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the cave

by tomemitsu

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living alone in the depths beneath the sun sifting through the debt that holds you under you can feel the pull of what's below feel the cold letting you know you have secrets, chilling in the cold you have secrets, chilling just about night the creatures come inside saying hello crawling on by the warmth of the world gone with the night feel the pull feel the cold shifting in space, gathering dreams a life on below is not what it seems gripping for time when time we don't have you have to let go just to live you have secrets, chilling in the cold you have secrets, chilling
2.
and now 02:56
and now i know this life inside and now i know where darkness hides and now i hold each moment tight and now i dream both day and night exit the cave, return to your grave wish for a light, it never behaves and now i know this life inside and now i know where darkness hides and now i hold each moment tight and now i dream both day and night drink from the stream, listen to her spit in your ear, about the cave that you fear gripping at her, tripping at noon wish for a light, it's not coming soon and now i know this life inside and now i know where darkness hides and now i hold each moment tight and now i dream both day and night gripping for a bite, but it never bites back you had your one chance, now it's never coming back and now i know this life inside and now i know where darkness hides and now i hold each moment tight and now i dream both day and night
3.
life to give 03:19
now that you've seen the light you feel as thought you know it's not about the warmth you keep it's how it helps you grow now that you've tasted life you think you've had it all but look up at the sky it reveals you've long to go i've exited the cave, i'm excited to live i've left the cave, i've got life to give i've exited the cave, i'm excited to live i've left the cave, i've got life to give life to give
4.
the cave 03:32

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VIDEO PREMIER FOR "LIFE TO GIVE" IS UP!
THANK YOU THE GREY ESTATES!
www.thegreyestates.com/blog/video-premiere-life-to-give-tomemitsu

VIDEO PREMIER FOR "AND NOW" IS UP!
THANK YOU GOLD FLAKE PAINT!
www.goldflakepaint.co.uk/new-music-tomemitsu-and-now/

VIDEO PREMIER FOR "YOU HAVE SECRETS" IS UP!
THANK YOU LA RECORD!
larecord.com/news/2018/03/05/video-premiere-tomemitsu-secrets


the cave is an ep by tomemitsu

i regularly attempt to challenge myself by imposing different limits on the way i will write a song. the songs on the cave were written in the course of one sunday afternoon during the summer of 2016. the limitation rule was that i had to write all of the lyrics before i could write any music. this meant envisioning the entire ep before a note was played on guitar.

the base tracks for the songs were all recorded live that evening. this ep has noise bleed, mistakes, creaking chairs, reverberating squeaks... these elements echoing with a message of introspection, hope, and renewal - the themes of each of the songs on the ep.

additional layers of guitars, vocals, distant piano, and hand percussion were later added before the mixing stages.

Cody Duncum, a film maker in Nashville TN, offered to create a music video for this project. after seeing the work he did for "secrets", i knew that his vision would be perfect for the entire ep.

the fourth, and title, track of the album, "the cave", is an instrumental suite interpreting the musical themes expressed in the three vocal tracks, but was composed and recorded on a separate date from the first three songs on the ep.

i am eternally grateful to Cody, Stefan, and Cristina for their work with the video, art, and layout concepts of this album - visions that extend beyond the cover of this release and ones that will affect my perception of this work forever - thank you.

xoxo, tomemitsu

credits

released April 20, 2018

artwork by Stefan Marx
photography and videos by Cody Duncum
layout by Cristina Ramirez
mastering by Nick Zampielo at New East Alliance

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