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A Hymn to the Beauty of Silhouettes

by Richard Bandini

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1.
Bowles 04:49
When the paint chips off the aging wall It may be time to look at it, without a sound When you find balance in being small You may tell your loved ones that you were profound When the day turns out to be white And they blindfold all your senses into the night When the moon is your only light And you feed your hopes with tomorrow’s lies I don't trust you yet I want, to meet you I don’t love you yet I want, to hold you I can't stand you Yet I want, to see you I don't love you Yet I want, to feel you I don't trust you yet I want, to hold you I can't stand you Yet I want, to love you
2.
Prejudice 03:28
They don't know you But they'll do anything To make you believe that they do They are confused ‘Cos they can’t label you Let them learn how to love They believe they are liberated Don’t let them turn you around Don’t let them turn you around, anymore They don’t know you But they won’t give you a chance To grow up, to be the change When we're forgotten, we become the face of the lost. Don’t let them turn you around Don’t let them turn you around, anymore They don't know you But they'll do, anything
3.
The southern suburbs The stone-colored light On the way to work Feeling not quite right Day after day The bitter strife A stranger to himself His buried life The deaths he's suffered And it always can be much rougher The soundless dark The empty street The way back home After another defeat All he's ever wanted Is to be at ease He's eager to hear Next, please The life he never expected You know he feels neglected His eyes filled with tears Who are you after all these years?
4.
When he sat down the page was blank He did not know how to make it spark And even though she is not here to help He couldn't believe that she was gone Each sound made a word Each line gave him hope She didn't stop to say goodbye She turned off the lights and went to the west She put her love against the ground Hoping to never come around Each darling fade away Each sugar was a rainy day And he´ll meet you there Please hang on tight Cause he won´t let you down And he won't let you fall He won't fool around He wants you safe Every word makes a sound Every line gives him hope Everyone roots for you Every time you say you're done
5.
So you said you wanted to be a part of this It wasn’t like we were going to the moon And now the little timer has gone off Suddenly there is nothing we can do He was looking for ten years of gravy in his life She was looking for a place where a thought might grow Then the sun came down over the starving ground Too many days spent inside an empty home And now the little timer has gone off Suddenly there is nothing we can do
6.
Why don't you take me home? Why don't you take me home? Please come and take me home Why won’t you take me home? Home Home Home Home Home Home Home Home
7.
Everybody needs someone But not that someone Everybody loves someone But not that someone Everybody needs someone Everybody loves someone Everybody hates someone Everybody loves someone But not that someone It’s hard to be no one in a world full of someones Harder to be someone in a world full of no ones
8.
Some days are better than others He cares for another morning he can see Maybe we are falling under the impression that we don’t count at all Some feelings are worth living for But you don't know how to try And you don't know when to stop you don't know how to breathe And you don’t know how to give You are working on it No one will ever tell you how To see what’s going on you’ve got to carry on Lazy, slowly getting crazy About the little things that you can’t control Some feelings are worth living for But you don't know how to try And you don't know when to stop you don't’ know how to give And you don’t know how to live You are getting it right Please say you will do what you can To make me see the better me For every word, there is a smile / Just show that you care For every penny, there is a hand / Pretend it’s ok For everyone, there is a castle / You know that is right For every man / You feel it inside For everyone / You make it alright
9.
I didn’t forget, you are still on my mind I’m not afraid of what you can find This is what it seems The same old refrain We used to dream It’s not all in vain So you`re not impressed I understand why There’s no better word For the hard goodbye I can clearly see the signs There is no escape Remember the times When it wasn’t late You left a mark on me Humble as an autumn song Now you’re free You light my way
10.
I was raising the kids That I still don’t have. Falling for signs I whisper so loud I’m heading north I’m heading north I was assembling the parts Of a dismantled man Learning how to smile And how to fall apart It’s so cold outside It’s so cold outside I was drinking my time Smoking red wine I got nothing to do But someone to be Letting the winter pass Letting the winter go When I turn off the lights I’m by my side Dreaming my life Living my past Shoveling snow Shoveling snow

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released April 1, 2022

Recorded by Paco Loco at Paco Loco Recording Studio. El Puerto de Sta María, Cádiz, Spain.
Engineered and mixed by Paco Loco
Mastered by Jay Lyon at The Tune Shop. Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Design by Luis Vassallo
Cover Photograph by Aya Sawada

All songs were written by Richard Bandini
All lyrics were written by Richard Bandini, except for “His Buried Life” and “I Understand Why,” written by Jose Luis Ruiz Mesa
Arrangements by Richard Bandini, Carlos Seoane, and David Guinea


Richard Bandini: drums, bass, guitars, vocals
Carlos Seoane: piano, Hammond, Moog, keys
David Guinea: guitars

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Richard Bandini Chicago, Illinois

Richard Bandini is a Spanish-American Chicago-based musician best known as the frontman and guitar player of Bandini. He is currently a member of Phil Yates and the Affiliates and has collaborated and performed with Inhabitants, Julio de la Rosa, Manuel Cabezalí, Charlie Bautista, Ted Clyde and the New 35s, J. Flax and the Heartattacks, etc. ... more

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