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Lives Like The City

by Sunset Surrender

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ericmcclure777 Quite simply, this album is awesome! A true hidden gem that should be heard.

This album is fresh but yet nostalgic in all the right ways. It's full of so many colorful layers that keeps me coming back for more. So many good tracks here like "Lives like The City", "Your Surrender", "Fading Lights","Home", The Eye Of The Storm (my fave).

Melodies for days, unique and emotional vocals, dreamy synths to please the most neon lover. Get this album!!! Favorite track: The Eye Of The Storm.
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    Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.

    This album is a beautiful reminder of who I am. It shows me the struggles and triumphs in my past while guiding me to what's next for myself.

    I feel like these songs have helped stitch together all those little pieces that make up your identity with an honest listening experience; it gives you insight into where they came from & how we can overcome anything if need be!

    The emotions brought out by these songs are so raw and real, I feel them deep inside my chest. There are moments worth smiling about even when life comes with its problems; it just makes everything seem manageable somehow

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  • Cassette + Digital Album

    Translucent dark blue tape cassette housed in library case with fold-out J-card insert.

    "A fantastic album that takes the best of 80s new wave and synthpop and modernizes it, Lives Like The City is a catchy and upbeat album perfect for any situation.
    Themes of love, loss, and finding one's way in the world are explored throughout the course of the album, making it a surprisingly introspective listen as well."


    Side A.

    1. Eyes Wide Open
    2. Postcard Summer
    3. Lives Like The City
    4. Your Surrender
    5. Memoirs of a Future I
    6. Fading Lights
    7. Stockholm Syndrome
    8. Mysterious Love


    Side B.

    1. A harmless lie
    2. The Dance
    3. Home
    4. Kings of The Night
    5. The Eye Of The Storm
    6. The New Tomorrow

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  • Full Digital Discography

    Get all 10 Sunset Surrender releases available on Bandcamp and save 35%.

    Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality downloads of Lies, Lies, Lies!, Lives Like The City (The Instrumentals), Lives Like The City, Postcard Summer, Fading Lights, Your Surrender, Lucid Dreams, Memoirs of a Future I, and 2 more. , and , .

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Staring through the window Watching the hours pass me by Dreaming of days long gone My heart aches for the feel of your touch You showed me love, you set me free From a prison with no walls, a riot within me The boy that used to roam and wander Was never lost at all Can you remember, when we were younger The puzzle still had every piece Life's too short to walk a single road (I'm fully awake) yet I still dream I still remember the look in your eyes As we sat and I played my guitar Do you remember trying to escape from it all Hiding in the Postcard Summer The nights are long Why can't I feel like I belong? Am I losing my mind without you? I still dream, of way back then Running in circles with no cares Those were the days Those are the times When we found meaning in the rest of our lives You showed me love, you set me free From a prison with no walls, a riot within me The boy that used to roam and wander Was never lost at all If I could turn back time I wouldn't change a thing So I'd still be yours and you'd still be mine Can you remember, when we were younger The puzzle still had every piece Life's too short to walk a single road (I'm fully awake) yet I still dream I still remember the look in your eyes As we sat and I played my guitar Do you remember trying to escape from it all Hiding in the Postcard summer
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When I close my eyes all I can see Are the lights of the cities where I came to be A broken voice echoes through crowded streets What if I didn't turn out as who you wanted me to be My mind goes numb from trying to believe As the sound of a thought drowns in the rubble of unfulfilled dreams My body shakes violently as emotions creep from within Filling its longing so the cycle can begin What if things began the same way they ended A voice calls out in the city's dream Those endless stories, they live like the city Brought to life by hearts unfolding In front of your eyes, it lives like the city Dreams of movement followed by blurry lights Bring this world back to life As windows fog up, our fingers lay out the rest of our lives As the rising sun shakes us awake We crave for more as we're forced back into the game Just like pawns, we rise and fall Fulfilling its desire for balance, we even the score We are, we're connected, but are we one Never closer, yet so far apart A voice calls out in the city's dream Those endless stories, they live like the city Brought to life by hearts unfolding In front of your eyes, it lives like the city A voice calls out in the city's dream Those endless stories, they live like the city Brought to life by hearts unfolding In front of your eyes, it lives like the city It lives like the city
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Can you remember Will you surrender Can you remember Will you surrender I heard your eyes call my name As dusk rewinds the sun never sets A minute sustained forever Our hearts beat together Give into the moment We'll never run out of time Can you remember Words never said aloud Will you surrender All that you left behind Can you remember Please take me away from here Will you surrender Show me the way that you feel Will you keep running away or will you surrender Give into the moment We'll never run out of time Can you remember Words never said aloud Will you surrender All that you left behind Can you remember Please take me away from here Will you surrender Show me the way that you feel
5.
I've been waiting for someone to save me I've been waiting for my luck to change I've been waiting for something to take me away I've felt the pain, but where's the gain Time stands still, is this not part of the drill And so the story goes, over and over again Endings and beginnings unfold The brave don't live forever but the cautious don't live at all Be that boy who dreamt of reaching for the stars Latch on the feeling you know you can't deny Find the truth that lies deep inside of you Use it to break free and search for the sun Love yourself and what you do For that's who you'll become I've been waiting for someone to save me I've been waiting for my luck to change I've been waiting for something to take me away I've felt the pain, but where's the gain Time stands still, is this not part of the drill And so the story goes, over and over again Endings and beginnings unfold The brave don't live forever but the cautious don't live at all Be that boy who dreamt of reaching for the stars Latch on the feeling you know you can't deny Find the truth that lies deep inside of you Use it to break free and search for the sun Love yourself and what you do, for that's who you'll become Don't be afraid and Be that boy who dreamt of reaching for the stars Latch on the feeling you know you can't deny Find the truth that lies deep inside of you Use it to break free and search for the sun Love yourself and what you do, for that's who you'll become
6.
Fading lights Daydreaming of better times Memories Of faces and places left behind In the wake of time In the wake of time Fading tides A washed-out image of who we are The city lights Built by countless dreamers who've fallen apart In the wake of time Until the end of times Feel the spark Fireworks going off in your heart It's who you are A final kiss, with a fading breath Close your eyes, feel the edge Staring past the end, while alive Fading sights The hourglass laying down on its side Wave goodbye To the world, you've known From the window up high In the wake of time As all is left behind Have me, take me, please will you save me Have me, take me, please will you save me Feel the spark Fireworks going off in your heart It's who you are A final kiss, with a fading breath Close your eyes, feel the edge Staring past the end, while alive
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A wild ride Two worlds collide In the distance Echoes a cry Two lovers Partners in crime Perfect strangers Destinies unwind They are looking for a sunset They are Searching for a way out A forever-growing flame of hope glowing in their eyes They are looking for a sunset They are Searching for a way out They are Dreaming of tomorrow in the promised land Nothing is what it seems A glitch in the system, two souls born to be free Love happens in mysterious ways Two hearts beat as one As free as stars in the sky Memories forged in the fire of love Will last forever in the hour pure gold Their spark ignited Two lost souls Once broken-hearted Searching for yesterday Dreaming of better days In pursuit of their fate Nothing is going to stop them now The love for each other The trust in one another A forever-growing flame of hope glowing in their eyes They are looking for a sunset They are Searching for a way out They are Dreaming of tomorrow in the promised land Nothing is what it seems A glitch in the system, two souls born to be free Love happens in mysterious ways Two hearts beat as one As free as stars in the sky Memories forged in the fire of love Will last forever in the hour pure gold Love happens in mysterious ways Two hearts beat as one As free as stars in the sky Memories forged in the fire of love Will last forever in the hour pure gold
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I've been dreaming of sunlight Pouring through my shades I've looked up at the stars Just to pretend it's the same place No religion Not an ounce of luck The same one-way ticket Pushing me back to the start A blessing in disguise, To fool myself and believe That this time I'd fall closer to the finish line Can't you see? The light in me might fade but will never die The night won't last forever And I won't go down without a fight Oh The bitter taste of a goodbye, in promise of a new life No It's out of my control All I'm left with are the shattered pieces of my heart and soul Then I wake up, and it's all gone Some call it strength Learning how to land a fall Make no mistake It's all I've ever known Empty pages filled with unwritten words Swept as clouds by the wind, into the unknown As broken truths spread Through a crippled world An empty promise made, As I stare at the sky and recite A harmless lie One day I will belong One day I'll belong Oh The bitter taste of a goodbye, in promise of a new life No It's out of my control All I'm left with are the shattered pieces of my heart and soul
10.
The Dance 04:16
In search of forever Something once lost Meant to be found Add a little bit of hope With a little bit of courage And a little bit of love It takes two to tango We live in a jungle Emotions strive to be untangled Destiny's written in sand The riddle lies unanswered Those who seek shall find But tonight The fight's on the dancefloor Come, and dance with me So I can feel like myself Give me the strength to see That boy in the mirror Who will he turn out to be Come and dance with me It's hard to go forward Without stepping backwards Roll the dice I'll be at your side Take my hand and dance with me Let the rhythm flow A wanderer dancing with time Add a little bit of hope With a little bit of courage And a little bit of love It takes two to tango We live in a jungle Emotions strive to be untangled Destiny's written in sand The riddle lies unanswered Those who seek shall find But tonight The fight's on the dancefloor Come and dance with me So I can feel like myself Give me the strength to see That boy in the mirror Who will he turn out to be? Come and dance with me It's hard to go forward Without stepping backward Roll the dice I'll be at your side Take my hand and dance with me Come and dance with me So I can feel like myself Give me the strength to see That boy in the mirror Who will he turn out to be? Come and dance with me It's hard to go forward Without stepping backward Roll the dice I'll be at your side Take my hand and dance with me
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Home 03:34
I've been dreaming of a feeling I've been dreaming of a place to call home Where I'm finally free and where I belong So many places, so far gone The many faces, of people, once known Searching for a reason deep within While my heart has to bear what my mind calls unknown How can I move on if I can't let go I long for a place to carve my heart in stone I long to close my eyes and feel finally at home With an endless stream of memories Keeping me awake In a dream never begun Sometimes I lose myself in thoughts Of what could have been Of what never was Of where I have been, of everything I've lost Easier said than done Picking the pieces left behind While hanging on a thread Made of memories never had in a quest to belong While my heart has to bear what my mind calls unknown How can I stay, if it's all I've ever known? I long for a place to carve my heart in stone I long to close my eyes and feel finally at home With an endless stream of memories Keeping me awake, one last time I long for a place to carve my heart in stone I long to close my eyes and feel finally at home With an endless stream of memories Keeping me awake In a dream never begun
12.
In a cycle, I have been living Watching time pass these emotions unforgiving A kaleidoscope of fears and hopes Troubles the mind and burdens my soul Am I dreaming? Or am I losing control I will take your hand We will drop these chains We will run away And heed the call of the night We are not giving in Yeah! Not tonight We will dance in the rain And howl at the sky For to be free means to never die Bound by midnight We are the kings of the night We are not giving in This time we'll make things right Like a spark in the dark We are ready to ignite For to be free means to never die Bound by midnight We are the kings of the night Eyes wide open Heart in hand Who I was isn't who I am A revelation, the feeling's new This town's too small It's time to move on We have been here for far too long Forever Free Under the moonlight a promise From this moment right until the end No more what ifs I won't play pretend Follow the sunset Greet the stars in the sky You will never know if you don't try A page turned over, this prologue's over A new beginning in disguise What's the point of starting over Afraid to live To feel To try We are not giving in Yeah! Not tonight We'll dance in the rain And howl at the sky For to be free means to never die Bound by midnight We are the kings of the night We are not giving in This time we'll make things right Like a spark in the dark We are ready to ignite For to be free means to never die Bound by midnight We are the kings of the night
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Oh, She's Dark Haired With black eyes A look straight out of heaven That can hypnotize Oh, her gaze, and her smile She took my hand and promised me That we would break the spell Run away, and live free Because no wall is too high If you aim for the sky You will find that What you needed lies inside What you wanted is Right in front of your eyes Let yourself go Like thunder at night Your words echo in my heart Like lightning in the sky Your light revealed the path Like the wind, you elevate As our lips gently brush Our souls intertwine I found love in the eye of the storm Oh, when at her side I feel like the world is a playground We are ready to go and explore In search for four letters Buried in the depths of our soul Oh Please help me It is so tempting She laughs as she gets in close The room goes electric When we touch It is hard to stay in control Two hearts beat as one Bound each other Until the end of time Let yourself Just let yourself Just let yourself go Like thunder at night Your words echo in my heart Like lightning in the sky Your light revealed the path Like the wind, you elevate As our lips gently brush Our souls intertwine I found love in the eye of the storm
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Staring into a funnel of empty and dark Holding my heart from falling apart Worn down from the path Of chasing a star Among many In the night sky Feeling as lost as one is When about to be found Half asleep at wheel Stay on course The objective is near As the sights of all things given up Grow smaller In the mirror I'll raise my glass To every tear ever shed For every dream ever chased In hopes of a new tomorrow For every step ever made And every dance ever had, Dreaming of a new tomorrow To every star that ever fell And every wish ever made In search of a new tomorrow I found myself I found a new tomorrow Awake from the dream My eyes are finally open What if all things happened for a reason No matter how good Or how painful a role they played Would we still be the same without Every choice we ever made I found my light, in the dark Glowing ever so slightly Like a phoenix, I rose To find peace in my ashes A new life, a chance to move on I'll raise my glass To every tear ever shed For every dream ever chased In hopes of a new tomorrow For every step ever made And every dance ever had, Dreaming of a new tomorrow To every star that ever fell And every wish ever made In search of a new tomorrow I found myself I found a new tomorrow

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released November 4, 2022

Artwork by Oniriaz

Produced & Performed by Matteo Zandonella Bolco

Backing Vocals on the song Home by Teresa Meads

Mixed and Mastered by Christian Valente, Matteo Zandonella Bolco

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The 80’s meet modern synth-pop in an electronic marriage of eras with enigmatic and uplifting retrowave project Sunset Surrender.

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