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Bravado

by Rose Cousins

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1.
It’s a breakneck Monday morning And I can take it slow Pour cream into my coffee, fresh from off the stove I replay my favourite saddest song to remember how it goes Or pick up where I left off with last night’s episode If you’re interested, I can tell you more Of the benefits of being alone Each day I work a little bit on plans of my own I book flights to places I have always wanted to go Listening to records, monophonic stereo Crawl into bed and check for unread messages on my phone If you’re curious, I can give you a guided tour Of the benefits of being alone If I don’t end up with anyone Could be six days to find my body gone but Think of all the space I get to roam Don’t you worry about me, in all my solo reverie The only one who’s there when I get home To all the benefits of being alone Broken conversation as you get the kids ready to go We’ll talk about the girls’ weekend we constantly postpone I envy how you’re steady and you envy how I roll And how brave I am to sing about it on a microphone No matter baby, that’s what makes the show The benefits of being alone Don’t you worry about me, in all my solo reverie I decide where everything will go Then I return to everything just so The only one who’s there when I get home To all the benefits of being alone
2.
The Expert 03:33
Me and my bravado, we can do anything Together we’re not scared, we are shining She never lets me down, she knows I can be quiet That’s when I lean on in Bravado steps up in awkward conversation The ones she knows I hate She bails me out of tricky situations And she is rarely late I trust my bravado, we’ve had lots of practice She’s so great when I’m low or feeling unattractive She holds the fort when I can’t decide my status She doesn’t tell anyone Bravado and I put on our sunglasses We don’t look around to see how green your grass is We know emotion eventually passes Bravado drives when I get tired, she knows the way home She never lets me down and she never leaves me alone I hide, passenger side, she scans through the radio My sweet bravado
3.
You come to town I’ll take you in We’ll spend the night in our beautiful sin I know I’m not just any But I know that I’m one of many I get lost in the stories you tell Above your gaze and under your spell I know I’m not just any But I know that I’m one of many We don’t need to give this a shot The best we can have is what we got Commitment is too scary But I’ll cry if you get married So when I come to town You’ll take me in We’ll spend the night in our beautiful spin You know you’re not just any But you know that you’re one of many
4.
Tell me how do you make it look simple Falling down deep into love It takes all that I have just to stand here And more not to run Your eyes are enough to convince me And make me go tearing it down Nothing I’ve learned about love in the past Could convince me to stick around But don’t believe me Make me a reliable spring green Watching will be enough Passing my days hanging high, making shade And wondering from above How a hand feels in a hand And blood feels in a heart How to accept every ending is just Making room for a start But don’t believe me How will I know When to let go How will I see When somebody loves me Deep in the night you will find me Happiest when I’m alone It may be that it’s all that I need It could be it’s all I know But don’t believe me
5.
The impending mortality awareness society Meets twice a week Do or die, ‘cause time is of the essence So they gather in its presence They won’t refer to last week’s minutes They are now gone Goodness knows, there is no rewinding It’s the sentiment they keep finding Every membership vote is unanimous To reject regret When asked they say, “thievery is limiting” They check their bucket lists for the next thing In pairs they share their fears out loud Things that will never come They keep themselves accountable Remind each other how fear is wasteful At the end of each meeting they huddle up Off into the week they say good luck Do what you can and it will be enough Tell everyone who should know that you love them The impending mortality awareness society Meets twice a week And you’re all welcome, ‘cause time is of the essence More than finishing a sentence Of penance and repentance Births, funerals and weddings
6.
The Din 00:37
It's just emotion My darling It's just emotion
7.
If my heart was a hammer I’d put you back together But it’s just a heart, like yours If my hands were a paddle I’d pull you through this trouble But they’re just hands, like yours Here’s what these hands can do Be here to hold you And when you lose your way Here’s what my heart would say Love comes back around When words are a rainstorm The lightning crash and the thunder roar They’re just words, like yours And when that storm is through New words will find you And what those words will say You’re gonna be ok Love comes back around I wish your eyes were a window I could see the me that you know But they’re just eyes, like mine Love comes back around
8.
Please live to be an old man My love is deepest for you So please live to be an old man Swim with me among the waves Time sets us free among the waves My love is deepest for you So please live to be an old man One day I’ll open my heart Someday I will open my heart And swim free among the waves Where my love is deepest for you So please live to be an old man
9.
The day is gone You played it wrong You’re the only one who knows So close the light Call the fight Pull your mind back inside You’re just tired It’s hard to see Hard to believe Our body brings us all we need Let go Let go to sleep My oldest love You’re the only one who feels it all We walk around All hollowed out Fill our cups with fear and doubt Oh ghosts of sleep Wash me clean Show me what I ought to keep And what must leave Oh set me free My oldest love You’re the only one who feels it all My oldest love You’re the only one who can heal it all
10.
Take me for my word, I will be loyal I will do my best to remain joyful Love me for all my little foibles I wanna be a good woman Call me by my name and I will answer Ask me of my dreams here, ever after Spin me to the music, I’m no dancer I wanna be a good woman A strong and reliable daughter A kind and understanding sister A deep and attentive friend and lover A girl with her heart on fire Listen and you’ll hear what I am saying Feelings I have difficulty relaying My silence isn’t absence, I’m just praying I wanna be a good woman
11.
It’s a breakneck Monday morning And I can take it slow Pour cream into my coffee, fresh from off the stove I replay my favourite saddest song to remember how it goes Or pick up where I left off with last night’s episode If you’re interested, I can tell you more Of the benefits of being alone Each day I work a little bit on plans of my own I book flights to places I have always wanted to go Listening to records, monophonic stereo Crawl into bed and check for unread messages on my phone If you’re curious, I can give you a guided tour Of the benefits of being alone If I don’t end up with anyone Could be six days to find my body gone but Think of all the space I get to roam Don’t you worry about me, in all my solo reverie The only one who’s there when I get home To all the benefits of being alone Broken conversation as you get the kids ready to go We’ll talk about the girls’ weekend we constantly postpone I envy how you’re steady and you envy how I roll And how brave I am to sing about it on a microphone No matter baby, that’s what makes the show The benefits of being alone Don’t you worry about me, in all my solo reverie I decide where everything will go Then I return to everything just so The only one who’s there when I get home To all the benefits of being alone
12.
Emotion My darling, oh you know It's just, it’s just emotion My darling Oh, it's just emotion My darling It's just emotion, emotion It’s just emotion, emotion It's just emotion It's just, oh it's just emotion My darling, my darling It's just emotion

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released February 21, 2020

Produced by Rose Cousins
Engineered and Mixed by Chris Stringer
Recorded at Union Sound Company and Lincoln County Social Club, Toronto ON
Assistant Engineered by Darren McGill at Union Sound Company
Assistant Engineered by John Dinsmore at Lincoln County Social Club
Mastered by Joao Carvalho, Joao Carvalho Mastering, Toronto, ON

Band
Rose on baritone uke & piano
Joshua Van Tassel on drums and dings
Brian Kobayakawa on electric and upright bass
Robbie Grunwald on keys, piano and spaceships
Dean Drouillard on electric guitars

Strings arranged, recorded and played by Drew Jurecka in Toronto, ON
Horns arranged, recorded and played by Dietrich Strause in Cambridge, MA
Choir on ‘The Return’ recorded by Jordie Lane in Nashville, TN and includes these beautiful, international friends:
Clare Reynolds, Jordie Lane, Robby Hecht, Julie Lee, Breagh MacKinnon, Kristin Andreasson, Elizabeth Foster, Caitlin Canty and Ruth Moody

All songs written by Rose Cousins (SOCAN) except The Benefits of Being Alone written with Jonny Wright (ASCAP), The Return (Love Comes Back) written with Rose Polenzani (ASCAP) & Annie Lynch (ASCAP) and The Lullaby (My Oldest Love) written with Timothy Baker (SOCAN).

Design by Mat Dunlap
Photo by Denis Duquette

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Rose Cousins Halifax, Nova Scotia

Halifax singer-songwriter Rose Cousins finds insight in solitude and strength in numbers. Supported by a thriving Halifax music scene and welcomed by an equally vibrant Boston community, her album WE HAVE MADE A SPARK was made in the spirit of community and collaboration.  

Winner of 2011 East Coast Music Award for Songwriter of the Year and 2010 Canadian Folk Music Awards for Contemporary Singer
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