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The Polaroid EP

by Norman Lake

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1.
Polaroid 03:12
Polaroid you left I hide in the drawers of my desk The camera and you flashed in contest And film, immortalized your chest Come here and lay on my breast Your fingers gripping my T-shirt’s neck Your moods less confused as I’m stroking your head And they each rise and fall with my breath I form words, Only after you know you’ve been heard Why does everything hurt? She cried from amber eyes I’m disturbed But I soothe her and say, the feelings go away For all those who put in the work It’s a painful thing, being conscious on earth But it beats the alternatives I’ve heard This feeling it's hopeless, is less than you deserve I want you to remember your worth Voice inside Turns against you in the blink of an eye What do you do, when all you can do is cry Struggling for grounding, in a world in demise Well thank god I caught you in time I know now you would’ve been alright And I don't believe that you're borderline Just afraid and confused, by a pain you can't describe Does it leaves when I hold you at night Hope it leaves when I hold you at night Grieving and celebrating life
2.
Maybe 04:02
Maybe, if you saw things my way You’d live, with less of a need to escape Maybe, if you didn't gravitate my dear To pain, you'd lose all of the things that make a woman far away Maybe I made a mistake Maybe all you do is take Maybe after ten days, I shouldn't love you this way But a heart’s not a heart till it breaks Maybe, parts that hurt cant be healed An empty plate, sure can't make a meal Maybe your ways, are to beg borrow and steal, love Tell me now who got the raw deal Maybe I made a mistake Maybe all you do is take Maybe after ten days, I shouldn't love you this way But a heart’s not a heart till it breaks A heart’s not a heart till it breaks Maybe, I'm the one to blame Spoke clearly when you said you'd rather refrain Maybe, feelings better tamed Could lead to safety, hard to lose when you refuse to play Maybe I made a mistake Maybe all you do is take Maybe after ten days, I shouldn't love you this way But a heart’s not a heart till it breaks A heart’s not a heart that can't break Do you protect it by running away This is how Adam’s rib breaks
3.
Visitor 03:44
Do you, Remember, the time we spent Curled up, On the floor of my walk in Closet, I laid out my songs In headphones you listened along Naked, as the king before parliament You sleep, with your head underneath my chin Deep breaths, I’ll play you out Just don't guess what I’m singing about No moments wasted, my dear one of us is only a visitor here I can’t, Help it, a pictures worth a thousand words You smiled, and let me satisfy the urge Add it, to the shrine in my-mind made for her No moments wasted, my dear one of us is only a visitor here No moments wasted, my dear one of us is only a visitor here Soft face, polarized in instant film No place, left for me to keep this meal You’re gone, and the picture seems a little more surreal
4.
Natalie 03:28
Your photographs Do I hide in my attic or hide in the trash Wonderful moments pass People come in and out of my life so fast Objects you didn't pack A box of tee shirts and a gift I had wrapped I look at them and laugh The memories I keep, in case you come back Natalie, you're everything to me Natalie, what will the future bring If I do the math It doesn’t add up to me getting any slack So i’m cut in half Fractions of failure every angle unmasked When what's done is passed These habits I keep, in case you come back Natalie, you’re everything to me Natalie, you were everything to me Natalie, you were everything to me Natalie, what will the future bring This picture frame Outlines affection you decided to waste I guess it's just a fact People come in and out of my life so fast Wonderful moments pass And people come in and out of my life so fast Natalie, you were everything to me Natalie, what will the future bring Natalie, you were everything to me Natalie, what will the future bring
5.
Consume 03:58
Stay, the hell away from me Familiar company What will you make me do Shame, since I was a child Has kept my manner mild Always scared to lose And no I’m not saying it’s a losing fight But that doesn’t mean I ever get to feel alright Pray, my body will leave me Peacefully sleeping I am too stoned to move Hate, that all the solutions found To quiet the voices now Make me so removed I never got to choose Consume or be consumed And no I’m not saying it’s a losing fight But that doesn’t mean I ever get to feel alright Trace, all of my boundaries To people who found me When I was destitute Face, nightly confounds me Reflections disgust me Man I miss my youth Though it held no real use Consume or be consumed And no I’m not saying it’s a losing fight But that doesn’t mean I ever get to feel alright I could scramble and dismantle all the hurt inside But I think this time around it is a losing fight

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Recorded and mixed entirely with a 4 track cassette machine, Norman Lake's debut DIY album the Polaroid EP is a concept album centered around a breakup and the mementos that remain when a person has exited your life.

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released January 22, 2021

Vocals: Norman Lake
Guitar: Norman Lake
Cello: Erik Chapman
Piano: Norman Lake

All songs written, recorded, performed, and mixed by Norman Lake
Mastered by Sam Hinrichsen

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Norman Lake Ventura, California

Norman Lake is a project by singer songwriter Joey MacMahan. Based in Los Angeles California.

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