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The Fire Plays

by Ari Hest

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    Ari's 7th full length album, it was recorded in the summer/fall of 2012 and released november 13, 2012 on Ari's independent label Project 4 Records.

    Song list:
    1 - Untitled Part 2
    2 - Winter Of Yes
    3 - Concrete Sky
    4 - Know Where
    5 - All Because
    6 - The Fire Plays
    7 - For A Little While
    8 - Couldn't Have Her
    9 - Set In Stone
    10 - Last So Long
    11 - Something To Look Forward To

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1.
I wanna make good on promises I wanna make good I will resist I wanna do right no matter what Even if right feels so wrong I wanna be part of what could be I wanna be part of what I see I wanna do right no matter what Even if right feels so wrong Hello? I know that I’ve made the same mistakes I know that I’ve had so many takes I know I’ve had opportunities Some of you’ve given up on I know that I’m almost out of time I know that I’ve almost been defined I wanna do right no matter what Even if right feels so wrong Hello? I know that I’m almost out of time I know that I’ve almost been defined I wanna do right no matter what Even if right feels so wrong
2.
I’ve been bored, cynical and ready to burst Daylight has fallen asleep, as if it’s been cursed my face is so cold that I tear But I won’t let this be like any old year This is the winter of yes I may not find reason to smile I may search in search of love and find no one worthwhile But it's better than moping around kicking pieces of ice off the ground this is the winter of yes If I get invited To a party That I may or may not like I'm going to that party And If when I get there Everyone is lame Nobody's happy I won't feel their strain This is the winter of yes Whatever it is, however it goes It may fail to draw me in, I won’t let it show, no no I have thrown away too many days and concluded there's no other way This is the winter of yes
3.
Concrete Sky 02:47
In a photo of you I see myself Smile unstuck Calling out for help I see What no one gives a damn about And I will put up In a stubborn fit You’ve muscled in Built a barbed wire fence Albeit thin And someday I’m gonna cut through to you And you won’t put up a fight Through a concrete sky I’ll drill a hole and slowly scrape away at this frozen mold cause I see now What I didn’t give a damn about And I will put up a fight And I will put up a fight And I will put up a fight
4.
Know Where 04:02
Stayin in like the weatherman said Don’t like it so cold Thawin out by the radiator Watchin the day grow old Do you know where you are, know where you are And where you wanna go now? I’ll think of something I guess Something is bound to unfold Faces I may never see again My world is gathering mold Do you know where you are, know where you are And where you wanna go now? Do you know where you are, know where you are And where you wanna go now? To the white of the water It will beckon you To the light left over and burn for you Through the night And you’ll grow colder And come back round again, round again, round again Time swarms like pollen in spring Follows you where the wind blows Stands still when you want it to run and when you hesitate it goes Do you know where you are, know where you are And where you wanna go now? Do you know where you are, know where you are
5.
All Because 02:58
If I woke, in a dream not knowin If I was, if I was still dreamin Would I still feel the way I feel right now? slip away, I don’t really know how With every heartbeat I can’t look back With every step there’s a new direction Leading me somewhere I never been All because I loved you Maybe we were two rivers flowing Take a breath and look at where you’re going Do you see the end of me and the start of you? I guess that was the best we could do With every heartbeat… And the stars will all fall down And the moon will slide to the back of my heart And the world will spin around Makin room for the light With every heartbeat…
6.
He pulled away Into the long night Hard to complain he got what he came for Stopped at a light Revved up the engine Idle inside He made his way out of town I play with fire And the fire plays with me Dark empty road Leading to nowhere She's running away Cause there's no other way And she tears through the wind Like a star across the night sky It's all in your head She keeps saying to herself I play with fire And the fire plays with me I play with fire And higher it rises I play with fire And the fire plays with me The drawbridge is down but soon separating Step on the gas It happens so fast
7.
Its the same it's the same scene playin Playin out all around you One hand tucked in a blue jean pocket One lace tied on two torn shoes Holdin out, holdin out hope that someone will cramp your style Could I, could i get to know you for a little while? It's the light, its the stoplight cookin Cookin dreams up inside you Feet are tapping a tired rhythm Sweat still blacking your old blues Holdin on to some set of rules You're dying to leave behind Ch All day long, scheming up ways To lift yourself off the ground All day long, for goodness sake Doesn't it bring you down? So I, I think we should go Thin green papers are stacked together In a big hollow mountain All too easy to stack them higher Till there's no one around well I wanna go, where nobody cares for building a bigger pile
8.
We talked about beginning Forgot about the end We held to each other There was no pretend We filled all the spaces That used to be years With sounds of forever The stop to our fears But her eyes in the summer fell suddenly gray, And i Couldn’t Have Her Couldn’t have her Why must we run like horses I asked for a reason And she gave me none Could not have been more certain That she was the one I looked to my loved ones For answrs for strength And no one could tell me How to handle the day Now I can’t sleep without her, I never thought that I, Oh that I Couldn’t Have Her, couldn’t have her Why must we run like horses Fallin to pieces it forces Me to listen up It’s not a religion It’s just how you feel You don’t know till it’s over If it was real And you want to embrace it You cannot deny That all of those moments Were just a goodbye Couldn’t Have Her, couldn’t have her Why must we run like horses Fallin to pieces it forces Me to listen up
9.
Set In Stone 03:42
Stranded by this open window All my debts unfold I couldn’t hear through the wall When my conscience called I have visions of falling branches Touching down one by one As I let them go Water cries for my soul Stripping me down to the bone Oh, think of the pain I caused All for the gain of my own Time can’t take the blame for me My crooked path is set in stone Friendships soured, lost and hollow I cling dear to my home the weeds overgrown And the roof wearing thin the shirt on my back tearing holes through my skin but if I tried going now wouldn’t know where to begin I hear voices of my brothers Start to fade one by one And as I let them go Water cries for my soul Stripping me down the bone
10.
Last So Long 03:02
All along I was just what I thought I should be Never finding out if I ws real Living on plans to come hopin that in the end She would take me where I need to be Not now, that can only last, that can only last so long Well here we are throwing stones, strongest arm wins the thrown Smartest and the richest will succeed But stones sink so low and touch the sand, nothing in them makes a man Even though we’re told it’s what we need To the bottom Here we are throwing stones
11.
Don’t have to go too far Don’t have to make it last Don’t have to change my world Don’t have to hide my past That’s the only thing that I will ask of you Is gimme something to look forward to Don’t have to shine the sun Any brighter than before Don’t have to bring the one Right up to my front door All it is im wishin you would do Is gimme something to look forward to Cause oh ive been so lonely Sittin here and waiting for a moment to come upon me Take my breath away And though I know that it won’t find me Right here where I lay Im still pretending that it may But you don’t have to give me much Just a little taste Gimme just enough To put a smile on my face That’s the only thing that I will ask of you Gimme something to look forward to That’s the only thing I’m wishin you would do Gimme something to look forward to

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"The Fire Plays" is Ari's seventh album and was released independently on November 12, 2012.

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released November 12, 2012

Produced by Gerry Leonard
Recorded and Mixed by Michael Tudor

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Ari is a grammy nominated singer/songwriter who began his career as an independent artist in 2001. To date, he has released 11 albums, 5 EP’s, a 52 song project in 2008.
In December of 2021, Ari released I Remember When, a 20 year retrospective album featuring new songs as well as remastered songs from his past releases.
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