Before Liftoff, by The Reverse Engineers

Before Liftoff

by The Reverse Engineers

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1.	Take My Heart 04:04	lyrics	buy track
TAKE MY HEART Nobody's been in this body but me Nobody's seen through these eyes but me Nobody's been in this body but me Nobody's seen through these eyes but me But you can take my heart You can take my heart You can take my heart You can take my heart Nobody's guiding my life but me No one to show me the way but me No one to blaze this trail Come with me I will prevail No one can see my dreams but me But you can take my hand You can take my hand You can take my hand You can take my hand There's no body waiting for you but me no body waiting for you but me If you believe what I can see If you can keep your faith in me Then walk with me and we'll be free You can take my heart You can take my heart You can take my heart... Lyrics by Charles Cote
2.	Bandwidth Conservation Society 02:32	lyrics	buy track
BANDWIDTH CONSERVATION SOCIETY Where do you want to go today? I heard my computer say Everywhere take me there with purposeful motion Riding on the outlook express Staring out your windows Everywhere take me there with purposeful motion I want the world to excel I want the world to excel I want the world to excel I want a world with purposeful motion Wow.... No time to long for analog It's time to feed my digital dog We must conserve our cyberspace If we're to save the human race Everywhere take me there with purposeful motion I want the world to excel I want the world to excel I want the world to excel I want a world with purposeful motion Purposeful Motion Purposeful Motion Purposeful Motion Lyrics by The Reverse Engineers
3.	Weatherman (Demo) 03:30	lyrics	buy track
WEATHERMAN I want to be a weatherman I would do the best I can I'd look down from my satellite And see the world both day and night I wonder what tomorrow brings I wonder what tomorrow brings... I want to be a weatherman. I like to look up at the sky Higher than the airplanes fly And listen to the wind above Waiting for the storms I love I wonder what tomorrow brings I wonder what tomorrow brings I want to be a weatherman I want to be a weatherman The storm it finally has arrived I've waited for it my whole life I walk out in the atmosphere To feel its force as it draws near I look the storm right in the eye And wonder if I will survive People think that I'm insane Because I stand out in the rain I wonder what tomorrow brings I wonder what tomorrow brings I want to be a weatherman I would do the best I can I want to be a weatherman Lyrics by Charles Cote
4.	Out of Body (Demo) 05:26	lyrics	buy track
OUT OF BODY Make my insides like my outsides Make me soft and hard to see Make each new day everlasting Hold me close and set me free Are you reeling from the past? Or scared of the future coming fast? Feeling seduced, tempted and overthrown Well you're not locally grounded You're not hopelessly grounded There's always an open door where the sunlight flows Feel the rays crashing through you As you float away from shape and form Up up and away so high above me You slip into something safe and warm Safe and warm It's not by drink, drugs or sex but prayer that we are one Connected to each other across this veil of space and time We are separate to feel the joy of communion We are alone to hold the hand of creation Lead us along - we are shadows of the soul Make my insides like my outsides Make me soft and hard to see Make each new day everlasting Hold me close and set me free Spend an hour or two Spend a day apart My body's so unsure Our bodies so unsure Make my insides like my outsides Make me soft and hard to see Make each new day everlasting Hold me close and set me free Set me free Take me away Take me out Take me home Set me free Make my insides like my outsides I'm out of body Out of time I'm out of body Out of my mind Out of time Out of time Lyrics by William Cote
5.	Spacewalk 01:21	info	buy track
6.	Men in Black 01:08	info	buy track
7.	Out of Body (Live) 05:34	lyrics	buy track
OUT OF BODY Make my insides like my outsides Make me soft and hard to see Make each new day everlasting Hold me close and set me free Are you reeling from the past? Or scared of the future coming fast? Feeling seduced, tempted and overthrown Well you're not locally grounded You're not hopelessly grounded There's always an open door where the sunlight flows Feel the rays crashing through you As you float away from shape and form Up up and away so high above me You slip into something safe and warm Safe and warm It's not by drink, drugs or sex but prayer that we are one Connected to each other across this veil of space and time We are separate to feel the joy of communion We are alone to hold the hand of creation Lead us along - we are shadows of the soul Make my insides like my outsides Make me soft and hard to see Make each new day everlasting Hold me close and set me free Spend an hour or two Spend a day apart My body's so unsure Our bodies so unsure Make my insides like my outsides Make me soft and hard to see Make each new day everlasting Hold me close and set me free Set me free Take me high Take me low Take me all the way Down to the hole in my heart Set me free Take me high Take me along I'm out of body Out of time I'm out of body Out of my mind Out of time Out of time Lyrics by William Cote
8.	Be Here Tonight (Live) 05:04	lyrics	buy track
BE HERE TONIGHT Maybe you're counting sheep Maybe you're fast asleep Maybe you're standing there Right behind me Maybe I'll never know Maybe I'm just too slow If I just knew your name If I just had your number... Maybe you're last in line Maybe you're wasting time Maybe that was you there At the market Maybe I'll never know Maybe I'm just too slow If I just knew your name If I just had your number... Where are you my woman? Where are you my wife? Why are you still searching? You should be here tonight. Where are you my woman? Where are you my wife? Where are you still trying? You should be here tonight Be here tonight It's a spell you're under - Daydream trance, x-ray glance Searching for the perfect one Looking for that perfect fit Maybe I'll never know Maybe I'm just too slow If I just knew your name If I just had your number... Where are you my woman? Where are you my wife? Why are you still searching? You should be here tonight. Where are you my woman? Where are you my wife? Why are you still waiting? You should be here tonight. Be here tonight. Maybe you're in Russia Maybe you're on the 'Net On my computer screen Is that your picture? Maybe you're on TV Face in a magazine If I just had your number... Where are you my woman? Where are you my wife? Why are you still searching? You should be here tonight. Where are you? Where are you? Be here tonight... Lyrics by William Cote
9.	Superman (Live) 03:08	lyrics	buy track
SUPERMAN Don't expect mister right Cause I'm mostly mister wrong On a good day I can take care of myself but what the world needs is someone else I'm not your superman I've got no x-ray eyes I'm not your superman I could work two jobs and still just get by If that's not enough I can make you cry Tell me your thoughts I can't read your mind Better yet maybe you could sort through mine Cause I'm not your superman I've got no x-ray eyes I'm not your.... There's plenty of time to get out You're not stuck just run away There's plenty of time You don't have to be with me There's plenty of time to get out You're not stuck just run away Cause I'm not your superman I've got no x-ray eyes I'm not your superman Lyrics by William Cote
10.	You Control the Sun (Live) 05:26	lyrics	buy track
YOU CONTROL THE SUN It was a stormy Monday when we first met It's still raining now It's still raining now I felt your stare before I saw you there With one look I was yours With one look I was yours You took me home, Showed me my heart Cut me open with a surgeon's touch You showed me a deeper me I didn't know it meant that much Now - You control the sun You control the moon You control my thoughts You control my moods You control my thoughts You control my moods It was a cold day when you left me there The warmth has not returned The warmth has not returned Now the seasons don't change, The clock stands still In fear of your delicious spell My world's eternal cold The forecast calls for snow You sent me to a private hell When you left me with myself Now - You control the sun You control the moon You control my thoughts You control my moods You control my thoughts You control my moods The phone rings but there's no one there Footsteps in the hall Shadows in the dim-lit night Dizzy then I fall Awake with the scent of your perfume Asleep with the touch of your hand You control the sun You control the sun You control the sun You control the sun Lyrics by William Cote
11.	The Longer Now (Live) 01:46	lyrics	buy track
THE LONGER NOW Where hides the thinker of my thoughts? What drives the movement of us all? The movement of of us all The song plays from the speaker on the shelf I can't find the band that's inside These words they come from somewhere else Can't find the thinker of my thoughts We live in a longer now We dance in a longer now We dream in the longer now in a longer now Where hides the thinker of my thoughts? What drives the movement of us all? These words they come from somewhere else Can't find the thinker of my thoughts We live in a longer now We dance in a longer now We dream in the longer now in a longer now... Lyrics by William Cote

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This album features unreleased songs, demos and live tracks in a time range between 1998 through 2001 before the release of Max Q in 2004.

Featuring the previously unreleased songs "Take My Heart" and "Bandwidth Conservation Society" recorded at Chateau Le Bad Neighbor (TRE's practice space in Tampa, FL)

Weatherman (Demo) - Recording Engineer - William Cote. Mastered by Charles Cote.
Recorded at Chateau Le Bad Neighbor.

Out of Body (Demo). Recording Engineer - Michael Cardillo. Mastering by Charles Cote. Recorded at a studio in Murfreesboro, Tennessee

Spacewalk and Men in Black recorded in 1999 on a Roland 16 track Recorder.

All live tracks recorded at Gasoline Alley in Clearwater, Florida. Exact date unknown - Some time between 1999 - 2000.

All songs copyright The Reverse Engineers.

Cover art design by GeekSmacked (Dan J. Cote)

Chuck Cote - Guitars, Vocals
William Cote - Guitars, Vocals
Dan Cote - Drums

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released January 2, 2023

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The Reverse Engineers is a three-piece progressive-alternative rock band based in the USA. Comprised of brothers William, Daniel and Charles Cote, the group has been creating music since 1997.

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