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Two Years

by NEW FACES

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1.
Impulse 02:51
I WANT IT TO END, BUT I'LL COME RUNNING BACK I WISH IT WOULD END, BUT I'LL COME RUNNING BACK I CANNOT LET GO FROM THE THOUGHT OF HAVING YOU I CANNOT LET GO FROM THE THOUGHT OF ME AND YOU WE LOOK OUT OF PLACE, BUT I DON'T CARE ABOUT THAT YOU DON'T SHOW SO MUCH AND SO I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU THINK GIVE ME A SIGN SO I CAN UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU WANT JUST LET ME KNOW HOW FAR YOU'RE PLANNING THIS TO GO CHORUS WELL IT'S NOT JUST CONVERSATION; CAN'T YOU SEE IT'S MOTIVATED? THAT IMPULSE DRAWS US TO BE CLOSER THEN WHAT ARE WE SUPPOSED TO DO WITH IT NOW I DON'T UNDERSTAND AND YOU KNOW WHAT I DON'T THINK ANYBODY REALLY DOES NEITHER OF US KNOW WHAT WE ARE OR KNOW WHAT WE WANT BUT THAT'S WHAT IT'S ABOUT IS IT A GAME OF HAVING FEELING ON A WHIM? I THINK IT'S A GAME, A GAME BETWEEN ME AND THEM DO WHAT YOU LIKE 'CAUSE I DON'T KNOW WHAT I REALLY WANT AND IN THE END YOU WON'T DENY WHAT'S IN YOUR VERY MIND CHORUS
2.
YOU MELT LIKE ICE IN MY GLASS 'CAUSE I KNOW ICE JUST CANNOT LAST AND IT'S ALWAYS BEEN THIS WAY, ONE PIECE OF ICE JUST MELTS INTO THE REST THAT DAY THE LOVE WAS IN YOUR EYES BUT NOT IN MINE YOU HINT AND YEARN, YOU'LL TWIST AND TURN FOR ME BUT I CAN'T SEE BECAUSE I'M BLIND TO ALL THE THINGS THAT DON'T ATTRACT ME AND TO ALL THOSE THINGS THAT SHOULD IT MIGHT SOUND STUPID BUT I DON'T HAVE FEELING FOR ALL THE THINGS THAT I CAN'T FEEL CHORUS: YOU DON'T MOVE ME YOU DON'T THRILL ME IT'S TOO EASY I DON'T WANT YOU BECAUSE YOU WANT ME YOU'RE TOO EASY IN MANY WAYS BEING HERE IS LIKE A PARADOX OF FATE 'CAUSE WHAT WE WANT AND WHAT WE CRAVE WE CAN'T GET, OH WE'LL NEVER GET IF EVERYTHING IS REVEALED WELL THEN IT'S DONE WHERE'S THE SUBTLETY? WHERE'S THE CHASE AND WHERE'S THE FIGHT? SIMPLICITY MAKES MEDIOCRITY ALL RIGHT CHORUS YOU MELT LIKE ICE BUT I DON'T WANT YOU I WANT HER, THE ELUSIVE ONE I ONLY WANT WHAT I CAN'T GET, SITTING ON ROOFS IS WHEN I FALL IN LOVE IT GETS SO OLD ALWAYS DOING WHAT I’M TOLD -- WHERE'S THE SPARK? WHERE'S THE DANGER? OH THERE'S NO DRIVE, NO DESIRE WHEN YOU MELT LIKE ICE
3.
JUST IN FROM A NIGHT OF PAIN, HER HOPEFUL EVENING TURNED TO SHAME AND COLLAPSING SHE FEELS THAT SHE'S THE ONLY ONE WHO'S LONELY SHE TRIED BUT SHE FELT SHOVED WHEN TRYING TO TALK WITH THE ONE SHE LOVED AND NOW SHE CRIES AND SAYS ALOUD "I CAN'T FIND LOVE!" IT'S A GAME BUT SHE DOESN'T KNOW, IT'S A GAME THAT SHE CAN CONTROL AND IF SHE TRIED ONCE SHE WOULD FIND THAT IT'S ALL IN HER OWN MIND CHORUS: HER EYES WERE ROOTED IN THE WRONG A YOUNG HEART PINING FAR TOO LONG ACROSS THE CITY SLEEPS A BOY WHO DREAMS OF GUILT 'CAUSE HE FELT HE WAS CRUEL WHEN TALKING TO SOMEONE NOW COLLAPSING IT'S A GAME BUT HE DOESN'T KNOW IT'S A GAME THAT HE CAN CONTROL AND IF HE TRIED ONCE HE WOULD FIND THAT IT'S ALL IN HIS OWN MIND THEIR EYES WERE ROOTED IN THE WRONG, YOUNG HEARTS PINING FAR TOO LONG THEY THOUGHT THEY WERE CONTROLLED BY THEIR SAD SONGS BUT YOUNG HEARTS DISCOVERED THEY WERE WRONG
4.
YOU WALK BY ASSURED BUT YOU’RE CURIOUS YOU KNOW SOME THINGS BUT YOU’RE RECKLESS GO TO EVERYONE THAT YOU THINK YOU KNOW AND TALK TOO MUCH YOU TALK TOO MUCH BRIDGE: ANYTIME AND ANYPLACE YOU’RE ALWAYS IN A PERSON’S FACE BUT THEY DON’T SEEM TO KNOW ACTING LIKE YOU’RE THEIR BEST FRIEND IT CANCELS OUT THE FACT THAT YOU ANNOY THEM ALL TO DEATH WALK LOVE HATE LIE ALL IN A WEEKEND’S EYE LEAD ON LAY OFF THEY CRY YOU SIGH RIGHT HERE RIGHT NOW, NOW IS YOUR BRIGHTEST DAY I HATE TO SAY BUT I FEEL THE SAME WAY BRIDGE CHORUS: BECAUSE YOU ARE MS. KISS KISS BANG BANG THE KISS ENTICES ALL TO JOIN AND THEN THEY SEE YOUR GUN BANG BANG YOU SHOOT THEM DOWN JUST ‘CAUSE YOU CAN BRIDGE CHORUS
5.
You To Me 02:52
YOU TO ME, TO ME, YOU'RE LYING FROM THE START TO ME, TO ME YOU'RE TWISTING UP YOUR HEART ON ME, ON ME YOU'RE CHANGING EVERY WEEK ON ME IN WHAT YOU SEEK AND I CAN'T TALK TO YOU 'CAUSE SOMETHING'S CAUGHT MY TONGUE IT'S ME, NOT YOU, BUT IF I WAS WITH ANYONE BUT YOU THEN I WOULD SPEAK MY MIND IN FULL -- SO YEAH, IT'S YOU THEM TO ME, TO ME THEY’RE NAGGING AT MY DREAM, THE DREAM THEY’RE GETTING IN MY HEAD AND THEY WANT YOU TO LEAVE ME WE NEVER SAID IT WOULD BE EASY, THEY DIDN’T SAY IT WOULD BE EASY I NEVER SAID IT WOULD BE EASY DON'T BE SURPRISED IT'S NOT THAT EASY AND NOW I FEEL HOT AND COLD IN WHAT I'M TOLD BUT IF IT WASN’T LIKE THIS THEN WE'D HAVE NOTHING
6.
HE'S THE ONE YOU'D LIKE TO MEET ON SIGHT, HE'S THE CONFIDENT STRANGER WALKS WITH COOL POISE, TALKS WITH JUST THE SAME, TALKS OF FLEXIBLE INVITES HE'S THE ONE WHOSE STYLE IS A RUNNING THEME, IT'S A PATH TO THE COOL LIFE ALWAYS ON THE MAKE, ALWAYS MAKING FRIENDS, HE'S A JUGGLER OF TRENDS CHORUS: HE'S GOT ONE FOOT BACK AND ONE FOOT FORWARD, WARM EMBRACE AND THEN THE COLD SHOULDER HE'S A MASTER AT SHIFTING AND SHAPING SITUATIONS FOR PERSONAL GAIN IT'S LIKE A ROLLING DICE ON A TABLE TOP, WHICH END WILL HE DROP? HE'S GOT CARDS HE'S GOT MANY CARDS TO PLAY, OR TO SAVE THEM FOR LATER DOING THINGS I NEVER THOUGHT WERE RIGHT, BUT CHARISMA IT FOLDS ME AND IT ALWAYS SOUNDS LIKE THE GREATEST THING, WHEN IT'S COMING FROM HIS MOUTH CHORUS I ALWAYS THINK THAT HE'S NOT VERY TRUTHFUL BUT ALL OF HIS SKILLS THEY SURE MAKE HIM USEFUL AND I NEED SOMEONE WITH THAT POISE, WITH THE COOL LIFE TO GUIDE ME TO SHOW ME THE THINGS THAT I SHOULD LIKE ‘CAUSE WHAT IS THE STYLE WHEN NO ONE IS STYLISH? AND WHAT IS THE LOOK WHEN NOBODY LOOKS LIKE IT? WHAT THINGS ARE IN IF THERE'S NO ONE TO SAY SO? NOTHING IS CHIC IF THE SCENESTERS DON'T RAVE ON THE WORLD NEEDS ITS TRENDSETTERS, PUSHERS OF STYLE, ITS CONFIDENT STRANGERS ITS NEW WAVE DISCIPLES TO SET WHAT IS RIGHT SO THAT OTHERS DEFY IT, I NEED YOU I NEED YOU JUST SO I FEEL RIGHT
7.
Cracks 03:45
IT ONLY STINGS IF YOU LET IT STING, IT ONLY HURTS IF YOU MAKE IT HURT IF OUT OF SIGHT THEN IT'S OUT OF MIND, SO WHY SHOULD THEY DEMAND WE STOP IT? THEY'RE ONLY LINES ON MY FACE THEY'RE ONLY FAULTS I CAN'T ERASE THEY'RE ONLY CRACKS IN AN ICE SHEET THEY’RE ONLY CRACKS IN AN ICE SHEET THEY'RE ONLY FACTS THAT EXPERTS SPEAK THEY'RE ONLY FACTS THAT EXPERTS SPEAK BUT YOU AND I WE'VE OUR OWN FACTS, OUR CRACKS AND OUR WARNING SIGNS SO LET THE ICE MELT THE SEAS COLLIDE, IT'S HARD ENOUGH JUST TO GET BY THEY'RE ONLY WORDS JUST A LITTLE LIE THEY'RE ONLY WORDS THAT MADE YOU CRY THEY'RE ONLY THINGS THAT I DON'T NEED, ONLY WANTS THEY'RE NOT FOR ME THEY'RE ONLY SIGNS THAT I'D LIKE TO READ, THEY'RE ONLY WORDS WITHOUT MEANING IT ONLY STINGS IF YOU MAKE IT STING, IT ONLY CALLS IF YOU HEAR IT RING IT'S JUST THE SOUND OF MY OWN HEART, BEATING FAR TOO FAST THAT'S ALL
8.
I GET A BIT MIXED UP, BUT I'LL FIND MY WAY NEXT DAY HURTS THE THINGS I DO, HURTS MY HOPE WITH YOU CHORUS: BUT STOP SAYING THOSE STUPID WORDS YOU'RE WANTED, YOU MUST LEARN YOU'RE MUCH OLDER THAN LAST SUMMER SO STOP SAYING THOSE STUPID WORDS WOULD YOU WALK WITH ME OR SIT DOWN BY A SUMMER TREE LOSE OUR NEGATIVITY, JUST KEEP HUMANITY CHORUS
9.
WALKED ALL OVER THE RAINY DAY AND TALKED ABOUT HOW WE'RE THE SAME ABOUT ALIBIS, EXCUSES, SHAME HOW WE HATED LOVE AND MUST REFRAIN I SAID LET'S WAIT THE TIME'S NOT RIGHT TODAY, I'M STRUGGLING TO FIND MY WAY THESE CLOUDS THEY DRAG ME DOWN YOU SEE, IT'S RAINING, BUT I WANT SPRING I CAN'T BELIEVE THE THINGS THAT SHE BELIEVES, SHE SCARES ME ALL THE MORALS SHE BRINGS WITH HER THEY MAKE NO SENSE TO ME THEY'RE CRAZY I CAN'T BELIEVE THE THINGS SHE BELIEVES YOU KNOW IT INTIMIDATES AND TAUNTS ME AND IT'S ALWAYS LIKE THIS, IT'S ALWAYS THAT YOU CAN'T GET WHAT YOU WANT CHORUS: SHE'S LIKE THE SNOW IN ALL HER WAYS SHINING BRIGHT PUTS ME INTO A DAZE AND I CAN'T KEEP MY EYES FREE SO KILL ME AND LIKE EVERY GOOD THING ON THIS EARTH ALL I WANT RIGHT NOW IT IS HER, BUT WE'RE IN THESE DIFFERENT WORLDS, IT'S LIKE BLACK AND WHITE CHORUS
10.
My Alarm 03:42
I HAD AN ARGUMENT TODAY, SOMEONE DIDN'T SEE MY WAY BUT MY WAY'S NOT THE ONE WITH SIGHT YOU MUST KNOW I’VE GOT NO RIGHT TO COME HERE TELLING YOU YOU'RE WRONG TELLING YOU PROBLEMS OF MINE THOSE PROBLEMS MAY MATTER A BIT, BUT NOT THAT MUCH BRIDGE: DEEP INSIDE THE HEAD THE MIND IS SO CONFUSED, IT'S SO DESPERATE ACTING LIKE IT KNOWS IT ALL THAT'S A STUPID LIE, JUST A REFLEX WELL THE SUN IS SHINING OVERHEAD, BUT CLOUDS ARE SOON TO TAKE FROM YOU YOUR SKIES OF BLUE AWAY, THEN WHERE'D YOUR LIGHT GO? I DON'T WANT TO FEEL MUCH ANYMORE, 'CAUSE FEELING ALWAYS MAKES YOU CARE SO LET'S JUST CO-EXIST WITH THIS, THAT INTERACTION BADLY MISSED CHORUS YOU'RE THE ONE WHO SHOULD BE POINTING FINGERS, DON'T YOU SEE? BUT YOU'RE TOO KIND SOMEDAY THIS ALARM OF MINE MIGHT FINALLY STOP ITS BEEPING BUT IT'S NOT LIKELY GO, GO LEAVE MY ALARM SO HERE WE ARE AND TIME HAS PASSED, I'M TRYING HARD TO ERASE THAT PAST BUT I DON'T FEEL MUCH DIFFERENT NOW THAN I DID I DON'T KNOW HOW BRIDGE CHORUS
11.
IT'S NOT THE SAME ANYMORE, DAYS OF OLD ARE DAYS OF OLD THERE'S NOT THE TASTE OF NOVELTY IN MY MOUTH, IT'S GONE FROM ME WHILE IT'S THE END OF A TIME IT'S THE START OF A NEW KIND OF LIFE AND WEARILY WE MOVE ON, THROUGH IT ALL THROUGH IT ALL CHORUS: MY FEELING’S NOT QUITE SO STRONG, SOMETHING SEEMS SO AWFULLY WRONG BUT WHILE PESSIMISTS PREDICT APOCALYPSE THERE IS SOME YOUNG GIRL GETTING HER FIRST KISS I TURNED AROUND, SAW THE FROWN SAW THE APATHETIC FACE OF THIS TOWN TURN AWAY, ONLY SAY THAT IT HATES AND DISLIKES AND COMPLAINS BUT WHILE IT'S TRUE APATHY IS THE MOST NATURAL SUMMARY ALL THE THRILLS THEY PULSE STILL IN THE MIDDLE OF THAT TOWN CHORUS BUT IN THESE ARMS I AM FREE I AM SURE THAT I KNOW AT LEAST ONE THING THAT THESE ARMS CARE FOR ME WHETHER I CARE FOR THEM OR FOR SHE YEAH IT'S THE END OF A TIME IT'S THE START OF A NEW KIND OF LIFE IT'S THE END OF A TIME 12. TWO YEARS THE NEW KIDS ALL STAND ROUND THEIR FACES YOUNG THEIR NEW DAYS JUST BEGUN THE GIRL WITH GENTLE EYES WILL HAVE NO CHOICE SHE’LL BE THE FIRST TO GO FROM PAST LIFE PAST FRIENDS SHE IS GONE PRESSURE MAKES HER DO ANYTHING PRESSURE MAKES CLIQUES, DISTORTS THE MIND INSIDE A THOUGHTFUL HEAD CHORUS: DON’T TAKE WHAT I HAVE TO SAY WITH CONSEQUENCE IT’S JUST ME TODAY I DON’T KNOW WHAT I WANT BUT NEITHER DO YOU IT’S THIS TIME OF YEAR AGAIN OUTSIDE IS SO COLD BUT SO PRETTY TOO WE ALL HUDDLE ‘ROUND BUT WE’VE ALL GOT DIFFERENT FEELINGS IN OUR VEINS HOW CAN ONE PERSON TELL WHAT’S RUNNING RAMPANT IN ANOTHER’S WORLD? WHEN EVERYONE HIDES WHAT THEY ARE IT’S HARD FOR ME TO KNOW CHORUS WE WALKED DOWN THAT SAME OLD STAIRWAY FOR TWO YEARS NOW WE’RE OLDER LIFE’S BEEN SOBERED BUT WE’RE STILL FRIENDS THINGS YOU SAY WON’T GO AWAY THEY’LL ALWAYS STAY THEY’LL ALWAYS STAY CHORUS OR MAYBE YOU DO
12.
THE NEW KIDS ALL STAND ROUND THEIR FACES YOUNG THEIR NEW DAYS JUST BEGUN THE GIRL WITH GENTLE EYES WILL HAVE NO CHOICE SHE’LL BE THE FIRST TO GO FROM PAST LIFE PAST FRIENDS SHE IS GONE PRESSURE MAKES HER DO ANYTHING PRESSURE MAKES CLIQUES, DISTORTS THE MIND INSIDE A THOUGHTFUL HEAD CHORUS: DON’T TAKE WHAT I HAVE TO SAY WITH CONSEQUENCE IT’S JUST ME TODAY I DON’T KNOW WHAT I WANT BUT NEITHER DO YOU IT’S THIS TIME OF YEAR AGAIN OUTSIDE IS SO COLD BUT SO PRETTY TOO WE ALL HUDDLE ‘ROUND BUT WE’VE ALL GOT DIFFERENT FEELINGS IN OUR VEINS HOW CAN ONE PERSON TELL WHAT’S RUNNING RAMPANT IN ANOTHER’S WORLD? WHEN EVERYONE HIDES WHAT THEY ARE IT’S HARD FOR ME TO KNOW CHORUS WE WALKED DOWN THAT SAME OLD STAIRWAY FOR TWO YEARS NOW WE’RE OLDER LIFE’S BEEN SOBERED BUT WE’RE STILL FRIENDS THINGS YOU SAY WON’T GO AWAY THEY’LL ALWAYS STAY THEY’LL ALWAYS STAY CHORUS OR MAYBE YOU DO

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NEW FACES (Conor Sisk, Kyle Hove, Nico Janssen) was a three-piece britpop-influenced indie rock band that started in High School in Port Townsend, WA. Upon winning Experience Music Project's prestigious Sound Off! competition in 2008, New Faces signed to Seattle indie label Loveless Records and released their first and only album, Two Years, to widespread acclaim among fans and critics in the Pacific Northwest. After receiving music industry buzz and performing at Bumbershoot, Seattle's Capitol Hill Block Party and South by Southwest, New Faces abruptly broke up in 2009 when their average age was just 18. Since then, Hove, Sisk, and Janssen have all gone on to found well-received bands (Kilcid Band, Bleach Bones) in Seattle and Washington, D.C. Meanwhile, New Faces' infectious indie-pop music has lived on through licensing placements in hit TV shows (The Big Bang Theory, Shameless Soundtrack - Music from the Showtime TV Series, the Vampire Diaries) and commercial ads (Jaguar, Nissan).

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released August 26, 2008

Kyle Hove | Bass, Shouts, Claps
Nico Janssen | Guitar, Vox
Conor Sisk | Drums, Shouts, Claps

All music by New Faces (Hove Sisk Janssen Music, ASCAP)
All lyrics by Nico Janssen (ASCAP)

Design by Yael Pouffary and Blaine Bowman

Engineered by Brian Brown at Attercop Sound (Seattle); Produced by Brian Brown, Julien Carlson and New Faces at Attercop Sound, Chroma Sound and Taj McGraw Studios (Seattle); Mastered by Martin Feveyear at Jupiter Studios (Seattle)

Original release on Loveless Records

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