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Into Darkness
Brent Braniff
I can feel it…..I can feel it
The sun will never come, the light just slipped away
You sang your song of love, you never said you’d stay
Oooooo We live in darkness
Somehow the universe is bound to let me be
Oooooo We live in darkness
I can feel all the shadows around me
Now I’m waiting for…for the room to clear
To keep me safe and warm from the voices I hear
Oooooo We live in darkness
Somehow the universe is bound to set me free
Oooooo We live in darkness
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Isolation
03:39
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Isolation
Brent Braniff
And I wake the morning after
To an empty room
And the silence is deafening
Like I’m the man on the moon
Bring me the morning paper
Sugar for my breakfast tea
Keep me heart frozen for another third degree
So I’m late, I couldn’t help it
So I’m late shut me into isolation
Click after click
Show after show
Now that the empire fell
There’s a world to overthrow
They say there’s a rhythm to living
They say there’s a road to hell
The say the road is slow there
But there’s a highway as well
So it’s home in a minute
So it’s a day at work
From every lie we’re living
Makes me feel like a jerk
Bring me my evening paper
Freshen up tonight’s Chablis
Fall into a pleasant slumber
To a song we both agree
To a song we both agree
To a song………
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Sitting On The Floor
04:22
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Sitting on the Floor
Brent Braniff
Hey everybody my Mother is calling
Wants me in for the night
She needs an ally, Dad needs a friend
They need a ref for the fight
I’d rather be out here
Driving gravel roads
Between the tires and the stones
The lights on the dashboard
Windows rolled down
Instead of the screams and the moans
Why can’t wait till morning
Cause honey there’s a lot at stake
Honey can it wait till morning
Cause I made a big mistake
I’m sitting on the floor
That’s why I’m sitting on the floor
Round one is the drinking two is the pills
Three is the slam of the door
My part is easy…just start some crying
And beat my fist on the floor.
I’d sit on the highway
Thought it was my home
Darkness my only defense
The stars in a black sky
The peace of the night
It’s the only thing that ever made sense
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Who Is This Calling Me
05:05
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Who Is This Calling Me
Brent Braniff
Who is this calling me
Every single night
Who is this calling me
Baby turn out the light
What’s your fascination
With getting me on the phone
Who is this calling me
Whenever I’m alone
This is me calling you
I’m not a malcontent
I’m just a shadowy lover
In every message sent
I’m just the loser
You ignore every day
This it me calling you
Just to see if you’re okay
Is it a wonder that I’m so scared of this world
Don’t know who or what I am
I’ll give into reason and still fall in single file
And I’ll grow up the best I can
Who is this calling me
Please pray for my release
This might be intuition
Or it might be the police
I’ll be back tomorrow
Maybe back at your front door
Who is this calling me
Wanting less for a little more
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Face To Face
02:26
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Face to Face
Brent Braniff
We live through nights and days
Through all the shades of grey
And in my basement room
We fought the kings of doom
We would rise on sunny days
We would fly on air
We had hopes for the ways
To live our truth and dare each other
To give each other strength
The power to survive
No matter what the length
To keep our voices live
How many songs have your name
Looks like I can’t let go
I must be broken, I must be lame
Can’t let these feeling show
But now I….
I have the right
But not tonight
I’m on the floor and you’re on top
Don’t want you to stop
Just hang around a while
Just leave me with your smile
And hold me in this place
And see me face to face.
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Snowbanks
02:51
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Snowbanks
Brent Braniff
Here we are in snowbanks again
Here we are just touching each other
Just being friends
In the night
Just tonight
We begin.
I don’t know where you’re going to
I don’t know where you’ll run
I don’t know but it’s so like you
Now it’s all said and done
Now it’s all said and done
Now it’s all said and done
You have it all I have none.
Please be thoughtful my love
Please be right with the setting sun
Just remember it’s never the end
It’s only where we’ve begun
It’s only where we’ve begun
It’s only where we’ve begun
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Sugarcane
04:33
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Sugarcane
Brent Braniff
What I know
Is what I’ll confess
I’ll wear high tops and summer dresses
So they know what I came for
What he saw
He’s bound to report
Take me downtown
Take me to court
Cause he knows what I came for
I’ve given you all my lovers
You’ve given you all my pain
I’ve given you all my money
For the
Price of my sugarcane
The price of my sugarcane
Turn on the lights like papa said
If I catch you boys this time you will be dead
Cause he saw what we did there
We both know this was a big mistake
But once you’re there its hard to hit the breaks
Cause it’s all that we came for
When you’ve given in and you’re all tied down
The world you’re living in
Keeps you all tied down
I’ll remember this..
I’ll remember this…..
I’ve given you all my lovers
You’ve given you all this pain
I’ve given you all my money
For the
Price of my sugarcane
For the
The price of my sugarcane
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Small Voices
04:17
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Small Voices
Brent Braniff
Look at the west
Facing the east
Look at the time we spent
Killing the beast
This could be all be nothing
But a young man’s charm
Holding his shaking hands
Keeps him from harm
Through the night
The endless nights when you’re not there
I keep in sight
The shallow bridges I still bare
And I’ll be praying for you
Light the light
Then I’ll still come
See the days that promise
To make us one
Through the trees
The longest miles won’t give back
All you have
And every dream you still lack
So I’ll be praying for you
I’ll be praying for you
I’m telling my hurting brothers
I’m telling them everything
No time for ever afters
Just time for comforting
Light the light
The smallest candle might just do
A thousand lights
Or maybe just a very few.
And I’ll be praying for you
And you can pray for me too.
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Red Rover
03:28
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Red Rover
Brent Braniff
If I write for and you could read for anyone like me
Into the daylight
Out of the darkness
Anyway
You’ll see
That I’ll leave it up to you
Leave it up to you
This time
See after midnight
Songs in the moonlight
Chase away the fear
Of every bad day
In every bad way
Shutting out
What you’d hear
That I’ll leave it up to you
Leave it up to you
Again
Red Rover running
Red Rover calling
Red Rover wants you here
He’s only barking
Red tail wagging
Red Rover made it clear
So this wore me down
Brought me to the ground
Took me right uptown
This made me feel like hell
But I can tell
By your sweetest sound
That I’ll leave it up to you
Leave it up to you
That I’ll leave it up to you
Leave it up to you
Again
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Where Is The Moon
03:43
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Where Is The Moon?
Brent Braniff
If you find that I’m only
As dark as the sun
As bright as the moonlight
A shadow of one
And I’m laying here
I’m staying here
For now
But where is the moon?
Blocking the stars up in the sky
I’ve been here since noon
Don’t know why
Where is the moon?
Heaven has called him home to stay
So pack up your things
And go
Away from here
I can see your house from here
For here
To here
The lonely distant star will appear
I need love tonight
Someone to hold tonight
But in the dark
When my world is at the end
And it left a mark
That only you can comprehend
So where is the moon?
It’s given it’s last and final say
It never found love or got it’s way
So there is the moon
It’s hiding behind the clouds that play
Taking you for another ride
Away
Just get in the car and drive away
And if
You stay
You’ll only have to walk away
Walk away
Walk away.
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Living In Twilight
06:33
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Living In Twilight
Brent Braniff
I’d go out the backdoor
But I ain’t got my keys
So I’m out of the window
Like a summer breeze
I’m at the bus stop
With a hot wired rented car
I’m the fan
And you’re my rock star
So I didn’t catch your name
The face is familiar
But the voice is not the same
I’m living in twilight
I’ll fill up at Harley’s
I’ll fill up at Jim’s
I’ll sing your latest hits
I’ll sing your tired hymns
We ate at the truck stop
We slept on fancy trains
We gave into each other
You gave into fame
And I don’t know who you are
You’re in the backseat
Of my big back shiny car
You’re caught in the twilight
Sonny doesn’t waste his time
I don’t want to waste his time
With this.
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Brent Braniff Minot, North Dakota
Brent Braniff has been recording music for over 40 years in a variety of genres but focusing on rock, electronic and experimental music. Between 2000 and 2017 Braniff recorded with talented Minneapolis musician Chad Wheeling but 2022's release of Proof sends him in a new direction in music. ... more
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