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Echo Spring

by Ugly Pompous Grin

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1.
Some Signal 01:47
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Screaming at the bathroom mirror Have you finally done it? Have you lost your mind? Beating on your bedroom window Ripping steel bars from their concrete homes Somehow you'd seen this coming on before, hadn't you? Yeah, I bet you've seen a few Unfortunate events in your life Only I see through your secrets Yeah, and I know what you're thinking
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Jason's Song 02:54
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Now should I rest my weary head upon the road I'd call it home Yeah, I'd take a knee down by the creek If you're there we can make it home But time has shown, if I don't choose well I'll end up all alone Yeah, and to break your gypsy spell I could take the high road Do it on my own Never sleep alone I'm like a sheath without a sword Better off just being a runaway Never sleep alone Follow that mystic river home Like it's been cut off by the sun Never sleep alone Now should my brother turn his back on me Where will I go? Yeah, and if my girl she, she runs out on me Where can I turn? And if my father, he lies a world away from me Where can I go? But I know the sun, it has a home for me In it's eternal burn Never sleep alone I'm like a sword stuck in a stone Better off just being a stowaway Never sleep alone Follow that mystic river home Like it's been cut off by the sun Never sleep alone Never sleep alone I'm like a sword stuck in a stone Never sleep alone Never sleep alone Follow that mystic river home Never sleep alone
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My Black Angel (was a Chevy Silverado) 03:57
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So is this the silence that's carried me so far? Or does the wind still sing it's song? Has my heart been beating at all Or have I been gone for too damn long? If you linger it will hurt But I'm not sure we're ready for the worst Oh, the sun is falling from the sky Can't you wait with me tonight? We can talk about the people The people we used to be But not until, but not until But not until the sun is gone Can we fraternize with ourselves? Because I remember the day When all I had to do was pray The help would trinkle down And I, I remember your face And the tears that followed I, I remember the way You used to laugh when you said I love you Now I fumble for every word I'm searching for the spirit You know I hate being tied down Tied around your finger in the rear-view mirror Things may be closer than they appear They say time heals almost everything I won't heal if you're not here with me Because I remember the day When all I had to do was pray The help would trinkle down And I, I remember your face And the tears that followed I, I remember the way You used to lie when you said I love you
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Gilded Love Song 04:58
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Question is, love Are you ready to take the fall? Fear the clock that faced us Proved bastards of us all Take your time, love Got plenty of it to go Tell me bittersweet lies, love Just never let me know I can feel it changing I can see us growing gilded And filled with rust I can see you breaking I can see it takes its time But I've never been the kind to say I could be your captain I could be your captor All you gotta do is say the word I'll be there if it makes you Fear a steady hand was never ever enough Wrote this gilded love song for my gilded love I'm not afraid to say my love She knows bitterness well She knows bitterness and I'm not ashamed to say that I think I am the better man but only time can say Question is, love Are you ready to take the fall? I've asked too many times to think it The lengths you've gone to to repeat it The lengths you've gone to to ignore Gilded, maybe, but love for sure I could be your captain You could be my keeper All you gotta do is say the word I'll be there if it makes you smile Steady hand was never ever enough Wrote this gilded love song for my gilded love Shameless, I know, I'll ask once and for all Question is, love Are you ready to take the fall?
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Wolfjaw - What Remains (is Wrought and Rotten) 06:33
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Lovely, you know you're on my mind Been leaping over rooftops just to find you Lovely, I fear that I've been blind Cause I can't see the heaven for the sky If you come with me I'll give you everything I've got I can only try to separate the truth from secret I can only try to be the man you wanna fall asleep with The question was answered, it came as a surprise She said she'd fall down with me I wasn't ready for the drop A foolish decision, it was mine, it was all mine But you're never alone, she whispered You are me, you're my anchor Valentine, you could never be alone Save for every waking moment When you close your eyes I'll be there to greet you It's alright, see all these foreign faces It's a ghost town when you just wanna call it home Wanna find some peace and Take your time when you finally read this letter I want for every word to be burned into your skull Repeat it when you're sleeping The letter unfolds, he reaches for his glasses And repeats each word with a swift and sick precision ---------- If I must be a cancer to be near you, I will Masquerading as an immigrant just to taste your breath, I can If I must be a spider to creep near you, I will Crawling around on all eight 'til you appreciate The web that I built you If I could be an enemy while you're a friend of me, I'll win Second nature gets the best of me and I begin to see a trend And time ruins all of my best laid plans And time rips all of my best sewn seams, yeah I could be your favorite toy up until you've worn me out again You're my sacrificial lamb, the blood that keeps the blessings flowing If we're meant to be pure gold, why are my insides rotting? If love is more than just a word Tell me, where will you sleep tonight? Is this really all I am, a life left to rot and ruin? If this is all that I have to give Everything is wrought and rotten There's not really much to breathe here, everything's ruined There's not really much to live for except getting older I could be your favorite toy up until you've worn me out again You're my sacrificial lamb, the blood that keeps the blessings flowing If we're meant to be pure gold, why are my insides rotting? If love is more than just a word Tell me, where will you sleep tonight?
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A Prince, A Bastard 03:47
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I've run around with fools and friends And I've outlasted them all Been beaten down by the best of them, but It ain't beaten if you hop back on that saddle I've taken more than my fair share I've taken even more since Known far and wide as a bastard, but I am greeted as a prince Come back, oh childish innocence You've been away for far too long Turn back, you're neither bastard nor a prince Become the coward we all know So I picked up my boots and empty bottles Figured I'd head back home Become the man my mother wanted me to be I'd meet a girl and fall in love But I could never walk the straight line Never keep a woman for too long It's too hard to be a king when You're bearing someone else's load Come back, oh childish innocence You've been away for far too long Take me back to them golden streets I've missed And save me from this dusty road Now I'm the first upon arrival Yeah, I'm the last to lift your load Lived this life just like a king, but I remain a bastard
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Echo Spring 03:22
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Dirt and fumes through the centrifuge Separating my spirit from me Twist and turn, what end do you serve? Can I be both ghost and machine? Fall asleep and escape to your dreams But you can't fold the secrets you keep They're growing as we speak Sucking you dry with each new sin Just keep me out of it These vultures are making me nervous With blood on their minds they make perfect circles These vultures are making me nervous With blood on their minds they make perfect circles These cowards are keeping me guessing Is it design or divine interventions? And though I may hate me skewed ideas, I know The crooked charms I've sown And everything I have loved is gone On this sea of my own design And built in my skewed vision Can I be the enlightened one Drowning in this silo of my own filth Building everything up on the mud And giving into my sin I'd like to blame this on bile, or on blood, or on famine, But in truth, it was my own design And as I trade my _______ for nothing, I know I am the one to defy Dirt and fumes are the breath I consume Left alone, just my demons and me Crash and burn, and what have you learned? That nothing is quite as it seems Try to sleep and forget what I've seen But it's only worse in my dreams Failing as I speak Exchanging life for each new sin I'll just get myself out of it
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I Am Merriweather 02:15
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Bullet holes through my ten-gallon hat I only live to be the life of the party Sharpened nails down the small of my back She whispers to me dear, please come nearer Take your time while you're taking it all It's not a race when you're drowning in bile Keep your eyes out for the shadow on the wall It's waiting for you to appear, getting nearer You know who I am Less man, more a legend, a loaded gun You know who I am A prince, a bastard, king of the mud She takes her time while she's taking my breath I am her new captain, I am her abductor She takes her time while I'm taking a chance I am her smooth captain If time is illusion What am I but a speck in the dirt on the sun If time is illusion I am in sullied linens You know who I am Less man, more a legend, a loaded gun You know who I am A prince, a bastard I am Merriweather Fall at the sound of my gun
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Strange & Strained 05:00
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I've been walking golden streets with strangers Don't know nothing, just keep walking I've been keeping memories of home tucked safely in my pocket Don't tell no one, don't say nothing I won't say I'm unwilling To keep on the long road if it means a way home And I can't say that I trust you Surely time will tell our wicked ways from one another If I only had a brain, I would know much better Tell a pitfall from a tidal wave Or a rainbow from a rope If I only had a heart, I could see what a tumor that I've become Been a fool for wizards and for wicked women with pretty faces If I had courage, I'd have the state of mind to see right through you But I keep wasting my time with wicked women and their ruby slippers Oh, I'm so far away I'm so far away, so far away from home I have lied, I have built my kingdom here I'm so far away I'm so far away, so far away from home

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released February 10, 2017

recorded August 2, 2014
released February 10, 2017

Tyler Simzak - electric guitar, vocals
Zac Bise - bass guitar
Matthew Harris - drums, percussion


Taylor Adams - recording, mixing, cover art
Nick Shaw - mastering

Original cover photograph by Chris Barret.

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