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Lamplight Motel

by HESS

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1.
Long Dream 02:51
Long Dream I can take her on her own Listen for the nearness of her changing If she changes Looking for some kind of war Clarity and silence in their rarest forms But only half-free Get away to the city Get away with history that fades The way I want I want it where I hide And i’m in it for the long dream And the sun and the small trees Yea I could take the freedom, I could take the power, I could Stomach loneliness and turning Away from my friends Looking for some kind of home Purity and license in the moments That I could feel them Get away to the city Get away with history that fades The way I want I want it where I hide And i’m in it for the long dream And the sun and the small trees
2.
Believer Outta Me I would keep my head down Walk awhile with you If you heard your conqueror coming I would share it with you I held my hands to the fire Held my stare to the front door I asked to receive Him as He came I held my arms to the sea On the beach highway, man I’m a believer I’ll believe it as long as He takes me Long as He takes me back I’ll believe it as long as He takes me Long as He takes me back I wanna keep my head down Try to walk through the changing days If i heard my conqueror coming I would learn to be plain If He powered you some Will He learn my name Will He watch me fade away? If I promise to stay? I’ll hold my hands to the fire Hold my stare to the front door I’ll ask to receive him as he comes I’ll hold my arms to the sea On the beach highway, man I’m a believer I’ll believe it as long as He takes me Long as He takes me back I’ll believe it as long as He takes me Long as He takes me back And I’ll know if it’s right When He calls to let it ride I’ll believe it as long as He takes me Long as He takes me back I’ll believe it as long as He takes me Long as He takes me back And I’ll know if it’s right When He calls to let it ride
3.
I'll Drive 05:10
I’ll Drive Yes I’ll drive The roads been good to me When I fly by The rhythm comes to me And I wonder Am I free to make it mine? Am I blind to its reason? Yes I’ll drive But can you hold my hand? Your cigarette hand Conducts its quiet storm In my daydream When we swim, Do we swim to rebuild? Rebuild from the bottom… Fighting, fighting All the way Til my heart’s weak, mind strong All the way To the height of the day When the sun does rise Baby, I’ll drive Yea I’ll fly by Why don’t you give a little, give a little Oh let me take a little from ya baby Why don’t you give a little, give a little And when the sun does rise, I’ll drive Fighting, fighting All the way Til my heart’s weak, mind strong All the way To the height of the day When the sun does rise Baby, I’m Fighting, fighting All the way Til my heart’s weak, mind strong All the way To the height of the day When the sun does rise Baby, I’m Fighting, fighting All the way Til my heart’s weak, mind strong All the way To the height of the day When the sun does rise Baby, I’m Fighting, fighting All the way Til my heart’s weak, mind strong All the way To the height of the day When the sun does rise Baby, I’ll drive
4.
Whisper Wildwood Let me know you’re easy Then I’ll call ya from a mile away From your back door You’re my still-born eagle For thirty dollars you’ll be hollerin’ my name From your room All my friends down on Diamond Beach Whips and one-eyed women stoned And it’s all right If the scene’s heavy Maybe it’ll slow you down Riptide’s got the beat we can touch Prayin’ it don’t knock Prayin’ it don’t knock me down Let me take my meal here Then I’ll whisper “Wildwood,” and then you can Circle them tires You’re spittin’ on the fender For eighty dollars we’ll get up And then we’ll crawl over them dunes All my friends down on Diamond Beach Whips and one-eyed women stoned And it’s all right If the scene’s heavy Maybe it’ll slow you down Riptide’s got the beat we can touch Prayin’ it don’t knock Prayin’ it dont knock me down All my friends down on Diamond Beach Whips and one-eyed women stoned And it’s all right If the scene’s heavy Maybe it’ll slow you down Riptide’s got the beat we can touch Prayin’ it don’t knock me down Sunrise If it don’t shake me Maybe it’ll slow you down Riptides pull the dreams from our guts Prayin’ it don’t knock Prayin’ it don’t knock me down
5.
No Delays (for Josephine) High truth has known no equal Outside this darkened door Love has given me life And all now that remains is this dappled sea Loose and uncreative it’s a part of me It breathes in one time and I breathe it out No delays by my account Don’t hold on so tight Knee-worn, knee-worn behind the light How little it takes to say more With the calmness of the waves breaking on the beach Tireless and plain they’re a part of me Late moonlight on the boards, feel the church bells ring Comin home Like they’re comin home to me And it’s kinda like I’m steppin out in old New York Kinda like Screamin my lover’s name and he runs to the call Kinda like Knowin that my will won’t break No delays Or words caught by the wind And it’s kinda like I’m steppin out in old New York Kinda like Screamin my lover’s name and he runs to the call Kinda like Knowin that my will won’t break No delays Or words caught by the wind
6.
Rented Rooms 04:12
Rented Rooms Freakin’, freakin’ Yea I’m faded The time will come Kissin them walls And my friends don’t mind God gave the secrets And he left them in rented rooms All my friends watch me take her down Halfway to madness Into my arms Ain’t it easy To rely on Someone else to filter the pain Somewhere I can shake free the shame It was many years ago Had I been stronger I would’ve seen The mineral facts, the material joys The handshake cash that every truth employs I ain’t no cheap bunco, but I fleeced a few In the beginning In the incredible light I been workin, workin Yea, I’m hungry! I take down four lines Forty eyes in the back of your head And I always go in wild, wild All my friends watch me take her down Halfway to madness, into my arms Ain’t it easy To rely on Someone else to filter the pain Somewhere I can shake free the shame It was many years ago Had I been stronger I would’ve seen The mineral facts, the material joys The handshake cash that every truth employs I ain’t no cheap bunco, but I fleeced a few In the beginning No I, I ain’t no rebel I just know what it takes No I, I ain’t no rebel I just know what it takes
7.
Red Clouds 04:48
Your lips against the glass I’m finding ways to write about it when you’re gone And it takes a lot But I believe in myself But am I still slow? Have I already won? If you go get restless in deep France Will you call me a coward again? I come home to love I come home with $100 But I can’t wait for a laugh I can’t wait for the good times In a way I could say Things I wanna hear I catch you lyin like that With the grip of a boy made King It’s the knowing It’s the waiting I left you at the church I left you waiting on a gypsy cab Shining in the night Who could you tell? DId you run to the sea? Did something happen? If it did, I’m not far away I could whisper into your ears from here I come home to lights Looks like a fire in the kitchen But I can’t be sure of much Today I watched an old dog die I couldn’t find my hat Yes, I stole one from a friend Yes, the rain followed me home Like watchful eyes beneath a garden Of red clouds In a way I could say Things to back you up I catch you lyin like that With the grip of a boy made King It’s the knowing It’s the waiting It’s the knowing It’s the waiting It’s the knowing It’s the waiting
8.
Lamplight Motel I look out at the sun I’m wasting light I’m now beyond getting hurt Blue lines and cold tile And you’ll make it alone, Candy girl You’re a workhorse for this world Dream of the Lamplight sign in the window carrying you And it’d be wrong to return Breathing beside you No, no, no I look out at ten guards Keepin a casual peace In their sworn glory Every man needs a way out, a way out And you’ll make it real, won’t you in the right places Laugh it off if it gets too painful Dream of the Lamplight sign in the window carrying you And it’d be wrong to return Ooh, no no no no no I look out at the sun I’m wasting light

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released October 9, 2020

HESS | LAMPLIGHT MOTEL

All songs written by Michael Hess
Produced and engineered by Paul Hammer

All music performed by Michael Hess and Paul Hammer,
with the exception of lead guitar on “Whisper Wildwood,” played by Robert Earl Thomas,
and the backing vocal on “No Delays,” sung by Anna Fox Rochinski

All songs copyright 2020 Sexual Decade under exclusive license to Baby Robot Records

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HESS New York, New York

HESS (of NYC rock & roll powerhouse Mail the Horse) was born in the same town as Springsteen, Long Branch, NJ, and with Lamplight Motel, has crafted a fully-realized portrait of life and death on the New Jersey coast—equally beautiful, seedy, and forlorn—all built upon dreamy layers of warm, vintage synthesizers, punchy electronic percussion and soulful, R&B-inspired vocals. ... more

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