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Force My Hand

by Nate Leslie

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    A word from Nate about the album..."This album has been, just like every piece of music I make, a journey to create. I hope that when you hear this album, you will hear the heart, time, energy, stress, and love that went into it. I'd like to think I have shown more sonic evolution from my last record, and I feel that I'm pushing more boundaries with my capabilities. Thank you for listening, I made this music for you."
    -----Nate

    This is pure, unfiltered, independent music. Rock 'n' roll, indie, pop, electro, and more all rolled together to make a perfect blend. Highs, lows, loud, soft. It's all here.

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1.
The Love 01:54
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take a dive, look inside at the center of the earth or the wheels of the hearse that you'll never drive cannot ask days that past for any reasons why everybody keeps their pain on the inside keep it down don't ever stop, just give her all the love that you've got don't ever make a move, make it slow telling everyone you know how much better everything would look from above but everyone that you know has dug themselves a hole that they're still trying hard to climb out of don't ever stop, just give her the love make a move, make a scene girl, you really ought to leave 'cuz you're blowing out my chest like a heart disease call it fate (circumstance) this could be my only chance to tell you please believe me, you'll never see me when your blindfolds all speak easy don't ever stop, just give her all the love that you've got don't ever stop, no just give her all the love that you've got
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Where There Are Satellites... 05:00
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if I were an island, I'd have cliffs on all sides if I were an island, there'd be no buried treasure to find my eyes are just caves made from erosion you look kind of strange running in slow motion are you still the same since last I saw you? or did you change your name so I'd never find you? everyone waits for you every ladder climbs to the roof don't misbehave, or I'll tell your father I want you to be safe, don't know why I bother everyone waits for you every ladder climbs to the roof why an I still awake? there's not a damn thing to do every bone in me aches 'cuz it was wrong to love you it was wrong to love you
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...There Will Be Spies 03:54
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you talk until you're hoarse with hands like arrows and divorce but you're still standing still of course looking over your shoulder my paranoia sleeps with doubtful heads and misbeliefs it makes me wonder what she eats on her way to her day job there will be spies right outside your door there will be spies hiding under your floor come take a look around at the place where you are found it's 6 feet underneath the ground right by your father your heart is so alone like every soul you've ever known you only come when no one's home looking for the answer there will be spies right outside your door there will be spies hiding under your floor there will be spies asking you for some more we found a lover here with a believer in his arms coming of age in fear coming of age, it means no harm what did you find here? there will be spies right outside your door there will be spies hiding under your floor there will be spies asking you for some more
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Opposites 04:07
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she's pulling a fast one as if you've never seen one I can't for the life of me believe what's in front of me well you were half right when you said that we should play nice I should know I shouldn't listen when you give me such bad advice 'cuz it's a well-known fact that opposites attract hope your pointed tongue won't stab you in the back better write this down, you gotta leave town 'cuz it's a well-known fact that no one wants you around you look like you've been long gone you're still singing the same song a man speaks of real love but he don't know what he speaks of 'cuz it's a well-known fact that opposites attract hope your pointed tongue won't stab you in the back better write this down, you gotta leave town 'cuz it's a well-known fact that no one wants you around on time, we'll lay it on the line but you're sittin' so still like you can't make up your mind and we'll push, and shove, and stay above we speak about love, but we don't know what we speak of yeah you push me and you shove me down you stand above me how could you love me now? you look like you've been long gone you're still singing the same song a man speaks of real love but he don't know what he speaks of 'cuz it's a well-known fact that opposites attract hope your pointed tongue won't stab you in the back better write this down, you gotta leave town 'cuz it's a well-known fact that no one wants you around on time, we'll lay it on the line but you're sittin' so still like you can't make up your mind and we'll push, and shove, and stay above we speak about love, but we don't know what we speak of
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15 Seconds 04:46
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I do no good I've done no harm I do what I should I drive my car don't bother trying to remember I was never even here don't bother trying to remember this my life is fifteen seconds you tried too hard you can't explain how you've done everything but make me change don't bother writing anything down you'll make the same mistakes again my father told me so my father told me so my life is fifteen seconds my life is fifteen seconds my life is fifteen seconds my life is fifteen seconds I'll throw away my watch it reminds me of things...
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Shoulder To Shoulder 05:24
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There's unfinished business that I'd have you know and there's unwanted people inside of my home and there's thousands of places I'd still like to go to and into the dark we went in single file we were just empty shelves in that last longest aisle and I'd cut off my hands just to see one last smile from you where does time go? where does time go? where does time go? shoulder to shoulder it seems rather odd that we are throwing roses at our firing squad and we're all still on love with the things that we're not and the aisle's a staircase we're watching our feet all the way to the bottom where we finally meet and we're given our blindfolds and accept our defeat but just Where does the time go? Where does the time go? This is the best thing I could ever imagine you are the best thing I could ever imagine I can't hold a single candle to your sound I can't hold a single candle to your sound Where does time go?
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Fugitive 03:12
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With the talking bird on my shoulder with an army in my lens I will fight the war within myself dragging innocent citizens I'll go down, straight down in history winning by a landslide to the water where they're carrying the remains we clap and cry the chorus chants grow louder and louder parents covering up their kids I look far into the distance loneliness feels like a sin I'll go to hell, I failed the ministry losing by a landslide to the water where they're carrying the remains they clap and cry
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Celebrity Voiceovers 04:09
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I'm a hero, I'm a disgrace I'm a kiss and a stab in the same place I may not look all that bad, but I caught a disease from the friends that I once had hands off, broke up keep your chin up lose your place in line why why why why won't you believe me? you make make make make make this too easy you open your door and let every last one of them in I'll try try try try to cut you a break when you make make make make the same mistakes here over and over and over and over again you're not alone here inside your home dear I'm stalling and I'm sad when I miss the things I had why why why why won't you believe me? you make make make make make this too easy you open your door and let every last one of them in I'll try try try try to cut you a break when you make make make make the same mistakes here over and over and over and over again you're not alone here inside your home dear let me show you now my head, my chest is hollowed out
9.
Vapors 04:12
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her legs move much faster in eighteen inches of snow believe me, I've asked her just where she's planning to go her love has grown staler than the dust in her windows her eyes will betray her now everybody knows she's Gone gone gone gone gone gone till she reappears here I know her intentions I know just what she's doing she breaks my whole body without even moving I'm full of deception my lies are quite convincing but nothing that I say can hide the fact that now she's Gone gone gone gone gone gone till she reappears here
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Misfire 04:31
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capture the flag stairs on your back spots on the lens the children attack hiding your eyes but you can't look away the hands in a mold for the fields that they lay so out of place lost in a room the tapping of glass means nothing to you the corpse is alive the fires that it shares is burning inside the things that you wear capture the flag cut off my hands I'll stare at the ground I'll meet your demands no one is here there's no one inside but nobody fears 'cuz no one's alive mouths that misfire talk me to death I'll put your tongue where your body will rest forcing my hand how could I not do things to you that I couldn't stop
11.
The Hate 03:49
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we're climbing out in pairs of two so neither could ever escape our eyes are made of light the brightest that you've ever scenes must look differently than they do when they are right in front of you all along if I look strong it's only because I can dream of you I've got my eye on you I hear the hate from lips of gold I savor the feeling I wouldn't waste the things I hold the things that I touch or I taste your skin, you let me in the hate that you don't know where to beginning is the hardest part especially when the whole world is crushing your heart I've got my eye on you
12.
Hearts Like Thunder 06:24
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faster than sound slow it all down you've only arrived now you can't be found come, stand next to me lull me to sleep 'cuz I can't believe this the world's heaviest weight is pulling me down it pulls me to pieces my feet can't leave this room maybe they'll help help me to come and meet you soon you fit in my palm still I feel so small for only two hours I had no control come, stand next to me lull me to sleep 'cuz I can't believe this the world's heaviest weight is pulling me down it pulls me to pieces wait, I'll be there eventually at least I know where you are his heart's like thunder
13.
Bones 04:26
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can't release what you captured a human landfill full of laughter we got a funeral song the city's singing along but they're singing it wrong here's how it goes I do a thousand things but none of them well there's a bomb in the temple you can already tell because you've got eyes in the back of your head the back of your head the back of your head your thousand faces are ringing a bell and they're trying to catch me I can already tell because I've got eyes in the back of my head the back of my head can't decide if it mattered that your hopes are what I shattered you're putting holes in your walls in your rooms and your halls 'cuz you don't matter at all or so you're told fear is right here steals your change covered up like an old scar never show off who we all are the noise that rattles your bones 'cuz you ain't got the stones you say to leave you alone it's getting old I do a thousand things but none of them well there's a bomb in the temple you can already tell because you've got eyes in the back of your head the back of your head the back of your head your thousand faces are ringing a bell and they're trying to catch me I can already tell because I've got eyes in the back of my head the back of my head the back of my head stand, bind my hands I lived my life how I thought I should but I'm just scared I didn't do any good because I've got no eyes in the back of my head the back of my head I do a thousand things but none of them well there's a bomb in the temple you can already tell because you've got eyes in the back of your head the back of your head the back of your head your thousand faces are ringing a bell and they're trying to catch me I can already tell because I've got eyes in the back of my head the back of my head the back of my head
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In The Dark, Looking Out 05:09
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I was born with a villain's heart on top of hollow stone I exist only in the space between my walls Stop here Start here we disappear in vapor trails off we fall asleep, we take our clothes off commonplace I'm found commonwealth somehow I don't think so you can't touch me through there's not much I can do but admit how much I need you we disappear in vapor trails off we fall asleep, we take our clothes off his hands are like hammers
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You Move Me To Violence 06:04
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dead branches scraping at your windows your head is buried in your pillowcase you never felt so tired victory feels like a gun to your face saw your shadow leaving in a whisper never thought that air could hold up so much close your eyes and make it all go away but you can't and you hear the bad man say "face down on the ground don't make a sound or I'll make you wish you'd never been born or been seen, or been heard, or were ever around" will you come and hold me still? and stay inside my skin crawls now no one can be found sounds bring our heartbeats down you move me... you move me... our daughters are asking us to make sense hard to do when every word sounds insane I'll do just what you like best you make me so violent by saying your name civil servants are taking their revenge use their hands to make angels out of their loose change daddy says that someday when life ends we'll cancel each other out 'cuz we're all the same will you come and hold me still? and stay inside my skin crawls now no one can be found sounds bring our heartbeats down cup my hands around every little question give my madness to all my children each by name I live with no direction we'll cancel each other out, 'cuz we're all the same you move me... you move me...

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Nate Leslie's 2nd official solo release. Over an hour of engaging sonic beauty and mayhem...there's 3 demo tracks included as a bonus with the full-album download.

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released March 15, 2011

All music written, recorded, and performed by Nate Leslie, except "Fugitive," lyrics and music originally written and performed by Matt Murray. Version available here by permission. He's my buddy, after all.

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Nate Leslie is a sonic alchemist creating his own blend of indie post-punk electro psychedelic rock. Whatever that means.

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