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Handle With Care: Revisited

by The Longshot

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You’re at my door Cuz in my closed up cluttered mind Was a light that you did find I’m lost no more Cuz I found my feet again And the evening pulls us in Say no more words I wanna hear your voice again Like no one else ever heard Sing it back in my face This is what I’ve wanted Since I fell from grace My shoes have seen worse days Captain of my own seas So I risk everything There is no end To the novels that we wrote We keep adding extra notes And your eyes are wide Cuz I’m stepping out of the attic For the first time
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Sometimes you have things You never want to leave or let go What is life without memories to hold I turn the lights out And never leave this room Until I’ve found a better way to breathe I just wanna live But that isn’t enough for life We can’t make it through Without a little bit of pain So tuck yourself in It’s gonna be a long night There’s no more day for you to fight And it’s hard to sleep when there’s still light We sit alone and talk for hours I wonder which of all the stars above You’re closest to If I cut the ropes and cut the bonds Would I regret as much Or would I write the perfect tune These walls are splashed with A perfect shade of you In my empty bedroom My biggest fear is for you to let go But you don’t know I watch your flowers bloom But I will never forget you oh no I won’t let go But now you’re lost where I can’t seek Between awake and half asleep But now I see All this golden soul below We taught ourselves how to play this way And shows But I’m alive And I’m coming back tonight But give me time to find my mind On the way home
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Older 03:43
This one’s for the words All the answers left unheard The things I didn’t say It’s just hard to speak When I’ve lost my peace of mind Cutting off my tongue when I hear your name And now you’re right next to me But I’m on my own Are you doing better now that we’ve grown Another morning view This is three years down the road I’m not spending all these midwest nights with you I’ll never say I never meant it But I’ll never step into Missouri again And all your letters in my bedroom Are turning yellow as the dawn that’s creeping in We only die once And for such a long time Well it’s not my time
4.
Tomorrow 03:55
Tonight this bed of mine It brings my fears to life Alive and on my mind At least until I hit the lights And say goodnight Am I alone Will I ever make it out On my own And will I ever make a sound tomorrow I was there I’ve got pictures on my phone I swear I won’t be leaving this place alone Tomorrow Right here and right now I swear this kid will make it through today And when I’m older I’m sure My kids will never know I felt this way The best laid plans are the ones laid to rest But I can’t deal with second best And when tomorrow comes When I die and then I’m Replaced by the next one This is all I have to show What I am, what I was So where will I go
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Lost Boy 04:35
It happened again No sleep for the restless My bed is a tomb Riding these back roads The back of my head Is an office and I’m running out of room Oh where is your heart It isn’t at home with your mother Your bed and your music It’s so long till the start Of your independence So why do you continue to dream it away The hospital room That old age will bring The song never ends When the wind starts to blow I am shown all the burning And the colors all blend I have been shown What I need to be happy And why the leaves change I have been told What I need to be happy But I’m still finding my way I lost myself on the way home And I locked myself Out of my own mind Oh where is your heart It isn’t at home with your mother Your bed or your music It’s so long till the start Of your independence So why do you continue to dream it away
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2012 thank-yous:

Thank you Spencer Tyminski, Glenn Cole, Wil McCarthy, Steven Melton, Chaz Stephens, Alex Clark, Sam Peter, Colin Batchelor, Cameron Schnur, Matt Amelung, Ben Biver, David Mullis, Jeff Dinter, Nathan Bossart, y'all are the Longshot family. Thank you Doug Marrs, Kristen DeSimone, Mrs. Boeckman, the Feuerhelms, Mike Judy, AJ Perdomo, The Dangerous Summer, the guys in The Great Outdoors (RIP), Patrick Cook and You’re Not Kablamo, Tigers Jaw, Lydia, The Rocketboys, Eddie Van Halen, John Cena, Fred Durst, James Britnell, JJ Abrams, Cameron Schnur, Keith Hernandez, Jack Daniels, PBR, Budweiser and Stag.

2018 thank-yous:

Thanks to Mike Miller for your fantastic work. Thank you Matt Amelung for providing an awesome space to rock these songs, and for capturing our sound. Thanks to everyone who came to our shows over the years, and who came to see us off at the end of 2017. We had a blast. These songs are for you

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released December 5, 2018

When Handle With Care was recorded in 2012 and released on October 3rd, 2012, The Longshot was the following musicians:

David Maness - guitar/vocals
Drew Kelly - bass/vocals
Brandon Boeckman - guitar
Will Irmler - drums

When the live Encapsulated Sessions were recorded in 2017 and released on October 24th, 2018, The Longshot was the following musicians:

David Maness - guitar/vocals
Guideon Berry - bass/vocals
Drew Kelly - guitar/vocals
Luca Toretta - drums

2012 HANDLE WITH CARE PRODUCTION CREDITS:
- All songs written and performed by The Longshot.
- Engineered and mixed by Matt Amelung.
- Produced by David Maness and Matt Amelung.
- "Lay" produced by David Maness, Matt Amelung, and Dan Marsala.
- Recorded, mixed, and mastered at Encapsulated Studios in St. Louis, MO except “Lost Boy” and guitars, bass and vocals on “Older” which were recorded at Second Story Studios in St. Louis, MO.
- Additional backup vocals on “Older”, “Tomorrow” and “Lost Boy” recorded at Second Story Studios.
- Additional synths on “Older” recorded at Ben’s house.
- Additional mandolin on “Older” recorded at Jason’s house.
- Album art by David Maness.
- Promotional photography by David Mullis.

2017 ENCAPSULATED SESSIONS PRODUCTION CREDITS:
- All songs performed by The Longshot.
- Encapsulated Sessions were recorded live in the Encapsulated Studios tracking room by Matt Amelung on December 11th, 2017.
- Engineered by Matt Amelung and Mike Miller. Mixed and mastered by Mike Miller.

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