TRACK LISTING: 1. Means to an End 2. Dear Danny (S.W.A.K.) 3. Election Day in New York City 4. 10,000 Times 5. Ophelia’s Song CREDITS: 1. Means to an End music by Sarah Van Sciver lyrics by Sarah Van Sciver vocals, piano – Sarah Van Sciver bass - Jay Edelman drums – Harry Van Sciver guitar – Steve Kuzmicki 2. Dear Danny (S.W.A.K.) music by Sarah Van Sciver lyrics by Hannah & Sarah Van Sciver vocals, piano, keyboard – Sarah Van Sciver bass - Jay Edelman drums – Harry Van Sciver guitar – Steve Kuzmicki 3. Election Day in New York City music by Sarah Van Sciver lyrics by Harry Van Sciver vocals, piano – Sarah Van Sciver bass - Jay Edelman drums – Harry Van Sciver guitar – Steve Kuzmicki 4. 10,000 Times music by Sarah Van Sciver lyrics by Sarah Van Sciver vocals, piano – Sarah Van Sciver drums – Harry Van Sciver 5. Ophelia’s Song music by Sarah Van Sciver lyrics by Sarah Van Sciver vocals, piano, keyboard – Sarah Van Sciver bass - Jay Edelman drums – Harry Van Sciver guitar – Steve Kuzmicki all tracks recorded, mixed, and mastered at Studio Crash by Michael Harmon LYRICS 1. Means to an End Silly girl walking all alone through a garden Silly boy talking alone to the trees Silly girl sees silly boy lets her guard down Trees feel neglected when silly boy's attention leaves Hey what's your name turns into a game She Shoulda been suspicious when he asked her to pick a red delicious Charm she couldn't resist when Adam insists Eve go ahead hon' and take bite number one Girl, when will you go and befriend Somebody who Doesn’t see you just as a pretty, sweet means to an end? Don't make the common mistake To waste your time on a pretty sweet rattlesnake Lonely girl walking all alone through her hometown Lonely library boy whispering his thoughts & plots to himself Lonely girl sees lonely boy and lets her guard down Lonely boy's plots are momentarily left on a bookshelf Hellos and goodbyes turn into poems and sighs She shoulda seen it coming when Hamlet's stopped humming Love songs to her, no dinner dates, returned to introvert Ophelia I feel for you it's no fun to go night swimming all alone Girl, when will you go and befriend Somebody who Doesn't see you just as a pretty, sweet means to an end? Don't make the common mistake To waste your time on a pretty sweet heartbreak who leaves you all alone at the lake Desde-Desdemona better to be alone-ah than betrayed, betrayed Persephone please you shouldn't have had to leave your past all so fast Echo, Echo, Echo babe you gotta let go of mirror-boy, or you'll fade, you'll fade, fade Girls, why don’t you go and befriend Somebody who Doesn't see you all as just some pretty, sweet means to ends? Don't make the common mistake To waste your time on a pretty sweet rattlesnake Heartache heartbreak mistake for goodness's sake Girls give yourselves a break. Heartache heartbreak mistake for goodness's sake Girls give yourselves a break. 2. Dear Danny (S.W.A.K.) Dear Danny, How's your life going in California? Is it just like all those upperclassmen told ya? I've been thinking a lot about what you said, that phone conversation's playing through my head. My empty words, my angry stares, guess I wasn't being fair. Dear Danny, dear Danny, I'm sorry. Do you remember the summer when we fell? And then that winter when the whole thing went to hell? We were just trying to make it through. I was just so damned angry with you... Oh, whoa... Yesterday as I was flipping through my phone, I found a picture of the two of us alone. So I wiped away a hot and lonely tear as I thought again of my Danny dear. And the dam broke, and I started to cry as deep down inside me something died. Dear Danny, dear Danny, I'm so sorry. Do you remember the summer when we fell? And then that winter when the whole thing went to hell? We were just trying to make it through, I was just so damned angry with you. Oh, whoa... La, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, oh no, don't go. Danny, please, I'm on my knees. Oh, whoa... Yesterday as I was packing up my room, I found a faded picture of you. So I wiped away a hot and lonely tear as I thought again of my Danny dear. And the dam broke, and I started to cry as deep down inside me something died. Dear Danny, dear Danny, I'm so sorry. Dear Danny, dear Danny, I'm so sorry. 3. Election Day in New York City A faint line between our fiery dark and gentle dawn Through the hot nights the lissome blue notes rumba on To the street, the sky, the engine of a down-bound train Beneath the city to a platform in the driving rain. ‘Til we stand at the ocean by a leeward tide Groping and searching for the C hallowed light With our hands and our hearts on conflicting sides, Bright stars shining through a murky night. You melt my breath away like dew in summer heat But winter's coming on A marked man can’t disappear amid ten million souls Shuffling and hustling, hiding in the subway holes. A consecrated woman cannot go back to bible black With red blood of freedom shining on her naked track. The arteries and muscles pumping young and strong, The veins and the bones just beneath our skin Running colder and older, it’s a mystery song That makes us and breaks us, not Eden’s sin. You melt my breath away like dew in summer heat. But winter’s coming on and we’re living in the street. You melt my breath away like dew in summer heat. But winter’s coming on and we’re living in the street. Crazy people aren’t so crazy in the grey of mourning Just a tired uninspired and melancholy warning To the lovers who will lose and the losers who will love, To the shakers, undertakers to the very saints above. I sing at last alone for the wise and fools Bewitched by the springing evanescent flood It will purge, it will surge in the shining pools But ebb just as certain into ancient mud. You melt my breath away like dew in summer heat. But winter’s coming on and we’re living in the street. You melt my breath away like dew in summer heat. But winter’s coming on and we’re living in the street. And we're living, and we're living, and we're living, and we're living... And we’re living in the Street. 4. 10,000 Times Sometimes silly rhymes are the best way I have to say No matter the shadows that darken my day There’s always a patch of light There’s always a patch of light He’s more than just an oldest friend More than just a fairytale ending What I want lasts for longer It’s stronger than hunger Or thunder, this is stronger Deeper than diving from the highest heights Nothing could ever be more right If I could write him a song to Play or sing along to maybe I’d Strike a chord with him more than All the times I’ve said I love you Ten thousand times I’ve said I love you I love his stride I love his gaze I swim in his eyes He’s always a patch of light He’s always a patch of light If I could write him a song to Play or sing along to maybe I’d Strike a chord with him more than All the times I’ve said I love you Ten thousand times I’ve said I love you I promised there’d be no secrets Can’t justify it to keep this Gotta write it out, abandon my doubt Words aren’t my strong suit, not trying to be cute Gotta write it out, abandon my doubt Think don’t improvise, just think of his eyes and All the times I’ve said I love you Ten thousand times Ten thousand times Ten thousand times All the times I’ve said I love you Ten thousand times 5. Ophelia’s Song Hey, why’d you leave me lying cold? Though you promised we’d grow old together I used to be all that you cared about, but Hamlet you can’t just Let me drown in my loneliness I wanna share your love, your pain too For the loss of your father, I truly sorry am But don’t let the past haunt you, enjoy today Remember all the plans we made, what you’d say to me Oh Hamlet, I’m here to catch your tears I’ll wait here, I’ll stay here, ‘cause I’ll stand by you always Oh Hamlet, I don’t care what they say About you or what you do but please don’t push me away Hamlet you’re just pretending please Hamlet am I the only one who sees The you that hides, is in disguise, Please come back to me, come back to me Oh Hamlet, I’m here to catch your tears I’ll wait here, I’ll stay here, ‘cause I’ll stand by you always Oh Hamlet, I don’t care what they say About you or what you do but please don’t push me away Don’t cast me away, don't throw me away, don't send me away, don't let me fade away I will stay ALL MATERIAL ©℗ Sarah Van Sciver www.sarahvansciver.com