I Ate The Chocodile

Ben Lee’s “We’re All in This Together” from the album Awake is the New Sleep is featured in Kohl’s new Spring 2008 commercial.

Lyrics:

I woke up this morning
I suddenly realized
We’re all in this together
I started smiling
‘Cause you were smiling
And we’re all in this together
I’m made of atoms
You’re made of atoms
And we’re all in this together.
And long division just doesn’t matter
‘Cause we’re all in this together…yeah

I saw you walking
In the city
We’re all in this together
The city’s changing
Cause we are changing
And we’re all in this together
Every 12 seconds
Someone remembers
That we’re all in this together
In the kitchen of your rent control apartment
We’re all in this together

Come on baby, I don’t mean to rush you
I only wanted to reach out and touch you
I’ve got to start to open my heart

I know you think about jumping ship before it sinks
But we are all in this together
Ask a scientist
It’s quantum physics
We are all in this together
And on the subway we feel like strangers
But we’re all in this together
Yeah I love you and you love her and she loves him
But we’re all in this together

You know baby there’s never been protection
In all the history of human connection
Come on darling its alright to show me
You don’t ever need to be lonely
Once you start to open your heart

I saw you crying
I started crying
Cause we’re all in this together
And then religion is a big decision
But we’re all in this together

We are all in this together

I gave Awake is the New Sleep another listen through the other day, and really feel that it is underrated as an album. With clever lyrics in songs such as “Begin” and “Into the Dark” (”you’re not a landmine, you’re not a gold mine… no, you’re not mine at all…”) and the undeniably catchy pop appeal of “Catch My Disease,” (one song that I never mind getting stuck in my head, though I may have just come to accept it as an inevitability–it’s as infectious as its title implies) it’s a great listen all the way through. Another breakout hit is “Gamble Everything for Love,” which Ben Folds showcased as one of his personal selections on Steve Earle’s Air America show. While tracks such as “We’re All in This Together” and “Whatever It Is” could be criticized as idealistic or Dylanesque, I find them refreshing and optimistic. If nothing else, much can be excused in lieu of that adorably disarming Australian accent.

Awake is the New Sleep

Track listing:

1. “Whatever It Is”
2. “Gamble Everything for Love”
3. “Begin”
4. “Catch My Disease”
5. “Apple Candy”
6. “Ache for You”
7. “Into the Dark”
8. “No Right Angles”
9. “Get Gotten”
10. “Close I’ve Come”
11. “The Debt Collectors”
12. “We’re All in This Together”
13. “Light”
14. “I’m Willing”

Buy Awake is the New Sleep at ArtistDirect

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