Photographs
February 6th, 2018
1. Wonder…
2. Slow It Down
3. Perfect Fantasy (We Don’t Stop)
4. Stay.
5. The Truth
6. Photograph
7. Bad Decisions
8. Growing Pains
All songs written by T. Carlton & The Force
All songs produced by Carlton & The Force (except 8)
(8) Produced by Carlton.
Album Recorded between February 2016 and January 2018
Mixing & Mastering by: T. Carlton. The Force.
Mixing, Editing & Remixing (8) by: The Force
Wonder…
Written by: T. Carlton. The Force./Synths, Programmed & Live Drums, Bass, Digital Piano, Sampling: Carlton./Programmed Drums, Editing & MIDI: The Force
They can't take away the gains from the pains/All the shit that we went through/Together in a game where the playing field/Don't always want you/It's not a fight that ain't worth fighting/And I wouldn't feel right if I wasn't/But sometimes deep down/I really wonder.../Why me? What if? How did I get here?/Don't leave me yet - I need your ear/Don't it make you wonder?/Don't it make you wonder?/Don't it make you wonder?/Don't it make you wonder?/(Why me? What if?)/(Why me? What if? Why?)/Not a sinner or a saint/Some days, disillusioned with it all/So many things fly my way/But should I answer my own call?/I feel like time is running out/Getting older, but a job without/And sometimes deep down/I really wonder.../Why me? What if? How did I get here?/Don't leave me yet - I need your ear/Don't it make you wonder?/Don't it make you wonder?/Don't it make you wonder?/Don't it make you wonder?/Don't it make you wonder like I do?/Don't it make you wonder like I do?/Don't it make you wonder like I do?/Don't it make you wonder like I do?/Make me wonder, make me wonder 'bout me/Like who and why and where and what I wanna be/Not knowing anything is all I see/As the clock moves forward, I lose my young in it.../Make me wonder, make me wonder 'bout me/Like who and why and where and what I wanna be/Not knowing anything is all I see/Not knowing anything is all I see.../Don't it make you wonder like I do?/Don't it make you wonder like I do?/Don't it make you wonder like I do?/Don't it make you wonder like I do?/Sometimes, the journey is more important than the destination/Welcome to mine…
Slow It Down
Written by: T. Carlton. The Force./Synths, Programmed Drums, Sampler, Programming: Carlton./Acoustic Upright Piano, Editing & MIDI: The Force/Background Fireworks: Neighbors
I don't like the way we're going/Both of us keep talking our shit/Used to be so close before but/Now we're torn apart at our differences/We've got a lot of differences.../I don't know what the hell you're doing/No disrespect, I just wanted your body/I didn't want to get involved with/All your bullshit but I guess that's changed/I guess we've changed.../We could take it going down town/Build a time machine 'n' go down/Take it slower, I could slow it down/Take it slower, I could slow it down/Make it shake like an earthquake/And/we'll forget the time we waste/Fighting over nothing/Take it slower, I could slow it.../ I'm not trying to make sense no more/Lost my judgment it's so stupid/The politics of corporate greed/But we're #BERNing ourselves to nothing/What will be left of us is nothing/We could take it going down town/Build a time machine 'n' go down/Take it slower, I could slow it down/Take it slower, I could slow it down/Make it shake like an earthquake/And we'll forget the time we waste/Fighting over nothing/Take it slower, I could slow it.../ Breathing without air is impossible/But we've both suffocated what we could've been/It's like finding out what we both believed in/Is a lie on both sides/But we continued to pursue it/Completely losing sight of what it means to be human/What the real feeling of caring for each other/Really feels like.../We could take it going down town/Build a time machine 'n' go down/Take it slower, I could slow it down/Take it slower, I could slow it down/Make it shake like an earthquake/And we'll forget the time we waste/Fighting over nothing/Take it slower, I could slow it...
Perfect Fantasy (We Don’t Stop)
Written by: T. Carlton. The Force./Synths, Programmed Drums, MIDI: Carlton./Digital Piano, Programmed Drums, Editing, MIDI: The Force
Picture us in our own little/Perfect paradise together/Something that we both created/Far away from here/Picture us away from fire/Given all the things we needed /Somewhere where we love together/Far away from here/I want your body pressed on my body/Everybody needs love sometimes/Everyone's fighting, we'll keep trying/There's no denying we've got that special/Thing like a ice cream shop/Summertime on the block/Throwback 'till nine o'clock/We don't stop/Sweet like a lollipop/Hard like a dubstep drop/Sold like an Apple stock/We don't stop/Picture us in our own little/Perfect kinda dream together/Been so long I've been wanting you/I can't stop/Just to feel us close together/Is enough for me to feel your heartbeat/Up and down in my body/I need you/I want your body pressed on my body/Everybody needs love sometimes/Everyone's fighting, we'll keep trying /There's no denying we've got that special/Thing like a ice cream shop/Summertime on the block/Throwback 'till nine o'clock/We don't stop/Sweet like a lollipop/Hard like a dubstep drop/Sold like an Apple stock/We don't stop/I don't care what they have to say/I wanna be your runaway/I wanna make love all night long/I don't care what they have to say/They can shout and scream but they/Won't have what they can't see/We've got that special/Thing like a ice cream shop/Summertime on the block/Throwback 'till nine o'clock/We don't stop/Sweet like a lollipop/Hard like a dubstep drop/Sold like an Apple stock/We don't stop/We don't stop/We don't stop/We don't stop/We don't stop
Stay.
Written by: T. Carlton. The Force./Synths, Programmed Drums, Sampler, Tracker: Carlton./Sampling, Programmed Drums, Editing & MIDI: The Force
Make it, break it down/For no reason but the sound/If it feels we're out of town/Then we have no place left to start/Watch out for the "love"/They're sending disguised/All of the above defending nothing /Left for us to part/Here's my invitation to/Losing my mind with you/Going crazy, but damn it feels so good/That I can't contain it/I can't contain it/The world might stop spinning/I don't care if it does tonight/As long as you and I/Stay. Right. Here.../All lovers will always fight/We'll always be alright/As long as you and I/Stay. Right. Here.../Stay. Right. Here…/Stay. Right. Here.../Stay. Right. Here.../Stay. Right. Here.../Make sure we're fortified/In the event we need to hide/Away from all the fight/It's kind of insane out there/Here's my invitation to/Losing my mind with you/Going crazy, but damn it feels so good/That I can't contain it/I can't contain it/The world might stop spinning/I don't care if it does tonight/As long as you and I/Stay. Right. Here.../All lovers will always fight/We'll always be alright/As long as you and I/Stay. Right. Here.../Let's acknowledge our differences/Forget all the wrongs we caused one another/Let's heal... Right. Here.
The Truth
Written by: T. Carlton. The Force./Synths, Programmed Drums, Sampler, Tracker, MIDI: Carlton./Digital Guitar, Editing, Effects, MIDI: The Force/Digital Sax: "Dan"
On December 1st, you blindsided me/Took an oath to protect our decency/But there you were, pen in hand/Ready for the worst/I was praying on my knees/But those words were cursed/I was drinking you away/But then it dawned on me/That's what you'd want me to do/So I found a better way:/I'll hold your words at play/Until you tell me the truth/Tell me the truth- don't lie/Tell me the truth- don't lie/Look me in my eyes/And I'll give you one shot at making this right-/Tell me the truth- don't lie/You probably think it's cute/That you FUNKED with me/But I won't let your work go unchecked/You best believe/But there you were, pen in hand/Ready for the worst/I was praying on my knees/But those words were cursed/I was drinking you away/But then it dawned on me/That's what you'd want me to do/So I found a better way:/I'll hold your words at play/Until you tell me the truth/Tell me the truth- don't lie/Tell me the truth- don't lie/Look me in my eyes/And I'll give you one shot at making this right-/Tell me the truth- don't lie/Take the photo and make it count/Because this moment will only come once...
Photograph
Written by: T. Carlton. The Force./Synths, Programmed Drums, Tracker, MIDI: Carlton./Digital Piano, Addl. Synthesizers, Bass: The Force
Take a photograph/It will last longer than us/Take a photograph/So we can remember we tried/Take a photograph/It's worth more than your words/Take a photograph/Because we can't stop time/Sometimes you win, but this game you lose/When you don't give in and you can't choose/We need memories and a souvenir/To tell the world that we were here/Take a photograph/It will last longer than us/Take a photograph/So we can remember we tried/Take a photograph/It's worth more than your words/Take a photograph/Because we can't stop time/Ooh I wonder, wonder, wonder where we are/On the same team but galaxies apart/Sometimes I feel like I don't know the truth/Take a photograph it will last longer than me and you.../Me and you.../Take the photo and make it count/Because this moment will only come once/And when it does, are we gonna be a ghost of who we are/Are we gonna be a memory that's so lost in the past/That we leave the universe and it forgets about us/And we figure out how to move on...
Bad Decisions
Written by: T. Carlton. The Force./Synths, Programmed Drums, Emulator, Sampler & MIDI: Carlton./MIDI, Live Drums, Digital Guitar, Editing & Effects: The Force
If you ever left me/I probably would die/There'd be no reason left/For me to even try/I act like I don't care/When you're there, but I really do/Just to be next to me/Is all I need from you/'Cause when I'm lonely/I make bad decisions/When I'm lonely/I lack consideration/When I'm lonely/I don't care about the consequences/Don't care what it means/Oh no/Don't leave me lonely, lonely/I'm perfectly reasonable/When you're around/When life's in free fall/You're my solid ground/I try to find my own sanity/The hardest part for me/Is all I ask of you/'Cause when I'm lonely/I make bad decisions/When I'm lonely/I lack consideration/When I'm lonely/I don't care about the consequences/Don't care what it means/Oh no/Don't leave me lonely, lonely/I believe in the fire/I don't care about the burn/All I ask of you is to keep me sane/While the wheel turns/'Cause when I'm lonely/I make bad decisions/When I'm lonely/I lack/consideration /When I'm lonely/I don't care about the consequences/Don't care what it means/Oh no/Don't leave me lonely, lonely
Growing Pains
Written by: T. Carlton./Synths, Programmed Drums, Bass, Sampling, Vocoder: Carlton./Guitar & Banjo Loops: Freedom Anthem
Why don't we take some time to find us/We are young and full of life/Why don't we leave tonight?/It's all unknown until it's known/But we are forced to keep it going/Why don't we take the dive/We don't know/what's on the ocean floor/Unless we go and discover/Well, I walk down through the fire-hot dirt/And I feel the pain, I ain't scared of hurt/Sometimes hurt is what you need to grow up/And losing ain't that all bad/In the moment it feels like that's all you had/But in the end at least you'll say you know/Now you'll know.../Now you'll know.../Now you'll know.../Now you'll know.../Why don't we know what we want/Take the time to learn a different song/Why are we bound by their rules/It's never known until it's known/And now is a perfect time to go/We can do what we want to do/We don't know what's on the ocean floor/Unless we go and discover/Well, I walk down through the fire-hot dirt/And I feel the pain, I ain't scared of hurt/Sometimes hurt is what you need to grow up/And losing ain't that all bad/In the moment it feels like that's all you had/But in the end at least you'll say you know/Now you'll know.../Now you'll know.../Now you'll know.../Now you'll know.../I don't want to stay in this place too long/This place too long for you/I don't want to say I did it wrong/I did it wrong for you/It's my life and I want to be what I want to be/And what I want is to be me/Well, I walk down through the fire-hot dirt/And I feel the pain, I ain't scared of hurt/Sometimes hurt is what you need to grow up/And losing ain't that all bad/In the moment it feels like that's all you had/But in the end at least you'll say you know/Now you'll know.../Now you'll know.../Now you'll know.../Now you'll know...