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reaching for the bright

by Biddadat

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1.
Money Says 03:32
Have some books and pour champagne You bought them all yourself Good grades will save the family name Wallets change the resume Sculpted for success Follow your path. The way is paved With your father's gold We will gamble, and we will try to get ahead We will follow, and be afraid of what money says I have books, but never paid Illegal on my screen I spend money never made Gotta give it to learn and share and stay involved with Keeping myself alive Participating every day We will gamble, and we will try to get ahead We will follow, and be afraid of what money says Young freedom buried in the past Deeply packed beneath the grass But we will grow, stretch to the sun Til the earth above us comes undone And we will stand demanding for our choice back
2.
The Bright 04:28
Reaching for the bright No one knows of daylight And now I see it, Believe it and know that I must go No I'm not alone But my brothers won't believe They say I deceive. This well is all they'll ever know. Listen listen here me It can be seen so clearly Is it the fear you're feeling Noooo Because the problem goes deeper. Scraping inner walls Sliding on the cobble stone this oppressive home has Given me all I can take No, we don't belong I know I must escape At any steaks, or cost, Or bones that I must break. If they try to stop me Ill see my brothers dropping And climb their lifeless bodies. Because the problem goes deeper
3.
Chased by fear of the unknown, The unpredictable outcomes of this place. Don't know where to go, In this labyrinth, in this maze. A trail of string left behind me, So I can make it back. The beast I seek is within these man made walls of uncertainty, Impossible to track. But I have beaten him down. Forcing forward fists, this beast with many names. And what is left if him now, Are the stories told, the familiar remains. The stories never change We are a canvas that's unclear to us. Swimming in the currents of duality. We come from the human experience. Lovers, thieves, and heroes: my reality. I've had my body stained with wine. Housed those off the streets who've done the same. Helped from time to time. Good deeds and kindness, trade for my own gain. And if you feel that you owe me, A wish is what I take. Pay the debt of a token, a golden grip. Ain't got no hand to shake. Plenty of jewels and mansions. Cursed with sculpture's hands carving gold bone. It leaves me with the question, Where am I now? Why am I all alone? The same story told Legends of the past, Are people in the present. We are these characters, We are all these lessons. Stories born from blood. Gifted and addressing, The human condition
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Breakthrough 04:11
I think I understand your problem. It seems the same as my own troubles And everyone's around us. I think I understand, yeah, I got em. Hopes and wants, the same as you The same as anyone. I'm no better. I'm no worse. We are certainly not as unique as we thought And how much do we each deserve? Well I don't think anymore than me and me no more than you. They'll call us deceivers Nonbelievers will never see If we are all so different Then who are we supposed to be It's you and I and us and them All seem the same to me I feel that we can learn to let it grow And celebrate When we break through the surface I'm not lettin us start to fallin If I scratch your back you scratch mine It's this idea that we've forgotten What's the big deal? why can't we help ourselves?

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Hey! We are Biddadat and we want to make music for you because its what we love to do. We want to keep playing and growing, which is where funding helps but its more important to us to get the music out to fresh ears rather than making an income. Whatever gratuity we get from donations or playing shows goes into our band bank account that will go towards improvements like recording gear and tour funding. Please download our album for free and share with your pals!

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released September 25, 2014

Photo by Anna Indalecio
Graphic by Chandler Bargreen

Mastered by Matt Wolk

Mixed by Cameron Brownell

Music and lyrics by Hollis Parks, Cameron Brownell, Bailey Brownell, Cody Karr, and Kyle Miller

Special thanks to Jon Brownell for a guest appearance on Human Experience

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