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I Hardly Knew Me

by David Martel

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1.
Stories 03:55
your stories can stay outside ‘cause i don’t want to let them in again You’re right on time ‘cause so long it’s been in here so dim if You could step inside would You carry Your face in mine? your stories can stay outside
2.
tired hands weakling boy righteous man with the same dream welcome death a will to live a faithful heart ‘till the end of self and so, we meet again on the same ground this tour, it’s fitting you blessed when you should curse and you prayed so that you might, you might catch a cannonball you came to all my shows and your face shone this day, this day... we celebrate your life so what’s the word today? will you teach me this prayer language? He gives, He takes away but for your sake today, today... i wish you would protest can you say, “now morning, start” can you see the start of time? did you see them laugh and cry? can you make it satisfy?
3.
here comes the summer and it’s getting colder your face, it surprises i’ve been trying to keep it steady but i’m just not quite ready your body can lay here beside me and you’re getting so much colder i’ll wait a little longer it’s lovely, i know and it’s yours so, move on they tell me we’ll take it to bury but don’t you know, she told me she loved me maybe you feel like dancing can i do all the leading and i’ll do all your makeup ‘cause your arms aren’t working anymore and i’ll take you to the city my dear, you look so pretty just wish i could touch you like the old days it’s a long way till december and i just can’t remember your name but it still rings inside me hey, it’s still yours and mine (this verse was written after the song was recorded and does not appear on the album version) and no, i’ve never held you before i’m still waiting this place, it’s so familiar been looking ahead way too long (now) i’m seeing backward just hope i’m not here when you’re gone and sure, it’s good to meet, yes, before i tell you i love you but don’t tell me you’re already getting bored go ahead, let’s take a picture and see is there any way i can make you appear next to me?
4.
Stay In 05:01
like the stories told of old the ships return at home with gold i tore the earth an open sore to find the word that means the most and upon my return i’m told you cursed the day i left the coast sweet and tasty grinded fowl dad would take us every week we’d sit and conversate for days and feast until the morning came je meurt, et puis je mange encore je prie, cela ne changera rien demain, tu quitera le port sur ton voyage l’autre bout du monde je t’emprie de penser a toi seul je t’aime, c’est pourquoi je t’implore stay out tired day in we do it ‘cause we feel it’s right, we do we stay in tired day out sure wish i had a motorbike to ride we stay in so you stayed in you stayed in...
5.
Love 04:47
we’ve been on our own for all of time so please, give us a word spare what you can we still get cold in our beds and we’re getting old without end we’ve seen your love we want your love tonight ‘cause we all need love we need some love tonight can’t she/he get along without his/her hand? she/he waited too long, now there’s no end he/she won’t expose where he’s/she’s been and she/he still gets cold in his/her bed she needs his love she wants his love tonight ‘cause we all need love we need some love tonight he needs her love he wants her love tonight ‘cause we all need love we need some love tonight he needs His love she wants His love tonight we’ve been on our own for way too long so please give us a word spare what you can we still get cold in our beds and we’re getting old without end
6.
enter the circle, let’s see if you’re alive is your hallelujah the cost of a free ride? it seems so crystal clear when all those stars align can you fall asleep as they cry out your window? you try and come so close tonight you’re alone with a saviour complex can’t you see there’s pain in your eyes? did you try to restore yourself at the sunrise? let your heart be molded ‘cause you can’t save them all can you fall asleep as they die out your window? you try and come so close tonight you’re alone with a saviour complex don’t pretend those lives depend on whether you proved right sit tight ‘cause you’re there and that’s alright it comes at the right time and might not be your time it’s all about His time might not be your time can you fall asleep (x4) as they cry out your window? you try and come so close, tonight is your fear released is your pain where it should be it’s not you who takes a heart and breaks it can you fall asleep as they die out your window? oh, you tried and you came so close but tonight, you’re all alone with your saviour complex
7.
Radioland 05:01
don’t excuse make your move ‘cause you’ll get through soon you wake up on your tired arm so you stay home
8.
he made his mind up on a plane she makes me better, but now we learn (that) the fire’s started and everything will burn BUT THE GOOD LORD PLANNED IT THE GOOD LORD PLANNED IT 1. TO TAKE HIM AWAY 2. TO TAKE HER AWAY 3. TO TAKE YOU AWAY, ON THIS DAY barely standing and still the same less of me but more to explain (now) you’ve seen the failure, it’s up to you to stay
9.
you start on the corner lie on the corner wait by the corner and hide your face lie on the corner die on the corner it’s in the right order so take your place AND ALL YOU REMEMBER IS A PLACE YOU NEVER MEANT FOR IT’S A SAD, SAD STATE loving the corner fearing the corner He came to the corner to plead your case so get off the corner rise from the corner stop following orders just leave this place BUT ALL YOU REMEMBER IS A PLACE YOU NEVER MEANT FOR IT’S A SAD, SAD STATE AND ALL YOU REMEMBER IS A PLACE YOU NEVER MEANT FOR WE CAN’T PRETEND TO FORGET THIS MAD, SAD STATE i’m not supposed to be here but i can rest my feet would someone please step closer i'll try to meet your needs so give yourself a moment and lead me to believe all i ever wanted all i really need we’re not supposed to be here but we can rest our feet would someone please step closer we;ll try to meet your needs so give yourself a moment and lead us to believe all we ever wanted all we really need
10.
waking up today i’ve got the whole world on my plate but what happens next? something’s not the same in time, on my sleeve there’s a mark, that you left on me it’s the be all, end all today it’s the be all, end all today does it have to be this way? it’s the be all, end all today could it happen once again? two lovers or just friends? whatever you ask of me is it gonna set you free? ‘cause time knows no cure for hearts broken by a mirror can we make it up today? ‘cause it’s the be all, end all today does it have to be this way? it’s the be all, end all today are you waiting for the sun to rise to make this over? just hold me up to the light see what’s still left over stop waiting for the sun to rise don’t pretend it’s over your freedom waits in sacrifice it’s like a cancer inside unless we both reconcile it’s like a cancer inside until we all reconcile it’s the be all, end all today it’s the be all, end all today it doesn’t have to be this way it’s the be all, end all today it’s like a cancer inside...
11.
The Banquet 04:49
when I come when I come you don’t know i won’t tell but when I come oh, when I come you’ll know they’ll all know I’ll steal you home just before the banquet I’ve got all the places set for you and Me I can’t bear to see you suffer any longer just waiting to hear, “Come, take Your chickens home.” We’ve always been waiting for you when will He come? will He come? i don’t know we don’t know but when He comes oh, when He comes oh we’ll know we’ll all know i’m falling further, every single moment there’s nobody here waiting, anymore so confused, been standing on a mound of ashes and it’s harder and harder and harder, each and every year to see You in all that i do when I come when I come you don’t know i won’t tell but when I come oh, when I come you don’t know but you’ll know i’m falling further, every single moment there’s nobody here waiting, anymore so confused, been standing on a mound of ashes and it’s harder and harder and harder, each and every year to see You in all that i do and to see my reflection in You ‘cause i don’t want to miss what You’ll do...
12.
cancel all your plans, i’m taking over now for what it’s worth, it’s been a long time coming help me choose all the words i need to say ‘cause by the wreckage, someone seems to be okay i can’t begin to pretend i even have the slightest clue how to make amends for all the blood that was spilled and the cause You didn’t ask for caring hands, and hearts that put me to shame so who’s been setting the example today? who understands what i cry for? the reason He makes me stand here if the valley gets any deeper then we’ve failed let it be just what you asked Me for today your love is crazy, i don’t (can’t) believe the mess you made just help me bring it back to the simplest of all things (x2) be still and know why I gave Him away who understands what i cry for? the reason He makes me stand here if the valley gets any deeper then we’ve failed to stand up for yourself the courage that it takes then the conversation sways and we forget ourselves

credits

released May 27, 2008

David Martel: Vocals, guitars, banjo, bass, drums & percussion, piano and keyboards, glockenspiel

Nicholas Williams: piano and keyboards, accordion, harmonium, flute, glockenspiel
Jean-Michael Pothier: bass
Jesse Sauve: electric guitar crazy times!
Dave A. Sturton: percussion, bass
Michael Plummer: trumpet
Melanie Auclair: violoncelle
Laura Risk: violin
Emily Doolittle: oboe
All drums performed by Steph McAlear, except:
Yours and Mine... performed by David Martel
Save Your Complex, Stay In... performed by Stephane Gaudreau
Radioland... performed by Yanik Frenette
Stories, Cancel All Your Plans, The End of Self... performed by David Martel and Steph McAlear

Additional singers: Marc Martel, Natasha Landry, Lorraine Muller, Maica Mia Machnik, Nicholas Williams, Dave A. Sturton, Eileen Quashie, Kristen Bussandri,
Vocal Family Fun Time: Cam Stewart, Simon Leroux Stewart, Sebastien Francisque and Genevieve Cooke, Maica Mia Machnik, Natasha Landry
Marc Martel appears courtesy of Downhere and Centricity Records

All songs written by David Martel
Additional arrangements by Nicholas Williams, Mitch Girio and Jean-Micael Pothier

Recorded at DNA Productions, Montreal, QC... and Old school, Vale Perkins, QC
'Cancel All Your Plans' recorded in part at the Yellow Door, Montreal, QC by Stevemtl
Piano in 'Stay In' and 'Radioland' recorded at Vale Perkins United Church, Vale Perkins, QC

Produced by Dave A. Sturton and David Martel
Additional Production by Nicholas Williams
Executive Producer: RJ Guha
Mixed by Dave A. Sturton, Kevin Gault and David Martel
Engineered by Kevin Gault and Dave A. Sturton
Mastered by Ryan Morey (www.ryebreadmastering.net)
Management: RJ Guha for The Management Trust
Artwork and Design and Photography: Bruno Georget (17H.ca)
Inside Photo: Barbara Martel

Thank You
To everyone listed above... This wouldn't be what it is if you never existed.
Also... Jesus? Yes. Mom and Dad Martel, Dave A. Sturton, Kevin Gault, RJ Guha and Shelley and Peter and Jake Amanda 1 and 2 and Amanda Langton at Kindling Music and The Management Trust, Jean Leclerc, Richard Dermer Pierre Harry Erizias, Rob Harris, Rick Haworth, Nicolas Caiola, Kens and Steves and Doug and Frank at Warner Music Canada, Factor, Videofact, Diane Foy at Skylar Entertainment and Publicity, Dan Tetrault, Chris Koster, Juanita Dickson, Yvonne Matsell, Dave Fretz, Joe and the boys at Audiomanie, Jeff Hackett, Vale Perkins United Church, Carol Jane and Sandra Jewitt, Crispin Giles and C'est What?, Craig and JC at the Horseshoe, Jason Grant at Live Nation, Lucas Fowles, Downhere, Sebastien Frappier and all at Calvary Chapel, Regeneration, Amibeth, Nick Farkas, James Flood, GEG, Daniel St-Louis & Wendy, Jeremy Stern & Boutique Tone, Mike (Momo) Laredo, Keith Brown from Aquarius, Karen Joseph, Eric Bieunais, Pascal Hourriez, Andy Dibiaso, Thank you Laura for being the best ever I love you... This is for you.

We acknowledge the financial support of Canada's private radio broadcasters as well as the government of Canada through the Canada Music Fund for this project.

If you feel that credit was deserved you in this here thing and I forgot to list your name, you're probly right... and I'm sorry... I'm really really sorry.

*50% of all proceeds of this record will go towards promoting awareness

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