Name: Castles in the Air
Duration: P00H05M18S
Description: I wrote this in 2019 after seeing--and becoming obsessed with--the movie "Shirkers". If you know the movie, you will recognized some of the details in the song, and if you don't, I hope you will like this (and maybe watch "Shirkers")!

Castles in the Air

from Linden Street by Travels With Brindle

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I wrote this in 2019 after seeing--and becoming obsessed with--the movie "Shirkers". If you know the movie, you will recognized some of the details in the song, and if you don't, I hope you will like this (and maybe watch "Shirkers")!

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You thought that we could trust him
He lured us to his lair
He speaks to you in cinema
A language that you share
Glassy eyed and waxen skinned
He scared off all our friends
When our colleagues came to call
He hid us in the kitchen

He promised castles in the air
You wrote some castles in the air
We built some castles in the air
Can't live in castles in the air

Everybody tells you no
With him you get to yes
You pull us in your slipstream
As you paddle towards success
I keep notes at all our meetings
We're tired and confused
But you can't see all the red flags
When your dream is coming true

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Your castle's made of blank tape bricks
The only thing your best friend left
He sent them to my office
He knows I saw through him
We were his little mermaids
He stole our voice and vision
We did all this for you
Your castle's now a tomb

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from Linden Street, released September 2, 2022
Vox, ukulele, vocals, production: Chelsea Spear

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Travels With Brindle Boston, Massachusetts

Under the name Travels With Brindle, Boston-based songwriter Chelsea Spear got started as a busker on the MBTA, playing ukulele covers for a diverse audience. She later began writing her own music, developing the ethereal-yet-gritty style that can now be heard in the tight melodies of her most recent EP, Greetings from Rocky Point. She is writing her second EP. ... more

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