Name: Dave
Duration: P00H02M45S
Description: I wrote this after reading the autobiography of Dave Davies, guitarist for the Kinks, who, if you hadn't already guessed, were a pretty huge influence on our sound, especially this record. It's basically an imagined story about the falling out of brothers, and how both secretly wish that they could be the other (in dreams I smile through your eyes).

Dave

from Alter English by The Psychic Alliance

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I wrote this after reading the autobiography of Dave Davies, guitarist for the Kinks, who, if you hadn't already guessed, were a pretty huge influence on our sound, especially this record. It's basically an imagined story about the falling out of brothers, and how both secretly wish that they could be the other (in dreams I smile through your eyes).

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Dave (Lee)

The show can’t wait another day
You’re lost inside of yourself
And I’ve been waiting patiently
To see you

But you’re not coming out
You’ve got a bad case of the Gout
But I’ve known you a hundred years today
You’re cradling your grave, Dave!

So light another cigarette
Prepare your victory march
This English heart will shine anew
To see you

Hey! Mister Twist n’ Shout!
When all the little lights go out
The Hand of God will strike you down today
For cradling your grave, Dave!

(Sister Ray says “love is lazy,” oh how delicately lays it down…)

Alone, in dreams we’ll walk alone
In spite our brave designs
And all our crimes will creep in time
To see you!
Well, I’m not running out!
Oh, cast away all doubt!
Cuz I know you’ve got nothing left to say
Go cradle in your grave, Dave!

I can’t wait until the end
You’ve lost your little mind
But I could wait a million years
To see you…
In dreams
In dreams, I’ve walked through your heart
In dreams, I’ve smiled through your eyes
In dreams, I always
Die

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from Alter English, released May 1, 2020

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The Psychic Alliance Vancouver, British Columbia

The less you know about this band, the better. Rumor has it that they're very bad people, paranoid, misanthropic, frequently given to melancholy and intellectual dullards to boot. Stories of vicious infighting and naughtiness follow them like a black cloud, and the threat of immediate collapse is constant. Fortunately they look cool. ... more

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