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Flags & Boxes

by Macedo

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1.
Verse: My dress is slowly beginning to resemble a piano My colors are fading into a distinct black and white Sky is sunny, Air is piercing and you are on my mind Hands on the clock only remind me of your heartbeat Every second is one without you Chorus: I help myself by loving you the most I help myself by talking to your ghost Verse: Snow begins to cover itself in the wintertime, Quickly my mind needs to be with yours and I'm always sure, I'm always sure I slept inside your ribcage for days to find my deeper sleep Sleep has never been this goddamn pure and you are the cure You are the cure Chorus: I help myself by loving you the most I help myself by talking to your ghost Bridge: There are miles and clocks and highways that keep me away from you When your memory comes flashing back, you'll only have to know Where the time goes, I won't keep my distance it's true Verse: Sometimes I feel that my heart is made of rust Give me a sign, a straight premonition, Tell me you'll pull through if I want you to Chorus: I help myself by loving you the most I help myself by talking to your ghost I help myself by loving you the most I help myself by talking to your ghost
2.
Collect My Thoughts I can't help but thinking that I don't know how to be alone anymore I can't collect my thoughts I can't collect my thoughts I can't collect my thoughts It's summer outside and I've never felt more like I haven't seen the light. Its summer here in CA, London England MA and NY Chorus: You will I've never been alone Not even born alone I can't collect my thoughts I know you're not around as much Too hurt to touch you'd fight for me if need be. It's just the fear of making sense The failure of innocence I can't collect my thoughts I can't collect my thoughts I can't collect my thoughts Chorus: You will With all the able ways around the two of us could work it through You'd think at least you'd even have to try to Flashing back into the past it's fuzzier than you know You really think it's going to last I'm barely here although I've never been alone Not even born alone I can't collect my thoughts It’s summer outside and I’ve never felt more like I haven’t seen the light. It's summer here in CA, London England MA and NY Chorus: You will
3.
Have Some Company Verse: When the stars are out and the sea of doubt starts to rise up in my spine Wrapped up in your room Hopefully morning soon It's the lowest place to be besides with me Chorus: If you want to be lonely have some company If you want to move slowly we can walk for free And if you're going to be lonely here's some company And if you're going to move slowly we can walk for free. Verse: When the winter chill Caused its latest thrill Place it in my thoughts Just say it loud and say it proud Softening the blow When the sun is up changing all our tides into orders of the waves Hang on to yourself It's your bravest help It's the warmest place to be besides with me Chorus: If you want to be lonely have some company If you want to move slowly we can walk for free And if you're going to be lonely here's some company And if you're going to move slowly we can walk for free. Bridge: Sure as fire and sure as the clues I'll be waiting there for you to choose Sure as fire and sure as the clues I'll be waiting there for you to choose Sure as fire and sure as the clues I'll be waiting there for you to choose Verse: When the stars are out and the sea of doubt starts to rise up in my spine Wrapped up in your room Hopefully morning soon It's the lowest place to be besides with me Chorus: If you want to be lonely have some company If you want to move slowly we can walk for free And if you're going to be lonely here's some company And if you're going to move slowly we can walk for free. Bridge: Sure as fire and sure as the clues I'll be waiting there for you to choose
4.
City Lights 04:14
City Lights Verse: These old city lights Trash piles Haven't seen you for a while It has been lonely whatever that means I've been caught on the moon Been stuck on the stars Being on earth is much too hard I'm not feeling bad for myself Just surprised at my kind All of these people with harm in their minds Chorus: The word is out, the heat is too The word is out, that you've found someone new Is that true? Someone new? Verse: Wars in parts of the world, In our own bodies too All of this judgment just acts as a glue I can't complain, people move on I am much better off with you gone Chorus: The word is out, the heat is too The word is out, that you've found someone new Is that true? Someone new? Bridge: The word is out Touched all our lips and still the truth is known You've always been afraid of hearts and minds who are made of stone After rushing fires of gossip I do see that I am prone To an accident The accident Was you... Verse: Lights are lonelier now But still glowing strong And can't and help but think I was wrong I can't complain People move on I am much better off with you gone Chorus: The word is out, the heat is too The word is out, that you've found someone new Is that true? Someone new?
5.
Caught 06:04
Caught Verse: She is standing in the hallway Of her summer gallery And the paintings just resemble Foreign places He is speaking in the riddles that his father gave to him The decoding barely ready While she's on her way out again On the phone now, they can hum it But they still can't find the tune It is either much too late or much too soon He is angry, feels forgotten but he rarely ever is She is unclear and alone now but she rarely ever is Bridge: Sidewalks much too soft for her and all of her contenders Night breeze is too cold for him And so he will surrender Chorus: Snow comes down so hard Harder to believe It was ever rain On its way to you You just take your time, on your way to me That's what's keeping you, from ever being free. Verse: Pieces seem to just assemble and they slide so easily Words of friends and trusted poets still hold little strategy. In the driveway in the winter The ice seemingly askew He is trying, she is trying And that's all that they can do. It's a slowly aging painting in a summer gallery So clearly impossible to get through It's the anger of a stranger Drawing close enough to you, Want to tell you that she's lying but I am too Bridge: Sidewalks much too soft for her and all of her contenders Night breeze is too cold for him And so he will surrender Chorus: Snow comes down so hard Harder to believe It was ever rain On its way to you You just take your time, on your way to me That's what's keeping you, from ever being free. It's the fall now of the same year Of the same old company, In the city of good fortune, is it choice or meant to be? Chorus: Snow comes down so hard Harder to believe It was ever rain On its way to you You just take your time, on your way to me That's what's keeping you, from ever being free.
6.
Ghost 03:18
Here I am surrounding myself With the things I love the most Holding onto every last thing just to hear the ghost Of every time I felt alive or well Well this is not that time oh well. Here I am attaching myself to the things I love Materials are much more satisfying when alone. And all the times I felt alive or well, Well this is not that time oh well. Here I am sitting on a train to New York A love that does not love me, people are above me They don't understand All the lights and the Atlantic shore seems to mean a little to me more Here I am surrounding myself with the things I love the most Anything to love you Most of all just to feel the ghost, But deep inside we are all a little scared and hard to find
7.
Verse: Birds fly low when you're around and Keep on flying down so I keep you around all day Masquerading like a princess Soaking in the distance Lying in the low tones of your voice Chorus: I could sleep when you're around, I'd waste my kiss all night and not deserve the next big choice Choices are to be had But mostly are for the bad season Verse: When it's negative degrees I often see the trees are only sleeping they're not dead. When they burst back into life I hold onto to the branches So I know that you'll come back Chorus: I could sleep when you're around, I'd waste my kiss all night and not deserve the next big choice Choices are to be had But mostly are for the bad season
8.
Nobody Is Perfect (After All) Verse: So, wanting you wasn't easy, After all I'm a girl So, wanting you wasn't clear After all it's been trouble from the start So getting to know you wasn't easy, You were strong and protected like you should be Bridge: Fearing the day we'll have to part It's been trouble from the start Chorus: Nobody is perfect But you're pretty fucking close And I'm not pretending, not pretending that Nobody is perfect but you're pretty fucking close And I'm not pretending, I'm not pretending it's a Ghost of a hope I once had, just be glad I've been disappointed. Verse: Mystery doesn't work well for me It's not easy to be calm around you. So there's a lot of anguish and there's plenty of pain, There's a lot of risk, it comes from the gain Bridge: Fearing the day we'll have to part It's been trouble from the start Chorus: Nobody is perfect But you're pretty fucking close And I'm not pretending, not pretending that Nobody is perfect but you're pretty fucking close And I'm not pretending, I'm not pretending it's a Ghost of a hope I once had, just be glad I've been disappointed. Nobody is perfect But you're pretty fucking close And I'm not pretending, not pretending that Nobody is perfect but you're pretty fucking close And I'm not pretending, I'm not pretending it's a Ghost of a hope I once had, just be glad I've been disappointed. Nobody is perfect But you're pretty fucking close And I'm not pretending, not pretending that Nobody is perfect but you're pretty fucking close And I'm not pretending, I'm not pretending it's a Ghost of a hope I once had, just be glad I've been disappointed.
9.
My Fault 03:55
My Fault Verse: I've been pacing the hallways all day I've been wishing that I was a picture frame Would it be my fault if you were my barrier? Picked up last nights clothes from the floor Honestly I was expecting more when I woke up It is still my fault if you were my barrier? Chorus: Seems like these boys don't know what they want anymore Seems like these boys don't know what's walking out the door Seems like he loves me but he doesn't want to stay Seems like these boys don't know what they want anyway Verse: The moon in the stone cold courtyard Speaking to me I didn't know he was gone Would it be my fault? If you were my barrier? Simple decay I am not to see, The love of you ever touch me again Would it be my fault if you were my barrier? Chorus: Seems like these boys don't know what they want anymore Seems like these boys don't know what's walking out the door Seems like he loves me but he doesn't want to stay Seems like these boys don't know what they want anyway Bridge: I'm turning out the lights to all the galleries we've ever had, Photographs and secret stashes, Only my good grace could last I'm ripping out the pain stained walls Disconnecting all your calls Cutting you in half until I have to Until I have to, till I have to, till I have to Verse: Just speak it aloud and arisen Soften the blow until you go Would it be my fault if you were my barrier? Chorus: Seems like these boys don't know what they want anymore Seems like these boys don't know what's walking out the door Seems like he loves me but he doesn't want to stay Seems like these boys don't know what they want anyway
10.
No One Else 04:44
No One Else Verse: Before I knew it I'd gotten to it and no one else No one else is honest anymore. Last I heard I was a hermit All alone with no one waiting at the shore The sea a song that you ride along You often slumber in my stronger anymore A stronger song For a longer long, Oftentimes no one else is honest anymore Chorus: Did you watch yourself fall through the cracks? Floating outside yourself Lessons you weren't able to live up to Being a woman, a person, a man Will they love you? Will they pity you? Will they take you by the hand? Sometimes I love you Sometimes I hate you How could I not? Verse: Before I knew it I'd gotten to it No one else No one else is honest anymore. Last I heard I was a hermit All alone with no one waiting at the shore Bridge: Taking sides and lower tides, And no one else is into the stronger No one else is honest anymore and no one else is interested in honest any longer. Chorus: Did you watch yourself fall through the cracks? Floating outside yourself Lessons you weren't able to live up to Being a woman, a person, a man Will they love you? Will they pity you? Will they take you by the hand? Sometimes I love you Sometimes I hate you How could I not? Instrumental Chorus: Did you watch yourself fall through the cracks? Floating outside yourself Lessons you weren't able to live up to Being a woman, a person, a man Will they love you? Will they pity you? Will they take you by the hand? Sometimes I love you Sometimes I hate you How could I not? Instrumental and vocal ad libs
11.
Winter Time 04:35
Winter Time Verse: It's been a little hazy out It's been a little warm before I know no matter what you say I'll always want more You love me cuz I'm interesting You love me cuz I'm never there You love me because you don't And we are both aware I observe you walking in Your eyes take to the floor Like always you so easily forget what you've really come here for It's just a little colder now I'm just a little less prepared You've taken me across the country to a place where I am mostly scared. I can tell it's wintertime By the dryness of my sight Chorus: Take me off this lonely street Reflecting all the thrown out meat Path's not mine for the taking now All I hear is unbearable sound Close my eyes and disappear Invisible to everyone Wake me up when he is gone Bridge: Of all the ways I run to you Running home is not my way Of all the warmest bodies I won't stay Of all the gifts you gave to me, Like most of the things They're never free I won't stay Open and close me Tug and control me Hate me and fake me Fix me and break me I won't stay Verse: I'm a little colder now I'm a little less prepared You've taken me across the country to a place where I am mostly scared I 'm a little quiet now I'm a little more reserved Did all that saving for someone else to store. Chorus: Take me off this lonely street Reflecting all the thrown out meat Path's not mine for the taking now All I hear is unbearable sound Close my eyes and disappear Invisible to everyone Wake me up when he is gone (Repeat)
12.
Say Good Night Verse: Do you say goodnight on the river? Do you wish you were a boat? Do you say goodnight on the river? Do you wait for the current to choke? Chorus: My voice; quiet and content Holds your two hands My mind; silent and benevolent Waits for you In the sand Verse: Do you say goodnight on the river? Do you wish you were a boat? Do you say goodnight on the river? Do you wait for the current to choke? Chorus: My voice; quiet and content Holds your two hands My mind; silent and benevolent Waits for you In the sand Bridge: And it's not quite so often that I meet someone like you It's not quite so often that I am river captain too. Instrumental Chorus: My voice; quiet and content Holds your two hands My mind; silent and benevolent Waits for you in the sand My voice, quiet and content Holds your two hands My lips, now arrived and eloquent Wait to see where you stand My voice; quiet and content Holds your two hands My mind; silent and benevolent Waits for you in the sand
13.
Caught Verse: She is standing in the hallway Of her summer gallery And the paintings just resemble Foreign places He is speaking in the riddles that his father gave to him The decoding barely ready While she's on her way out again On the phone now, they can hum it But they still can't find the tune It is either much too late or much too soon He is angry, feels forgotten but he rarely ever is She is unclear and alone now but she rarely ever is Bridge: Sidewalks much too soft for her and all of her contenders Night breeze is too cold for him And so he will surrender Chorus: Snow comes down so hard Harder to believe It was ever rain On its way to you You just take your time, on your way to me That's what's keeping you, from ever being free. Verse: Pieces seem to just assemble and they slide so easily Words of friends and trusted poets still hold little strategy. In the driveway in the winter The ice seemingly askew He is trying, she is trying And that's all that they can do. It's a slowly aging painting in a summer gallery So clearly impossible to get through It's the anger of a stranger Drawing close enough to you, Want to tell you that she's lying but I am too Bridge: Sidewalks much too soft for her and all of her contenders Night breeze is too cold for him And so he will surrender Chorus: Snow comes down so hard Harder to believe It was ever rain On its way to you You just take your time, on your way to me That's what's keeping you, from ever being free. It's the fall now of the same year Of the same old company, In the city of good fortune, is it choice or meant to be? Chorus: Snow comes down so hard Harder to believe It was ever rain On its way to you You just take your time, on your way to me That's what's keeping you, from ever being free.

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Their latest venture is the commercial release of Michelle's fully re-mastered second album Flags & Boxes, in which Melissa provides vocals to Michelle and the incredible array of instruments creating a uniqueness that can only be called Macedo. The album Flags & Boxes was produced by talented film composer Kush Mody (Serial Buddies) and engineered by the talented Nils Montan and Andrew Oedel. The album was mixed by Justin Gerrish (MGMT, Vampire Weekend), mastered by Fred Kevorkian (Regina Spektor), re-mastered by Randy Sharpe (Dixie Chicks), and the Caught Radio Edit was produced by Khris Kallow and MJ Denton. As part of the re-release, fans love the new radio edit of Macedo's hit single “Caught.” You can watch the music video here! "Caught" is currently extremely successful on non-commercial radio all across the country starting from Milwaukee and spreading worldwide.

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released September 1, 2011

Musicians:
Michelle Macedo: Vocals; Piano; Guitar
Melissa Macedo: Vocals
Kush Mody: Piano, Wurlitzer, Organ, Bass, Drums
Nate Mondschein: Drums
Hannah Skinner: Violin-
Keith Ukrisna: Viola-
Rosie Samter: Viola-
Molly Aronson: Cello
Andrew Oedel: Guitar
Darby Wolf: Organ
Dan Rehm: Bass- couldn’t find
Rosie Gradoville: Cello
Amparo Edo Biol: French Horn



PRODUCTION
Music & Lyrics by Michelle Macedo (BMI)
Produced & Orchestrated by Kush Mody
Mixed by Justin Gerrish at DNA Downtown, New York
Engineered by Nils Montan(WERS;Emerson College: Boston,MA)
Engineered by Andrew Oedel (Connecticut College:New London,CT)
Mastered by Fred Kevorkian in NYC

Caught Radio Mix
Produced by Khris Kellow
Mixed by Mario Luccy
Mastered by Randy Sharp

Photos by ©Shannon M. West Photography 2011

© Macedo Music 2011, All Rights Reserved
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Macedo is one of those rare female musicians whose music has the ability to define a season.Michelle and her twin sister Melissa's band have transfixed audiences from Boston to Los Angeles so much so that Deli Magazine named Macedo as one of the city’s 100 most popular. Michelle’s songwriting has been honored at the Malibu Music Awards and her songs broadcast on a myriad of key radio stations. ... more

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