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Similar Pain

by Ian Kashani

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Cassandra There is something sublimely classic about Ian's music. Nostalgic and cozy yet brushed with angst. It feels safe here. Favorite track: Rejection.
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longfellow919 The music and arrangements are ethereal and complex. Guitar work soars. Haunting vocals. Soulful, heart inspired. All the pieces come together as one, integral. It will take many listens to hear everything and appreciate it. Beautiful. Thank you.
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1.
Merry Christmas from the dog Merry Christmas from the dog It's on the way Have you missed me Just a card I found the other day To remind you that I'm still, I'm still around Merry Christmas from the dog Merry Christmas from the dog Yes, I've got nothing Can you help me Don't think that I'll make it this year, we'll see Unless you pay my plane, my plane fare Without hope I'm empty Out in the cold, don't forget me Tell me why I'm stuck here, it's hard to be The one who senses fear not love Merry Christmas from the dog Merry Christmas from the dog
2.
Party Boy 04:09
It was the third of March When I moved into my new place Some tiny apartment on Everett Street You were back in town So I called you up and said, Let's meet I guess in those days I was pretty innocent Trying so hard to finish all my beer Maybe I should have known You'd just come back from hell It's clear to me now Watching movies till the early hours Behind your glasses was a party boy Who longed to leave my room But had to stay With so much fear In place of secrets you had to keep It's a miracle that our paths crossed In another couple years I finally realized what you lost was time What you lost What you lost was time You're out there now What you lost was time You're out there now What you lost was time My party boy
3.
Similar Pain 04:22
Life is not always What it appears to be There are so many words That could have been said Time has swallowed them And left them for dead Love is not really What you expect of me I know there is a better way To express what's been laid down And can't be changed With the choices I've made Accuse me of living How I wish to live Touch me, touch me How I want to be touched Feel me, feel me Like I've never been felt before Who could ever foretell Our similar pain In your own words My friends have moved away But loneliness has stayed on my side Our similar pain In your own words My friends, where are they Our similar pain In your own words My friends, where are they now Who could ever foretell That life would move on I want to say my love for you Will never fade It's not likely to stray With the choices I've made Accuse me of living How I wish to live Touch me, touch me How I want to be touched Love me, love me Like I've never been loved before
4.
IV 03:41
I am prepared I need you intensely I'm falling, losing your altitude I'm crying, insane and raving madly But I live on in gratitude How could I ever learn from these acts How might I perceive a new ghost My heart, wary of passion Still avoids the facts My mind needs those eyes To look sighing into mine Mysteries, black and gold In the middle, reflecting my desire And saying to me I want your rope and line To pull you out a little To pull you out a little To pull you, just a little
5.
En las cenizas La pesadilla en las cenizas Me reduce a los jirones de la razon En las pintadas La nueva vida en las pintadas Me salva de los discusiones de miedo La vista de tu vestido Hermoso vestido La causa de mi vahido Vahido desesperado Hermoso vestido La causa de mi vahido Soy presa de su encanto
6.
Rejection 03:41
I think of what drove us apart It doesn't add up in my heart I hope that one day You'll see past my mistakes But fate's intervened and sent us flailing Love me, here I am I'm thinking of you again When I'm alone, when I'm alone Alone Rejection So we went underground and all We found were clowns who took the call They've been laughing at us In each mirror we look And then before turning away Anxiety takes hold, here I am I'm conjuring you again When I'm alone, when I'm alone Alone Rejection
7.
Am I too late You never came anyway What's it like for you It's the same, you tend to say I notice your autograph Something reckless in your style Once I swam with you, reached for a dream A dream inside your smile Everywhere You pull me in You do it everywhere You pull me in Mentioned a mermaid on my wall That fateful night I kissed your face then forgot myself Forgot about what's right Everywhere You pull me in You do it everywhere You pull me in Now only in my darkest hour We'll stir the flame that burns in us That sends us to the sea I'm drowning in an empty world Of wide awake where I know The only breath I'll take is mine Everywhere You pull me in You do it everywhere You pull me in
8.
Independent seeker When life's complications Carry truth to none but you A literary voice And a taste for the obscure Crying to your beloved When my time comes, will I return And I remember you You made me go on You know I didn't want to But you made me go on Living on a cliff Yeah the knack of being human's easy To everyone but you Commentaries lost Well, I'll write my own No advice, no advice needed And I remember you You made me go on You know I didn't want to But you made me go on You were in a strange dream of mine A vision at 1:15 a.m. There's trouble here There's always trouble here Too much to bear, too much to bear But I'll remember, I'll remember you I'll remember, I'll remember I'll remember
9.
Blood is your game It's remained the same for days One special mark is all You leave on the corpse: I WAS HERE I checked the times of departure Bought my way in and pondered Life is passing so quickly And we're nowhere to be found I am your prey And I'm not crying I want to stay, always Murder is your sign But I know that you'll get better With a little help from me I left for Old Town station No sleep, train relations But when I arrived after so long You had already gone Already gone This time you've gone too far A boy says, Get it over with You've gone too far A boy cannot understand Understand
10.
Ran out of time It's a curse A cherished friend I long to see Ran out of time The days can't be worse And now all I've got is a bitter melody We could have made a fresh start We could have stayed in touch And tried to make amends But now you're gone And deep inside my heart There's a pain that scares me Because it never ends I remember when we climbed That building off the bridge And took in the town Together took in the town Yeah we took in the town

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All songs played and written by Ian Kashani
except "Spanish Fancy" co-written by Heiko Schulz and "Ran Out of Time" co-written by Ryan Manhole

Recorded in Portland April-November 2022
Mastered by Erik Veach

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released December 24, 2022

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