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STRAIGHT ON THE DIAGONAL

by Dynamo Royale

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1.
Now and here
 We're crossing a river 
Reminding of winding roads behind 

I will not break, I will not break 
I will not break, I will not break 

And so the sun
 Comes beating on down
 Astounding and pounding as we burn 

I will not break, I will not break
 I will not break, I will not break Underneath a tree Beneath the leaves We all need somewhere to arrive To be relayed Into the shade We all need shelter to survive I will not break, I will not break 
I will not break, I will not break

 And still we ride
 Through frontiers and valleys 
We bend and twist along the blazing trail 

I will not break, I will not break 
I will not break, I will not break Underneath a tree Beneath the leaves We all need somewhere to arrive To be relayed Into the shade We all need shelter to survive I will not break, I will not break 
I will not break, I will not break
2.
You're a path, you're a conduit You're like a light, yeah you're onto it You can't rely on the government You can't rely on the mail you sent You come alive when you're on the scent You can't rely on your good intent You can't imply what you never meant I'll leave it to you to reply to the past you describe when you can't repent (Passi Dietro alle tue spalle Ma non ricordi Che non sei piu’ sola? In questo buio immenso In questo flusso intenso La notte Non ti appartiene piu’, no) You're the cause of an accident You're the clause in a contract hit You're the strange that you can't invent You're the chance, you're the change that you can't prevent Now you remember what you forgot? All the targets you overshot? Undercurrents so over-thought And deceiving, believing, you were living the things you're not (Guarda L’opponente in faccia La noia Che ti dan coloro Che non pensan Che non cercan La vita Non e’ questa, tu sai) I'm gonna love you Like nobody's loved you Like nobody's loved you Like nobody, nobody… And if this life is a boxing ring Well, don't you wait for the bell to sing 'Cos the sound that you found is a battle cry On the ropes if you choke and refuse to defy This game is an all time high When you vow not to bow, throw the towel in a hurricane eye Spring free, lover – sting like a bee and then you'll more than see You're gonna try, you're gonna float on like a butterfly (Acqua Venti, tuoni, pioggia La febbre Dentro di te monta Il caos Tutto intorno scende Ma tu voli Tutto e’ chiaro per te) And when you can't hide behind a kiss Remember whenever after is And all the pictures we painted then When we didn't, we couldn't envision when Now does it matter what time it was? You and me, can't it be that it's just because? Now this path is a stepping stone To the road that we own, on and on, on and on, on and on, on and on… (Corri Che qualcuno aspetta Il silenzio rotto Gia’ non gli dai retta La gente Quando passi, vede La tua luce Che sei luce ormai) I'm gonna love you Like nobody's loved you Like nobody's loved you Like nobody, nobody…
3.
True North 03:50
You pray it's all been alive
 Well, you're right
 And I pray it's so
 You don't want to know goodnight

 And you carry the seed when you call 
And tell me it all
 And I pray it's true
 We'll know, yeah we'll know when it's right

 And oh, what a life
 When you find true north at night 
And dream about the sun 
Ready to tell everyone
 And oh, what a life
 When you find true north at night 
And you dream of a new direction
 Ready to lead to it all

 You pray that the day will arrive
 And survive
 You'll be free to see
 your definite delight

 (Ahh...) 

And oh, what a life
 When you find true north at night
 And dream about the sun
 Ready to tell everyone
 And oh, what a life
 When you find true north at night
 And you dream of a new direction
 Ready to lead to it all...

 You carry the seed you will sow 
You know I've been waiting to know you are ready You're ready to find true north
4.
Trans-Elation, a consummation 
It's an admiration that you cannot debate
 Celebrating the combination of a real relation, union

 When they gonna open us up?
 To the probable that we never thought? 
When they gonna open us up? 

When it's caught on your choirgirl tongue
 It's like a note you sung before you heard it all 
Isn't it just a lullaby that you will never try to unlearn? 

When they gonna follow us down?
 To the possible that they never found? 
When they gonna follow us down?

 How resistance falls (How resistance falls away)
 How the dots connect it all (How the dots connect today) 
It's just the shape of things to come (And it's just the shape of things, of things, of things, of things to come)

 How resistance fails us (How resistance fails us now) 
And the signal sails (How the signal serves us now)
 And weaves around divine delirium (And it weaves its way around, around divine delirium) 

Now the signal's growing strong (Now the signal grows today)
 Now it's showing all along (Now it's showing all the way)
 It's just the shape of things to come (And it's just the shape of things, of things, of things to come today) (

Hearing, the sounding, the pulsing, the pounding
,the bending, the shaping, the moving, the making
, the mirroring, the mining, the fearing, the finding,
the tuning, the timing, the mountain, the climbing
, the tearing, the ripping, the building, the gripping
, the growing, the grappling, the hunting, the trapping
,the charting, the mapping, the endless distracting
,the losing, the winning, the ending, beginning
,the waiting, the hoping, the wondering, the knowing
,the telling, the showing, the stopping and going
, the driving, the dreaming, the swerving, the screaming
, the lyric, the novel, the movie, the feeling...) When they gonna even it up?
 With the capable that they all forgot?
 When they gonna even it up?

 Trans-Elation, a proclamation
 It's an estimation that you cannot abate
 Correlating the confirmation of a real relation, union
5.
Paying dues Morning blues Nothing left to leave, nothing more to choose You show your face Then you drop your case And you make your way to departure gate Let the games begin When the lights they dim You can check it out while you're checking in And it goes so far Like a rising star Everywhere I go, everywhere you are You can't come down when you're so far off the ground No, you can't come down No, you can't come down when you're so far off the ground (So high, so high) (So high, so high) Day for night Your connection's tight Soon you'll land and run by the cabin light All the sleep you lost Like a coin you tossed You can set your watch by the dateline crossed Now you're sizing trials Frequent flyer miles Always counting sheep, sleeping on the aisles Then the breaking dawn And the lights come on And the captain speaks and the day repeats You can't come down when you're so far off the ground No, you can't come down No, you can't come down when you're so far off the ground You can't come down when you're so far off the ground No, you can't come down No, you can't come down when you're so far off the ground
6.
Believe in what you can And learn to keep it close Pretty words are not enough to make it true And now you will begin With next to nothing left to lose Gasoline on a forest fire It’s burning wild, it’s rising higher Can you hear what you’re saying? Don’t forget what you’re saying Can’t you hear what you’re saying? Don’t forget what you’re saying It’s more than just remembering you want it all And will you move on up before The final freeway slows you down? Traffic jams and exit plans: You’ve had enough of giving up Can you hear what you’re saying? Don’t forget what you’re saying Everything that you’re saying Don’t forget what you’re saying It’s more than just remembering you want it all Slow burns, so many turns… (ah, ah) Long climbs, so many times… (ah, ah) And now it’s raining down Like gasoline on a forest fire It’s rising higher
7.
When the road is endless
 When the near is far
 When the tear is mendless 
I'm going to be where you are

 Now that all this life is surrounding and beside us 
Now that we're on our way...

 The more you're at it
, the more you'll get
 The more you want it
, the more they'll care…

 And I'll be there shortly
 Then we'll be there long 
And we'll move on surely
 To where we know we belong… always

 Now that trials are beneath us and behind us
 Now that we're on our way...

 The more you're at it
 the more you'll get
 The more you want it 
the more they'll care…
8.
Soul on trial now Soul on trial
 Conviction affliction
 Say it aloud
 Soul on trial, now you know
 Your soul on trial
 Drive for the signs now 
Learn every mile

 You're gonna live, you're gonna see 
You'll get what you want when you want what you need
 You're gonna hurt, you're gonna heal
 How you'll go through what you do to keep aware and dare to feel

 Soul on trial now Soul on trial
 Fight for your rights now Death row style
 Soul on trial, now you know
 Your soul on trial 
Envision your prison
 Remember to smile

 You're gonna hope, you're gonna hate
 You'll love what you'll learn when you learn how to wait
 You're gonna strain, you're gonna strive 
How you'll go through what you do to keep along and stay alive

 Lonely are the bravest 
And so sorry are the safest
 Lovely is the darkness
 When you still see where the spark is
 And then lastly is the brightness 
When you know where all your might is

 (Ahhh) 

You're gonna live, you're gonna see
 You'll get what you want when you want what you need
 You're gonna strain, you're gonna strive
 How you'll go through what you do to keep along and stay alive
9.
You can't beat the summer timing Replete with the stars aligning The scent of the scintillating A sense of the circulating Round and round And round and round we go Round and round And round and round we go You won't beat the summer timing Retreat to a silver lining You can't keep that winter feeling Knee-deep in the so appealing Round and round And round and round we go Round and round And round and round we go All hail to the summer timing Full sail to your ship arriving This rhyme of the rhythm pounding The love of this life astounding Round and round And round and round we go Round and round And round and round we go All hail to the summer timing All hail to the summer timing
10.
So Right 03:14
When I had a dream it was never true
 Now there's another life right in front of me and you 

I was a cautious voice, singing a different tune all along
 Hiding away until we knew today

... Revelations, they're coming on so strong 
Shine that light, it's turning on finally How could it be wrong? 
It's alright if you want to get up, if you want to turn on
 It's alright, it's all right, it’s so right
 It's so right, it’s so right, makes you want to rise up
 Makes you want to go on... 

Revelations coming on, it’s coming on so strong
 Shine that light, it's turning on finally
 How could it be wrong? 

It's so right, it's so right, it's so right, it's so right 
It's so right, it's so right, it's so right...
 It's so right, it's so right, it's so right 
It's so right…

 And if we feel it today like it's the only way that we've known
 Forever will be all that we wanted to see
11.
C'est pas nous, c'est pas eux, c'est pas eux
, c'est pas vous
 C'est pas vous, c'est pas eux, c'est pas eux
, c'est pas nous

 C'est pas vous, c'est pas eux, c'est pas eux, c'est pas nous 
C'est pas nous, c'est pas eux, c'est pas eux
, c'est pas vous (ahh…) C'est pas nous, c'est pas eux, c'est pas eux
, c'est pas vous
 C'est pas vous, c'est pas eux, c'est pas eux
, c'est pas nous

 C'est pas vous, c'est pas eux, c'est pas eux, c'est pas nous 
C'est pas nous, c'est pas eux, c'est pas eux
, c'est pas vous 

Dream me awake, I want to shake things up along
 Enlighten me and lead me straight on to the fray 

It's been insane but you can't hold on to a life you blame How're you gonna know when life is real 
If you don't live up to the things you feel? 
How're you gonna show when life is real
 If you can't give in to the things you feel? 
C'est pas nous, c'est pas eux, c'est pas eux, 
c'est pas vous 
C'est pas vous, c'est pas eux, c'est pas eux, 
c'est pas nous

 C'est pas vous, c'est pas eux, c'est pas eux
, c'est pas nous (All of us, none of us, all of us…) 
C'est pas nous, c'est pas eux, c'est pas eux,
 c'est pas vous 

Dream me alive, I want to see this ship arrive
 Enrapture me and lead me straight-on-true today You can't explain how it all reminds and you can't remain 
How're you gonna do what you've always done 

When the night is through and you can't move on? 
How're you gonna say what you've always said
 With a brand new day running through your head? 
C'est pas nous, c'est pas eux, c'est pas eux, 
c'est pas vous
 C'est pas vous, c'est pas eux, c'est pas eux
, c'est pas nous

 C'est pas vous, c'est pas eux, c'est pas eux, 
c'est pas nous (All of us, none of us, all of us…)
 C'est pas nous, c'est pas eux, c'est pas eux, 
c'est pas vous
12.
Beginnings 03:23
You're ready to lay it on the line You're ready to turn it over one last time Beholden to feel, you can't describe (Ah...) And how do you navigate it all? How do you measure up to what goes down? Having it sure enough to scare you You say it all the time: "We can have it all and evermore" "We can have it all and evermore" So what if we sleep and dream apart? Continents drift along the tides but we'll not be divided by it There's only one direction home: It's you

credits

released September 7, 2015

DYNAMO ROYALE:

TIZ ARAMINI: vocals / piano / Wurlitzer / mellotron / synth / etc
JON AUER: vocals / bass / guitar / synth / percussion / noise / etc

Featured musicians:

Phillip A. Peterson: strings
Jeremy Stacey: drums

Produced & arranged by Dynamo Royale
Recorded at The Portal, Port-Cergy, Paris / The Sesh Pit, London / Crackle & Pop, Seattle, WA / High Valley, Issaquah, WA / House of Breaking Glass, Seattle, WA / Readymade, Nashville, TN

Engineered by Jon Auer except / drums by Mark Neary & Jeremy Stacey, assisted by Josh Hutton / strings by Phillip A. Peterson
Mixed by Jon Auer at The Portal, Port-Cergy, Paris
Strings arranged by Phillip A. Peterson & Tiz Aramini

All songs Aramini/Auer

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Tiz Aramini (EU) + Jon Auer (US) = Dynamo Royale. Seductive indie-prog art pop replete with deft melodies, uncommon chord progressions, and meticulous production. Doesn't sound quite like anything else.

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