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LOVESEAT

by QUARTERBACKS

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1.
POINT NINE 01:49
I'VE ONLY KNOWN YOU  NINE TENTHS OF A PERCENT OF MY LIFE  AND YOU'VE ONLY KNOWN ME FOR  POINT EIGHT OF YOURS BUT  THERE'S SOMETHING IN THE WAY WE KISS THAT  KEEPS ME ASSURED  I HAVE NO EXPECTATIONS FOR THE FUTURE  THE PRESENT'S TOO PERFECT TO THINK ABOUT THAT  SOMETIMES I WONDER IF I SHOULD SLOW DOWN  MAKE SURE MY HEART STAYS INTACT  BUT I TRUST YOU  BECAUSE IT FEELS LIKE I CAN  AND I CAN'T WORRY ABOUT ANYTHING  WHILE YOU'RE HOLDING MY HAND  I CAN'T KEEP MY HEART FROM BEATING  TWICE AS FAST AS IT NORMALLY WOULD  BECAUSE EVEN IF I WANTED TO STOP IT I DON'T  THINK THAT I COULD  DON'T THINK THAT I COULD  AND WHY WOULD I WANT TO  YOU'VE ALWAYS FELT SO GOOD
2.
LOVESEAT 01:07
SITTING ON YOUR LOVESEAT  MAKING CONVERSATION  WE HAVE IDENTICAL INTENTIONS FOR TONIGHT  AND I'M PRETTY SURE YOU WANNA TO KISS ME  BUT I'M TOO NERVOUS  TO LEAN IN AND FIND OUT IF I'M RIGHT  I KEEP TOUCHING YOUR KNEES  WHENEVER WE AGREE  THE ROOM IS SO WARM  YOUR LIPS ARE OVERWHELMING ME  THE WAY YOU FORM YOUR LETTERS  EACH WORD JUST MAKES IT BETTER  THE FORMATION'S SO DISTRACTING  THAT THE CONTENT BARELY MATTERS  YOUR PARAGRAPHS ARE AN EPITAPH  FOR MY SELF RESTRAINT  MY PATIENCE IS WANING  NOT SURE HOW LONG I CAN WAIT  BUT YOU'RE LOOKING AT ME  WITH FULL MOON EYES  SO SOFT AND CLEAR AND BRIGHT  AND I KNOW IT WILL BE WORTH IT  EVEN IF IT TAKES ALL NIGHT  IF YOU KISSED ME WHEN  I WALKED THROUGH THE DOOR  I PROBABLY WOULDN'T LIKE YOU AS MUCH  BUT THESE ANXIOUS HOURS OF ANTICIPATION  WILL JUST MAKE IT THAT MUCH BETTER  WHEN OUR LIPS FINALLY TOUCH  SITTING ON YOUR LOVESEAT  MAKING CONVERSATION  WE HAVE IDENTICAL INTENTIONS FOR TONIGHT  AND I PRETTY SURE YOU WANNA KISS ME  BUT I'M TOO NERVOUS  TO LEAN IN AND FIND OUT IF I'M RIGHT
3.
STAY IN LUV 01:06
WHEN I FELL IN LOVE I WROTE A SONG EVERY WEEK THEN I STAYED IN LOVE AND IT WAS LIKE I FELL ASLEEP THE SILENCE WAS SO PERFECT  I DIDN'T WANT TO SPEAK THEN I WOKE UP AND YOUR ABSENCE  BEGGED FOR SOUND AND I TRIED TO FIND A WAY TO FILL THE EMPTINESS I'D FOUND BUT AT FIRST  I COULD ONLY WHISPER BUT THEN THE MURMUR  GOT LOUDER I CAN'T SEEM TO STAY IN LOVE I CAN'T SEEM TO STAY IN LOVE I CAN'T SEEM TO STAY IN LOVE I GUESS MY HEART JUST BEATS TOO FAST OR WHATEVER
4.
SIMPLE SONGS 01:38
I BELIEVE IN POP MUSIC  THE WAY I WISH I BELIEVED IN GOD  COMPLETELY AND WITHOUT QUESTION  I WISH THERE WAS SOMETHING HIGHER  THAT I COULD SUBSCRIBE TO  TO GIVE MY LIFE SOME DIRECTION  CUZ I DON'T HAVE A LIFE PLAN  I JUST HAVE THIS LITTLE BAND  SIMPLE SONGS WITH SIMPLE CHORDS  BUT SIMPLE SONGS WON'T SAVE YOUR SOUL  THE ONLY THING THAT SPEAKS TO ME  ARE CATCHY MELODIES  THE SAME CHORDS ALL THE TIME  E C G  THE ONLY DAMN THING THAT SPEAKS TO ME  CUZ I DON'T HAVE A LIFE PLAN  I JUST HAVE THIS LITTLE BAND  SIMPLE SONGS WITH SIMPLE CHORDS  BUT SIMPLE SONGS WON'T SAVE YOUR SOUL
5.
TWENTY 00:45
I GUESS THERE WAS A TIME  WHEN I DIDN'T KNOW YOU AND I GUESS THAT TIME  WAS PRETTY MUCH MY WHOLE LIFE EVEN THOUGH I DON'T LIKE  THINKING ABOUT IT BECAUSE EVERYTHING NOW FEELS TOTALLY RIGHT FEELS TOTALLY RIGHT  FEELS TOTALLY RIGHT FEELS TOTALLY RIGHT EIGHTEEN YEARS  TWENTY MILES APART RIVER LIKE AN OCEAN THAT WE COULDN'T CROSS BUT RIVERS CAN'T DEMAGNETIZE HEARTS YEAH WE'RE MAKING UP  FOR THE TIME THAT WE LOST FOR THE TIME THAT WE LOST FOR THE TIME THAT WE LOST FOR THE TIME THAT WE LOST EVERYTHING'S PERFECT IT ALL FEELS FATEFUL BUT I DON'T BELIEVE IN FATE I JUST BELIEVE IN PEOPLE BUT EVEN IF THERE'S NO DESTINY I'M GLAD YOU ENDED UP WITH ME ENDED UP WITH ME ENDED UP WITH ME ENDED UP WITH ME
6.
DON'T WANNA 01:12
I THOUGHT I NEEDED A ROMANTIC SABBATICAL AS IF LOVE WAS WHAT WAS  MAKING ME SO MISERABLE YOU CAME INTO MY LIFE RIGHT AS I WAS GIVING UP AND FOR THE FIRST TIME IN A LONG TIME I COULDN'T GET ENOUGH NOW I DON'T WANNA FALL IN LOVE DON'T WANNA FALL IN LOVE DON'T WANNA FALL IN LOVE NOW I DON'T WANNA FALL IN LOVE DON'T WANNA FALL IN LOVE DON'T WANNA FALL IN LOVE WITH ANYONE BUT YOU YOU INTRODUCED YOURSELF TO ME OUTSIDE OF A RECORD STORE AND I WAS GLAD TO SEE YOU THOUGH WE'D NEVER MET BEFORE I COULD FEEL MY LIFE WAS GOING TO CHANGE SO PREOCCUPIED BY YOUR EYES I DIDN'T CATCH YOUR NAME NOW I DON'T WANNA FALL IN LOVE DON'T WANNA FALL IN LOVE DON'T WANNA FALL IN LOVE NOW I DON'T WANNA FALL IN LOVE DON'T WANNA FALL IN LOVE DON'T WANNA FALL IN LOVE WITH ANYONE BUT YOU SLOW BUILD COURTSHIP MONTHLONG CRESCENDO BEFORE FORTE WE HAD TO START AT PIANISSIMO WITH QUICK CONVERSATIONS AND UNEXPECTED HANDHOLDS BUT NOW THAT WE'RE TOGETHER I WANT TO MAKE SURE YOU KNOW I DON'T WANNA FALL IN LOVE DON'T WANNA FALL IN LOVE DON'T WANNA FALL IN LOVE NOW I DON'T WANNA FALL IN LOVE DON'T WANNA FALL IN LOVE DON'T WANNA FALL IN LOVE WITH ANYONE BUT YOU
7.
NEVER GO 01:58
I CAN'T REMEMBER  WHAT IT FELT LIKE  TO NOT BE IN LOVE WITH YOU  BECAUSE ALL MY MEMORIES  HAVE YOU IN THEM TOO  THIS ABSENCE OF PAST  ISN'T HARD TO UNDERSTAND  BECAUSE MY LIFE BEGAN WHEN YOU FIRST HELD MY HAND  I'LL NEVER GO  ANYWHERE  WITHOUT YOU  EVER AGAIN I CAN'T REMEMBER  WHAT IT FELT LIKE  TO NOT BE IN LOVE WITH YOU
8.
SPACE 00:43
I MADE SPACE FOR YOU  IN MY TINY ROOM  MADE MYSELF SMALL ENOUGH  SO YOU'D FIT IN MY BED  AND THAT SPACE WAITS FOR YOU  NOT TO COME BUT TO RETURN  A MONUMENT TO ABSENCE  AND A HEART THAT NEVER LEARNS  I KNEW HOW TO PREPARE FOR YOU  AND I KNEW JUST HOW TO WAIT  WHEN YOU FINALLY CAME TO ME  I DON'T KNOW  I GUESS I JUST THOUGHT THAT YOU'D STAY
9.
INVITATION 01:12
I THINK YOU'RE PRETTY EVEN WHEN YOU ARE CRYING AND I LIKE DANCING WITH YOU EVEN THOUGH YOU DO IT BADLY WORDS GOT IN THE WAY AND WE  ENDED IT SADLY YOU'VE MOVED ON AND I'M THE ONLY CASUALTY I'M SORRY I DIDN'T MEET YOUR EXPECTATIONS AND I'M SORRY I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT THEY MAY BE BUT WHEN YOU DECIDE TO STOP WASTING YOUR TIME KNOW THAT THERE WILL ALWAYS BE A PLACE FOR YOU WITH ME MAYBE THE SIGNS WERE THERE AND I JUST READ THEM WRONG YOU CAN ASK ANYONE I'M ILLITERATE IN LOVE I COULD NOT DECIPHER YOUR STEADY STREAM OF SIGNALS SEPARATE THE STATIC FROM THE MESSAGES AND STUFF CONSIDER THIS SONG AN INVITATION AND THERE'S NO DATE  BY THE RSVP BECAUSE WHEN YOU DECIDE TO  STOP WASTING YOUR TIME KNOW THAT THERE WILL ALWAYS BE A PLACE FOR YOU WITH ME
10.
LAUREN 01:33
I LIKE THE WAY YOU SAY MY NAME THE WAY YOU STRETCH OUT THE MIDDLE VOWELS SO THERE’S A SMILE ON YOUR FACE BUT YOU LIVE SO FAR AWAY I WISH THAT I COULD JUST PICK YOU UP AND PUT YOU IN A CLOSER PLACE LAUREN WHEN WILL I SEE YOU AGAIN? WHEN WILL I FINALLY GET BACK TO YOU? WELL I HOPE THAT IT’S SOON HALF THE COUNTRY ISN’T NEARLY FAR ENOUGH TO CANCEL THE CONNECTION WHICH HAS QUICKLY GROWN BETWEEN US AND I FEEL EVERY MILE THAT IS KEEPING YOU FROM ME AND I CAN’T WAIT UNTIL THEY MELT AWAY BENEATH YOUR AIRPLANE SEAT LAUREN WHEN WILL I SEE YOU AGAIN? WHEN WILL I FINALLY GET BACK TO YOU? WELL I HOPE THAT IT’S SOON AND I HATE ALL THE DALLAS BOYS WHO FUMBLED WITH YOUR HEART BECAUSE I’D DO JUST THE OPPOSITE IF WE WEREN’T SO FAR APART
11.
I WANT TO TAKE PICTURES OF YOU EVERY SINGLE MOMENT BUT ESPECIALLY IN THE MORNING WHEN SUN'S POURING THROUGH YOUR WINDOWS BUT I DON'T NEED PHOTOGRAPHS I KNOW JUST WHAT YOU LOOK LIKE YOUR IMAGE IS INTERNALIZED YOU GO WHEREVER I GO WHO LOVES YOU BABY? WHO LOVED YOU BABY? WHO LOVES YOU BABY? WHO LOVED YOU BABY? I NEED NEW ADJECTIVES TO TRY TO DESCRIBE YOU WORDS ARE SO MEANINGLESS WHEN THEY'RE APPLIED TO YOU DICTIONARY SCHMICTIONARY I NEED SOMETHING BETTER THAN THESE INSUFFICIENT COMBINATIONS OF SOME STUPID LETTERS WHO LOVES YOU BABY? WHO LOVED YOU BABY? WHO LOVES YOU BABY? WHO LOVED YOU BABY? I LIKE YOU COMPLETELY EVERY LAST ASPECT OF YOUR ENTIRE BEING EVERY DAY WE SPEND TOGETHER IT GETS EASIER TO SEE THAT YOU MAY NOT BE PERFECT BUT YOU'RE PERFECT FOR ME WHO LOVES YOU BABY? WHO LOVED YOU BABY? WHO LOVES YOU BABY? WHO LOVED YOU BABY?
12.
LAST BOY 01:34
THESE CHORDS HAVE PROBABLY BEEN USED A THOUSAND TIMES BFORE TO WRITE SONGS ABOUT GIRLS I DON'T THINK THEY'VE BEEN USED TO SING ABOUT YOU BUT HONESTLY I CAN'T BE SURE YOU PROBABLY KNOW LOTS OF BOYS WHO PLAY GUITAR YOU'RE THE KIND OF GIRL WHO ATTRACTS BOYS WHO WRITE SONGS WRITING ONE ABOUT YOU REALLY WASN'T HARD I'VE ALWAYS LIKE GIRLS WHO HAVE BROKEN A FEW HEARTS BUT I WANNA BE THE LAST BOY TO LOVE YOU WANNA BE THE LAST BOY TO LOVE YOU WANNA BE THE LAST BOY TO REALLY LOVE YOU WANNA BE THE LAST BOY THAT YOU LOVE TOO ALL THOSE BOYS BEFORE ALL THOSE GIRLS BEFORE ALL THOSE STOPS AND STARTS AND ENDS WE CAN JUST IGNORE THE PAST NEVER ADDS UP TO MUCH WHERE YOU'VE BEEN ISN'T HALF AS IMPORTANT AS WHERE YOU END UP I WANNA BE THE LAST BOY TO LOVE YOU WANNA BE THE LAST BOY TO LOVE YOU WANNA BE THE LAST BOY TO REALLY LOVE YOU WANNA BE THE LAST BOY THAT YOU LOVE TOO

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RECORDED
MARCH + APRIL 2012
IN TOM'S BEDROOM
AND BATHROOM
ON A TASCAM 424

DEAN ENGLE /// VOX+GUITAR
TOM CHRISTIE /// BASS+VOX
MAX RESTAINO /// DRUMS

DEAN WROTE THE SONGS

COVER PHOTO BY
KATIE TRUISI

INSERT PHOTO BY
MEAGAN GREGG

INITIALLY RELEASED ON
MISCREANT RECORDS

SECOND RUN VIA
DOUBLE DOUBLE WHAMMY

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released May 5, 2012

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