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Wave

by Patrick Watson

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Lavinie Cloutier
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Lavinie Cloutier J'adore la dernière chanson (Here Comes The River), que j'avais découverte il y a quelques années. Parfais pour mettre dans un film! Ouf! Ça rend triste! La mélodie est tellement chargée en émotions!
ferment
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ferment la pop impériale de Watson, d'une richesse inouie, complexe dans ses arrangements magnifique dans ces mélodies, un son et un mix subtil, bref...des grandes chansons pop, à l'égal des plus grands. ceci est valable pour tout les albums de Watson présent dans cette collection.
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sherryking First time I listened to Broken was in the living room of a friend's house. It felt like my heart was being tugged out of my chest with a long, thin string. Good album.
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1.
-- Lyrics -- This dream I’m dreaming Won’t you wake me up tonight Cause this life I’m living Doesn’t really feel like mine This strange dream I’m dreaming If it ain’t wrong it don’t feel right Never thought you were leaving I never thought I’d have to start again Somebody wake me up Don’t you wish we were dreaming Don’t you wish that we were just dreaming I never thought the stars would look new again Thought we’d get old, get dressed, and walk the dogs Never really thought I’d have to be alone I never thought you’d ever really be gone But I still sing along To yesterday’s song I got lost in the tall green grass I’m so lost in the tall green grass Got on the phone and called a friend Asked him where the hell I am? Somebody wake me up Don’t you wish we were dreaming Don’t you wish that we were just dreaming Don’t you wish that we were just dreaming
2.
The Wave 04:16
-- Lyrics -- I stood there still As a wave came and washed on by I watched as change came To change me before it said goodbye It broke my body As it crashed into my sleeping mind I tossed I turned as I learned to let it wash on by Just got to take your time I’ll see you on the other side A wave she came and washed away all the ground I was standing on But the ground was shaking anyhow It took your breath and dragged you down But you kept swimming anyhow I’ll see you on the other side (Ah) A 36 foot feeling's overwhelming me Just let the waves come crashing down I’ll see you on the other side (Ah) Just let the waves come crashing down Let it wash over top of your life Let it wash over top of your life Let it wash over top of your life Let it wash over top of your life Let it wash over top of your life
3.
Strange Rain 02:58
-- Lyrics -- Been a strange day walking just a little outside of my heart and I Don’t feel like talking and the weather doesn’t ask me why But the rain feels nice Hope was smiling high on melancholy As the world slipped by and ripped that hole from your chest Give me something I can lay my head on That don’t make me dizzy from believin’ in To hold in this loud loud world And a strange rain rescued me It was cold but it warmed my heart And a strange rain rescued me To wash the wrong from my soul In this loud In this loud In this loud loud world
4.
Melody Noir 03:15
-- Lyrics -- Tell me where the wind is blowing cause that’s where the music’s going You are my big dark blue and I want to swim all around you You are the sweetest melody I never sung I feel like I know you but you’re just a ghost to me And when I sit beside your shadow somehow it comforts me You are the sweetest melody I never sung You are the island of love my remedy to rescue me You are a breeze of a song that carries me You are the sweetest melody I never sung La, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la La, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la La, la I’ve got a hole the size of your touch that fits in your arms as much And when I try to fill it up the hole gets bigger every time You are the sweetest melody I never sung You are the sweetest melody I never sung You are my island of love my remedy to rescue me You are a breeze of a song that carries me You are the sweetest melody I never sung Canta canta mi luna mi luna llena Esta melodia que es el abismo adentro de mi El abismo adentro de mi Mi luna mi luna llena 
5.
Broken 04:37
-- Lyrics -- Tell me where you’re going tonight I hope it’s better than wondering in our heads We tried everything to save our love The best was always waiting to come Did we dig too deep For 51 reasons not to lose our sleep And it’s not that you’re not the one And it’s not that you’re not the one But we all need a little peace Do you feel a little broken? Do you feel a little broken? Do you feel a little broken? Do you feel a little broken? Tell me why we’re going so fast We never used to run when we were young And I’m running out of words I still love you like the very first time Pack your bags with all the lives that you’ve been before And leave behind what you don’t want anymore Sometimes, sometimes you wanna wanna go back But it don’t work like that Do you feel a little broken? Do you feel a little broken? Do you feel a little broken? Do you feel a little broken? Memories come and then they go You just learn how to let go Sometimes, sometimes you wanna wanna go back But it don’t work like that Do you feel a little broken? Do you feel a little broken? Do you feel a little broken? Do you feel a little broken?
6.
-- Lyrics -- Can someone turn out the lights Cause I’m not so sure everybody’s seeing right Can someone turn out the lights Cause I’m not so sure everybody’s seeing right Even in the way you try We can see that your make up was running late last night Has it not been a while Since you laid beside each other and watched the walls fall down It’s just a smiling crime Everybody's got a little ugly that’s been hanging around So why don’t you come down Sometimes you need a friend so you can see it right In the best of times In the best of times In the best of times Doesn’t mean that you can’t change your mind Meant the world to me that you took the time So we rise… So we rise So we rise Into the arms of a gentle breeze in time So we rise And carry each other with some love sometimes So we rise (Don’t you know we were born a little blind) So we rise Sometimes you need a friend so you can see it right So we rise Don’t you know, it’s just the skin we were born in So we rise…
7.
Wild Flower 03:39
-- Lyrics -- Underneath you know Make believe you see her Fall into the sun I got diamonds on my tongue Makes me we wanna talk to everyone Don’t be scared Something’s in the air Walk don’t run Underneath you need her I am the sound that you won’t remember Why is that so hard to hear How sweet the sound Laughs the way we used to cry Cause you don’t want to try anymore Something's in the air It gets me every time The look that’s in your eyes It’s so cold cold Something's in the air Just like when we were young The look that’s in your eyes Is so far from here
8.
Look At You 03:12
-- Lyrics -- Such a beautiful day Must have been the company It’s not that it was extraordinary It’s just that the ordinary Stood up and was staring back at me There's not a thought that I could hear There's a thousand-person choir singing in my ears And you’re drowning into it happily Are you scared Of how good it feels? There's a shimmering light in the back of my mind I know it sounds cheap cause everything rhymes I think it’s just the way that I look at you There's a shimmering light in the back of my mind I know it sounds cheap cause everything rhymes I think it’s just the way that I look at you Does anybody have the time and how old am I? Can someone tell me what is happening? There's a shimmering light in the back of my mind I know it sounds cheap cause every rhymes Can someone tell me what is happening? Maybe it's just the way that I look at you
9.
Drive 03:27
-- Lyrics -- Drive, drive, drive, drive You want to drive all night Follow the yellow lines Don’t stop and look behind And you don’t want to know where you’re going Just want to get lost sometimes Get lost together Drive, drive, drive, drive And get lost together Ah, ah, ah, ah Ah, ah, ah, ah Ah, ah, ah, ah Want to get lost You don’t want to know where you’re going Stepping through a hallway of trees Getting lost to nowhere's good to me Wild eyes in the high high beams Staring back at me Into endless night Wild eyes staring back at me Wild eyes staring back at me Wild eyes staring back at me
10.
-- Lyrics -- The windows turned to fishbowls The city to seas The cars were drowning underneath your feet The children were swimming from the top of the trees Crowds of umbrellas were staring in misbelief Well Mary kept sewing Holding on to her tv Even if the water was rising past her knees Here comes the river Coming on strong And you can’t keep your head above these troubled waters Here comes the river Over the flames Sometimes you got to burn to keep the storm away Sometimes Sometimes you got to just Nobody told you that it was going to be this hard Something's been building behind your eyes You lost what you hold onto You’re losing control There ain't any words in this world that’s going to cure this pain Sometimes it’s gonna fall down on your shoulders But you’re going to stand through it all Here comes the river coming on strong And you can’t keep your head above these troubled waters Here comes the river over the flames Sometimes you got to burn to keep the storm away Sometimes Sometimes you got to just

about

Watson’s sixth studio album is about having a wave knock you over when you realize everything you have in life can be wiped away in a moment – and then learning how not to drown in the process. During the making of the album, Patrick lost his mother, his longtime drummer left the group, and he and his partner separated. Watson brought a notebook underneath the waves and composed tunes about melancholy while listening to the lonely hymns of mermaids. The songs are about how sometimes you have to sing a love song to yourself when no one else will, allowing the sound carry you and learning to trust where you will land. It is very personal and intimate, and it is the most humble of all their records.

“It’s the difference between singing a solo at a stranger’s grave as a child and singing one at your own mother’s funeral.”

credits

released October 18, 2019

2019 Secret City Records Inc.

Musicians: Patrick Watson, Joe Grass, Mishka Stein, Evan Tighe
Guest musicians: Robbie Kuster, Annie Gadbois, Mélanie Bélair, Madeleine Messier, Ligia Paquin, Ariel Engle, Charlotte Loseth, Erika Angell, Pietro Amato, FILMharmonic Orchestra.

Recorded by Rob Heaney and Patrick Watson at Studio 105 and Studio Pierre-Marchand in Montreal, assisted by Jonathan Kapsky, additional engineering by Montana Martin-Iles.

Strings recorded by Vitek Král, assisted by Michael Hradisky at Smecky Music Studio in Prague.

Recording session in Prague contracted and managed by Petr Pycha. String arrangement by Benoît Groulx ("Look At You"), Jules Buckley ("Look At You", "Here Comes The River") and Patrick Watson ("Dream For Dreaming", "The Wave").

Mixed by Rob Heaney and Patrick Watson.
Mastered by Greg Calbi at Sterling Sound.
Produced by Patrick Watson.

Photography and Art Direction by Brigitte Henry.
Graphic design by Catherine Pelletier.

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