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Sunshine

by Rain Johannes

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1.
Magazine 02:52
Magazine Thunderclouds coming and it makes me wanna scream Nobody wants to hurt you Nobody ever wanted to hurt you, magazine Baby maybe I can learn to take it easy Baby just maybe I can learn to break the wall Magazine Earthquake shaking and it makes me wanna scream No, you don't wanna hurt me No, you never really wanted to hurt me, magazine Baby maybe I can learn to take it easy Baby just maybe I can learn to break the wall You'd think maybe now that we're so close together That maybe I could read you, magazine Backbone's breaking and it makes me wanna Everyone's watching Feel like everybody's always watching Magazine
2.
Either it's alright Either it's all broken Days when it's all clear Days when it's unspoken See you coming down Let me break your fall Let me be the one to catch you See you hit the waves Saw you crash the shore Let me be the one to hold you Forget the one that sold you Either it's all night Either it's the daytime Summer lit by moon Summer lit by sunshine Sunshine, we follow 'til it's gone See you coming down Let me break your fall Let me be the one to catch you See you hit the waves Saw you crash the shore Let me be the one to hold you Forget the one that sold you Someone really should've told you Sunshine, we follow 'til it's gone Sometimes we follow 'til we fall
3.
Seven Oceans 03:02
Seven oceans under you That kind of view Can open your eyes Seven seas are under me I still can't see I chose to be blind Wrapped around Like a vine That can't unwind Got this hole in the bottom of my soul What is one to do When I know the hardest part Is listening to your heart Seven wonders of the world They're all my girl They're all my girl Seven monuments for her I wasn't sure It's so hard to be sure Wrapped around Like a vine That can't unwind Got this hole in the bottom of my soul, What is one to do And I know the hardest part Is listening to your heart Got this hole in the bottom of my soul What is one to do
4.
Hold me close Explain to me why lately I've been seeing ghosts Body in a bag Tell my why my father isn't coming back I don't understand, I don't understand I don't understand, I don't understand Never will I know when I'll hold your hand for the last time While I'm alive Rising sun The moon will tell you when your darkest day is done Go to sleep Love is real when you can feel it in your dreams I don't understand, I don't understand I don't understand, but I will understand Never will I know when I'll hold your hand for the last time While I'm alive
5.
The Blue 03:14
Every night It's getting harder to put out the lights Every fight Saying sorry when you know you're right It may be, that the poison is a part of me I know it's true The more that I do The more the blue Just a dream Isn't really what you think it means Just a scene From a movie on the silver screen It may be, that the poison is a part of me I know it's true The more that I do The more the blue
6.
Confiding in flowers and telling lies To the people you thought were your friends Isn't it sad how lonely you can feel with them Oh Confiding in flowers, you live your life The way God said he wanted you to All the while I lay in bed and pray for you Oh, oh Confiding in flowers, they sing so soft As they breathe through the breath that you waste It's hard to be hateful when they lay across your face Oh Confiding in flowers when life is lost And they sleep on the stone of your grave They say that regret is born when gratefulness is late Oh, oh Rid me of my demons The root of all my evils Oh so tired of swimming in this constant sea of people
7.
Oh man, overwhelming Even God would've cried Cuz you're walking over water like a dream Suddenly the things around you colored green And the day's almost over now And the sun's fallen through the trees I'm older than you can see My youth is escaping me You can know and still not understand What a smile's to a broken man It's not what you thought it'd be My youth is escaping me Oh no, happy birthday Oh my, where's the time Cuz you wanna stop and rest a little while But the marathon to run's a hundred miles And the day's almost over now And the sun's fallen through the trees I'm older than you can see My youth is escaping me What’s a wave to a grain of sand What's a smile to a broken man You’re older than you can see My youth is escaping me
8.
Every day you live will leave you Even the best ones Especially the best ones But every picture you've ever taken You'll have it forever You know I'll love you forever Heaven will know me soon enough What am I going to do Heaven will know me soon enough But I never thought it'd happen to you Only a dream last night as always It's every night now It's almost every night now But that dream it sounds familiar I think it's your heartbeat I'm dancing to the drum of your heartbeat Heaven will know me soon enough What am I going to do Heaven will know me soon enough But I never thought it'd happen to you
9.
A slave against the grain Feel it ache within my bones Feel it itch across my skin And everything I own One day will turn to dust And float on air away And all that's left is you and me You and me succeed I'm weak beneath the knees One look across the room Is a star beneath the moon A maze that lasts for days One light against the dark Two eyes that light a fire In everybody's heart I'm dazed by disbelief Still surprised by smiling teeth When all that's left is you and me You and me succeed I'm weak beneath the knees One look across the room Is a star beneath the moon A thought that keeps you sane A drug that makes you dream Of endless summer suns Setting right behind the stream That flows like locks of hair A color that I've I've never seen And all that's left is you and me You and me succeed I'm weak beneath the knees One look across the room Is a star beneath the moon You and me succeed I'm weak beneath the knees One look across the room Is a star beneath the moon
10.
Leave me in amazement Every time she's near to me, but I'm still Waiting for the day when Her and I are clearer to me This is all I know My energy's been spent Compared to all I know Everything seems bent It’s like looking through the glass You see your life the way you want it to be Stop looking through the past For answers to the questions that you hold in your hand Time is independence Every time, she's got something to do But I'm still Pushing for the day when Her and I have got nothing to do This is all I know My energy's been spent Compared to all I know Everything seems bent It's like looking through the glass You see your life the way you want it to be Stop looking through the past For answers to the questions that you hold in your hand It's like looking through the glass You see your life the way you want it to be Stop looking through the past For answers to the questions that you hold in your hand

about

a record of junior/senior year songs

recorded in my dorm and in my bedroom

credits

released November 4, 2016

Rain Johannes - vocals, guitar, bass, midi, mixing, mastering
Andres Valbuena - drums
Nicky Young - electric guitar
Jonah Bobo - electric guitar
Steven Bartashev - drum engineering

(See songs for specific credits)

Special thanks to my parents Christine Mundy and Nandi Johannes for their unconditional love and support, to Robert Apostle for giving me and many other kids the priceless opportunity that is the New Music Ensemble, and to Julia Gargano, without whom these songs would have never been written. I am endlessly thankful for all of you.

Additional thanks to everyone who has performed these songs with me at some point (Aiden Berglund, Michael Eliran, Daphne Gampel, Danny Eberle, Max Beirn-Shafer, Brendan Smith, Laszlo Horvath, Nick Dunston, Leo Didkovsky, Sage Leopold), and to John Hamilton, Jim Pugliese, Michael Schillaci, Imani Russell, Simone Reisman, Julian Soto, Demi Ramos, Jamila Drecker-Waxman, Jolee Gordon, Jhakai Deshong, Alissa Jackman, Jake Zall, Sean Scotto, Abdulah Amir, Joe Ippolito, Tim Regis, Jonah Pomerantz, Ilan Natter, Charles Michie, Caroline Wallis, Siena Rafter, Kristin Acerra, Sam Truglio, Alyssa Fogliani, Dana Saperstein, Nick Veneziano, Antonio Anello, Sofia France, Elise Bell-Alexander, Morgan Bielawski, Justin Wilde, Olivia Zorn and Melina Young. In one way or another, you've all encouraged me to keep making music, and I want you to know that I love you and your encouragement means more to me than anything. This album is for you.

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"With occasional classical / jazz tangents on guitar, Johannes holds up the minimal bedroom song with profound heart stirring soul" - Nadeem Salaam

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