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Time Travel and the Art of Happiness

by Fronz Arp

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1.
Modern Love 03:31
Took a train downtown And at the last station I thought I saw you But couldn't meet your eyes Because I can see this all from above like a story We twist and turn in Modern Love that goes on and on Can I crash here tonight I'm in no shape to drive You're such a beautiful girl And I'll be gone in the morning Took a train downtown And at the last station I though I saw you But couldn't get out of the way
2.
Any Day Now 03:20
When it feels like the whole worlds against us We're sick and tired of the way that they hate us Lets get out of this place and go anywhere We can try If we hit our mark, if we give it all we've got Or this could last forever There's a tide taking us over Its coming any day now We can run from everything we've been through And even if its the last thing we ever do Lets get out of this place, take me anywhere We can fly, well what are we afraid of We could miss our mark if we give it all we've got At least this won't last forever There's a tide thats taking us over Its coming any day now
3.
I knew you'd been through a lot Like you've been walking through the dark You thought I was someone else and started to protect yourself But under our make up We're both just the same boys We're all just the same In different ways but Here under our make up We're all just the same I thought but I wasn't sure And you were feeling insecure I thought you'd pushed me away But you wiped your tears across my face You said under our make up We're both just the same boys We're all just the same Here comes the shake up That under our make up We're all just the same I'm such a mess but I saw it coming If you missed the start well here's the part where we're in danger And with nowhere left to turn we just run and run and run In different ways Here under our make up We're all just the same Here comes the shake up Under our make up We're all just the same
4.
When will thunder and lightning hit me from above This is better then nothing so I started a dumb conversation then you're The centre of all my attention and then Suddenly its starting And I want something new I feel it arriving out of the blue Its taking me over slowly, you and me, 1,2 I stumbled around it and didn't know why But what I finally found I didn't see because I've been waiting so long And its felt like nothing has changed in so long But suddenly its starting And I want something new I feel it arriving out of the blue Its taking me over slowly, you and me, 1,2 I could have been your passenger I could've been your midnight stranger When will thunder and lightning hit me from above Is this better then nothing so I started a dumb conversation Then suddenly its starting And I want something new I feel it arriving out of the blue Its taking me over slowly, you and me, 1,2 Its taking me over slowly, you and me, 1,2 Its taking me over slowly, you and me, 1,2 I could have been your passenger I could've been your midnight stranger
5.
I'm afraid technology Is keeping us apart That constant communication Is not the cure to being alone Can you hear me You're breaking up I cannot understand I'm afraid my one true love May never hear my voice Above the city traffic Could they hear me above the noise Can you hear me We're breaking up I cannot understand I'm afraid the NSA Has got their eyes on me But not as scared that when they look There'd be nothing for them to see Can you hear me I'm breaking up And I cannot understand I'm afraid technology Is keeping us apart Is tearing us apart Keeps tearing us apart
6.
Jerks 02:58
You're such a jerk Coming down on the nice guy And I'm so afraid Of what you'll find when the doubt comes in Because you never admit to your guarded emotions You take what you need before you go When will it stop When will it stop You're such a jerk Bringing guns to the knife fight But we're just the same We're just so scare to let the outside in Because you never admit to your guarded emotions You take what you need before you go When will it stop When will it stop
7.
I jumped upon a rocket to outer space And it shot us into orbit kaboom And I couldn't get the wreckage back off my face When we crashed into the side of the moon And now I'm falling apart Hey hey, I'm trying but I can't remember the days Hey hey, the spin around my head a-rat-a-tat-a-tat Can you come and take me out because I'm falling Can you come and take me out get me high But the oxygen has got me feeling like a kamikaze going down I message hit us straight out of ground control It said that no one's coming back here alive So I was lifted up to an all-time-low But its easier then just getting by Hey hey, I'm trying but I can't remember the names Hey hey, the spin around my head a-rat-a-tat-a-tat Can you come and take me out because I'm falling Can you come and take me out get me high But the oxygen has got me feeling like a kamikaze going down
8.
I kind of wish I didn't think about it anymore I could take a lover then another maybe But I've been thinking about getting far away from here I kind of wish that I could sleep a whole night through I called my brother but the number rang away So I've been lying here awake beneath my closed eyes And I won't forget you No never anyone like you Not anybody else but you Could me me so sad Only time will tell me How I've been undone by you Not anybody else but you Could make me so sad So just go And I can't help thinking that maybe something's wrong with me Its like a lie or how I'm wired in my DNA Something deep inside that's never gonna change And I won't forget you No never anyone like you Not anybody else but you Could me me so sad Only time will tell me How I've been undone by you Not anybody else but you Could make me so sad So just go
9.
Magic 03:26
Hey, I prick my fingers cut my skin But I can't feel a thing I need some help to save myself Or maybe I don't really care Because I don't lose control I won't let anybody know that The boy I was before is disappearing And I don't know what it means But do you remember when we danced all night Though the music made it seem like it was so long ago Did it really make us feel alright We'd tremble and twirl like we were under a spell That felt like magic But somehow it seemed to good to be true Hey, it seems so loud within the crowd But I won't make a sound We drink and dance and make no sense But I can understand Because I don't lose control I won't let anybody know that The boy I was before is disappearing And I don't know what it means But do you remember when we danced all night Though the music made it seem like it was so long ago Did it really make us feel alright We'd tremble and twirl like we were under a spell That felt like magic But somehow it seemed to good to be true Why does it seem to feel like magic?
10.
If we really try If we want it hard enough We'll get everything we want You'll be a superstar And I'll be on the radio And we'll have everything we want Before things change Let's start it up start it And take our chances Start it up start it But one by one they're coming down, falling like Broken stars they're coming down, falling like Space invaders coming down Let's shoot 'em up My adrenaline I can feel it kicking in If we get everything we want But in time It could burn your heart out But we'll have everything we want Before things change Let's start it up start it And take our chances Start it up start it But one by one they're coming down, falling like Broken stars they're coming down, falling like Space invaders coming down Let's shoot 'em up

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Throughout 2014, I continued releasing a song a month but with an aim to produce fuller band arrangements for each track. "Time Travel and the Art of Happiness" was a track that didn't make the cut, however the title describes an underpinning theme of nostalgia, sadness and search for purpose which threads through the songs

Recorded and produced entirely in my bedroom in Paddington

Included in this download is a pdf booklet featuring all artworks created for each song release throughout the year

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released September 4, 2014

All songs written, produced and performed by Fronz Arp
All artwork by Fronz Arp

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Fronz Arp Brisbane, Australia

The strange machine which is Fronz Arp grinds like a tattered, angry little hurdy gurdy. With dramatic jaunt and seesawing melodies that have been compared to weird-pop wonders, such as David Bowie and Tom Waits

“...songs full of drama and action, designed to get pulses racing and yet still sounding both intricate and adventurous” Rave Magazine
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