Name: DOWN CAME THE 4TH WALL
Duration: P00H03M38S
Description: Music and lyrics by Ryan Hobler.

DOWN CAME THE 4TH WALL

from SUNROOM by Ryan Hobler

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Music and lyrics by Ryan Hobler.

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A frantic scramble
The curtain raised
A hasty start for a one-man play
The spotlight burning up the stage

And you can fake love
And you can give your word
But it won't be enough
Even if nobody heard

An improvisation
With no clear plan
And the act wore thin on his audience
The fourth wall never had a chance

And you can fake love
And you can give your word
But it won't be enough
Even if nobody heard

And you can fake love
And you can give your word
But it won't be enough
You'll be the only one hurt

Somehow she always knew
But she saw only what she wanted to
Until a voice inside her head
Said I would rather end this now
Than feel so dead
'Cause I'm not dead
No I'm not dead

And down came the theater with such fall
Down came everything and nothing at all
Down came the fourth wall

And you can fake love
And you can give your word
But it won't be enough
Even if nobody heard

And you can fake love
And you can give your word
But it won't be enough
You'll be the only one hurt

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from SUNROOM, released April 23, 2008
Ryan Hobler : Vocals, Acoustic Guitar
Ethan Halpern : Upright Bass
Elliot Sneider : Piano

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Ryan Hobler New York, New York

Ryan Hobler is a singer-songwriter who plays simple, refreshing, and alive music in the folk-rock tradition of Paul Simon, Nick Drake, and Elliott Smith. His songs run the thematic gamut, ranging from love, defeat and resilience to stupidity, the absurd and mortality. Oh yeah and songs about cats and dogs. ... more

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