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For the Months

by TLB // TheyLoveThem

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1.
April's Song 04:31
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Do you remember when I met you? The sun came out that day. All the bad feelings fell behind you. The crocuses came out to stay with Your smile keeps us together. Because that's all I want to do when I'm with you! Apr-all I want to do is thank you for the Grand times we've shared. Apr-all I want to say is goodbye though it's too late. Don't think that I don't care about you. Couldn't stop all the bad feelings comin' in. As cold as you could be. You turned yourself around, you changed for the better. For all to see! You make the flowr's bloom You make the trees turn green with envy when you smile. When you take your time When you do things right, Because April showers bring May flowers. Apr-all I want to do is thank you for the Gran times we've shared. Apr-all I want to say is goodbye though it's too late. Don't think that I don't care about you. Those were the days that it was too cold to go outside. We lost that time together, but I know you didn't mean it. Oh April, you must know: All I want to do is thank you for the Grand times we've shared. Apr-all I want to say is goodbye though it's too late you must know that: I'll stay. I'll be right here, April. I'll see you next year. April you must know that I'll be right here waiting when you Come back to me. When you Come back to me. Say you'll Come back to me next year! All I want to do is tell you I love you. I can't wait to see you again next year! ©TravisLoveBenson 2011-2015
2.
May Be. 03:56
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May I be so blunt to say I'm glad you're here? May I say it's always great this time of year? Dance around or picnic on the hill. Do your worst. Do your best. Do what you will. Maybe I will. Maybe I won't. Maybe it's a thrill. Maybe it's a want. Whatever it may be: May be. May we forget all our work and go play? May we bring our future hopes with us to May Day? There's a line of hope that's strung for you. We will do what all young kids will do. Maybe we will. Maybe we won't. Maybe it's a thrill. Maybe it's our want. Whatever it may be: May be. ©TravisLoveBenson 2011-2015
3.
June 03:29
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Sometime in the afternoon. Early in the month of June. A darkened sky. Looming 'cross a mortal boon. With the flowers in full bloom. Jumping junipers join the jostling June Bugs on the fly. Eighteen minutes after four. I spent looking at the floor. Praying to be. Anywhere from here to see The end of you the end of me The Devil's got his due And his dew got onto me and I said: "Take me away, June. I'm coming home soon. All will quiet down for me When they take my life from me. Take me away, June." As they strapped me to the chair Lightning bugs danced through the air Waiting to see The one sacrificed to the moor: There and then forever more Swimming through an ocean of discarded hopes and dreams And I said: "Take me away, June. I'm coming home soon. All will quiet down for me When they take my life from me. Take me away, June." All was black then I saw the man. Dressed up with a cane in hand. He smiled at me: "Hello there dear friend of mine. I sure hope you've got the time. To suffer here forever with the hope of nothing kind." And I screamed: "Take me away, June! I'm coming home soon! All will quiet down for me When they take my life from me! Take me away, June! Take me away..." ©Travis Love Benson 2011-2015
4.
Why, July? 03:20
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A laugh to loud to be missed. A life too loved to be lived. May's passed on, June's gone to bits. July's too hot for me to give two cares in the world: Who cares about July? A month of humidity dries All my hopes I lie In these nights of culture shock I die. Maybe it's the month of July. Maybe it's the month of why! Why do we live, or why do we die? Why does the pollen make me cry? Calling an earthquake "Just a sigh". Losing all the will to go on. Losing all the will to go on. Losing all the will to go on making this song. Who cares about July? A month of humidity dries All my hopes I lie In these nights of culture shock I die. Maybe it's the month of July. Maybe it's the month of why! July, July! Love the forests, and the skies! July, July! If Nature is my Mother, no wonder I'm so tired of July, July! I can't say it's all bad but it's nothing short of torture when the clouds will cry, and everything gets hotter, everything gets wetter, nobody gets better, life goes on forever in July. Who cares about July? A month of humidity dries All my hopes I lie In these nights of culture shock I die. Maybe it's the month of July. Maybe it's the month of why! But I really do love the month. I just can't stand the sun! In July~ ©Travis Love Benson 2011-2015
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August! 05:11
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You are: Unimaginable. You are: Unconventional. You are the hottest thing I've ever seen. I am: Immaterial. I am: Impressionable. I am implying that I can't see. For I can't get home in this heat. I can't get home with my feet. But mostly I can't believe that it's so fucking hot! Why is your sun so hot, August? How could you be so cold? When will it be the time? Tell me: What I want to know is: How will I make it home in this heat? Who can I trust but me and my feet? Why is your sun so hot, August? You are: Inconceivable and You are: ..Another big word and You are inescapable it seems. I am: Un-bemused by you. I am: Uncompassionate too. I am unfashionably beat. And I can't get home in this heat. I can't get home with my feet. But mostly I can't believe that it's so fucking hot! Why is your sun so hot, August? How could you be so cold? When will it be the time? Tell me: What I want to know is: How will I make it home in this heat? Who can I trust but me and my feet? Why is your sun so hot, August? You are: Unequivocal and I am: Immeasurably in love with your son. Why can't you see? That I will make it home in this heat. ©Travis Love Benson 2011-2015
6.
September Daze 02:52
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Summertime! More like Summer-crime! There's no summer-reason or summer-rhyme For this summer-heat attacking me. When will it be cold? Summer day leave me summer dazed. But summer nights well, some are nice. Summer-try with all my summer-might. When will it be cold? I tried running but the heat turned my legs right into bone. I tried biking but the tires melted right to the stone. There will be a day when the ground is cold. It won't be much, but the thought is gold. When September winds will burn my skin And I pray for Autumn days. Summer skies burn my summer eyes. Sand blows in my eyes and makes them dry. And I'm tired of all these summer lies. So when will it be cold? I tried driving but I don't have a car. And I tried flying but the distance was so far. There will be a day when the ground is cold. It won't be much, but for us it's gold. When September winds will burn my skin And I pray for Autumn days. ©Travis Love Benson 2011-2015
7.
Mum-me 05:31
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Mum-me, mum-my, mum-me. I am just a mummy. I sleep within my tomb. Dark and cold and dusty. I sleep in all this gloom. I look outside my sarcophagus And what do I see? The bats and the bees getting it on But who is there for me, oh my! My: Cold lonely heart isn't beating anymore. Inside of its glass jar on the shelf I've been keeping in store For anyone in the world who is bound themselves but not their soul But who could love a mummy? No one could love a mummy... Ah! Mum-me, mum-my, mum-me. Mum-why is it so hard to find some-mummy? When you live and you die and you open your eyes as a couple: You're in Heaven. And the Jack-O-Lantern smiles on this Halloween night. But I am just a mummy I have no mummy to delight in. Oh my cold lonely heart isn't beating anymore. Next to my other organs I keep neatly in a row for: Anyone in this world who could keep my soul warm But who could love a mummy? No one could love a mummy... Ah! Mum-me, mum-my, mum-me. So I'll wait til I find you my some-mummy true. I'll wait here forever if I could lay right next to you. With our cold, lifeless bodies, and your bandaged hand near mine I'll wait here forever Sleep here together. Looking far and wide. I hope that you find my sarcopha..guy! Mum-me, mum-my, mum-me. Mum-me and mum-you. That's what we'll do. But who could love a mummy? Maybe YOU could love a mummy? Ah.. ©Travis Love Benson 2011-2015
8.
Colour of Your Sun 04:47
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Trees growin' near a river. An oil painting on the lawn. Addagios of ancient, tiny quivers, of The fish feeding frenzy in the pond. "Emotion never was the greatest virtue." Said the higher being to the man. "If you want to go and break the curse, you know Your empathetic mind must understand. Your sympathetic mind must comprehend: That in tiny eyes the world is big And on quiet nights no bird will sing Unless they hear the bells first ringing out loud. That the sky made shadowed clouds pretend To cover land but once again They fade: and in the day out comes the sun! And do robots dream of electric sheep? When they're in their electric sleep? In Heaven or on Earth it will be done. Autumn is the colour of your sun." The faithful repast of a dinner. A time when traditions were in spite of harbouring the wishbone picking winner in The turkey or the chicken of the night. A future is no past for a robot. A cold, mechanical, feeling-less machine. But if flesh and blood is all it takes Why does your emotion evade me? Now understand: That in tiny eyes the world is big And on quiet nights no bird will sing Unless they hear the bells first ringing out loud. That the sky made shadowed clouds pretend To cover land but once again They fade: and in the day out comes the sun! And do robots dream of electric sheep? When they're in their electric sleep? In Heaven or on Earth it will be done. Autumn is the colour of your sun. The birds fly south for the winter. The fish will swim deeper in the lake. Robots fear no reaper. And snow is contradictive of their fate. Can't you see? That in tiny eyes the world is big And on quiet nights no bird will sing Unless they hear the bells first ringing out loud. That the sky made shadowed clouds pretend To cover land but once again They fade: and in the day out comes the sun! And do robots dream of electric sheep? When they're in their electric sleep? In Heaven or on Earth it will be done. Autumn is the colour of your sun. And do robots dream of electric sheep? When they're in their electric sleep? In Heaven or on Earth it will be done. Winter is the colour of your sun. Winter is the colour of your sun. ©Travis Love Benson 2011-2015
9.
December, Remember. 04:33
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December, Remember. December, Remember. December, Remember me. I remember the day that we met. I remember the day that we met. How could I forget? How could I forget? You were so beautiful. You were so beautiful. You shone like a star in the sky, in the sky! I remember you December. Remember me too It was a time. It was a time in our lives, in our lives when we were happy. When we were happy to be. Remember me. And I'll never forget you. I'll never forget you even if I tried. Even if I cried. No I'd never forget your face. Oh, no. I'll never forget what you did to me. No I'll never forget. No I'll never forget your face or what you did, or what you did to me. I'll never forget you. I'll never forget you. My love. How could I forget you? How could I forget you? No I'll never forget what you did to me. No I'll never forget. No I'll never forget what you did to me, my love. No I'll never forget. How could I forget you? I wish I could. I wish I could. But nothing could forget. No one will forget. Never will forget you, my love. My love. ©Travis Love Benson 2011-2015
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January 04:27
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"January, can you carry me? Through the darkness and the cold frailty of my mind. In this January gray, can you help me fly away? For I know that I'll be okay on this January day." There's so much, so much! Story to tell. And I hope. I hope! That I tell it well for you. I was once a man, a man who was wise. With my eyes, all two, set on the prize. It's true. But then there was a man. A man who had a plan. A plan to shake up the world we're in. And I did all I could. I ran, jumped, pushed, and would. I should have tried to take him again. But he was so strong for me. And I said: "January, can you carry me? Through the darkness and the cold frailty of my mind. In this January gray, can you help me fly away? For I promise that we'll be okay on this January day." Then you took my hand, and we began to fly Above all of the pain and all of the strife he'd caused. Winter was that man, who caused it to snow. And his grudge, so cold, that he wouldn't let go. Nor I. So one day in the freeze, When it was zero degrees, I went outside and I said: "It sure is WARM today!" And with a smile I played Water guns with my friends. And only one got hypothermia! And I said: "January, can you carry me? Through the darkness and the cold frailty of my mind. In this January gray, can you help me fly away? For I promise that we'll be okay on this January day." But Winter would not cease. He would not leave in peace. And I don't know what to do. But as long as I am with you: "January, can you carry me? Through the darkness and the cold frailty of my mind. In this January gray, can you help me fly away? For I promise that we'll be okay on this January day." "January, can you carry me?" ©Travis Love Benson 2011-2015
11.
A Night like February 03:26
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There will never be a night like February. There will never be a fight like tonight. There will never be a night like February. You and me together, we will make this alright. So blow, wind, blow! Snow, snow, snow tonight! Zero days of sunshine, 28 days of gray. Zero days of blue skies, 28 days of snow and rain. Zero days of happiness, 28 ways to say: I'm coming to get ya, it's time for you to go away. Where were the days of sunshine hiding? All I knew were the cloudy days. There was a man worth finding Who could make this all go away. There will never be a night like February. There will never be a fight like tonight. There will never be a night like February. You and me together, we will make this alright. So blow, wind, blow! Snow, snow, snow tonight! Zero days of sunshine, 300 days of gray. Zero days of blue skies, 400 days of snow and rain. Zero days of happiness, 500 ways to say: I'm coming to get ya, it's time for you to go away. Instead of frigid tempers blooming. Like the flowers wilting after the rain. He took the only love I'd ever known. February days forever came. There will never be a night like February. There will never be a fight like tonight. There will never be a night like February. You and me together, we will make this alright. So blow, wind, blow! Snow, snow, snow tonight! ©Travis Love Benson 2011-2015
12.
Marching On! 04:06
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It's a month for the good times. It's a month for the bad. It's a time to remember All those memories we ad. The snow is melting away Just like our time Together is the way We should end this night Of our great intuition Of our ghostly dreams Of our haunt march of Winter as it melts into Spring. I remember all those things that I've said to you. Just like honey from a comb into sweet, sweet wine. The words slipped like fingers through the trees, And I slipped to you like the birds would to the bees. Would to the bees. All of a sudden the winter is gone. All of a sudden spring comes Marching on. All of a sudden the winter is gone for you. Sing one last Winter song. Here is the moment. Here's the minute. Here's the day. Here's the time for us to say what we need to say. As for me, and as for you. As for us well what will we do? The changes will come, well that's what they say. Where will time go as we hide away? And I'll hold you in my arms just for today. Just for today. All of a sudden the winter is gone. All of a sudden spring comes Marching on. All of a sudden the winter is gone for you. Sing one last Winter song. All of a sudden the winter is gone. All of a sudden spring comes Marching on. All of a sudden the winter is gone. All of a sudden spring comes Marching on for you. Sing one last Winter... All of a sudden the winter is gone. All of a sudden spring comes Marching on. All of a sudden the winter is gone for you. Sing one last Winter song.

about

I am obsessed with The Decemberists. I've been listening to them since 2008 but around last April I had just started realizing they were one of my consistent favourite bands and I never gave them the credit for that. They have a few songs about months and I was so inspired by them that I wrote April's Song in April of 2014. When I wrote April's Song I decided I wanted to see if I could write a song for each month of the year. So I could listen back and have memories, through music, of each month and everything I did.

I chose to start with April, and Spring, on this album, because that's when I started writing and that's when the year started for me. I decided to release both albums on April 1st because I wanted to release one year from the date I started this concept album, and I wanted to release my longer-written Love Album before or at the same time since it came first. That's why there are two albums being released today!

Needless to say I didn't write a song in EACH month, but I wrote a song -for- each month, and a couple were just written with the feelings I had during that particular month (ie. December was written inFebruary, for instance). There's no perfect one-song-per-month story here, and I'm kinda glad for it. You'll hear the progression of how my songwriting has changed over the course of the last year without needing it to be in order.

More than that, you'll hear the mindset I was in each month of the year, and I hope you enjoy this peak into my mind, and can even sympathize with it!

~Travis Love Benson <3

P.S. Please click on individual tracks and read the lyrics or why/how I wrote a particular song. I'll have little stories!

P.P.S. Thank you so much again for listening. This was a big undertaking and I'm glad people are interested! Share with your friends! Get the word out! And respect the months of the year!

credits

released April 1, 2015

SO many people: This was really a collaboration of art.

Thank you to Sue-Chan for the album cover. It is beyond belief and I'm so in love with it that I don't even have words! WORDS! One of my favourite artists, EVER, and you made me something unbelievable! You can bet I'm writing you a song!

Thank you as well (for the back cover you'll see if you buy the album in hard cover!) to Cora Noelle Mitchell (Spring), Joseph Valentino (Winter), Myself (Summer), and Miguel Rodriguez (Autumn). You all did an AMAZING job and I will definitely be showing off your art. Thank you!

Thanks to my friends, family, and the months of the year for existing.

A HUGE thank you to The Decemberists for creating January Hymn, June Hymn, and July, July. Your different songs about the months inspired my creativity and want to do an album like this! So thank you again!

Thank YOU! You, the listeners! I have a lot of emotions finally finishing these albums but none more than love for my ability to put this out there!

©Travis Love Benson 2011-2015

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