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This Side of Brightness - Waiting (11/08/1999) - Eyeball

[Verse 1]

I saved it up

Stitched all these dead end streets

Into the sewn up seams of my

Heartstrings unwind (Unwind)

Unwound

Like a petal pulled from an open flower surrounds

By fields where children sigh but don't make a sound

And don't

[Chorus]

Break it off

This searching for what we may never find

And that says it all

I hope that we will make it through

[Verse 2]

The heartbreak that comes

With just living through one day

All the good times that pass

All the friends we lose in a lifetime on our way

[Bridge]

Here in this life

We seem so lost

On this side of brightness

We don't know where to go

UPDATE: Hey! So I'm a little neurotic (a lot) and I've made an outline of the songs we'll hit. Obviously some will spark more discussion than others but they will be there if you feel the urge to discuss when the time comes. I'm doing it in chronological order. If something is missing let me know. I picked out some singles, etc. to cover but there's quite a bit out there. If ya'll really feel strongly about skipping demos or live tracks let me know. I would love to personally. All feedback is welcome. We could always combine the Waiting bonus tracks on one thread. Also including lyrics now. I find them online so if something if off there let me know. Otherwise I'd say we have some solid weeks ahead of us!

This is my in progress outline. Now I know we skipped 1999 Summer Tour EP but we could always pivot back to it. Not sure how in depth we want to get here.

1999 Summer Tour EP (07/1999) - Self-released

 

Waiting (11/08/1999) - Eyeball

 

1.       Porcelain

2.       This Side of Brightness

3.       Ian Curtis

4.       Introduction

5.       Streaks in the Sky

6.       In Transmission

7.       Dying in New Brunswick

8.       The Dotted Line

9.       Were the Circle Ends

 

2015 reissue 7” vinyl/CD bonus tracks

1.       This Side of Brightness (demo)

2.       Dying in New Brunswick (demo)

3.       Mass as Shadows

 

Split with Waterdown (2001)

 

Full Collapse (04/10/2001) - Victory

 

1.       A0001

2.       

 

Five Stories Falling (10/22/2002) - Victory

 

Evacuate (Negative Approach cover) from Tomorrow Seems So Hopeless (01/23/2003) - Eyeball

 

War All the Time (09/1/6/2003) - Island

 

Ný Batterí from Hard to Get Volume 1: An Island Rarities Compilation (10/14/2003) - Island

 

A Hole in the World (acoustic) from Punk Goes Acoustic (10/21/2003) - Fearless

 

Live from the SoHo & Santa Monica Stores (11/11/2003) - Island

 

Live in Detroit - (2004) - Island

 

A City by the Light Divided (05/02/2006) – Island

 

Kill the House Lights (10/30/2007) - Victory

 

Thursday / Envy (11/04/2008) - Temporary Residence

 

Common Existence (02/17/2009) - Epitaph

 

Doves (2010)

 

No Devolución (04/12/2011) - Epitaph

 

Daytrotter Session (2011) - Daytrotter

 

Full Collapse (Live) (04/22/2022) – Velocity Records

 

War All the Time (Live) (06/30/2022) – Velocity Records

 

Application For Release From The Dream (2024)

 

White Bikes (2024)

 

Taking Inventory of a Frozen Lake (2025)

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