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Midnight Rain

by R.T.

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Everybody’s searching Feeling out of touch Reaching out for one thing they love so much I have been no different A man without a cause There’s always someone dancing out in the fog As I fall as I knew I would I’ll tear it down in your room As I fall doing what I could I’ll tear it down in your room Everybody’s searching Feeling out of touch There’s always someone dancing out in the fog As I fall as I knew I would I’ll tear it down in your room As I fall doing what I could I’ll tear it down in your room As I fall as I knew I would I’ll tear it down in your room [bridge] As I fall as I knew I would I’ll tear it down in your room As I fall doing what I could I’ll tear it down in your room As I fall as I knew I would I’ll tear it down in your room [bridge]
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I was so fond Of falling in love That I didn’t care who it was They’d say hello I’d say enough Is it funny? Is it falling down on me? It’s so funny I was so fond Of falling in love That I didn’t care who it was They’d say hello I’d say enough What are you doing for the next 30 years? Is it funny? Is it falling down on me? It’s so funny
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There’s a time to laugh and a time to cry A time to fall and a time to get by If with every breath I can savor life Then these lonely, lonely days will day I called every friend that I ever got I called every favor I took every gross shot I don’t have love but I got a lot Like these lonely, lonely days of rot Tears never fall in the midnight rain Daring it all with the love I gave Watching you call someone else by name Our love fades away There’s a time to laugh and a time to cry A time to fall and a time to get by If with every breath I can savor life Then these lonely, lonely days will day Tears never fall in the midnight rain Daring it all with the love I gave Watching you call someone else by name Our love fades away
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Wake Up 06:05
Well I had a woman She was my life Then she left me to be with Christ She was the sweetest, kindest soul to ever walk on this Earth Now she’s left me all alone Terrified down to my bones I need to see her I need to know Telling me to wake up, wake up, wake up, wake up I should have known Everyone told me You’d never, you’d never Leave well enough alone God has a plan God has a vengeance You’ll never, you’ll never Leave well enough alone
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Oh, Love 03:21
Oh love I want to see you all day I want to see you nightly I want to see you when I’m dreaming Oh love I’ve never been so happy I think you are so lovely I never knew that life could be this good I want to love you forever Oh love I want to see you all day I want to see you nightly I want to see you when I’m dreaming Oh love I’ve never been so happy I think you are so lovely I never knew that life could be this good I want to love you forever
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Yes well I can see you’re lonely I can see it oh so well I can only love you so much Before my heart begins to swell Yes well I can see you’re lonely I can see it oh so clear I can only love you so much Just as much as you can bear [Adam – chorus] It’s time that I go, it’s time for I don’t know It’s time to tell you how I’m feeling It’s time that I go, it’s time for I don’t know It’s time to tell you what’s in my heart [Josh – chorus] I get overwhelmed by all these feelings tearing up my heart Yes well I can see you’re lonely I can see it oh so clear I can only love you so much Just as much as you can bear I get overwhelmed by all these feelings tearing up my heart
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It’s the love I want to find Think about you all the time But I don’t sing about it And the miles I’d drive Everyone needs love Tell them the story Of taking out my heart Tell them the story But don’t leave out the best parts Tell them the story Of taking all my songs Tell them the story But don’t leave out the best parts It’s the love I want to find Think about you all the time But I don’t sing about it And the miles I’d drive Everyone needs love Tell them the story Of taking out my soul Tell them the story But don’t leave out the best parts Tell them the story Of taking out my songs Tell them the story But don’t leave out the best parts

about

Midnight Rain is R.T.’s debut album.

Genesis: Adam here. I had a bad breakup. Like a really bad, 9 1/2 year breakup. So I read one of those stupid self-help books (that was actually quite amazing) and it said I needed to see the positive side of me; to treat myself right.

So I started Monday date night with myself. It sounds terribly corny, but I would ride my bike downtown, go ice skating at Millennium Park, get some bad fast food and then go spend an hour in the piano practice room at the Harold Washington branch of the Chicago Public Library.

It was glorious. I would spend the first 20/30 minutes dicking around, trying things out. I would record everything on my phone and hope it was good enough to remember or come back to the next week. Then I would spend the rest of my hour playing through the songs I liked. A few stuck. I didn’t have dick for lyrics, but I liked the melodies. That’s always been most important to me anyways.

Every piano song on the album came out of my time at the library. Sometimes I would have to wait for a room. Those were my favorite nights. The practice room is right next to the magazine photo archives, alphabetical by subject.

So many good subjects! I doubt anyone has looked at those things in years.

Everyone else in the practice rooms was so good. And hardly anyone was playing their own music: lots of affirmed genius going down. I always wondered if I was annoying the other rooms when I played/sang. So I used to sing quietly. Except one night I was really feeling it. No one was around me. I was going to town, as they say. I got done, trance-like as always, and as I grabbed my stuff and left that hundred degree little room, this quite fashionable guy stops me and says with such gusto, “Man: you got some rhythm!”

I almost hugged him! I never wanted to go back: it felt like it would all be downhill from there.

credits

released December 9, 2014

R.T.
Adam Gramling - Piano, guitar, vocals
Joshua Sauvageau - String bass, vocals

Recorded at Downbeat Studio
Engineered/mixed/mastered by Michael Govaere
Vocals/screams by Crystal Lynn Massa

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R.T. Chicago, Illinois

Chicago indie folk. Catchy melodies with dark overtones.

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