Music Hall is a band from British Columbia, Canada comprised of singers/songwriters Erik Virtanen, Tasha Cyr and co-producers Arlen Thompson (Wolf Parade) and Andrew Halliwell.

Lyrics by Erik Virtanen:

Let the night disappear
Let a reason be near
Let love be clean
and not driven by fear
Oh, the night

Let the night give me away
Let this winter feel like May
There's nowhere to go when you know
You've sunken this low
And the night just won't disappear

Hey there, Sun
How are you doing today?
Blowing up in outer space

Let The Night Disappear

Music Hall is a band from British Columbia, Canada comprised of singers/songwriters Erik Virtanen, Tasha Cyr and co-producers Arlen Thompson (Wolf Parade) and Andrew Halliwell.

Lyrics by Erik Virtanen:

There's no worries when you're dead
There's no worries when you're dead
Cuz nothing's in your head
There's no worries when you're dead
You ain't worrying about nothing
Cuz you ain't thinking something
When you're gone
When you're gone

Ain't no lover in the ground
Ain't no lover under ground
Just a pillow for your crown
Ain't no lover in the ground
There's no passion to be recovered
No one to be discovered 
In the ground.

Only darkness when you're dead
Only darkness when you're dead
No sunshine in your head
Only darkness when you're dead
There ain't nothing you can bring
Not even a single memory
When you're gone
When you're gone
When you go
When you're gone
When you go
When you're gone

No Worries

Music Hall is a band from British Columbia, Canada comprised of singers/songwriters Erik Virtanen, Tasha Cyr and co-producers Arlen Thompson (Wolf Parade) and Andrew Halliwell.

Lyrics by Erik Virtanen:

In the flood
In the rain
Watching fallen friends get swept away
After seeing disease on every screen
And the world’s end coming

I still sleep most nights of the week
In still, still waters

Bring more love
That will fade
Bring more happy times
I’ll just piss away,
Make me dream the dreams 
Of people who believe 
In nothing much at all

I’ll still sleep most nights of the week
In still, still waters

I’ll still sleep most nights of the week
In still, still waters
In still, still waters

Still Waters

MV Lark is a band from British Columbia, Canada comprised of singers/songwriters Erik Virtanen, Tasha Cyr and co-producers Arlen Thompson (Wolf Parade) and Andrew Halliwell.

Lyrics:
We were taken aback
By your selfless act
Wondering how you do it
Wondering why we can’t
You are a fire in me
An inspiration to the lost
Finding light where there’s none
Growing miracles in dust

If you want to stay here
I would take your hand
Stand beside you till the bitter end
In your darkest hour
You were still a flower
It was you against the world

Since you’ve been gone
We’ve been wandering alone
Trying hard to walk straight
Never settling down
There is no peace in this place
All their promises are lies
Come on back, don’t go away
How you lived was not in vain

If you want to stay here
I would take your hand
Stand beside you till the bitter end
In your darkest hour
You were still a flower
It was you against the world
You against the world
You against the world

You Against The World

Music Hall is a band from British Columbia, Canada comprised of singers/songwriters Erik Virtanen, Tasha Cyr and co-producers Arlen Thompson (Wolf Parade) and Andrew Halliwell.

Lyrics by Erik Virtanen:

In the middle of that war
Wondering what we're fighting for
It was love, love, love, love, love
And the burning of the trees
And the cutting to the knees
It was love, love, love, love, love
It was love, love

Beneath the starry sky
We watched the world die
We had time, time, time, time, time
For every loss endured
New hope would emerge
We had time, time, time, time, time
We had time, time

Look upon this mess
And hope some god exists
And every choice was always right
Or ashes are our fate
Each breath a lucky break
And good intentions are a knife
But that's just life, life

Turn around, lay down your arms
Face this war in your wake
Turn around, lay down your gun
There's still peace in this place
Turn around, lay down your arms
There's a war in your wake
Turn around, lay down your gun
Don't forget why you stay

War In Your Wake

Music Hall is a band from British Columbia, Canada comprised of singers/songwriters Erik Virtanen, Tasha Cyr and co-producers Arlen Thompson (Wolf Parade) and Andrew Halliwell.

Lyrics by Erik Virtanen:

Ocean child, what you running from?
New technology
Mapping out the human genome
Ocean child, what you running from?
Killing overseas
Like we don't care they have families

I want to leave it all behind

Wonder why there ain't less hate today
The media's a mess
All they care about are bad things
Wonder why there ain't less hate today
Leaders are insane
Building bombs and you can't stop it

I want to leave it all behind

Ocean child, what you running from?
Protests on the street
But we know it won't do anything
Ocean child, what you running from?
Underneath my feet
All I feel is and sewer pipes

I want to leave it all behind
Yes, I, I'm going to leave it all behind
And then we'll see if they remember me

Ocean Child

Music Hall is a band from British Columbia, Canada comprised of singers/songwriters Erik Virtanen, Tasha Cyr and co-producers Arlen Thompson (Wolf Parade) and Andrew Halliwell.

Lyrics by Erik Virtanen:

In a sense, I wasn't there
A mere cockroach in the corner
I was at the right place at the right time
They weren't my friends
I just filmed it
They curse at him
They held him down
He looked at me
As he was screaming for help
I didn't lend a hand
I just stood there
Held up my phone
And I filmed

Suffering, bittersweet suffering
In that moment
It was as entertaining
It wasn't out of fear
It was bravery
Stood rather close
And I filmed it

Oh the hero with the golden thumb
Held up my phone
And I filmed it
Held up my phone
And I filmed it

I Filmed It

Music Hall is a band from British Columbia, Canada comprised of singers/songwriters Erik Virtanen, Tasha Cyr and co-producers Arlen Thompson (Wolf Parade) and Andrew Halliwell.

Lyrics by Erik Virtanen:

At once I was mistaken
About the fear of nothingness to come
And I saw you there dancing everywhere
Flowers in your hair
Each moment aligned

And from the start
You woke a tired heart
We will never be apart, again

Dressing up to catch another funeral
Fallen friend after fallen friend
If you want to leave I'll take you away from here
We can live out west 'til we're bored

And so it seems
Life is just a dream
More than what we need
More than we asked for
And now we know
We're luckier than most
Living among ghosts
While we can

Your life is a beautiful disguise
It beautifully disguises my end of line
I saw you there dancing everywhere
Violets in your hair
Each moment aligned
And from the start
You woke a tired heart
We will never be apart

Flowers

Music Hall is a band from British Columbia, Canada comprised of singers/songwriters Erik Virtanen, Tasha Cyr and co-producers Arlen Thompson (Wolf Parade) and Andrew Halliwell.

Lyrics by Erik Virtanen:

Don’t wait for the time to be right
Don’t wait for the right time to arrive
There’s a hole in this place
It’s darker than space
So shine and don’t delay

We are not prisoners here
You’re as free as you choose
Creator of worlds
Creator of truth
Follow your dreams
Make some mistakes
Let love be your guide
And God keep you safe

Open your heart
Open your heart
And shine, shine away
And don’t delay

There is no colour scheme
No answer at large
There’s only what’s here
Only what’s inside your heart
Evil will try to stand in your way
Kill it with love
And God keep you safe

Follow those dreams
Make those mistakes
Let love be your guide
And God keep you safe      
Let love be your guide
And God keep you safe
Let love be your sword
And God keep you safe

God Keep You Safe

No one wants to be alone
No one gives their life away, yeah
To get a job and build a home 
With another debt to pay
Somewhere kids will complicate
Until you have the math to prove
Many things around you let the world outside make a bullied child
When guilt motivates you

People of the world 
Step out of the sunlight
Find a hole in the ground
Start crawling around
Whose little world is it?
When you're crawling around a hole in the ground

Take a while, ignore your phone
Not everything deserves your brain, yeah
Get comfortable with being alone
Let the rest get swept away
Push into another lane
And when you have enough to lose
Someone will remind you
That the world outside makes a bullied child
When guilt motivates you

I'm hoping someday that everyone works it out
Get carried away and that's what brings you down, down, down

People love the world 
People of the world
Find a home in your heart
Find a home in your heart
For whose little world this is
When you're the enemy

Words, music, and production by Andrew Halliwell
Drums performed by Booth White
Recorded at Strangeways Studios, Vancouver Island, Canada

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Composed and produced by Andrew Halliwell
Engineering, mixing and mastering by Jayme Langen at Poplar Music Studio

Guitar, bass, cello, violin, piano, vocals performed by Andrew Halliwell
Drums performed by Jayme Langen

Album artwork by Ali Bruce www.alibruce.com

Special thanks to Jason Henrickson and Richard Leighton.

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The classic (literally) by Erik Satie. A bit clunky with the Logic piano :) 

1st Gymnopedie

Words & music by Andrew Halliwell
Produced at Strangeways Recording Studio (strangeways.ca)

Lyrics:
Amenable, it's all I've known
Since you've outgrown our home, alone

Let your feelings show
Instead of being owned by
Severely cold feelings you hold
Anytime you won't let your body become 
Safe on your own, pick up the phone

Invisible, it's all you show
Through your window. My girl, my world

Let your feelings show
Instead of being owned by
Severely cold
Life could be long. Let your body become 
Safe on your own. Save it alone

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Andrew is a multi-instrumentalist music producer who's spent most of his professional career creating music for films. A Life in Binary is his current music project after retiring his Theves solo act some years ago. He produces other artists from the recording studio that he built on Vancouver Island, Canada.

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