DAN P.
TO THE LIONS

Dan has been one of my favorite songwriters since I was a teenager. He played me this record while we were on tour together last summer and I did a classic "AAAAAAHHHH I HAVE TO PUT IT OUT!" It is all at once beautiful, heavy, uplifting, energizing. It sounds like the product of friends who love music and each other enjoying themselves. It is no small feat for someone making music as long as Dan has to make a record that still feels fresh and full of new ideas.

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1. Beautiful Night
2. All I Want
3. World Won
4. Day Off
5. The Facts
6. The Lie
7. Talent
8. Crush
9. Back Again
10. Shazam
11. Pinball

Credits: 
Rick Johnson played bass on most of the songs, and Shannon Toombs sang on some songs. Matt Bennett played all the drums. Dan P. played all the other stuff. The drums were engineered by Michael Rozon at Tomas Kalnoky's recording studio in L.A. The rest was recorded either in Santa Cruz at Dan P.'s apartment or in El Cerrito at Matt and Drew's house (Carl) or in Grand Rapids @ Cold War Studios by Rick Johnson. To The Lions was mastered by Joel Hatstat.  Photos were taken by Dan P. and Dan P. did the graphic design on the record, and Jeff Rosenstock fixed it.

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Beautiful Night
bending nature's will you make time stand still flowers bloom at your feet you make the air smell sweet your hand my hand gripping each other tight your hand in my hand your hand my hand gripping each other tight your hand in my hand oh what a beautiful night and the stars all shine just for you they know exactly what they're made to do and you turn a loss into a win you make my head spin your hand my hand gripping each other tight your hand in my hand your hand my hand gripping each other tight your hand in my hand oh what a beautiful night and the birds all sing your song they know we can't be kept apart too long and the roots of the trees are tangled like crossed fingers they're pushing and pulling for us who are we to betray their trust your hand my hand gripping each other tight your hand in my hand your hand my hand gripping each other tight your hand in my hand oh what a beautiful night

All I Want
all I want is you any place and any time all I want is you on my lips and on my mind no distractions will do no imitations or substitutes can't you see girl all I want is you

World Won
goodbye and good luck to everyone I tried my best but today the world won and it's not just you and me it's everyone looking down on me for the things that I've done oh today the world won oh today the world won each day is precious and such a waste drink it up the bitter taste personal connections hollow and fake far too much pressure for one human to take

Day Off
I've got the day off and you do too no telling' what we'll do I've got the day off and you do too we could wake up early and ride to the beach you grab some bags I'll grab a leash I've got the day off and you do too Or we could rest our bones from working  all week and roll around under the sheets I've got the day off and you do too no rules no rules today we'll make our own fun no rules no rules today we'll be side by side till the day is done I've got the day off and you do too no telling  what we'll do I've got the day off and you do too We could eat some treats and walk through the woods when I'm with you I'm feeling good I've got the day off and you do too Or we could strum guitars and write a new song or paint pictures and hang 'em on the wall I've got the day off and you do too no rules no rules today we'll make our own fun no rules no rules today we'll be side by side till the day is done no rules no rules today we'll make our own fun no rules no rules today we'll be side by side till the day is done sittin' on the cliffs of highway one we'll watch the sunset and make our own fun cause I've got the day off and you do too

The Facts
these are the facts I shouldn't want you I shouldn't need you but I can't relax these are the facts you're coming back and anyone with eyes could see that we were made to be a team made up of you made up of me oh anyone with eyes could not deny that we should try to make amends this shouldn't end let's do it again these are the words that I'm gonna cling to because I can't undo the things that I've heard these are the words and it hurts and anyone with eyes could see that we were made to be a team made up of you made up of me oh anyone with eyes could not deny that we should try to make amends this shouldn't end let's do it again again again let's do it again again again again let's do it again

The Lie
if you think that I don't think like you then there's on thing you think that's true and it doesn't make me better it doesn't make me anything I bought the lie for so long I bought the lie but the lie won and it doesn't make me a sucker it doesn't make me anything I'm not sure which one of us got thrown under the bus but I know it doesn't matter now the what the who the when the how no I know it doesn't matter now no it doesn't matter now no it doesn't matter now and if I think one word you say is true well it's true then it's just survival what I had to do I bought the lie for so long I bought the lie but the lie won and it doesn't make me a sucker it doesn't make me anything I'm not sure which one of us got thrown under the bus but I know it doesn't matter now the what the who the when the how no I know it doesn't matter now no it doesn't matter now no it doesn't matter now no it doesn't matter now

Talent
do you have talent do you have what it takes do you have the guts to get up on stage the whole world is staring you in the face are they laughing at you or are they entertained each day you wake up and go to work to a place you can't stand to deal with jerks and that takes courage and that takes drive to stay in focus to stay alive alive alive alive alive that takes courage to stay alive alive alive alive alive that takes courage to stay alive and you have talent and you've got what it takes you've got the guts to rock the stage the whole room is jealous cause you rock their face and you've got courage you've got what it takes alive alive alive alive that takes courage to stay alive alive alive alive that takes courage and you're alive

Crush
I've got a crush on the world in love with every boy and every girl I've got a crush on the world straight from the clouds down to the earth look at the trees their roots seem to squeeze the dirt while the leaves make out with the sky can't you see why I've got a crush on the world look at the waves they undulate and shake as they grind right into the beach makes me weak in the knees oh I've got a crush on the world oh I've got a crush on the world in love with every boy every girl I've got a crush on the world straight from the clouds down to the earth come on feel the wind tickling your skin as it blows hearts away that's why I've got to say oh I've got a crush on the world I've got a crush on the world in love with every boy and every girl I've got a crush on the world straight from the clouds down to the earth

Back Again
You say just one word I'm back again now and I forget the hurt somehow I'm back again confusion you say just one word I'm back again now there was the one time you told me that I was a failure there was the one time you told me that you always faked it and then the one time you told me my family's all crazy and then the one time you told me that you didn't mean it You say just one word I'm back again now and I forget the hurt somehow I'm back again confusion you say just one word I'm back again now there was the one time you told me that I was too heavy there was the one time you said I don't make enough money and then the one time you told me that I was creepy and then the one time you told me that you'd never leave me You say just one word I'm back again now and I forget the hurt somehow I'm back again confusion you say just one word I'm back again now

Shazam
shazam shazam I'm disappearing man I can't feel a thing from my feet up through my hands shazam shazam I'm a disappearing man I've got no backbone not a leg on which to stand one small surrender to avoid a fight another small surrender to keep things right I bit my lip till it disappeared where are my eyes where are my ears Pinball shazam shazam I'm disappearing man I can't feel a thing from my feet up through my hands shazam shazam I'm a disappearing man I've got no backbone not a leg on which to stand one small surrender to avoid a fight another small surrender to keep things right I bit my lip I cant see or hear another small surrender am I getting clearer shazam shazam I'm disappearing man I can't feel a thing from my feet up through my hands shazam shazam I'm a disappearing man I've got no backbone not a leg on which to stand and slowly but surely I'm disappearing early from a life I shouldn't have been done living and you've got some nerve not to look up not to notice tell me how how could you not notice shazam shazam I'm disappearing man I can't feel a thing from my feet up through my hands shazam shazam I'm a disappearing man I've got no backbone not a leg on which to stand

Pinball
how could anybody dream a dream that hasn't been dreamt up a hundred times before and the chemicals bouncing' off your brain bouncing' off your skull like a pinball machine and each day is different like each game is different when you shake that thing come on and shake that thing ring ring light it up come on and shake that thing ring ring light it up like a pinball machine ring ring come on and shake that thing ring ring light it up like a pinball machine how could you hope to top my high score I was so good I gave it up ten years before but you just kept on trying pushing buttons flippers bumpers spinners ramps trap doors and all ring ring light it up come on and shake that thing ring ring light it up like a pinball machine ring ring come on and shake that thing ring ring light it up like a pinball machine ring ring light it up come on and shake that thing ring ring light it up like a pinball machine ring ring come on and shake that thing ring ring light it up like an old pinball machine