01 AT NIGHT, ALONE.
02 I TOOK A PILL IN IBIZA
03 NOT THAT SIMPLE
04 BE AS YOU ARE
05 IN THE ARMS OF A STRANGER
06 SILENCE FEAT. LABRINTH
07 IRIS
08 ONLY GOD KNOWS
09 JADE
10 ONE HELL OF A SONG
11 BURIED IN DETROIT
12 THANK YOU
BONUS REMIXES
13 I Took A Pill In Ibiza
seeb remix
14 N
ot That Simple
kyle tree remix
15 B
e As You Are
jordanxl remix
16 In The Arms Of A Stranger
brian kierulf remix
17 Silence feat. Labrinth
sluggo x loote remix
18 B
uried In Detroit
feat. Big Sean
“Mike Posner is one of the most clever, talented writers I know
and this is his best work yet. This is a very important album. It
should be listened to from start to finish.”
BIG SEAN
“These are the best songs Mike Posner has ever written.”
AVICII
“Mike Posner has reinvented himself as an introspective pop
artist– which sounds like it could be insufferable but for the fact
that these songs are deeply authentic and astonishingly personal
while being relentlessly catchy at the same time. This is one
of the first times I’ve listened to an album before it’s released
knowing it’s going to be a worldwide hit because it strikes two
simultaneous bulls-eyes: unforgettable hooks and unforgettable
lyrics. It’s a confessional pop masterpiece.”
AMANDA PALMER
“Mike Posner can write one hell of a song. I thank him
for sharing his truths with us.”
LABRINTH
“Mike Posner is at the head of a new genre.”
ROLLING STONE
“The last artist I listened to was Mike Posner because
I’m obsessed with that song I Took a Pill in Ibiza. That’s
my favorite song right now.”
CHRIS MARTIN
lucas löwe remix
The American singer/songwriter
was born in Detroit, Michigan and has lived alone in
Los Angeles, California since 2010. His prior works include Reflections of a Lost Teen (2006), A Matter
of Time (2009), One Foot Out the Door (2009), 31 Minutes to Takeoff (2010), and The Layover (2011). In
addition, he has recorded two albums, Sky High (2012) and Pages (2014), that have never been released.
© 2016 Island Records, a division of UMG Recordings, Inc. 1755 Broadway, New York, New York 10019. Distributed by Universal Music Distribution. All rights reserved. B0024705-01
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This album is dedicated to my teacher, mentor, and friend: Norman Henry Mamey.
Rest In Peace.
1. At Night, Alone.
RECORDED BY MIKE POSNER AT MIKE’S HOUSE
ADAM FRIEDMAN | PERCUSSION: ADAM FRIEDMAN AND
OSKAR WINBERG | CELLO: RO ROWAN | BACKING VOCALS:
MIKE POSNER, ADAM FRIEDMAN | VOCALS RECORDED BY MIKE
POSNER AT MIKE’S HOUSE | MIXED BY TONY MASERATI AT
MIRRORBALL STUDIOS, NORTH HOLLYWOOD, CA | ASSISTANT
MIX ENGINEER: TYLER SCOTT | © 2015 NORTH GREENWAY
PRODUCTIONS/SONY/ATV TUNES LLC (ASCAP)//ADAM FRIEDMAN
PUBLISHING (ASCAP)/BURNETT MUSIC GROUP (ASCAP), ALL RIGHTS
ADMINISTERED BY BURNETT MUSIC GROUP
Credits
5. In The Arms Of A Stranger
2. I Took A Pill In Ibiza
WRITTEN BY MIKE POSNER | PRODUCED BY MIKE POSNER
AND MARTIN TEREFE | DRUMS: GEOFF LEA | BASS AND
BKGRND VOCALS: MARTIN TEREFE | PIANO, WURLITZER AND
WHISTLE: NIKOLAJ TORP | ADDITIONAL PERCUSSION: OSKAR
WINBERG | GUITAR: EUGENE HUANG | RECORDED BY SAM
KEYTE AT KENSALTOWN RECORDING STUDIOS, LONDON
AND BY MIKE POSNER AT MIKE’S HOUSE | MIXED BY TONY
MASERATI AT MIRRORBALL STUDIOS, N. HOLLYWOOD, CA
ASSISTANT MIX ENGINEER: TYLER SCOTT | © 2015 NORTH
GREENWAY PRODUCTIONS/SONY/ATV TUNES LLC (ASCAP)
3. Not That Simple
WRITTEN BY MIKE POSNER & ELY ‘THE CREEP’ RISE | PRODUCED
BY MIKE POSNER, ADAM FRIEDMAN AND MARTIN TEREFE
PIANO & SPACE ECHO: MIKE POSNER | PIANO & ORGAN: GLEN
SCOTT | BASS: MARTIN TEREFE DRUMS AND | PERCUSSION:
KRISTOFFER SONNE | GUITAR: ADAM FRIEDMAN | STRING ARR.:
FORREST D. GRAY | BKGD VOCALS: MIKE POSNER | VOCALS
RECORDED BY MIKE POSNER AT MIKE’S HOUSE | RECORDED BY
SAM KEYTE AT KENSALTOWN RECORDING STUDIOS, LONDON
ASSISTED BY KRISTIAN LARSEN | ADDITIONAL RECORDING BY
OSKAR WINBERG | MIXED BY TONY MASERATI AT MIRRORBALL
STUDIOS, NORTH HOLLYWOOD, CA | ASST. MIX ENGINEER:
TYLER SCOTT | © 2015 N. GREENWAY PRODUCTIONS/SONY/ATV
TUNES LLC (ASCAP)//LOVE TUNNEL PUBLISHING/THESE ARE SONGS
OF PULSE (ASCAP), ALL RIGHTS ADMINISTERED BY THESE ARE
SONGS OF PULSE
4. Be As You Are
WRITTEN BY MIKE POSNER & ADAM FRIEDMAN | PRODUCED
BY MIKE POSNER & ADAM FRIEDMAN | ADDITIONAL PRODS.
BY MARTIN TEREFE | DRUMS: ALEX TOFF & ADAM FRIEDMAN
BASS: SIMON HUBER | KEYBOARDS: ADAM FRIEDMAN | GUITAR:
WRITTEN BY MIKE POSNER | PRODUCED BY MIKE POSNER,
ADAM FRIEDMAN, MARTIN TEREFE & MDL | SPACE ECHO:
MIKE POSNER | KEYBOARDS: MIKE POSNER, GLEN SCOTT
BASS: MARTIN TEREFE | DRUMS: KRISTOFFER SONNE | GUITAR:
ADAM FRIEDMAN | BACKGROUND VOCALS: MIKE POSNER
VOCALS RECORDED BY MIKE POSNER AT MIKE’S HOUSE
RECORDED BY SAM KEYTE AT KENSALTOWN RECORDING
STUDIOS, LONDON | ASSISTED BY KRISTIAN LARSEN | ADD.
RECORDING BY OSKAR WINBERG | MIXED BY TONY MASERATI
AT MIRRORBALL STUDIOS, N. HOLLYWOOD, CA | ASST. MIX
ENGINEER: TYLER SCOTT | © 2016 N. GREENWAY PRODUCTIONS/
SONY/ATV TUNES LLC (ASCAP)
6. Silence feat. Labrinth
WRITTEN BY MIKE POSNER | PRODUCED BY MIKE POSNER &
MARTIN TEREFE | DRUMS: KRISTOFFER SONNE | BASS: MARTIN
TEREFE | KEYBOARDS: MIKE POSNER, GLEN SCOTT | PIANO
AND SPACE ECHO: MIKE POSNER | GUITAR: ADAM FRIEDMAN
RECORDED BY SAM KEYTE AT KENSALTOWN RECORDING
STUDIOS, LONDON | ASSISTED BY KRISTIAN LARSEN | ADD.
RECORDING BY OSKAR WINBERG | MIXED BY TONY MASERATI
AT MIRRORBALL STUDIOS, NORTH HOLLYWOOD, CA | ASST.
MIX ENGINEER: TYLER SCOTT | LABRINTH APPEARS COURTESY
OF SYCO MUSIC | © 2016 NORTH GREENWAY PRODUCTIONS/SONY/
ATV TUNES LLC (ASCAP)
7. Iris
WRITTEN BY MIKE POSNER AND ADAM FRIEDMAN | PRODUCED
BY ADAM FRIEDMAN AND MDL | RECORDED BY ADAM
FRIEDMAN, MDL AND MIKE POSNER AT MIKE’S HOUSE
GUITAR: ADAM FRIEDMAN | KEYBOARDS: ADAM FRIEDMAN
DRUMS: MDL, ADAM FRIEDMAN | PERCUSSION: ADAM
FRIEDMAN, MDL | BKGRND. VOCALS: MIKE POSNER, ADAM
FRIEDMAN | BASS: ERICK “JESUS” COOMES | MIXED BY TONY
MASERATI AT MIRRORBALL STUDIOS, NORTH HOLLYWOOD,
CA | ASSISTANT MIX ENGINEER: TYLER SCOTT | © 2016 NORTH
GREENWAY PRODUCTIONS/SONY/ATV TUNES LLC (ASCAP)/ ADAM
FRIEDMAN PUBLISHING (ASCAP)/BURNETT MUSIC GROUP (ASCAP),
ALL RIGHTS ADMINISTERED BY BURNETT MUSIC GROUP
8. Only God Knows
WRITTEN BY MIKE POSNER | PRODUCED BY MIKE POSNER
WORDS OF WISDOM: NORMAN HENRY MAMEY | BKGRND.
VOCALS: MIKE POSNER | RECORDED BY MIKE POSNER AT
MIKE’S HOUSE | MIXED BY TONY MASERATI AT MIRRORBALL
STUDIOS, NORTH HOLLYWOOD, CA | ASSISTANT MIX ENGINEER:
TYLER SCOTT | © 2016 NORTH GREENWAY PRODUCTIONS/SONY/
ATV TUNES LLC (ASCAP)
9. Jade
WRITTEN BY MIKE POSNER | PRODUCED BY MDL AND MIKE
POSNER | PROGRAMMED BY MDL | DRUMS: MDL | GUITAR: NICK
MAYBURY | BASS: BANA HAFFAR | KEYBOARDS, ORGAN: ELY
‘THE CREEP’ RISE | PERCUSSION: MDL | BACKGROUND VOCALS:
MIKE POSNER | RECORDED BY MIKE POSNER AND MASON LEVY
AT MIKE’S HOUSE | MIXED BY TONY MASERATI AT MIRRORBALL
STUDIOS, NORTH HOLLYWOOD, CA | ASSISTANT MIX ENGINEER:
TYLER SCOTT | © 2016 NORTH GREENWAY PRODUCTIONS/
SONY/ATV TUNES LLC (ASCAP)
10. One Hell Of A Song
WRITTEN BY MIKE POSNER | PRODUCED BY MIKE POSNER,
ADAM FRIEDMAN AND MDL | DRUMS: ADAM FRIEDMAN, MDL
GUITAR: JAMES VALENTINE | BASS: ERICK “JESUS” COOMES
PERCUSSION: ADAM FRIEDMAN | BACKGROUND VOCALS:
ADAM FRIEDMAN | RECORDED BY MIKE POSNER AND ADAM
FRIEDMAN AT MIKE’S HOUSE | MIXED BY TONY MASERATI AT
MIRRORBALL STUDIOS, NORTH HOLLYWOOD, CA | ASSISTANT
MIX ENGINEER: TYLER SCOTT | JAMES VALENTINE APPEARS
COURTESY OF INTERSCOPE RECORDS | © 2016 N. GREENWAY
PRODUCTIONS/SONY/ATV TUNES LLC (ASCAP)
11. Buried In Detroit
WRITTEN BY MIKE POSNER | PRODUCED BY MIKE POSNER &
MARTIN TEREFE | PIANO: MIKE POSNER | DRUMS & PERCUSSION:
KRISTOFFER SONNE | ADD. PERCUSSION: OSKAR WINBERG
BASS: MARTIN TEREFE | RHODES: GLEN SCOTT | ORCHESTRA
ARRANGEMENT/CONDUCTOR: NORMAN HENRY MAMEY
ORCHESTRA RECORDED BY DENNIS SANDS AT EAST WEST
STUDIOS, LOS ANGELES | ORCHESTRA CONTRACTOR: BOB
O’DONNELL | VIOLINS: MICHAEL MARKMAN (CONCERTMASTER),
NEIL SAMPLE, LESLIE KATZ, REBECCA CHUNG, LISA
DONDLINGER, LORAND LOKUSZTA, LORENZ GAMMA, TAMAA
CHERNYAK-PEPP, MARISA SORAJJA, RADU PIEPTKA, | VIOLAS:
NANCY ROTH, PAMELA GOLDSMITH | CELLOS: DENNIS KARMAZYN,
PAUL HOCHHALTER | BASS: KEVIN AXT | WOODWINDS: BRIAN
SCANLON, JEFF DRISKHILL, | PHILLIP FEATHER, BOB CARR
FRENCH HORN: BRIAN O’CONNOR | TRUMPETS: GARY HALOPOFF,
CHRIS TEDESCO | TROMBONES: CHARLES MORILLAS, DAVID
RYAN, CRAIG WARE | PERCUSSION: JOHN MAGNUSSEN
DRUMS: STEVEN PEMBERTON | HARP: AMY WILKINS | ADD.
ENGINEERING: ADAM OLMSTEAD | PIANO & ADD. VOCAL
RECORDED BY JOSH CONNOLLY, DOMINIC JORDAN, JIMMY
GIANNOS AT THE HIDEOUT RECORDING STUDIO, LAS VEGAS,
NV | RECORDED BY SAM KEYTE AT KENSALTOWN RECORDING
STUDIOS, LONDON | ASSISTED BY KRISTIAN LARSEN | ADD.
RECORDING BY OSKAR WINBERG | MIXED BY TONY MASERATI
AT MIRRORBALL STUDIOS, NORTH HOLLYWOOD, CA | ASST.
MIX ENGINEER: TYLER SCOTT | © 2015 NORTH GREENWAY
PRODUCTIONS/SONY/ATV TUNES LLC (ASCAP)
12. Thank You
RECORDED BY MIKE POSNER AT MIKE’S HOUSE
CREDITS
MANAGEMENT: RYAN CHISHOLM AND TOM GATES AT NETTWERK
MUSIC GROUP | LEGAL: AARON ROSENBERG AND JOSH KARP,
MYMAN GREENSPAN FINEMAN FOX ROSENBERG & LIGHT LLP
A&R: ZEKE SILVERA & MATT D’ARDUINI | A&R ADMINISTRATION:
GABRIELLE ROSEN / MEREDETH OLIVER | A&R COORDINATION:
JAMES PETRONIO | MARKETING: TONY COREY | MASTERED BY
CHRIS GEHRINGER AT STERLING SOUND, NYC | PUBLISHER: LOU
AL-CHAMAA, SONY/ATV | COVER ILLUSTRATION: MIKE POSNER
ART DIRECTION: KYLE GOEN, DESIGN: BRANDON KIZART-HAYNES
PHOTOGRAPHY: MEREDITH TRUAX | MASTERED BY CHRIS
GEHRINGER AT STERLING SOUND, NYC | PACKAGE PRODUCTION:
PAUL LANE | BUSINESS AFFAIRS: LYNN GONZALEZ, ANTOINETTE
TROTMAN, IAN ALLEN, VOL S. DAVIS III
BONUS REMIXES
13. I Took A Pill In Ibiza seeb remix
17. Silence feat. Labrinth sluggo x loote remix
14. Not That Simple kyle tree remix
18. Buried In Detroit feat. Big Sean
WRITTEN BY MIKE POSNER | PRODUCED BY MIKE POSNER
AND MARTIN TEREFE | REMIXED BY SEEB | PROGRAMMED
BY SIMEN ERIKSTRUD AND ESPEN BERG | BASS GUITAR:
SIMEN ERIKSTRUD AND ESPEN BERG | KEYBOARDS: SIMEN
ERIKSTRUD AND ESPEN BERG | DRUMS & PERCUSSION:
SIMEN ERIKSTRUD AND ESPEN BERG | NORTH GREENWAY
PRODUCTIONS/SONY/ATV TUNES LLC (ASCAP)
WRITTEN BY MIKE POSNER AND ELY ‘THE CREEP’ RISE
PRODUCED BY MIKE POSNER, ADAM FRIEDMAN AND
MARTIN TEREFE | REMIXED BY KYLE TREE | GUITAR, BASS
GUITAR: KYLE TREE | KEYBOARDS: KYLE TREE | DRUMS &
PERCUSSION: KYLE TREE | NORTH GREENWAY PRODUCTIONS/
SONY/ATV TUNES LLC (ASCAP)//LOVE TUNNEL PUBLISHING/THESE
ARE SONGS OF PULSE (ASCAP), ALL RIGHTS ADMINISTERED BY
THESE ARE SONGS OF PULSE
15. Be As You Are jordanxl remix
WRITTEN BY MIKE POSNER AND ADAM FRIEDMAN |
PRODUCED BY MIKE POSNER AND ADAM FRIEDMAN | ADD.
PRODUCTION BY MARTIN TEREFE | REMIXED BY JORDANXL
NORTH GREENWAY PRODUCTIONS/SONY/ATV TUNES LLC (ASCAP)
//ADAM FRIEDMAN PUBLISHING (ASCAP)/BURNETT MUSIC
GROUP (ASCAP), ALL RIGHTS ADMINISTERED BY BURNETT
MUSIC GROUP
16. In The Arms Of A Stranger brian kierulf remix
WRITTEN BY MIKE POSNER | PRODUCED BY MIKE POSNER,
ADAM FRIEDMAN, MARTIN TEREFE & MDL | REMIXED BY
BRIAN KIERULF | MIXED BY ERIK MADRID | N. GREENWAY
PRODUCTIONS/SONY/ATV TUNES LLC (ASCAP)
WRITTEN BY MIKE POSNER | PRODUCED BY MIKE POSNER
AND MARTIN TEREFE | REMIXED BY DAVE KATZ & JACKSON
FOOTE | BASS: DAVID KATZ, JACKSON FOOTE | KEYBOARDS:
DAVID KATZ, JACKSON FOOTE | DRUMS/PERCUSSION: DAVID
KATZ, JACKSON FOOTE | LABRINTH APPEARS COURTESY OF
SYCO MUSIC | NORTH GREENWAY PRODUCTIONS/SONY/ATV
TUNES LLC (ASCAP)
lucas löwe remix
WRITTEN BY MIKE POSNER & SEAN ANDERSON | PRODUCED
BY MIKE POSNER & MARTIN TEREFE | REMIXED BY JORDAN
ORVOSH | MIXED BY JORDAN ORVOSH | RECORDED BY
MAXIMILIAN JAEGER AT D.O.E. STUDIOS, LOS ANGELES,
CA | ADDITIONAL RECORDING & ENGINEERING BY GREGG
ROMINIECKI AND MAXIMILIAN JAEGER | VOCALS: SEAN
ANDERSON | BIG SEAN APPEARS COURTESY OF G.O.O.D.
MUSIC/DEF JAM RECORDINGS | N. GREENWAY PRODUCTIONS/
SONY/ATV TUNES LLC (ASCAP)//UNIVERSAL MUSIC PUBLISHING
CORP./MY LAST PUBLISHING LLC (ASCAP)
Thank you Mom, Dad, and Emily. I love you forever. Thank
you Jake Owen for exposing me to the influencers of this
album and being a true friend. Thank you to David Massey
for believing in me. Thank you Adam Friedman for believing
in me and sharing your talent with us. Thank you Martin Terefe,
Adam Friedman, and MdL for making the music sound like it did
in my head. Thank you Super Matt Chatigny for EVERYTHING
…literallly EVERYTHING.
Thank you Phil McIntyre and John Taylor and everyone at
PhilyMack for believing in me. Thank you Black Coffee and
Reece. Thank you Mike Bayer. Thank you Nick Jonas. Thank
you Zenani Shakur for loving me. Thank you Kevin Liles.
Thank you Scooter Braun. Thank you Aaron Rosenberg for
believing in me. Thank you Jody Gerson for believing in
me. Thank you Josh Karp. Thank you Lou Al-chamaa and
everyone at Sony ATV. Brian Manning, Kasey McKee, Nigel
Hassler and all at CAA. Thank you Daniel Weisman. Thank
you to Steve Jordan. Thank you Greg Fowler. Thank you Big
Sean, turn the lights on in your Castle. Thank you all of
Finally Famous. Thank you Jay John Henry, Boogy, A Dubb,
Zeno, John Conyers III.
Thank you Jake Morayniss, Milo Frank, Jacob Smith, Adam
Duke, BEATLOAF, Nils Hanson, Dr. Nasseri, Daniel Milstein,
Dr. Greene, Casper, Dubs, Alex, Jon Jon, Mego, Daniel
Osher, In-Q, Zach Allia, Valerie Morehouse, Dave Stroud,
Jean Marc Bekaldi, Lang Lang, MJ Karmi, Karim Karmi, Vic
Mensa, Casey Veggies, Jacy Cunningham, Eric Leider, Eric
Small, Tim Ferriss, Amanda Palmer, Maria Popova, Jeffrey
Brant, Jeff Rosenthal, Elliot Bisnow, George M. Roberts,
Uncle Art Samberg, Aunt Becky, Joe Samberg, Zack Samberg,
Max Samberg, Sandy Samberg, my entire Posner family,
Aunt Betty rest in peace, Uncle Fred rest in peace, Aunt
Stephanie, the TBC, the entire Onslow crew, Marion McMillan
IV, Robert Dugan, Afnan, Alex Peterson, Tini Courtney, Mikki
Willis, Dave the GOOD DOCTOR Wood.
THANK YOU
Thank You Ram Dass, Alan Watts, Tara
Brach, Dr. Wayne Dyer rest in peace,
and Esther Hicks.
Thank you Wayne Miller, Kevin Rice,
Jacob Scensy, Andrew Perusi, James
Bowen, Ben Darwish. Here we go!
Thank you Bob Dylan, Merle Haggard,
Hank Williams, Hank Williams Jr., Phil
Levine, Dave Eggers, Dan Inloes, Susan
Mundy, and Willie Nelson.
Thank You Ryan Chisholm & Tom Gates
for helping me share this music with the
world. You guys are amazing. Thank you
Sameer Sadhu for doing the same. Love.
Thank you Terry McBride for inspiring
Matt and I.
Thank you Patrick Cline for your hard
work and unparalleled loyalty to help
get me here. Love you.
Thank you to my entire Island team for
never losing faith that the world would
hear my music even while I was living
in a van and playing shows for cans
of lentils in parks: David Massey, Eric
Wong, Charlie Walk, Tony Corey, Billy
Zarro, Zeke Silvera, Matt D’Arduini,
Rani Hancock, Julie Kubacki, Lauren
Schneider, Nadia Ali, Ileana Diez, Gary
Spangler, Dave Ingenloff, Rob Harvey,
Toby Russell, The Republic Promotion
Team, Mike Alexander, Brian Sutnick,
Steven Rowen (and the incredible Island/
Universal teams worldwide), Jenna
LoMonaco, Ethan Geltzer, Kevin Lipson,
Theda Sanford, Amy Hartman, Sara
Connally. Mauro DeCeglie, Gabrielle Rosen,
Lynn Gonzalez, Antoinette Trotman, Ian
Allen, Vol S. Davis III, Donna Fetchko,
Jamie Sudhalter, Meredeth Oliver, Paul
Lane, Audrey Benoualid.
Thank you sincerely.
Thank you to all the musicians, producers,
and engineers who worked on this album.
Before this record I just made beats on
my laptop and sang to them. Recording
live music takes a team and I had the
best in the business. Thank you Steve
Jordan, Martin Terefe, Geoff Lea, Nikolaj
Torp, Oskar Winberg, Eugene Huang, Sam
Keyte, Tony Maserati, Tyler Scott, Ely
“the Creep” Rise, Adam Friedman, Glen
Scott, Kristoffer Sonne, Forrest D. Gray,
Kristian Larsen, Alex Toff, Simon Huber, Ro
Rowan, Mason “MdL” Levy, Labrinth, Erick
“Jesus” Coomes, Nick Maybury, Bana Haffar,
James Valentine, Bob O’Donnell, Adam
Olmstead, Josh Connolly, Dominic Jordan,
Jimmy Giannos, Simen Erikstrud, Espen
Berg, Kyle Tree, JordanXL, Brian Kierulf,
Erik Madrid, Daniel Omelio, Eric Bogle,
Miley Cyrus, Dennis Sands, Bob O’Donnell,
Michael Markman, Neil Sample, Leslie
Katz, Rebecca Chung, Lisa Dondlinger,
Lorand Lokuszta, Lorenz Gamma, Tamaa
Chernyak-Pepp, Marisa Sorajja, Radu
Pieptka, Nancy Roth, Pamela Goldsmith,
Dennis Karmazyn, Paul Hochhalter, Kevin
Axt, Brian Scanlon, Jeff Driskhill, Phillip
Feather, Bob Carr, Brian O’Connor, Gary
Halopoff, Chris Tedesco, Charles Morillas,
David Ryan, Craig Ware, John Magnussen,
Steven Pemberton, Amy Wilkins and
Chris Gehringer.
Thank you Miles Comaskey.
Thank you Chris Gehringer.
Thanks to all the fans that helped us
on the Ninja Tour and gave us cans of
lentils that eventually turned into farts.
Thank you for listening.
-mp
1. At Night, Alone.
This album is best listened to At Night and
Alone. I hope you enjoy. February 16, 2016.
2. I Took A Pill In Ibiza
I took a pill in Ibiza | To show Avicii I was cool
| And when I finally got sober | Felt 10 years
older | But fuck it, it was something to do
I’m living out in LA | I drive a sports car just to
prove | I’m a real big baller | Cause I made a million dollars | And I spend it on girls and shoes
But you don’t wanna be high like me | Never
really knowing why like me | You don’t ever
wanna step off that roller coaster and be
all alone | You don’t wanna ride the bus like
this | Never knowing who to trust like this |
You don’t wanna be stuck up on that stage
singing, stuck up on that stage singing | All I
know are sad songs, sad songs | Darling, all
I know are sad songs, sad songs
I’m just a singer | Who already blew his shot
| I get along with old timers cause my name’s
a reminder of a pop song people forgot | And
I can’t keep a girl, no | Cause as soon as the
sun comes up | I cut ‘em all loose and works
my excuse | But the truth is I can’t open up
No you don’t wanna be high like me | Never
really knowing why like me | You don’t ever
wanna step off that roller coaster and be
all alone | You don’t wanna ride the bus like
this | Never knowing who to trust like this |
You don’t wanna be stuck up on that stage
singing, stuck up on that stage singing | All I
know are sad songs, sad songs | Darling, all
I know are sad songs, sad songs
I took a plane to my hometown | I brought
my pride and my guitar | Well my friends are
all gone | But there’s manicured lawns | And
the people still think I’m a star | I walked
around downtown | I met some fans on Lafayette | They said “tell us how to make it |
Cause we’re getting real impatient” | So I
looked ‘em in the eye and said
You don’t wanna be high like me | Never
really knowing why like me | You don’t ever
wanna step off that roller coaster and be all
alone | You don’t wanna ride the bus like this
| Never knowing who to trust like this | You
don’t wanna be stuck up on that stage singing, stuck up on that stage singing | All that I
know are sad songs, sad songs | Darling, all
that I know are sad songs, sad songs
3. Not That Simple
When we first met I was just a sophomore | We spent the night on Lydia’s
couch | I didn’t know you were gonna
break my heart then | I didn’t know the
pain I’d feel right now | And I smile, yes
I smile, but underneath are memories |
That I’m trying, yeah I’m trying to let go
But it’s not that simple | Type of misery,
All these mixed up signals | In my head
I still hear these echoes of when you
loved me | But now you’re just someone
in my mind | That used to be mine
And people used to say that I didn’t deserve you | I was cool with that ‘cause I
felt the same | But then they played my
song on the radio | But I don’t think you
liked who I became | And so you left, yeah
you left for someone else’s arms | And
now I’m trying, yeah I’m trying to let go
But it’s not that simple | Type of misery,
All these mixed up signals | In my head
I still hear these echoes of when you
loved me | But now you’re just someone
in my mind | That used to be mine
Cause baby your beauty marks are like
shooting stars | And my goofy heart is
one of Cupid’s darts | I’m just a nervous
guy and these words of mine | Won’t
reverse the time to when you were mine
Cuz it’s not that simple | Type of misery,
| All these mixed up signals | In my head
| I still hear these echoes of when you
loved me | But now you’re just someone
in my mind | That used to be mine
4. Be As You Are
Virginia Woolf and poetry | No one
seemed to notice me | Being young
was getting so old | Cheap beer and
cigarettes | Life was like a movie set |
And I seemed to be given no role
But in times of trouble I can turn to
my mother | And I know that she gon’
understand | So at age 18 I cried to my
mother | And she told me young man
There are moments when you fall to
the ground | But you are stronger than
you feel you are now | You don’t always
have to speak so loud, no | Just be as
you are | Life is not always a comfortable ride | Everybody’s got scars that
they hide | And everybody plays the fool
sometimes | Yeah, just be as you are
They played me on the radio | And everything was changing so | I thought I was all
the way grown | But I can still remember
in, that cold November when | I realized
I’m all alone | But in times of trouble I can
turn to my mother | And I know that she
gon’ understand | So at age 22 I cried to
my mother | And she told me young man
There are moments when you fall to
the ground | But you are stronger than
you feel you are now | You don’t always
have to speak so loud, no | Just be as
you are | Doesn’t matter if you become
some star | Life is better when you open
your heart | You don’t always have to
act so hard. | Just be as you are.
If I’m speaking truthfully | I’m not who I
used to be | And I know some people might
laugh | Cuz my music doesn’t sound the
same, | And my heads no longer shaved |
I’m worried if I’m on the right path.
But in times of trouble I can turn to my
mother | And I know that she gon’ understand | So at age 26 I spoke to my
mother | And she told me young man
There are moments when you fall to the
ground | But you are stronger than you
feel you are now | You don’t always have
to speak so loud, no | Just be as you are
Doesn’t matter if you become some
star | Life is better when you open your
heart | You don’t always have to act so
hard. | Just be as you are.
5. In The Arms Of A Stranger
I was 16 with a rocket | And some sunshine in my pocket | It was how you used
words | I didn’t know. | And the way you
said my name and | Cut up peaches, and
them brown eyes | Lit a flame up, that we
pretend | Doesn’t glow
You know space and time | Wouldn’t let
you be mine | What I’ve come to understand | Is entropy | Wouldn’t leave you
to me | I’m right back where I began
In the arms of a stranger pretending its
love | Holding her closely remembering
your touch | And I’m wrapped on your finger | Even though I’m wrapped up | In the
arms of a stranger | Pretending its love
There were times I think about us |
Overcome by the nostalgias | I am on
call when you need me | Let me know |
But we’re drifting in a strange way | I’m
aware that it’s a mistake if | I love you |
It’s a mistake | If I don’t
You know space and time wouldn’t let
you be mine | What I’ve come to understand | Is entropy wouldn’t leave you to
me | I’m right back where I began
In the arms of a stranger pretending its
love | Holding her closely remembering
your touch | And I’m wrapped on your finger | Even though I’m wrapped up | In the
arms of a stranger | Pretending its love
And she smelled like Michigan | And it
felt like lust | And the nostalgia’s killing
me | And it’s all because | In the arms
of a stranger pretending it’s love |
Holding her closely remembering your
touch | And I’m wrapped on your finger
| Even though I’m wrapped up | In the
arms of a stranger | Pretending its love
6. Silence
You only love me in bits and pieces | I
keep on working, you keep your secrets
| That’s not an insult, that’s not a lie |
That’s just a statement, proven by time
‘Cause even when I have you I don’t really have you | I am not your last dude
where’d you get this attitude | Talking
‘bout you’re leaving ‘cause you don’t
believe in | Me and all my reasons left
me with these demons | And this little
past, in this nostalgic feeling | Won’t
leave me alone, I’m faking all my smiles
And you’re just killing me with silence
And you’re just killing me with time | I
don’t know where to put my sorries |
You’re running laps around my mind | How
could you leave me on this tightrope? |
And not feel nothing when it storms | You
know you’re killing me with silence | You
hold your halo up with horns
You know you’re clever, I’ll give you that
| You gave me heaven and took it back
| That’s not an insult no, that’s just the
case | You’ve had your pretty mask on
for so damn long that everybody thinks
that it’s your face
But underneath my eyelids, I can hear
the silence | Spreading like a virus |
Why you wear disguises? | Why you
have to cut me, then act like it’s nothing? | This time I’m not bluffing, how
you know I’m bluffing every single time
| Wicked little mind | Gets inside of mine
| And I can fake a smile | But you’re just
killing me with silence
But you’re just killing me with time | I
don’t know where to put my sorries |
You’re running laps around my mind |
How could you leave me on this tightrope? | And not feel nothing when it
storms | You know you’re killing me
with silence | You hold your halo up
with horns x2 | Oh Lord, you hold your
halo up with horns | You hold your x6 |
And you’re just killing me with silence
LYRICS
8. Only God Knows
Only God Knows | Only God Knows how
hard I’ve been trying | Only God Knows
Only God Knows the trouble on my mind
7. Iris
If I could be just one thing | I would be
what you’re craving | Six foot three with
steel blue eyes | Sweep you off of your
feet before you count to five
But the truth is I am just a man | Standing five foot ten doing the best I can |
And I’ve lived long enough to see | You
will never be craving me
Ohh I watched her go | After she planted her love in the top soil | And from the
top soil an Iris bloomed | It was pretty in
May but it died in June
If I could sing the way I feel inside | It’d
sound happy and sad at the same damn
time | ‘Cause when you smiled at me on
that dance floor | It was the prettiest
mask that you ever wore
Ohh I watched her go | After she planted her love in the top soil | And from the
top soil an Iris bloomed | It was pretty
in May but it died in June| From the top
soil an iris bloomed | It was pretty in
May but it died in June
There’s more to life than living, a wise
man told me this | Or maybe it was me
that wrote it, I can’t remember which | In
any case what I mean, life’s an unfinished
poem | Don’t go mad trying to figure out
the ending | The day that Norman died, I
found out through an email | The irony of
that I won’t discuss in detail | My future is
on thin ice, and my past is all online | But
only God knows the trouble on my mind
Only God Knows | Only God Knows how
hard I’ve been trying | Only God Knows |
Only God Knows the trouble on my mind
My walls are filled with artwork; my art is
filled with paint | My head is filled with big
‘ol thoughts of all the things I ain’t | I bet you
know what that’s like, though you never
drop your guard | Only God knows the places that you’re scarred | I’m sitting on a park
bench, in a city I don’t know | Trying to convince myself that I’m not all alone | But my
immediate surroundings suggest otherwise
| Only God knows the trouble on my mind
Only God Knows | Only God Knows how
hard I’ve been trying | Only God Knows |
Only God Knows the trouble on my mind x3
9. Jade
Met a girl her name was Jade | Cuts her
nails with a razor blade | Says she lives
by no one’s law | Ran my pride through
a big chainsaw
Have you heard of D.B Cooper? | I got
pulled over by an old state trooper | I met
a girl, her name was Jade | She cut my
face with a razor blade | Yeah, I screamed
out in Fury | Yeah, My cries were not
heard | Yeah, The judge and the Jury |
Yeah, They could offer no cure
I met a girl her name was Jade | She got
a brand new man and they got engaged
| The wedding’s gon’ be on a big green
hill | They hope it won’t rain but it probably will | Her man he was a football
star | He broke his knee, now he sells
cars | Only so much that words can do
| Love was blind but they cured that too
| You know Gandhi has a son my age? |
He said the freedom thing’s just one big
cage | I met a girl her name was Jade
| Her husband died but she kept his
name | Yeah, She screamed out in Fury
| Yeah, but her cries were not heard |
Yeah, her momma’s so worried | Yeah,
but she could offer no cure | Boss man
calls for a meeting at noon | Big city
garb in an old courtroom | We’ve got an
idea and we think it’s great | Seven was
too much so we’re gunna try eight
| Who made love to Scarlet Jo? | And
where the hell did Josh Harnett go? | I
met a girl her name was Jade | Lived
her whole damn life in a masquerade |
Yeah, I screamed out in Fury | Yeah, but
my cries were not heard | Yeah, they said
I’d never see thirty | Yeah, but they offered
no cure | I met a girl her name was Jade
She cuts her nails with a razor blade
10. One Hell Of A Song
This is what the Lord wants me to do
| In my heart I just believe that there’s
no proof | I think about the chorus |
The melody’s important | But nothing
sounds sweeter than the truth. | I used
to sip the whisky and hit the bong | I
gave that up now all my friends are
gone | And my folks don’t understand | I
ain’t no macho man | But I know how to
write one hell of a song
Yeah I’m a shy young man | With a real
big heart | I still haven’t found where I
belong | But you know my sweet Lord
gave me just one thing | Darling I know
how to write one hell of a song | Yea I
know how to write one hell of a song
Wrote one for Snoop did not take long |
Wrote one for Bieber and one for Sean
And Jay-Z offered me a deal | I said
“dog throw in another mil” | Cause you
know I can write one hell of a song
Yeah I’m a shy young man | With a real
big heart | I still haven’t found where I belong | But you know my sweet Lord gave
me just one thing | Darling I know how to
write one hell of a song | Yea I know how
to write one hell of a song (James)
Sometimes I stay up well past dawn |
If God puts one in my head that’s what
he wants | I’m a simple type of artist | I
don’t like to walk red carpets | I would
rather write one hell of a song | I wrote
this and it’s one hell of a song
11. Buried In Detroit
I’m a writer and a lover, I’m a middle-west
music man | And I’ve been to a lot of places but I’m gonna end where I began | I
took class in Carolina, got high smoking
joints | And now they know my name in
Paris but I’ll be buried in Detroit
Next to my father, and my father’s father
too | I used to live in New York City but baby
that ain’t no substitute | Not for my hometown, that place people avoid. | I made
love in every city but I’ll be buried in Detroit
I don’t claim to be a prophet, I just speak
my mind | I try to tell it like it is and sometimes God makes it rhyme | I like my songs
how I like my women, honest and to the
point | You see I got fucked up in Stockholm but I’ll be buried in Detroit
Next to my father, and my father’s father
too | I used to live in New York City but baby
that ain’t no substitute | Not for my hometown, that place people avoid | I made love
in every city but I’ll be buried in Detroit
You know I ain’t gonna live forever, baby
it won’t be long | At the wake they’ll say
he made a lot of mistakes but he could
write a hell of a song | And I made a killing, though I never really was employed
| I had a girl from San Diego but I’ll be
buried in... | I killed a show in Indonesia,
but I’ll be buried in… | I made love in every city, but I’ll be buried in Detroit.
12. Thank You
Thanks for listening.