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The B​-​Room Diaries, Vol. I: Trophy Day

by Melodime

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    The Story Behind the Bathroom Diaries

    Growing up in a large family, solitude wasn't easily found. There was one room, however, that offered a sense of separation between me and the outside world, a place that served as a caretaker to my inspiration. It was in the basement bathroom where I could lock myself for hours on end, with no more than a guitar and a journal, creating the only thing that ever made sense to me: music.

    The meaning of the Bathroom Diaries, however, goes beyond a simple setting for songwriting. This album represents the essence of dreams compressed in all of us, passions that are screaming for release. It is, to us, a breath of fresh air outside the consistency of our everyday lives. It's imperative that we allow ourselves these expressions; otherwise, we'll grow accustomed to normality, completely arrested by the law of structure.

    - Bradley Rhodes
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1.
Cursed 05:22
Well this here seems to be the only way I can speak The words that are deep down in me prefer to sleep when I need them the most I can't speak one more word when rhymes out of turn when I am not controlling Living a life that is cursed confined by the worst surviving by what kills me but angel, please just know that I mean well I get lost in my dreams 'til reality screams With two worlds tearing at me I just want you to see that I need you the most But I'm not ashamed to say I take the blame I'm not trying to frame anyone I try to explain but I come off insane not a thing let to do but to run I am an addict of love but song is my drug dumbfounded but I'm screaming Please will you hear my hearts voice I don't have a choice when my words all leave me But, angel, please just know I've got nowhere to go Yes, angel, please just know that I mean well Yeah I mean well
2.
Revived 02:51
Bring on the day, I've got much more to say quite surprisingly I can still dance Oh, I'm filled with words and the song of the birds and a canvas that's blank with second chance Oh I do not apologize for my times or sad rhymes they're not the first and they will not be the last 'Cause I've been revived by a pair of green eyes and a road that's been paved by my past This feeling is new to me I've got the whole world to see and I'm finally happy today In this moment of bliss while my smile's been fixed there's this peace that I so rarely feel Life's hit or miss and my old bag of tricks is no more so I rely on what's real
3.
What are we still fighting for? Sometimes I tend to forget I promised to keep my gloves up but I'm worn out, can't stop getting hit It's hard to see what was fueling me when the chaser turns into the chased but poverty brought a song to me by a long lost friend I call faith So I will come home to our one room palace and search all the cabinets for food I'll give what I find to my angels in panic so they sleep the whole night through I'll turn off the heat, start a nice little fire take your hand and say “at least I have you” Yeah I'll do my best to turn this poor little mess into a happy little dream come true The television keeps on digging the hole I already fell in I knew it was tough when the boss said, “enough” and now I can't even pretend Your providing man has a bleeding hand that is starving yet empty again Just a grain of sand on a fallen land but the broken is meant to be mend Hush little darlin, Daddy is home We look broken, but see us inside Our hearts are wrapped up in diamonds and I wouldn't trade that for one lousy dime No, not one lousy dime
4.
Sailboats 04:51
Well I'm hesitant to breathe all the hatred and all of the greed There's no point in trying to succeed When the time is forcing us to bleed And I'm afraid of growing old in a world so cold I can't survive I rush the pace so my boat can float on the calmer coast east of the tides where innocence and belief can coincide So I'm asking what does hopeless mean and do the hopeless ever dare to dream? Is it a cowards reason to run free or the fighters reason to believe? See, I'm hesitant to scream 'cause there's something deep inside of me Something small but growing rapidly and it's all that's keeping me to breathe But who am I to judge this place when I fit right in with the human race? I can pierce my heart with faith but there's still days when I don't feel so, feel so no I don't feel so safe 'Cause I believe in love and I believe in grace and I belief that my sorrow will turn to praise Yes, I believe... (I'll keep sailing away) Sail away with me ...Yes, I believe (I'll keep sailing away) far from everything ...Yes, I believe (I'll keep sailing away) I want you to see ...I will be ok (I'll keep sailing away) ...Yes, I will be ok this is all you need
5.
The need for breath intrudes to my body and my heart beats without thought My car drives 'cause the key is turned just like we continue life as we've been taught I don't agree with this pawn-like nature or follow the leader dot to dot If success is measured by what they say then i will create my own top and I'm sorry world, but I'm not gonna stop I will get my hands dirty with true belief not with the social moral you have schemed You may be big but you'll be defeated with my American dream (my own American dream) I like to study the city streets as the clones of the real world pass by Clothed with arrogant smirks and suits to cover up their beat-less hearts inside Go make your dollar, boys, don't worry 'bout the ride Victory is won by the risk of falling and I for one will die with my pride Live to be a slave to my restless calling and I will not stop, no I will not stop 'til I
6.
High & Low 03:48
I got these mountains chasing after me I'm driving for an eternity tattooed with gripping agony again With directions jammed in my backseat begging me just to take a peak but I'm convinced that the road I seek is mine So the headlights blind my obdurate eyes with happiness uniquely disguised and a heart that just can't realize what's inside Just let me go high and low I will be back in no time And I will shout out now (shout out) I will shout out loud Yeah let me go high and low I will create my own rhyme 'cause you missed me but buried me kissed me but glared at me far too many times, too many times Day two I'm feeling hypnotized by the hidden sun broken white lines shrugging off the trusty high way signs again And as this infinite terrain Does numbers on my tired brain I continue on with no refrain at all I'm alone but can't remember why Is fault on me or the other guy? Has inability to compramise backfired? Day three my sleeps been minimal I feel like a running criminal who's committed crimes not memorable to most I think about this life I live my family and a couple friends the job I have no future in at all Yeah you missed me missed me now you gotta kiss me Can move a little fast, can be a little tricky now So this day four could have been one but I don't mind, no, I feel I've won though, solitude is some risky fun to trust I pull into this life I've made remembering the prayers I prayed and packing up my selfish ways for good I'm finally living high again the battle scars have healed within oh yes, and i can embrace them again
7.
Trophy Day 04:23
Well here I am looking right at 20 years With some meaningless hope inside a backpack full of fears and a halo that's hanging over never ending dreams but I'm not gonna be happy when they come true No, I'm an addict of the future's magnitude And it seems these days I get trapped by my own heart With hallow victories that don't recall their humble start And the bridges that I cross are overlooked then fall apart But what's the purpose of the chase if I close my eyes? And what's the meaning of the truth without some lies? I have done away with the false parades for the never coming trophy day 'cause smiles are born on days like today Just last week I saw Mollie's starry eyes She said she wants to be an actress just like her mom up in the lights Just some ordinary words from an optimistic mind but now I can smile more when she graces broadway's stage 'cause I watched her play the part at her young age And I miss the nights when we'd jam 'til well past 2 Making memories with the songs we'll never use and the humbling tavern shows for an audience of few in these smokey bars my real dreams are coming true playing songs with my best friends written for you
8.
Harmony 04:59
Be my harmony darlin' for always You can’t carry a tune, that’s alright Be my harmony darlin' for always And let our music guide us through our lives As I step up on this wishing well my change is loose and some just fell and darlin', I will let you wish for me What do you think that I might adore? Remember I cannot love you more My love's already soaring at its peak Now I have slipped a bit and, babe, I know but so have you, so lets just go and slip together now and always Those first two months (our awkward phase) well that worked out in many ways You’re the puzzle piece that completes my soul Or when the world seemed like a better place when freedom slapped us in the face well it wasn’t, oh no it was nothing without you We are veterans now in this rookie game some to figure out, but more to gain and I'm ready to figure it out with you
9.
Portrait 04:30
It's been awhile since I drove this terrain Back home from college but it still feels the same It must be the mountains that stir the thoughts in my brain 'Cause I'm approaching Roanoke feeling semi-insane A slave to emotion with only myself to blame I painted a portrait in the back of my mind Of my ideal girl but she never came by I grew tired of searching and I lived my life blind Now I'm learning the hard way being punished with time Yeah, I'm battling lonely but I got someone in mind Someone has healed me in Knoxville, Tennessee and I'm suddenly feeling fine I've housed a heart that is hungry indeed and I cannot stop it's will to succeed It's true that it's boldness can be a burden to me and I live by faith and a calm certainty Yeah, you can have love, I own the rights to belief I know it sounds crazy and I do apologize but I don't like hearts in disguise You are the portrait that I did define I think my happiness is from learning that you exist Now I can take the risk on my mind instead of wasting my time instead of wasting my time
10.
Memory Lane 04:05
"Well to most these songs were just songs" but if Happy Strings played then we could not go wrong And When I'm Sixty-Three I know I'll sing along with my Harmony darling on the porch by the lawn Well it's Sweet(heart) Contentment was sent from above And the hearts of our fans who possess NoVa Love There's one thing that makes this world go round And that something is love as memories form to sound My Harmony sang for a Julia But the Fairytale Twisted when push came to shove Through the Miles I wandered in my search of love Til Somebody saved me from a place up above Been an uphill trek, we've been battling time I spit words to the world to make The Orphan Song mine And we're learning, yeah learning who we are inside Falling through all the Echoes it gets lonely sometimes Yeah, we come from a place that's not easily defined On the map it's the south, but we "don't classify as southerners", but we cannot make up our minds We dig the pace of the south and the slick city life So as I lay here fast asleep I'm drowning in my memories and I can't stop the beating heart from beating down inside of me I try my best to never blink 'cause I might miss what's happening the rush of watching everything fall into place so naturally So watch us down the road we take as far as I'm concerned we've made our own form of the big break we're rockin' the old fashioned way No one here to steal away the passion or the memories made so here the struggling singer say there's plenty left in us to play
11.
Mr. Green sits at his desk job every day from 9-5 stares at his computer screen while he hangs his tired eyes Jots down lyrics and melodies in his poetic form in between his sales and conference calls to distract him from the norm There must be something more to Mr. Green He gets home some nights 'round 6 or so and loosens up his tie rolls up his sleeves to reveal tattoo's hidden inside Sits on the edge of porcelain in the bathroom by the stairs where the walls sustain his guitar and the door keeps out his cares There must be something more to Mr. Green And he sings, God you gave the gift of soul so I use it in this room where songs are born beneath the music if boss-man fired me I still would not lose it 'cause the bathroom diaries live on, live on, they live on and my soul fuels it Mr. Green chills with insomnia about a couple times a week they go way back to his high school days where the enemy was sleep They would stare into his future, squint their eyes at the lights but settled for a computer screen and the bathroom for the nights Mr. Green gets on that south-bound train about a quarter to 9 blows off a couple work days with a different thought in mind Says goodbye to Massachusetts, heads to a place where he can shine one briefcase in his possession with the bathroom diaries inside No one knows the dreaming side of Mr. Green

credits

released October 20, 2009

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Bradley Rhodes - vocals, guitar, harmonica
Sammy Duis - piano, organ, bass, guitar
Tyler Duis - drums, percussion
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Rachel Beuregard - vocals
Katie Shanta - violin, vocals
Nate Thomas - bass, vocals
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Words and music by Bradley Rhodes
Additional music by Sammy Duis, Tyler Duis
Produced by Sammy Duis, Bradley Rhodes
Engineered by Sean Russell
Recorded at Cue Studios in Falls Church, VA
Graphic design by Dan Tello
Cover illustration by William Godwin
Photography by Jewel Peach

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"Melodime is what’s missing in music today – a band that tells stories from their deepest recesses of their hearts and souls: a band that seamlessly blends the musical past with the sounds of the future; a band that is working hard to make a difference through their music and charitable giving that will last a lifetime." ... more

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