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I Wish I Could Film Tonight in Black and White

by Caffeine Sunday

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1.
[Boarding Pass] 01:15
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2.
Plane 04:51
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Now - You don’t keep in touch I don’t mean that much Anymore Gone - And I’m fading slow Letting memories go Out the door Do you even know that I am Not beyond your love But past the point of no return No bridges left you haven’t burned Do you even care that I am Living on my own? You’re getting on that plane And I’ll never see you back here again. Now - you don’t need my love You had enough And off you go Bye - maybe not today Maybe not tomorrow But inevitable Do you even know that I am Not beyond your love But past the point of no return No bridges left you haven’t burned Do you even care that I am Living on my own? You’re getting on that plane And I’ll never see you back here again. Start the death march to the gate And I’m stumbling around for something to say Keep my chin up, be brave But it’s the final call in every way I wish I could film tonight in black and white. Now - you don’t keep in touch I don’t mean that much Anymore. Do you even know that I am Not beyond your love But past the point of no return No bridges left you haven’t burned Do you even care that I am Living on my own? You’re getting on that plane And I’ll never see you back here again.
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Three Song Cutoff 04:38
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Monday’s forecast calls for rain, And Tuesday’s not going to get much better. Feeling numbness to the pain And adding acid to the weather Let me see the whole thing over again One more time Lost belief every now and then In my mind But now ain’t then. It’s cutting me off from you. Special night and I’m missing again Drop down the side of the hole and then Let go of the rope and hit the floor I’ve seen it before. Slam both doors and hit the floor Spin the corners, coming back for more Watch it fly right through the core I’ve seen it before. Another call waiting for you Ignoring everything they told you Not much more that you can do Another Mary hailing hopeless Let me see the whole thing over again One more time Lost belief every now and then In my mind But now ain’t then. It’s cutting me off from you. Special night and I’m missing again Drop down the side of the hole and then Let go of the rope and hit the floor I’ve seen it before. Slam both doors and hit the floor Spin the corners, coming back for more Watch it fly right through the core I’ve seen it before. It’s cutting me off from you Three songs older for you Special night and I’m missing again Drop down the side of the hole and then Let go of the rope and hit the floor I’ve seen it before. Slam both doors and hit the floor Spin the corners, coming back for more Watch it fly right through the core I’ve seen it before.
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Set Me Free 04:56
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Whatever you leave behind you You never believe that I’m not there Picking up the pieces as the day goes on and on and on Whatever you cancel, undo Erase why you were here Another day, another lie And all the things you said Were all wrong We’re losing all the time we had It’s all gone.
 You’re waiting for someone for you Well it’s not me I’m thinking I’ll be long gone Set me free. I’m waiting for the day that you Will rescue me By leaving all this behind Set me free. So many days all long gone Do you believe that there’s no more In store for you and me and what we stood for? Unlimited time so hollow The rest wide and clear And I can see where I want to go And all the things you said Were all wrong We’re losing all the time we had It’s all gone. You’re waiting for someone for you Well it’s not me I’m thinking I’ll be long gone Set me free. I’m waiting for the day that you Will rescue me By leaving all this behind Set me free. Looking up, looking back, looking far from here It’s too windy to stay here Standing up, standing tall, standing order to you: It’ all over and out and so on. You’re waiting for someone for you Well it’s not me I’m thinking I’ll be long gone Set me free. I’m waiting for the day that you Will rescue me By leaving all this behind Set me free.
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It Still Hurts 04:55
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I don’t know if you meant what you said What did I do? What did I say? What didn’t I hear? What did you hear Come out of my mouth today? I call for reasons I can’t, I don’t, I can’t understand Why don’t you leave when you leave me? You’re just a ghost I can’t let go Why do I feel for you? Why can’t I let it end? The door won’t close for me We can’t be friends Time can’t heal everything It’s been so long and it still hurts I’m still waiting for you It’s been 10 years and it’s only worse Still run over by you I thought you meant every word I thought you were able to love Your words infect my head You’re just a ghost my mind won’t let go It’s been so long and it still hurts I’m still waiting for you It’s been 10 years and it’s only worse Still run over by you It’s been forever and it still hurts I see you in the faces of strangers I want to speak but what can I say the memory of a better time it's not supposed to be this way and it's not ok It’s been so long and it still hurts I’m still waiting for you It’s been 10 years and it’s only worse But I’ll live without you It’s been forever and it still hurts
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Don't Say It 06:23
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I don’t know how many times I can say I’m sorry Without looking more of a fool to you I don’t know what to say at this point in our story When secretly I still love to flip to pages past. Don’t say it. Don’t say it - I’m not there yet. Don’t say it. Don’t say it - I’m not ready for it yet. Don’t say it now, I can’t hear it yet You’ll say exactly what I’m feeling Don’t say it now, I’m too scared to admit it yet Don’t say it now, come and say it tomorrow Does the truth hurt or does it set you free? It does a bit of both for you and me. So what’s the point of telling you all these years later? What’s the point of waiting anymore? Don’t say it. Don’t say it - I’m not there yet. Don’t say it. Don’t say it - I’m not ready for it yet. No. Don’t say it now, I can’t hear it yet You’ll say exactly what I’m feeling Don’t say it now, I’m too scared to admit it yet Don’t say it now, come and say it tomorrow
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Low 04:45
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I feel so low I feel so sad My brain has gone so cold I wish I’d never come back There’s nothing here That I know And everything I thought I knew Has melted with the snow Seems like only yesterday I stood here waving to a lonely little girl like you And the sun went down. I don’t believe it now I don’t understand how it happened. This is a low and I want to go home. Now. I feel so old at this homecoming The reason I was here at all Are footsteps fast fading The more things change The less I have To hold on to in this old town The less it has of me I cannot believe how all the days have turned to years without me and you In love, in this place. I don’t believe it now I don’t understand how it happened. This is a low and I want to go home. Now. I don’t believe it now I don’t understand why it happened. This is a low and I want to go home. Now.
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Cowboy Hat 04:33
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So many hats here And so few brains So much money to be made here With so little shame Look at all the Wrangler boys Look at all that they have done Spending millions on toys Pretending to be young Put on a fake white cowboy hat Pretend to be a man But you wouldn’t know a cowboy If he shook you by the hand Such big wheels here Self worth to match Something behind your cover story Is hard to catch Look at all the Wrangler boys Look at all that they have done Spending millions on toys Pretending to be young Put on a fake white cowboy hat Pretend to be a man But you wouldn’t know a cowboy If he shook you by the hand Hand over your badge, “sheriff” Hand over your gun Dress up time is over, kids Your posing is done. Look at all the Wrangler boys Look at all that they have done Spending millions on toys Pretending to be young Put on a fake white cowboy hat Pretend to be a man But you wouldn’t know a cowboy If he shook you by the hand
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Lost and Found 04:29
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Another day of wasting time Another pill and I still don’t feel fine I’m waiting for you to hit home Can’t face the light alone You build me up and you kill me up You’re my turnaround friend you pick me up and you kick me up give me my adrenalin Make me feel alive again Any day I see your face is a perfect day Another day another week another year of nothing I’m just waiting for something So come on and wake me up I’m scraping bottom change my luck You build me up and you kill me up You’re my turnaround friend you pick me up and you kick me up give me my adrenalin Make me feel alive again Any day I see your face is a perfect day so many days I slept away dreaming of life with you all those nightmares disappear when you make the dream come true I’m lost without you I’m lost without you I can’t stay awake without you now You build me up and you kill me up You’re my turnaround friend you pick me up and you kick me up give me my adrenalin Make me feel alive again Any day I see your face is a perfect day
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Cubicle 05:24
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One less thing for you to do Means something more to me Losing faith instead of sleep I’m watching every night Lifting you up is bringing me down Holding you close is getting me down One more time or maybe two And that’s the end for me Touch and go, going, gone Lights go off without a fight Lifting you up is bringing me down Holding you close is getting me down And as we look up to the sky We’re afraid to wonder why Or even say a word out loud I guess I’m the first to try Lifting you up is bringing me down Holding you close is getting me down
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The King Is Dead 05:18
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The King is dead. I never knew him until well after it was too late. The rain poured down when four after 50 hit the news And we all sat up straight And will you be the same Or will you fade away Will you be the same Even though I know your name Does it matter in the end? Does anyone say they’re sorry? Can I make things better? No. It’s too late. It’s too late. The King is dead, boxed, and shipped away After the sky fell down. And all his horses and his men Cannot bring him back again, And his friends don’t have an answer. And will you be the same Or will you fade away Will you be the same Even though I know your name Does it matter in the end? Does anyone say they’re sorry? Can I make things better? No. It’s too late. It’s too late. Do you want me to tell you freedom is a sham? What good are you to anyone now? And what would you say if you had one more chance? Does it matter in the end? Does anyone say they’re sorry? Can I make things better? No. It’s too late. It’s too late.

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Following up on the release of 2001's Karmaland, Caffeine Sunday went to work promoting itself via live shows. There were a couple of live TV performances, a number of gigs around Edmonton, inclusion on Edmonton campus radio CJSR's "Ralph Nader Was Here" compilation and a UK Depeche Mode tribute album that never saw the light of day. But after three years of constant effort to find any gigs it could, the band took a breather. Its creative process hadn't stopped though, and song demos started piling up. By 2006, when Ryan and Christopher officially decided to start recording another album, there were several songs on the To Be Finished list.

Recording was a slow but enjoyable job this time around. With Christopher and Ryan living in different locations, much of the work was done by each member in his own home studio, with the results shared back and forth over the Internet. About 90 per cent of the music files were, in the end, recorded by Christopher on a cheap laptop while riding the public transit commuter bus from Spruce Grove to Edmonton every day. The electronic music generated while bumping along the highway at 7 a.m. and 5 p.m. was transferred to the studio, where it was combined with vocals, guitars and other hardware synths. Soon the working-on list reached 16 tracks, and the decision was made to pick out 10 songs that were nearly done and flowed well together, and focus on finishing up those songs in particular.

By early 2009, I Wish I Could Film Tonight in Black and White had taken its final form. The overall sound was unmistakably Caffeine Sunday, but the individual tracks ranged in style the way tracks on an old New Order record would. There's the four-on-the-floor melancholy of Plane and Set Me Free, the loud power pop of Lost and Found and The King is Dead, the digital swagger of Three Song Cutoff, and the nightclub lights of Cubicle. Combined, they make up the band's strongest and most exciting material to date.

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released July 28, 2009

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