Hard Learned Truths

Release Date: 2012-01-17
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All songs written and performed by Caitlin Glennon – guitars, synths, vocals.
Production by Svend Nielsen and Caitlin Glennon.
Harland Burkhart – drums on track 1.
Svend Nielsen – drums on tracks 2-6, 8 & 10, bass on track 6, backing vocals on track 1.

Recorded and mixed by Svend Nielsen at Mathphobia and The Alamo (special thanks to the Burkharts).

Mastered by Justin Weis at Trakworx.
Album art and design by Jamie Lee

Album Lyrics

You only wait so long ‘til things get old
I could be past my prime so I’ve been told
Living alone doesn’t have the ring it used to
I just hear noise of another time when it was much less civilized

 

-chorus-
So you think you know someone
So you think you’re ready for some
So you think you know someone
So think you’re ready are you ready?
Ready for some

Well it took some time ‘til it sank in
That you’re less far out than you were then
When I was close to you we couldn’t wait for silence
And now I just hear noise of another time
When I was much more recognized

-chorus-

(solo)

You had enough and went your own way
But your friends don’t care if you’re OK
Making a move has never been a pain free venture
But it’s all you got since you’re on a one-lane stretch

-chorus-

The lights are humming
5 o’clock comes and we’re running
We did our work but can’t say our work is enough

The cracks are leaking
And the deadlines are nearing
We got this far but it looks like it’s not far enough

-chorus-
Hard learned truths that we don’t wanna know
Are better left for somebody else

Waiting for good things to come
Shame that it takes us so long

Hard learned truths where are we to go?
We’re better left being somebody else

Waiting for good things to come
Shame that it takes us so long
Waiting for good things to come
If they ever come along

(solo)

The stories they told me
Don’t match up to what they should be
I keep on but it feels like I’m four steps behind

On days without meaning
We pretend that we’re dreaming
We drop out and look away from what’s beyond our control

-chorus-