shot to live it What are you bringing to the party It's time to let your light shine Maybe dance a little wilder Everyone's looking but no one cares You're out here on your own in the world We're out here on our own in this world Friday night we're throwing ideas around I think you're right I should change my mind You're out here on your own in the world We're out here on our own in this world You're out here on your own in the world We're out here on our own in this world
5.
I keep having this dream that I'm in the money booth On a game show with all those bills flying around I'm stuffing what I can down the neck hole of my shirt And I don't care that you're laughing I wake up hit the ground and try to play along Say something to myself make a couple calls Walk out of the room there was something I needed And now I'm standing here without the faintest idea And I've always wondered when you jump into my mind Are you thinking of me at that same time If I close my eyes and send you all the love I've got Can you feel it does it reach you somehow Wake up hit the ground and try to play along Say something to myself make a couple calls Walk out of the room there was something I needed And now I'm standing here without the faintest idea And I keep falling away I keep falling away from here Somewhere Wake up hit the ground and try to play along Say something to myself make a couple calls Walk out of the room there was something I needed And now I'm standing here without the faintest idea I don't know if it was important I've got to clear my mind And not panic in this situation It's ok I'll just hang out for a while
6.
You've got to find some way to keep singing I miss having you around Your boat might be taking on water They're whispering about you in town I can't imagine what it's like To spend time in your skin To face the demons you fight To ride your rollercoaster And feel the floor drop out again You've got to find some way to keep singing You've got to come out the other side And brother nothing will be sweeter Than walking with you in that sunshine I can't imagine what it's like To spend time in your skin To face the demons you fight To be tied to the train tracks And hear her coming round the bend Mmmm yeah just saying Don't give up now We need you more than ever I can't imagine what it's like To spend time in your skin To face the demons you fight But you're some kind of mother To take them on again Mmmm yeah just saying Don't give up now We need you more than ever Don't give up now We need you more than ever
7.
Those afternoons I'd disappear into Houses of the Holy In Radio Shack headphones Laying around the bedroom floor That music spoke directly to my soul I got lost inside a rainbow We've got to make it back by the moonrise They're pushing sound like an airplane taking off The piper's calling me I've got to follow Feels like I'm missing something I never had And the promise of this dream lights up the darkness It would always lift me up and take me for a ride It's calling me now I got lost inside a rainbow We've got to make it back by the moonrise They're pushing sound like an airplane taking off The piper's calling me I've got to follow Feels like I'm missing something I never had And the promise of this dream lights up the darkness It would always lift me up and take me for a ride It's calling me now It's calling me now It's calling me now
8.
Okay let's review the plan I'll get very small You wait outside on the ledge When the alarm goes off we're on You should grab what feels right to you Because we've only got a little time It's lights out for this masquerade And with the curtain coming down You didn't want to leave the stage And all those lies you told me I'm still trying to figure them out Were you really trying to make things better Or were you just having fun shaking this can up Let's not go down that street a second time See all those things again that we saw the first time We can walk right past the flashing lights And the giant inflatable man waving wildly around And all those lies you told me I'm still trying to figure them out Were you really trying to make things better Or were you just having fun All those lies you told me I'm still trying to figure them out Were you really trying to make things better Or were you just having fun shaking this can up
9.
We could drive away from the city lights Keep on going until we start to hear ourselves thinking Staring up at more stars than we can count I remember the first time I took on the big questions Can you be sure that this is not a dream Or that we're not just practicing for some greater performance When the lights went down there were hands lifting me up Never saw a face but you know I believe in the angels We're not that different we've all got a lot to say And if you've got the time I'll tell you how I came to feel this way I want the playing fields level and the ceilings to go away I want the race to be fair I want it all to start today They're taking open minds and trying to force them closed Let's not go back in time we've already been down that road I want the playing fields level and the ceilings to go away I want the race to be fair I want it all to start today I'm reaching out You may not recognize me We've been holding on so closely Now it's time to let go And we could care more about each other Take our blinders off We're all in this thing together Could build something golden with what we've got We've come together now with one collective heart And I turned my head to the sound of something that was missing Something we found Something that was lost along the way That maybe now we won't be so quick to throw away I'm reaching out You may not recognize me We've been holding on so closely Now it's time to let go And we could care more about each other Take our blinders off We're all in this thing together Could build something golden with what we've got Care more about each other We could take our blinders off We're all in this thing together Could build something golden with what we've got
10.
I don't care what you think I'm going to believe When I cross to the other side You'll be waiting there for me Everyone I've loved who helped me up along the way Everyone I've loved will be waiting You who went too soon And you who told me just to be myself And you who always had the time Even when the world turns upside down Or I can feel my heart breaking I can hear you speak to me somehow I can feel your arms around me It's going to blow our minds It might get loud We'll all be there you know And we won't believe it Even when the world turns upside down Or I can feel my heart breaking I can hear you speak to me somehow I can feel your arms around me Even when the world turns upside down Or I can feel my heart breaking I can hear you speak to me somehow I can feel your arms around me All around me All around me now

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I'VE TRIED SLEEPING is a big sound, high-energy, kick you in the teeth, five-piece rock band playing original music. This 10 song record is meant to be listened to in its entirety at loud volume.

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released November 13, 2022

Charlie Edwards, Vocals & Guitar
Jay Condiotti, Lead Guitar
Eddie Ramirez, Bass
AJ Ramirez, Drums & Percussion
Kelly Porter, Organ & Synth

Produced by Michael Schettler
Spokane Recording Studio, Spokane, WA USA

Recorded & Mixed by Jay Condiotti
J Bones Musicland, Spokane, WA USA

Words & Music by Charlie Edwards
2022 All rights reserved, Caerus Infinity LLC

Photography by Rick Chapman

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I've Tried Sleeping

If I had to point of course I'd have to blame Dylan, but I was ripe before his music forever changed my life.

I've written 1,000 songs, starved, played on the street, played to the crowd, survived band explosions, self-implosions, and have had my heart broken, dreams crushed and soul thinned all over the place chasing that perfection of Mr. Tambourine Man -- and I wouldn't trade a minute of it.
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