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Then We Fall —​ ​EP

by Fintan

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1.
Light Personified 03:20
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The party’s dope, your friends are broke But they all smoke your cigarettes The candlelight is burning bright The sun that rises in the west Your phone is dead, you hurt your leg Cause you fell on your way to find me You’re always late but you look great Baby, when you finally get beside me How can I get so close to it So close to the love inside me? I tasted it but I hated it Until you were there to guide me My heart is bleeding like I feel on the edge of a knife I know you mean it when you tell me you’re willing to fight The summer’s over but our love is never-ending Open your eyes We’re light personified Walk around this stupid town The lights go down, we’re silhouettes We know these streets and walk the beat But secretly we kinda like it My younger days, my foolish ways Well, I put all of them behind me You’re all I see, you’re a part of me And I can’t find the words to write it How can I get so close to it So close to the love inside me? I tasted it but I hated it Until you were there to guide me My heart is bleeding like I feel on the edge of a knife I know you mean it when you tell me you’re willing to fight The summer’s over but our love is never-ending Open your eyes We’re light personified Walk to the edge of the earth just to wind up beside you Love is a hell of a word but I need to describe you I know when the night is over and you’re on my mind I’ll run till my mind is sober, until you’ll be mine My heart is bleeding like I feel on the edge of a knife I know you mean it when you tell me you’re willing to fight The summer’s over but our love is never-ending Open your eyes We’re light personified
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Body 03:04
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You came out of nowhere, please don’t ever leave Help me see the person that I wanna be I want your body on mine I want your body on mine It gets so hard to breathe When you’re not next to me Funny how suddenly I need you here Baby, you’ve been making my heart sing Please don’t stop, and it’s love if I’m ready or not You move your body like you know I’m caught Tie my tongue in a million knots You make it easy, but when it’s not, I’ma fight, give it all that I’ve got You best believe me, we were made for love In the stars it was written for us You make my heart sing Take me through the motions Blissful like a dream But hellish like a nightmare And everything between I want your body on mine I want your body on mine Baby, you’ve been making my heart sing Please don’t stop, and it’s love if I’m ready or not, You move your body like you know I’m caught Tie my tongue in a million knots You make it easy, but when it’s not I’ma fight, give it all that I’ve got You best believe me, we were made for love In the stars it was written for us You make my heart sing You don’t have to hide anymore, You don’t have to hide what is in your heart You don’t have to cry anymore, Running in the rain when you fall apart You don’t have to hide anymore, You don’t have to hide what is in your heart You don’t have to cry anymore, don’t you cry anymore It gets so hard to breathe When you’re not next to me Funny how suddenly I need you here Baby, you’ve been making my heart sing Please don’t stop, and it’s love if I’m ready or not You move your body, like you know I’m caught Tie my tongue in a million knots You make it easy, but when it’s not I’ma fight, give it all that I’ve got You best believe me, we were made for love In the stars it was written for us You make my heart sing
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Say It Again 03:08
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We’re too young to be jaded When the hell did we get so wise I don’t know what our fate is I don’t know what’s been on your mind We’re too close to be strangers When the hell did we get so blind Though I know what your name is I just wish I could get inside You say all the right things But you don’t say them right Say it again Say it again Like you mean it Our community’s gated We build fences around our hearts But our love is frustrated And it’s reaching between the bars Our appearance is painted You wear a smile on the Christmas card But our gravity’s shaking And it’s starting to fall apart You say all the right things But you don’t say them right Say it again Say it again Like you mean it Like I wish I’d heard Makes my stomach stir Every single word Cause the silence hurts Welll you tell me you love me But it’s not with your eyes Cause you say all the right things But you don’t say them right Say it again Say it again Like you mean it Like I wish I’d heard Makes my stomach stir Every single word Cause the silence hurts
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Burn 02:56
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Sometimes it’s hard to cope, she’s someone on her own I lose my self-control the end of every day Each pace we used to go, every road we used to roam, She’s everywhere I turn, so let it wash away Cause I don’t wanna hurt no more Oh, I’m frustrated So I’ll get wasted No, I won’t chase it Cause I wanna feel it burn I watch the city birds and find it so absurd They wander through the dirt when they could fly away And then I ask myself, “Why am I living in the past?” I could find somewhere else, be in a better pace Cause I don’t wanna hurt no more Oh, I’m frustrated So I’ll get wasted No, I won’t chase it Cause I wanna feel it burn Cause I don’t wanna hurt no more Oh, I’m frustrated So I’ll get wasted No, I won’t chase it Cause I wanna feel it burn Yeah, I wanna feel it burn
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Headstrong 03:14
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I picked you up in the dead of the night, You looked so pretty in the stream of my headlight, All the time that was passing us by, You’ve been, on my mind I drove you wild with my foot to floor, You made me crazy in the way you did before, After this where do you wanna go? You said, take me home And that was fine by me, we were out of control, We were living in the moment it was taking us hold, And now I can’t believe I was ever alone, When you got me thinking maybe I don’t gotta be so headstrong Headstrong, Headstrong, Headstrong, When you pulled up, I was frozen inside, I couldn’t see you through the stream of your headlights, All the love we were trying to hide, But it, blew our minds But that was fine by me, we were out of control, We were living in the moment it was taking us hold, And now I can’t believe I was ever alone, When you got me thinking maybe I don’t gotta be so headstrong Headstrong, Headstrong, Headstrong, Each little piece that makes you whole, They make me wanna lose control, These roads we’re driving down, I know, I’m not scared of where they go But that was fine by me, You waste your time on me, Yeah that was fine by me, You waste your time on me Yeah that was fine by me, we were out of control, We were living in the moment it was taking us hold, And now I can’t believe I was ever alone, When you got me thinking maybe I don’t gotta be so headstrong Headstrong, Headstrong, Headstrong
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Then We Fall 03:14
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You always want what you’ll never have It’s not your fault, I should blame your dad Turn off your phone just to make you mad I turn around and then you want me back And I said I’d had enough, I’m finally waking up From the fog of your broken dreams You’ve just been hurt too much, you don’t know who to trust But it ought to be me Then we fall back in love Looks like I’ll always want you Breaking down, making up Just like I always want to When we fall back in love I still thank God I found you What do you see when you close your eyes? Take a deep breath just to see what’s inside Between the walls that you hide behind I’m trying to reach where you really reside And I said I’d had enough, I’m finally waking up From the fog of your broken dreams You’ve just been hurt too much, you don’t know who to trust But it ought to be me Then we fall back in love Looks like I’ll always want you Breaking down, making up Just like I always want to When we fall back in love I still thank God I found you You look at me and see your old man I’m sorry he was never around But I would never do you like that Baby, let me take you by the hand And we’ll fall back in love Looks like I’ll always want you Breaking down, making up Just like I always want to When we fall back in love (Looks like I’ll always want you) When we fall back in love (Just like I always want to) When we fall back in love I still thank God I found you

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My debut EP "Then We Fall" was recorded with the amazing producer Hugh Mackie inside of a box truck that was converted into a recording studio (which is exactly as cool as it sounds). Hugh and I spent countless hours in the truck discovering how these songs were meant to sound within our new musical landscape. Our main focus was making sure that nothing got in the way of the emotional message of the songs, so we tried to keep the arrangements as sparse as possible. We wanted them to breathe with space and simplicity.

Each song on this EP takes me back to exactly where I was when it was written and exactly how I felt at that time – whether overjoyed or heartbroken. I hope that you can hear yourself in these songs, and that they reflect your own life back as you listen. If they can make their way into your memories some day, I’ll feel like I did my job.

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released March 22, 2019

Written and produced by Fintan O'Brien and Hugh Mackie
Guitars by Joe Avio
Bass by Cormac O'Brien

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Fintan is a singer/songwriter with an ear for infectious, heart-breaking melodies and an open and honest songwriting style. Born in England and raised in Canada, he busked his way from the streets of Victoria, B.C., to residencies in Dublin and Toronto and a spot in the 2019 JUNO Masterclass. His first EP, "Then We Fall," was released in 2019. His latest single "Language" releases in June 2020. ... more

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