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Postcards

by Michael O'Shea

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1.
Departures (Empty Airport Version) 03:24
lyrics
we peel off the titles and hold hands into the future don’t let go of me just let me breathe in your skin again swept away by fate lovesick mistake what’s right won’t let my soul rest
2.
Jennie (Quiet Night Version) 03:28
lyrics
jennie, where did you go? jennie, come home I miss you I miss you I miss you so jennie, come home you’ve got my world on your side and you’re always on my mind I choose to look in front instead of always behind synchronicity’s greatest gift was bringing you to me it’s true to me you’ll always be deep inside and dear to me
3.
Let Your Walls Down 03:18
lyrics
my heart is dizzy with reality setting in anxiety creeping up in nausea deep within I want to write a song for you something to break through the walls you’ve built up deep inside of you but you don’t want me to I know you’re scared but that’s no way to be I know you’re scared when you look across at me and think about a life together I know you think only of stormy weather but I want to be caught in the rain with you and I promise at least a sunny day or two I know you’re scared but I am too so let me in and let your walls down just let your walls down and I’ll do the same
4.
Synchronicity 04:25
lyrics
synchronicity deep within what it means to be I simply can't believe that distance leaves a space between synchronicity symmetry in different city streets I see a piece of me mirrored in you when you breathe
5.
Seasons 01:05
lyrics
a new love blossomed in spring and all summer I could only sing of you but the leaves fell in fall and winter nearly saw the death of me but I can feel the green just waiting to be seen again so bring on the spring time let the cycle start anew and please, please, please let my heart forget you
6.
All Good Things 02:37
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all good things all must end
7.
Just Another 02:02
lyrics
I wrote another sad song about missing you it rang out hollow ‘cause there’s nothing left to do about it now and I’ve moved on but I’m still bleeding strong when I think about it you never seemed too terribly affected so I guess you’re alright when you lay down at night I’m no longer an absence in your life no longer missed you’re no longer longing to kiss I’m no longer an absence in your life the space in between has grown into an abyss and you have no idea who I am anymore and I’m seeing I had no idea who you were but who you’ll be is just another sad song
8.
Once A Lover 02:02
lyrics
I am a heartbreaker with a broken heart and when I meet my maker I’m gonna ask him how such a start could to lead to such an end how the sweet we had back then could turn to such a bitter blend once a lover, now a friend

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explanation of the Postcards album:

Postcards are short messages between friends and loved ones sent from far away places. Traditionally "postcards" refers to pieces of paper with messages and stamps sent via mail. But we can expand the word to include all forms of sending short messages across distances. We can think of texts, phone calls, facebook messages, tweets, skype videos, etc. all as postcards. I like to conceptualize these modern forms of communication as "postcards" because it gives them a more poetic feel harkening back to more Romantic times. This album is a collection of postcards made of sound and inspired by my relationship with a girl from Stockholm, Sweden last year. During that time I sent a lot of modern postcards across the Atlantic. It would have been more Romantic to have been sending real transatlantic postcards, but the pros of instantaneous communication won out in the end. Despite their lack of nostalgic appeal, these modern postcards eventually led to transatlantic flights in both directions and me living in Stockholm for a summer with her. These postcards were written after I came back to the States and mainly deal with the end of the relationship and the process of letting go. Fortunately, my next album is a chronological narrative of the arc of the relationship and focuses more on the more incandescent aspects of romance.

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released December 31, 2011

all songs written, recorded, mixed and mastered by Michael O'Shea at Solotechne Studios.
released by Solotechne Records.

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