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We Were Kids

by The Other Stars

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1.
Sometimes I think when I was happy I had just turned twenty and I met her at a party I was starting to get all those funny feelings in my chest and all those feelings in my chest won't go away And she said "Connor, you should watch out because I'm bad news" I said "I've been to hell and back, I think that I can handle you" I guess that we're all wrong sometimes And if I get a cut I'll bleed for a day but this pain, it just won't go away it might not be a broken heart but it's a start Now Joe got his new car and he's driving south Josie's making stories up with her big mouth Me, Derek, Matt and Tom are trying to move it all along and break the audio surface tension with our songs Dan's in Milford, Eric's nowhere to be found I'm spinning circles, tipping bottles upside down seems only yesterday we placed our bids on life seems only yesterday that we were kids, alright And if I get a cut I'll bleed for a day but this pain, it just won't go away it might not be a broken heart but it's a start Oh, I am so drunk that it's funny but maybe it's not as funny as we think? no, it's ok, cause we're just joking just silly kids, we took up smoking Did I ever tell you just how sick I felt when you were all fucked up on drugs and screaming in your prison cell? It isn't very funny anymore when we get too fucked up and pass out on the floor No, it isn't very funny anymore
2.
I can't say I don't think from time to time what it was like for me to first see your blonde skies from the inside of your tiny little bed, your dogs would take up most of it but I didn't mind, that was fine because for a short time I had a spot to call all mine So quiet when you move around, you move around if your policeman dad ever found out all that we did, never found out I never found out how to kill the lies and green your pretty little eyes and make you love me all the time Stop leaving, turn around and tell me how to work this out Come back from New York City, please, and tell me everything I'll never find out how to green your eyes No, i'll never find out how to green your eyes and you'll never find out how to leave my mind and you'll never love me all the time I can't say I don't think from time to time what it was like
3.
There's a building in the city where my money goes where I stare at blank walls, unlearning all I've known I'm so sick of paying tolls and driving home in the fucking snow no one grooved up to your casket in those funny clothes Jesus died for nothing, I suppose I don't want to be your radio tuning in to any station you might like that fits your selfish needs on winter nights when you would call me on the phone to validate all of the stupid selfish reasons why your house is not a home And this house is not a home no this house is not a home It's all just skin and bones without you My mouth will never move in the right way on Saturdays and on sadder days I've had the company of one or two, of few and true but never you And this house is not a home no this house is not a home It's all just skin and bones without you
4.
Cape Cod 03:43
waiting for the radio to send its messages in time for time or something won't be paid in full, this game is thrown the night is young, the day is old wake up when you fall asleep and just throw those bad dreams out into your winding suburban street and your houses locks, where you hide the keys are all secrets i will keep and i'll say "oh, the things you'll never know" and i hope that it snows before you go home and fast through the tape at speeds, over the icy streets that wire cut right back from me you looked like a painting outside the window of my car and i'll say "oh, the things you'll never know" and i hope that it snows before you go home I'm feeling so cold and sick and it's all the same when i'm driving down route 6 i won't ever hate you when you fall asleep or tire of the empathy or modality and i will see if i can see and i won't ever leave and i'm going to miss you when you go i hope you know and i hope it snows before you go home
5.
Very Okay 04:55
I've seen your green eyes glow gold when you promise to whoever about how you're leaving home I won't ever have the heart to tell you I woke up one day to find that I'd spent all winter inside with you I've got a lot to think about a lot to think of now Like the parking lots and old streets and our house in Carolina What it looks like in your dreams And all the books that we weren't old enough to read I've got a lot to think about a lot to think of now Now our parking lots are filled with empty broken cars and too much snow and we might dream about our house in Carolina, we won't ever call it home My thoughts might suffocate inside my head but I remember laying green inside your bed The drive from Cape Cod when I called and lost reception The static silence sent from the end of the Earth and I'll never learn my lesson I've got a lot to think about Like the drive back home and the songs on the radio Minnesota's yellow highway lines and the things you'll never know My fortune tone There is a building painted blue it's on a hill and you won't ever call it home
6.
Caffeine 02:31
Hey babe, your summer smile has gone away Ash tray, it's left me in a crooked haze And it's strange that my heart beats the very same as it did the day I came Oo woo oo Oo woo oo Oo woo oo, oo oo Oo woo oo woo oo Caffeine inside my mind is all aligned Who thinks, who ever really has the time? I'd like to see the color of your eyes if they're neon white then I'll show you mine Oo woo oo Oo woo oo Oo woo oo, oo oo Oo woo oo woo oo Lightning bolts, the lightest snow will fall and drive you home Oo woo oo Oo woo oo Oo woo oo, oo oo
7.
Providence 02:21
Last night walking down from Thayer Street the fires burned out in our dreams but in the corner I could see that you were glancing back toward me The river didn't make a sound, we sat too close and tried to count the windows in the buildings rooted in the ground beneath our feet Every couple months there comes a night where I can tell you love me like I wish you would all of the time Do you remember your green dress? Or how we made this awful mess? I want to start it all again And on nights when I'm out with everyone poisoning ourselves and having fun I can't say "I'm scared and I'm alone, this house is not a home without you" The only thing I'll ever want to know is where you've been and where you'll go A single synapse in my mind An on/off switch I'll never find So I guess it always has to end, and when it does we'll start again Do you remember what we said in September on my front step?

about

“I think it’s a pretty important thing for people to feel like they’re at home. Not just where you live, or a sense of stability, but with the people you’re surrounded by too,” says The Other Stars singer/guitarist Connor Bird. Hailing from the small town of Worcester, MA, these sentiments resonate throughout The Other Stars debut release, “We Were Kids,” as Bird deals with a multitude of relationships that shape his life and the record. He goes on to say, “I don’t think it’s necessarily inherent in classic examples like the nuclear family either, like some people expect it to be. It can come in all shapes and sizes. And I think we’ve all had times where we don’t feel at home anymore, which can be pretty lonely.”

Blending modern indie rock with 90’s alternative while layering on top quirky, introspective lyrics - The Other Stars are a breath of fresh air for both new and old ears.

Bird delivers a candor and honesty in his lyrical approach that keeps the listeners engaged. “I don't want to be your radio, tuning in to any station you might like that fits your selfish needs on winter nights, when you would call me on the phone to validate all of the stupid selfish reasons why your house is not a home.” Self evaluation in both the macro and micro sense bleed through on songs like “Green My Eyes” and “Very Okay” while songs like “Home Is Where You Make It” take on a sense of identity and where you belong in the world right now.

Take This To Heart Records will release The Other Stars debut album “We Were Kids” on April 29th via CD/Cassette/digital.

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released April 29, 2016

Produced by Ian Van Opijnen at Echo Room Studios.

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