Narrator: Ruby, 1953
I love the lights
The chorus of the streets at night
Feels like you can be everything
I love the stage
The roar of an audience crashing like a wave
Against a world of stone that only wants to turn you into bones
That's how it starts
Just wanting to be more than a spark
In an endless dark
I’ve got so much to give
I didn't love you
Not like I needed to, not like I should
You were two little faces reminding me time had got by me good
So I left you behind
Far enough away to ease my mind
I hoped we’d all grow in the meantime
But one day you see
It’s not dying, but living only for yourself
That makes you feel empty
I've got so much to give
I didn’t need to keep it all
I could have loved myself and you
credits
released March 8, 2019
THE RESTORATION
Adam Corbett - Bass, Vocals on “You Know What To Do”
Lauren Garner - Violin
Sharon Gnanashekar - Piano, Keyboards
Daniel Machado - Vocals, Fiddle, Banjo, Acoustic Guitars
Sean Thomson - Electric & Slide Guitars, Electric Banjo
HARMONY
Alexa Woodward - Vocals for Ruby
PRODUCTION
Produced by Stephen Russ, Daniel Machado
Mixed by Collin Derrick
Engineered by Zac Thomas
Mastered by Keith Compton
Song by Daniel Machado
Band recorded live at Jam Room Studio, Columbia, SC, September, 2017 with Steve Sancho on drums.
Band overdubs recorded by Daniel Machado January, 2018 - August 2018.
Harmony singers recorded remotely, Charleston, SC, and Burlington, VT, July - August 2018.
NYC Photo by Samuel H Gottscho, 1933, Library of Congress