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lyrics

I think you started something that could never be reversed
The conversation ended and it sped from bad to worst
The saddest of reminders that sometimes good guys finish first
I think you started something that could never be reversed

I wish I’d listened closer when you talked about those plans
But I thought that we were speaking of a future
that was so far out of hand
I wish I’d gave you bad advice, instead of no advice at all
I wish I’d listened closer and answered every call

I thought we were walking through a door that wouldn’t close
I know now that’s not how this story goes

Brace yourself, because every twist resides
In the forefront of your mind
And the ones who tried...

Holding back on someday and trying to change the plan
Let’s go back to yesterday and catch this before it lands
I don’t think that I can breathe, I don’t think that I can stand
Walking into someday, with nothing in my hands

I think you would have liked those early days of June
But me I was still dealing with the feeling that this was over way too soon
I should have known something was wrong, when you told me to stay
Positive I’d never heard you talk of life that way

We raged for hours against the killing of the light
I should have known that when you changed your tone
something wasn’t right

Brace yourself, because every twist resides
In the forefront of your mind
And the ones who tried...

Holding back on someday and trying to change the plan
Let’s go back to yesterday and catch this before it lands
I don’t think that I can breathe, I don’t think that I can stand
Walking into someday, with nothing in my hands
Walking into someday, with nothing in my hands

I don’t think that I can stand, walking into someday

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from Before The Collapse Of The Hive, track released November 10, 2023
Stephen Stanley - Vocals, Guitars
Chris Bennett - Guitars, Vocals
Chris Rellinger - Bass Guitar
Cam Pyziak - Drums
Hugh Christopher Brown - Piano, Hammond B3
Pete Bowers - Percussion
Kate Fenner - Vocals
Suzanne Jarvie - Vocals
Michael Blake - Saxaphone

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The Stephen Stanley Band Toronto, Ontario

The Stephen Stanley Band announce their new album, Before The Collapse Of The
Hive (Wolfe Island Records) will be released on November 10, 2023. It's an album
brimming with raw, unflinching urgency, steadfast observation and soul-searching storytelling
that highlights Stephen's immediate world: those he loves, and those he's lost.


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