Name: Give Me A Reason (feat. Emma Rowley and Ardamus)
Duration: P00H03M25S
Description: "Give Me a Reason" was written and recorded in collaborative sessions during the summer of 2019 at 38North Studio in Falls Church, Virginia. All bandcamp sales will go to The Craig Tufts Educational Scholarship Fund.

Give Me A Reason (feat. Emma Rowley and Ardamus)

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"Give Me a Reason" was written and recorded in collaborative sessions during the summer of 2019 at 38North Studio in Falls Church, Virginia. All bandcamp sales will go to The Craig Tufts Educational Scholarship Fund.

lyrics

tell me a story better than this
give me a reason to want to exist
cause I've been watching all the pieces fall and felt the world unwind
so give me a reason to feel alive
give me a reason

didn't even know what to say tho
fast moving life with the pace slow
another fable, as I...
fell out of love just to land on my feet
dead flowers held, I stand in the street
the walk on, the keep on
self help tapes repeated to me keep strong
nor pitiful nor critical or cynical
to vote for the ridicule
heads held high right above the sky rise
might get dislikes, have to keep it likewise

tell me a story better than this
give me a reason to want to exist
give me a reason x 4
just give me one

wait
slow down before you just speed too fast
because you wanna be safe and don't crash
it's not forever it won't just last

it's getting harder to give up control
cause no matter what I do, it's too late now to rewrite what's in bold
and every promise that's coming undone
gives me another reason to feel like hope is lost

the time is here...
when it floats your boat til it grinds your gears
all alone trying to find your peers
while you're living outside and you cry in fear

these heartbeats ain't no breakbeats
turn with the tables until my fate meets
the end of the book, last chapter closed
exist
define
I have to know
I have to know

credits

released September 4, 2020
music by Buddy Speir, Emma Rowley, Artemis Dante Thompson, Ben Tufts
lyrics by Emma Rowley and Artemis Dante Thompson
arranged and produced by Ben Tufts

drums: Robert Hailey
bass: Joshua Pittman
guitar: Christopher Lee
keys: Joseph Maier
vocals: Emma Rowley, Ardamus
additional keys, guitar, bass and percussion: Ben Tufts

tracked by John Brooks and Aaron Mason at 38North Studio in Falls Church, VA
editing engineer: Aaron Mason (Sound Masonry)
mixing engineer: Mark Williams (Suckerpunch Recording)
mastering engineer: Mike Monseur (Bias Studios)

Special thanks to Sarah Marks and Buddy Speir at 38North.

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Confluent produces genre-fluid collaborative compositions, drawing from a diverse pool of talent from Washington, DC and the surrounding region.

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