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Hold Me Close Hold Me Tight (album)

by Crystal Cities

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1.
Don't Speak Too Soon 03:11
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Uncover my eyes from the blindness Untie my hands and feet Holding the line, keep on moving Keep on moving on down the line When did these lights go out? Watching the slow hand move Now, did I say too much? Now, did I speak too soon? I got one foot ahead of the other I got one foot stuck in the ground Can't remember if this is amnesia Got my head in the teeth of your mouth When did these lights go out? Watching the slow hand move Now, did I say too much? Did I speak now too soon? And it burns my eyes Down through the bone Why did I listen to love? Did I speak now too soon? Did I speak now too soon? Did I speak too soon? Did I speak too soon? Did I speak too soon? When did these lights go out? Watching the slow hand move Now, did I say too much? Now, did I speak now too soon? And it burns my eyes Down through the bone Why did I listen to love? Did I speak now too soon? Don’t speak too soon Don’t speak too soon Don’t speak too soon
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Terrified of Your Love 03:15
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Tryna’ keep my head above water Tryna’ keep my lungs airtight If this water gets much higher Yeah, we can drown tonight I can't find a reason to leave here I’ve got a million reasons to stay Now I have always loved you These arms, they long to hold you And I, I'm terrified I’m terrified I’m terrified Terrified of your love Terrified of your love I would keep you here if I could In these memories of gold There’s chaos in the silence My arms, they fail to hold I can't find a reason to leave here I got a million reasons to stay Now I have always loved you These arms, they long to hold you And I, I’m terrified I’m terrified I’m terrified Terrified of your love Terrified of your love Now I have always loved you These arms, they long to hold you And I, terrified I’m terrified I’m terrified Terrified of your love Terrified, terrified of (Your love) Terrified, terrified of (Your love) Terrified, terrified of (Your love) Terrified, terrified of (Your love) Terrified, terrified of (Your love) Terrified, terrified of Terrified of your love (Terrified, terrified, of) Terrified of your love (Terrified, terrified, of) Terrified of your love (Terrified, terrified, of) Terrified of your love (Terrified, terrified, of)
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Hold Me Close Hold Me Tight 03:37
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There’s hole in the wall where the rain gets in A crack in the sky and it burns my skin Yeah, I learn to fly on these paper wings A hole in the heart were the blood gets in A crack in your smile and it’s revealing Yeah, I learn to swim on these paper fins When the needle hits your skin And the water come rushing in Filling up behind your eyes Hold me close, hold me tight Hold me close, hold me tight There's a hole in the sky where the rain gets in A crack in the glass and it cuts my skin Yeah, I’m coming in on these paper wings There's a hole in the sun where the day gets in A crack in the ground and it pulls me in Yeah, I learn to run with these paper lungs When the needle hits your skin And the water come rushing in Filling up behind your eyes Hold me close, hold me tight Hold me close, hold me tight In the corner of the night Hold me close, hold me tight Hold me close, hold me tight Hold me close, hold me tight Hold me close, hold me tight Hold me close, hold me tight When the needle breaks your skin And the water come rushing in Filling up behind your eyes Hold me close, hold me tight Hold me close, hold me tight In the corner of the night Hold me close, hold me tight Hold me close, hold me tight
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Shadow of a Doubt 04:18
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I’ve got this dreamer’s disease These hands are failing me My eyes are planted on the road But we got miles left to go I've got this tiger in me The preacher’s right hand is free I've never been this far from home My head is humming from the road And when it all fades out I'm just a shadow of a doubt And when it all plays out I'm just a shadow of a doubt I've got this killer in me I only hear what ya see I'm only doing what I’m told As the highest bidder takes it all I've got the devil in me A ghost that longs to be seen These legs are cut off at the knees It's just a temporary disease And when it all fades out I'm just a shadow of a doubt And when it all plays out I'm just a shadow of a doubt Now watch these hands move They only fool you As you’re looking away Up in the distance These eyes of wisdom The devil’s on her knees Now watch these hands move They only fool you As you’re looking away And in the distance These eyes of wisdom The devil looks away When it all plays out I'm just a shadow of a doubt I'm just a shadow of a doubt I'm just a shadow of a doubt I'm just a shadow of a doubt I'm just a shadow of a doubt
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Blood-Soaked 03:10
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Slow walk to the electric chair I’m breathing over my shoulder Red eyes from the cold night air Silence rolls in like thunder I run for the exit stairs Asleep in a burning building Tied to the concrete chair These limbs are bruised and beaten Now I am face down and floating in the water Now, and I stand, blood-soaked, get back to my corner Now I am blood-soaked and bleeding in water Wake up from the midnight dream These bones are bound and broken Warm skin on a cold steel rail These eyes are bruised and swollen Now, and I lay face down and floating in the water And I stand, blood-soaked, get back to my corner And I am face down and floating in the water And I’m blood-soaked, get back to my corner Now, and I lay face down and floating in the water And I stand, blood-soaked, get back to my corner I am face down and floating in the water And I stand blood-soaked, get back to my corner Slow walk to the electric chair These hands are bound by wire Red eyes from the cold night air Blood-soaked, I stand in my corner
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One Day This Love Will Die 03:11
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We dance around the room Terrified, we wonder why These eyes they never move Don’t make a sound The coast is clear until I hear Every eye it turns on you Feel the water rise Sink into the bone The cold it burns my eyes One day this love will die Did it take you by surprise? No sudden moves, the jokes on you There's chaos in disguise Lightning fills the room Brave alibis with sharpened knives Silhouettes begin to bloom Feel the water rise Sink into the bone The cold it burns my eyes One day this love will die Feel the fever rise Burn down to the bone The cold it leaves me blind One day this love will die One day this love will die You said one day this love would die You said one day this love would die Feel the water rise Sink into to the bone The cold it burns my eyes One day this love will die Feel the fever rise Burn down to the bone The cold it leaves me blind One day this love will die (one day this love will die) One day this love will die (one day this love will die) One day this love will die (one day this love will die) One day this love will die
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Jenny, How Were We to Know? 03:17
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My hands, my hands Are shakin’ My heart, my heart It’s achin’ My arm, my arms They long to hold you now The night, the night Is wakin’ My eye, my eye Mistakin’ The light, the light Is slowly fading out How did we get back here? Where do we go from here? Jenny, how were we to know? Your head, your head Is swimming This scar, these scars Revealing Your hand, your hands Are holding on now, tight Your voice, your voice It quiver In cold, in cold We shiver Your blood, your blood It rushes out from you How did we get back here? Where do we go from here? Jenny, how were we to know? Are your hands They tremblin’ Are you on the run? Now, now, now (My love) Are they trying to find you But you’re on the run? Now, now (My love) How did we get back here? Where do we go from here? Jenny, Jenny, how were we to know? Ooh, ooh Where do we go from here? Ooh, ooh How did we get back here? Ooh, ooh Where do we go from here? Ooh, ooh Where do we go from here? My, my, my love
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The Unknown 03:14
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“Close my eyes” you said to me The night is young The day almost forgotten Put your hands where I can see Lay it down darling, all's forgiven Who we kidding? Now I feel the wind reminding me Of the flesh upon my bones (I was miles away) And in the night I’ve seen the light It burns a billion stars Yeah, I know the unknown And in your eyes I’ve seen the light Now stand back from the cold Tried to balance on that line But I can hardly stand upright, I’m crawling Water tight, your lips are sinking I feel it trip, what you’ve been thinking I’m airtight Yeah, I’m airtight Now I feel the wind reminding me Of the flesh upon my bones (I was miles away) And in the night I’ve seen the light It burns a billion stars Yeah, I know the unknown And in your eyes I’ve seen the light Now stand and back from the cold Counting fingers Love it lingers headlong (Into the unknown) Hands surrender Bound by tether unknown (Into the unknown) Into the unknown Into the unknown Now I feel the wind reminding me Of the flesh upon my bones (I was miles away) And in the night I’ve seen the light It burns a billion stars Yeah, I know the unknown And in your eyes I’ve seen the light Now stand back from the cold And we go (Into the unknown) Into the unknown And we go (Into the unknown) Into the unknown
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Got My Back to the Wind 03:15
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⁣⁣Now I've got you in my sights There's no way outta here Now turn up all the lights The hour's gettin' near, eh⁣ ⁣ Now, I've covered a lot of ground To wind up right back here I've seen the other side ⁣ You looked beautiful my dear, eh⁣ ⁣ Hey, I've been up all night I'm just playing to win I've been walking the line I've got my back to the wind ⁣ I've got it on the black to win The dealer's in the red My eyes are roulette wheels Spinning in my head, eh, eh⁣ ⁣ Now, there’s a hum inside this room It's turning red to blue Is there a reason that I came?⁣ Could that reason now be you? Ooh, eh⁣ ⁣ Hey, I've been up all night ⁣ I'm just playing to win I've been walking the line ⁣ I've got my back to the wind ⁣ Now I’m boxing in the ring ⁣ I'm blinded by the light I can see the exit sign I can take another right ⁣ Hey, I've been up all night ⁣ I'm just playing to win I've been walking the line ⁣ I've got my back to the wind I've been up all night I'm Just playing to win I've been walking the line I've got my back to the wind ⁣ I've got my back to the wind I've been playing to win I've got my back to the wind I've got my back to the wind
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Liebling Girl 03:30
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Can I stay? Just a little while Just a little longer Cause’ the truth The truth is I might have lied Just to get you here Get you by my side Start spreading the news it's here Stronger than modern fear You are my liebling girl Strong, stronger than mothers arms Sing me your closing song You are my liebling girl I can't remember How we wound up here This alcohol it’s still Running through Our skin Naked on the floor These arms outstretched for your Entangled lore Start spreading the news it's here Stronger than modern fear You are my liebling girl Strong, stronger than mothers arms Sing me your closing song You are my liebling girl Into your arms I’ll run to you My love Into your arms I’ll run I’ll run Into your arms I’ll run to you My love Into your arms I’ll run Start spreading the news it's here Stronger than modern fear You are my liebling girl Start spreading the news it's here Stronger than modern fear You are my liebling girl My liebling girl My liebling girl My liebling girl My liebling girl

about

After recording their debut album ("Under the Cold Light of the Moon") at Abbey Road Studios in 2019, Sydney-based Dream Rock band Crystal Cities decided to try out an entirely different approach for their upcoming second LP, "Hold Me Close Hold Me Tight". This time there was no fancy studio or producer, but just the combined effort of the three individual band members.

At the beginning of 2020, lead singer/guitarist and primary songwriter, Geoff Rana decided to take it upon himself to learn all the ins and outs of recording. With the help of free educational resources such as YouTube Rana began putting the information he learned to good use, applying it as he tracked the band’s second album at this house in Sydney. It was a ‘learn on the job’ type of process for Rana who’s skills developed exponentially as the band worked through the entire 10 song tracklist.

With the helping hand of world-renowned LA-based mix engineer Paul Lani (David Bowie, Prince), Rana and co have dealt fans a sharper and more hard-hitting Crystal Cities sound while still maintaining the signature ‘Dream Rock’ elements that they established in their 2019 debut Under the Cold Light of the Moon.

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released October 29, 2021

Lead Vocals, Harmony Vocals, Guitars and Keyboards: Geoff Rana
Bass and Harmony Vocals: Jared King (JK)
Drums and Percussion: Dan Conte
Lyrics: Geoff Rana
Recorded at Geoff's house in Sydney
Produced by Geoff Rana, Paul Lani and Jared King
Engineers: Geoff Rana, assisted by Paul Lani
Mixed and Mastered by Paul Lani in Los Angeles

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