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Lifeboat

by Alex Gage's Flagship

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1.
Renaissance 07:17
RENAISSANCE I stepped out into sunshine What do you think I saw? The whole Carnal Carnival Frozen in the spirit of a song Broken Down Your body in the light You feel you've got nothing to say so you fall down and pray But you've been right all along 'till now It pulls at my eyes The way a word can taste like thunder Old iron bit in your mouth In autumn you know something's gone And you can't turn your head to look back No matter how you try The Blood of Suffering Will melt into poetry Still the court fools wait to know The frescoed ceiling has come down But I am Malleable I suffer a loneliness of another kind Bring me to that new religion A Renaissance of the heart and the mind When all the pulpits are empty Not the poor nor the gentry must kneel to pay homage Have you ever heard a tantric word And let it cut you too the bone? How do you plead? –I don't believe you Standing in the presence of something that you and I Both once knew Gonna get on up now Get on your feet yeah Gonna get goin' now Gonna get faster now Gonna get careful now Gonna get braver now Gonna get stronger now Gonna get louder now Gonna get wiser now Gonna get softer now Gonna get higher Take it up now Get it together now Get it together, yeah Come on, together now From the steep of the deadly drop Down to the feet of your lover Before the pillars of your life Atop the pillars of our lives Get on up, my darling Downtown by the station A cold wind hurries me along That's when I hear another Playing his only song I realize, I realize The masterpiece and the sound You are one and so am I One ear to our hearts and one to the ground
2.
Hymn 04:01
Take me down To the promised land Where love will understand And everybody will be broken in demand Come to stand by their own and not By their brand Know that I struggle in this Belief that man will be proven In his disbelief There is no sanctuary, no respite Not in this world and not in afterlife So come on up; take my hand, take my might To live in love is not to give up On the fighting I will see my promised land prostrate On the burning sand When you become who you are When what you are has been taken from your hands
3.
[An Instrumental Premise]
4.
White Night 04:41
We came to see What it meant to believe in a heartbeat And ten thousand sights Were there to prove my eyes right tonight On that one white night The city was dressed in light And I thought that I heard That same old familiar voice Clowns ascended in the alleyways Birthday cake was served with tea that Thursday night And a Rainbow cascaded Oh, the work of my brother's hands left my mouth dry I turned to my friend I could see the stars in his head and, oh! how I envied him! Why don't I belong? I didn't come to smear the throng I didn't want them to be wrong The queue was long Steeped in anticipation You taste Forever On your breath When I was led behind the curtain I would look upon the line on exhibition I turned my head On that one white night The city was dressed in light And I thought that I heard That same old familiar voice calling me These days I try to think about it And I try not to give it meaning– For me But who is to say Beauty, when you call, never stays It’s not meant to be owned by you, or me, or anyone But one white night The city was dressed in light I thought that I heard The same old familiar voice For one white night The city was dressed in light And I thought that I heard That same old familiar voice
5.
It's a struggle not to give yourself away This struggle is your joy; don't throw it away It's a struggle not to give your life away Give your body to a cause they will say Once you make it part of your heart you will never be the same There are somethings you will not lose & some things you cannot replace When you get what you have, never forget: what did you trade for this? You can have a piece– but don't expect bliss It's a struggle not to give yourself away This struggle could be your joy; don't throw it away All the lights in the sky are stars Cuz, I know that you can hear me & that you understand What can we ever be if all we are is dying to be free? Just hold on a little longer Maybe a time will come when we won't have to be so strong I don't know how long– but we are the stars of somewhere anon But god! we've got to carry on! Don't give into fear

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released July 13, 2018

Alex Gage: Vocals, Piano, Electric Bass, Electric & Acoustic Guitars
Sarah Thawer: Drums
Lennox Campbell-Berzins: Electric Guitar
Aniqa Qadir: Harmony Vocals
Luke Griffin: Harmony Vocals


Music & Lyrics by Alex Gage

Produced by Alex Gage*

Mixed by James Atin-Godden

Mastered by Peter Letros at Wreckhouse Mastering

Piano, drums, & guitar recorded live off the floor with additional vocals and bass at The Orange Lounge Studios, Toronto**

Orange Lounge Studios sessions engineered by Drake Andrews

Additional vocals & guitars recorded by Alex Gage at Signature Studios' sound lab in Kitchener

Further Additional vocals recorded by Aniqa Qadir

Artwork by Wendy Bones
Adapted from an original concept by Alex Gage

Special thanks to the Burns Clan, patrons of the arts

*The listener is asked to recognize the personal contributions expressed by each performer in the final arrangements featured on this album
**"Hymn" & "Love (The First Premise)" recorded exclusively at Signature Studios' sound lab

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