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Fast

by The Brave Day

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In August 2011, we in The Brave Day faced several obstacles: shows were scarce, we had just undergone a member change, and we had yet to release a collection of our work. Given those obstacles, we did something totally out-of-character: we stopped performing live and vowed to focus on songwriting. At the end of the writing and recording process, we released Fast, our six-song, debut EP on February 14th, 2012.

Our six-month writing extravaganza yielded some of our proudest, most deeply personal efforts. We hope you enjoy Fast as much as we enjoyed creating it.

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released 14 February 2012
Lyrics: Kevin Mackowicz
Music: The Brave Day
Producer: Roye Robley
Recorded at: RR Studios, Hammond, IN
Digital editing/engineer: Mike Walsh
Mixing: Roye Robley
Mastering: Francine May at Bad Floyd Mastering

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The Brave Day is:
Kevin Mackowicz - Bass guitar and vocals
Bryan Pirosko - Guitar
Roye Robley - ... more Drums

About The Brave Day:
Hi there! Thanks for checking out our band!

We are The Brave Day--an alternative-rock band consisting of three guys who love to perform, write, and record music. We hail from Hammond, Indiana, which is a stone’s throw from Chicago, and gig anywhere and everywhere. less

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Track Name: Enlightened
Enlightened

Pour the mortar start a fire
Lay the brick for a great divider
Fighting for your fairy tale ending
Who cares if it makes sense?

Change the words to the song, say it’s all wrong
Keeps the roof up above and the lights on
Whatever difference does it make to you?

I wanna go down
Turn it off, turn off the TV
I try, but the ghost won’t give you up
A new sensation’s taken over the nation
You’ve gotta have your way

Make your mark, with a denial
Just to show us you’ve got the gall
Groupthink your way into a paper bag
Who cares if this makes sense

Yeah, you’re asleep
Yeah, you’re asleep
With eyes wide open

I wanna go down
Turn it off, turn off the TV
I try, but the ghost won’t give you up
A new sensation’s taken over the nation
You’ve gotta have your way
Track Name: Otherside
Otherside

Brushstrokes by candlelight
Plotting this finite life of mine
Destinations, my creations
All on borrowed time

I don’t want to feel this way forever
Anchor down, and cold skin shivers

Blocked out by the moon
But I’ll get a better view
‘Cause I know it will be better
On the otherside

Forward, into the light
Only to see the end in sight
Constellations, fallen nations
Dust and dirt and grime

I don’t want to feel this way forever
Bent and broken, keep it together

Blocked out by the moon
But I’ll get a better view
‘Cause I know it will be better
On the otherside

I’ll make it better now

Yeah, look down from the side of my molehill
When my kingdom crashes down
I will build it better than before

‘Cause I know it will be better on the otherside (on the otherside)
Track Name: No Thanks To You
No Thanks to You

Before I knew what hit me
I was neck-deep in a dive bar (drowning out)
But through smoke screens and statues on weak knees
Walk through high seas and call my name please

Open doors with your open eyes

Stuck, I’m on the outside
Ain’t it pretty, social suicide
I don’t have much to say, but no thanks to you
I’m on the outside, I don’t have much to say

Yes, it’s true
I’d rather be lucky than good
But that don’t mean I would
But through smoke screens and statues on weak knees
Wisdom wait for me, will you wait for me?

I’ll take it slow
As you walk around, I walk around
No heart’s a safe bet, ‘til I try
To open doors with my open eyes

Stuck I’m on the outside
Ain’t it pretty, social suicide
I don’t have much to say, but no thanks to you
I’m on the outside, I don’t have much to say

At night I’ll slither back across the floor
Just like you wanted, and I’ll crave it so much more

Stuck I’m on the outside
Ain’t it pretty, social suicide
I don’t have much to say, but no thanks to you
I’m on the outside, I don’t have much to say
Track Name: And Scene
And Scene

You’re always content with pretending ‘til it all falls through like that
But I contend the A-list, fatalist, perpetual pessimist has a puncher’s chance tonight

Does it feel fitting?
Oh, you gotta look out for the quiet ones
But you took this city
God forbid I go turn these words to life

Against you
Given I drop it all and take a chance for once
On you
Given I throw it down and play

You never meant to live the ending, but it sure turned out like that
But I confess at all times you’re an arm’s length away
An arm’s length from where I stand

There’s something about you, so I’ll hold you back
I’ll hold you back

There’s no one better, king of the jesters
And no one sells it quite like you
Can’t do it better, speaking in gestures
And no one sells it quite like you can
You can’t find a better way (to lie about it)
You can, you can’t find a better way (to lie…)

Too busy biting off more than I can chew
So I’ll hold you back
I’ll hold you back
And I’ll lie about it

There’s no one better, king of the jesters
And no one sells it quite like you
Can’t do it better, speaking in gestures
And no one sells it quite like you can
You can’t find a better way (to lie about it)
You can, you can’t find a better way (to lie…)
Track Name: Make It Right
Make It Right

Dressed to the nines, it’s been a long night, make it right
Now it’s dust from the diamonds in the sky and in your eyes
So let’s make the risk worth the while, honestly

(Within a moment)
I come alive
Walk into the fire
And fall off the earth

Press your lips to an atom bomb, pray for another run, love in an open lung
Shoot from the hip, say we’ll move along
Break like a vagabond, out through the open door
Can we live life like we’re in black and white?
By the mid-night, wake up, wake up
We’ve gotta shake up this snowglobe fantasy

(Within a moment)
I come alive
Walk into the fire
And fall off the earth
Track Name: The Ground
The Ground

Losing touch with the night while
Streetlights streak right by

And all the world whirls around me
All the while I’m standing still
Wait to crash and burn suddenly
Keep your grip for a little thrill
Keep your grip, your grip

Brace yourself for what could be your
Last one, last run, last dream

And all the world whirls around me
All the while I’m standing still
Wait to crash and burn suddenly
Keep your grip for a little thrill
Just hold on a little longer, and you’ll see
A little longer, and we’ll be