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Generations

by Emmas Ringer

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1.
Intro 01:12
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2.
Hong Kong 02:44
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In a run down laundromat built in the 60's In a burned out campground living with the hippies In a sundown shoot-out given no reason Everybody go west I just wanna go eastern I wanna go I wanna go I wanna go I wanna go to Hong Kong! In a college rush coked out afternoon beat-down With a back room gift shop middle-aged meltdown In a gunman courtroom given no specifics Everybody go home I just wanna go pacific I wanna go I wanna go I wanna go I wanna go to Hong Kong! I wanna go I wanna go I wanna go I wanna go to Hong Kong! Come with me baby come with me Come with me baby come with me Come with me baby come with me Come with me baby come with me Come with me baby come with me! Come with me baby come with me! Come with me baby come with me! Come with me baby come To Hong Kong!
3.
Colours 03:18
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Your colour is red We're better off dead We paid for our future But you sold us out instead Innocence Always bliss Black inked fifth grade fingerprints Nothing gained All in doubt Scrub to the bone to get the colours out I'm a generous narcissist Colour me government Suicidal in denial Born to live in someone else's style Interpol Got no soul Black ops teen pops birth control Negligence On the fence Choke at the throat to make the colours blend Innocence Always bliss Black inked fifth grade fingerprints Nothing gained All in doubt Scrub to the bone and get the colours out Get the colours out The colours out The colours out The colours out
4.
Everything You Need 03:56
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There's gotta be heartache Before there can ever be a hope But I don't wanna take you there No I don't wanna break you down There's gotta be devastation Before there can ever be repair But I don't wanna make you sad I only wanna clear the air I will give you peace of mind if you give yourself to me I will leave all this behind if you promise not to need There's gotta be conversation Before there can ever be a doubt But I don't wanna make you fall No I don't wanna fall back in And even with the best intentions I'll only get yours and you'll get mine But I don't wanna make you shine I'll only kill the light inside I will give you diamond rings if you only believe The best of things in life my dear are surely never free I have everything you need I am everything you need Come what may and what will be I have everything you need I have everything you need I am everything you need
5.
Tree 04:54
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All around Everywhere Everyday Stuck down knee deep It's a war and it's here In my head All around Everywhere Everyday Stuck down knee deep Something deep Inside of me Took control up in the tree When she fell Long ago I couldn't reach I was stuck down too far Lost my head but now I see There she lay beneath the tree All around Everyday Everywhere Stuck down head deep All this hate Inside of me Grows and grows like a tree
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Generations 04:23
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We used to dream of our little own space Safe and sound from the human race Just a matter of time slipping by Such a waste of good precious life I remember back when there were no future plans No waving hands or little rubber bands But there’s a curiosity that still shows Knowledge leads to laziness If you can’t to let it go So we divide ourselves, divide our lives We don’t feel the need to apologize For our selfish hearts now find the need to provide And we’re all grown up, Did you expect it? Will you accept it? Now that your world is changing We’re all used up But will you erase it? Or will you embrace this? While living in perfect know how Moving to the city with the pretty little lights Waking up at noon and staying up all night We made waves on this silent old town Long forgotten equations that were never written down We were told long ago that we’d long for these days Memories fade and they just wash away But we never change The same old parts just get re-arranged And we’re all grown up, Did you expect it? Will you accept it? Now that your world is ending We’re all used up But will you erase it? Or you will you embrace this? While living in perfect know-how If you sit back and take some thought You’ll only understand It’s always in the middle that our lives begin to make most sense
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Time Will Tell 03:32
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If you need a little happiness and wanna go outside If you need somebody to go along for the ride Well maybe we all just need a bit of fun Drinking all day or getting high in the sun We’ll get a little messed up and take it to the streets We’ll get a little messed up bringing all the heat Hello hello I know you don’t know me but I know you all too well Never even met you but I never will forget you Gotta keep you to myself Hello Hello I know you don't know me but I know you all too well Never heard of you but I think I might love you I guess only time will Only time will tell Well I’m fortunate son with a fortunate soul And I know when my luck is about to go two-fold I’ve learned to give time for all my wounds to heal So tonight I’m taking so much more than I can feel And if this world ends before we see dawn Then I hate to rush but can we get a move on? Hello hello I know you don’t know me but I know you all too well Never even met you but I never will forget you Gotta keep you to myself Hello Hello I know you don’t know me but I know you all too well Never even seen me but I think you might need me I guess only time will Only time will tell
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Have It Your Way 03:45
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You can run You can hide You can have it your way You can kick You can scream You can make it your day You can laugh You can cry You can stand on your own You can walk You can talk You can bury your bone Nobody understands A boy is just a man Without all the cracks and holes Everyone knows for sure A woman is just a girl A little more composed Mother can you hear me screaming at the back door? It's cold outside and I just can't take it no more Daddy can you see jumping in the back seat? I'm gonna need a ride cause' tonight I lost my feet You can win You can lose You can shake you fists You can give You can take You can beg for it You can work You can play You can say that you'll stay You can love You can hate You can have it your way, your way Nobody comprehends All of the hours spent When you're just trying you make new friends The city will get you down The pay will keep you around Looking for a way out Mother can you hear me screaming at the back door? It's cold outside and I just can't take it no more Daddy can you see jumping in the back seat? I'm gonna need a ride cause' tonight I lost my feet Mother can you hear me screaming at the back door? It's cold outside and I just can't take it no more Daddy can you see living for a new day? I'm healing and I'm feeling that you're gonna have to have it your way You're gonna have to have it your way I know you're gonna have it your way I know you're gonna have it your way
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Radio Wrong 03:00
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The radio song is plastic synthetic love On Radio Wrong, where it fits so nicely Zombie TV - in the land of the free Telling all good people who they're better off to be The more you tune in, the more you're bound to tune me out The more you buy in, the more you disconnect the ends to... Top of the charts with the Artificial Hearts They're playing back up to a pre-teen know-it-all love song Radio Hate - where the devil celebrates He was driving numbers before you even learned to count them The more you buy it, the more you're gonna lose The more you fight it, the more you disconnect the ends to... Radio Bliss is right at your fingerprints Making brand names out of debutantes and junkies The bored and the vain - at the top of the food chain Just like children, they're waiting for someone to explain So let me explain baby... I'd kill myself on-air for the radio Cause' I can't live without my share of the radio What's left is what's become of the radio Cause' there's only room for one on the radio
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Million Dollar Soldier 05:11
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Nobody cares about anyone at all What's in it for them? Few will rise while others fall This world is wicked, filled with evil and with sin The soldier left with only strength to find within Better hide the kids Hide the wives Boss man's coming better hide the knives Live to work Work to live Boss man takes until there's nothing left to give From a million fighting arms Until the count is down to one The soldier keeps fighting till' he gets the job done The million dollar soldier Is a billion dollar warrior In a trillion dollar death march For a one cent pay off All the cowards meeting minds and shaking hands Heavy heads with heavy mouths talk heavy plans Trustworthy souls are swept beneath the ocean floor The soldier wonders what the hell he's fighting for The million dollar soldier Is a billion dollar warrior In a trillion dollar death march For a one cent pay off One million soldiers go marching on One million soldiers, a dying cause One million soldiers keep fighting on One million soldiers will get picked off And when the system breaks down And everything around turns to ashes and dust on the ground The soldier will stand so proud But the million dollar soldier Is a billion dollar warrior In a trillion dollar death march For a one cent pay off
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Breather Holes 05:18
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Our destiny is on hold The future has been bought and sold The ending will unfold And everything is frozen No room for us to grow No chance to pass on what we know We’ve sank to our new low And everything is broken We used to live so high We used to own the sky Our dreams to live forever only buried us alive The show’s become a bore No need to find out what’s in store We’re shaken to the core We used to breath so freely, now we’re… Seeking breather holes

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released November 25, 2014

TRACK#8: RECORDED, PRODUCED AND MIXED BY JAMES ROBERTSON AT HERITAGE STUDIOS, TORONTO, ON. (JULY 2012). ALL OTHER TRACKS: RECORDED AND PRODUCED BY EMMAS RINGER AND TREVOR MAYBEE AT VECTOR ONE STUDIOS, TORONTO, ON. (MAY 2013) / MIXED AND MASTERED BY ZACHARY SPENCE AT CAPITAL ARTS STUDIOS, OTTAWA, ON. (AUGUST 2014).
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VIOLINS ON TRACK #6 BY VICTORIA YEH WWW.VICTORIAYEH.COM
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PHOTOGRAPHY BY TIM OBAS

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"Performing in the 90’s grunge style of Nirvana, Kyuss and Soundgarden, is Ottawa-based Emmas Ringer, a three-piece band that is killing it.

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