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Everything Comes True

by Sam Weber

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jeanoconnor This beautifully produced & performed album pulls you in from Summer through Fall and Winter until you end up in Spring again with a track that promises renaissance... The lyrics are so touching that they connect you not just to the music but to the artist, and eventually to yourself... Love it!
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1.
First few words, carpet burns, rebellion from the folks First few steps and arguments you run away from home Television, skepticism of the one percent Tunnel-visioned, passion led indictments of the rest Surprise diagnosis; had they caught it soon instead My Dad might’ve kept a little hair up on his head It comes so quick and heavy that you won't know what to do Good or bad, everything comes true Summer days, heavy heat, weekends that don't last And all those girls you'd love to meet would come and go so fast Most lovers know to leave you when the weather gets too rough As summers turn to winters when you think you’ve had enough Pessimism, aneurysm, overwhelming guilt God imposes sanctions on the people he won't kill And takes the strength of everyone you've ever looked up to Good or bad, everything comes true Good or bad, everything comes true A pregnancy unwanted is not a blessing in disguise But the lawmen does not give you any choice if not to try So you grow your silver lining to a good man of his own To be humble, righteous, horrified by all he can't control It's all a mess, his happiness are lines out on the road He blows right through those little towns, they lead him by the nose And goes white as a ghost every time he's feeling blue Good or bad, everything seems true It comes so quick and heavy that I just don't know what to do Good or bad, everything comes true
2.
It's been a while since I met a girl that I don't understand Most of the ones where I come from are too quick to show their hand This problem that I have, says nothing about them I get lonely touring and I fall in love again It's like a pattern You came a-walking across my mind when I woke up today I musta seen your initials somewhere driving around LA On a menu in Korea Town or a custom license plate You came a-walkin’ You came a-walkin’ I'm like a different person now you wouldn't recognize You could see me on the street and I wouldn't catch your eye The business makes me cold, it happens time to time When it's all happening When it’s all happening Surrender to the notion that everything comes true Yeah it all comes true Sometimes in the ways we want, sometimes just because More often just because Oh it always does When it's all happening
3.
Obligated 03:27
Mary mother of God; I denounce you but I Think it's wrong I feel that I have to Ain't that just the way a good Catholic boy should feel Obligated I tilled your fields too long, like broken wheels I dragged along Down the row-lines, sowin’ seeds in Whatever grew between us was never cultivated I felt Obligated to cut it down It was all a glimpse of the dream and then I woke up Screaming from a distance, begging for forgiveness I may have been the culprit, honey, but now I am the victim Obligated to let you down I'm fightin’ in the streets, like any high score I can't beat You eat away at me on my arcade machine If we weren't competing, the game would be elating now it's Obligating to get back in It was all a glimpse of the dream and then I woke up Screaming from a distance, begging for forgiveness I may have been the culprit, honey, but now I am the victim Obligated to let you down It was all a glimpse of the dream and then I woke up Screaming from a distance, begging for forgiveness I may have been the culprit, honey, but now I am the victim Obligated to let you down Obligated to let you down
4.
I'm a son of a gun when I'm on the run A tail without a kite But just like a friend, Mom or an Aunt She always sets me right When I’m overdrawn, she's my queen on the money 'Cause she always knows what's good After a long day, when I'm in the clouds You bring me down The ruler of one, she's never outdone, and kinder than I deserve She's more than a friend And had I the nerve, or any good sense, maybe I'd tell her then I meant what I said When I'm overdrawn, you're my queen on the money Cause you always know what's good After a long day, when I'm in the clouds You bring me down Son of a gun, you're my queen on the money ‘Cause you always know what's good After a long day, when I'm in the clouds You bring me down – right on the money On the money – you're always right on the money
5.
Avenir 03:42
Avenir You've grown to know you’ll never know what's coming And the more you age the more you tire of running What was opaque is starting to be clear Avenir What first you thought would all work out easy Hurts you now and nothing can appease you, so you're Waiting for your bearings to appear Avenir When the going gets too tough for you And you know there's nothing you can do Find a little shelter from the storm Or learn to disappear Avenir It takes time For the choices that we make to feel justified In the way a witness doubts if they should testify When the D.A. asks them to appear Avenir They won't commute a sentence we deserve Take that as a comfort, not a burden and walk in the light Let go of your fear Avenir When the going gets too tough for you And you know there's nothing you can do Find a little shelter from the storm Or learn to disappear When the going gets too tough for you You wonder if you’re gonna make it through And you know there’s nothing you can do Find a little shelter from the storm Learn to disappear Avenir
6.
Mendocino 04:01
Talk to me of Mendocino Closing my eyes I hear the sea Must I wait, must I follow Won't you say come with me I bid farewell to the state of old New York My home away from home In the state of New York I came of age When first I started roamin’ And the trees grow tall in New York state And shine like gold in the Autumn I’ve never had the blues from whence I came But in New York state, I got 'em Talk to me of Mendocino Closing my eyes I hear the sea Must I wait, must I follow Won't you say come with me And it's off to South Bend, Indiana Flat out on the western plain And up into the Rockies down on into California Out to where but the rocks remain Let the sun set on the ocean I’ll watch it from the shore Let the sun rise over the redwoods I'll rise with it till I rise no more Talk to me of Mendocino Closing my eyes I hear the sea Must I wait, must I follow Won't you say come with me Won't you say come with me
7.
Probably Not 03:55
Driving through America tonight I'm looking for a pattern in the hashed white line As I think about the moon and more elusive celestial bodies I wonder who else drives on through the night Traffic wasn't busy in the end Down here where the lights have turned to red The air is clearer than the papers said I've been breathing fine Should I be glad to live here and simmer in a melting pot Maybe California will take pity on the dreams I got Probably not So I wonder now; Does anyone that live in LA really exist? In this expansive simulation or apocalypse I left a message with a friend in Encinitas I got no reply In learning to be gracious for the opportunities we've got Will the universe reward us for an optimistic train of thought? Probably not Probably not Probably not Probably not Probably not Does anybody living out here really exist? In this expanse of simulation or apocalypse I surrender to the notion that everything comes true Well am I willing now to give it all I’ve got? Probably not Probably not Probably not Probably not The desolation across the desert floor Holds you in a trance you can't ignore Something feels different than before But you don't know why
8.
When the morning light came shining – I was on the run Headed down to Vernon Like trying to paint a feeling with these keys I'm trying to get a feel for ya Postcards that you wrote got to me I'll send some of my own along eventually; a new song or a note A quick sketch of the road you travelled down many years ago now I've been trying to figure, I've been trying to tell What all of these postcards do so well Oh maybe it's a secret that you're never gonna tell Wrapped up in the promise of the road When you're across the water – I'll be in the States You always said that everything comes true Like any other rounder looking up to you And learning how to live He might try to figure, he might try to give All he has to offer, whatever all that is Still eludes him like a secret that he’s not supposed to know Something like the promise of the road True love, and affection I want to touch the hands of inspiration that you hold On safe passage to your current destination I want to learn the promise of the road Waiting for a taxi, waiting for a train; you await my answer to your question Should we pack it in, and cut our gains Or hang around and try and play the game? You’ve been trying to understand, I’ve been trying to tell This passion never really stands to do us well And maybe there’s a secret that we’re not supposed to know The subtle truth the long passage of time has yet to show The answer to life’s questions anywhere I go Are hidden by the promise of the road Oh promise of the road
9.
Blackout 04:37
Part of me has never tried to leave your side my dear The other part is always many miles away from here If leaving on the regular is what I’ve gotta do Until I’ve cut the record that I’ve always wanted to Don’t blame yourself you never could contain me anyway Forces hard at work on me will hurt you every time Like waking up to find your lover’s left a note and run And took his pound of flesh from you in more ways than one Poor honey you’ve been hurting something Trying to wrap your head around me now I’ve been burning down a highway headed south but you can’t watch me leave you Like a blackout again You take it on yourself and you let the darkness in Blame my deviations on a detail you’d forsaken The King he had his dancing and the Beatles had their hair Like them you compensate for quality that was always really there now Poor honey you’ve been hurting something Trying to wrap your head around me now I’ve been burning down a highway headed south but you can’t watch me leave you Like a blackout again I wanna show the recommended sentiments this time Lay a little love down on the line The return is not the sum of all the effort that she put in If I can’t reciprocate the love she does give Poor honey you’ve been hurting something Trying to wrap your head around me now I’ve been burning down a highway headed south but you can’t watch me leave you Like a blackout Any time I try and be more than just a friend It’s all lights out Like a blackout again
10.
No 04:24
I did the dance of a runaway with a hardened highway criminal When my life was in disarray she brought me back again Maybe I was in need of a friend on the brink of my uncertainty But when she up and said to me she would leave for Silver Lake I said: No No No No I was left with a bitter taste like I get when love don’t stick around When she refused we would entertain any plans to settle down together I was made to heal myself on the road forever, between these towns Like an EMT turned refugee who the borders turn around I’m comin’ in hot No No No No I was distraught so I took a job in sales in Nashville, Tennessee To sell my soul without a second thought of what the hell that meant to me I took a gig as a fader rat making Elvis slap delay I wrote love songs for the radio on the road back to LA No No No No Nowadays when I look around, having landed in a better place Who are all these friends I’ve found and this love that’s come my way Maybe all our aspirations really can come true For those of us who stick around and see our hardships through

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released October 25, 2019

Recorded at United Studio B, Hollywood, CA
Produced by Tyler Chester
Engineered and Mixed by Justin Stanley
Mastered by Gavin Lurssen
Additional recording at The Hive in Victoria, BC and Infinity Studios in Victoria BC
Additional engineering by Tejas Leier Heyden, Peter Day and Colin Stewart
Photography by Robbie Jeffers


Thank you to everyone who played on this record, booked us to play a show, fed us or let us crash. Thank you Ally for letting Marshall leave the house so often. Thank you Robyn and Brian. Thanks Mom and Dad.

To Tyler Chester who produced this record: you were aware of every ornate detail and broad stroke. Much of this record was done in a short period of time and I will spend the rest of my life trying to understand how deeply you shaped these performances without touching them. For your mentorship in music, life and being a caring partner to Christine and father to Ruby and Ross (with one more baby on the way in a couple weeks here), thank you and I love you.

To Nathan Mark, lots of people believed in what we were up to with this record but no one threw down and went for it with us like you did. Thank you for being on my team, I love you and this music would not exist without you.

This record is dedicated to the memory of William J. Weber. Thank you for the truth.



This project is funded in part by FACTOR, the Government of Canada and Canada’s private radio broadcasters. Ce projet est financé en partie par FACTOR, le gouvernement du Canada et les radiodiffuseurs privés du Canada. Supported by Creative BC and the province of British Columbia. Made possible with the support of Ontario Creates.

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Sam Weber has spent the last decade variously honing his craft as a singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and producer, a road that crests a scenic new mountain with the arrival of his stunning new album, Everything Comes True. Expanding on the ambitious canvas of his recent New Agile Freedom EP, Weber has delivered his most compelling release to date, one stacked with remarkable songs. ... more

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