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Make Sure the Rules Bend

by Chelsey Meyer

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1.
Blueprints 05:09
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This time let’s breakdown leave our blueprints at home Not that it’s easy to let them all go And once we get back to the places we love It’s not gonna last no It’s not gonna last It’s blues, it’s using me It’s true, we’re an odd sort of family, so Check my downy eyes, check my vacant smile Get on with your preaching while we Hit up the miracle mile It’s faith, it’s wasting away And we’ve taken up a bad sort of praying, so Please don’t ask for conformational review This time let’s breakdown leave our blueprints at home Not that it’s easy to let them all go And once we get back to the places we love It’s not gonna last no It’s not gonna last Somehow, this crowd of mine Gets off on, skimming the borderline We’ll sign it all off while we’re mulling it over, we’ll Get ourselves in line so we can stand on the shoulder My faults, they’re not a weakness And that’s all our teachers teach us But we’ve been held back, oh we’ve been brought down It’s not that easy when you’re not on solid ground This time let’s breakdown leave our blueprints at home Not that it’s easy to let them all go And once we get back to the places we love It’s not gonna last no It’s not gonna last
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Don't Stop 03:19
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Don’t stop, don’t wait a minute if we Don’t blink, you know what did it was the Tall drink in my hand, I didn’t think I had a chance oh my And I would trade in all my kicks for those Soft curves but your face first Blew my mind And don’t take this as insanity but Each time I take a breath, the rest of me just Falls into you Don’t stop, don’t wait a minute if we Don’t blink, you know what did it was the Tall drink in my hand, I didn’t think i had a chance oh my And everybody has a story to be told said Maybe ours are meant to unfold together But my state of mind’s so Out there, I don’t care about propriety I’m just So lost in my thoughts Don’t stop, don’t wait a minute if we Don’t blink, you know what did it was the Tall drink in my hand, I didn’t think i had a chance oh my So please Make mine the night of your life We’ll walk the streetlights, till the daylight, brings us back Don’t stop, don’t wait a minute if we Don’t blink, you know what did it was the Tall drink in my hand, I didn’t think I had a chance oh my
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Santa Cruz Last Summer 03:42
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Let’s not talk about what happened on the way to Santa Cruz last summer, it was summertime Let’s not talk about what went down Let’s just say we keep it on the low right now Someone broke the headrest, emotions got intense it’s just Too hard to think about it now We’ll just take our leave today, you stay in the dark that way And no one will know what happened in Santa Cruz I think there was fighting The hookups sound inviting Whatever you imagine Won’t live up to anything that happened Let’s not talk about what happened on the way to Santa Cruz last summer, it was summertime Let’s not talk about what went down Let’s just say we keep it on the low right now Someone broke the headrest, emotions got intense it’s just Too hard to think about it now We’ll just take our leave today, you stay in the dark that way And no one will know what happened in Santa Cruz So there goes my Saturday There’s no story to tell We don’t even have a takeaway Cause nothing happened at all Let’s not talk about what happened on the way to Santa Cruz last summer, it was summertime Let’s not talk about what went down Let’s just say we keep it on the low right now Someone broke the headrest, emotions got intense it’s just Too hard to think about it now We’ll just take our leave today, you stay in the dark that way And no one will know what happened in Santa Cruz And I know it’s a long road And I know it can get lonely At least give us the soundtrack from the get go We’re not even asking for the whole situation I’m not for guessing, it’s not impressive To hear about what didn’t go down Let’s not talk about what happened on the way to Santa Cruz last summer, it was summertime Let’s not talk about what went down Let’s just say we keep it on the low right now Someone broke the headrest, emotions got intense it’s just Too hard to think about it now We’ll just take our leave today, you stay in the dark that way And no one will know what happened in Santa Cruz
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Don't You Ever Call Again 03:19
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Don’t you Don’t you ever call again I feel small again when I’m with you Mistakes don’t Take away my word, don’t Break away I’m firrst I’d like to think of this as a highlight New day, cyanide-laced confessions The timeframe, should have brought my best one Lost shoes and fine afternoons can take my place I’m overrated and I won’t stop tasting the good life So don’t you Don’t you ever call again I feel small again when I’m with you Mistakes don’t Take away my word, don’t Break away I’m first I’d like to think of this as a highlight Doubts fade But I daresay that I’ve got some Your handshakes Don’t give favorable impressions One glimpse and I’m on the fence about making my way home I’ll take it on but I still think it’s wrong to leave it alone So don’t you Don’t you ever call again I feel small again when I’m with you Mistakes don’t Take away my word, don’t Break away I’m first I’d like to think of this as a highlight That’s all, my call is over My tastes are sobered up, and it’s Sunday morning and I’m not lonesome, I’m not hopeless, I’m not guilty at all So don’t you Don’t you ever call again I feel small again when I’m with you Mistakes don’t Take away my word, don’t Break away I’m first I’d like to think of this as a highlight
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Animal Eyes 03:33
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I’m in timeless places And I don’t mind going over my head again I define as graceless You look over, animal eyes But I’m fine, get over Myself, I’ve found That your animal eyes can tell I don’t ask for favors Only ever misunderstood And I don’t like my neighbors Don’t see much good in it But I’m fine, get over Myself, I’ve found That your animal eyes can tell And now I’m walking on eggshells Looking over my shoulder’s a sore spot Going home my face felt Warmer like it’s not my own and I’m fine, get over Myself, I’ve found Another new kind of hell Losing all my insides to those Graceless, faithless animal eyes And I’m fine, I’m alright, it was a Stationary kind of day anyway But I’m fine, get over Myself, I’ve found That your animal eyes can tell
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Shady Love 04:54
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My love it’s so shady, today’s not the day To talk to me, I’m On a short leash And nobody knows it Nobody knows it, nobody knows it, nobody knows it Like me One shot, one try, My love don’t last overnight I make a break for the other side But my shady love ain’t Satisfied And it’s all in line with my Experience don’t make it right And I’m working overtime Just to stay on the sidelines My love it’s so shady, today’s not the day To talk to me, I’m On a short leash And nobody knows it Nobody knows it, nobody knows it, nobody knows it Like me And it’s not, just a seasonal Passing phase that makes me feel so unstable Don’t try to fight it don’t jump the gun Cause my shady love takes me On the run And it’s all in line with my Experience don’t make it right And I’m working overtime Just to stay on the sidelines My love it’s so shady, today’s not the day To talk to me, I’m On a short leash And nobody knows it Nobody knows it, nobody knows it, nobody knows it Like me I guess it’s just politics I look out for my interests I make all the rules Make sure they bend Cause my love, my love, my love My love it’s so Shady, today’s not the day To talk to me, I’m On a short leash And nobody knows it Nobody knows it, nobody knows it, nobody knows it
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Let's Capture California 04:13
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You passed over youth And I wanted to redo it But all things said, our time was spent On moving out When we went out on weekends Sometimes weren’t even friends But all along, we were at home And all things said, we take the long way We take the highway in the morning and Let’s capture California Let’s take it home with us I’ll take it back to Boston And you take it wherever you like Let’s capture California Let’s collect the reckless Make ways to keep those days around And I think I know how I watched your lows Doesn’t take the good things out We’re losers and it doesn’t have to hurt, it doesn’t have to hurt anymore I’m tired of, I’m tired of this misdirection and I’m tired of my Perceptions being off the inflection was wrong, let’s talk about home And I parked my station wagon Down by the sand, the sky took years to make and Let’s capture California Let’s take it home with us I’ll take it back to Boston And you take it wherever you like Let’s capture California Let’s collect the reckless Make ways to keep those days around And I think I know how No time to make amends But I got time for my old friends, We settle down, we get louder We talk a masquerade Down to earth but we behave like animals And it’s high time Let’s capture California Let’s take it home with us I’ll take it back to Boston And you take it wherever you like Let’s capture California Let’s collect the reckless Make ways to keep those days around And I think I know how
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The Offense 05:00
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I’m gonna live in a brownstone Potted plants and missed opportunities Gonna take my side-effects home Cause I’ve been having funny dreams now When I lace my shoes up Take note of new ways to breathe It’s not unusual To find myself on the shady side of the street The offense gets a different Kind of low, kind of you to notice And my friends, don’t depend on Me or anyone, but you don’t need to know this And I’ll write my name down Take it out of town with me Setting my watch now Move me, stoplights confusing me I’m gone, I’m not overdone Lace me up, make me a home The offense gets a different Kind of low, kind of you to notice And my friends, don’t depend on Me or anyone, but you don’t need to know this Turned off, I’ll stop Sometimes my eyes get crossed like I’ve been here before Like I’ve been showing new intentions And my face shows The west coast And all my Saturday nights off The offense gets a different Kind of low, kind of you to notice And my friends, don’t depend on Me or anyone, but you don’t need to know this The offense gets a different Kind of low, kind of you to notice And my friends, don’t depend on Me or anyone, but you don’t need to know this
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We're Moving Out 03:50
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We’re moving out now No need to slow down, we’ll make it fast Let’s take this whole brigade on a motorride Make it last And we’ll drive that blue landscape Our machine’s just hollerback slowfade Not much to it just a beautiful day One portrait, no pretending, No hope of a beautiful ending in sight Just a horizon We’re moving out now No need to slow down, we’ll make it fast Let’s take this whole brigade on a motorride Make it last And we’ll carry on Lose ourselves lose the words to our songs Realize that it’s all been done before And our taste is the newest useless We don’t whisper and our ideas are the Greatest thing we’ve ever heard before We’re moving out now No need to slow down, we’ll make it fast Let’s take this whole brigade on a motorride Make it last Midnight on the new stairway Here I don’t have to behave myself anymore And we all know that We’re not Easy to pin down and it Takes all the strength we’ve found to Walk on the other side of This youth We’re moving out now No need to slow down, we’ll make it fast Let’s take this whole brigade on a motorride Make it last
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High In The Daytime 03:23
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And all I need now Is a new way to love, cause with this New way to live There’s no High in the daytime Get loose now, some lose out some Take home carriages and broken bones and don’t Blink an eye, it’s Some kind of sacrifice to Get high off this nightlife Pass me the joint cause it’s a drag this time And our vices are now New and approved It’s getting hot but I’m not Bothered to move so God forbid we get Easily offended or we Skip out on endings let’s get lost let’s Get wrecked tonight Take out your best attire so your Ugliest face doesn’t grace the pictures we take tonight Come join our cavalcade you know we’re Loosely related to the movements that made this okay Come be ordinary with us And it takes a lot To make me confused Doing it right when we’re too Drunk to refuse And god forbid we get Easily offended or we Skip out on endings let’s get lost let’s Get wrecked tonight And all I need now Is a new way to love cause with this new way to live There’s no high in the daytime I’m moving my house Trying to carry out Every plan that I’ve made in my head Driving myself to my death or some injuries Lost car keys and lockdowns Open bottles when it’s cold out And it’s cold out now So god forbid we get Easily offended or we Skip out on endings let’s get lost let’s Get wrecked tonight

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Make Sure the Rules Bend is a collection of songs written from 2014 - 2016. Conceptually, the album is an impressionistic meditation on the transience of social groups and relationships.

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released March 1, 2018

Composer: Chelsey Meyer
Mixed and Mastered By: Connor Lewis

Special thanks to the following humans for musical, photographic, and graphic design assistance, performance spaces, as well as general support: Ben DeUrso, Jack Fallon Underwood, Justine Cowan, Charlie Docherty, Tim Eames, Jonah Kaul, Jason Levy, Molly Maguire, Eva Maldonado, Karan Marwah, James Merenda, Liam O’Donnell, Erica Smith

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Chelsey Meyer is a singer-songwriter creating intimate pop music with a jazzy edge. They grew up in a small town in California, where the community steered them towards early inspiration in Paul Simon and Carole King's music. These early influences have stuck. Chelsey's songs balance lyrical reflection with melodic catchiness. ... more

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