The Pushovers (Mara, Nancy, and Liz) were a band for only a few years (2008ish-2012ish), but they are friends forever. All 3 members contributed to composing, arranging, and refining the songs on this album. It's a true collaboration of all of their styles - a mix of Smart Pop, Singer-Songwriter, Electronic Music, and tons of 3-part harmony.
FALLING FOR IT
TRACK LIST
(click to see lyrics!)
FALLING FOR IT
ALBUM CREDITS
Produced by Mara Levi,
Ginny and Ray Levi, Jody Kenner, Friends and Fans
Drums Produced by Steve Wall
Drums and Percussion: Ashley Baier
Backing Vocals: Liz DeRoche, Nancy Eddy, Zena Barakat, Meredith Palmer, Mandy Townsend, Jessie Weber, Kit Keenan, Amber Orlando
Other instruments & drum programming: Mara Levi
Mixed by Steve Wall
Mastered by Owen Muir
© 2010, Mara Levi
1. Thrill of the Chase
You threw me for a loop tonight
When you said what you said
(what'd you say, what'd you say?)
I've seen you play these games before
And I know how it ends
You chase 'em just to chase 'em
You're addicted to the feeling of the
Thrill of the new
Oh, it makes you so high
You get so low
On the morning after
Prechorus:
You want it 'cause you just can't have it
You need it 'cause you just can't have it
You feel it but you just can't grab it
You need to think you're so romantic
Chorus:
I can't, I can't explain this feeling that you give to me
And I know, I know it's true that once you get me you'll be over me
You told me 'bout another girl you met the other night, she makes you crazy
Oh, you want her so bad, you want her so
'til she's into you
Prechorus
Chorus
Do you say those nasty things to other girls, you know it makes me crazy
Oh, I know you so well, I know you so
I'm not falling for it
Prechorus
Chorus
Prechorus
Chorus
2. Wild Animals
It's in the waiting I find peace of mind
And in the wasting of time I free my mind
With fear, I hurried myself this way and that
Afraid of the unknown within myself
Prechorus:
You live once, you live, you
You live once, you live, you
Can't stay or else I will be eaten alive
Free to die, free to live the life that I like
Chorus:
In the arms of the wild animals
Losing sleep in a dreamy state of reality
I fantasize, jumping off the edge
Just to see what is
(x2)
In dreams the water is clear and running wild
I let myself fall down, revitalized
In death I wake and I find my peace of mind
I throw myself in deep and realize
Prechorus
Chorus
3. Boy or Girl
Feeling lonely, feeling different
Can't fake this anymore
I know what I feel inside
But no one understands me
When I was growing up I used to wear black make up
For the Bible told me so
Damn me straight to Hell
Chorus:
Are you a boy or a girl
Why don't you fix up your hair
Step back, step back, there's no room for you here
I don't fit into your world
But I don't care what you say
I've got my friends, I'll make my way
You don't define who I am, I don't fit into your mold
I've got my own way
But I'm doing fine
[all 3 verses sung at the same time]
Chorus
I'm not your boy or your girl, so why the hell do you care
Step off, step off, there's no room for you here
I'm on my way, oh, oh
I'm on my way, oh, oh
I've got my friends, oh, oh
And it gets better, better, better
I'm on my way...
4. Sing Hallelujah
Have you forgotten me, have I blown kisses to the air?
Sing hallelujah, sing hallelujah if you dare
I take no pleasure, baby, I take no pleasure in your pain
Sing hallelujah, sing hallelujah in your name
Chorus:
I know my tale, I know myself, I know myself
I'll find the time, I'll find myself, I'll find myself
I lost some faith today but I learned my lesson good and hard
And that's what's left for me - empty boxes and sweet old cards
It's a long time wondering, time wondering why
It's a long time wandering, still empty inside
Chorus
Sing hallelujah, sing hallelujah in the bright cold air, the bright cold air
5. She Says She Knows
She says she knows I can do it much better and
She says she knows we are birds of a feather and
She sees beyond all the layers of meaning and
She knows that rhyming to me is playing someone else's game
And she looks at me with her wide open eyes, she says,
"Oh baby, see, it's all a symphony
The words don't mean a thing, they just fill the time and
I know that rhyming to you is playing someone else's game"
And she knows it's not yet over
Yeah, she can see it's not that far
But I've been chasing all these trains, I can't seem to lose my car
So, this is who we are
I was so young, I had nothing to lose when I
Made up my mind and I took on these blues and now
I somehow still can't believe I might shake them and
I'm here in no-man's land with my guitar and someone else's game
But I've played my part, I've been true, I've been kind,
I said "Oh, baby see, I'm not just marking time,
The words don't mean a thing, they just need to speak, and
I'm here in no-man's land with my guitar and someone else's game"
And I know it's not yet over
Yeah, even I can see that far
But I've been playing all these games, I can't seem to play guitar
Well, this is who we are
Chorus:
La, what we'll be is what we'll be
La, hey, and this is who we are
I've seen time run its course, I've seen fights for survival,
I've seen missed opportunity turned into life,
I've seen everyone else look this bull in its eyes and now
I'm jumping off the high dive fingers first in search of my own game
And I look at you with my wide open eyes, I say,
"Oh baby see, it's all a symphony,
The words don't mean a thing, they just fill the time, and
I'm jumping off the high dive fingers first in search of my own game."
And, we know it's not yet over
Yeah, we can see it's not that far
Oh, we just needed a few more hours to see we were fine where we are
And this is who we are
Chorus
6. Sing So Loud
Do they let you sing so loud
Do they know your undertones, do they know your undertones?
Do they hear you cry at night
Do they see what you've become, do they see what you've become?
Chorus:
And you sing your life away
You sing so loud
You scream out loud
Don't go
Do you see it all in gray?
Can't you read between the lines, can't you read between the lines?
When you stay inside all day
Don't you know your vision's blurred - from outside it's less absurd
Chorus
Bridge:
So stop chasing every single word
And stop seeing holes in what you've asked for
You can trust yourself to see the truth through the gray
So let's turn it on tonight
No adventure, nothing gained,
Every sacrifice explained
Chorus
Bridge
7. Friends and Fools
Soul is just a fool of mine
And empty is a friend of mine, oh
Saving, to my surprise, is all around me
It's all around me, yeah, oh
Smart is just a fool of mine
Eager is a friend of mine, oh
Charming, to no surprise, is all around me
It's all around me
Chorus:
And you know or you're sold
To the tune of three untempered notes
And alone, you will learn,
All your friends are fools, in darkness too, oh no
Kind is a fool of mine,
Time is a friend of mine, oh
And darkness, to these old eyes, is all around me
It's all around me
Chorus
Karma is a fool of mine
Danger is a friend of mine
Patient is a fool of mine
Temper is a friend of mine
Heaven is a fool of mine
Hunger is a friend of mine
There's no justice or luck, but for all this time,
You know, no one is a friend of mine
No one is a friend of mine
It's all around me, all around me
Chorus
8. So They Say
I woke up today and you were gone
Heaven in my arms, but you were gone
I must have made you cry about every night - I take my time
Days like these, I know they come and go
I wanted time, and time I got, for sure
I wanna make your eyes light up for me
I take my time
Chorus:
So they say, so they say
There's April, and the rain,
There's Sunday, and the paper, and the moonlight
I'm not much for sweet goodbyes but baby this I know,
I can't see the moonlit trees since you've been gone
If you tell the truth, it can never be that bad
Today I crushed what little hope we had
You saw in me the light I'd believed was gone
I take my time
Don't ask why
I don't know why
Who knows why
I take my time
x2
Chorus
There's Sunday and the paper and a love song
I'm not much for sweet goodbyes, but baby this I know
I can't hear the sweetest song since you've been gone
Someday I'll see the shore as a welcome home
I'll let those waves wash o'er my weary bones
In water lies the clarity of saints but it rolls so slow
So I sing this song to an empty room
Sorry for myself, but more for you
I never let you dance to your favorite tune
I hear it now
Chorus
There's Sunday and the paper and the ocean
I'm not much for sweet goodbyes but baby this, I know,
I can't feel the crashing waves since you've been gone
I'm not much for sweet goodbyes but baby, this I know
I can't hear the crashing waves,
I can't taste the sweetest song
I can't kiss the moonlit trees since you've been gone
9. Tired Lonely Fools
Tired lonely fools are we who labor our lives for captain's bounty
Iron clad in epithets, the treasure eludes its hungriest hunters
Chorus:
All you're ever asking is for a friend
Just another soul with some love to spend
The dream is alive, it's under your skin
The dream is alive, it's under your skin
Make mischief, everyone, and make of your life what you will, what you will
Tie off your cord and jump - behind you lies a stranger
Chorus
(What I give to you, I will give to you)
Tied tight, tied tight, tied tight and all around
Around tonight, all night, tonight until you're found
And found, reunite, all night, in time but upside down
And down, you will lie, all night, tonight until you're found
Tired, and tied, untie yourself
Make it up or make it over
Ever after, ask no more of what might have been if you'd made your own
Chorus
You need to dream, you need to hope
They trade us the lies and they feed us the dope
If it's forever out of reach
Here's to the reaching, throw me the rope
Sing hallelujah, sing what you will
It may seem futile but you sing it still
Wise to the game, it's all you can do
Sing hallelujah, sing it for you
10. Happy Song
Sing with me
Put your day away and let the sun shine through
It is waiting for you to feel it shining
Baby please,
Should my heart cry out a
Laundry list of dark clouds looming
Snap me out and then sing it to me
This is your happy song
You see the music that can live in every moment
Let that carry you through
We've all had days like these
We know they fade into a mist of memories long forgotten
Better days make better stories
Baby, on days like these
I find my comfort in your understanding smile
As you hold me close, I sing it to you
You are my happy song
You are the music that can live in every moment
And you carry me through
Chorus:
And we sing right on, we sing right on
Make all the noise you can bear
And we sing right on, we sing right on
We will be heard
Think of these
Of swimming, sunshine, holding hands,
Of friends and celebrations
And the family that we choose to build
Sing it to the trees
Let the threat of judgment fade from your subconscious
Let your inner child make her noise and sing
Chorus
This is our happy song
This is the music we are in every moment
And it carries us through
You are my happy song
You make me sing and dance and
move from side to side...
11. Wind Will Back
See signs for our new fire sale on a Sunday afternoon
We've run it through the labyrinth, what a dangerous to-do
What my language cannot breech, I'm so sorrowful to leave
We'll slip into a slide, gone forever from these times
Chorus:
The wind will back to, the wind will back to
The wind will back to you
When a younger, prouder fool, could disappear with no regret
So songs of newer life have a stranger flavor yet
We'll align
Stranger things, I've tried
We say goodbye
Is there final with a family, or do endings ever blur
Sing so long, we sang so long
We sang, and almost were
Chorus
What will I do?
What will I do?
12. So Long
Chorus:
So long, my love
This is the same song, we know
And we've been singing forever and ever
Never a sign that we're home
Oh, we listen to fools and we listen to lies
But we all know the truth somewhere deep down inside
And it's hard to imagine, it's hard to feel free
But we all needed something in which to believe
Prechorus:
Oh, it's the same song, it's the same lies
If it was tragic, we took it in stride
But where is the magic, yeah, where is that pride
It left us here wondering why, and we sing
Chorus
It's the bare recognition of blank repetition,
But we find our voices do rhyme
Is it left up to fate or inertia, we wait
And we wait for the answers to find us in time
Prechorus
Chorus
Oh we call ourselves lost and we measure the cost
But we all knew the rules when we signed up to play
It's a generous notion that faithful devotion
Is part and parcel reason to stay
Bridge:
Oh, I miss your face, my sure, kind friend
And I'm sick of beginnings and ends
But here comes the rain, the familiar disdain
And I'm worried we're back to the refrain
We sing again, we sing
Chorus
If we've been dreaming of ever forever
There's never a time for goodbye