This is the second track from the first National Steel record, "Anhedonia." It was recorded in early 2006. All instruments played by Michael Hattem except Ryan Townsend, lead guitar, and Rich Stillwell, bass.

LYRICS

You take all the life out of your days
when you reach for the sky it just seems farther away
Paint yellow roses on your door
one day you'll find that you don't want this anymore

You're not feeling it so you sing...Sha la la la la

Like rivers that crawl over rocks they've made
you're no more lost than lonesome stars left unnamed
Now you've got your guns loaded with thoughts
Pull the trigger but it never goes off

You're not feeling it so you sing...Sha la la la la

Anhedonia

Yellow Roses

This track is from the fourth album by National Steel released in March 2019.

Hiraeth

Stand

Loneliness Won't Kill You

Nothing Takes The Place Of You

Without You

No Memory

This Old Heart

All your multitudes elude me again
And feed into the desperate ire that you feel
Waiting for this solitude to get old
Our strange transcendent sense of time is surreal

I'm filling the hole inside where you go
You're reaping the life inside that you've sowed

I'm telling you to come inside
It's getting so cold and we’re out of time
Take it all back before too long
Or all of this fades away

All your platitudes fall short in the end
Waiting for some perfect time to be healed
I know my attitude is lonesome and cold
But there's no such thing as a perfect time to be healed

I'm filling the hole inside where you go
You're reaping the life inside that you've sowed

I'm telling you to come inside
It's getting so cold and I’m out of time
Take it all back before too long
Or all of this fades away

Anemoia

Multitudes

Everything ain’t what it seems
When you end the reign of ancestral dreams
Dead inside and dead again
All soulless eyes and sinister ends

There’s room to build upon this empty promenade
Whose memory lingers on

We’ve all been left to our own
Along this darkening road
And though it can't be controlled
The new will rise from the old

Oceans rise and monuments fall
Keep and share the pain for us all
But one bright day the skies will clear
And pave the way for the dawn to appear

There’s room to build upon this empty promenade
Whose memory lingers on

We’ve all been left to our own
Along this darkening road
And though it can’t be controlled
The new will rise from the old
The new will rise from the old
The new will rise from the old

Rise

The sands are shifting in time
And the rays of the sun have gone cold
Tomorrow is coming in sight
In a world that can't be controlled

I mean no harm in this life
Lord I know its been a hard road to hoe
It's hard to be patient and kind
In a world that's out of control
A world that's out of control

Until we all meet again
Until we all meet again
Until we all meet again
I’ll do my time
Monotony refusing to fade
We can all be sad and scared and alone
But together we can carry the load

It feels like an ominous sign
To be embracing every glimmer of hope
Lord it's been a hell of a time
In a world that's out of control
A world that's out of control

Until we all meet again
Until we all meet again
Until we all meet again
I’ll do my time
Monotony refusing to fade
We can all be sad and scared and alone
But together we can carry the load

Until We Meet Again

We came undone like worlds colliding
Softly shine before burning out
We always hurt the ones we love and
Shake our lives till they’re upside down

Yesterday has gone astray
May the sun rise in its wake
There must be some meaning that's yet to be revealed

All the days we run
All the days we run
All the days we run
Come and go till they’re gone

Our dreams aflame in the ancient moonlight
Tore apart both the head and heart
The clouds recede, the rivers roll on
Ashes to ashes and dust to dust

Yesterday has gone astray
May the sun rise in its wake
There must be some meaning that's yet to be revealed

All the days we run
All the days we run
All the days we run
Come and go till they’re gone

All The Days

There's a killer on the road tonight
But there’s safety in solitude
The sound of a distant drum
Redefining the horizon

Take me home tonight
Take me home tonight
Take me home tonight
Cause I would rather be here
Than ever see the sight of you go

Walking down the road tonight
With a fear long and overdue
That we’ve squandered the days to come
Just surviving, just surviving

Take me home tonight
Take me home tonight
Take me home tonight
Cause I would rather be here
Than ever see the sight of you go

Take me home tonight
Take me home tonight
Take me home tonight
Cause I would rather be here
Than ever see the sight of you go

Take Me Home Tonight

National Steel is the lo-fi indie retro Americana solo recording project of Michael Hattem. All of the National Steel records are solo home recording projects in which Hattem performs the roles of songwriter, vocalist, and multi-instrumentalist, as well as engineer, mixer, and producer.

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