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Old Broken Ladder

from Steel Tempered Pride (album 2013) by Seth Adam

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    The third studio album from Seth Adam, released in 2013, "Steel Tempered Pride' delved into deeply personal topics, experimentation with various musicians and sounds, and includes two tracks produced by David Immerglück (guitarist, Counting Crows). Features crowd favorites "Old Broken Ladder" and "New York City Bound."

    “His “Steel Tempered Pride” is just that. Brutally honest (“These Pills”), cynically astute (“People Are Only Going To Break Your Heart”) and grateful (“Thank You, Chicago”), Seth Adam puts his feelings into rockin’ odes that you can boogie all night to without having to even listen to his well-defined words if you don’t want to.”

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    Track list:
    1) Old Broken Ladder
    2) Troubled Times
    3) Push And Pull
    4) Thank You, Chicago
    5) May
    6) New York City Bound
    7) These Pills
    8) December 24
    9) People Are Only Going To Break Your Heart
    10) Tired

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Old Broken Ladder
Lyrics by Seth Adam
Music by Seth Adam
© 2013 Seth Adam, BMI

There's a light when the sun doesn't shine
Have some faith and it's something you'll find
In the time that it takes you can re-live the wake of your life
These perceptions of what life is for
My ambitions and harboring more
I'm a heart full that's alive, full of steel tempered pride at your door

You can take your chances, live your life like this
With the consequence of things that your might miss
There's an old broken ladder that sometimes will still hold you up
If you fall while you're climbing your fall will be broken by love

When the dreamer has nothing to fear
and the chaos of doubt disappears
what you have left inside is a heart open wide, reappeared
I have walked all alone on a wire
I have scaled myself down to get higher
With an iron persistence, keep burning the distance desire

When you're missing the waters and whites
and a memory of carnival lights
all the innocent days that are further away than you'd like
Just remember that heart full of pride
You will push all your worries aside
Then it's alright to say you have reckoned a day for your life

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from Steel Tempered Pride (album 2013), released September 24, 2013

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Seth Adam New Haven, Connecticut

Singer/songwriter Seth Adam writes compelling, genuine songs with honest lyrics. Taking cues from artists like Counting Crows, Tom Petty, and Jason Isbell, he creates his own brand of edgy, Americana rock & roll.

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