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White Flag

by Ali Suhail

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1.
All attempts to fly away Fell short of Outer space Still I, Can’t shake my denial Landed back in my distaste In an aggravated display Of affection I beg your attention No no no no no Place like home Place like home Place like home No no no no no The only house I ever built Every room decorated with guilt Came to life When I set it on fire Skin to bone From my head to my heels Undecided on who gets to feel Alone Alone Heaven knows The hoops I jumped through To deny it Reprise it My lips move but That’s not my voice I know It shows Consequence of trying To hide it Defy it Starting to leave marks now You’ve been talking bout taking risks Tucking me into the fire Telling me there’s no no No no no no.. No room for reason A temporary act of treason To outgrow Nobody will know Still I carried it All the way Evident in every word I say Brick by brick I’ll get rid of it Heaven knows The hoops I jumped through To deny it Reprise it My lips move but That’s not my voice I know It shows Consequence of trying To hide it Defy it Starting to leave marks now You’ve been talking bout taking risks Tucking me into the fire Telling me there’s no no No no no no
2.
TWP 03:53
Disappears in a minute All the context, the floor stood on Trying to get to come to terms to admit Free-falling and trying to maintain the Feelings in my face As I abbreviate At the whim of memories, I can't place Chalk it up to reckless squander No, it's not the design, no deviations, please Schizophrenic neon thunder Oh, I get it. They knew what's best for me Their context is all that we can be (Trust, they must have been right) What am I, but what I'm made to be (Trust, they must have been right) To feel the poetry behind All the fractions in all the fractures To feel life Beyond the gist The spots we missed Chalk it up to reckless squander No, it's not the design, no deviations, please Schizophrenic neon thunder Oh, I get it. They knew what's best for me Use their incomplete reactions To muffle discrepancies (Not a single movement, Not a step beyond the gravity of time) Their context is all that we can be (Trust, they must have been right) What am I, a possibility, to be (Trust, they must have been right)
3.
Oh how the night is thick Buried within are its secrets The ones we keep The words we speak Are just not enough Oh how the stars are sweet Strewn across the streets The scriptures bare The wolf the hare Must eat each other There’s a ridge of bone That keeps back the parade The unsteady sleep of books stacked And all that they say I’ve lost a limb to you Oh what a gorgeous view Your talons bare The wolf the hare Must fight each other There’s a ridge of bone That keeps back the parade The unsteady sleep of books stacked And all that they say Wisest men have known that it’s folly to part From the phantom pains of limbs that we lost through the march There’s a ridge of bone That keeps back the parade The unsteady sleep of books stacked And all that they say
4.
I stand across you Made of bricks For better or worse I’m letting myself enjoy the kicks and blows But for the time being I’ll let myself be just another one of your hard feelings I’m not afraid of all your stupid obsessions I’m peeling my skin Not kneeling down for your sins I’m peeling My skin You keep running round But I’m done My time is running down But I’m done I’m done Better be broken even than broken down I stand above you Time is still I’m better, you’re worse We’re setting this thing on fire for the thrill But for the time being I’ll let myself be just another one of your hard feelings I’m not afraid of all your stupid obsessions I’m peeling my skin Not kneeling down for your sins I’m peeling My skin Not kneeling down for your sins Think I wanna stay, think I wanna stay a little bit longer Think I wanna stay, think I wanna stay to watch you go down Think I wanna stay cause your misery is making me stronger Think I wanna stay, watch you looking for your styrofoam crown Think I wanna stay, think I wanna stay a little bit longer Think I wanna stay, think I wanna stay to watch you go down Think I wanna stay cause your misery is making me stronger Think I wanna stay, think I wanna let you sink and drown But I’m done My time is running down But I’m done I’m done I’m done, done I’m done Better be broken even than broken down Better be broken even than broken down
5.
Blood's on your hands, Thanks for mapping down my path Do you see me dance? Do you understand? Holes in your motif is how I learned to use my feet I learned to be discreet I know what it means To love, to live out for myself To be me for someone else Can you tell? Ideals and ideas surrounded by opinions A history of thought aside, I still don't know how I'm feeling (I don't know how)Rigor mortis is Just another new It all turns, from red to blue I'll stomp harder than I know I can Wrap yourself in divine plans I don't yet understand Do you see me dance? To love, to live out for myself To be me for someone else Can you tell? Come in take my hand take the lead Pretend I don’t step on your feet I will let you take this to your head Wrap yourself in divine plans I don't yet fully understand Eyes on mine but do you see me dance
6.
Bubbleboi 03:41
And I, I wrote you a letter, I roped you in with a letter with all the letters I could find. As I, tucked you in with tethers, tucked you in with whatever, whatever was left to try. And I was written to your errors, set within my terrors, oblivious and blind. And oh, I could learn from the tremors, pull the stops quicker than ever, nevermind. I suppose, anyway. The lights are never quite what they seem, shooting out from the seams, I can't quite conclude The colors are always kind of faded, a shade of almost always, always to elude I tried, to feel you through your bubble, our plights were always muffled, but you could hear you too I lied, all I had were my letters, it doesn't get any better, now my letters are nothing new I suppose anyway. To all of the answers And all of the strife For some higher purpose Never give in the fight To all of the questions We bore from solutions From toil and tumble Who told you I'm right?
7.
Red 05:20
Hi, it's a pleasure to meet you It's so good that you've finally made your way Relax, they're not gonna believe you Everybody knows what you just did. I know, the clean air is an issue Everyones in on it, I can tell So hide your hands in your pocket You should know your skin speaks for itself Rest your head in the gray (Just feel the water flow) (You really don't need to know) how dare you give more than you could take Wait, how long has it been now? That can't be right, you've been just sitting here for days Cuz I didn’t hear you come in now It’s much too comfortable, is this why we stayed? Rest your head in the gray (Just feel the water flow) (You really don't need to know) Just put your head away Just hold on tight And close your eyes No sudden movements They'll see through your disguise Don't let it slide Don't let it go/just feel the flow If you can't see them They'll never see you Do you like the way he said that now Did the lighting of the room begin to change? His furniture is my witness And your hands are red, so (fucking) red Rest your head in the gray (Just feel the water flow) (You really don't need to know) Put your head away Just hold on tight And close your eyes No sudden movements They'll see through your disguise Don't let it slide Don't let it go/just feel the flow If you can't see them They'll never see you
8.
Phir say ho gai ghalat ghari Kya hogi phir sahi kabhi Kyun na maanay tu Asliyat ko Main bataoon tou Hogi Sahi Kyun mere haath kuch bhi nahi Phir kya in haathon ka sabab koi In sawalon say Bus hai zahir Tera dill nahi Mere haath main so rahi hai Inki jori baat sunake So gai hai chori, chori Tera pyar Sikha diya tha, khayal kissi aur ka Tera izhaar Dekha dikhaya sa Kyun na maanay tu Asliyat ko Is bachpanay say Kuch faraq nahi Phir say aagai wohi ghari phir say jamay qadam wahin Kyun na samjhay tu Shakhsiyat ko Ye aaina nahi Waise tou mujhko yaqeen hai Tum per nahi Baaton main ab bhi junoon hai Apni sahi In saat logo main gum Main aur tum Main aur tum Main aur tum Ainay main huzoor
9.
Hum kahan Gum gae hain, mere yaar Hum idhar, udhar Bhattak rahay hain kahan Tere dill main dar paida honay lag gaya Tere dill ko kaise badloonga main, mere yaar? Tunay mere haathon main aik pathar rakh diya Is tootay hue dill pe main tou hasnay lag gaya Tumhe chahiye hai woh jo meri duniya main nahi Teri khwahishon say behtar ye aik pathar hi sahi Main tou dooboon, dooboon, Doobta reh gaya Is pathar ka wazan hai mujh per bhari par gaya Main tou dooboon, dooboon, Doobta reh gaya Is pathar ka wazan hai mujh per bhari par gaya Aasman main hain aankhen dekh rahi tumhen Tum idhar udhar na phir say chhup paogay Thand say jalay kapkapanay hain lagay Woh milay na milay, sun rahay hain woh tumhen Sar main mere dono hisson ke beech Aik aadmi rehta hai samajhta nahi Uskay chehray pe woh hai jo mujh main nahi Mujhko sapnay dikhake woh hansta hai ji Ab niklo wahan say mujhko tang na kar Apna kaam karo apna rasta pakar Main tou dat tay rahoonga Main lartay rahoonga Main ye dar say jakartay rahoonga Main… Tunay mere haathon main aik pathar rakh diya Is tootay hue dill pe main tou hasnay lag gaya Tumhe chahiye hai woh jo meri duniya main nahi Teri khwahishon say behtar ye aik pathar hi sahi Main tou dooboon, dooboon, Doobta reh gaya Is pathar ka wazan hai mujh per bhari par gaya Main tou dooboon, dooboon, Doobta reh gaya Is pathar ka wazan hai mujh per bhari par gaya

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This album gave me the chance to work with some of the most talented and smart musicians in the country and has helped me check off so many bucket list entries. I'm very excited to share what we've made together and I hope you enjoy the output just as much as we enjoyed the process.

The majority of the album was recorded on my laptop in multiple locations. I composed and produced the whole thing at my house. The featuring artists recorded their parts at their own places. The drums were all recorded in Yusuf Ramay's basement. I did the final mixing touches at Zahra Paracha's studio and then the whole thing was stem mixed and mastered at A for Aleph studios by Umair Dar.

Special thanks to Adeel Tahir, Zahra Paracha and Shamsher Rana

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released March 27, 2021

Produced by Ali Suhail

Mixed by Ali Suhail & Umair Dar
Mastered by Umair Dar at A for Aleph

Ali Suhail - lyrics, guitar, vocals, production
Yusuf Ramay - drums
Varqa Faraid - keyboards
Aaishay Haque - lyrics, vocals
Nadir Shahzad - lyrics, vocals
Abdullah Siddiqui - lyrics, vocals
Shorbanoor - lyrics, vocals
Nasir Siddiqui - guitar
Ibrahim Imdad - bass
Saif Abbas Rizwan - bass
Zain Peerzada - bass
Adeel Tahir - bass

Album Artwork by Sana Ahmad

All songs composed by Ali Suhail

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Ali Suhail Karachi, Pakistan

Hi, I'm Ali. I make music in a room in a house in Karachi in Pakistan. In fact, that's most of what I do. I've been making music since I was a teenager, learning from The Beatles, The Foo Fighters, Death Cab For Cutie, Freelance Whales, Pomplamoose etc. These albums that I've written are an amalgamation of my experiences and perception of the world and life. I hope they make people happy. ... more

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