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You and I and me and you

by Alter Real

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1.
The Avenue 02:59
Intro It’s not a mystery how I feel when I’m with you Everyday, just the same totally phased Verse 1 The looks I get from walking down the avenue Could break the stride of anyone you come into And so the story goes until they punish you Mine’s been a sorry one Verse 2 In half a life I’ve made you see me as a fool The patterns skim my eyes just like they did in school As soon as a arise the blankets in a pool Mine’s been a messy one Chorus The motors in their little brains Are winding up like window pains Holding on the child bears just one tear Verse 3 We topple anyone who promises the earth And bottle up the feelings when it starts to hurt To finish something might just reverse its birth Mine’s been a happy one Verse 1 The looks I get from walking down the avenue Could break the stride of anyone you come into And so the story goes until they punish you Mine’s been a sorry one Chorus The motors in their little brains Are winding up like window pains Holding on the child bears just one tear
2.
Half Time 03:16
Verse 1 Still here baby gonna show you one more time Strange sensations fill my body when your on my mind Pre-chorus We live half time, a half time life forever To live our lives, our lives in half time surrender Chorus Hoping for something to open Their heart and set me free Verse 2 Will these treasures baby help you change your side Captivate me sweeheart and I’ll be a bide Pre-chorus We live half time, a half time life forever To live our lives, our lives in half time surrender Chorus Hoping for something to open Their heart and set me free
3.
17 02:42
Verse 1 Look up to the clouds When the famous come back That my dreams are real And though it’s hard to believe it’s true Verse 2 I stood back from the clubs That’s were you whispered the words That we’re not here to stay That sooner still we can be ok Chorus I remember 17, when the tides were wild Your shakra means a forthnight’s over but the nights not sober not now Verse 3 Walk down in the morn’ Waiting up for the sun How can it be true The only feelings I feel are for you Verse 4 And so now there’s a buzz A sensation above How can it be you I’m rolling into a ball of love Chorus I remember 17 when the tides are wild Your shakra mean a forthnight over but the night not sober right now
4.
Unlucky 04:04
Verse 1 I’m just a fool for you baby Filled with doubt You’re too cool for me maybe But I won’t look down I’ll live my life on the highway I’ll bring mountains down I get pang while I’m waiting I see you walk around town Pre-chorus Down ! Is where you’ll find me stating Ouch ! But I’m climbing up Out ! I’m gonna reach your heights and Shout ! You know I’m comin’ up Baby ! You’re gonna see me standin’ Soon ! Right uppa on that hill Lately ! You’ve been on my mind dear Shout ! Not gonna stop until Chorus Unlucky ! I’m chained to your heart I’ll give you my love Never drift apart Unlucky ! I sing to you Professions of love And babe it’s just a start Verse 2 I see the signs on you, on me They’re everywhere I got my mind on you lately I’m pullin’ my hair And so it seems like it’s dating We on borrowed time So get up close to me baby Live our life Pre-chorus Down ! Is where you’ll find me stating Ouch ! But I’m climbing up Out ! I’m gonna reach your heights and Shout ! You know I’m coming up Baby ! You’re gonna see me standin’ Soon ! Right uppa on that hill Lately ! You’ve been on my mind dear Shout ! Not gonna stop until Chorus Unlucky ! I’m chained to your heart I’ll give you my love Never drift apart Unlucky ! I sing to you Professions of love And babe it’s just a start
5.
Verse 1 We dance into the old lights Fading back at cold heights Untold is gaping a hole Brushing papers aside A glance above the powers Saving lives like ours Uphold a sterned back sathing Put a back to find a light Verse 2 Everybody wanna get in line today Should you have a place to stay And a double for panned out play-to-pay-I Silence in a saturn cape and annoyed Baby’s getting paranoid And Australia has just made you void Close your partels lets arise and cry Verse 3 We could be happy if we lied today If we had our proper place And a symbol here to hide our face To say I... Don’t like when you take the markers made to stay I’d sooner wish you went away Packed your things and left your mess at bay And that’s will be alright Verse 4 Though it’s only lock to luck tonight Everybody’s lookin’ for signs I can fin dit hard here to dream That’s a good time Verse 5 A glance above the powers Saving lives like ours Uphold a sterned back sathing Put a back to find a light Brushing papers aside Brushing papers aside
6.
Out 03:08
Verse 1 You said, you’d give me the time off You mentioned that you’d gimme space Look here, it’s nothing like a break up I need to get my thoughts in place Pre-chorus We ‘re on the way, moving like a show Blessed the day, now it’s time to go You see them stare the people as an image feeling round Stick around, just for a minute Had our fun, let’s get it finished You see out there the people with an image creepin’ round Bridge Stand-in’ with your mind in the clouds Landin’ somewhere that you’re not allowed Get your head out of the clouds. (Aoudovdeu ou Adovde) Get your head out of the clouds Chorus Call me when you get there Find me you’ll be alright here Hear me I’m your friend, hit me be alright yeah Verse 2 Look here, your life lays on the table It's looking grim but it's all fair I’m sure with that you’re good and able To see what's up in Delaware Pre-chorus We ‘re on the way, moving like a show Blessed the day, now it’s time to go You see them stare the people as an image feeling round Stick around, just for a minute Had our fun, let’s get it finished You see out there the people with an image creepin’ round Bridge Stand-in’ with your mind in the clouds Landin’ somewhere that you’re not allowed Get your head out of the clouds. (Aoudovdeu ou Adovde) Get your head out of the clouds Chorus Call me when you get there Find me you’ll be alright here Hear me I’m your friend, hit me be alright yeah
7.
Verse 1 You lift it up Get out of your slumber Start again You ‘re not yet the number one Take a hit You don’t need no water Push it out Yo limits got be higher Verse 2 A day goes by Just like a a thousand others Your lifes a lie But so’s that of your mothers The times have changed You wonder where it got us Light it up It’s better to be higher Chorus You hear it all the time You read it in a letter There’s someone on TV There’s someone, somewhere better A moment in your life Can change your life forever So break ties, and go get her Verse Faro the Shadow They told me I would make it They told me I could make it anywhere if I can take it Gotta take my chance right Gotta get rid of the demons that talk in my head like I’m in control now you better stay quiet I flex like my whip is a Benz right Damn right Sitting here I’m overthinking stuff again I don’t care ‘bout money but time is money so baby I’m hustling I’m suffering From all my thoughts so yeah I puff and drink Build and kill myself at the same time Smiling but I bleed within Took an L but I’m back at it Evil thoughts I be wrecking em Let me rap I be cracking it Only me and the mic I ain’t packing shit Don’t trust my mind but I trust me Break me out of those cuffs please Gimme time I show all of y’all that nothing really can stop me Nothing can stop me now, know you can’t bring me down Know you can’t, know you can’t Chorus You hear it all the time You read it in a letter There’s someone on TV There’s someone, somewhere better A moment in your life Can change your life forever So break ties, and go get her End You hit rock bottom now you Reach for the top You reach for the stars
8.
Easy 04:10
Verse 1 Easy, the start of a new profound Story, to think we had some other Motives, two lovers alone and all that we share is our Arrogance Verse 2 Living, we do what we know and that’s Giving, the best of ourselves and Forgiving, the lessons we learned and all the sides of concern that don’t worry us Chorus You’ve known my past and I’ve been treading softly Come like a dance you’re gonna do for me Don’t make a fuss, and do it carefully Even thought we’re heading for a heartbreak Verse 3 Sipping, it’s bitter at first and it’s Dripping, we’ve all got a thirst for not Quitting, but sometimes the worst is not nearly as bad as our competence Verse 4 Listen, you’ve heard it before but I’m Smitten, my hearts at the door and it’s Swinging they want to come in and share thoughts with you about Innocence Chorus You’ve known my past and I’ve been treading softly Come like a dance you’re gonna do for me Don’t make a fuss (comme farce en français sans le r), and do it carefully Even thought we’re heading for a heartbreak Chorus You’ve known my past and I’ve been treading softly Come like a dance you’re gonna do for me Don’t make a fuss (comme farce en français sans le r), and do it carefully Even thought we’re heading for a heartbreak
9.
Verse 1 These nights been a wreck like my last one I gotta get away, nowhere that I can stay If I see another life blooming It’s gotta be a sign, gotta be the time Chorus Out of this city where the streets twirl and twists And love is just dream, encounters never seem Honest or sincere, just a cauldron filled with fear I gotta get away, can’t face another day Verse 2 Today’s been so nice unlike last night Gotta find away, nowhere that I can stay If I hear another bird falling It’s gotta be a sign, gotta be the time Chorus Out of this city where the streets twirl and twists And love is just dream, encounters never seem Honest or sincere, just a filled with fear I gotta get away, can’t face another day Verse 1 Heem Ze Loner In a city souls go to get lost and the hearts all broken, the only thing to ever get fixed is the feigns. Rock bottoms follow high hopes every time that good intentions fall victim to greed. Sharks in these uncharted waters, and baby girl sadly you’re just another fish in the sea. She gon switch up to get famous but no one ever told her that snakes only get a fifteen. Oh pretty face, everything you face is ugly, mirrors lie to you, you face the bubbly, nothing I could do to make you love me, sold your privacy and made you public, I just hope it ain’t too late to express it all. Every eye can see you chase the luxury, the hypocrisy, the fake, the judgment. Photography, you naked, suddenly. Lost your modesty, and patience, humbly, I just hope that in the end you don’t regret it all. I hope these, pot hole windy back roads lead, to you finally finding yo dreams, while you driving round blowing trees. Lonely, while you hide behind yo screen, know you’d still ride or die for me, had to say goodbye to my amour jolie. Verse 1 These nights been a wreck like my last one I gotta get away, no way that I can stay If I see another guy blooming It’s gotta be a sign, gotta be the time Chorus Out of this city where the streets twirl and twists And love is just dream, encounters never seem Honest or sincere, just a couldron filled with fear I gotta get away, can’t face another day Verse 3 Run for all our love You could be the one to change my new life Show me the way out You could be the one to fill my heart Verse 2 Heem Ze Loner Just push the same 10 digits for that old thing back. Ain’t taking no rings back. Just say you sorry and the whole thing scratched. Whatever get us back to those same tracks. The jokes they ain’t catch. You disappointed if our clothes ain’t match. I’d be lying like my bro’s ain’t snap. Casamigos and yak. Talk down on you like some post game stats. Know it’s real, I had to cope pain axed. I’ll leave it written in stone. I love you, but ain’t getting no name tatts. Know the two of us seen better days. But momma still check on you. I’d still blow a check on you. All the boxes is checked on you. Say that shit with chest for you. Who I gotta address it to. Both felt it on site, we was destined in the moment that I met your gaze. But that purse on my dresser new. Heels by the exit too. Bought with my revenue. All while I message you. Things that you could change, wait to see if you ever do. Girl you better run. Verse 3 Run for all our love You could be the one to change my new life Show me the way out You could be the one to fill my heart

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Xavier Laporte has been producing music under a variety of aliases for several years now, but in 2019 he signed with Nowadays Records under the name Alter Real. He then released two EPs, and his first and new album: « You and I and me and you« . He recorded, produced and mixed it on his own.

Alter Real is an obsessive and perfectionist composer who asserts an identity that is his own. Bringing together a wide range of influences under polished and efficient productions, he now presents us with a spontaneous album that creates some alchemy between his many sources of inspiration. It’s a predominantly pop album, but with some jazz, rnb and rap influences.

The result is a perfect blend of modern and analogical sounds. This retro-futuristic album marks a turning point for Alter Real. His voice takes center stage – even though he’s normally used to working with featurings. This album is also designed for live performances, with many organic elements (guitar, bass, drums). And some female backing vocals add a touch of sensuality to these tracks.

But Alter Real has not completely given up on featurings. Several guests appear on this album, with whom he has already collaborated in the past: Maxwell Farrington, Faro The Shadow and Heem Ze Loner.

As for the cover, it was designed by his friend, the photographer Matthieu Venot. A specialist in abstract geometric images that focuses his lens on architectural details. They already collaborated together on his last EP.

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released February 16, 2024

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Alter Real Saint Brieuc, France

Composer with an obsessional level of perfectionism, Alter Real tries here to get rid of the pop schemes to spread the spectrum of sound exploration. The result is a more spontaneous music that, freeing itself from judgements wherever they come from, creates chemistry between the numerous influences from jazz to pop or rap. ... more

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