(2013) Certified Organic - James Moats
The album came to be the way it should. I wrote songs for six months, spent a couple of weeks recording, and then a couple of months mixing and polishing. The title track, Certified Organic, sets the stage for the album. Don't think so hard about it. Don't try to cram it all into a week. Just write, and play, and it will come together.
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I made up my mind today, it's on I've been trying so long to impress upon Just pick it up and put it down then it is done - Now it's on Don't think about it, just get to it It's been there all along It's unlimited Your feelings always lead to Something maybe mediocre but it's something new It's certified organic All natural, no additives It's healthy for you, dude You've got to take care of you Hide lyrics |
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| 2. Dense Water | Download | Lyrics | |
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The dreams have begun to subside In the waking hours, I'm dealing Writing, playing, occupied Not smoking, most days, I'm healing How you make your own way through this life without a god to go to Hope only floats in dense water Adversity, even self-made makes you stronger, faster, and smarter No, I meant crazy I can't find the way back to the way I felt that week the way I felt that week Stronger, smarter no longer complacent no more false contentment Inspired, traveling Out comes peace Hey, now, James, this one's on you to make or break and watch the feeble levy break and wash away these feelings Hide lyrics |
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| 3. The Colony | Download | Lyrics | |
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Calm down and face your feelings Calm down and try to keep it real Fall back and let instincts drive you Fall back on your best laid plans Around every corner is a nightmare One foot forward is the only course Hunt and gather, get through to the next day Tomorrow's more of the same The grid's down, the water's not flowing Two hundred years back in time Keep your heads and start organizing All working from the same plan Calm down, suppress your feelings Step back and find your next meal Hide lyrics |
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| 4. We Just Can't | Download | Lyrics | |
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You can't claim a victory for your own You can't take the time to see that you're wrong I can slave over me That came through from my heart I can't bend over I've got to feel it in my heart You can't wait to get to see what is on You can't find the time to sleep, so write on I can't say no to the mystery and the quiet part Eye candy all over I've got to feel it in my heart I can't stop what's in front of me Cotton candy, a false sense of fashion I'm just saying what's in front of me Call the stand-ins, where's my stand-in Hide lyrics |
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| 5. Shrug It Off | Download | Lyrics | |
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I'm having trouble taking this all in With just how easy it's been Maybe time has worn down the edges But, I can still feel the rain And now it's on It's just a thought There isn't any way to shrug it off You've got me questioning all these decisions What I thought was a win I'm waiting for the realization of just how foolish I've been You know that time effs with your mind You've got to fight through it or maybe that's pride Hide lyrics |
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| 6. Leaving Graceland | Download | Lyrics | |
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There has been a lot of talk of a reunion tour and I'm not sure how I feel about it Am I setting myself up for disappointment? Can we keep the band together now? I should know better than to think going back will ever take you forward You never know, though, maybe this time we need an optimistic light We've tried it once or twice in a past life It should be apparent how that worked out Maybe time has made us compatible Maybe old age has turned the heat down Sometimes I think it all is a gamble You play your cards right, you come back tomorrow night and get to play a second hand Maybe it's just a roll of the dice There's been a lot of time since the last go I wonder if we'll remember all the old songs I had better bring my A game or else I fear it's all for nothing and not for trying I don't want to get up and forget my lines, makes for a terrible night I've been there plenty and don't care to go back It sticks with you and fills you full of doubt Hide lyrics |
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| 7. Lucky I Am | Download | Lyrics | |
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Another sketch, an exercise A photograph, moment in time You read, you write, philosophize Another sketch, moment in time You try again to cauterize to stop the flow, keep it inside You can't avoid the little lies The sacrifice, to cauterize Whether I applaud you falls on things I need to work through But all in all, I can't believe how lucky I am So, suck it up, you little man, it may not come this way again If stars align, it's better than you realize, just get your hands dirty All week, I have tried to stay focused on the task and get through these silly songs remembering how lucky I am Hide lyrics |
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| 8. Climb Down | Download | Lyrics | |
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You're keen to run around Take time to dream Reality confronted Missed you again You leave the runaround Faulty, inane Just stand and wait around Your life, a game You won't get it sooner than later You can't stand in a vacuum and wait Just wait for the outcome and save it It's all prime time programming Climb down off the TV Don't tempt the fate or your feelings Just set a date You can't see the forest, baby Afraid of pain You won't get it sooner than later You can't stand in a vacuum and wait Just wait for the outcome and save it It's all prime time programming You don't know the show's overrated Gonna sack out and wait around You won't get it sooner than later It's all prime time programming Climb down off the TV Climb down off your TV Hide lyrics |
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| 10. Radio Silence | Download | Lyrics | |
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I wrote you a text then deleted it Some things are better left unsaid It may have made a difference More likely, you would have shaken your head I then wrote an e-mail I never sent I only told you later that I anguished for hours and deleted it It may have saved me embarrassment I wrote you a song and recorded it I just thought that you'd like to know that I haven't given up, but I kind of had to just enough to stop being sad I then wrote an album and recorded it The tense is wrong on that statement I'll let you know in a few weeks How I'm feeling and how it went Hide lyrics |
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(2012) Don't Forget - James Moats
This album is the second in a series of two compilations from a huge scale recording project that spanned most of 2005 and 2006. The tracks were remixed and mastered, then arranged in a very listenable and compelling collection of songs. I guess what I'm trying to say there is it is a new album of old recordings and is basically Ten Years After part 2.
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truly paranoid but all of you are on my side don't forget your friends they are the light i wish you hadn't seen me this way but anyway it's all fair game Hide lyrics |
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| 2. Al Sharpton | Download | Lyrics | |
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the world is flying upside down society keeps my stomach in the tumble dry the economy fake as it is leaves my pants around my ankles this is the way of the world this is my day to day al sharpton can sing praise jesus but i say praise your days away it's hellfire and rhinestones on the outside today i can see through the swampy haze and your scent has yet to fade away this is the soul of a girl and that is my way to say that jesse jackson will sing praise jesus and i say praise your days away Hide lyrics |
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| 3. Fart Flavored Candy | Download | Lyrics | |
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i go farther out and farther into space and farther away from wherever i donate i haven't been seeing straight i've been falling out as of late sugar water is flooding out my brain it's throwing off my equilibrium i seem to have lost all shame i've been scrubbing hard to remove the stains who turned the picture around who put the picture face down why is this happening to me man how did this all come to be it's saturday in the middle of the week and the senior citizens have hit the streets it's yesterday in the middle of next week and i'm trying to shake this losing streak Hide lyrics |
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| 4. End Of The Ride | Download | Lyrics | |
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get in line that's what they're telling me i can't find the time to find the end of the line where it begins you'd be surprised it's eating itself again take tomorrow cast it to the side later today could be the end of the ride remain seated this is not the time for an accident we'll find a way to a better place don't sweat it today this is not a race take tomorrow cast it to the side later today could be the end of the ride remain seated this is not the time for an accident Hide lyrics |
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| 5. Asshat | Download | Lyrics | |
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said don't push it too far it's not your ass, but your mouth that's the dirtiest part but don't get discouraged your mind is where it starts there's no escaping your own voice accepting your choices regretting the day you were torn between the true and the fabled you'll never be able to give up your hunger for lent you rinse before brushing but it really does nothing for the shit that flows out of both ends Hide lyrics |
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| 6. Hot Spot | Download | Lyrics | |
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it used to be a hot spot this place with a parking lot the size of outer space but it's vacant and abandoned with grass in the cracks in the pavement this would make a great cornfield or any kind of field at all it used to be a mountain town now it's a shopping mall a big business will come along and tear all this out and then they will re-pave it and they will pave it all again this would make a great cornfield or any kind of field at all it used to be a mountain town now it's a wal-mart about to fall down they used to be made of wicker and now they've got bumper stickers that say pave it all that say pave it all again it used to be a hot spot this place with enough black top to pave outer space Hide lyrics |
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| 7. Nothing Wrong | Download | Lyrics | |
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when was the last time we had a day like this this time of year at ease in my mind i know there's nothing more to fear there's nothing wrong the radio was talking all day telling me things i didn't know i had to stop and think so many things left to let go of there's nothing wrong with me or you we've got a lot of work to do but there's nothing wrong with a natural grace at a natural pace Hide lyrics |
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| 8. Render Me | Download | Lyrics | |
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a pie pan in the face of me is what i need to desaturate to pixelize and posterize render me unrecognizable i do need to out do the big picture i'm the painter what's left is the blur effect no one to blame but myself today the file size exceeds storage space i need to i want to untrue don't you want to out do why can't it be in a pamphlet motivation 1 - 2 - 3 so how about it dr. phil do you have an hour to kill on me paint shop me photo shop me render me unrecognizable Hide lyrics |
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| 9. Seeing Ghosts | Download | Lyrics | |
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lately i've been seeing ghosts outside of my night window it has been keeping me up nights baby please don't turn off the lights the faces looking in at me woe is me tell a lie sing myself a lullaby tell me it means nothing they just shake their heads at me don't believe a word i say the truth's come back to haunt me and we'll all be hanging out one day it's coming round the mountain i'll fire a warning in the ground it's never safe to sneak up on a bloke that totes a loaded gun whose lies are like a fountain lately i've been blowing smoke it goes right back in my nose it has been keeping me up high tell a lie the faces looking in at me they're all me they're all me Hide lyrics |
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| 10. Part Time | Download | Lyrics | |
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let's start again give life a brand new sheen let's begin again brand new and exciting because life after all is part time sleep work then punch the clock and die move to foreign land a change in attitude if debts are made less then i have followed through because life after all is part time sleep work then punch the clock and die something's coming my way i can feel it in the night air and i won't know what to say when it gets here Hide lyrics |
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| 11. The Screening Process | Download | Lyrics | |
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time is the spline that holds them both together it pushes with force in the rut their forever they never question they'll never break down you can see right through but there's no way out lies are the ties that bind them both together he keeps a head full of silly things it is a frame-up the screening process you can see right through but there's no way out Hide lyrics |
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| 12. Shelf Life | Download | Lyrics | |
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so tell me whats your shelf-life how long will you hang around before your taste is gone you must be getting warm up there it must be a shock a room with a view for my combination lock the key belongs to you someone has a story about a girl the most persistent in the world i meant what i said and i'll say it again denial means nothing to the most sensitive men as i open a beer i force back a sneer this is a point of interest tell me how it feels your carbonated blood reality comes quick i'm not your only love Hide lyrics |
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| 13. Tired | Download | Lyrics | |
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this is how i spend my day this is how i earn my pay how did i find my way here just make the time move on by (tired of being tired - tired of being dog-tired) i find it hard to try (tired of being tired - tired of being coffee-wired) just make the time roll on by (tired of being tired - tired of being hog-tied) i'm tired of being tired (tired of being tired - tired of being tired) in this corporation i find my separation in my cubicle shoe-box cell i just want to spend my day i just want to earn my pay and go home Hide lyrics |
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| 14. Triangle vs. Cowbell | Download | Lyrics | |
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Turn the heat down I'm going broke and it's cold as hell in here anyway and I don't know where the water goes It must be running all day I haven't called in a couple weeks and I'm sure that makes me wrong somehow about we don't get into that and I promise that I won't break down It's the loud sound of triangle It's not meant to be in the front now Like the lead sound of loud cowbell It's not meant to be in the front now Hide lyrics |
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| 15. Damn TV | Download | Lyrics | |
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Shots were fired on the TV last night I tried to turn it down but it kept coming around again And the cops were lined up on the sidewalk waiting for something to break but nothing happened The crime scene photos and paper work did themselves It was a long day I washed the hours away with the TV I know you were sleeping I know it disturbs you That damn TV you say every morning Hide lyrics |
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(2012) HH2 - Yes, Mayhem
Our second collection of internet-based collaborative oddities. We're more comfortable with the process of being an internet band, and hopefully it shows. We're very proud of this and hope everyone enjoys it.
If there's a song you don't like, just wait, the next one is probably different.
Features:
James Moats
Grant Henry
Dan Taylor
Kevin Lawrence
George Nowik
Chris Dlugosz
Jason Cox
Pledger Fretwell
Matt Stewart
If there's a song you don't like, just wait, the next one is probably different.
Features:
James Moats
Grant Henry
Dan Taylor
Kevin Lawrence
George Nowik
Chris Dlugosz
Jason Cox
Pledger Fretwell
Matt Stewart
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| 2. Made of Days | Download | Lyrics | |
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it's a long way to have to go to complete a thought we'll mull it over until the edges are round but it seems our only hope it's beautiful but it will gouge your eyes out before the morning haze burns away there are some things at a price so high you can never get as much as you pay time were throwing it away it's a little secret that the years are made of days it's never what it seems to be you only see what you want to see coffee shops and record stores sidewalk cafes and herbal healing superficial is the only word that comes into my mind it's never what it seems to be just take a step back and you will see this sudden clarity brings hope of things that will someday be this town is made of two-sided tape well it is a stretch i know running away won't change anything this town is a two-edged blade Hide lyrics |
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| 3. The Grind | Download | Lyrics | |
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walked down an empty aisle try not to run I don't know, I just need a moment alone adventures at the grocery store taking every precaution the natives gazing shiftily intentions impossible to gauge distract them with magazines and fifty gallon Sunny Ds I just made it out alive super bowl parties organizing just outside the hungry eyes upon me it's just another fifty feet don't fumble the car keys so much animosity Hide lyrics |
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| 4. Hands of Sasquatch | Download | Lyrics | |
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| 5. Rain Thing | Download | Lyrics | |
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so many things from day to day await the time you make but weather dictates it's game day awaiting rain delays now it's coming down to wash the wasted day so we're counting down the hours 'til monday morning so many things accumulate just pack them all away save them for a sunny day it's not funny it's trying to break me now it's coming out to wash away the gray watch it coming now to warm up the last moments of daylight Hide lyrics |
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| 6. Self Titled | Download | Lyrics | |
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now it's a long shot you know, it's nothing special we're going out on a limb I know it's big talk and I'm backing it up with more talk send your votes in so I'll line them up side by side and obfuscate where I need to so you'll never recognize the things we're trying to get over this is a short one so just get to the point the harmony makes it sound right so I'll line them up side by side and round it off where I need to hope you never pick up on the subliminal that's right we're all down that's right it's not what you think I've got my own ideas just trying to keep this interesting so I lined them up side by side to see where the melody would take me when I thought this up and threw the gauntlet down successfully killed me an evening Hide lyrics |
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| 7. A Brief Dalliance | Download | Lyrics | |
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for a moment there it seemed I'd found a hole that fit my head so well what waits for me back home asleep as we're laying on the floor not talking now, music's too loud and my conscience bangs on the door it's time to leave and it's hard for me but I knew it all along I'm not meant for this a brief dalliance if that's what you'd call it looking back on that I felt alive I felt revived and there's always that time that was mine and was mine alone that can't be bad and at last glad to see it was just a miscommunication sentimental knee jerk reflex self-reflection I called it right away Hide lyrics |
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| 9. One-Headed Freak | Download | Lyrics | |
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I'm only going to say this once its not a phase, there's really no other way to make it through each day without at least disemboweling someone just keep it locked away they don't make a bigger cage? don't stand too close or it will tear off your face come one, come all, queue up to see the amazing one-headed freak what made it this way maybe radioactive waste maybe drank pure rage or the whore of Maybelline don't you get lonesome? who validates your existence? now we've found our way right back to the start of the conversation I'm only going to say it once again it's the only way to make it through the day without disemboweling you Hide lyrics |
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| 10. Checkinout | Download | Lyrics | |
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another year or two has made its way past the goal tender and scored you feel the same but know it all has changed while you were looking away send the call out to all your clever thoughts achievements great and small find your place there was a time when you held your fate like a ladle full of possibilities but crimson cynicism is the brew you made between the weather and cigarettes it's the face of a stranger, older version of you looking back at you when you're soul searching in the bathroom mirror don't spend too much time checking it out you're checking out you're breaking up cracking up it's just your face getting in your face don't close your eyes don't pretend to sleep Hide lyrics |
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(2011) bee two thousand eleven - Guided By Guided By Voices
This is a full album cover of Guided By Voices' 1994 album Bee Thousand. It was recorded between October 2010 and October 2011. Features James Moats on vocals, guitar, and drums, Dan (Chunkstyle) Taylor on bass, and Chad Hildebran on drums. If you like this, go buy the original album. It's a masterpiece.
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| 2. Buzzards and Dreadful Crows | Download | Lyrics | |
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| 3. Tractor Rape Chain | Download | Lyrics | |
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| 4. The Goldheart Mountaintop Queen Directory | Download | Lyrics | |
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| 6. Smothered In Hugs | Download | Lyrics | |
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| 7. Yours To Keep | Download | Lyrics | |
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| 8. Echos Myron | Download | Lyrics | |
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| 9. Gold Star For Robot Boy | Download | Lyrics | |
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| 10. Awful Bliss | Download | Lyrics | |
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| 11. Mincer Ray | Download | Lyrics | |
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| 12. Big Fan of the Pigpen | Download | Lyrics | |
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| 13. Queen of Cans and Jars | Download | Lyrics | |
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| 14. Her Psychology Today | Download | Lyrics | |
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| 15. Kicker of Elves | Download | Lyrics | |
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| 16. Esthers Day | Download | Lyrics | |
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| 17. Demons Are Real | Download | Lyrics | |
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| 18. I am a Scientist | Download | Lyrics | |
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| 19. Peep Hole | Download | Lyrics | |
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| 20. Youre Not an Airplane | Download | Lyrics | |
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(2010) Feel No Pain - The James Machine
Recorded mostly in the fashion of Sour Grapes, I took a week off from work and spent those days writing and recording Feel No Pain. The working title was originally Melvin's Helmet, as the idea bits that I was starting with were lower tempo, drop D, hard driving songs inspired by the Melvins' and Helmet's brand of heavy. Once recording was complete, I dropped this title, because there was really no Melvins sound to be heard, but if you listen past the vocal harmonies, hand claps, and tambourines, you will hear the Helmet influence.
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| 1. For Your Honor | Download | Lyrics | |
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Calling all the usuals to play their stated roles without the fear and doubt we'll try holding open minds closed Come, now start flailing in the dark Hold out your hands and feel around for something to hang your hat on Looks like it's gonna be a long one if this is a sign of things yet to come It's only for your honor I'm ready to start another one The exercise of plotting, planning a beating Planning to take them all out Pulling a fast one Call it a sucker punch or whatever Hide lyrics |
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| 2. Royal Intercom | Download | Lyrics | |
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"The interoffice intercom is not for just anyone's entertaining back and forth", the tinny voice of the monarch crackled, "That's not what it is for." We're taking our toys and going home Good luck with the rest of your time here Learn how to address the crowd These peasants didn't vote for a monarch Now there's no one to talk to on the intercom You're just a man alone Again alone One man band alone The interoffice intercom stands silent at attention now, awaits communication but there's nothing and no one to order around A bittersweet victory - The royal intercom A petty little man's defeat - The royal intercom Hide lyrics |
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| 3. Don't Stand Out | Download | Lyrics | |
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Go through the motions Try to be a good human Don't stand out Don't speak of your relapse Don't tell them your deepest thoughts They won't get the concept Don't bother Dumb it down Don't stand out Don't stand out Dumb it down Hide lyrics |
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| 4. Feel No Pain | Download | Lyrics | |
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Guilty feelings fill me, advancing It's killing me I left them by the road When the last one fell, I turned and ran Guilty relief washed over me It hurts to breathe They just won't stay down They feel no pain, no Get to some place locked away and live to fight another day Barricade windows and doors and pray I left them by the road There are hundreds by the road Forgive me, forgive me They just won't stay down and feel no pain No way to get away, it all feels hopeless hopeless hopeless hopeless Hide lyrics |
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| 5. Stimulus U | Download | Lyrics | |
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You can't stop this in a voting booth You can't stop this stimulus coup Just stop denying your satellites control the minds of your erudites programmed to study, staying up all night Ignore the signals scrambling your mind Fight the urges and stabilize Drop some classes, free up some time for your life Follow the others in the breadlines Reconcile poverty and time Unemployment and credit lines Go get your papers and hang them high Grab the others and form a line Change this outdated party line You can't stop this on cable news You can't give them another excuse Hide lyrics |
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| 6. Local Radio | Download | Lyrics | |
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Bring on the lo-cal radio DJ to fire up the crowd adding to the spectacle of this circus side show You've got a clever live show just like all your videos Lo-cal radio OK Go Bring on the lo-cal radio bitch to fire up the crowd and remind us of the sponsor spots for crap beer and their calendar girls Turn off the lo-cal radio tune in to a talk show Public radio OK Go Hide lyrics |
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| 7. In Shadows | Download | Lyrics | |
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And all the parks close at dark when shadows The latter long in the former What resides deep in the cover of shadows? Something evil planning its next move There must be something I'm missing, help me out The laws are there to protect you from yourself It's true Don't be afraid of evil doers, the laws are aimed at you Something evil planning its next move The laws are there to protect you from yourself and you from you and you from you Hide lyrics |
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| 8. The Life of The Mind | Download | Lyrics | |
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The life of the mind, as they say is a lonesome place to be Day to day, reinventing honesty Gotta write this down before it goes Don't let the trail go cold Don't take it for granted not all the seeds that were planted will grow The life of the mind, to this day brings us little luxury The rewards, the benefits are not rewarding Gotta write this down before it goes Don't let the trail go cold Don't take it for granted Not all the seeds that were planted will grow Hide lyrics |
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| 9. The Last Day | Download | Lyrics | |
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I woke up this morning and set the clocks back one Another hour will help me finish up Another day would not have hurt the cause Put on some coffee, strapped the headphones on Then came the last day, it's go time, it's crunch time The last three are ready, it's time to test myself It doesn't matter what you do or say, no one's gonna notice anyway There went the last day It's dark at six, it's time to start mixing Hide lyrics |
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| 10. Stowaway | Download | Lyrics | |
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A stowaway in the ventilation system I've got the heat on, I hope you're comfortable Gonna have to chase you out This can't be healthy It's kind of creepy Who knows what that thing is or what the hell it's doing in there I tried to gas it out Just gassed myself instead Gotta wonder what's wrong with my brain I've got some better things to do than crawling under in the crawlspace it's like spelunking, but not Insulation, see-through crickets, it sucks Your lucky break I guess you're safe for now Gotta try to run it off Gotta try to close up all the gaps Hope I don't see its rabid little face It's gonna suck I just know it It's gonna suck I can feel it A stowaway in the ventilation system Hide lyrics |
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| 11. Carry On | Download | Lyrics | |
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Reflecting on the distant and more recent past Decisions that were made the path I tried to take Going through the manifest It's buried in the cargo Regret is a heavy payload Decide it's time to offload and carry on The route that I planned was all wrong I've lost my way again It's all gone wrong I should have found a better way home Examining this instant I see the train of thought It's where I go when desperate The quickest way to feeling anything Sorting through the cargo and find a case of painful, shameful, hoist it up and carry on Two in three doctors agree that this is crazy Let's agree to leave it be TNT will only cause structural walls to fall Hide lyrics |
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(2010) Yes, Mayhem - Yes, Mayhem
Music written by Dan Taylor and lyrics by James Moats.
This is Dan's first solo album and of course, he piled on every talented person he could find:
"This album is a love letter to all my bandmates, past and present.
-Dan"
The bass and drums were recorded at Dan's and Kevin's houses, while all other contributors recorded themselves at their respective houses and transferred them in the form of ones and zeros back to Dan through a series of tubes. Grant mastered (masterfully) all the tracks and also put down some brutal and not so brutal guitars.
Contributors include:
Dan Taylor - bass, guitar, keyboard, hand claps, audio collage
James Moats - vocals, guitar, percussion, sequencing
Grant Henry - guitar
Kevin Lawrence - drums
Jason Cox - crapparatus, wurlitzer, accordion
Ryan Stern - guitar
Dan Behrens - guitar
Julian Martlew - slide guitar
Pledger Fretwell - guitar
George Nowik - keyboard
This is Dan's first solo album and of course, he piled on every talented person he could find:
"This album is a love letter to all my bandmates, past and present.
-Dan"
The bass and drums were recorded at Dan's and Kevin's houses, while all other contributors recorded themselves at their respective houses and transferred them in the form of ones and zeros back to Dan through a series of tubes. Grant mastered (masterfully) all the tracks and also put down some brutal and not so brutal guitars.
Contributors include:
Dan Taylor - bass, guitar, keyboard, hand claps, audio collage
James Moats - vocals, guitar, percussion, sequencing
Grant Henry - guitar
Kevin Lawrence - drums
Jason Cox - crapparatus, wurlitzer, accordion
Ryan Stern - guitar
Dan Behrens - guitar
Julian Martlew - slide guitar
Pledger Fretwell - guitar
George Nowik - keyboard
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i can' see idle eyes can deceive it's not until you're lost that you can truly start to see i believe and i reach inside of me views are contradicting i'm not sure what i believe i'm ready for release keep it packed away inside of me i've got to try and save this waning energy just deny inside the riot's raging just try not to run away silent movies the academy red carpet laid down fly by i like the way today that i am feeling drink away the gray that leaves me reeling just deny the why and then release forget about yesterday Hide lyrics |
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You came by this morning and were scaring the children Tried to slip one by me and opened the door for this Don't bring Jehovah to a naked fight Your message of hope is lost on the hopeful You got me out of the water and I won't bring a towel Don't bring Jehovah to a naked fight Witness this while I swing in so many ways Witness this while I am whisking you away Why take the time away Sunny Saturday To walk around talking To those you can not save In any way We have gotten off tract Let's just take a step back You can't bring Jehovah to a Hide lyrics |
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| 3. Neatomatter | Download | Lyrics | |
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this is where i come to think about things this is how i come to find things to think about that's why i'm here tonight i need to think it's like you turn around and everything has changed that's why i'm here tonight i need to think i'm in a bad way here and that's it it's what i can't figure out cuz life's grand and now i think that i think too much about the things that don't matter that's why i'm here tonight i need to matter i need to be something Hide lyrics |
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| 4. Corporate Rock | Download | Lyrics | |
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equitable investments the mining of souls thank you for the corner that i've backed myself into it saved me from digging a hole pork bellies executive salaries the masochist corral it's the big round up and corporate branding i think i need a pep talk motivation and leadership appreciation would do the trick it just might keep me from going postal and blowing you all away it's just prison time i think that i'm losing my mind just look at me it's not hard to believe that i'm completely insane Hide lyrics |
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| 5. Tessellating | Download | Lyrics | |
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| 6. Reliable | Download | Lyrics | |
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It comes around again Here you are one more time A glutton For my punishment It's sadistic Or is it Masochistic? I can't keep them straight Maybe it's both Maybe both Take care Of yourself But it was good, You're right For the most part I know Recognize It is a shame It's such a waste Don't go it alone Don't stay home Go be known Just leave me alone No hard feelings Just leave me alone Leave me alone I can't take it Take care of Yourself Let me Worry about Me Hide lyrics |
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| 7. Nine to Six | Download | Lyrics | |
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we'll walk in the blowing snow pushing forward now our shoes are soaked can't feel my extremities still shaken by the scenery feel no warmth from the sun look around at everyone try and talk my face is fixed cold treated nine to six life for me hands clasped sand between our toes red ball rising now i'm good to go up too early but it's worth it all tidal times will always rise and fall feel unstressed in the sun escape the race was won try and talk my tongue is thick cold treated nine to six life for me take only calculated risks trust is often like a swinging fist be so careful when you cross a friend who may lack pity who may not forget Hide lyrics |
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| 8. Sunday Best | Download | Lyrics | |
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he puts on his sunday best and walks around downtown she thinks he needs some help but he doesn't want help at all i'm tired of this limp this leg is not a good fit she feels sorry for him she doesn't want to see him cry again i'm tired of this lisp i want to get my speech fixed he's got a job at the cinn-a-bon where the pretty girls come he likes the fact that they're not quite fat yet from eating all of that shit their moms will drop them off at the door and come back at four he's got a phat car that he drives like a rock star they're walking side by side down the aisle just like the first time this is the day that she's been waiting for her parents are here i haven't seen mine in years now they're going to have a baby and he's not quite ready for that Hide lyrics |
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| 9. Fevered Egos | Download | Lyrics | |
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| 10. Whore Shoes | Download | Lyrics | |
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We told them all the right and wrong Soon they'll be on their own To speak with voice all their own Then you're absolved It's a natural cycle - bipedal Traffic backed up on a hill While they struggle Then it's resolved Is it genetic What makes us think it Products of our up- Bringing us down I'm getting close That only counts Well, you know For nothing at all Is it genetic What makes us think it Products of our up- Bringing us down Now the time is drawing near - It's not enough Almost done with nonsense - No, you're not Maybe twenty years from now - That's not even close That's not even close There's an old saying I know you've heard it Close only counts in Whore shoes and hand grenades Hide lyrics |
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| 12. Victim | Download | Lyrics | |
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on the floor wall to wall cold and hard idiot it gets worse i know it does i know it will experience dying inside money fucked empty gut idiot palm trees white meat marinate learn to hate i must have missed something i'm a lucky son of a gun formaldehyde and flowers the smoking section i don't know the date and the time i'm afraid of this state of mind waiting to die cigarette kill the pain inside rubber band gun let it fly say goodbye hold the fucker down fill the car with rain and sand we're all going to disney land formaldehyde and flowers the smoking section it's all the old aggression touch a face and kick it in Hide lyrics |
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(2008) Sour Grapes - The James Machine
Sour Grapes came as an experiment, or therapy session, or self-help project, or whatever. I took a week off of work with intentions of writing and recording an album, top to bottom. While I had the best week in years, I was working 12 to 14 hour days on these recordings. Each track started as a 10 to 15 second guitar and drum loop that I had recorded back in September 2007 and had not yet done anything with.
During this week, I mapped out a song structure, programmed midi drums and bass, then recorded guitars. Each song on the CD was written in the order they appear on the CD. This is also the same order that they were conceived as song ideas last year.
When it was time to record vocals, I got pencil and paper, then stood in front of the microphone, putting words together on the spot. This is not how I usually do things. My process is normally to spend weeks on a song, coming up with something on guitar, then fitting lyrics and melody while playing the guitar. I spend a lot of time smoothing out transitions and planning the song structure. This whole album was completely off-the-cuff.
Back in 1995, I was nicknamed 'The James Machine' by a friend for my ability to crap a song out of nowhere, writing sometimes 3 to 4 a day, on instinct alone. Over the years, I have transitioned from writing 40 songs a year to 4 or 5 a year and that just isn't acceptable. This project was intended to put me back in touch with that part of myself and I feel it has worked.
During this week, I mapped out a song structure, programmed midi drums and bass, then recorded guitars. Each song on the CD was written in the order they appear on the CD. This is also the same order that they were conceived as song ideas last year.
When it was time to record vocals, I got pencil and paper, then stood in front of the microphone, putting words together on the spot. This is not how I usually do things. My process is normally to spend weeks on a song, coming up with something on guitar, then fitting lyrics and melody while playing the guitar. I spend a lot of time smoothing out transitions and planning the song structure. This whole album was completely off-the-cuff.
Back in 1995, I was nicknamed 'The James Machine' by a friend for my ability to crap a song out of nowhere, writing sometimes 3 to 4 a day, on instinct alone. Over the years, I have transitioned from writing 40 songs a year to 4 or 5 a year and that just isn't acceptable. This project was intended to put me back in touch with that part of myself and I feel it has worked.
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| 1. Everything's Great | Download | Lyrics | |
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You called today from the same place as always. You talked of change and it sounded dreadfully the same. I don't feel like lying down all day is the best place for me. In the dark, with not a soul around. It feels like I might waste the day. You lost your way and lost face, but it doesn't matter. You called to say everything's great. I've got to doubt it. It would be the first time it worked out that way. You called to say you lost face. God, I hope it matters. I would love to say everything's great. Hide lyrics |
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| 2. Patterns | Download | Lyrics | |
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Anyway, as I was saying before the last break, my mind, it tends to wonder. You'll never find me asleep. Endless chatter, it muddies my water. It fractures my patterns, makes new ones. And now, in closing, I would like to finally say something of some interest. I cherish my neuroses Endless chatter, it muddies my water. It fractures my patterns, makes new ones I fall into. Hide lyrics |
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| 3. Somewhere | Download | Lyrics | |
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If you look, you will find it There's got to be something wrong here somewhere It's buried deep in the OK Calm down, it's all right If you think one-sided You'll find you'll soon be reminded If it's not worth the trouble Then just quit trying Hold on, goodnight Good night, sleep well Look where you've found yourself Hide lyrics |
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| 4. Sorry, Jack | Download | Lyrics | |
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Can you tell me who I should apologize to? I'm thinking Page & Plant But wait, hold up, weren't you playing covers, then, too? This melody is Cream-y Tony Iommi It's not like the White Stripes. Oh, wait, I guess it's that, too. Step back. Sorry, Jack, You had it coming to you. Tony Iommi Hide lyrics |
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| 5. Inside Out | Download | Lyrics | |
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The end result wasn't what you expected I fled the scene, like a coward, agreed, but you can't change the rules in the middle of the game. I won't suffer your indulging of insecurities I tip-toed around you while trying to be true to you. Fighting doesn't really fix anything and denial isn't all it's cracked up to be. You found the nerve to call me selfish. Well, sure, I'm thinking only of me. The end result wasn't what you expected. My obligations are second degree. But, now the burns are healing from the inside out. Hide lyrics |
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| 6. Take Advantage | Download | Lyrics | |
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Hey, you there, what are you waiting for? What are you running from? Hey, bed-hair, why don't you clean yourself? Why don't you go outside? Time as a commodity Vacation break Go be productive Quit playing this game The chance won't come around again Just take advantage Hey, you there, when will you tie this up? When is enough for you? Time as a commodity Vacation break Go be productive Quit playing this game The chance won't come around again Just take advantage Hey, bed hair, who do you think you are? Who are you waiting for? Hide lyrics |
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| 7. Resolution | Download | Lyrics | |
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The time has come to address the issue So let's get moving on, forward, onward, progress to a resolution It could happen at any time We don't have to plan it at all Dedicate five minutes today to a resolution We could meet at a drive through window and order something to take the edge off Onward, forward progress to a resolution Hide lyrics |
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| 8. Friend and Nemesis | Download | Lyrics | |
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What a week it's been, the best possible, considering. I've seen shades of myself I hardly recognize, it's been so long. It's good to see you. Old friend and nemesis Come sit and reminisce The times we had were the beginning of everything. It's good to see you. Don't forget, next week, it's possible to feel this, to be this way. Old friend, enjoy this. Just take it in, forget about our nemesis. He seeks approval of your imaginary friends. Our friend and nemesis is just lonesome, wading aimless, through a sea of faces of the ones he shouldn't meet. Hide lyrics |
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| 9. The Next To Last Track | Download | Lyrics | |
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It's called a waste, what I was doing Throwing away this song Backward lyrics are funny Maybe once But, now I feel I've got another one in me Just need to squeeze it out If I can pull it off, I will For a minute, it was an amusing concept for the next to last track But, now I feel I've got another one in me Whether it's good or not if I can pull it off, I will I will It's uninspired, but over random crap, an improvement, true, but over random crap Need to appear invested and enunciate How what that? For a minute, it might be amusing But, maybe not Hide lyrics |
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| 10. Happy Answers | Download | Lyrics | |
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Day in and day out I've been spending my time Trying to find a happy answer Or any answer To a question that was never asked Call me in doubt Just hand it over if you find A happy answer Or any answer To the question I'm asking At last, I find out I've been spending my time Asking why, not what's the question I never knew What I was asking So when you are in town Maybe we can hang out And spend some time And clear the air Day in and day out I've been spending my time Trying to find a happy answer At last I find out I've been spending my time Asking why, not what's the question I never knew what I was asking Hide lyrics |
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(2008) Ten Years After - James Moats
This album is the end result of a huge scale recording project that spanned most of 2005 and 2006. The tracks were remixed and mastered, then arranged in a very listenable and compelling collection of songs. The title gives a nod to 2 Years In The South, which was arranged in a similar fashion, songs from 1996-1998. Here we have a new arrangement Ten Years After, with "Ten" serving as an unofficial title track #12.
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| 1. A Comfortable Place | Download | Lyrics | |
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i'm not sure what it will take for us to find a comfortable place but what we're doing seems to be a step in the right direction it's a big change that requires more change of us it's time to wake up but what we say we need to do is a step in the right direction a change is what it will take to maintain some respect and honesty it's too important to say i know, i know it's time for a change i'm not sure what it will take to gain a moment of sanity i can't just keep being sorry for this it's time for a change our road is paved with reocurrences of this it's time for a change Hide lyrics |
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| 2. Charmin | Download | Lyrics | |
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tick tock the clock is ticking you could never guess what happens next sit and wait and entertain myself but what will fill the void that is left behind lost souls cut free roaming and wandering heads roll cut free roaming and wandering time clock's ticking has stopped and i can only guess what happens next just sit and wait and have a cigarette firing squad - this is it Hide lyrics |
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| 3. Long Day | Download | Lyrics | |
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i woke up with the funk today in the pit of my soul and my will to win was gone away i'm afraid of being low there's a knock under the hood i'm twenty miles outside of town there's never traffic on this road this is no place to break down i promised myself that i wouldn't go for that drive why would i ever think that i could walk that far it's gonna be a long day i just need to get up i just need to walk away from it for a little while i've been soaking in it an iron kettle over the fire it's boiling hot now i've gotta go i keep telling myself i should never ask myself why i'm counting down the seconds until i can walk that far it's gonna be a long day Hide lyrics |
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| 4. Bound To Be Lonely | Download | Lyrics | |
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something tells me that it's bound to be lonely where we're going down the narrow streets a different language a foreign currency let's hop in the car and drive and see where we end up forty miles eighty miles take in the scenery fifty miles a hundred miles away i don't know where this is coming from i don't care to know if we're going where i think we're going wait and see something tells me that it's bound to be lonely where we end up a hundred miles a thousand miles take in the scenery a thousand miles a million miles away Hide lyrics |
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| 5. Tourist Season | Download | Lyrics | |
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it's leaf season and the streets are full of rvs pulling suvs pulling saturns and each one's full of floridians from ohio that's where they plan to go when the leaves change to a patchwork of earth tones the colors of the seventies like the afghan that my mother would wrap me up in well come and get you some cool and soothing mountain air it'll do wonders for your blue hair - blue hair it's far better than last years week long trip to branson maybe tomorrow we'll get to see the biltmore mansion in a matchbook of earth clones and people in their seventies they're clogging up the buffet lines and wearing out their atlas spines go away - take your brake lights back and your heart attack in the fast lane - take your brake lights back and your heart attack it's tourist season and i've got my in-state license and my orange carhartt i'm up in my tree stand and now i've got a plan i'm gonna bag a trophy timeshare salesman it's society depriving everybody of the ability of thinking free we've got the army ants and the worker bees and the retirees chasing happiness or what they're told it is it's all right here you watch too much tv and you think it's funny it just makes you stupid Hide lyrics |
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| 6. Rush Hour | Download | Lyrics | |
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this is how i begin my day half a pack of cigarettes a pot of coffee through the construction at breakneck speeds i'm traveling the same highway and it's rush hour why bother tomorrow is just another winter day and i'm tired of feeling this way i just can't seem to wash away the gray and it's rush hour every hour Hide lyrics |
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| 7. Sometimes Words Hurt | Download | Lyrics | |
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i'm going down to the state park i'm going down to the wal-mart i've been feeling down and need a turn on the coin-op merry-go-round it's an exercise in place and time sometimes words hurt i'm a window watcher at the top of a flagpole i don't remember last night i've got a fear of this height it's an exercise in place and time sometimes words hurt i think i missed a beat and lost the rhyme sometimes the world hurts he's a prodigy at misogyny what are you afraid of self love self love Hide lyrics |
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| 8. Flood | Download | Lyrics | |
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the trees are shaking the rain is puddling the valley is beginning to flood the water is rising the lights went out and the valley is beginning to move it could have been worse the wind could have beaten us to death it should have given us the means to wash away the old way and find a new day the trailer's rocking is never ending the neighbors are on holiday i can't sleep for fear of missing something, i'm lying awake we need to find a way to thank the gulf states for providing a pathway nothing is safe Hide lyrics |
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| 9. Yes Man | Download | Lyrics | |
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let's focus on the positive, yes man i've got a brand new can-do attitude i wanna be your yes man this is what happens when the box is left outside put it on paper and write it down for me i need a waste of time i think it's time to try conformity on for size let's boost initiative, yes man here comes another shift in mood now i'm a senior yes man this is what happens when i come unglued pass the papers let's leave a message flaming it's such a waste of a mind i think it's time for you to try me on for size can you handle the responsibility cuz i'm not like you can you handle the responsibility are you afraid of me Hide lyrics |
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| 10. In Time | Download | Lyrics | |
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i'm losing this the human race and i find it hard to find a faith i realized after high school that i couldn't keep the pace and then i don't want to find a new job it's something i don't want to think about with all that's going on around here that's the last thing i want to do i've got a million things on my little mind and it seems like no one ever even tries to listen they just shake their heads and look away and in time i will learn not to mind so i will just keep singing to you and maybe write it down if it's close enough to true or if i think it's worth the time and ink and in time i will learn not to mind i'm losing this, the human race and i find it hard to find a faith i realized after high school that i couldn't keep the pace and now Hide lyrics |
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| 11. Vulnerability | Download | Lyrics | |
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i'm back in the car thinking about writing it never stopped me before but i have nothing to say i'm back in the car thinking about driving i now spend two hours a day can you believe in your dreams don't take this from me open up to the possibility vulnerability i'm back in the car doing the right thing it has gotten harder each day open up to the possibility vulnerability your kryptonite is a lovely green vulnerability Hide lyrics |
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| 12. Ten | Download | Lyrics | |
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i called you on the phone to say that i was sorry i never call you on the phone at all i'm glad to hear you're doing well so here's to better days it's been a long time ten years since i left you there sometimes i wonder had i stayed what would i be wondering about today it's all water under a distant overpass it's probably just the rain making me feel this way after a while these feelings always pass i know we're older but you still make me feel nineteen today has found me in a state full of memories i called you on the phone to say that i was sorry Hide lyrics |
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(2008) amillionscreamingvoicesep - James Moats
Recorded between 12/16/2007 and 12/20/2007 on vacation time.
I approached these recordings in a completely new way, using midi for the first time to track the drums, recording every live track using the Art Tube MP preamps, the guitars through the XLR line out of my Kustom '72 Coupe amp, doubling the bass in a stereo mix, a new mastering process consisting of compression and hard limiting, and powering out 5 songs in four days.
The idea was really to just get some recording done, trying out the midi setup for the first time, but when I finished, I realized that the tracks flowed together in a way that deserved to be documented.
I approached these recordings in a completely new way, using midi for the first time to track the drums, recording every live track using the Art Tube MP preamps, the guitars through the XLR line out of my Kustom '72 Coupe amp, doubling the bass in a stereo mix, a new mastering process consisting of compression and hard limiting, and powering out 5 songs in four days.
The idea was really to just get some recording done, trying out the midi setup for the first time, but when I finished, I realized that the tracks flowed together in a way that deserved to be documented.
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| 1. Getaway | Download | Lyrics | |
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i get so hazy i'm thinking maybe it's just the end of the day but what can i do but just try to do the least i can get away with getaway that's a good name for how i play this stupid game you think i'm creepy you should get to know me you'd have me put away you think i'm simple it should be so simple to put your finger on me but what can i do but just try to do the least i can get away with runaway that's how i stay separated that's why they say getaway that's a good name for how i play this stupid game Hide lyrics |
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| 2. Construction | Download | Lyrics | |
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They're tearing up the road again Outside my house So I write about construction And nothing else So bring your orange clay again You call that earth? Where I'm from, under the ground Is black and brown Got to make room for SUVs Widen the lines Just take that mountain down Put up a stop light They're changing Enka Lake again The secret's out Fill it with money to pave A parking lot Got to make room for SUVs Widen the lines Just take that mountain down Put up a stop light Hide lyrics |
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| 3. Eyem | Download | Lyrics | |
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You come on and act just like you're acting You come on and give it to me straight, eyem You come on and LOL you're laughing You come on and bring your smiley face, eyem We can talk about our day as it happens Nothing really happens anyway, eyem Windows open to the outside briefly It would seem that I am still alive this day I come on and say don't shoot the messenger But I am never gonna send that message anyway, eyem We can talk all day about days that happened Nothing ever happens anyway, these days Hide lyrics |
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| 5. Steal Away | Download | Lyrics | |
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stealing away, we're leaving i'll take the first shift driving while you wake up we'll turn the heat on low and crack the windows would you care to choose some music? i can't - keep it up - i can't someone may come by to see where we've been but they won't find anything there's only an empty shell, the skeletal remains of who or where we've been lately i need to - walk it off - some place new portland or tucson, san diego's waiting driving through arkansas, it's early evening the highway is vacant as far as the eye can see the air is clean here, it smells like autumn the leaves have fallen for you just like me denver or austin, san francisco's waiting portland or tucson, san diego's waiting Hide lyrics |
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(2007) Medina Line Demo - Medina Line
This is a "live" studio recording, used for booking and has been passed out for free at shows.
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get in line that's what they're telling me i can't find the time to find the end of the line where it begins you'd be surprised it's eating itself again take tomorrow cast it to the side later today could be the end of the ride remain seated this is not the time for an accident we'll find a way to a better place don't sweat it today this is not a race take tomorrow cast it to the side later today could be the end of the ride remain seated this is not the time for an accident Hide lyrics |
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| 2. Seeing Ghosts | Download | Lyrics | |
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lately i've been seeing ghosts outside of my night window it has been keeping me up nights baby please don't turn off the lights the faces looking in at me woe is me tell a lie sing myself a lullaby tell me it means nothing they just shake their heads at me don't believe a word i say the truth's come back to haunt me and we'll all be hanging out one day it's coming round the mountain i'll fire a warning in the ground it's never safe to sneak up on a bloke that totes a loaded gun whose lies are like a fountain lately i've been blowing smoke it goes right back in my nose it has been keeping me up high tell a lie the faces looking in at me they're all me they're all me Hide lyrics |
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| 3. Nothing Wrong | Download | Lyrics | |
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when was the last time we had a day like this this time of year at ease in my mind i know there's nothing more to fear there's nothing wrong the radio was talking all day telling me things i didn't know i had to stop and think so many things left to let go of there's nothing wrong with me or you we've got a lot of work to do but there's nothing wrong with a natural grace at a natural pace Hide lyrics |
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| 4. Ten | Download | Lyrics | |
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i called you on the phone to say that i was sorry i never call you on the phone at all i'm glad to hear you're doing well so here's to better days it's been a long time ten years since i left you there sometimes i wonder had i stayed what would i be wondering about today it's all water under a distant overpass it's probably just the rain making me feel this way after a while these feelings always pass i know we're older but you still make me feel nineteen today has found me in a state full of memories i called you on the phone to say that i was sorry Hide lyrics |
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(2003) All Skate - James Mosheen
Yet another compilation for you... This time it is mostly drum mosheen recordings, except tracks 1 & 10 which were both recorded on real drums. This CD contains demos recorded between 2000 and 2003. There were quite a few that didn't make the cut, because of time constraints on the CD as well as sound quality. Track 7 is a cover of the Beach Boys' classic.
Features Dan Taylor on keys in track 9.
Features Dan Taylor on keys in track 9.
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| 1. A Proper Burial | Download | Lyrics | |
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welcome to my world it's not about what is not but what is i never thought about it before today it's kind of hollow i'm not about to complain it's not feeling sorry for i just want a proper burial not for me or my remains sometimes it seems as though you can never find a way to make your way... and take away the... drive on... welcome to my home my doors are always open if not just come on in it's peaceful i'm not about to compare it's not about envy though i just want a proper burial not for me physically put the past under glass and let it shine free put it behind me welcome to my room don't mind the smoke i've been working hard at work and it's kinda good put it behind me welcome to my room my window is always open climb on inside it's peaceful Hide lyrics |
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| 2. Altima Bud-Get | Download | Lyrics | |
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i can't seem to recall how things were two weeks ago and now i know that time can never move too slow dream of me in flight we'll be strangers for a second time tonight i bet you thought you'd not see me again well here i am let's take a walk tonight and talk of kicking sand in the face of the man talk of letting go and taking control then our lives would be our own speak for me tonight in a week i'll die with a tear in my eye i bet you thought you'd not see me again well here i am when utah takes a breath the sky turns burning red purple mountains up ahead rear view sunset goes away say goodbye to californ-i-a Hide lyrics |
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| 3. Calling Clifford Miracle | Download | Lyrics | |
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show me the way out of this place i'm slowly going crazy insane my strength flows freely somewhere i haven't found it but i don't care this really should be bothering me this is what i call my life and it's so hard to be me today so who said violence ain't the answer to problems left undone you know i don't know what that means clifford this really should be bothering me this is what i call my life and it's so hard to be me today i need some time to get away to be somewhere and nowhere all at once find the place where i should go and it's so hard to be me don't you know clifford Hide lyrics |
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| 4. Charmin | Download | Lyrics | |
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tick tock the clock is ticking you could never guess what happens next sit and wait and entertain myself but what will fill the void that is left behind lost souls cut free roaming and wandering heads roll cut free roaming and wandering time clock's ticking has stopped and i can only guess what happens next just sit and wait and have a cigarette firing squad - this is it Hide lyrics |
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| 5. Diamond Shamrock | Download | Lyrics | |
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clean hands lobotomy when it sneaks around the corner fake smile surrendering to clean up the day smooth skin is hindering it locks the crazies out people keep looking at me i wish that they could see kill me with living our minds are lined with fuzz the astronaut is seasick from claustrophobic restraints in space Hide lyrics |
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| 6. Divine Road Sign | Download | Lyrics | |
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there's power lines in an otherwise unpopulated stretch of countryside there's a highway coming a path is cut away there's something in the air uneasy three metal crosses up on a hill symbolism never gets her fill three colorful crosses all in a row whose idea was this dazzling show a thousand cars drive by every night it had might as well be another speed limit sign the divine right to advertise the market is quite high this time of night dreaming of a higher life high beam headlights bringing fairy tales into sight i'm lost without what dangles in my face this divine road sign is a quite tantalizing bait Hide lyrics |
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| 8. Fire Fly | Download | Lyrics | |
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just tell me i'm crazy that's all i need to know tell me i'm here forever because there's no other place to go tomorrow holds the same things that today had the nerve to show and the fire flies fly away it must feel good to have some place to go it seem there's no hope of living that explains everything i know it's wrong i know i'm strong but that's not how i'm feeling and the fire flies light my way to a better place than this because tomorrow holds the same things that today had the nerve to show Hide lyrics |
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| 9. Fidget | Download | Lyrics | |
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i look at you and see a beautiful creature and wonder what i have done to deserve to have found you so early i wonder what i have done to deserve to have held you so briefly i wonder what i have done and now pan forward to eight years later i hope that i am the one i'm hunkered down and creeping i don't want to make noise and wake you if you're sleeping i'll try not to black out your sun i hope that you don't choose to run away my dysfunction has left me lonely to dread the next round of play it's been so long i'm a little rusty but once i'm in i'm in for the whole game i'm hungry now so feed me your scent is a gift that i wrap around me proudly i can't wait to bask in your sun i hope that you have grown to feel the same Hide lyrics |
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| 10. Hey Money | Download | Lyrics | |
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hey buddy i think i live on your street i've been walking for local hours my symphony of defeat i took my chances and ran away i found my place but i did not stay hey money i used to go that way i had it in my hands then here i go again as i obsess on yesterday i carry on for someday Hide lyrics |
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| 11. Lilt | Download | Lyrics | |
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you don't know how far i'd go to keep myself from feeling low you'd say why must you go you can't understand we have everything to lose i can't explain there's something about it something inside me something about you hidden inside you the distance measured in hundreds of miles and emotionally further still but i'm lost in your eyes i smile at your smile and you've touched me deep against my will there's no need to explain it was just a mistake a simple rush of blushing cheeks i can't explain there's something about it something inside me something about you we have everything to lose you'd say why must you go you can't understand we have everything to lose Hide lyrics |
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| 12. Long Day | Download | Lyrics | |
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i woke up with the funk today in the pit of my soul and my will to win was gone away i'm afraid of being low there's a knock under the hood i'm twenty miles outside of town there's never traffic on this road this is no place to break down i promised myself that i wouldn't go for that drive why would i ever think that i could walk that far it's gonna be a long day i just need to get up i just need to walk away from it for a little while i've been soaking in it an iron kettle over the fire it's boiling hot now i've gotta go i keep telling myself i should never ask myself why i'm counting down the seconds until i can walk that far it's gonna be a long day Hide lyrics |
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| 13. Massaponax | Download | Lyrics | |
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it's like you're walking on the wind or an uprising of air until your eyes step aside for what's happening down there put the bottle down in about an hour it will lift and drift away strong and wise i have the power to come and stay here every day it just may be a good thing or lost integrity someday there just may be a free and better way this could be an answer like the water fits the loch a sour berry's sugar a fancy hand-space shaped like pocket Hide lyrics |
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| 15. One Car Apartment | Download | Lyrics | |
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congratulations guys you've far outreached my expectations it's fast and loud like every other garage band what happened to the groove now it's like a standard rock tune to catch the groove i fear would break you it's been fun you know but now i'm done with cheesy covers of my own tunes so let's not bother with the others is it wrong of me am i this much of an asshole for expecting quality it's time to break away Hide lyrics |
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| 16. Rush Hour | Download | Lyrics | |
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this is how i begin my day half a pack of cigarettes a pot of coffee through the construction at breakneck speeds i'm traveling the same highway and it's rush hour why bother tomorrow is just another winter day and i'm tired of feeling this way i just can't seem to wash away the gray and it's rush hour every hour Hide lyrics |
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| 17. Skull Bong | Download | Lyrics | |
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she said i like the way those flowers look inside your empty head she thought she'd paint a picture but i wrote this song instead doesn't that beat all i'm so lonely i'm in a pitfall lost and lonely brick on a see saw i'm so lonely do you mind if i come inside i'll cut my fucking ear off and i'll send it in the mail tomorrow to the promised land with every unsaved whale Hide lyrics |
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| 18. Sometimes Words Hurt | Download | Lyrics | |
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i'm going down to the state park i'm going down to the wal-mart i've been feeling down and need a turn on the coin-op merry-go-round it's an exercise in place and time sometimes words hurt i'm a window watcher at the top of a flagpole i don't remember last night i've got a fear of this height it's an exercise in place and time sometimes words hurt i think i missed a beat and lost the rhyme sometimes the world hurts he's a prodigy at misogyny what are you afraid of self love self love Hide lyrics |
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| 19. Tired | Download | Lyrics | |
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this is how i spend my day this is how i earn my pay how did i find my way here just make the time move on by (tired of being tired - tired of being dog-tired) i find it hard to try (tired of being tired - tired of being coffee-wired) just make the time roll on by (tired of being tired - tired of being hog-tied) i'm tired of being tired (tired of being tired - tired of being tired) in this corporation i find my separation in my cubicle shoe-box cell i just want to spend my day i just want to earn my pay and go home Hide lyrics |
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| 20. Tourist Season | Download | Lyrics | |
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it's leaf season and the streets are full of rvs pulling suvs pulling saturns and each one's full of floridians from ohio that's where they plan to go when the leaves change to a patchwork of earth tones the colors of the seventies like the afghan that my mother would wrap me up in well come and get you some cool and soothing mountain air it'll do wonders for your blue hair - blue hair it's far better than last years week long trip to branson maybe tomorrow we'll get to see the biltmore mansion in a matchbook of earth clones and people in their seventies they're clogging up the buffet lines and wearing out their atlas spines go away - take your brake lights back and your heart attack in the fast lane - take your brake lights back and your heart attack it's tourist season and i've got my in-state license and my orange carhartt i'm up in my tree stand and now i've got a plan i'm gonna bag a trophy timeshare salesman it's society depriving everybody of the ability of thinking free we've got the army ants and the worker bees and the retirees chasing happiness or what they're told it is it's all right here you watch too much tv and you think it's funny it just makes you stupid Hide lyrics |
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| 21. Vulnerability | Download | Lyrics | |
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i'm back in the car thinking about writing it never stopped me before but i have nothing to say i'm back in the car thinking about driving i now spend two hours a day can you believe in your dreams don't take this from me open up to the possibility vulnerability i'm back in the car doing the right thing it has gotten harder each day open up to the possibility vulnerability your kryptonite is a lovely green vulnerability Hide lyrics |
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| 22. Weird On Top | Download | Lyrics | |
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for each problem send a silver dollar each blink of the eye holds a thousand hours there's a problem that needs fixing because problems need fixing there's no time left today for tomorrow it's a chase but slowly unstoppable to leave all this now would be wholly impossible take the low light provided and show off for the camera take out the lens to make do fly off into the sunset and head west on a jet plane take off your face to get through it's better for all though all are still losing there's nothing in this world that is worth the confusion give and take and forget that is what i tell them the only solution is to stop dreaming take the high life denied and live for the moment throw away what you've got to get through dry off under the sunset and ride off on a fast train hold your breath until you're blue Hide lyrics |
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| 23. Yes Man | Download | Lyrics | |
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let's focus on the positive, yes man i've got a brand new can-do attitude i wanna be your yes man this is what happens when the box is left outside put it on paper and write it down for me i need a waste of time i think it's time to try conformity on for size let's boost initiative, yes man here comes another shift in mood now i'm a senior yes man this is what happens when i come unglued pass the papers let's leave a message flaming it's such a waste of a mind i think it's time for you to try me on for size can you handle the responsibility cuz i'm not like you can you handle the responsibility are you afraid of me Hide lyrics |
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| 24. Al Capella, How Come You Don't Sing With The Music Up | Download | ||
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(2001) ChunkStyle Demo - ChunkStyle
ChunkStyle was formed after Chad Hildebran's departure from This Dizzy Height. Drummer Adam Clark was brought in to rock it harder. Two of the three songs on this demo were recorded earlier on the Stereo Luxuriances CD, the third, Made of Days, was new (and by far the best recording we ever made.)
These demo CDs were burned, sticker labels printed, and then wrapped in a printed and folded sheet of paper, and given away at all of our shows.
There are a lot of copies of this floating around out there somewhere.
These demo CDs were burned, sticker labels printed, and then wrapped in a printed and folded sheet of paper, and given away at all of our shows.
There are a lot of copies of this floating around out there somewhere.
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| 1. Made of Days | Download | Lyrics | |
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it's a long way to have to go to complete a thought we'll mull it over until the edges are round but it seems our only hope it's beautiful but it will gouge your eyes out before the morning haze burns away there are some things at a price so high you can never get as much as you pay time were throwing it away it's a little secret that the years are made of days it's never what it seems to be you only see what you want to see coffee shops and record stores sidewalk cafes and herbal healing superficial is the only word that comes into my mind it's never what it seems to be just take a step back and you will see this sudden clarity brings hope of things that will someday be this town is made of two-sided tape well it is a stretch i know running away won't change anything this town is a two-edged blade Hide lyrics |
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| 2. Altima Bud-Get | Download | Lyrics | |
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i can't seem to recall how things were two weeks ago and now i know that time can never move too slow dream of me in flight we'll be strangers for a second time tonight i bet you thought you'd not see me again well here i am let's take a walk tonight and talk of kicking sand in the face of the man talk of letting go and taking control then our lives would be our own speak for me tonight in a week i'll die with a tear in my eye i bet you thought you'd not see me again well here i am when utah takes a breath the sky turns burning red purple mountains up ahead rear view sunset goes away say goodbye to californ-i-a Hide lyrics |
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| 3. Days Like Rusty Nails | Download | Lyrics | |
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i met medusa's ugly sister she walks the world on long and crooked legs populace pruning like a twister she's so possessive of my every cell call the cdc we're up to level four call the cdc four hundred fifty monkeys at the door call the cdc this one's a level four call the cdc and down the hill there's kids on swings so fire at will cough up my heart there's no vaccine she says i'm smart slow motion skid that will not end look what you did building me up like a piƱata waiting to pop me like a daughter (four hundred fifty monkeys) she's digging right down to the naked rocks to pull it all out fresh Hide lyrics |
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(2001) 2 Years In The South - James Mosheen
A compilation of 4-track recordings from my first (you guessed it) two years in the south (1996-1998.) Most songs are recorded on a real drum set with all the charm and personality that a 4-track, a Shure 57, and a beginner's drum set (complete with TWO cracked cymbals) all packed into a 9 x 9 bedroom can offer.
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| 1. Calling Clifford Miracle | Download | Lyrics | |
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show me the way out of this place i'm slowly going crazy insane my strength flows freely somewhere i haven't found it but i don't care this really should be bothering me this is what i call my life and it's so hard to be me today so who said violence ain't the answer to problems left undone you know i don't know what that means clifford this really should be bothering me this is what i call my life and it's so hard to be me today i need some time to get away to be somewhere and nowhere all at once find the place where i should go and it's so hard to be me don't you know clifford Hide lyrics |
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| 2. Fire Fly | Download | Lyrics | |
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just tell me i'm crazy that's all i need to know tell me i'm here forever because there's no other place to go tomorrow holds the same things that today had the nerve to show and the fire flies fly away it must feel good to have some place to go it seem there's no hope of living that explains everything i know it's wrong i know i'm strong but that's not how i'm feeling and the fire flies light my way to a better place than this because tomorrow holds the same things that today had the nerve to show Hide lyrics |
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| 3. Becomes The Wind | Download | Lyrics | |
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how can this be with such mentality to wake up and find that you haven't lost your mind cry ten tears and let it go maybe tomorrow maybe tomorrow bills and debts piled priorities filed and nothing really matters anyway fall ten floors and laugh with me it'll rain when the concrete bleeds left here to die and it's no use to cry i'm probably better off alive sun is burning the scorching heat attack at once and then retreat run into the sunset again i've lost that loving feeling again traitor lies and becomes the wind never leaving home again Hide lyrics |
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| 4. Generations' Proof | Download | Lyrics | |
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so show me what you can do to try and change my opinion of you feelings so deep about nothing at all millions of caring eyes just a little girl with the weight of the world and the world sheds a tear or two i'll tell you i care and smile and i might believe it's true so cry for me awhile there's so much left for you to prove such grown up things yet so juvenile pretending you have to fake that smile generations' proof too much to lose can't cry again faking it again i can see how hard it must be i can see straight through so shallow i can see the bottom of your pool good luck to you Hide lyrics |
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| 5. Olive Drab | Download | Lyrics | |
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it's bed time for you my little brown shoe as we walk on through the doorway there's trouble inside but well never decide if it's real or of the sales lady there's two wooden fellows the african fellows in the lobby there here where i linger there's trouble inside but well never decide if it's real or only a glimmer this can not go on never vision unblurred by forever it will make a sound a most original sound like the wind rushing through the pine trees it's an olive drab world and it's fun for the girls bring the wife and the kids well go hunting there's only one prize it's your very own eyes it's an optically illusive vacation there's trouble inside but well never decide if it's real or finally ending this can not go on never vision unblurred by forever it's an olive drab world and it's fun for the girls bring the wife and the kids we'll go hunting there's only one prize it's your very own eyes it's an optically illusive vacation Hide lyrics |
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| 6. Mosquitos Bite | Download | Lyrics | |
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earlier tonight a mosquito flew in my eye after i swatted him away he came back again to say when he came back he landed on my back he plunged his needle in and took some blood this time i just played along i've got enough to go around i've got enough blood to go around don't you lay a hand on me i'll show you what i want you to see i'm tired of being shooed away i've finally got the nerve to say don't lay a hand on me earlier tonight the glimmer fell from my eye every ounce of energy blew away soon i realized several hours had passed by i'd had made it through made it to another year with fire he drew the life from me my eyes are too red to see he drained me but he's full to the brim someone else's cup runneth over again Hide lyrics |
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| 7. Bronzed Styler | Download | Lyrics | |
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you cut me with a knife that you've been sharpening your whole life and you tore me i guess it's still not quite as sharp as you'd like well i don't know if i can even carry my body weight anymore and i know now that i could never care about this life anymore i hope you someday will climb inside my head and look around you told me something i should remember for the rest of my life but i forgot and i need to find whatever it is that i'm looking for and i need to buy whatever it is that i'm working toward Hide lyrics |
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| 8. Oi-ho | Download | Lyrics | |
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i just felt it again like i could float away and it's times like these that make it hard to live in today it's just the mood a feeling in the air just to let you know exactly where you are on the average there's no average day it comes and it goes as it pleases and i'm left smiling still unclear there's so much life in just one year i'm reliving it wrong it was never so nice i'm feeling so strong i can't believe i've survived it twice it's just strange how it started it was us versus two just look where we are now only the pain is the same only my memory's stained only the pain remains and now for the happily ever after Hide lyrics |
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| 9. Enemy | Download | Lyrics | |
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born to die in a smoky room room to breathe room to be aren't you a bit like me can't you be more like me enemy broken windows i scream so hard i can't see anything inside of me trust is broken enemies are born yesterday or today such a blur these days you're quite a bit like me you should be more like me enemy twice cried broken dreams broken twice so lay down your head and whine for me in a secret spot that i keep to myself you can't see what's become of me the heart of my problem my soul it just goes to show if you don't know where to go then shut the hell up enemy broken seeds will grow to hate everything blind to light literally everything enemy Hide lyrics |
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| 10. Wax Moth | Download | Lyrics | |
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fish are swimming and trends are spinning in my head there's no end to it life is too short to miss the excitement and watch it all fade away just wait and see what becomes of me inside people love to stare at you falling clumsily around inside people would love to share with you if only you were inside back home people are cloudy opaque dark and thick back home people have faded what have i seen in the chlorine dream the light is burning wearing down wearing down humanity's learning to burn it down burn it down fish are floating and twins are sinning in my head theres no end to it just wait and see who depends on me yesterday was full of reruns i think i've seen this one before stand up like erector tear it down run it down tonight you remind me of mean old black beard pillaging my soul i'll stand my ground if the ship goes down fish are living and friends are giving in my head theres no end to it just wait and see don't ever question me Hide lyrics |
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| 11. Riddle Me This | Download | Lyrics | |
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you should be glad that there's no response to be had i know you wouldn't like what you've got coming i'll tell you all about the things that you want to know i know you'll never like what you've got coming you're trapped and left alone here with everyone i know you should be glad that there's no pride to be had i know you wouldn't like what you've got coming you're trapped and left alone here with everyone i know you should be glad that there's no answers to be had i know you wouldn't like the ones you've got coming you see it's only me i'm the one without answers you know i never liked the ones i had Hide lyrics |
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| 12. Parting Gift | Download | Lyrics | |
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thinking of nothing but the loving or thinking of nothing at all i forget what that was all about but i sure enjoyed the show surprise there's a prize every time here's your prize she's not your bride surprise were you surprised you can make a rhyme every time everyday's a holiday and every meal's a feast there's no time to do it right there's only time to do it twice surprise i'm your prize it's been a long long time you have been in the wrong tell me decide for me explain to me why i've been where i've been it all comes down to this my friend Hide lyrics |
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| 13. Paradox | Download | Lyrics | |
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reach up and smite the stone show me a mind of your own show me a face that's true show me what it is that's you i'm feeling besides inside and i feel alive for the first time i'm looking at you i'm not so bad your face and smile are wrong you've practiced in the mirror too long he's taken an interest he's taken an interest i'm feeling besides inside and i feel alive for the first time i'm looking at you i'm not so bad what a pair out of thin air what a pair into thin air Hide lyrics |
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| 14. Sink or Swim | Download | Lyrics | |
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sink or swim that's what i hear from him that advice landed me here again but i swim it feels like the smiles only come when my feet are planted in the bottom mud but i swim i run around and look around and think about him i try to find a reason to be firm and still bend and i swim i can find enough energy to tread just below the air covered edge it's hard to keep a nose above to suck in a salty breath there's no motivation so i just stay soaking wet so i swim he has no reason to fight so he thinks he doesn't feel what i see so he sinks we take a breath and sink we run out of breath in sync it's not as deep as you think it's just the kitchen sink just pull the drain Hide lyrics |
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| 15. Wearing Out (Wearing Thin) | Download | Lyrics | |
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i know someone that you know hello it's me again face to face and sharing skin it's a sin we meet again taken back and spat right out wearing thin inside it is all the same we are the same eye to eye and inner pain it's a sin we meet again it's just the three of us wearing out and wearing thin basking in it leaving town passed the limit heading out see you later for now it's just me it's a sin we meet again leaving town and heading out wearing out and wearing thin Hide lyrics |
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| 16. Skull Bong | Download | Lyrics | |
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she said i like the way those flowers look inside your empty head she thought she'd paint a picture but i wrote this song instead doesn't that beat all i'm so lonely i'm in a pitfall lost and lonely brick on a see saw i'm so lonely do you mind if i come inside i'll cut my fucking ear off and i'll send it in the mail tomorrow to the promised land with every unsaved whale Hide lyrics |
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| 17. Weird On Top | Download | Lyrics | |
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for each problem send a silver dollar each blink of the eye holds a thousand hours there's a problem that needs fixing because problems need fixing there's no time left today for tomorrow it's a chase but slowly unstoppable to leave all this now would be wholly impossible take the low light provided and show off for the camera take out the lens to make do fly off into the sunset and head west on a jet plane take off your face to get through it's better for all though all are still losing there's nothing in this world that is worth the confusion give and take and forget that is what i tell them the only solution is to stop dreaming take the high life denied and live for the moment throw away what you've got to get through dry off under the sunset and ride off on a fast train hold your breath until you're blue Hide lyrics |
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| 18. I Could Wish | Download | Lyrics | |
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if once around the world is not too many times for you come with me in the summer time flying high in skies of blue i wish that i could touch the sun and reach the other side meet me there my only friend and hand in hand we'll fly if this day could last forever then i'd spend it all with you with music in the air there's nothing else i'd rather do i wish that i could wash away the things i've never seen sometimes i wish that all of this was just a twisted dream but now that i'm alone i think of you and often cry i never said hello but never meant to say goodbye take take me back again to the time when i was free i wish the world would leave and it'd be only you and me Hide lyrics |
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| 19. Altima Bud-Get | Download | Lyrics | |
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i can't seem to recall how things were two weeks ago and now i know that time can never move too slow dream of me in flight we'll be strangers for a second time tonight i bet you thought you'd not see me again well here i am let's take a walk tonight and talk of kicking sand in the face of the man talk of letting go and taking control then our lives would be our own speak for me tonight in a week i'll die with a tear in my eye i bet you thought you'd not see me again well here i am when utah takes a breath the sky turns burning red purple mountains up ahead rear view sunset goes away say goodbye to californ-i-a Hide lyrics |
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| 20. Better Still | Download | Lyrics | |
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grunged out today in last night's clothes unbathed and unshaven caring not that it shows cluttered house and crusted eyes trying to shake the most promising of replies but here it comes another desperate call the subject's reflex is another desperate stall tell me a story and speak to me in trust show me creativity and show me if you must uninvited and unaware of these things a living tree would never show it's rings and that's what this is all about an ornamental flaw a family's disgrace a preconstructed wall Hide lyrics |
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(2001) Stereo Luxuriances - This Dizzy Height
The full length demo album by This Dizzy Height, featuring James Moats (guitar & vox), Lincoln Benson (guitar & vox), Dan Taylor (bass), and Chad Hildebran (drums).
This is a collection of songs, old and new, that were brought into the band and turned upside down. The three songwriters in the band working together made quite an interesting sound. These songs were recorded track by track in what might just be the most stuperrific time of my whole stinkin' life.
That's what Lincoln tells me, anyway... I don't really remember most of it.
This is a collection of songs, old and new, that were brought into the band and turned upside down. The three songwriters in the band working together made quite an interesting sound. These songs were recorded track by track in what might just be the most stuperrific time of my whole stinkin' life.
That's what Lincoln tells me, anyway... I don't really remember most of it.
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| 1. Life In The Background | Download | Lyrics | |
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in a makeshift studio in the back of my home it's got six or eight wheels sometimes i don't know it's hard to say but it sounds ok it's hard to stay in the background life in the background it looks like it was cloned with my neighbors and their neighbors all parked in perfect rows but it's all i know it's hard to say but it sounds ok it's hard to stay in the background life in the background we're staying in the background in a makeshift studio in the shed behind your home it's got a tin roof overhead i just don't know it's ok though life is grand it seems to be coming soon yeah in the background it's ok though the life of a man i know we'll all fall soon into a band Hide lyrics |
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| 2. Run Jenny Run | Download | Lyrics | |
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she's on a plane wasting away fading out above buzzards bay she's give and gotta go no time to waste run jenny run i felt the fangs and backed away i will not allow you to make me the prey i said you gotta go you'll miss my face run jenny run don't make a mistake that you cannot escape a vampire's kiss i'll get you i'll get you for this she's playing games dancing in a fluid pose follow me she said sweetly and so i'm going back to burn the dead field she sows she pulled nails from my veins but couldn't feel my pain so now she's always on the run orbits in bloom there goes another one someday she'll write to say she didn't miss me anyway i drew a gun you cannot stay she wouldn't run so i had to blow her away run jenny run Hide lyrics |
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| 3. Altima Bud-Get | Download | Lyrics | |
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i can't seem to recall how things were two weeks ago and now i know that time can never move too slow dream of me in flight we'll be strangers for a second time tonight i bet you thought you'd not see me again well here i am let's take a walk tonight and talk of kicking sand in the face of the man talk of letting go and taking control then our lives would be our own speak for me tonight in a week i'll die with a tear in my eye i bet you thought you'd not see me again well here i am when utah takes a breath the sky turns burning red purple mountains up ahead rear view sunset goes away say goodbye to californ-i-a Hide lyrics |
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| 4. Days Like Rusty Nails | Download | Lyrics | |
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i met medusa's ugly sister she walks the world on long and crooked legs populace pruning like a twister she's so possessive of my every cell call the cdc we're up to level four call the cdc four hundred fifty monkeys at the door call the cdc this one's a level four call the cdc and down the hill there's kids on swings so fire at will cough up my heart there's no vaccine she says i'm smart slow motion skid that will not end look what you did building me up like a piƱata waiting to pop me like a daughter (four hundred fifty monkeys) she's digging right down to the naked rocks to pull it all out fresh Hide lyrics |
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| 5. Visitors | Download | Lyrics | |
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i've got visitors coming by my house tonight and i came prepared to sell myself tonight bring your friends we'll have a beer did you notice i'm talking to myself for a lack of conversation in your backwoods high school world we've got a visitor coming out of the rain and he came prepared to share his pain don't be afraid to spill some soul did you hear him talking to the ladies there are no ladies here but there's admiration a form of applause and it smiles in the smoky air are you expecting visitors it only takes a brew to herd them through and now i know that i've been here before it's coming round again did you notice i'm talking to myself for a lack of conversation you're so fucking cool now that you're in school what's your major Hide lyrics |
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| 6. Dorkabilly Rock | Download | Lyrics | |
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just what do you mean you want me to leave well i'm wound up wrapped tight and throwing down every night my alter ego runs the show but you would never know i guess it's wrong of me to love a good party well my name ain't jed and this ain't beverly (hills that is) you can't see what's behind my eyes it's a hell of a disguise i don't know what's wrong with me there was a time if i remember correctly i was wound up wrapped tight and throwing down every night Hide lyrics |
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| 7. Calculate | Download | Lyrics | |
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i'm a ruined ship a curdled beach my truth lies just beyond your reach it's such a joy to be alive my blasphemy survives go on and rob me of this i'm too tired to fight anymore i've got a cradle for your blade create it just below my skull hard axe and shallow hull the finest ever made it's looking just like a sign maybe we'll make it out this piece of ore i cradle tight will never get me through the night your sai in my regards leaves a chasm large i calculate this dizzy height the river waits for me tonight Hide lyrics |
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| 8. Wax Moth | Download | Lyrics | |
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fish are swimming and trends are spinning in my head there's no end to it life is too short to miss the excitement and watch it all fade away just wait and see what becomes of me inside people love to stare at you falling clumsily around inside people would love to share with you if only you were inside back home people are cloudy opaque dark and thick back home people have faded what have i seen in the chlorine dream the light is burning wearing down wearing down humanity's learning to burn it down burn it down fish are floating and twins are sinning in my head theres no end to it just wait and see who depends on me yesterday was full of reruns i think i've seen this one before stand up like erector tear it down run it down tonight you remind me of mean old black beard pillaging my soul i'll stand my ground if the ship goes down fish are living and friends are giving in my head theres no end to it just wait and see don't ever question me Hide lyrics |
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| 9. James Taylor | Download | Lyrics | |
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if i close my eyes and block out the sounds of a city in the sky i can smell the salt all around on a bluff where i sit and if there is a god this is it james taylor on the headphones could make me miss carolina there's no time for that you know this is one of those moments that will last for all time and if there is a god this is it the tide is coming and the stones begin to roll up and back against the shore it sounds like traffic below and now it's an overpass on a highway here at home and if there is a god this is it Hide lyrics |
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| 10. An Open Letter To Charlton Heston | Download | ||
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(1999) Carnival - James Mosheen
Recorded late in 1999 (then remixed in 2005) some songs were new, some were old. All songs are drum mosheen recordings. This is the first and only attempt at sitting down and making an album. Over the course of five days. A valiant effort if I do say so myself.
Features Dan Taylor on bass in track 5.
Features Dan Taylor on bass in track 5.
Track list (Lyrics/Listen/Download) · Bandcamp (Listen/Download) · Album art
| 1. Graphic and Vague | Download | Lyrics | |
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i could lie here and watch you sleep and monitor your breathing for fear that you might slip away forever dreaming of you what has this poor guy got to give he's one of very few affected he's taking pictures of everything reality he neglected i'm glad were here my home away from home i recognize the smell but hate the way i felt when i opened the door to the same walls and floor i guess i packed it all away and decided to run away cry freedom cry could play all night it could play eternally all that i need is in sight things are pretty good these days i could lie here all night and never find sleep how graphic and vague this late buzz can be i guess i'll give in and find my way back to bed Hide lyrics |
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| 2. Kentucky | Download | Lyrics | |
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i had myself a car wreck and caused us all a traffic jam i could have moved on if it weren't for the jam i was in who would have thought that a glance could change an opinion that's not stranded in kentucky of all places staring at kentucky through the armor all glare on the glass this is not my home it might taste the same it might rain the same gray as i ease into the left lane there is nothing here for me and there is only one way there's a lot of countryside in a swirling blur passing by staring at kentucky through the armor all glare on the glass Hide lyrics |
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| 3. Carnival | Download | Lyrics | |
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this silence is killing me it's driving me crazy let's talk about nothing at all sometimes life feels like a day at a carnival where the rides are held together with rubber bands and the drivers of the bumper cars are covered in shaving cream sunglasses chain wallet everything you need to be a carnie let's talk seriously i want to know your thoughts about anything i wish that you would talk to me with the laughter in the distance you can tell neil diamond is in town how could he ever stay away from such a culturally diverse place which side of the social reef do you think they would be secure on shore or floating out to sea and where would the carnies be Hide lyrics |
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| 4. Burden Tree | Download | Lyrics | |
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i'm on top of the world look at all i can see and i'm king of it all from the top of this tree there was never a doubt that i could fly this high and i'll never forget this moment in time as long as i'm alive i've sandbagged my windows to hold back the water that wreaks and tastes like chlorine it burned out my eyeballs and pulled out my lymph nodes and stabbed me right in the spleen and now i can't see what i'm getting into because it's too foggy to see what i'm driving into my guidelines are chalk lines that the water washed away and i'm probably blind for the rest of the way Hide lyrics |
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| 5. Wax Moth | Download | Lyrics | |
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fish are swimming and trends are spinning in my head there's no end to it life is too short to miss the excitement and watch it all fade away just wait and see what becomes of me inside people love to stare at you falling clumsily around inside people would love to share with you if only you were inside back home people are cloudy opaque dark and thick back home people have faded what have i seen in the chlorine dream the light is burning wearing down wearing down humanity's learning to burn it down burn it down fish are floating and twins are sinning in my head theres no end to it just wait and see who depends on me yesterday was full of reruns i think i've seen this one before stand up like erector tear it down run it down tonight you remind me of mean old black beard pillaging my soul i'll stand my ground if the ship goes down fish are living and friends are giving in my head theres no end to it just wait and see don't ever question me Hide lyrics |
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| 6. Visitors | Download | Lyrics | |
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i've got visitors coming by my house tonight and i came prepared to sell myself tonight bring your friends we'll have a beer did you notice i'm talking to myself for a lack of conversation in your backwoods high school world we've got a visitor coming out of the rain and he came prepared to share his pain don't be afraid to spill some soul did you hear him talking to the ladies there are no ladies here but there's admiration a form of applause and it smiles in the smoky air are you expecting visitors it only takes a brew to herd them through and now i know that i've been here before it's coming round again did you notice i'm talking to myself for a lack of conversation you're so fucking cool now that you're in school what's your major Hide lyrics |
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| 7. Riddle Me This | Download | Lyrics | |
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you should be glad that there's no response to be had i know you wouldn't like what you've got coming i'll tell you all about the things that you want to know i know you'll never like what you've got coming you're trapped and left alone here with everyone i know you should be glad that there's no pride to be had i know you wouldn't like what you've got coming you're trapped and left alone here with everyone i know you should be glad that there's no answers to be had i know you wouldn't like the ones you've got coming you see it's only me i'm the one without answers you know i never liked the ones i had Hide lyrics |
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| 8. I.T.I.G.A.M.Y. | Download | Lyrics | |
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you and i deny that i can't see straight to light the candle hold the match far away it will never burn down completely it reuses itself again when i look into your eyes i don't see you cry even though i know you do deep inside you will never waste away if you remember to look inside Hide lyrics |
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| 9. Bleeding Hole | Download | Lyrics | |
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i've got a million holes inside my head and every one is bleeding sometimes i feel that i'd be better off dead flip the page or rip it out and keep on reading my life is flying away from me closer and closer too blurry cant see i found another hole inside my head this one is no longer bleeding sometimes i wonder what it's like to be dead others i don't even wonder my life is flying away with me closer and closer to what i can't see Hide lyrics |
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| 10. Olive Drab | Download | Lyrics | |
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it's bed time for you my little brown shoe as we walk on through the doorway there's trouble inside but well never decide if it's real or of the sales lady there's two wooden fellows the african fellows in the lobby there here where i linger there's trouble inside but well never decide if it's real or only a glimmer this can not go on never vision unblurred by forever it will make a sound a most original sound like the wind rushing through the pine trees it's an olive drab world and it's fun for the girls bring the wife and the kids well go hunting there's only one prize it's your very own eyes it's an optically illusive vacation there's trouble inside but well never decide if it's real or finally ending this can not go on never vision unblurred by forever it's an olive drab world and it's fun for the girls bring the wife and the kids we'll go hunting there's only one prize it's your very own eyes it's an optically illusive vacation Hide lyrics |
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| 11. Bubble Theme, The Great | Download | Lyrics | |
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when you break a whole town down into concrete streets and plastered walls a few trees in pretty places there's a feeling in the air bricks in bunches bridges and bums silence is hard to come by transit buses and thumping bass and these dogs will bark at most anything this spells mostly stress for a host of most folks but it's nothing to me for good company and conversation in a room that i choose i don't ask for much i know that's you too this is our bubble theme ego knock it down for all to see and never need to say goodbye to and never need to ever need to need to cry for what we're lacking things can come and shake around at a pace that spells only grace to me when you take a look around at valued things and wedding rings a few trees and picket fences i know there's a dream for me but it's based upon simplicity maybe a little security because it's cold outside the bubble where i reside a lack of company is what has been ailing me that's what they tell me Hide lyrics |
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(1994) Encyclophobia Demo - Three Way Stalemate
This is my high school band's demo tape. We went in to the studio and recorded four songs, two originals and two covers.
Three Way Stalemate was James Moats (guitar & vocals), Mike McCullough (bass), and Donovan Ryan (drums)
Recorded at Prime Time Studio, Akron Ohio
Three Way Stalemate was James Moats (guitar & vocals), Mike McCullough (bass), and Donovan Ryan (drums)
Recorded at Prime Time Studio, Akron Ohio
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| 1. Fazed | Download | Lyrics | |
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i fear for my life they'll take it away fear for your life it's the judgment day i don't know i don't care how it works how it works shattered memories living death holy nightmares steaming breath i don't know i don't care how it works how it works Hide lyrics |
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| 3. Itchycoo Park | Download | ||
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| 4. Shun | Download | Lyrics | |
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he who knows not and knows not that he knows not is a fool i'm a wise one and i'm alive he who knows not and knows that he knows not is a child i'm a wise one and i'm alive he who knows and knows not that he knows is asleep i'm a wise one and i'm alive he who knows and knows that he knows is wise i'm a wise one and i'm alive Hide lyrics |
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