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Retrospective

by Positronic

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1.
Revelation 06:32
I see the stars shine in your eyes. I see the moon glow in your eyes. I know someday they’ll crystalize, and you will fall before you rise. And will come back down to you. To suck it up and still be true. To the life you’ve chose with no more lies. You see it crumble before your eyes. I see it in your eyes. You feel it in your cries. I see the stars shine in your eyes. I feel the pain in your goodbyes. I know someday you’ll realize. And see the truth left in my lies. And it will come back down to you. To suck it up and see them through. Until the day you’re left with no more tries. And start to fall before you rise. I see it in your eyes. You feel it in your cries. Revelation, Hesitation, Your elation, across the nation revolution, constitution, restitution, resolution. I see it in your eyes. You feel it in your cries
2.
Always 04:12
Always try to hear, what wisdom whispers in your ear. You always try to keep what’s locked inside your heart. When life is alone, life is dead. Or maybe it’s all inside your head. Feeling alone when you’re feeling pain, feeling pain you’ll feel again. (Chorus) Always, ring out across the land. Always, no one to cry again, Always, the truth will live forever. Always, believe in wisdom. Always. All the love we share. Is not enough to show we care. All the pain we feel inside, is not enough to cry. Hurt haunts your dreams. It even laughs behind the scenes. The emptiness that fills our hearts is the perfect place to start. (Chorus)However long. However far. Whatever it takes. Wherever you are. How ever false or how untrue, I’ll always be holding onto you. Whatever comes up, whatever goes down. I’ll never let you hit the ground. However far that we’re apart, you’re always locked inside my heart. (Chorus)
3.
Take the time, to sort it out in your mind, and discover these things, I have left for you to find. When your dreams turn to nightmares, open your eyes to see me. Who was always there before you. I went to the woods, to live deliberately. To discover, I hadn’t lived at all. Tried to see how high I climbed. Only to find my fall. From what I always kept my eye on. (Chorus): Someone loves you, someone cares, someone whispers your name in prayers, someone’s empty, someone cries, someone lives to be seen by your eyes, someone needs you can’t you see? That your someone was always me.  If my actions have not shown, what it is I want you to know. Then let me tell you. (Chorus)
4.
Moving On 04:19
Once we believed, in the simple things in life. Before we made up our minds to touch the things out of sight. We feel so alone in this world of black and white. Not knowing all along that everything’s alright. Chorus: (Moving on, pushing on. Hoping to get away. Pressing on, believing on things that go my way. Moving on, pushing on, hoping to get away. Pressing on, believing on, things that go my way, today.) Things get complicated when we lose sight. Of the things we really want and let them fade into the night. But I’m moving on. You can stay if you want to. Try not to lose yourself as you let life run you. (Chorus)
5.
Ride 06:21
Let’s take a ride. Just you and I. Anywhere we want to go. Nobody even needs to know. And you feel so afraid of yesterday. And I can’t stand to be alone. All on my own. My own. Let’s take a ride. Just you and I. Anywhere you want to go. It’s not important that I know. And I hope that you’ll come away with me. And you, know deep within your heart, you can’t let go of your fear. Chorus: (All I want to do is ride. Baby you can take your time. Maybe someday, you will change your mind. All I want to do is ride. I’ll be standing by your side, hoping someday you will change your mind. All I want to do is ride.) The birds in the trees are singing our song. The voice in the ocean breeze is calling your name. (Chorus)
6.
The Image 04:19
Thinking back, On the days when you were mine, remembering the love we shared, and the love we left behind, we were so young, and didn’t have a clue, I never thought to think that I might be left without you. Chorus: The Image, of being without you, has me wondering what it’s all about, and wondering what to do. 2nd verse: Remembering back, on the night you said goodbye, you said you were leaving and I didn’t ask you why. Once you said goodbye and twice you looked away. I never thought to think I might see you again someday. (Chorus) 3rd verse: Now I’m standing here, looking through your eyes, search deep in the cell of your heart, and give us another try. Whatever you choose, I won’t cry, Just stay here with me and don’t, don’t say goodbye. (Chorus) Bridge: Now, I need your touch. How, I want to hold your hand (Chorus)
7.
Moving along in this world, is not an easy thing to do. It’s hard to keep on track. And sometimes it’s hard, to let yourself go, and find out what’s in you. Chorus: Then she said, we can dance all day, if the feeling’s right. We can laugh and sing, all through the night. Then she said, we can live our lives, and we can all be free. We can have it all, so come dance with me. 2nd verse: Where are you going and where have you been? It’s time to look around. And see for yourself that things aren’t the way they should be. Time to change. (Chorus) 3rd verse: Take the time, to only be yourself. Only then, you will know. (Chorus)
8.
As I watch from afar, I wonder if I might meet, alone with you, alone with you. I sit and stare, at the way you move, the way you smile, makes my heart sing. Chorus: La, la, la, la. La, la, la, la, la, la, la, la. La, la, la, la, I’ll sing for you. 2nd verse: What a fool, to hope and think that you. Will cross my way, or make my day. What if I told you, that I care, and what if I told you that my hear sings. (Chorus) For You. 3rd verse: As I watch from afar, I wonder if I might meet, alone with you, alone with you. (Chorus) Please, close your eyes, open you heart, and see me here, lost in a dream. 
9.
We met one day, while I was in a trance. And I felt so blessed that you gave me a second glance. Now you’ve come and now you’ve gone. And I’m still wondering what on earth I did wrong. Chorus: Next time you are here, I’ll be glad to have you near, and I’ll know better than to let you go. Now that I’m alone, all I hear is my heart’s tone, and I don’t know why I love you so. 2nd verse: I reached for you, in my hour of need. Were you happy or sad, just to hear me plead? Just one more kiss and maybe one more try. Another look at romance before you say goodbye. (Chorus) Bridge: I’m older now and wiser now. I know I’ll have you someway somehow. (Chorus) 
10.
Fade Away 05:07
I sit alone and stare, in this dark room. I see the laughing faces, that I once knew, so well. As I lay here helpless, I know my time has come. Time to relax and to reflect, on all of my days undone. Chorus: I melt when I’m asleep, with all the secrets I can keep. My life slips away, and all I can do is fade. 2nd verse: I never had a chance, to make my own call. Never had a chance, to break my own fall. They always pulled me, in the way they thought I should sway. But I stood my ground, now all I can do is fade away. (Chorus)
11.
As I walk about my way, I always think of you. I never want to be walking in your shoes. But the heart that I have is never untrue. And I never want to be, walking without you. Chorus: I can’t believe you’d go. You can’t believe you’ll stay. All I see, is only you and me.  2nd verse: When you walk away, you never look back. I’d never have the strength to ever do that. But we caught up in our lives, as we walk across this land. There’s got to be a way, to walk together hand in hand. (Chorus) 3rd verse: Walking with you, is how I want to be. If you leave me now, you’ll never see. That the heart that I have, is never untrue. And I never want to be, walking without you. (Chorus)
12.
Yesterday 04:15
Yesterday I thought I saw you by your window. I wondered how you are, are you happy or full of sorrow. And I remember a time when it was only you and I. Before we fell apart neither of us knowing why. Chorus: And I remember, happiness. That all falls apart when I recall yesterday. Hey, I remember your words. They all fade away into the pages of yesterday. 2nd verse: Times have changed and I’m sure that you have too. But I’m happy now even though I don’t have you. And I wish you all the joy this life has to give. I only hope you have a chance to truly live. (Chorus)
13.
As I walk across this empty beach in sadness, the waves appear to greet me with a certain kind of gladness. I cannot find the courage or the strength to make it alone. I’ve always had you and it’s all I’ve ever known. Chorus: It’s time. I can learn to fly, in time. And I’ll live happily ever after. In time. We can learn to fly, you and I. And we’ll live happily ever after. 2nd verse: As I stretch myself across this naked land, the clouds The clouds appear to greet me with a friendly open hand. Why can’t they see me for what’s inside my heart? This thing of beauty that will never fall apart. (Chorus)

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This is a collection of songs that I wrote from the period of 1989 to 2005. It's been a dream of mine to release these to the public since then.

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Positronic Corona, California

Positronic is electronic music with a positive sound, hence the name, Positronic. It is the creation of Michael McDannold who is influenced by Erasure, OMD, Depeche Mode, Petshop Boys, and New Order. Michael has been making electronic synth-pop since 1988. ... more

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