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Soft Power

by Ryan Egan

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1.
Loner 03:02
Over If I had to go again I know I’d change a thing or two Rubber band Keeping me together In the end Floater Oh I’m flooding all my senses If only for a hint of you Another Couldn’t pick me from a crowded Room of lovers Silently fall asleep for days For vague reasons But I’ll learn to take the pain away Corner Where I fell out of the frame Correct me with a pen again Loner But I only I have to give Myself back to it Happiness sticks like spit in your mouth You let it get in, it’ll never drip out Memory sings it’s hymns out loud You let it get in, it’ll never ring out
2.
Soft Power 04:23
Who took your money Who put you to the test One sip of gin for while your head's a mess And spinning like a carousel Who took your power You know it never ends Plucked from a dream You're two worlds in between Wading through this hell again Oooh We bet and we bet and we bet Oooh Again and again and again You take for granted A life nobody earns Until it hurts One thousand little burns And pulls you from the place you've been Who makes it better After it all comes down Is this the end You finally put to rest This slowly drifting world we're in Oooh We bet and we bet and we bet Oooh Again and again and again Oooh We bend and we bend and we bend Oooh Again and again and again
3.
Full-Time 03:14
Now that our tears fell to the floor We can see clearer than before Who could pretend Who could betray this moment Oh why did we end this so young You pulled the curtain from my eyes You had me working full-time again Picking me up Listening to my worst stuff Now this vacancy calls for your love I’m no one without you now (Could be anybody) I hopelessly wait around for you If I’m allowed let me love you And save me from myself I never asked you to forgive Though I enabled something within you But that turned you on And that turned to staging our love Now it’s blatantly calling our bluff I’m no one without you now (Could be anybody) I hopelessly wait around for you If I’m allowed let me love you And save me from myself If it’s over, over our heads Let’s do it over, over again You could hate me, but don’t ever forget If you’re lonely, you only pretend And I’m there
4.
I feel like I'm alone for the last time Don't wake me when it's over I'm in my head I feel like I'm alone for the last time And every wall is closing in I feel like I'm alone for the last time And my friends don't ever call But I'm alright with that I feel like I'm alone for the last time It seems that it's calm for while it lasts I'll learn to love on my own So leave me be Don't wake me up when it's over Just leave me here Come with me Don't lead me off To the arms of no one Don't miss this All that I want Is a whole world for us I feel like I'm alone for the last time When the sun comes in the morning I'll be right there I feel like I'm alone for the last time But I'd rather go another year I'll learn to love on my own So leave me be Don't wake me up when it's over Just leave me here Just leave me here Just leave me here
5.
Weeknights 02:52
Dance us out of our clothes Just don't let me go 'Til someone's in love Don't stand there shaking on purpose Making me nervous Desperate to touch You sway like a flower in rain Heaven can wait So dance us far from the city I wanna feel pretty I wanna be changed Draw me into the background Part of your plan now I wanna be there You saw me there with my guard down Sleeve with my heart out Wandering scared Those weeknights after hours When you came into the frame Oh draw me into your corner I wanna be yours I wanna be saved I'm gasping for a moment With you I'm tied up in the promises Of you I'm gasping for a moment With you
6.
Cut Corners 03:52
Some people say I’ve been wrong Lost my head in a song or two I tell em I’m playing the long run And stay in my lane with you Tracing the lines of your halo Making it light on queue We stick like glue Some people like catching habits And feeling like addicts do But I’ve left it all up to chance Spent a night in a jail or two I would’ve climbed through the walls Pressed my head to the bars Right through for an inch of you So let’s hurry in Girl keep your head, it’s over soon But I won’t pretend That I could forget the look of you We’re up to the edge Sunk in this bed about to lose But there’s no crime that we can’t undo I think back and I don’t feel so bad For thieving or lying too Cause maybe I cut other paths Just to make it in time for you Most of the time I was melting I know what I felt was true I always do So let’s hurry in Girl keep your head, it’s over soon But I won’t pretend That I could forget the look of you We’re up to the edge Sunk in this bed about to lose But there’s no crime that we can’t undo I don’t know what I would do Without you I don’t know what I would do Without you
7.
Since I saw the message from you I’m seeing ghosts now Past lives in my room Still got a lot of thinking to do As the curtain falls down I’m drifting from you While you’re left waiting by the phone I’ll forget the lies you told Just don’t say you never loved me If I let you go What’s it take for anybody To drive off alone I don’t wanna love another I just wanna see the stars a-glow Just don’t say you never loved me So I can come home I used to be an ocean for you I’d feel you every morning Go down with the moon Show me something That we can do I’ll call without a warning And you make the move While you’re left waiting by the phone I’ll forgive the lies you told Just don’t say you never loved me If I let you go What’s it take for anybody To drive off alone I don’t wanna love another I just wanna see the stars a-glow Just don’t say you never loved me So I can come home Maybe we’re untouchable If we’d only try Just don’t say you never loved me If I let you go What’s it take for anybody To drive off alone I don’t wanna love another I just wanna see the stars a-glow Just don’t say you never loved me So I can come home
8.
At this crossroads I don’t wanna go and gamble Just let me up, I can handle the load In this stalemate You left me all alone to wallow Fuck it, I’ll take the long road And I’ll Hold on What could go wrong? Baby, hold on Hold on What could go wrong? Baby, hold on Would you take my hand tonight Would you put this car in drive Will you hold my feet to the fire I know you will Things may happen But let’s not leave it up to chance Take it all in our hands And know that I’ll Hold on What could go wrong? Baby, hold on Hold on What could go wrong? Baby, hold on Hold on What could go wrong? Baby, hold on Hold on What could go wrong? Baby, hold on
9.
Somewhere Further out from the center We've got a view of the heavens Nothing new to impress us Remember Before the world got confusing Oh it turned like a movie Now we yearn for that beauty While we slept Something changed But I don't know when We never meant To see this far ahead It feels like We do it on purpose Remembering times That won't come again It feels like We do it on purpose We'll never get high Like we did back then All was still In the room where you left me So nostalgic and empty Just like all happy endings Long gone All the time that we spent here Every night that we dreamt here So let's just move on It feels like We do it on purpose Remembering times That won't come again It feels like We do it on purpose We'll never get high Like we did back then Far from here Was it all for real Far from me I just wanna crawl back to sleep It feels like We do it on purpose Remembering times That won't come again It feels like We do it on purpose We'll never get high Like we did back then It feels like We do it on purpose It feels like We do it on purpose

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released April 8, 2022

All songs written & performed by Ryan Egan
All songs produced by Kevin Basko & Ryan Egan
Recorded between Philadelphia, New York City, Paris, and New Jersey

Ryan Egan - vocals, electric guitar, acoustic guitar, piano, Fender rhodes, drums, synths, percussion, programming, engineering, washing machine
Kevin Basko - production, engineering, drums, vocals, electric guitar, acoustic guitar, bass, wurlitzer, synths, ipad
Maciej Lewandowski - bass (tracks 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 9)
Emily Moales - vocals (tracks 1, 3, 5), keyboard (track 7)
Taylor Mandel - saxophone, trumpet, flute, clarinet, trombone, Moog theremin, melodica
Silvio Vega - additional guitar (tracks 2, 6)
Cory Sterling - engineering (tracks 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 9)
Johnny Costa - additional engineering
All songs mixed by Jake Aron at Studio Windows
All songs mastered by Chris Gehringer at Sterling Sound
Artwork by Hugo Cohen Sprung, Adrien Lavisse & Ryan Egan

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Ryan Egan is an American singer/songwriter living in Paris, France. Debut album 'Soft Power' out now.

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