Mess I'm Made Of

by The Vision Hotel

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The Vision Hotel (formerly known as Concorde)

On their debut album, Mess I’m Made Of, this uber-stylish ensemble—members resemble KGB agents, Eastern European femme fatales, and ’70s porn stars—sounds as chic as it looks. Midnight guitar chords brush up against slinky bass lines, new-wavey synths, refined six-string melodies, and the scintillating vocal interplay between Small and Brigg (think Billy Corgan romancing Saint Etienne’s Sarah Cracknell) to swank, sexy ends. - MICHAEL ALAN GOLDBERG

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released 04 February 2007
Songs by: Javier Garavito/Shane Small
Produced by: Javier Garavito
Co-produced by: Shawn Simmons

Lead Vocals: Shane & Cathy Brigg
Guitars, Bass, Keyboards, Backing Vocals: Javier

Engineered by: Shawn in Seattle at Studio Litho, Chroma Sound, and London Bridge
Mixed by: Shawn and Javier at London Bridge and Studio Litho
Mastered by: Greg Calbi in New York at Sterling Sound

Thanks to: Josh "Train" Williams for drumming, Gregg Keplinger for drum tech assistance, Floyd Reitsma for engineering assistance, Jeff Stone for amp assistance, Tom Des Brisay for executive production, and our friends and families.

Special Thanks to: Matthew "Buggy" Simpson - Concorde bandmate and live guitarist.

We hope you enjoy this record - much was sacrificed to make it.

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Track Name: Nicotine And Cocaine
Kids don't play guitar for free
Kids will touch the stars, you'll see
Kids will mend the scars
Let's all drop the bomb
Kids will play guitar for free

Nicotine and Cocaine, everybody's okay

Kids don't play guitar like me
Kids can't trust a man who never bleeds
Hold the hand that's scarred
Let's all break the bonds
Kids will crush the powers that be

Nicotine and Cocaine, everybody's okay

(I'm holding on)
I can't tell that it's not over
You see that I've got older
It's not over 'til it's over

Kids will mend the scars
Let's all drop the bomb
Kids will crush the powers that be

Nicotine and Cocaine, everybody's okay
Track Name: Like Sunshine
Call me up, call me up, when you want to feel down
Simmer down, simmer down, you are all wound up
It's like novocaine, you'll never know
It's like novocaine, just let it go

Hit me up, hit me up, but don't knock me down
Shout out loud, shout out loud, but don't make a sound
It's like novocaine, you'll never know
It's like novocaine, just let it go

You and me are over

We go together you and me
Like sunshine
You and me

And I know it's all over now
Never let go of you

Tie me up, tie me up
It's like novocaine

Tie me up, tie me up, my hearts feeling bound
Sign me up, sign me up, I'll always be around
It's like novocaine, you'll never know
It's like novocaine, just let it go

We go together you and me
Like sunshine
You and me
Are over
Track Name: Be Told
I know what I wanna be told
You don't ever wanna be told
I know what I wanna be told
When I've been told

You know what it's like to be cold
I don't ever wanna be held
You know you're killing every thing
That I've ever been told

I don't ever wanna be found
Hit me, I'm never gonna calm down
I know what I wanna be told
When I've been told

But you left me many days ago
I was honest, I was needless

Wanted to see if I could not breathe now
While under the sea
Wanted to see if I could not leave now
While under the sea

Now my morning's broken
And now my blackbird has spoken

I know even if I fell down
Lie there, standing on my own ground
You know you've killed every thing
That I've ever been told

But you left me many days ago
I was honest, I was needless
Track Name: Mess I'm Made Of
Long black limousine is parked
Every day
Watching out from in the dark
Every day

Times been tearing me apart
Every day
Always ending at the start
Every day

Hey now
The dream is common cause I'm in love with you
Hey now

You and me alone now baby
I'm a gonna be the mess that I'm made of
You and me alone

Trying to be the best of me
Trying to be my own
I don't wanna come home
(You and me)
I don't wanna be alone again
(You and me)
Trying to be

Something in my soul was lost
Every day
Reaching out I'll leave a mark
Every day

Hey now
The dream is common cause I'm in love with you
Hey now

You and me alone now baby
I'm a gonna be the mess that I'm made of
You and me alone
Track Name: Stay With You
Apple's green and my teeth are in again
Always thought that our love would come for free
It's 4am and it's late again, oh no
Never thought we'd agree to disagree

But when you stop and say hello
Stop and say hello, I won't be there

Saw your message on the telephone, oh no
Always thought that you'd wait so patiently
Breathing in while you're breathing out
Counting one, counting two, while you're on three

But when you stop and say hello
Stop and say hello, I won't
Stop and say hello, I won't be there

Wanna stay with you
(Don't wanna stay with you)

Baby if you want to
Only you can change your ways
Maybe if you come through
The damage has been done for days
Being far above you
Never thought you'd fall from grace
Save me if you want to

Collect the pieces of your broken heart and then
Hoping that my words can glue your need
Crying in as you're laughing out
Leaving now, giving you the space - you breathe

But when you stop and say hello
Stop and say hello, I won't
Stop and say hello, I won't be there

Wanna stay with you
(Don't wanna stay with you)

Stay stay with you now
(Say stay with you)
Track Name: D.F.B.
Here I am, drink me up
Don't run me over, it's all right
Unapproaching individual
Golden idol of the night

You don't know what you want to do
Everybody wants to
You don't know what you want to do
Everybody wants you

All the girls in the back say "Hey!"
All the girls in the back say "Hey!"

Here I am, soak me up
Don't run for cover, I'm dynamite
I'm the one at the top
Self masturbation, the future's mine

You don't know what you want to do
Everybody wants to
You don't know what you want to do
Everybody wants you

All the girls in the back say "Hey!"
All the girls in the back say

"Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey!" (Hey)
Come on to the dance floor
Dance floor bandits

I'm the one to make you stop
You wanna lick me through the night
Struck by lightning, unattainable
A shrine above you for the fight

You don't know what you want to do
Everybody wants to
You don't know what you want to do
Everybody wants you

All the girls in the back say "Hey!"
All the girls in the back say

"Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey!" (Hey)
Come on to the dance floor
Dance floor bandits

Every other day, every other day
"Hey! Hey!"
Track Name: Heaven
Heaven is last on your list oh
Heaven is lost on your lips oh
And you laughed and you laughed oh
Then you left and you left oh

(Please don't take me home)
Signed it away with a kiss oh
Signed it away on a wish oh

(Please don't leave me alone)
And you laughed and you laughed oh
Then you left and you left oh

You waited by the shore, should have been there
I waited in a middle psalm

She hates the way she makes me feel
She hates the way - She makes me feel

Severed your heart on a risk oh
Heaven's a part of your gift oh
(Please don't take me home)
And you laughed and you laughed oh
(Please don't leave me alone)
Then you left and you left oh

You waited by the shore, should have been there
I waited in a middle psalm

She hates the way she makes me feel
She hates the way - She makes me feel

And she breathes out
(and around)
She knows she's on her last legs
And she calls out

She breathes in
(and around)
She knows she's on her last breath
And she reached out
And he answered

You waited by the shore, should have been there
I waited in a middle psalm

She hates the way she makes me feel
She hates the way - She makes me feel

Heaven is last on your list oh
Track Name: Metropolis
You can learn to fly like me
If you levitated, if you levitated
You can shoot a laser beam
If you meditated, if you meditated
You can learn to cry like me
If you medicated, if you medicated

Jimmy Olsen told me that I’m the one
That’s gonna cause a great sensation
Jimmy Olsen told me that I’m the one
That’ll probably save the nation
Jimmy Olsen told me

(Who’s gonna use you?)
Can you fly? Up, up away
If I wasn’t bulletproof… I’ll be dead
Can you fly? Up, up away
If I wasn’t bulletproof…I’ll be dead
Can you fly? Flyin’ away with me girl

I can turn the sun ‘round me
If I concentrated, if I concentrated
Kryptonite’s a stone, you’ll see
When I’m irritated, when I’m irritated
I can save the galaxy
When I’m really wasted, when I’m really wasted

Jimmy Olsen told me that I’m the one
That’s gonna cause a great sensation
Jimmy Olsen told me that I’m the one
That’ll probably save the nation
Jimmy Olsen told me, Hu-hu-hu Ho!

(Who’s gonna use you?)
Can you fly? Up, up away
If I wasn’t bulletproof… I’ll be dead
Can you fly? Up, up away
If I wasn’t bulletproof…I’ll be dead
Can you fly? Flyin’ away with me girl

(I’m in a fortress)
Life was so easy before you came
(Ba Ba Ra)
Now you’re off, you’re wrestling a hurricane
Life was so easy before you came

(Who’s gonna use you?)
Can you fly? Up, up away
If I wasn’t bulletproof… I’ll be dead
Can you fly? Up, up away
If I wasn’t bulletproof…I’ll be dead
If I wasn’t bulletproof…I’ll be dead!
Track Name: Wednesday
It's Monday
and I sit all alone at the table
It's not the first time
The food's cold
the wine's warm, but you said that you'd make it
I think I'll be fine,
It's not a big crime

It's Tuesday
and it's late and I wait at the movies
I'm sure she is fine
She calls me
to tell me that she's not gonna make it
The girl is still mine
She gives me another time

And I'll stay all day Wednesday
Wednesday

It's Wednesday
and I've sat the whole day at the window
I know she'll come by
She calls me
to tell me that she's not gonna make it
The girl is still mine
She gives me another lie

And I'll stay all day Wednesday
Wednesday
Wednesday

I will talk to you in time
In time, in time

And I'll stay all day Wednesday (I'll stay)
And I'll stay all day
Track Name: Mona Lisa
Right brain's insane
Gonna use my left brain
And I know, I don't wanna be so proud
You don't have to be around when
I held you in place

It's all contained
Gonna use my head pain
And I know, I don't wanna be so proud
(but you are)
You don't have to be around but
You held me in pain

It's all her reign
Living in my guilt stains
And I know, I don't wanna be so proud
(in a lie)
You don't have to be around and
He used you in vain

Right brain's insane
Gonna use my left brain
And I know, I don't wanna be so proud
You don't have to be around and
I held you in place

Hooo, hooo
Like Mona Lisa
A masterpiece of...

A masterpiece of...

I wanted to, I want it to hurt
(And I need it)
I want it too, I want it to hurt

It's all contained
Gonna use my head pain
And I know, I don't wanna be so proud
You don't have to be around but
You'll call me again

Hooo, hooo
Like Mona Lisa
A masterpiece of...

You don't know this song
But I bet you wanna sing along