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Quarter Century

by Secret Arcade

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1.
1977 02:08
2.
Suspect 04:44
You have lied to me You have drugged me You have bribed me You have killed m I’ve been bruised (by you) I’ve been let down I’ve been used by you I’ve been dragged around I’ve been looking for you I’m wondering If you know that life is cruel You were a suspect I was your victim You were a vampire I was your prey I was a suspect You were my victim I was a vampire You were my prey (pre-chorus) I’ve believed you I’ve trusted you I’ve given to you I’ve died (pre-chorus) (chorus) (chorus) I’ve been looking for you I’m wondering I am in, noticing you I’ve been victimized Suspect Suspect
3.
When the night is falling And you’re lying wide awake Searching for memories Do you finally feel I’m piercing your skin But I can’t make you bleed Your heart is steel Invented machinery Tell me how it feels Now you’re real Tell me how you like To feel Bleed And let me know you Feel Me become you When the dream is gone And you’re lying wide awake Searching for light Tell me if you find A way out (chorus)
4.
Save Me 03:58
Come to me now And stay with me now I need you to help me stand I need you to hold my hand I need some luck right now I’ve been traveling through a moonless sky I need you to shine a light I’m lost in the black of night I need a savior now I’m trembling like a little child Come on and hold me now Come on and help me out (verse 1) I need your shelter now I’ve been drowning in a storm And I need you to pull me out I’ve drifted a million miles (chorus) And if you could feel How my muscles shake When I’m caught behind the glass Between me and the world outside Then you would see My flesh has turned to bones My house to stones I can’t fight this fight Alone I’m surrendering all I have right now I need you more than ever now My time is running out My soul It’s breaking down Come on Come on Come on Come on And save me now (repeat) (repeat)
5.
This is a troubled time In a broken space Broken tears From a broken face Precious hymns Won’t save anyone Even when I’m dying I’ll be singing you my love song In my transparent chest You were a guest I kept you warm I kept you safe From bears and wolves That are chasing me now Through memories Through vacancies (It’s a vacancy) And this is the sound of my heart breaking And this is the song that I’m crying It’s a quiet time In this broken state My broken hands And broken faith Fragile lies Won’t save anyone Even when I’m dying I’ll be singing you my love song In your hidden chest You have a place That kept me warm That kept me safe From bears and wolves But I can’t stay there now It’s a memory It’s a vacancy And this is the sound of my heart breaking And I love to see you in pain If you are aching For me to love you Again
6.
Inside this house Is where I live My own master My own slave Inside this skin Is where I live Waiting for years For someone to look in People will follow you Around your neighborhood People will ask you about your clothes People will run to you to hear the good news They will take pictures of you These white walls They keep me safe But why No one really cares I’m a vagabond In my own house I’m a stranger No one understands Because no one Wants to visit The house inside Inside this pain Is where I dream Of what it means To be free People will ask you About your mood But only if you change it When they’re in the room These precious things I lay out for you You don’t look Because you have them too (chorus) Because no one Wants to visit (me) The house inside
7.
Fall for Me 06:10
Come land at my feet And I’ll pull the cables in Place you into my hand And stop your suffering I’ve got too much to tell you I need you to listen I’ve been waiting for you All that’s left to you is to Fall for me Fall and fall hard for me I’m begging you please Just fall for me (repeat) You can give so much to me And I’ll give you everything Anything that you want And not just what you need (chorus) (repeat) Come To me Sing This song Stay Here And breathe Love (verse 1) (chorus) Please Please Please Please
8.
Wait It’s impossible not to hate Life For the rules that we live by Thirty years I’ve been waiting To go home I run and I run and I run But I can’t get away There’s no escape (repeat) Let me in Come on and let me in Let me in Come on and let me begin Wait It’s impossible not to hate Life For the rules that we live by These dirty nails Are tired Of digging out (chorus) (repeat) (bridge)
9.
In the deepest caress Where the loneliness fades I touch your dress We both exhale And we leave our lives And float to the warmest light The most luscious dark Becoming a statue of lovers Forever together, and never apart In the deepest caress Where the hunger is fed I touch your dress We both exhale And we leave our lives And float to the highest sky And into the deepest sea To lose all anxiety Away from time
10.
What & Why 04:24
Entered the world today Sorting uncharted waters and waterways Do you believe in what the prophets say What do you think about God’s odd ways I touched the sky But you were playing Escaping the world and your own feelings Do you have a certain vision Escaping the world from your television But to you I’ll say That I’ll come through Because when you’ve bled I’ve bled with you And I ride this street like a dog tonight I’m a soldier who’s been asked to fight But sometimes I don’t know For what and why

about

With lead singles Fall for Me, Suspect, and Save Me, the debut synthpop/darkwave/electronic rock album skyrocketed on college radio. It delivers a fusion of dark and light elements reminiscent of influencers Depeche Mode, Morrissey, and The Cure.

Two tracks include work by keyboardist Roger Joseph Manning, Jr. of Beck's backing band and whose projects include Jellyfish, Johnny Cash, Interpol, and Morrissey. Glen Nicholls (e.g., Depeche Mode, Snow Patrol) mixed and mastered the album.

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released April 26, 2016

Secret Arcade is Babak Govan.

All songs and lyrics written by Babak Govan. Suspect song written by Babak Govan and Kamyar Nouri, lyrics written by Babak Govan, and additional lyrics written by Kamyar Nouri.

All songs engineered, recorded, and produced in Portland, OR and Los Angeles, CA by Babak Govan.

All songs mixed and mastered by Glen Nicholls, Audio Science Productions, LTD (UK).

Art direction, design, and artwork by Babak Govan.

Graphic postproduction by François Matus and Kamyar Nouri.

Photography by Dusdin Condren.

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Babak Govan is a fiction author and, as Secret Arcade, a music artist.

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