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Sunday Actors

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1.
Recovery 03:31
Waking up surrounded at midday Six people and they all look the same Not sure he knows them, but glad they came So nice they took the time on a Sunday Followers file in like children Distressed to see it's happened again The same parade of faces as then Incites slow recognition within And drowsy eyes survey the room I know nobody coming through the door Has any idea what he means to say And everybody coming through that door, Sends a prayer into the air Before they slip away Too many hours of nothing to see A lonely room and ghosts on TV A fleeting flash of clarity, Then conversations veering off-key (So far away) No keeping up with all that he's on Fact and fancy fuse into one Guests arrive the moment they've gone Not long enough until the next one And drowsy eyes survey the room. I know nobody coming through the door Has any idea what he means to say And everybody coming through that door, They say a spell to make him well today, I know nobody coming through the door Has any idea what he's trying to say And everybody coming through that door, They say a spell to make him well again And send a prayer into the air Before they slip away
2.
Left behind a soul Remembered in pieces I know Still here, but hard to recall. Spirit's up and gone, Set off to become an icon Somewhere with no cares at all. These days When everybody has something to say But I remain silent With only just the nerve to say, "Goodbye." Stories told Of real-life perpetually put on hold So near, just like daydreams. Drifting up like smoke, Intentions dissolve into hope Still here, but living onscreen I've gone away Thought I'd never see a day Where I would sit still I don't wanna hurt anybody
3.
Be Someone 03:22
Here come the lovers Here come the "There's no others" To the realization There's no need for conversation. What we say means nothing, Something only we could know I'd fall apart if it wasn't for you. Please stay behind I only want to be someone Please stay behind If only I could be someone for a while. Here come addiction Here come the contradiction Does it make me righteous To struggle with a guilty conscience? What I say means nothing, Something only I could know I'd fall apart if it wasn't for me.
4.
Mistrust 03:17
You put your mistrust in the higher things Left to your own upheaval Careless of conditioning You put your mistrust in the higher things No faith left to renew Everybody's gotta face up to the facts But I don't dare And you say it must be so They did you wrong, I don't know But we're all dressed up and ready to go And I say Mucho mistrust is the hardest thing Preys on the meek and needful Recklessly reckoning You put your mistrust in the higher things Nothing else left to prove Everybody does the same thing when you turn your back But I don't dare And you say it must be so They did you wrong, I don't know But we're all dressed up and ready to go Calm words when you take it slow Wrong words maybe, I don't know Strong words when you let it show.
5.
Asylum 02:49
I was lost inside a vision Brought on by indecision And carried far away We were locked in with the others And soon we would discover We'd gone the wrong way I was willing to pay the price And then some more For somewhere we could hide ourselves away I was undone by impatience And incompetent agents Who seldom act for me We were led into decisions Conflicting with our vision Of where we'd be And now I've only to pay the price For wanting more Than somewhere we could hide ourselves away
6.
Silhouettes 04:43
Conjured up And commands coming down Unfit to lead And calling for the crown In constant need Too often called upon Ever unaware The time has come and gone I was told you would remain among The silhouettes and setting suns Where everybody goes by different names I was told you would remain among The silhouettes and setting suns Just looking out for someone else to blame Hiding out Just under paper thin Never takes too much To break the skin I'm in I've heard it said But it's all news to me I looked away too long ago To oversee Who is it going to be? Why are you asking me? I'll wind up where I'm bound. And I'd like to take some time But I couldn't slow it, Couldn't turn it around.
7.
Outside-In 03:42
Everybody's got a story to tell And I know them all pretty well Now I'm on the inside looking out. It's all I ever wanted to be So why is it all turning me outside-in? And now I'm on the inside looking out. The lesser will come to the fore We shouldn't expect anymore Now we're on the inside looking out. You ask me and I wish I knew Why it's still turning you outside-in And now you're on the inside looking out So close to feeling I've had enough But just a little at a time And I go off and wander like a little, lost child. So close to feeling I can't get enough Til I get left behind, Outside-in and Pushing from the inside Pay your respects to the supermen, We're never gonna see them again Now we're on the inside looking out. Everybody's got a story to tell And I know them all pretty well, Outside-in And now we're on the inside looking out.
8.
Home Movies 04:50
your type unseen before won't likely see anymore we've fallen so far below where you are long lines lead back to you the traces fade out of view the mimics don't care going nowhere you were a lonely child let yourself run wild in perfect style always dressing up just to see your face in home movies kept in a letterbox for you encased in your place in time your face in home movies kept in a letterbox for you you smile inside another time. long gone and crawling home alight and left on your own you'd fallen so far under the radar no lines turned up to see the one you turned out to be superstars don't care to go nowhere you were a lonely child easily beguiled got yourself defiled, always dressing up just to see
9.
Run Away 02:44
you bring me to my knees and i come crawling back tied-up with treachery how can i run away from you? set sail for seven seas i come crawling back you bring me to my knees how can i run away from you? i can't run away from you i can't run away from you. you strike me deaf with screams under attack drift into broken dreams but i can't run away from you. cry out so violently for all i lack resolving silently that i can't run away from you i can't run away from you i can't run away from you.
10.
Raincoat 04:19
Which road am I to follow? Where will I be in thirty second's time? Can we drop everything When we've seen the child arrive? I know I'm never gonna sleep again. I was talking, You were estranged, And we both cracked under the strain Of trying to keep it up You worry bout your raincoat Because the sky could fall You worry bout your raincoat and Don't mean a thing at all. Where we going tomorrow? It seems our dreams have grown too high to climb Can we stop everything To be someone to admire? I know I'm never gonna dream aloud again. I was talking, You were estranged And we both cracked under the strain Of trying to keep it up Which road am I to follow? Will I beg or borrow down the line? I can't drop everything Just to see it all unwind I know I'm never gonna sleep again. I was talking, You were estranged And we both cracked under the strain Of trying to keep it up.
11.
It's no secret, But for some reason nobody knows So let's just pretend some more Too much talking Starts me walking til the frenzy slows I don't want to know anymore Don't leave it up to me, I'll never see it on my own It seems alright to me I'm not supposed to be The talkative one I'm numb And carelessly Speaking other words, Unsure of what I'm fighting for It bares repeating, Words lose all meaning when you've said it all And I've heard it all before Painting pictures, A thousand fixtures won't display them all I don't see the worth anymore Don't leave it up to me I'll never see it on my own

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I did a bunch of songs because I wanted to hear them. This is what I like. If someone else likes it, great. It sounds best when it's cold.

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released February 6, 2012

All songs written, performed, and produced by James Henderson

Trumpet on "Mistrust" by Chris Norwood
Guest vocals on "Run Away" by Kim Le-Henderson

Mastered by Scott Craggs at Old Colony Mastering

Thank you to everyone ever. Special thanks to Kim and Georgina, who are the best.

Cover art by Hollis

Dedicated to the memory of William Ivy.

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