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Traces

by Bredahl

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1.
Wearing Down 03:51
WEARING DOWN I lie awake and you will come and say don't worry it was all in fun we sat outside and watched the old year pass I knew one day that this would never last if the words came easy you say that's all you needed and how you tried to save me once the ties had faded down below the railway bridge I'll hold you close and closer still on the rocks by that rolling stream you say don't look now it's just a dream if the words came easy you say that's all you needed and how you tried to save me once the ties had faded we slip down into a hole in the ground I hope forever that we won't be found under the earth and under the trees you say we're both such simple machines whoever thought we'd be slowly wearing down without a warning and without a sound if the words came easy you say that's all you needed and how you tried to save me once the ties had faded
2.
WHEN IT GOES YOUR WAY they lie in waiting they stand at attention they feel just what they're speaking they get just what they're after all the days you left out all the ways you're let down oh the night's abandon take away my chances when it goes your way you'll be waiting your face cooked down and worn thin and all we found wanting left the sound drifting remember how and so I'll follow my love I forego put all of my big plans right here on this hand oh these legs have wandered for sure he'll put me under oh my love forsake me only lead can save me when it goes your way you'll be waiting your face cooked down and worn thin and all we found wanting left the sound drifting remember how all we have to do is wait and see walk the streets and take what comes along all she wants is just to sleep it off all we have to do is wait and see
3.
JUST PLAY THE PART you were young and so was he and all you hoped for across the sea in the valley where all your dreams reach through the dark in projected relief and though you worry about your cause I don't know why I let you off so say you'll follow where I go wrong time to be leaving thoughts of moving on my little baby jane don't go and leave me low can't you see that once was me now but a frame in my memory all around you they go their way when all they want is washed away now you're left to cover your scars cause no one likes a fading star so say you'll follow where I go wrong time to be leaving thoughts of moving on my little baby jane don't go and leave me low just play the part of the girl with the broken heart
4.
Traces 04:23
TRACES see these waters let them take you down the empty shades of what we thought we'd found feeling the weight of when we walked this ground shed all the traces of days we had it all worked out see all these moments fall away into the night city lights below don't you take it slow city lights come on and move me right along and all those mountains that I promised you picture these moments with a loaded heart highs and lows and I don't wanna start shed all the traces of days we had it all worked out see all these moments fall away into the night city lights below don't you take it slow city lights come on and move me right along
5.
NEVER GOING TO GET IT RIGHT let's just wait this out and keep our heads cast down and all the shots we fired like wind between the pines so hold me up to a height I can only hope to belie and I'll roll down into your arms and we can live like we did before you say we're never gonna get it right we're only gonna use it up I'm only gonna take your hand once you've moved on call out your name once I'm all alone oh dark veins of love how to trust what I can't see now all that's bleeding through I ought to have kept from you you say we're never gonna get it right we're only gonna use it up I'm only gonna take your hand once you've moved on call out your name once I'm all alone I know it might be true despite all I can do like a fool I'll be waiting around and tell myself it's not gettin' me down i know you think you can beat it you can't even touch or feel it and all that you're holding under night after night keep's callin'

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"The NYC-based Bredahl (pronounced bray-doll) emerged as a formidable trio playing the city’s clubs. However, this debut 2014 EP centers on singer/songwriter Nik Lokensgaard’s mastery of complex hi-fi home recording and his struggles with past love and those nagging “what ifs” that drive contemplative people nuts. Time spent in Denmark introduced him to the power of Scandinavian pop, and there’s a Jens Lekman–styled love for strong hooks on “Just Play the Part” and “Never Going to Get It Right.” There's a forlorn beauty to “Wearing Down,” where the falsetto-driven chorus breaks like sunlight over the icy blue hearts."

- iTunes Editors' pick

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released December 16, 2014

music, lyrics, recording, mixing - Nik Lokensgaard
mastered by Tom Newton at The Palace of Materialized Dreams
photo by Amanda Bonavita

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Bredahl New York, New York

Experimental pop-folk-electro-rock; melody driven lullabies for delaying the inevitable.

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