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about

Partly written in 2010, and finished in 2013. It was a completely different song originally. I lost the original recording and most of the lyrics, so this was frankensteined from memory fragments, and I think it worked out for the better. It was the last tune completed before heading into the studio.

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You woke up late this morning
Your body senses warnings
You stumble around for things but listen to me and know
It's never too late to dream when everyone else is asleep

There is a stubborn panic
A rumbling inside your bones
Somewhere off in the distance
Comes a ruckus from the belly of the earth below

Wake up, you're falling asleep again
You know it's not fair
Wake up, now what do you dream?
When all your stars are falling down

The lights went out in the attic
This isn't quite how you planned it
A celebration of the madness
Now put your shades on, get your shoes on, we're about to leave the planet

A lighthouse was built for your eyes to wander up it
A certain kind of secret best kept will rise when your dead
C'mon let's take control and dream up something better
We'll color the air with all our crazy thoughts uncensored

One day you will wake up a warrior and rise above
You'll turn suffer into might, you'll find a way to stay alive
Now all your stars burn bright

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from The Mourning Dream, track released December 23, 2013
Back up vocals by Sean-Michael Berahmand and Travis Williams. Production and mixing by Stephan Hawkes. Drums by Dan Lawrence. Lead guitar by Stephan Hawkes. Guitar and bass by Peter Arvidson. Lyrics and melody by Peter Arvidson.

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Peter Arvidson Portland, Oregon

"Peter takes the infectiousness and melodic sensibilities of pop music, blends it with the chiming coolness of indie and then delivers it with just enough rock swagger to create a sound that feels uniquely his own." - entropymag.org/peter-arvidson-a-new-wilderness/ ... more

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