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Bitzer

by Shady Groves

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1.
Waves 05:17
We walked by the waves Our days a dreamy haze We talked on for hours You knew I'd always be yours I don't blame you For our rise and fall I don't blame you I don't blame you The way we pass time We like to lose our minds And our love won't fade The way you keep me amazed Like the crests of waves In time we'll fade away And I won't leave you So don't you ever leave me Don't you ever Don't you ever Remember... Remember? We walked by the waves Someday we too will wash away But I won't leave you We walked by the shore You knew I'd always be yours I don't blame you... (We once had it all) For our rise and fall (But we had to fall) I don't blame you... (We once had it all) I don't blame you (But we had to fall) We once had it all But we had to fall (We once had it all) Like waves, we'll rise again, my love (But we had to fall) I still love you I still love you I still love you
2.
Plain Dream 03:45
Burnout... standin' out in the cold with a cigarette hangin' out of my mouth And I'm here... to answer all of the questions that you ask me and the answers are my fears And I have dreams... that a woman whispers to me and she pleads, "Please don't forget about me" Keep a curious eye on the back of a plane from a train where you're starin' out the window you were late... and you couldn't sit all alone Lay your head, close your eyes, fall asleep, have a dream 'bout the things that you think that you'd be doin' back at home before you slept all alone, everybody sleeps all alone When you wake up it's hard to cope with all the things that you have seen simply turn into dust 'Cause when you're dreamin' whether you're dancing or you're walking you're alone but it's okay 'cause you're free You're inside your mind... and that is all right Keep a curious eye on the back of a plane from a train where you're starin' out the window you were late... and you couldn't sit all alone Lay your head, close your eyes, fall asleep, have a dream 'bout the things that you think that you'd be doin' back at home before you slept all alone, everybody sleeps all alone
3.
Truth is, I was not doing too well Don't know who else could tell How numb and delirious I’d become Must be something that I know that keeps everyone away from me like a cloud of negative energy storming all the time Everywhere I’d go People just looked or walked away No one tried to talk to me But neither would I Guess I just gotta’ go And make something happen Just put myself out there But it hurts to try Nothing matters Nothing matters Wasting all my energy thinkin’ bout what-it’s-like to die Nothing matters My illusions are shattered Heaven’s a bedtime-story, fairytale Nowhere you’ll float or fly Alone in a room Looking in a mirror And who knows who I am Nothing's all figured out Everything is in doubt Staring at a ceiling fan Lost in a high While dying and crying Melting in Nowhereland Saw puzzling rings of fluorescent light On a bathroom wall, don’t ask— Why I wanted no one to know 'Cause who wouldn't find out? Who'd want me to be like this? An Apple's my best friend I wanted no one to know But who wouldn't find out? I can't believe I feel like this An Apple's my best friend Laser-light show, brain-soup jetpack Bubbling caldron, fizzling, laughing X-ray numbskull, glittery trees What is happening? What is happening? Snake in a log pile, violet sky eyes Pastel pencil forest skyline Zip-zap, jolts, electricity This is happening This is happening Nothing matters Nothing matters Nothing matters
4.
Hourglass 03:08
I know, you're feelin' like you're gonna explode / overflow and inside, it's hard to find what is the right side / the right side baby Don't blink your eyes baby, Cause time flies away Sometimes, life can feel just so slow / so so and inside, it's hard to know but it's your show / it's your show baby Don't blink your eyes baby, Cause time flies away Hey Don't blink your eyes baby, Cause time flies away It's not a crime, to think that I could be your life line / life long I'll give you my time, cause right now is the right time/ the right time baby Don't blink your eyes baby, Cause time flies away Don't blink your eyes baby, Cause time flies away Don't blink your eyes baby Don't Blink Your Eyes Baby
5.
Coyotes 04:53
There's only so much I can take before I bend and break And these past lives, last lives what do you see? I know that you've heard this before But I need you some more And you know it's true... 'Cause I don't wanna' see you as stranger No, I don't wanna' see you as stranger 'Cause I don't wanna' see you as stranger No, I don't wanna' see you as stranger These patterns they break as quick as they're sent but someday we'll wake up and be here again Like artifacts, memories we've been around And these past lives, last lives look around around and 'round and 'round 'Cause I don't wanna' see you as stranger No, I don't wanna' see you as stranger 'Cause I don't wanna' see you as stranger No, I don't wanna' see you as stranger 'Cause I don't wanna' see you as stranger No, I don't wanna' see you as stranger 'Cause I don't wanna' see you as stranger No, I don't wanna' see you as stranger
6.
Pixelation 05:26
Lucid and frequent are these hallucinations of the world, of a girl, how they swirl how they swirl As Summer turns to Fall, Winter into Spring I try connecting dots, as the pixels fall apart Blurry and vaporous are these illuminations, how they swirl, how they twirl, how they whirl how they whirl As Summer turns to Fall, Winter into Spring I try connecting dots, as the pixels fall apart And everything divides into tiny little strings and I just feel so small, but glad to be alive Who? I need more experience (feel it coming ‘round) Who? I need more experience (am I coming down?) Who? They won’t take me serious (find some common ground) Who? hey, well, this is an experience (I’m not coming down) My mind runs, my mind goes, my mind runs — there it goes! (I have no control, I have no…) Certainly my love and hate shows in these kinds of situations in my life, like all the time, right now, it’s swelling, overwhelming Amplifying and magnifying everything eyes see, pixelation Magnifying and multiplying infinitely, this pixelation I just gotta’ find hope I just gotta’ find hope I just gotta’ find hope I’m gonna’ find hope
7.
Trials 05:22
You'd think with so much time We'd have figured some things out But I'm ready to cross a line I'm ready to go all out About anything and everything Whatever you want I can feel your eyes on me I can give you what you want So many things that I always wanna say but you know, it's only words anyways Now it's time for you and me to go and play Let's shut the door and we can take the pain away You and me, we're good as gold You know our love It only grows You and me, we're good as gold You see, my love It only grows No matter what you say I will never go You see, to me You have got a special glow No matter what you say No matter what you do You're here for me and baby, I am here for you So I pledge my life through happiness and strife You act crazy but baby, you're the one for me So I won't ever leave Won't turn my back on you All of my life I've been waiting here for you So many things that I always wanna' say But you know they're only words anyways Now it's time for you and me to go and play Shut the door and we can take the pain away You and me, we're good as gold You know our love It only grows You and me, we're good as gold You see, my love It only grows I heard every word that you said It's time you tell me what's inside your head I heard every word that you said It's time you let me get inside your head There's times I get confused, just like you But I gotta' know now exactly what it is you choose There's times I too can get inside my head But I know we'll settle this before we get into bed I've been able to keep the wolves at bay But now we've gotta' work towards our golden days
8.
Stay Strange 02:13
Keep bein' strange, not knowing what to say Don't say a thing Oh darling, don't say a thing Kick the shoes off your feet Sit down, expose your bruising knees You look tired, can I get you something to drink? All I wanna do is be in love with you I wanna watch you fall asleep I wanna kiss your soft cheeks When you wake up in the morning Just know I'll be lyin' right there To kiss your morning breath lips Or to just lay there and stare Keep bein' strange, I don't know you any other way Be anything, girl, you know I'm by your side Keep rambling on, darling ramble all you want I got time, if time is a thing And all I wanna do is be in love with you I wanna watch you fall asleep I wanna kiss your soft cheeks And when you wake up in the morning Just know I'll be lyin' right there To kiss your morning breath lips Or to just lay there and stare
9.
Animate Days 05:47
I tried to understand life… There is nothing to feel sorry for Everyday I am fading away Immersed in madness, fear, and lies… There is nothing to be sorry for Just feels like I’m fading away Almost gave up, thought, “hope’s not real…” There is nothing to feel sorry for Everyday I am fading away Sometime of a night or a day I will come around Sometime -- maybe tonight or today I will come around Sometime of a night or a day I'll come around Sometime of a night or a day I'll come around There is nothing to feel sorry for Everyday we are fading away There is nothing to be sorry for Just feels like we’re fading away There is nothing to feel sorry for Everyday we are fading away Sometime of a night or a day I will come around Sometime -- maybe tonight or today I will come around Sometime of a night or a day I'll come around Sometime of a night or a day I'll come around
10.
I know that we just started But I'll go out on a limb and say that I want you I hope that these feelings don't go and push me over the rim 'cause I want you You're not trying, but you box me in You're late like me, You lock me in I'm not buying there's no game to win This life it too short Let's live it on a whim Careful now You're gonna' hurt yourself You better settle down Love is no good for your health Work around all of this or struggle down with all of it Work around all of this or struggle down with all of it Let's hope I haven't gone and shot myself in the foot again oh baby... Bandage my brain I'm bleeding through These maps are useless let's tear them in two Let these crystal waters carry us clean Away we'll go just you and me Careful now You're gonna' hurt yourself You better settle down Love is no good for your health Work around all of this or struggle down with all of it Work around all of this or struggle down with all of it Work around all of this or struggle down with all of it Work around all of this or struggle down with all of it Nothing's as important as it seems or that's just what we'll keep on telling ourselves Is love best made, shared or kept in dreams? My love is too harmful to myself
11.
Ode to the ones with the bags under their eyes Hiding from themselves, and fighting to survive Love to the one with the grey dots at his side You couldn't save him from himself You couldn't look into his mind The strings at his feet You have broken to bits And it's not all that bad anymore, is it? And it not all that bad anymore Is it? Ode to the ones with the scars under their skin Who hide behind their smiles / feels so heavy on their chins Love to the ones with the guns against their heads Fighting with their brains Are we all better off dead? (Aren't we all better off dead?) The strings at his feet You have broken to bits And it's not all that bad anymore, is it? What's the matter with my mind right now? What's the matter with this world right now? What's the matter with this girl right now? Whats the matter, with the matter, does it matter anyways? The strings at his feet You have broken to bits And it's not all that bad anymore, is it?
12.
Unthinkable minds Floating behind Everyone's eyes Opening wide Gone for a nighttime ride There have been many minds, minds, minds many, many minds, minds, minds, minds, minds minds... and now they're all mine! There have been many minds, minds, minds many, many minds, minds, minds, minds, minds minds... and now they're all mine! There have been many minds, minds, minds many, many minds, minds, minds, minds, minds minds... and now they're all mine!

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Produced by Shady Groves

All songs on Bitzer written by Adam Fitzgerald, Dylan Caron & Jeff Yateman

Mixed, mastered & engineered by Jeff Yateman

Artwork by Connor Irwin

Shady Groves was formed by Adam Fitzgerald, Dylan Caron & Jeff Yateman in early 2015.

Shady Groves now consists of Adam Fitzgerald, Dylan Caron, Jamie Dulin, Colton Caron & Sage Denam.

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released May 5, 2016

Adam Fitzgerald - vocals, guitars, bass, effects, keys, synth, piano, loops, programming, samples
Dylan Caron - vocals, guitars, ukulele, mandolin
Jeff Yateman - vocals, drums, guitar, bass, synth, keys, programming, engineering
Mat Hofman - bass guitar (on Plain Dream & Hourglass) & lead guitar (on Hourglass)
Jamie Dulin - bass, saxophone
Colt Caron - keys, synth & piano
Palmer Krehel - drums (on Animate Days)
Connor Irwin - all album & single artwork

Thanks to everyone who made this album possible.

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“The group finds the sweet spot between The Shins and The Smiths.”
-Detroit Free Press

“There are times when it’s difficult to pinpoint a band to a genre or group of genres; Shady Groves is certainly one these bands. Their eclectic sounds cross 60s influences with light funk, dream pop flavors, tastes of folk, and indie pop sounds. This is a band interested in melding sounds together.”
-Puddlegum
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