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Modern Romantics

by adaline

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1.
The way that you are, so practiced and cold Takes the chill out of me, lets the story unfold You count every step as a moment in time And you count every breath that you take next to mine Take out all your books, write down every line and pull out every phrase that makes you feel alive You want what is best and you want what is true But the truth has no rules according to you The way that you move, so dainty and fine Makes a man out of me, makes the colours combine You want more control, you want more success So take it out on me cause that’s what you do best So pull it off this robe of safety My empty heart could love you dearly Dive deep where the water’s warm
2.
The Noise 03:28
Breathing in our tough skin, breathing out is such a waste I hold it in, suffocating, my attempt at preservation This city’s full of scattered life, we barely meet each other’s eyes We’re romantic but all we hear is the noise, the noise, the noise The noise, the noise, the noise (fifth harmony) I’ve been gone for far too long the city kinda got me down The busy buzz of station hum goes round and round and round I see some colour around the borders but how we ever gonna make it through All the noise, the noise, the noise Moments of peace are bitter-sweet cause you know you have to leave Every dream has to end so that we can see the difference Pulsing bass and swinging hips clutter up all our senses We want quiet but all we hear is the noise, the noise, the noise The noise, the noise, the noise
3.
Keep Me High 04:01
4.
Wasted Time (free) 03:59
5.
I never think about love, I only feel gusts of lust My feminine nature crumbles into feminine dust The white picket dream slips away and I’m free to trade lifetime for moment just to get some release No longer trapped by decisions or my strong imperfections I’m not really that bitter only mildly enlightened I’m not wanting to live my whole life as your wife So I can make you your dinner, tuck your kids in at night Will life be romantic when we lose our mystique Once are bodies are wasted yielding to the twenty-somethings A people void of tradition, experiences forgotten Wisdom buried beneath the wishy-washy redundant Ahhh, ahhh They don’t want our voice to make a sound ahhh, ahhh, They politely want to grind us down But we’ve got too much now at stake to give it up to them We’re Rebels of Love What’s so modern about you and your obnoxious agenda You hide your skeletons so well a single stain couldn’t touch ya Caught by my strength, or at least the appearance I sit and mumble my words so that you barely hear them Still we’re fighting the ages with an unbridled vigor To be anything useless but not anything bigger I’m not wanting to live my whole life in the lie That who you are doesn’t matter just look good when you die I gave it all I played the part, I laid it down, my wasted heart The toxic air inside our lungs, but they don’t care our hearts die young
6.
You and I together, we play games to get along Jilted by forever, wide-eyed beauty far gone But you’re not there, and I don’t even care I won’t even say goodbye No, I won’t even say goodbye Oh no Stepping on each other, you dream I have a different face Defeated by my cover, different legs stand in my place But you still stare, and I don’t even care
7.
Lay your life on mine and I’ll carry you through Make good use of time and I’ll stand with you Cause I’ve got all my life to love you and so do you So there’s no home for doubt If you’re scared we’ll work it out And the lives that we share could be anywhere For as long as you’re mine we can stand the test of time For the cost is too high not to love Put your cares on mine and we’ll carry them through Walk the firing lines with the power of two Cause I’ve got all my life to save you and so do you
8.
Sparks 03:41
Making eyes at two hundred feet Your awkward silhouette Fire crawls up inside your skin and tickles down your back Love sick air inside our lungs exhales at quickened pace I could love you like a high school girl with age across my face Dizzy heat I can feel the beat of the pulse inside your chest This is the spark that we’ll remember This is the spark that we’ll remember The one that brings us all together This is the spark that we’ll remember (harmony) Take care the little lights that pull each other through Pale pink light through our closed lids My salty twisted mouth Sun kissed hands that wander free and feel me inside out Bodies doing what they’re made to do under foreign sky We’re endless shades of the same blue Filled with perfect light Dizzy heat I can hear you speak of the endless summer hue
9.
I am your darkest oppression, the one that you hide The theory of peaceful, the strangest disguise And I know that you have the fight in ya my love So take a look at this picture and open your eyes The smallest resemblance of what you can’t buy And I know that you have the heart in ya my love You’d better hope that the lovers collide And hope the ache you keep quiet won’t eat you alive You’d better hope that the lovers collide I am your deepest regret oh the one you hold dear The farthest you’ve gone is still bringing you near And I know that you’ve got the fight in ya my love So grab a hold of this picture, remember it well Cause one day it’ll save you from heaven and hell And I know that you’ve got the heart in ya my love So take it out, don’t put it in, the simple times you hope begin Like caviar and cigarettes could ever snub your regrets
10.
Take me when you need it, take me to the start Of when we both assumed it, of when we played the part Now we’re empty handed, a pretty parting card Words when you don’t mean it Cut without the scar My mind is stuck in the middle, of what the signs could bring And days are strange and they’re muddled to me, to me I’m the one who cannot keep you He’s a silent player saying “Thrill me, move me, just don’t see me” Fill me up and leave it, fill me up and go Proof is when you mean it, when time gives way to flow Leave me empty hearted, leave me on my own Take my heart and beat it, I could be alone
11.
Stereo 03:24
You and I, a back and forth picture Neck in neck I pull ahead past ya You stay cool to bring me back closer I pull back to make you seem taller Stuck in this power trip frenzy Dead weight you drag alongside me A scared leach you suck my skin freely A quick flick I’ll fling you off happily Won’t go give it up for you, don’t give it up, won’t give it up Okay you throw a low blow Tell me off for playing on your stereo On your stereo, on your stereo – o you’re afraid I’m playing on your stereo Okay you’ve hit a new low Tell me off for playing on your stereo On your stereo, on your stereo – o you’re afraid I’m playing on your stereo Last chance to stand on my shoulders Quick fix to make you feel fuller Your lips may move while I’m speaking Well find a voice since I’m leaving Don’t pout cause I’m the bread winner Without me you’ll just be thinner Starvation suits you so perfectly Write your little songs to get back at me I won’t dumb down, I won’t play fair I won’t keep to myself you’ll see me everywhere
12.
Heartache 04:48

about

It takes only a few moments of conversation with the prodigiously talented composer/vocalist Adaline to be drawn in by her insightful intelligence and charm. It takes a similarly brief length of time when listening to the powerfully evocative, darkly cinematic and 
percussive poetic melodies of her music to experience another side of the artist – one that is intensely revelatory, emotionally unbound and searing in its honesty. Like a modern day torch singer.
A successful and prolific composer of music for film and television the Toronto based Adaline has had music 
licensed more than sixty times including multiple songs on Grey’s Anatomy, 90210, Ringer, Lost Girl, Flashpoint and The Samaritan starring Samuel L. Jackson. She also collaborated on the score for the Bret Easton Ellis written film The Canyons with Brendan Canning of Broken Social Scene.
Adaline returns with a new collection of songs aptly entitled 
Aquatic coming out worldwide June 2, 2017. Conceptualized on the ocean it lyrically serves as a 
metaphoric baptism - that of starting over. Aquatic is a journey through the darker side of love. It speaks to the unending search for real connections in a world where such a notion is riddled with cruel falsehoods and misplaced expectations. 
“We are living in a time where people are so afraid of connection. It makes them run and hide. Love can’t thrive in that kind of 
environment,” says Adaline. 
“I attempt to love freely. This is terrifying for people because I throw myself into it without overthinking. For me, it ends up in 
either a true connection, or in devastating heartbreak. But when the latter happens at least I can make some honest art,” she muses.
The lead single “Entertainer” is one of the more pop-oriented tracks on the album, with an energetic tone and tempo that belies the 
cynicism of the lyrics. 
“I don’t need another person to merely entertain me romantically. I’m looking for a little bravery. I find it a common sentiment in my generation: we’re looking for something just a little more profound.”

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released November 1, 2011

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adaline Toronto, Ontario

Canadian alt pop songstress and composer with over 80 songs in film and TV

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