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Bring on the Night

by Movies With Heroes

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1.
Bring on the Night 04:24
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Chases me like my shadow slips away like the sun 60, 60, 24, 7, 31, 1, 1 Runs out like a spring tide Fades to blue like every tattooed line And I stand here like a statue Watching it all go by Watch time slip away Let's build something necessary That might just last the night We'll say our prayers and light our fires Thank God for the light We've come such a long way now I guess we'll see it through There's only one person in the world I want to do that with. It's you. Maybe the world is going to Hell And the church is just a tomb with busted bells. Or maybe, maybe, maybe It's not as fucked as it all seems We can rage against the dying of the light Or say our prayers and light our fires (and say...) Bring on the night
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For King and Country 03:12
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Looking down from the penthouse suite It's the queen of cold complicity Don't look now, another one dead Just cover your heart and bow your head For King and Country baby Bleeding heart when the cameras roll Wrecking ball when the doors are closed Find your kill and lick it clean Bleach those bones for the world to see For King and Country baby So look at this beautiful daughter Up on her throne with her head held high This is your new scarlet letter Turning your head till the blood runs dry
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All the Kids are Wondering 03:15
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I hear it in the news, I hear it in the wind It's haunting her and it's catching up with him It's got me mad at you It's got you screaming at me It's got the devil laughing, got me on my knees And we reassure the children with a glance over our shoulder Meanwhile all the kids are wondering… Are we ever going to be okay? Cause we're not okay yet Are we really going to be okay? Should we just pretend? I want to believe, believe, believe the things I hear you say I hear you singing, "We shall overcome" But we feel overcome We're not okay yet White men feeling their oats Cause God is on their side Yeah they're digging alligator moats A steady diet of rage and pride Monsters under the bed Monsters on the TV screen Ghosts of the anonymous dead Noise swallows up their screams And we reassure the children With a glance over our shoulder Meanwhile all the kids are wondering… Are we ever going to be okay? Cause we're not okay yet Are we really going to be okay? Should we just pretend? I want to believe, believe, believe The things I hear you say Yeah I hear you praying, "Thy will be done" Are we ever gonna be okay? Cause we're not okay yet
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The Snake 03:55
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No more of these new wars Let's get back to the old wars There's some blood to spill and it's not gonna be mine Let's roll back to the good times It's what you want to hear We won't allow it It's what you want to hear Well stand up and shout it Cut the head off the snake Call me "unAmerican" with your "don't tread on me" bullshit Someday your name will be a stain in history's eyes But let's roll back to the good times It's what you want to hear We won't allow it It's what you want to hear Well stand up and shout it Cut the head off the snake Children are kind, they'll forgive you...maybe They'll scatter your ashes and never repeat you Cut the head off the snake Children are kind, they'll forgive you...maybe They'll scatter your ashes and never repeat you
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Saint Anthony 05:01
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I want to save you. I want to save everyone I can But there is no master plan. I’m in the same quicksand I want to be brave but you know what they say If you fall beneath the waves, nobody gets saved And right now I’m drowning Maybe tomorrow we’ll get back in the boat and watch the constellations unfold Maybe tomorrow the birds will bring us bread We’ll remember what we’re for and what we’ve said How long can I hold my breath, live free and blind and deaf? Just another minute more. Wake me when you see the shore When I come up for air, I’ll let you know how much I care We’ll chase the dragon to his lair, and poke him like we just don’t care But right now I’m tired Maybe tomorrow we’ll get back in the boat and watch the constellations unfold Maybe tomorrow the birds will bring us bread We’ll remember what we’re for and what we’ve said
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A Weeknight in Brooklyn 03:21
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2006, a weeknight in Brooklyn We scanned the club through the smoke in the air We waited and watched, the clock spun around We tried to disguise our despair We took the stage, and like always we gave it a heart attack But with our left arm tied behind our back It wasn't the end We had so many I lost count But how far could we bend? Sometimes I wish we stuck around long enough to find out I want it all back Yeah I want it all back, tonight I want it all back Don't you talk to me about time 2007, we left Milan on the night train We couldn't see the castles and we couldn't fall asleep Every border that we cross, another promise we can't keep I can't get it out of my head I know I have to let it go I can't get it out of my head What might have been I know I have to let it let it go I want it all back Yeah I want it all back, tonight I want it all back Don't you talk to me about time
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Break Me Clean 04:05
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I'm so afraid that you won't darken my door anymore I'm so tired of breaking my heart With every stop and every start It makes my heart a liar I can still hear it in your voice on a wire Darling, please don't leave Don't go But if you leave, then please just know I don't want to know where you are You've already carved enough scars If you're going to walk now, break me clean Darling please don't leave Can I stitch up your trust and make it new tonight? Can I blow off the dust and make things right? With every stop and every start Makes my heart a liar I can still see it in your eyes: that fire Waiting here tonight I'm not willing to fight Cause it's now or never I'll make you a promise There won't be another last time Darling, please don't leave Don't go But if you leave, then please just know I don't want to know where you are You've already left enough scars If you're going to walk now, break me clean Darling please don't leave
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Waiting on the Line 03:50
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I’m always down on my knees. Staring hard into the dark. All I want is to see just one little, just one little spark. A guiding hand or a ticking clock on a mindless, random, spinning rock? Daisy chains of blood and cells or a maze that’s made of God herself? All I want is for you to speak a word into the dark. All I want is some truth. Just one word or one hint or one spark. Got my whole life, yeah I don’t mind waiting on the line. I don’t need an answer today. If it’s all really true, if when I hear, I hear you, go on and take your time. Who am I to judge between lions and wolves and goats and sheep? And when I pray, do you move? Or do you wait for faith and proof?
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Wake Me 03:45
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When you were just a bright little light, you dreamed up answers for every mystery Now you’re living in a young man’s body, right? Seems so much harder But you don’t have to grow up all at once Independence at any age is an illusion anyway Oh stay You never liked those blurry lines Between pretend and a fossil in your hand Now you’re asking, what can I believe in? You and your beautiful mind You don’t have to carry anything by yourself You can wake me any time of night And I’ll be right here, ready For every ghost you’re fighting Don’t believe in anything just ‘cause someone told you You walk right into the mystery And let it get ahold of you If it whispers love and love alone Let it lead you anywhere and home You can wake me any time of night And I’ll be right here, ready For every ghost you’re fighting
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Heart Attack 03:16
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I want to get you on your feet To see you marching in the city streets We can part the seven seas North to south and west to east I want to see you clap your hands Stomp your feet and shake the stands Now move your bodies, come on dance This house is built on sand Let’s burn it to the ground We are tomorrow, lost or found Our souls were sold The price was too low We’ll buy them back now With rock and roll Markets will crash so keep your cash Our price is high now like a heart attack I want to set this place on fire I want to break it open bright and wild now Move your bodies, come on dance This house is only sand Let’s burn it to the ground We are tomorrow, lost or found A blazing hope is in our sound Let’s make it, make it, make it loud now Our souls were sold The price was too low We’ll buy them back now With rock and roll Markets will crash so keep your cash Our price is high now like a heart attack
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National Anthem 03:23
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You’ve got your God and he’s armed to the teeth You’ve got your country, it’s infested with your enemies You’ve got your twenty first century blood-white-and-blue Christianity Well I don’t know that god And that country lost their war How long you gonna dance around the golden calf for? So bring your gold and your family values Melt them down, ‘cause you got nothing to lose Right now there’s a fire on the mountain And in the morning it’s coming for you Well I don’t know that god And that country lost their war How long you gonna dance around the golden calf for? You got it all wrong, you got it all wrong Crying “Lord, lord!” while you’re building Babylon What justifies the means of your win? Get ready people, to reap a whirlwind Depart. I never knew you Depart. I never knew you I never knew you I never knew you
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Not One More 03:18
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The streets are so alive so alive with the sound The streets are, they’re on fire they’re on fire with the sound So listen up, and listen close Our time is now You listen up, and listen good We’re not asking These are not requests You will open your eyes So you wake up This is happening out your front door We’re a tidal wave, so join us now or get swept away Knees down, fists way up in the air Settle in, ‘cause we’re not going anywhere 400 years and counting Not one more No more waiting This is for my big brother And my brother’s sons and daughters There’s so much more to be done now God I hope we’re getting started This is for every other Brother, sister, father, mother…not one more. Knees down, fists way up in the air Settle in, ‘cause we’re not going anywhere 400 years and counting Not one more No more waiting
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Your Way Out 05:12
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Everyone here is looking like a stranger The home is with the heart And yours is barely beating now You spent all year dreaming about Stockholm But you’re feeling just as numb as the day you hit the ground If you call my name, I’ll come running to you Look my way, I will restore you I won’t regret it, I won’t miss one single thing I’ll be your way out You spent all year running from a memory It was tough and it’s bad but it doesn’t have to be all you are Full of fear and trying to be an anchor Fumbling in the dark, the children sleeping up the stairs If you call my name, I’ll come running to you Look my way, I will restore you I won’t regret it, I won’t miss one single thing I’ll be your way out It ends where it ends, but the ending can be so cruel You blame who you blame but the finger should point at you I’m calling out to you, I’m calling out just hold on If you call my name I’ll come running to you Look my way, I will restore you I won’t regret it, I won’t miss one single thing I’ll be your way out

about

Bring on the Night is the first new music to be recorded and released by Lancaster, PA based band Movies With Heroes. Movies With Heroes recorded and toured regularly from roughly 2000 to 2007, and have remained friends since. The songs were written mostly remotely by sharing tracks, ideas, and demos online over the course of a couple years. After writing upwards of 30 new songs, we narrowed the album selections down to 11 new ones and two old, never recorded ones.

In late 2020, we launched a Kickstarter Campaign to raise funds to record, mix, and master the album. Recording began with drum tracking at The Kaleidoscope in April, 2021. Other tracks were recorded in various locations with the intermediate hub being TH3RD W3RX in Lancaster, where many defining textures and palettes were explored and refined. The process was brought home when we returned to The Kaleidoscope to track background vocals and several final elements before Jon Smith began bringing it all together with mixing. This was no small task, as the album had evolved and taken on a more ambitious scope than any of us initially imagined.

The album traverses several moods in a way that one person involved described as “my new favorite 80s adventure movie soundtrack,” or something to that effect. We never would have thought to describe it that way, but for lack of a meaningful descriptor, this is a high compliment. It is whatever the listener hears. We are excited to share it with the world, whatever our listeners might make of it.

credits

released December 23, 2022

Movies With Heroes
Jeremy Bentley - drums & percussion
Brian Goshorn - synths, guitars, atmosphere
Jeff Royer - bass, vocals
Chiemena Ukazim - guitars
Keith Wilson - vocals, guitars

Bring on the Night

Engineered:

By Jon Smith and Ben Roth at The Kaleidoscope in Lancaster, PA
By Brian Goshorn at TH3RD W3RX in Lancaster, PA
By Chiemena Ukazim at Biafran Sunrise in North Wales, PA
By Jeff Royer at Boro Music Company in Murfreesboro, TN
By Keith Wilson at The Ice Castle in Lancaster, PA

Produced by Brian Goshorn and Movies With Heroes

Mixed by Jon Smith at The Kaleidoscope
Mastered by Mark Peteritas at Working Man’s Productions

Misc background vocals:

Movies With Heroes
David George
Meg Geruntho
Jason Sherman
Beverly Wilson
Owen Wilson
Wynona Wilson

Additional vocals and harmonium: Ben Roth

Album cover illustration by Jeremy Bentley

Acknowledgements

First, our families have been tremendously patient and supportive with all the hours we have poured into this album. Second, each and every person who contributed to our crowdfunding campaign, we could not have done this without you. At least not without accruing debt. Ben Roth and Jon Smith handled our songs with patient TLC for what turned out to be a longer haul than any of us expected. Their efforts far exceeded our expectations. Thank you all for being part of our music and our lives!

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