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Where Have You Been, Where Have We Been? (The First Five Years)

by Brigands

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1.
i fell in love so discreetly well i was sure i'd slipped your mind that when i shook off all the shackles would have to find my place in line but then i found you on my doorstep and you were asking for the time i never found them less attractive your cornered desperation lies (chorus) how was i to know you were trying to take it slow i played along burning daylight making up and changing minds and stepping back just out of sequence the dissonance all by design best of friends dubbed you my best chance and i grimaced out of pride i never felt so quite distracted as when we jumped on the l line (chorus) how was i to know you were trying to take it slow what all could we be when the world is in my reach (solo) (chorus) how was i to know you were trying to take it slow what all could we be when you're living at my feet
2.
Dewar 03:50
back when i heard about the ring i made up my list starting with your name and then i pointed to fate at the littlest things when we worked in the mall or i'd give you a ride when your friend flaked (chorus) randomize or change up the order i'm not worried at all it's my fault if we go wrong but then why would you play the game i don't know where you've been sleeping what you're dreaming that's why we're in this thing let's get to work now babe jump to now and you've run away call the Midwest home, i don't see your face i know i shouldn't complain you weren't mine any day but this link gives me hope that i can get in our head from the rain (bridge) they'll never try to understand they'll never touch the things we'll have they'll never want you like i can (chorus)
3.
we were counting cars like we used to but you'd never know i was searching hard for a sign of should i stay or go so honey let's drink too much tonight two years ain't enough to figure out this life you can waste it waiting there or use your eyes (chorus) slow burn running on empty i learned pretending to care elevator love letter playing from my stereo you would never love anything if i had told you to so wouldn't you see this as you like you can walk to someone who would share your mind cos you don't know you'll look back through starry eyes (chorus) slow burn running on empty i learned pretending to care and you're playing the fool set on waiting on me but i can't figure out who i want you to be slow burn covered and bare (instrumental bridge) (chorus) slow burn running on empty i learned pretending to care and you're playing the fool set on waiting on me but i can't figure out who i want you to be slow burn covered and bare
4.
no this wasn't supposed to be this awkward scene but she found a way to fuck this too on your own for a minute babe but you'd trade away your independence for a mistake we turn around we turn around and duck through crowds to find an out it doesn't matter now passed table games and drama queens i took the lead we didn't mean to see the things we'd see (chorus) said it's cool but we had to try it so we tried it left our backs on the concrete floor said it's cool but we had to try it so we tried it left us piecing those last hours woke and found some words for you babe won't be your wake without a hangover hanging round self destruction has been calling and at this speed he looks a little bit just like me crowds gather round they gather round to scream and shout and in my eye we're going to the ground just come around yeah come around we'll tear it down and build it better than it was in sound (chorus) + so tell me now what can i do this falls on you this falls on you so tell me now what can i do this falls on you it's all on you (solo) (chorus) + so tell me now what can i do this falls on you it's all on you so tell me now what can i do this falls on you this falls on you
5.
Sunshine 03:42
you wake up one day and you don't mean a thing carry on and then you live through that yeah something came up someone she'd rather see and the world is left to hear her sins (prechorus) alright oh yeah no i didn't need all that i heard about him heard your plans have been made but you still come around now and then our time is gone we salvaged skin in the remains so it's skin that holds me back again (prechorus) (chorus) sunshine i'm not living for you anymore sometimes we find our way to each other's door but when the lights go on just to see us run you oughta know that that was not the plan sunshine friends ask about me but no they're not with me see their lives see them settle again can't we be bigger than everybody's dream no we rust you run to be like them (prechorus) (chorus) (bridge) will you drive me crazy my little miss play me will you lead me on like we both know you can will you drive me crazy my one chance to save me i want to get by again (chorus) sunshine i'm not living for you anymore sometimes we find our way to each other's door but when the lights go on just to see us run i'll tell you now that that was not my plan sunshine
6.
One and One 03:36
walk right like you still have control i lie just so you'll come around i don't know what the summer's done to you and i don't know where you found things you have to prove i'm supposed to be the one you turn to when things don't go right not your ride she loves to tell me bout how (chorus) one and one are always the same but with everything i do you'll just get further away we want our summer weather lives together you don't have to love me but don't throw it away their eyes they look to bring us down just like their empty lives are now make your way to the studio and pool if you don't turn back by now you'll know what to do i turned down the best the world has at the last possible time and you smile but then you tell me bout how (chorus) (solo) (chorus) + she tells me you're not the one for me and you can't expect to be but til something changes you can stay with me out in the summer weather neverender you don't have to love it just don't throw it away yeah well trust me we'll never throw it away
7.
Late Tonight 03:20
(chorus) stayed out late tonight cos there's no going back we've nothing left stayed out late tonight with hopes of stretching this to make it last she said the sun will take you far from me so let's not think about the morning woke up on the beach 10 hours after dawn when we met again it went like it should i laughed when she smiled she smiled when i stood i lit us a joint the crowds just looked on (and) we picked the first stars from the sea wondering who else could see them burning (chorus) picked up by the cops we fell through the cracks got back to the beach as the lights went dim got down on my knees and meant what i said you laughed as you picked me up by the hand then we swam out far beyond the breaks knowing an ocean's coming our way the surf sent us back to the beach content now just using our bodies (chorus) (post script) woke up with the sun as the stars escaped used the light to burn your face into me and i held you close as my flight's looming but i loved the way you said til we meet again
8.
Reach Girl 03:44
so i'm choosing my past one that she'll understand one that's calling me back now i'm holding my breath and i cancelled our plans said you don't understand no you won't understand (chorus) she's my reach girl she's my reach girl all my friends are already with who they'll die with or get bored with but she's mine just go on bout your friends yeah you love me like this it's been years since you quit but each drunken poet conjures her through their pen every idealist script works to fade out on this (chorus) (coda) now everyone says i am crazy to lay at your feet without asking for anything i come around with magic soaking to ask you on knees are you falling for anything now i'm holding her back and i die with each breathe no you don't understand does she know where you're meant to stand up in the end does she scare you like that no one scares me like that (chorus)
9.
we're out here looking for attention but there's something i haven't mentioned we've got someone at home that's waiting to sway this foolish heart too right there's something in between us cheap thrills masquerade as wanderlust i think in points and how i was first i'm sticking with my crush just help me dig this grave when (chorus) i'm out with the wrong one again i'm out with the wrong girl again my head is spinning all around can't believe the girls in this town the girls in this town kid myself like no one has met her it's understood no one else matters there's something bout aiming for the stars and idealistic scars while you're here eating by your lonesome it's clear i'm the one with the problem tell myself you ought to be smiling i'm taking back control come on just give me this one (chorus X2) (coda) that was the very last time that i felt alive there with the diamonds in the sidewalk corner of 8th and 9th and with our single last breath we changed the warning signs well there's your meaning before i'd seen it i could swear i was all right swore i was all right
10.
Beach House 04:13
living without you won't work for long but i can't help but notice everyone you're not we fell to the carpet and never once bothered to think we're wrong we'd cling to the surface like we don't deserve what's been going on round us no one else matters you can fill the role babe if that's what you've been after then you've got the wrong place we tried to imagine if things hadn't happened like that would work went out for some air to the surf to be fair we were not in love enough (bridge) and she is not the one for you no she has just been there for you just no one is calling when she's gone and no one around here has been speaking up this was supposed to be my first three in one night this was supposed to be you're finally doing things right (chorus) the currents are stronger than they ever bothered than they'd let on the floor of the Atlantic it's never been concerned with what's above we're calm
11.
i knew a boy who was blank and happy he'd sit on his own with plans and poetry and i watched him burn burn burn burn two weeks it all fit in a february the scene and a girl with words still coming what if we never learn learn learned and (prechorus) i know what you said i heard what you said yeah i know what you said but see she's the only one with some words that could change things still (chorus) the door's closed now would you get out of my head i knew a girl who could make you lonely she'd sit on my mind with weight to hold me and she had the nerve nerve nerve nerve to breathe out the words as if she's sleeping you'd laugh at our lives, the distance between how i left to fix my version (prechorus) and i know what you'll say i know what you'll say yeah i know what you'll say but now after all of this it's just a name that'll change things so (chorus)
12.
our souls are spotless so we're taking our aim bandwagon sniffing out a harmless mistake i gave you half a chance you couldn't come the whole way but i'm sure you'll be fine by the end of the day (prechorus) come we'll meet anonymously grab your pitchforks and your torches and your mob mentality (chorus) we are we are one more person to blame we're hunting for someone to shoulder our shame we never miss a chance never go on our way we are we are one more person to blame i sleep so sound each night cos someone agrees with where i put a line that nobody sees if you're not fine in time well it's not on me my soul is spotless cos of what i believe (prechorus) come we'll blow this up til it explodes grab your soapbox and your pedestal and gobs of throwing stones (chorus) (bridge) and oh how fast you're hiding if the light ever lands on you and oh how loud you're crying you're crying out but just for you (chorus)
13.
i'm sorry that i won't be around for awhile i think i let you down i'm sorry i've been trouble i like the idea of you that's til i looked around but what am i supposed to be a lifeless saint or cynic in your grave? i'm sorry that you find it so easy to rely on the shit i never say but in a moment you will be coming back in style no we don't know change and you'll die for my pretty phrase and i should have the guts to stay away but it's cold outside and it's not my night in the face of my dream's failure i run back to this disaster i'm yours tonight just for the night i'm sorry for suggesting that you run just i know my mind i'm sorry i risked your life and lost but i thought i would try i thought i'd try i fought one night i'm sorry i'm off the table i'm sorry i'm off the table i'm sorry i'm off the table i'm sorry i'm off the table but you're gonna be fine
14.
i drop you off to work about all i can do cos since they took him off darling my life's fallen through now i drive back to sleep airborn ranger in bed just til i ink this script and i fool myself out west (chorus) trainstations in november don't ask me questions now i don't have answers to like if you are the one darling i don't have a clue cos now the floor is gone i take to st. andrews i leave you for someone just to find out i'll miss you (chorus) (bridge) i'm only here for the summer but i'm staying on through the winter we got a couple hours left to last this waning afternoon and in the back of this old bookstore we see toys and hear the tunes well if i hold you for too long well darling could you please excuse i don't think anyone's been lost as much as i am needing you i'm only here for the summer but i'm staying on through the winter (chorus) <train stations in november> we got a couple hours left to last this waning afternoon and in the background of this bookstore we see toys and hear the tunes well if i hold you for too long well darling would you please excuse i don't think anyone's been lost as much as i am needing you i take you off to work
15.
broken bones and tattered clothes don't need an explanation you left your name and said you'd ring we need a reason do we? (chorus) if i don't see you then have a good one darling summer's coming for you if i don't see you then have a good one darling summer's coming for you picks and stones sewn round my throat i swore the start of something and took a step from what you know you say i'm always dreaming (chorus) (bridge) and that's the way we are deciding every star was meant for something more won't settle for everything now look how scared realizing all we are are ghosts who've long since starved can't survive on honesty (instrumental) (chorus) if i don't see you then have a good one darling summer's coming for you if i don't see you then have a good one darling summer's coming for you
16.
We've been holding on through the night And stacking on each lie upon lie I'm asking please just once do it right You owe that owe that I can never see through your lies I'm asking please just drop your disguise I'm bending over backwards inside I know it's over I don't want to sleep again tonight Well i'm sure you learned your lines And i'm sorry yeah i'm sorry Didn't ever mean to waste your time We've been holding on late tonight And stacking on each lie upon lie I'm asking please just once do it right You owe that owe that I can never see through your lies We work so hard ignoring the signs When i'm alone and changing my mind It's unattractive I don't want to sleep again tonight Well i'm sure you learned your lines And i'm sorry yeah i'm sorry Didn't ever mean to waste your time I don't want to sleep again tonight Well i know that you're my life But i said it there i said it Whatever happens next, we end tonight I'm growing up I'm growing up Though you might not notice yet I'm growing up I'm growing up Could you tell me where to go I don't want to sleep again tonight Well i'm sure you've learned your lines And i'm sorry yeah i'm sorry Didn't ever mean to waste your time I don't want to sleep again tonight Well i know that you're my life But i said it there i said it Whatever happens next, we end tonight No it's never gonna be like that Don't you know that it won't be like that
17.
once in your life, could you try to put together a stretch you can remember when you wake up on time, or perhaps it's better said that you don't live for someone and you're sat in your room and you're using my key and you lose track of time and you fall to brilliant pieces that nobody sees too far down in their dreams is it too late to be what you don't know that you want to be yet someone in your life at some point they just forgot you you can stay right here or decide to try for something i can't convey, how it's strange and unbelievable that you can't conceive of all the limitless ways, that i work myself up every time i see no sign and you're quick with the truth that our youth has been used you don't hang round those days no you just serve to remind me my bridge too will fade further every day all the love that we'd made disappeared off with the sunrise to now someone in your life at some point they just forgot you you can stay right here or decide to try for something and you want to know forever i want a little better we meet end of days to compare all our scrapes and we know we're good for nothing an awful pair my darling a fortune in days that don't add to anything on my mind
18.
wait every day i'm your stray wait every day like crazy and every perfect day's one more show of fake proof i'm running out of ways to say i can see through (chorus) every little thing doesn't have to be for you sleep as you wake worlds away we make mistakes patiently and under weight of wine my head runs to join you despite needs to survive won't or can't forget you (chorus) (bridge) so i say never show you would never know from me forced smiling save the date is it too late to save me (chorus) + stare down the barrel every day we've seen too much to walk away repaint the scenes just like we knew we're burning out to keep us cool i never saw them as regrets always assumed there was no end i walked an odd way and just knew i've got it now i'm lost on you
19.
your house friday night is saved i've got something to do show up by myself round eight with bottles of home brew and i don't know anyone but you i don't know anyone waking up after noon and i'm killing time with you
20.
i want it all is that so wrong i know we don't need one more song but everybody has a boyfriend so where does that leave me i woke up late again this morning the sun is high to remind me i know you only see what's easier asking what's wrong with what you lead (prechorus) so i thought and walked the afternoon well don't you see there's nothing i can do (chorus) some souls are meant for california some souls are made to never figure out their place give my regards to what we planned for i know you'd have me see this through without a trace but everybody has a boyfriend so where does that leave me i woke too late again this morning to have that girl falling for me convinced myself of what she's after now but i'm so far from what she needs (prechorus) when i saw her on the avenue i realized there's nothing i can do (chorus) some souls are meant for california some souls are made to never figure out their place give my regards to what we planned for lord knows we don't need one more song to take the blame but everybody has a boyfriend so where does that leave me (bridge) thousand oaks crush you found the best of us they took it all away and say we can't expect a thing they built us up until we couldn't stop we couldn't turn away so why the fuck wouldn't i complain (solo) (chorus) some souls are meant for california some souls are made to never figure out their place give my regards to what we planned for i know you'd have me see this through without a trace but everybody has a boyfriend so where does that leave me

about

"Where Have You Been, Where Have We Been? 'The First Five Years'" is a retrospective look back at the last five years/albums from Brigands.

Select tracks have been taken from each album and touched up/completely remixed and remastered along with the addition of never before released acoustic versions of a handful of songs.

This compilation is an opportunity to look back, take stock, and take a breath after the first five years of our existence.

It also serves as a great introduction to the band for anyone coming to our music for the first time as it's a decent representation of what we've done over the last five years and albums of our career in Brigands.

Thank you so much for listening and we look forward to what the second chapter holds for Brigands as we continue on.

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released June 3, 2016

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