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Lest You End As I

by Owen Adair Kelley

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1.
We Won't Die 03:44
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The lake that surrounds me grows I could sink, no one would know They always like to sit It is time we walked in it Clearly there was a need Temperature drops by some degrees Fire that comes with cost As the lake covers in frost It's ok to get lost We Wont Die! No! We Wont Die! No! I could make you happy No one knows your pain but me Why's it so difficult? I've got faults Like you've got faults Let's try to be adults We Wont Die! No! We Wont Die! No! Broken ship, no wind will enter Winter, winter, my successor The sun's the same, it's gaze is cold as ice Water inside my lungs I can't breathe, I but my tongue As I come up for air I see you, you're always there Maybe the clouds were right The shifting wind an oversight Year after year too long We can be strong We can try to get along Neither of us was wrong We Wont Die! No!
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Sleeping Bag 03:38
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I do what I like You know that that's a lie Oh I won't identify who Bring me the goblin's head It won't cry because it's dead Just ignore whatever I said Bring me a sleeping bag To make up for what I lack I'll wake up when we're under attack I do what is right The enemy is in my sight I'll destroy them in this wasteland I'll destroy them in this wasteland I can withstand this wasteland! I can withstand this wasteland! I can withstand this wasteland! I can withstand this wasteland! Blanket the ground with snow Tell me what I can sow Because I am under your control I'll grow what I can planting seeds in a wasteland I'll do whatever you command Bring me a sleeping bag To make up for what I lack I'll wake up when we're under attack I'll do what is right The enemy is in my sight I'll destroy them in this wasteland I'll destroy them in this wasteland I can withstand this wasteland! I can withstand this wasteland! I can withstand this wasteland! I can withstand this wasteland!
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Hey Man, Nice Dream 01:46
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A mile behind, a mile to the next show I recline, asleep before you know A dream comes along In an anxious moment Forget all the lines Forget all I know I'm alone on a stage To a faceless audience Oh well, they look bored anyway Loaded in, five more nights to play On a couch, lying down backstage A dream comes along Like it's reoccurring I can't sing a note And the crowd is stirring What does it say When I'm wide awake And I lose all my lines anyway? Anyway! Anyway! Anyway! Any Anyway!
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What's Right? 03:14
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Walkin' 'round, sittin' down Why could I not see? There's a homeless man sleeping And he's sleeping next to me I could lend a hand if I can Maybe get him fed Or I walk away, it's ok Nothing's left unsaid What's right? In a sacrifice you leave some blood In a fight if you don't choose a side You've already surrendered Layin' down, layin' low Why would I go out? It's just noise without purpose And I always have to shout Anything worth saying Is worth saying only once Nothing's so important For the sake of redundance Right? In a sacrifice you leave some blood In a fight if you don't choose a side You've already Surrendered and spared your life You can find joy and you can be blithe A hermetic, an Ascetic Or a man of God Just take your prayers Someplace elsewhere! Take your prayers Someplace elsewhere! In a sacrifice you leave some blood In a fight if you don't choose a side You've already Surrendered! Surrendered! Surrendered! Surrendered!
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Porous Earth 04:21
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The sun is setting On your kingdom A branch, your throne The roots won't serve you Anymore, you've been abandoned Pray for rain But it ain't comin' A pressing need That you can't summon Porous Earth that won't absorb it There's still sweetness You can savor Let the dirt be like a neighbor Porous Earth! Oh! Porous Earth! Oh! When they come You know they'll try to Take your land, your swamp, your bayou You're prostrated Irritated Terra ferma Dried and wasted Not what anyone Anticipated Porous Earth won't irrigate it There's still sweetness You can savor Let the desert Be like a lair Porous Earth! Oh! Porous Earth! Oh!
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Beasts Of The Field 02:44
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Beasts of the field Wait, for their prey They feast Then they look to find a mate The prey felt it in their breast Though they did their best Their eyes gape open Like a chest Still, It's only eternal rest Who, could live so long without regret I don't stand a chance Alluring, but it's still a mess Avoiding what is certainly eternal rest We've seen this all before On tv, at the store A magazine found On the floor It's like sleeping in a car Or breathing in a jar We try to see But not too far Still, It's only eternal rest Who, could live so long without regret I don't stand a chance Alluring, but it's still a mess Avoiding what is certainly eternal rest Avoiding what is certainly eternal rest Avoiding what is certainly eternal rest Avoiding what is certainly eternal rest
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Maze 02:51
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I was like a stone Buried in the ground Content to be alone and Never being found You ground me down Like I'm meal I was like a tree Standing by myself My head was in the sky Needing nothing else You cut me down Like I'm Pine Once I was coarse Now I'm fine Right left or center I don't care just enter The maze that I've built Is now losing it's center Don't let walk this maze alone again! Don't let walk this maze alone again! History repeats The pattern stays the same So many times I've lost Whatever could I gain? Silence is all that remains Now I'm just a maze A wall within a wall With every dead end I'm closer to my goal You walk directly in time The fastest course a straight line Right left or center I don't care just enter The maze that I've built Is now losing it's center Don't let walk this maze alone again! Don't let walk this maze alone again!
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Careless Rain 03:51
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Leave the water on the stove Eventually it boils Leave the food that's in the fridge Eventually it spoils I don't wanna be the snake who Waits and then recoils A tendency for discord's Made it's home inside of me You work your days and come home Give your time up willingly I know there is no reason Is it just our chemistry? Careless rain Comes through our window I don't shut it I let it in though I thought I'd found you The god inside agreed I didn't choose you The light gave you to me The light is low I'm all alone The house is just a wreck I read in bed the authors dead I pause and I reflect I don't wanna let you down Is that what you expect? You're darkening the doorway And I lose my sense of tact A statue or a queen's too plain A painting's too abstract I love you, If I say it wrong I know how you'll react Careless rain Comes through our window I don't shut it I let it in though I thought I'd found you The god inside agreed I didn't choose you The light gave you to me I thought I'd found you The god inside agreed I didn't choose you The light gave you to me!
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Kumbaya 02:54
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The greatest love I've ever known Is planting a flower, watching it grow Of course they always dry out I throw them away I go back to the store And I buy one again When I'm in town I am a tourist I am at home when in the forest Although there are bugs And there's no where to sleep My apartment has a bed And my rent is still cheap Kumbaya My Lord! Kumbaya My Lord! Wake me when we get to the ocean I want to live me day out in slow motion The sand in my hand Gets stuck between my toes The sun shines all day So bright it burns my nose At least there are clouds And there isn't a crowd Can you drive me back home? Cause these waves are too loud Kumbaya My Lord! Kumbaya My Lord! Kumbaya My Lord! Kumbaya My Lord!

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Recorded October 2017 - Nov 2019 in various living rooms in Oakland, CA. Additional drums and vocals recorded at Santo Recording, Oakland, CA.

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released February 4, 2022

Owen Adair Kelley - Guitar, Bass, Keyboards, Drums, Vocals.
Hannah Moriah - Vocals
Gabe Katz - Drums, Percussion

Mixed By Paul Courte at Santo Recording, Oakland, CA
Mastered By Jack Shirley at The Atomic Garden, Oakland, CA

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