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Dancer in the Dark

by Reliant Tom

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Carl Spaul (Dream Frog)
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Carl Spaul (Dream Frog) Utterly transfixed. Definitely one for the wistful dreamers. Favorite track: The Ride.
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1.
Disco Moon 02:51
I wanna document every felt moment and every scent there’s a dancer in the car she’s wearing red we don’t know where we are there’s a man with a pipe he’s scratching his head I think he’s looking to fight Head on the tar I’m seeing stars and this means war Disco Moon we’ll be dancing to your greatest tunes Disco Moon everyone in love underneath your blue all out of cigarettes that you lost in a bet we’d better jet I kissed the singer’s lips through the subway door she was playing for tips I saw the second act hummed the silly score everybody clapped Promised you I’d go on the telephone but I never showed Disco Moon we’ll be dancing to your greatest tunes Disco Moon everyone in love underneath your blue
2.
Seventeen 04:10
Lyrics: A strange today should I come out to play? they say the colors make you feel like summer it’s been a while since I was in between it’s been a while since I was 17 always on the run plastic guns burning gasoline I wonder what you are little star Sadie sex machine I’ll cut off all my hair I don’t care it’s always Halloween there’s music in the street smoking heat ice cream and nicotine Those were the days of love Those were the days of love Hit me where it hurts universe pop a dramamine I’ll send you all my love fragile dove packed in polythene I wanna turn you on sugar bomb you’re so interesting there’s nothing left to do flipping though a dirty magazine A strange today I could just fade away into the blue you’re so beautiful it’s been a while since I was in the green it’s been a while since I was 17 baby’s on a roll cruise control safety guaranteed I heard the music die don’t you cry drop the guillotine at family dinner-time My So-Called Life on your Mom’s TV you’re swinging your guitar full of heart doped up on dopamine Those were the days of love Those were the days of love A strange today A strange today I’ve seen your face I know your name She’s gonna be your airborne ranger She’s gonna be your space cowboy I’m gonna be your beautiful stranger give me death or give me joy She’s gonna be your airborne ranger She’s gonna be your space cowboy I’m gonna be your beautiful stranger give me death or give me joy She’s gonna be your airborne ranger She’s gonna be your space cowboy I’m gonna be your beautiful stranger give me death or give me joy She’s gonna be your airborne ranger She’s gonna be your space cowboy I’m gonna be your beautiful stranger give me death or give me joy
3.
The Ride 04:01
Lyrics: Take me for a ride anywhere is fine anywhere but here it’s my mother’s car won’t go very far but you could smoke inside got a few for gas hoping it’ll last anywhere you want babe Play the songs we know on a busted stereo man it brings me back I’d go anywhere with you, it would be so easy to leave I’d go anywhere with you If you need a break we’ll go some place upstate where people say hello find a tiny town quiet as a mouse but the diner’s open late There’s something in the air in the middle of nowhere and I can finally breathe a lonely stranger failed entertainer nobody seems to care I’d go anywhere with you, it would be so easy to leave I’d go anywhere with you it would be so easy to leave wild and free it would be so easy to leave like summer breeze Quiet for a while no one else for miles driving into silver stars under neon spells dated cheap motels worn out but I miss that style there’s something in the wind it’s underneath my skin everything’s changing gas station coffee unlucky lottery most people never win I’d go anywhere with you, it would be so easy to leave I’d go anywhere with you it would be so easy to leave wild and free it would be so easy to leave like summer breeze I’d go anywhere with you I’d go anywhere with you it would be so easy to leave it would be so easy to leave it would be so easy to leave...
4.
I want to dance this crummy night away so why’d they play our song? I can’t ever listen to Radiohead again you killed my love and my favorite band I’m drunk, a little fucked up but don’t hang up until I’m done you knew what you were doing in your little game so I’ve got to say Congratulations you’ve won you’ve moved on but I’m still in love Congratulations you’ve won you’ve moved on but I’m still a fool in love I trashed the photos I had I know it’s bad but I needed to hear your voice again you don’t sound sad and that makes me mad are you still there? it’s so weird without you here I know I’m talking a lot but I thought you cared Congratulations you’ve won you’ve moved on but I’m still in love Congratulations you’ve won you’ve moved on but I’m still a fool in love still a fool in love, love still a fool in love, love Congratulations you’ve won you’ve moved on but I’m still in love Congratulations you’ve won you’ve moved on but I’m still a fool in love
5.
Black Hole 03:38
Lyrics: You’re so bored by everyone slip away through the lyrics in a song they were made just for you so we scream yeah, yeah, yeah you’ll do everything you can to dull your senses til you’re senseless superman it was all eyes on you so we scream yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah Why did you go into your black hole, black hole? all that glitters is gold until you say so, say so We were dancing the dark but I could taste your hot, liquid metal heart when you kissed me so sweet made me scream yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah Why did you go into your black hole, black hole? all that glitters is gold until you say so, say so Why did you go into your black hole, black hole? all that glitters is gold until you say so, say so Tried to tell it to your face watched your eyes roll up to outer space clear you didn’t wanna hear it you simply said yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah...
6.
Hello, goodbye, I found the exit sign but I can’t leave until I try Your lips, your eyes they’re telling lies the kinds I like to follow blind I was checking you out I was checking you out I was checking you out I was checking you out the room, the blue, attracted to bad news it’s true, it’s cruel, it’s nothing new that look, that stare it’s never fair that you want me, and I want you I was checking you out I was checking you out I was checking you out I was checking you out We’re not alone, but everything feels slow You hold the girl you belong to I feel your curiosity you wonder what it’s like with me You were checking me out You were checking me out You were checking me out You were checking me out and if I could I’d make you feel so good you’re lost on her, misunderstood your heart’s like mine, a power line the moon, the light, electric night I was checking you out I was checking you out I was checking you out I was checking you out
7.
Lyrics: I’ve got a light if you wanna go outside I’m glad I came but I don’t wanna stay the streets are sound with no one else around The sky looks strange I didn’t catch your name I need a friend for the end I will be yours will you be mine? I need a friend apocalypse valentine we’ve only just met over chance and cigarettes you’re someone new but it’s like I know you atomic kiss and I almost missed it it’s funny how things always seem to work out I need a friend for the end I will be yours will you be mine? I need a friend apocalypse valentine *spoken: “I know it’s not ideal but it’s all that we have and that’s what makes it real you don’t really know me and I don’t really know you, but can you really know a person? Or is it just your point of view? In a way, isn’t this what everyone dreams of? idyllic, fantasized, romanticized love we found our partners for life, no arguments, no fights no one is wrong, no one is right no dying fire or bitter ice we’re just here no more fear together forever…” I need a friend for the end I will be yours will you be mine? I need a friend apocalypse valentine
8.
Lyrics: Samba in the backyard borrowing your Dad's car all the dirty things you'd say giving yourself away pull up to a video store rent something we've seen before totally miss the end do it all over again and we were waiting for the sun dancing on the lawn so unaware and when I close my eyes at night I walk into the light and I'm not there call me on the landline mom wants to get online but I don't wanna say goodbye I don't wanna say goodbye I burned you a CD Nirvana and The Pixies other bangers from the 90s when you listen to it think of me and we were waiting for the sun dancing on the lawn so unaware and when I close my eyes at night I walk into the light and I'm not there I know who you really are it's only a broken heart we do our best to stay but everybody fades away let's go for a short drive in the moonlight we don't have to say goodbye we don't have to say goodbye and we were waiting for the sun dancing on the lawn so unaware and when I close my eyes at night I walk into the light and I'm not there
9.
don’t say too much hold your tongue nothing’s wrong gave you my heart it’s not enough it never was I can see you standing unannounced outside my parents’ house where you showed me for the first time who you were, I knew it hurt but I didn’t come but I didn’t come but I didn’t come but I didn’t come you’re trapped in time so am I baby blue my best friend tried to change my mind she hated you and the balcony you never used drew lines in your room I’m so terrified when our eyes align and I know how it ends but i wanna come but i wanna come each time we start again You love a little less I was in bloom when I met you when I met you your sunshine smile only heartache could make I can picture your apartment with the dishes piled up and you always knew I’d leave you soon to move out to New York but you didn’t come but you didn’t come but you didn’t come I thought you would and now I’ve met someone I think it could be love although I can’t explain this time it’s not the same and I know it’s sad at the end but that will pass I wish you the best
10.
The times have changed And I can’t decide if that’s a good thing I wonder what the world looks like On your side of the screen I could scream my heart out And I still know Your haunted place you’d always go I wanna be your superhero Blood in my mouth I could eat your heart out And late at night I’ll always leave you a light Always… I wanna run I wanna hide I wanna hold something that’s mine Invisible love Or did I make it all up? Did I make it all up? And if I’m honest That wouldn’t be so easy on us I wanna be the one you dream of Your hand through my hair You’d be there in the morning Shot in the dark You got me clean through the heart Again… I wanna run I wanna hide I wanna hold something that’s mine Invisible love Or did I make it all up? Did I make it all up?

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released February 10, 2023

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Reliant Tom Brooklyn, New York

Reliant Tom is a Brooklyn-based indie pop band formed by songwriter & dancer Claire Cuny, in co-partnership with producer & sound artist Monte Weber.

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