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American Hotel

by The Brook Lee Catastrophe

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1.
100 Behind 04:14
Our days they are numbered out one at a time It's no secret that I live 100 behind Holed up in the past or some dream that I had in my sleep Though my legs they will catch up as fast as they can They cannot control who I hold in my hands So I letter and song to a drum that's offbeat with my feet All the things we'll never say boiling up inside of me Need a place to stretch their legs Run around if just pretend Lest their be conceived a doubt Giving birth to eager mouths Hold it fast or let it fade As she slowly walks away I know what time it is There's a timing I’m sure for a start and an end Sometimes we don’t notice sometimes we pretend And busy ourselves with the dishes the dancing the drink But emptiness speaks and the clock never lies And you can't hear her voice from 100 behind Holed up in the past or some dream that you had in your sleep All the things we'll never say boiling up inside of me Need a place to stretch their legs Run around if just pretend Lest their be conceived a doubt Giving birth to eager mouths Hold it fast or let it fade As she slowly walks away I know what time it is Our days they are numbered out one at a time It's no secret that I live 100 behind Holed up in the past or some dream that I had in my sleep Though my legs they will catch up as fast as they can They cannot control who I hold in my hands So I letter and song to a drum that's offbeat with my feet All the things we'll never say boiling up inside of me Need a place to stretch their legs Run around if just pretend Lest their be conceived a doubt Giving birth to eager mouths Hold it fast or let it fade As she slowly walks away I know what time it is
2.
It's a Sin 04:47
It's a sin to be sincere A lightning bolt in a sky that's clear In a bedroom dark with a synapse spark While you toil away in the loudest part Of the breaking sound that you're making now So you push it you pull it you fool it back underground You learn to strum in a way that's numb Trading space for the vacant hum of a body close With a shallow bond Of a time and place to a random song That she won't sing now as you lay her down So you push it you pull it you fool it back underground "I don't care anymore," she says, "I don't care anymore Where you go What you do Who’s doing it with you If I am not" And it's a curse to come across So self-assured when your boat is lost And the tide is high The waves are dense A turn both of phrase and events That you won't change now As you're breaking down So you push it you pull it you fool it back underground "I don't care anymore," she says, "I don't care anymore Where you go What you do Who’s doing it with you If I am not" On a Friday night, in my only suit On a drunken whim with no coat to boot On a midnight flight in a time-zone fight The bare despair that's there despite of her absent frown When the plane touched down So you push it you pull it you fool it back underground "I don't care anymore," she says, "I don't care anymore Where you go What you do Who’s doing it with you If I am not"
3.
I come on strong, so strong sometimes Come on strong sometimes but I don't mean it I come on strong, too strong sometimes Come on strong sometimes but I don't mean it But I weighed the other side And it's not what I needed I come off sure so sure sometimes Come off sure sometimes like a freight train coming I come off sure so sure sometimes And there's so much to be said Like a freight train coming But I weighed the other side And I just can't say nothing I come off soft so soft sometimes Come off soft sometimes and I don't like it I come off soft so soft sometimes Come off sometimes and I don't like it But I weighed the other side And you won't see me hide it You're not what you seem to be I'm not what you seen in me I see it clear
4.
Jump In 04:54
Still, I want you to know It doesn't have to be So sad for me to go Still, I wanted to say It doesn't have to be Decided that you'll stay You could jump in Jump in heart first, head last Hold on, hold on using both hands Decide; don't just wait for a sign And we won't be, won't be who we have been Only, only to see it end Decide; don't just wait for a sign Still, I wanted to change But I cannot pretend I wouldn't feel constrained So still, though I move on No matter where you go You'll never quite be gone If we jump in Jump in heart first, head last Hold on, hold on using both hands Decide; don't just wait for a sign Won't be, won't be who we have been Only, only to see it end Decide; don't just wait for a sign
5.
Oh, sometimes we burn Over and over Only to return Over and over Slowly do we learn to stay gone You've got it all You've got it all But it's not what you wanted In-between wars and out of bars With a heart that's still haunted by… Words roll out like fog over the city lights Each bulky void absent of meaning I won't say such bitter things That walking backwards tends to bring Such dredged up dirt, such aftermath That all points to those same few facts That you've You've got it all You've got it all But it's not what you wanted In-between wars and out of bars With a heart that's still haunted by… (I won't say such bitter things That walking backwards tends to bring Such dredged up dirt, such aftermath That all points to those same few facts) That you've You've got it all You've got it all But it's not what you wanted In-between wars and out of bars With a heart that's still haunted by…
6.
What if it weren't too late For running 'cross the Golden Gate Planning through Castro streets Of falling upon my knees What if these crowded sheets Buried the past up neat Washing away when clean Me falling upon my knees What if you changed your mind Just in the nick of time Buried it like a dream Me falling upon my knees What if your sun won't shine?
7.
Saved 04:52
Somebody save me from myself My whole world is going south I've been living hand to mouth Gonna have to do without Somebody save me from myself Somebody save me from my friends We drink all night and day then Where it starts is where it ends Get up and do it all again Somebody save me from my friends Somebody save me from my job Spend all day long being what I'm not Kissing asses of my boss Respect is just an afterthought Somebody save me from my job Somebody save me from my girl Spends every day messing up my world I try to fix to no avail But everything I touch I fail Somebody save me from that girl Somebody save me from my life I'd do myself if I only tried When I said I did I lied And it's a sin to be alive Somebody save me from my life
8.
I heard you talking about walking a mile above the rest of us where you ought to be With some autonomy Thinking we're weak and you're gonna speak on some truth that eludes the rest of us Where you ought to be There's no diplomacy If you want it you gotta get it better believe it or not I can't save you If you want it you gotta get it better become it or don't All your excuses are useless against the few that would listen to what you want to be But it's a comedy Long as you talk more than you look can you get any numb from me Low-probability I'm not your pharmacy If you want it you gotta get it better believe it or not I can't save you If you want it you gotta get it better become it or don't You always play some variant of the contrarian thinking there's some anomaly To live in harmony Thinking we're broke and we're gonna choke on some truth that eludes the rest of us Where you ought to be I'm not your pharmacy If you want it you gotta get it better believe it or not I can't save you If you want it you gotta get it better become it or don't
9.
Right and wrong drawn like lines in the sand Where all is determined by the place where you stand Black and white's not so cut and dry You live in shades of grey and so do I Mama, I could really cry Can't you see we're born to die? Greater love has no man than this That he lay his life on down for his friends
10.
The seasick sailor sails away although he isn't unsure If it's the motion of the ocean or the notion of a cure For the sound of her voice in the wind off the coast Or the feeling that what's gone will not be permanently lost If I lie, in the sea Every port town has a brothel where the crew finds some release He takes measures to deny himself the pleasures that he seeks Takes whiskey as communion, routine is an homage Ink is a rebellion through a needle in his arms With an X for every failed attempt to join that watered grave But it's only getting harder here and he's running out of space Till he'll lie, in the sea Then one day upon the water with a fair wind at his back He heard a resolution in the ocean's salty breath And he vowed to live a day for her for every one time stole When the wind it swept, the ocean leapt And she gently called him home Now he lies, in the sea
11.
Become the beauty horse Camouflage your flaws 7:30 New York City Modern fucks the classic beauty Beware those magazines that tell you what to think What to wear How to wear it To become a perfect parrot I am not so blind as to think That you and I might live as I would like But if that ship has sailed completely Then you and I we might as well go sing ourselves unto the grave I cannot reach you now In your parents' house Private cars and cocktail parties You're not saying but you're departing Become some other thing You never meant to mean In the time that it takes to sing these words The world could fall apart, I've seen it But I am not so blind as to think That you and I might live as I would like But if that ship has sailed completely Well then you and I we might as well go sing ourselves unto the grave

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released July 17, 2010

Lyrics by Brook Lee
Music by The Brook Lee Catastrophe

The Brook Lee Catastrophe is...
BROOK LEE: vocals, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, theramin
PAUL MITCHELL: strings, piano, organ, synths, backup vocals
MIKE DUNCAN: drums, percussion, backup vocals
GEORGE MADRID: electric guitar, backup vocals
RYAN NAKATA: bass guitar, backup vocals

"American Hotel" was...
Engineered by Kenny Woods at Bright Street Recording Studios
Additonal recording by Danny Nogueiras on tracks 7 & 8 at King Size Soundlabs
Mixed & Produced by Rick Parker
Mastered by Stephen Marcussen at Marcussen Mastering
Graphic design and photography by Vince Lara

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