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Anturventures

by The Close Proximity

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1.
Square One 06:11
I am somewhere in between the night and the morning Can't tell the difference from the dusk and the dawn Weaving in and out of every waking hour The repercussions of all the damage done And this is what you find When you're back at square one I left my hometown under false pretenses Just when I thought I could let down my defenses The rug was pulled under And I found myself back at square one This isn't the first time and it certainly won't be the last time and it can be unbearable at times but I'm gonna make it out this time with a battle scar here and there but certainly not beyond repair and I can still be caught unawares and all is fair all is fair all is fair in love and war and I've seen and heard and know the score so you know what you're getting yourself in for when you're going back to square one and you're going back to square one and you're going back to square one and you're going backgoingbackgoingbackgoingback....
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(instrumental)
3.
Connection 05:02
Connection - between lovers A delicate moment In the eye of the storm Reflection - when it's all over A distant memory A light in the fog If feels that with a connection made It only has the power to grow or fade Depending on where the heart has swayed It doesn't seize to amaze It's easy to feel with the connection lost So much was given up and for little a cost Don't take it as a defeat But as a new beginning Connection - beyond the oceans Forgetting the distances Where you belong Dissension - the most lethal of poisons Expanding the differences Breaking apart Connection - to hold it together Building desire Out of phrases and words Ambition creates expectation Caught in the urgency When you have to slow down Connection - give me release Before I lose control Connection - give me release Before I lose it all
4.
Only Here 05:48
The rain has come, come and gone again Just like it did, way back when There's not much to say And not much to think Other than to pour us another drink And talk of the things that matter to us The sun has left, to come back another day The moon follows behind on its merry way There's no light but the candle burning low The whiskey burns and the record plays slow You get up to dance And I can't help but sway along... Sweet, sweet movement plays the shadow Soft, Soft graces touches the air We are only here, and no where else We are only here, and no one else We are only here, and the world is left behind The remnants of the rain still hangs upon the trees Falling to the dampened earth with effortless ease The pitter-patter rhythms echo in my mind A sound unlike any other kind That reminds me of the time come and gone
5.
Anter Ventas 03:50
(instrumental)
6.
We got to be careful Before it gets out of hand Before we lose touch Oh how I desire touch Skin to skin The passion within Without absence The taste of sin Broken pieces of a puzzle Scattered across the floor Oh how I desire more Call me impatient Call me jumping the gun Trying to save the moment Before it's gone Skin to skin The passion within Without absence The taste of sin Broken pieces of a puzzle Scattered across the floor Oh how I desire more Let's give it all that we can Before we watch it fade away Our love cannot be tamed It can only be experienced
7.
Oh look what we got ourselves into Another round of complications The push and pull Giving in to the chase Never thought I'd have to face The reality slowly coming into view Will I see it through this time Or will I have to resign Give in to the Fates' design Pulling me this direction Surrendering desire unkind At the risk of losing my mind Oh is this of the Fates' design We built our love like a temple Encompassing and glorious Divine by the pillar and the stone Now crumbled into forsaken ruin Desperate, confused, and exhausted And when the dust settles we'll stand alone But we could see it through this time Salvaging the ties that bind Taking heed of the Fates' design Tempting us with distraction And even if we fail to find The pieces of ourselves that was yours or mine Oh is this of the Fates' design Or is this...
8.
I wrote this for you Somewhat scattered for starters Soon settling in sequence Barely contained Yet finding contentment This is me This is you So close I can almost grasp it How can I wait? How can I wait? Oh how can I wait? So many moments Each serves a purpose To connect us Then and there Into the impossible This is you This is me Here is the moment so let's grasp it How can we wait? Oh how can we wait? Oh how can we wait? Sun, moon, stars, and rain Over and over and over again...

credits

released May 1, 2014

Music, Lyrics, Performance, and Production by R.J. Mills

"Without Absence" music & lyrics by R.J. Mills & Lara Manoloudakis
Vibraphone on "Only Here" by Debi Tuttle
"Rhapsody in Straus Park" contains a 1930 public domain recording of "Body and Soul" sung by Annette Hanshaw- lyrics by Edward Heyman, Robert Sour and Frank Eyton; music by Johnny Green

Cover image by Lara Manoloudakis

Recorded in my apartment in Washington Heights, New York City

Thank you Lara, my muse and my rock, for supporting me through this work, offering opinions, and telling me when things didn't sound good
Thank you Brandon, Liz, Miggs, Sel, Nadia, Fred, and the whole NYC crew for their amazing support.
Thank you Oblique Strategies for being a valued source of inspirational aid and writer's block breaker
Thank you whiskey for being my mistress and my other writer's block breaker
and many many thanks to my family, friends, and collaborators

This album is dedicated to the life & memory of John Taylor (1930-2014)

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