Songs For Dreamers, by Ryan Downey

Songs For Dreamers

by Ryan Downey

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1.	Tonight 04:21	lyrics	buy track
I got lost in your arms tonight Thinking crazy thoughts about crazier nothings That’s where I go in your arms at night When the world turns it’s faces away No use breathing if life’s worse than dreaming But I’d breathe to keep this dream alive I got lost in your arms tonight Now I don’t know where I should be found Always choosing the light we’re losing Sure feels like a sure losing fight But maybe it’s better to glow while we get it Say we’re not saying sorry tonight There’s a pause in the air tonight Sounds like nothing, but it’ll wrap you up in it That’s where I fall when I fall at night Disappear into spaces away No point dreaming if life’s losing meaning But I dream to breathe life into this There’s a pause in the air tonight Hold me in it so I can’t be missed Always choosing the light we’re losing Sure feels like a sure losing fight But maybe it’s better to glow while we get it Say we’re not saying sorry tonight There’s no hope for the heart When the heart does the hoping There’s no thought in it’s art But it knows what it knows - Don’t take your eyes off the eyes That are longing for you I got lost in your arms tonight Thinking crazy thoughts About crazier nothings That’s where I go in your arms at night
2.	Lead Me 04:06	info	buy track
3.	Big Zero 04:10	info	buy track
4.	Long2th 03:50	info	buy track
5.	When In Love 02:51	info	buy track

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Ryan Downey returns in 2023 with his most moving and defining project yet, an EP titled Songs For Dreamers. An ode to dreamers everywhere, the almost entirely acoustic record is an enchantingly intimate affair, supported by the sweeping romance of a 25 piece string orchestra.

Ryan's words on the collection of songs:

"As a kid I longed to be at peace with my romantic disposition. When the world tells you you'll be lost, adrift in the clouds if you allow your mind to float out the window - it tends to weigh you down.
It was only ever in music that I heard an unapologetic stance towards being a dreamer. Artists like Cohen, Dylan, Simone and Cave showed me that romantics aren't hiding from the truth, they're prepping their taste buds to accept it with loving arms.
For around a year before I wrote this EP I went through a dark night of the soul. Harsh self-analysis rendered me numb and I lost grip on that peace I'd grown. I stopped playing and I stopped listening to music. But music came to find me and it wouldn't leave me alone.
I did my best to shrug it off but songs kept knocking on my door and eventually I had to start letting them through. I looked at the songs that were coming out and, as if I'd had no conscious part in the writing of them, I saw that unapologetic stance again, that secret world of the heart.
These songs are about the battles and the ecstasies of being a dreamer. For the romantics; those who find reason in passion."

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released November 3, 2023

Written by Ryan Downey (all songs), Tim Harvey (all songs) & Nick Roder (1,2,3,4)
Produced and Mixed by Tim Harvey
Mastered by Joe Lambert
Strings Arranged by Nick Roder (All tracks except #5)
Strings Recorded by The Budapest Art Orchestra (All tracks except #5)
The recording of this EP was made possible thanks to support from Creative Victoria & Regional Arts Victoria.

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RYAN DOWNEY Melbourne, Australia

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