As the single of the EP, ‘It Gets Better,’ Leave You Behind represents letting go and working through trauma. Leaving it behind like the wind flows, and remembering that the hard times really do get better.

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Lyrics:
When you play these games
That I can see
Then you call my name late at night
I can't breathe

So then you call my number
Just to pretend
Well the morning comes
And you decide
To leave me behind
You leave me behind
You leave me behind

Well holy smokes
You've been gone two weeks again
Then you pop in
Like you've been here ever since
I can't breathe

So now you call my number
Just to pretend
Then the morning comes
And you decide
You leave me behind
Ya leave me behind
You leave me behind
(You leave me behind)
You leave me behind
You leave me

Lie in bed
By myself in thought again
Waiting for you like I said
But you came and left

And then you call my number
Just to pretend
Well the morning came and I decide
To leave you behind
I'll leave you behind
I'll leave you
(I'll leave you)
I'll leave you behind
I'll leave you
I'll leave you
Leave you, leave you, leave you
Leave you
Behind

Credits:
Vox & Rhythm Guitar - Brit Tsewole
Bass & Percussive Guitar - Nate Leavitt
Drums - Dan Cederholm
Keys Melody - Easmond Hoansi
Keys - Matt Odabashian
Horns - Brian Murphy
Percussion - Dan Nicklin

Produced & Mixed - Dan Nicklin at Henley Row Studios
Mastered - Brian Charles

Artwork by Helina Illustration

Leave You Behind

Nothin To Me

Stay Away

Onwards!

Trench Prayer

‘Done’ is about moving past addiction and becoming physically and mentally healthy. Inspired by real life events experienced by the artist, Senseless Optimism pours what she saw into the music; conveying the message she wished she could have portrayed while in that moment.

Lyrics:
Well I know
I know there's no where left to go
Well I know
I know
Been smoking on the street for way too long
It's been fun, been fun
But I'm done, I'm done

Aaaahhh
Aaaahhh

I know you seem so easy
For everybody else but me
There's people moving on
While I'm still in my seat well

Grab my book and rip a page
Crush white rocks and hit my vein
Roll my green to make a cake

Aaaahhh
(I know, I know, I know, I know)
Aaaahhh
(I'm done, I'm done, I'm done)
Aaaahhh
(I know, I know, I know, I know)
Aaaahhh
(I'm done, I'm done, I'm done)

I know I'm feeling broken
But I'll still get up on my feet
There's people moving on
And why can't that be me
Cause I don't have to sit and pray
I'll find my own escape

Cause I know
I know there's no where left to go (left to go)
And I know
I know
Been smoking on the street for way too long
It's been fun, been fun
But I'm done, I'm done

Aaaahhh
(I know, I know, I know, I know)
Aaaahhh
(I'm done, I'm done, I'm done)
Aaaahhh
(I know, I know, I know, I know)
Aaaahhh
(I'm done, I'm done, I'm done)
Aaaahhh
(I know, I know, I know, I know)
Aaaahhh
(I'm done, I'm done, I'm done)
Aaaahhh
(I know, I know, I know, I know)
Aaaahhh
(I'm done, I'm done, I'm done)

It's been fun
But I know
That I'm
Done

Done

Bobby Deerfield

A Star for A Star

& what else?

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NÃO AO MARCO TEMPORAL!

Celebrating the news that the majority of Brazil's Supreme Court judges voted NO on Marco Temporal! 

Hallelujah!

 ... But, there's still more work to do.  

Members of Brazil's congress have now declared they will work to change Brazil's constitution to justify the heinous principle of "Marco Temporal".

We hope you enjoy and are encouraged by the song.
  And we really hope you will

 ADD YOUR VOICE TO THE CALL
           FOR ALL INVOLVED TO VOTE   "NO TO MARCO TEMPORAL!" 

+ Download the song, play it back from another device, and film yourself singing along.  Post a video of yourself on social media with the # marcotemporalnão.

Here are the lyrics:

DIGA NÃO À VIOLAÇÃO
O QUE É DELA DEIXE-AO CHÃO
DO JEITO QUE ELA JÁ MERECEU
AO TRIBUNAL FEDERAL
NÃO AO MARCO TEMPORAL
NÃO AO MARCO TEMPORAL
NÃO AO MARCO TEMPORAL


For now there's been a "No" vote on this latest heinous attack on Indigenous Rights, and all humanity's planetary survival.
But factions within Brazil's government still are pushing to force "Marco Temporal" through. 

As a person who has deep gratitude and admiration for the land and people of Brazil, and who has benefited deeply from the inspiration and education of the music born from that land, I couldn't sit and watch this vote come-up without adding my voice to the chorus of communities tirelessly advocating to stop this (continued) violation of the land, and Indigenous people & territories of Brazil.

 One late night in Rio De Janeiro, a group of passionate musicians gathered in the studio to pool our talents and energies, and encourage all parties involved to say "NO" to Marco Temporal. 

We created this song with the hope its energy and message would contribute to the advocacy efforts pressuring the Brazilian courts and congress to reject Marco Temporal. 

 We acknowledge we are not on the deadly front lines of this battle. We stand in solidarity, and send prayers for protection and success to all those who are.
 
We hope and pray that this music -and your participation in it!- sends support, added visibility and energy to efforts of Indigenous communities throughout Brazil, and to the sacred and endangered being which is the Amazons herself.

# marcotemporalnão 


TRACK CREDITS:
Pretinho da Serrinha - Cavaco, pandeiro, cuíca, surdo, repique de anel, caixa, caixeta.

Felipe Chocotão - Repique de mão, repique de anel, tantan, ganzá

Igor Souza - Violão 7 cordas

Alisson, GP, Rahiza, Rachell Luz, Pretinho da Serrinha, Maria Gadu, esperanza spalding - chorus

Arthur Luna - engineering, mixing, mastering

esperanza spalding - vocals, music and lyrics

Nao Ao Marco Temporal (Extended Version)

NÃO AO MARCO TEMPORAL (extended version...)


O’er complacent fields of green I roam
No reason to feel blue
The birds, the bees, the grass, the trees
Won't bring me home to you

Down a winding country road I drive
Wind tussling my hair
The sights, the sounds, the fresh surrounds
Are more than I can bear.

Take me back to the city
I’m a city boy at heart
My true love waits
‘Midst crumbling towers
The urban sprawl
Will conquer all

Take me back to the city
I bear the city on my soul
My true love pines
Without my touch
The city streets
I miss so much
 
On a rolling deck in far flung seas
I dream of coming home
The waves, the whales, the howling gales
Make me feel alone

I dive into the depthless blue
But still I can't forget
The cars, the sights, the city lights
Where you and I first met

Take me back to the city.
I’m a city boy at heart.
My true love waits,
‘Midst crumbling towers
The urban sprawl,
Will conquer all.

Take me back to the city,
I bear the city on my soul,
My true love pines,
Without my touch
The city streets
I miss so much

Nothin To Me

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