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Bright Side

by Damien Binder

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1.
Bright Side 04:01
i'm alright if i can step aside turn the blind eye just for a while 'til it goes away belly full of hate, charging like a bull at a gate i can distract my mind but i can't wait for the greatest escape say i'm doing fine and close my eyes a glass half-full kind of guy running dry on the bright side make no waves on the bright side brittle beneath a smile on the bright side there's no way on the bright side they'll ever know otherwise carl’s a laugh 'til he's a pain in the ass gets mean on the piss and we all let it pass i swear i won't someday got a lot on his plate, but the backward step he won’t take won't be long before he's gonna make his greatest mistake said he was doing fine, never crossed his mind a glass half full kind of guy running dry on the bright side make no waves on the bright side bristle beneath a smile on the bright side there's no way on the bright side they'll ever know otherwise fool everyone, ’til they're gone
2.
Here It Is 03:34
want loving arms keep you safe from harm? want a mercy call should from grace you fall? want this light on when the glow has gone? i will come when you call and in return, nothing at all here it is here it is in a house we live we may never own in this house we build what we call home on the balcony we renew by night marvel at the sky drink the wine what else do we need? here it is here it is no refunds no returns got to find your feet and find your peace right where you are there’s a time to look and a time to leap but in my book you can always reap the ones you want the ones you need if you stay the course to where It leads it can set you free here it is here it is
3.
Connected 04:44
you said ‘god i believe it’ i don’t need to see it whatever the season on the wind i can hear it waking or sleeping on the bottom just breathing on the bottom just breathing' i said ‘the day's coming closer’ i know that you know it i see thru your eyes now but you don’t wanna show it you're taking no chances 'cos one slip and you blow it one slip and you blow it that world you’re living in to the edge you’re drifting undetected, misdirected you’re skin of my skin one heart beats within we’re connected stay connected i can't believe it the mess that we’re in never been nearer and never so distant locked in the instant can’t seem to leave it can't seem to leave it that world you’re living in to the edge you’re drifting undetected, misdirected you’re skin of my skin one heart beats within we’re connected stay connected i wanna play i wanna play in the sunshine i wanna love i wanna love in real time i wanna play i wanna play in the sunshine i wanna love i wanna love in real time
4.
don't know what i'm gonna do now don’t know what to say in a world turned upside down in places far far away getting shocked until i'm numb more and more each day i need a light to break on through in the darkest place in pursuit ever long for what i need so much and now i'm so far down the road i can't remember what it was or what i came to see weary on my feet don't know where i'm going to turn don’t know the way the truth is seldom unobscured no matter what they say in pursuit ever long thought it meant so much guess i finally got the point it’s only in a touch and nowhere else to be still weary on my feet but it's wondrous when the moon is up and night covers us the sound of the sea crashing on the beach slipping into sleep don't know what i'd do without my precious friend when i'm alone and i'm in doubt i know it's not the end getting shocked until we’re numb every single day we need a light to break on through in the darkest place in pursuit ever long i thought it meant so much now i finally see it clear it’s only in a touch it's really obvious to me i landed on my feet i landed on my feet
5.
i've got spark i've had luck i've had everything but i've got fight call it pluck withstood everything but i'll go it alone go it alone where i don't know heart in my throat go it alone see where it goes see where it goes i've got a taste tip of my tongue swallowed everything but been in the race tore it up burned up everything but i'll go it alone go it alone where i don't know heart in my throat go it alone see where i go i stepped outside my fear and waited for you conviction disappeared hesitation met you and i traded all those fears for a different point of view they aint coming back soon they aint coming back soon what's coming up with that sun can't know everything but take what you've got more than enough won't need anything but i'll go it alone go it alone where i don't know heart in my throat go it alone see where i go see where i go see where i go see where i go see where i go
6.
so you’re picking up where you left off? that’s kinda funny ‘cos i never stopped the truth'll hit you like a ten tonne truck well look out because it’s backing up 'cos i know that you'll try to shake this heart again go ahead, let me down won’t get this chance again so you're older and you’re wiser now? spent some money and you got some help? you say they taught you how to love yourself? you still look like you don’t need nobody else nobody else and i want you to try and break this heart again go ahead, take the shot won’t get this chance again when you comfort him i let go of everything you read you're secret book and i remember how i shook at the sight of you, at the light in you in spite of...in spite of me and i want, want to try and wake this heart again it’s been cold for awhile, i could come 'round again and i want you to try and start this heart again gettin' warm, warmin’ up i could come 'round again i could come ‘round i could come 'round i'm comin' 'round i'm comin' 'round
7.
Back to Me 03:00
i wore a face i barely recognised a foolish mask of day to day disguise back to me i've got to get back to me i've got to get or i'm gone back to me i've got to get to be free i've got to get or i'm gone beating drums in the night waking me in fright through my dreams i ride back to see and not forget back to be and hit reset to be strong i played that part so well for far too long fooling all my friends with the same old song back to me i've got to get back to me i've got to get or i'm gone back to me i've got to get to be free i've got to get or i'm gone doo through my dreams i ride back to see and not forget back to be and hit reset to be strong there was someone i left back there all alone but i'll climb back in my life with a new song back to see i’ve got to get back to me i’ve got to get or i’m gone back to feel and never fret be as close as i can get from now on doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo
8.
like a dog barking thru the night the past keeps you up 'til light from dusk till dawn putting off tomorrow's fight put it off there's no mistaking put it off a life in the making there for the taking there for the taking the beast it burns with shame drags its guilt and blame to a standstill it crawls 'til I set it off again set it off there's no mistaking set it off cold light is breaking set it off a life in the making there for the taking there for the taking do you remember... did you forget... why you came here? why you left? all the vipers come so well dressed it's coming around now how are you gonna go out? back down your fathers street count the cost of what once came free here comes the hurt here comes the philosophy here it comes there's no mistaking here it comes cold light is breaking here it comes a life in the making there for the taking there for the taking
9.
Touchdown 03:51
cut us a swathe right through the night 'til we get our fill start making hay til the sunshine makes us ill whatever you do i’ll be in your corner don’t forget counting on you to let me know when to pay that debt burning up on re-entry looks like we made it out coming back beyond belief what do we do now? take a breath and let it out touchdown i'm built for speed never mind the wear and tear pleasure to please gas me up point me anywhere whatever you do i’ll be in your pocket don’t forget counting on you let me know when the shirt don’t fit burning up on re-entry looks like we made it out coming back beyond belief what do we do now? take a breath and let it out touchdown well i know they put you through the mill why back down? when you can send them running still running still still in one piece there's no doubt coming back beyond belief what do we do now? take a breath and let it out touchdown touchdown touchdown touchdown
10.
i can’t wait and let it fall to fate while ideals lie in state from this slumber i must awake and take the chance that’s in my face watch the pale dawn break bringing trouble in it's wake let’s press on for goodness sake it's our mistake to make one more time one more time we’re gonna rise and shine friendship - and though that gift may grow from the seed to the tallest oak to find out what you're made of - know that down some roads you gotta go solo some roads will take the skin from you to taste the dirt they drag you through but we know what we’ve gotta do ride together win or lose clearly now it seems we turn to see the real things they're right there where they've always been one more time one more time we’re gonna rise and shine one more time one more time to get it right we've got more than enough time time we’re gonna rise and shine one more time one more time to set it right while there’s more than enough time time

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released April 21, 2023

Damien Binder - Vocals & Guitars
Matt Gio - Bass, Drums, & Keys
Bob Shepheard - Guitars & Keys
Dan Carroll - Guitars

Produced by Matt Gio at Rada Recording Studios, Fremantle WA
Mastered by William Bowden at King Willy Studios, Launceston TAS

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Damien Binder Australia

Singer-songwriter Damien Binder has been writing his original style of moody alt-rock for more than 20 years.
Since the early 2000’s the APRA Silver Scroll Award nominated artist has gone on to release 5 acclaimed solo albums, performed with some of the world’s leading acts like David Gray, Marianne Faithfull & Ani Di Franco. His new album 'Bright Side' is out now.
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