KPD sounds really good on this production, shouts to Wilson Project!

Written by Devin Kain and KPD
Scratches by IDL HNDZ 
Produced, Mixed & Mastered by Devin Kain

LYRICS:

CHORUS

Way back when, when I felt my best
Feet in swamp creek, heart in the Northwest
Every single thing we did success
Every single thing we did success

Way back when, when I felt my worst
Toes in the cold snow, yearn for reverse
Bones grow numb till the heart don't hurt
Bones grow numb till the heart don't work

Way back when it was all so good
Doing all bad any way that we could
Every single thing we did we should
Every single thing we did we should

Way back when, I would lace up my boots
Uphill till I die for the fountain of youth
That's what you do till your soul gets bruised
And the old die young on a mountain of truth

KPD VERSE

I grew up in the middle class middle of the tracks
upscale white trash, pleasurable past
wrong turns I often got myself lost 
while i learned lessons in the school of hard knocks
crazy kids smoking cigs riding hot bikes
talking shit and starting rock fights
doing drugs, going nuts, right and wrongs
doing donuts fucking up rich people's lawns
with the world wide open, the wind behind us
growing up fast where our mom's can't find us
nothing new, breaking rules, skipping school
no goddamn liar's gonna tell us what to do
little thieves scott free, B&E stealing 
camcorders, metal detectors and Elton John CD's
nothing to use, did it for the rush
I guess encouraging our worst is what we did best.

CHORUS

DK VERSE

And I grew up naked in a world full of branches
for me to climb on to avoid avalanches.
Mom was a teacher, Dad was a carpenter,
Sister had teeth that were finger-nail sharpeners.
I was alone playing in the snow -
didn't need more than a world of my own and
winter gave way to a spring in my step
I'd stay awake late while other kids slept in.
Summertime came and it never got dark
In the night.  Hear my name - Mom's waiting in the parking lot
Raindrops fell.  Sun shone bright
I remember well the night that my father died.
I was a wretch.  Momma was a rock.
Taught me to fall before I learned to walk.
Time is a test and I'm the clock.
Hands keep spinning though the avalanche stopped.

BRIDGE

Dirt on my face.  Holes in my shoes.
Rips in my jeans.  Nothing to lose.
Stains on my shirt.  Grease in my hair.
Blood in my heart and I never felt better.
x 2

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WAY BACK WHEN (feat. KPD)

Daylight

Written and Composed by Theresia Thylin & Devin Kain 
Produced by Ariel Iud & Devin Kain

Vocals: Devin Kain
Vocals: Theresia Thylin
Bandoneon: Ariel Iud
Piano: Emilio Teubal
Double Bass: Pablo Aslan
Cello:  Tim Rusterholtz
Drums: Zac Pless
Guitar: Devin Kain
Backup Vocals: Lianna

Dedicated to all the refugees and immigrants struggling to survive.

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LYRICS

VERSE 1:

Sometimes I picture walking in Times Square
before anything was ever built there.
Before our ancestors came from different continents,
settled on the shore and called themselves "colonists".
And as I walk over the lines in the pavement, 
I like to think of all the lives that made this
concrete arrangement on land that was sacred
and straight-up taken from the American Native.
You see this whole country was built by immigrants -
Just wanted a better life for their family and kids.
Sound familiar?  But now we'd rather limit it
to only the hypocrites that already live in it.
And I'm still trying to figure out whatever happened with
"Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses
yearning to breathe free and pursue happiness"
because now it's like "turn around and start packing" cuz:
We draw these lines all over the planet
and you're considered illegal depending on which side you're standing.
And I yearn for the day that all these lines vanish
because I just don't understand them.

CHORUS 1:

Drew a line in the sand.
Thought it through and then you crossed it.
Defy the dark and where the stars that brought you here.
Crossed a line in the sand.
There's no options at the edge.
Faced your fears and risked it all for a place called home.

VERSE 2:

So take a second and look up at the stars
and think about exactly where it is that you are:
Between Venus and Mars - that Goldie Locks zone.
A little speck of dust floating up in the cosmos.
And that pale blue dot got it's color from water.
The same water that ran through all the veins of our forefathers.
And for that matter - anyone that's ever existed, 
but still we build walls and pretend we're so different.
But the thing about the human race is
every single one of us can be traced back to the same place.
We're not that different. We evolved in the same way:
Just another branch of the bipedal great ape.
And we act so fucking arrogant.
Like in another epoch "lines" will still be relevant.
Like we'll still define between citizen and immigrant?
That truth to me is just not self-evident.

BRIDGE:

Did it cross your mind
when you closed the door?
What did you imagine it to be like?
What do you miss?  Miss the most
of all we left behind?  La nostalgia.

CHORUS 2:

Drew a line in the sand.
Thought it through and then you crossed it.
Defy the dark and where the stars that brought you here.
Crossed a line in the sand.
There's no options at the edge.
Faced your fears and risked it all for a place called home --->
You're losing speed.  
What's the crime?
You're growing old
for a brand new start.

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