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OK

by Mr. Kind

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1.
You're OK 03:14
You act so serious And it comes across as aloof You've thrown the others out To keep them all from your truth I’ve figured out your secret You thought no one else would know To move you forward First I'll take away your control You're going to be OK when I'm done I see you're critical And expect to be let down I've got your best interests in mind I’m bringing them around It must wear you out Keeping your suitors in their wings But could your time be better spent By letting the best ones in You're going to be OK when I'm done Because it’s a hard line that you take Sooner or later you will break When you realize that They don't give it back They don't give you back the time that you've lost Please don’t panic, dear, when you fear you’ve been found out I won’t get in your way, just some support until you’re sound You're going to be OK when I'm done
2.
The Artist 03:33
He had hoped that by escaping to be alone with his thoughts He could see to completion, his great work of art It had been sprung in pieces inside of his head Haunted his nights caused sleep to evade In the coldest of winters, despair settled in The walls couldn't warm him and the fires grew dim But once he embraced it, he was free to dissolve And as particles of air, he found his resolve When alone he discovered that by letting go Not trying to catch nor to siphon the flow He had more raw substance then he could stand to bare alt lyric- (He found more substance than he could ever bare) The task then became what to keep and what to pare Finding sustenance in creation, not water or wine His cup overflowing with his pouring of mind At this pace it continued for indefinite weeks One day he came to being finding his work complete She came around not long after to pay her respects He decided to start over just as soon as she had left He had hoped that by presenting it'd make her want to stay To prove himself worthy, all was lost with her away In the waste that lay before him he found what he had lost The motive for invention he once had but then forgot Sudden sprung pieces born inside of his head Into this intuition he dissolved again
3.
Homeostasis 04:26
If I could give you all that you wanted You still would not be satisfied There’s a hunger that can’t be satiated If you could see it you might stop yourself You have too much good to let it rule your life When I recover my homeostasis My body finds balance once again I’ll issue a reminder, that I’m my proper master Not give you the free reign to take what you’d like I can’t afford to love so reckless again I keep my distance and lower my exposure Feel in moderation, not scattershot and wild But the impulses that draw me closer I fall apart at your feet, don’t know what gets me I can not reconcile and can’t explain By now, I am sure you have guessed that You have got me hung up, at once you leave me bare But you know I would let you do it all over But this time around I hope that you would show more restraint with how you feel Because what you want and what you think you need aren’t always the same thing
4.
Take Care 05:06
Can you pull together the strength that it takes To help you put yourself back together A new way to make all of the pieces fit With a shelter to bear the stormy weather You don't look so tough when you're on your own With no distractions that you can hide behind The brightest light is sure to burn out By staring too long you find yourself blinded You will become whatever resists the least Instead of taking control of yourself Calling out your insecurities To shed them of their teeth Checking out when you should be checking yourself You can't keep track if you've never taken inventory There's no way to know just how far you could go If you don't put stock in the worth of your story When there's no one left to fool, you'll decide to move on To this time I think that you said Mexico But sooner or later it will run its course And you'll discover that there's no place left to go
5.
When I wake up in this place I’ll feel at home for the first time I’ve been running around When I kissed you last You lept out of my hands I can’t hold you now
 Ooh, Hold you now If I slow things down and try not to think too much Maybe then, you’ll come back How I hope you’ll come back Ooh, you'll come back

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released July 23, 2012

Words and Music by Brian Bergeron
Produced by Jonathan Devoto and Brian Bergeron
Engineered by Michael Chiang
Additional Engineering by Jonathan Devoto
Mixed by Brad Dollar
Assistant Engineering by Bret Cohune, Jordan Suhr, and Justin Fritter

Mr. Kind is:
Brian Bergeron - Vocals and Guitar
Jonathan Devoto - Vocals, Guitar, Keys, and Percussion
Kyle Kelly-Yahner - Drums and Percussion
Matt Roads - Bass

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Mr. Kind Oakland, California

Since its inaugural release, OK, Mr. Kind has departed from rough-around-the-edges garage folk rock to the dense electronic leanings of their second EP, Mr. Kind. The band was originally formed to perform the recorded solo material of lead singer-songwriter Brian Bergeron, but Wide Awake | Open Eyes represents each band members’ continually expanding involvement in the songwriting process. ... more

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