The All​-​About Carries On

by The All-About

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This album is a compilation of re-imagined, reworked, remixed and remastered versions of the best 10 songs from The All-About monthly EP project.

I am unbelievably grateful to everyone who supported this project, either by contributing truly remarkable musical skill and insight, or by simply tolerating my obsessing over this project every month since August of 2010.

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released 05 June 2011
The All-About is Zac Coe

Artwork by Casey Roonan: 4lackofnethingbetter.deviantart.com

Additional Musicians:
Female Vocals - Katie Jenks and Gabby Ambrosio
Bass - Layne Montgomery
Sax - Chip Foarde
Trombone - Brian Regan
French Horn - Tali Ullman
Choir - Gabby Ambrosio, Cam Connel, Cynthia Kumar, Marly Levine, Peter Mac, Mitch Tucci, James Vigilante

Twitter: @the_all_about

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tags: pop alternative indie indie pop power pop synth pop Hamilton

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Track Name: (Nothing But Your) Confidant
[I have a lot on my mind and not a lot to do, so it’s going to come out]
[…all of it]*

Good god last year really left me reeling
I might just embrace the fact that I'm in over my head
Resign to moderate weariness
'Cause I'm not convinced that I was meant to

Pick up this year where I let go
That circular logic, those slivers of hope
But I am not satisfied that easily
How I'd love for you to make a fool of me

I could say, "blame bad luck, blame my youth,"
But ten years from today I've got no excuse

You see I realized I don't hold on to everyone
I leave behind so much when all is said and done
My memory is so faulty
How I'd love for you to leave your mark on me

I could say, "I was young, I was dumb"
But the fact remains, I've got no excuse

I am nothing but your confidant

I am nothing but your confidant

I am nothing but your confidant
But I'd love to be something more
Track Name: Bandages #1/Check My Pulse
Bandages #1:

We're in my room we're listening to Townes Van Zandt
Time passes, I'm more lonely now than I was then
And what have I to show for it?
And what have I to show for it?

I'm in my room I'm listening to High Violet
These years have passed but what have I to show for it?
These battle scars, these bandages
These battle scars, these bandages

Check My Pulse:

Excuse me sir could you check my pulse?
I could swear I was breathing a few hours ago
Nothing is set in stone, that's what they tell me
But I need to know what I'm up against, I need to know what I'm supposed to be

But I'm so skeptical of your information
I'm so scared that, I'm so scared that
People will try to change for me the way you wanted me to change for you
I'm so skeptical of your motivation
I'm so scared that, I'm so scared that
People will want to change for me the way you tried to make me change for you

Well the healing powers of rock n' roll
Only last as long as the long ride home
Girl I see there's some life in you yet
Could you save some for me?
You might learn to act surprised if I could learn to act naturally

But I'm so skeptical of your information
I'm so scared that, I’m so scared that
People will try to change for me the way you wanted me to change for you
I'm so skeptical of your motivation
I'm so scared that, I’m so scared that
People will want to change for me the way you tried to make me change for you

(Things fall apart, so readily, would you lend me your hand, so I can see? Things fall apart, so readily, would you lend me your hand, so I can see what you see in me?)
Track Name: Lie Together, Lie Together
With not a thing in common, we are ill at ease
But we have no need for blackened ice and busy streets

I'm not prone to disenchantment
But when you love so little you take nothing for granted

So we lie together, lie together
Terrified of everyone
'Til one of us finds fairer weather
All is fair in love and war
You have yet to break any hearts, so why don't you start with mine?
You have yet to break any hearts, you've gotta start some time

Well I am a cynic, and you are a believer
But I won’t mention god if you don't bring him up either

What has prehistory got to do with me?
I am not of note and I don’t think I'll ever be

And so there's something inside me that's restless
I was up with the dawn
Would you help me move on?
Would you help me forget this?

So we lie together, lie together
Terrified of everyone
'Til one of us finds fairer weather
All is fair in love and war
You have to break any hearts, so why don't you start with mine?
You have yet to break any hearts, you've gotta start some time

So we lie together, lie together
Terrified of everyone
'Til one of us finds fairer weather
All is fair in love and war
You have yet to break any hearts, so why don't you start with mine?
You have yet to break any hearts, you've gotta start some time
You have yet to break any hearts, so why don't you start with mine?
You have yet to break any hearts, you've gotta start some time
Track Name: Sentimental Guy
Let's get it together, when she said forever
She la la la la la la lied
Let's kick it into high gear when these skies finally clear
I'm not la la la la la la lying

When I say I love Pearl Jam and all these Canadian bands
But we need some weather more conducive to some Motown jams
Hey dude, "New York is cold but I like where I'm living,"*
Though our jokes are as stale as the air we are breathing

Is it me that doesn't see, is it me that doesn't see
Why a girl like that would waste an evening on me?
Companionship's a commodity
But us sentimental guys come in dozens and cheaply

And I know, the healing powers of rock and roll
Ain't gonna save my soul as quickly as she could have
With her widening eyes and a loosening grasp
But those days are over, so do you wanna see a movie?
Because something about you keeps me from sleeping easy

This too shall pass
And won't it be such a sight as it parades away?
Won't it be such a sight to escape someday?
And, should we realign, say "what have you been up to all this time?"

Well won't that be something to behold
Man, and won't it be something to grow old?
For which of these moments will we pine?
Where have you been

Since we saw what we saw that night in Brooklyn
We revelled in flaws, where we were, where we'd been
Building bridges, breaking hearts
Kids on the run

And things fell apart so readily
Is it me that didn't see, is it me that didn't see
Why a girl like that would waste an evening on me?
Us sentimental guys come in dozens and cheaply

I know
The healing powers of rock and roll
And all the world of '60s soul
Won’t change a thing for me, and so I might still be
A little summertime blue, and I know it won’t get me any closer to you
But those days are over, so do you want to watch some tv?
Because something about you keeps me
Something about you keeps me
Something about you keeps me from sleeping easy
Track Name: Frostbite
Do you remember this time last year?
Where I thought I would be right now
You’re more free now then we were back then
You forgot, but I’m not sure how

I always thought I’d be the one moving on
And even then I thought I’d change my mind
I always thought I’d be the one who’d get to come back home
But it’s me that’s been left behind

My hair was all windblown, I remember you laughing
My face was all frostbit, I can still see you smiling
This life is so windswept, is that why you couldn’t stop crying?
When you said “I’ll need you then no longer need you, that’s just how it goes”

Do you remember the end of the summer?
The Low Anthem, the cool breeze, oh
When they said “don’t forget to comb your hair”
I should’ve known they were singing for me

So when I walk these streets, if you could call them that
I’m so damn tired of looking down
Shit moves, shit moves and it’ll move with or without you
I can breathe now, I can try to turn around

Your hair was all windblown, I couldn’t stop laughing
Your eyes were smiling for a while, and so I was home
This life is so windswept, that’s why we can’t go it alone
You’ll need me then no longer need me, that’s just what we do
Track Name: Candied Apples
It takes something like this to make me realize
I am little more than a creature of habit
Something like this to leave me hypnotized
It's just the balance of things
It takes something like this to revolutionize
What were little more than just scare tactics
It takes a little more to make me realize
I deserve a little less

And this could be my downfall
And this could be my end
And this could be my downfall, I can't help but wonder
If I fell far enough, would I see you again?

Please don't please don't please don't please
I urge you not to take it too hard
This is just necessity
I guess it's how, I guess it's how it's gotta be
Good to your friends
They will save your neck in the end
As winter approaches I guess that I hope
We're gonna get this back
We're gonna get this back
We're gonna get this back

Rule Number 1! Don’t get too attached to anyone
2! Who cares too much for me, Rule Number
3! Always believe
Hey ho rock n’ roll you’re outta my league!
And as we both lie awake at night
In this ever-embittered college town
It seems it’s inescapable
Ashes to ashes, I just keep falling down!

And I wonder if you wonder if you'll see me again
Unless you forget, unless you forget
This is just necessity
I guess it's what, I guess it's what you thought would be
Best, for your health, and I can only speak for myself
But I fall asleep imagining the day you take me back

And this could be my downfall
And this could be my end
And this could be my downfall, but I can't help but wonder
If I fell far enough would I see you again?
Track Name: Carry On, Carry On
Well it's Spring or so I'm told, but I'm still dealing with this bitter cold outlook
"I used to be so young, how did I get so old?"* I can't recall!
19 years have come and gone
Almost seven thousand dawns
Ashes to ashes, dusk to dusk
"It's better to burn out than it is to rust"**

All our lovers move along, but we just have to carry on, carry on
From one awkward silence to another, we're just gasping for air until we're gone
We strive tirelessly to find
What regrettably we left behind
What will we miss about this season somewhere further down the line?
I just miss the days when I wanted to try

So what are we waiting for?
What a way to spend the weekend - you're a mess, I'm a bore
All this wasted beauty, all this useless youth
We're all losing our shit, so it's a damned good thing we're full of it

All of these hurried, dispassionate civilians - where the fuck are you going?
Are we not biding our time? You're not exhausted? Well, I guess only I am:
Such a poor excuse for the youthful
We who sit idly by
This is the closet I'll get to a joyful noise
"If this is home," then I guess I've arrived!

So what are we waiting for?
What a way to spend the weekend - you're a mess, I'm a bore
All this wasted beauty, all this useless youth
We're all losing our shit, so it's a damned good thing we're full of it
Track Name: Just Visit
Must we toil now? That is to say,
Must we wait alone, while we await better days?
How they lengthen now, that is to say
If I don't feel like I'm exhausted, I don't feel like I'm awake

But I'm so sentimental
And so warm-blooded
When I see you coming, I freeze

And I can't shake the feeling
That I just visit, that I just visit
That I just visit, the good life
Every once, once, once in a while

I lack many things, I lack the ends
To tell a solid lie, but I could use some confidence

I'm so sentimental
Such a romantic
When I see you coming

I can't shake the feeling
That I just visit, that I just visit
That I just visit, the good life
Every once, once, once in a while
Track Name: Old Hearts
Dear Cazenovia, I write you this letter
Having lain in the sun for the first time in months
Take my old heart, take my old heart from me

It ain't hard to be around these souls, all a'glee
Think, "if there is a god, he's no longer asleep"
Take my old eyes, take my old eyes from me

Lost love makes it way through our periphery
The only price we pay is our stability
Take our old ghosts, and set our old ghosts free

My oh my, all of this idle time
You can say it wasn't worth it but you can't deny we tried
Take your smile, and save it for someone who needs it

It may be so long, darling - ages, my friend
'Til we find someone new and can whisper again
Take my impatience, take my eagerness from me

To spend all Winter making the shortest of wishlists
Of things that could change in a fated existence
Take my jadedness, take my disbelief from me

Fate is nobody's friend, I'll be the first to say
With time on our side, we still go astray
Take my old fears, take my old fears from me

Cazenovia, does it rain where you are?
I am lost in my head, you in Central Park
Take my old heart, take my old heart from me

Take my old heart
Take my old from me

Take my old heart
Take my old and set it free
Track Name: Our Winter, Part 2
All our cognitive abilities could not have prepared us for this
How alone we are, outrageously alone
All our cognitive abilities could not have prepared us for this
How alone we are

All I wanted to say, all I wanted to say
Was a proper goodbye, but that's unlikely
All I wanted to say, all I wanted to say
Was a proper goodbye, but that's not like me

And I'm so often told, "if you love someone you better let it show,"
But, "if you love something you better let it go,"
You better let it go

And I've spent this whole year considering, maybe it was me
The possibility has not escaped me
I've spent this whole year considering, maybe it was me

All I wanted to say, all I wanted to say
Was a proper goodbye, but that's unlikely
All I wanted to say, all I wanted to say
Was a proper goodbye, but that's not like me

And I'm so often told, "if you love someone you better let it show,"
But, "if you love something you better let it go,"
And you're so right to say, it's time to let go of yesterday
Some love is just meant to slip away

Don't you see the way the sunset settles like
Flecks of gold in a glass of water?
Just imagine yourself, saying to me
"At least you cannot ruin this, darling"

See, the sunset settles like
Flecks of gold in a glass of water
Just imagine yourself, saying to me
"At least you cannot ruin this"

I once wanted to make it rain the, the way it did in, our winters, our winters
I once wanted to make it rain the, the way it did in, our winters, our winters

[Some Summers, some Summers*, could bore us to death, could bore us to death, but this one could be our savior]

I once wanted to make it rain the, the way it did in, our winters, our winters