From the recording New Eyes
Nathan Butler - Vocals, Guitars, Bass and Drums and Percussion. Amber Butler - Vocals and Acoustic Guitar. Simon Hurst - Keyboards and Guitars.
Recorded at Nimble Wit Studios under The Electric Brew in downtown Goshen, IN, and at the Sparklin House just south of Goshen, IN.
Recorded by Nathan Butler, Amber Butler, and Simon Hurst.
Produced by Nathan Butler and Amber Butler. Mixed by Nathan Butler, with assistance from Amber Butler. Mastered by Nathan Butler.
Artwork by David Kendall.
Written by Nathan Butler, Amber Butler (Nimble Wit Productions/ASCAP) and Jonathan Reuel (ReuelArts/ASCAP).
Lyrics
NEW EYES
He likes to turn a phrase
I'd like a change of heart
All we really want
Is for our words to echo
Like a freight train, whistling in the dark
Ours minds are heavy with it
This hope, this solid thing
This true blue earnest dream
To cast a longer shadow than
Our selfish old routines
Let’s travel on to places
Whose contours we can’t see
When we get there we’ll finally
Step into in a new reality
and listen to them speak
Let’s take off the old ways
Let’s embrace the new
Let’s encounter what we thought
We didn’t know we knew
And in that off kilter milieu
We’ll see we didn’t have to carry it all
For you
(All for you)
We didn’t have to carry it all
After all
(All for you)
We didn’t have to carry it all
For you
(All for you)
We didn’t have to
(All after all)
Ooo
We didn’t have to carry it all
(ba da da da)
for
(ba da da da)
you
(ba da da da)
We didn’t have to carry it all
(ba da da da)
after
(ba da da da)
all
(ba da da da)
We didn’t have to carry it all
(ba da da da)
for
(ba da da da)
you
(ba da da da)
We didn’t have to
(ba da da da)
Ah - oo
(ba da da da)