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A Hard Way To Learn

from For You Again by Ben Lubeck

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    For you again was recorded in four days, in a living room in Minneapolis. We recorded it to tape with very few overdubs. The main vocals are recorded live, we didn’t splice any tracks so you’ll hear squeaking floorboards, chairs adjusting, the faint sound of a jet overhead, or headphone cords tapping against the back of guitars. These live moments that are captured on tape play an important role in capturing the essence of the energy in the room at the time we recorded. It’s my favorite way to record. Playing a song until you discover the heart of it, and then letting go just enough to let the song speak for itself. I feel that everything comes alive in that moment. At the end of the keeper take, as you take your headphones off, everyone looks around the room locking eyes, knowing that we had discovered the true meaning of that song and just laid it down on tape to share with whoever is willing to listen. It’s a truly magical moment. There's something special about going on a journey with other people, starting with the sketches of a song and letting the true meaning guide you to a finished product. There’s something very special and timeless in that.

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I wrote this song for our second Farewell Milwaukee record. We worked on it all the way through the pre-production phase though it never made the record When It Sinks in. Maybe we had too many bells and whistles on it. I dig how it turned out. We also slowed it down for this record and had Jake Hanson play guitar on it.

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A HARD WAY TO LEARN


If I wrote you 5 letters would you throw them away
If I sent you 5 postcards would you put them in frames
would you read over them till the ink fades to gray
Or tear them apart and dispose them in flames


If I handed you roses would they die in your hand
If I handed you roses would they make me your man
would you raise them up slowly till they cover your mouth
Or sit on your doorstep till the petals fall off

CHORUS

You’re a hard way to learn
You’re a hard way to fall
Such a hard bridge to cross the one that I’m on
The one that I’m on


If you were the Ocean would you bring me to land
If you were an Ocean would I drown at your hand
would your deadliest wave ever bring me to you
would you swallow me up would you tear me in two


If you were a river would you bring you on home
would you slice through the valleys, wind under roads
Or would you be the dam that lays me to rest
and dry up the waters that flow from my chest

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from For You Again, released September 13, 2019
Written by Ben Lubeck (Dr Dazzle Publishing, SESAC). © & ℗ Ben Lubeck, 2019.

Ben Lubeck - guitars and vocals on all tracks with additional instrumentation and vocals by:

Jacob Hanson - Electric Guitar, Kara Laudon - Vocals, Jacob Pavek - Piano

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Ben Lubeck Minneapolis, Minnesota

Singer/songwriter

Band: Farewell Milwaukee

It's alright, it's okay, there's something to live for - Jesus told me so.

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