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When Up is Down

by Orson & The Rosebuds

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Pete This is such a fun and artfully done album. I have had “Little Late For Early” stuck in my head for weeks! Favorite track: Little Late for Early (Album Version).
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1.
Little Late for Early (Album Version) 04:04
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[guitar solo] I GET IT, I GET IT YOU GOT THE TIME SO FORGET IT DRAW A LINE AND RESET IT CROSS YOUR ARMS DON'T REGRET IT COS ITS FATE, IT CAN WAIT SO I'LL BE SLEEPING IN LATE TAPPING TIMERS TO DATE TIL WE'RE BOTH IN CHECKMATE SO FUNDAMENTAL I'M GOING MENTAL SWERVING LIKE IT'S A RENTAL HITTING ROCKS LIKE THEY’RE GENTLE OH JUST STOP LET'S FALL BACK FROM THE TOP COS YOU'RE THE CREAM OF THE CROP AND YOU JUST KNOW WHO TO DROP WASTED TIME AIN’T A CRIME IT’S JUST A LITTLE TOO LATE FOR EARLY YOU MAKE IT MINE I’LL MISS THE SIGN TIL IT’S A LITTLE TOO LATE EARLY A LITTLE TOO LATE FOR EARLY A LITTLE TOO LATE A LITTLE TOO LATE FOR EARLY LITTLE BIT TOO LATE LITTLE LATE, LITTLE LATE, LITTLE LATE, LITTLE LATE LATE! LITTLE LATE, LITTLE LATE, LITTLE OOOH! [riff] TAKE IT MEASURE BY MEASURE TAKE MY TIME TAKING PLEASURE LIKE EVERY BEAT IS A TREASURE LIKE NO ONE MOVES AT THEIR LEISURE I’LL TAKE IT SLOW THERE’S NO RUSH TO GET LOW SO STICK AROUND FOR THE SHOW COS WE’VE GOT LIGHTYEARS TO GO I GET IT, I GET IT YOU GOT THE TIME SO FORGET IT DRAW A LINE AND RESET IT CROSS YOUR ARMS DON'T REGRET IT COS ITS FATE, IT CAN WAIT SO I'LL BE SLEEPING IN LATE TAPPING TIMERS TO DATE TIL WE'RE BOTH IN CHECKMATE [chorusx2] TOO LATE [breakdown] [riff] [outro]
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Trouble! Trouble! 03:57
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Mayday malaise And it's feeling mundane Two step talk Til I'm going insane It's gotta be next Gotta be done Gotta stay cool Cos I burn in the sun (Ooooooo) Trouble! Trouble Trouble! (Ooooooo) Trouble! Looks like I'm in Trouble Trouble trouble Trouble Trouble Trouble Sitting, singing, chipping trouble People pushing back their problems Quitting quickly Keep it quiet please stop pushing back your problems Pylons peel back As i drive like a drum A holler so humble, an electrical hum If not then, maybe now If not now, in dividends In a sea of sunrises The day never ends [Chorus] Let's say Fifty fifty You find me falling in love Cos best two out of three Waters rising above A breeze never blows So clouds soar to sink With light in my lungs My heart starts to think [Breakdown] [Chorus]
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Books Without Authors (Babble On) 03:19
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LaLaLa EVERYBODY CUTS THEIR CORNERS BUT I’VE BEEN FOLDING MINE YEAH I KNOW IT HURTS THE PAGES AT LEAST I’M CARING FOR THE SPINE WORD BY WORD, I’VE BEEN READING ALL THE THINGS THAT I NEVER HEARD WORD BY WORD, I’VE BEEN READING ALL THE THINGS I WOULDA CALLED ABSURD [riff] WRITE A BOOK, I’LL BE YOUR EDITOR STEAL A LOOK, NO I’M NO AMATEUR SHARPEN UP LIVE AND DIE BY MY WORD TEAR A PAGE BACK TO THE DRAWING BOARD SO WHEN “THE BEST” HAVE COME TO BABEL I'LL BITE MY TONGUE I'LL KEEP MY THOUGHTS COHERENT LIKE A SONG UNSUNG FRONT TO BACK I’VE BEEN READING ALL THE THINGS NEVER INKED IN BLACK FRONT TO BACK I’VE BEEN READING ALL THE THINGS THAT I WANTED BACK [riff x2] [guitar solo] [chorus] BABBLE ON
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Eleanora May 04:03
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Like a dead end dove Been rationing my love song Black ink on my hands Listing out right from wrong Luck on my side Like light pouring through stained glass But dearest Miss May How would it really last? Eleanora I'm all for ya But I can't make up my mind I can't make up my mind Mama Flora Says she told ya My choice Is coming with time My choice is coming with time A perennial can bloom If flowers don't grow But the buds are a tomb For the breeze to blow The roots will be there Or we might as well trust But even with care We could just be dust Enough is enough I'm tired of hanging on In a game you can’t win I feel like I’m just a pawn Something simple inside Ya hearing it from the birds But ya building a book trying to put it to words Oh Eleano-oh-oh-oh-rah I’m all for ya oh… (x2) Oh Mama Flo-oh-oh-oh-rah Says she told ya no (x2) x2 [Whistles] Eleanora is all for ya so won't you make up your mind just make your mind Mama Flora Coulda told ya that I won't be waiting this time Don't be wasting my time
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Kidding Around 02:52
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[intro] IF FAKE ART IS IN MY HEART THEN LET’S REPAINT REALITY I COULD START TO DRAW US APART, TIL I GET DOWN TO YOUR GRAVITY, OH I DIVERSIFY MY VICES PEPPER IN YOUR SPICES CAUSE TOO MUCH OF A BAD THING IS STILL A BAD THING DISCRETION IN THE NUMBERS INTEGRATES OVER SLUMBERS I DIVERSIFY MY VICES TIL MY ONE LOVE IS IN SLICES IF FAKE ART IS IN MY HEART THEN LET’S REPAINT REALITY I COULD START TO DRAW US APART, TIL I GET DOWN TO YOUR GRAVITY, OH
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Words We Don't Need 04:11
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DEMETRI DOESN'T KNOW HIS HEART’S NOT IN THE SEA IT WASHED ASHORE WITH SOME WHALE BONE DEBRIS AND LYN COULDN'T HANDLE HOLDING LIFE BACK TO A GRIN SO SHE FOCUSED ON THE THE BEST KINDS OF SIN WRITING AND WRITHING OVER EVERY OTHER WORD YOU BOIL DOWN THE OCEAN LIVE ILLEGIBLE WITH A SMILE INDELIBLE SINGING WORDS WE DON'T- SINGING WORDS WE DON'T NEED LIVE ILLEGIBLE WITH A SMILE INDELIBLE SINGING WORDS WE DON'T- SINGING WORDS WE DON'T NEED THE TEXT BLURS TO BUILDINGS A BREEZE BLOWING IN THEIR SHADE SENTENCES FLY AWAY AS TORN PAGES FADE DEMETRI AND LYN KNEW JUST WHERE YOU'D BE SO THEY CROSSED THEIR FINGERS AND HOPE YOU COME TO SEE THEY HOPE YOU COME TO SEE OH WON’T YOU COME TO SEE [chorus] [instrumental] [pre-chorus] [chorus]
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EchoState 04:04
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ECHO, ECHO, ECHO ECHO, ECHO ECHO ECHO STATE ECHO STATE GOT ME REPEATING IT BACK REPEATING IT BACK REPEATING IT BACK. ECHO STATE WON'T LET ME RELAX GOT ME SWINGING THE AX MY HEART DRIPPING TO WAX. ECHO STATE GOT ME REPEATING IT BACK BUT NOW YOU’RE ON THE ATTACK KNOCK MY THOUGHT OFF THE TRACK... ECHO STATE WON’T YOU BE PULLING ME BACK BURN MY REDS TO A BLACK BURN MY REDS TO A BLACK HYPNOSIS STEALS FROM NEUROSIS GOT A DOZEN DOSES TO SMELL THE RED ROSES KEEP CLOSE HOLD THE EMOTION PULL INTO FOCUS YESTERDAY'S NOTIONS BROKEN BONE BONUS THOSE YOU HOLD CLOSEST IN BOLDNESS THEY’RE GIVING UP NOTICE TO THE SOULLESS A SETTIN' SOLSTICE ABANDON ONUS WITH ANOTHER LEAF OF LOTUS 1,2,3,4 A SETTING SOLSTICE THOSE YOU HOLD CLOSEST HOLD THE EMOTION DOZEN RED ROSES [intro] [chorus] x2
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Favorite Color (feat. Isaac Schutz) 03:59
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FAVORITE COLOR YOU WERE MY FAVORITE COLOR FAVORITE COLOR YOU WERE MY FAVORITE COLOR BUT NOW YOU'RE GONE (AND FADED TO GRAY) [Intro] YOU PAINTED ME LIKE AN ARTIST WOULD ACRYLIC STAINS ON BALSA WOOD DROPS OF INK IN PAPER HANDS SACRIFICE WHAT COMPOSITION COMMANDS CALL ME LUMINESCENCE CALL ME LOVE CALL ME EVERYTHING AND JUST ENOUGH UNTIL MY COLOR GOES AND DRIPS AWAY THEN WON'T YOU DRAW ME NEAR TO SAY [Chorus] IN A LANDSCAPE I WOULDA NEVER DRAWN TREES LOSE THEIR LEAVES INTO CANVAS PALMS SUNS SET ON TO ORANGE EYES AND BLUE RIVERS RUN WITH COLD GOODBYES A FRACTURE IN YOUR FRAME I’M HANGING ON WE BLENT PERSPECTIVES NOW YOU’RE FAR AND GONE WHEN MY COLOR WENT AND DRIPPED AWAY WHY DIDN’T YOU DRAW ME NEAR TO SAY [Chorus] [Instrumental]
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YaMeanIt? (feat. Joe Sung-Rae) 03:50
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EXCUSE ME MISS, EVERYBODY’S GETTING REAL TIRED OF THIS SICK OF THE “KINDA LIKE YOU” BULLSHIT WHY THE HELL WON’T YOU SHUT UP AND KISS MAKE UP FOR DRAMA CLEANING UP SHIT FOR ROMANTIC KARMA ALL THE CLASSICS, THEY TRIED TO WARN YA MIND THE PASSAGE, WON’T COME TO HARM YA TOLD TO TURN YOUR GAZE THE PARKING LOT’S GETTING REAL DARK I WANNA MAKE MY MARK AMBER LIGHT JURASSIC PARK FLOOD THE WHOLE WORLD FOR ARKS SWIM WITH GODDAMN SHARKS YOU MEAN IT, ALL THE TALK OF LOVE YOUVE SEEN IT, AM I ENOUGH? I MEAN IT. WANNA MAKE YOUR MIND UP CAUSE YOU WON’T SHUT UP DOWN’S UP BUT WHAT’S MY ANSWER? MY HEART SCREAMS FLEE, BUT I DON’T KNOW WHAT TO DO BUT WHAT’S THE ANSWER? CAN’T ESCAPE MY BRAIN, I JUST WANT TO FALL INTO YOU I MEAN IT, YEAH, NO, I MEAN IT, MEAN IT WRITE ME TO READ YOU YOU KNOW THAT I NEED YOU SO SAY WHAT YOU NEED AND NOTHING MORE LET’S GET IT WRONG TO GET IT RIGHT ALONG ANOTHER NIGHT IN PROSE WITH NO TIME TO HOLD A SCORE WE’RE ON ANOTHER PAGE OF YOU AND I MY MIND IS FALLING OUT OF A LUCID HIGH WE LEAVE IN DISARRAY PARDON AS I MAY BE A LITTLE TRAPPED IN MY OWN HEAD PART OF ME SAYS WAIT IF I WERE TO STAY HOLD YOU TIGHT UNTIL WE BOTH DROPPED DEAD [Chorus] [Hook] DO YOU KNOW WHAT IS UP WHAT IS WRONG WITH MY HEAD? NO WE DON’T KNOW WHAT’S UP WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOUR HEAD?
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When Up is Down 07:26
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WHEN UP- UP IS DOWN I STILL WANT YOU AROUND- STILL WANT YOU AROUND (OH) WHEN IT’S RAINING, (OH) I’M JUST SAYIN (OH) I DON’T WANT YOU TO GO. I STILL WANT YOU AROUND! SILENT SOUNDS WHEN I SPEAK. A KISS ON YOUR- YOUR WARM CHEEK. I’M HERE FOR YOU- YOU TO CALL, HOLDING TIGHT TIL WINDFALL, BUT I DON’T KNOW WHEN THE TIDES WILL TURN, SO FOR NOW: WE CAN HOLD OUR HANDS AND TALK, KICK THE CLOUDS UP ON OUR WALK AND JUST SING [Instrumental] WHEN UP- UP IS DOWN I STILL WANT YOU AROUND- STILL WANT YOU AROUND (OH) WHEN IT’S RAINING, (OH) I’M JUST SAYIN (OH) I DON’T WANT YOU TO GO. I STILL WANT YOU AROUND! [Instrumental] LOVE FOREVER LOST TOGETHER I KNOW I CAN BE BETTER DESPITE THE WEATHER (x2) GRAVITY GONE IN A BLINK WHERE TO GO WHAT TO THINK YOU WRAP YOUR ARMS ROUND MY WAIST STEPS OUR OWN DANCING IN PLACE SHUFFLING FEELINGS TO AND FRO CAUSE WE KNOW CERTAINTY WILL NEVER BE IT’S OKAY, IT SETS US FREE TO JUST SING [chorus] [guitar solo] [chorus] [outro]

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In the shadow of 2020's chaos and doom, we offer When Up is Down - our technicolor journey from existential dread to finding hope in love. It's our soundtrack to help process the highs and lows of living and loving in the end times.

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released February 19, 2021

Orson & the Rosebuds include:
Christian DeKnatel, Tessa Berliner, Olivia Orth, Nick Smith, and Miles Ragan

Longtime friends and special guests include:
Anthony Giordano, Isaac Schutz, Joe Sung-Rae, and Andrew Whitaker

Produced by Christian DeKnatel and Johnny Dalton

Mixed by Johnny Dalton (all but 8) and Christian DeKnatel (8)
Mastered by Johnny Dalton at Kung-Pow Recording & Mastering

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