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Goodbye Singing Songs

by empire garrison

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1.
Grand Coulee 04:18
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I’m a wall that stops the flow I’m the distance I won’t go In the times I’m worth my height Don’t have the words to make it right Can you feel, can you feel the way I do? Is the course, is the course displacing you? Isn’t love, isn’t love good enough? Isn’t love, isn’t love good enough? I control the things I feel With my friends I try to deal For the things that I’ve done wrong, I’ll make up by singing songs I’m a wall that finds no rest No comfort found in being blessed In your thoughts I will remain In the reservoir contained Can you feel, can you feel the way I do? Is the course, is the course displacing you? Isn’t love, isn’t love good enough? Isn’t love, isn’t love good enough? I’m a wall that stops the flow I’m the distance I won’t go In your thoughts I will remain In the reservoir contained Can you feel, can you feel the way I do? Is the course, is the course displacing you Isn’t love, isn’t love good enough? Isn’t love, isn’t love good enough?
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Tinnitus 02:52
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What's that sound? There's nobody around It's in my head A thousand thoughts unsaid What's that sound I hear? Have I lost my mind? The meaning isn't clear Sawtooth, square, and sine I lie awake my head a sphere of ache Still it howls Cacophony of vowels Try to sleep count the bleating sheep Sleep won't come, There's only ceaseless hum What's that sound I hear? Have I lost my mind? The meaning isn't clear Sawtooth, square, and sine This buzzy whine Has got to be a sign That I am lost And now must pay the cost What's that sound I hear? Have I lost my mind? The meaning isn't clear Sawtooth, square, and sine
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She Will Be the Record 02:52
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Over the road, leaves are growing now Shading my sight from what I know Out on the road, leaving’s not avow Where would I be if not with her? And so She will be the record of your constancy [Hear her sighing now] “Don’t leave me” You know I’m not a fraud “Don’t leave me” Over the road, leaves are languishing Wishing the sky would open up Out on the road, leaving seems so near Barter the time you’ve totaled up And now She will be the record of your truancy [Hear her calling out] “Don’t leave me” You know I’m not a lout “Don’t leave me” Over the road, leaves are falling down Paving the way away from her Out on the road, leaving makes such sense Where would I be if not with her? Not with her And now She will be the record of your frequency [Hear her screaming out] “Don’t leave me” You know I’m not alone “Don’t leave me” Over the road, leaves are absent now I wish I hadn’t moved along Out on the road, leaving wasn’t right What have I to offer now? And now She will be the record of your absentcy [Now you’re showing doubt] “Don’t leave me” I know I’m not allowed “Don’t leave me”
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Asterisk 04:06
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What will make this easier for you? Haven’t I done enough? Where do you see this going for you? To live outside of love? Scraping away the sins of the day Contending with your words Believing yourself when your name is a lie Isn’t that absurd? Fooling yourself that your fears are outside Do you need me to pretend? Can I care to comfort you when It’s easy to pretend The only thing I’ve gotten from you Is nothing more than “friends”? Wasting away in palatial estates Created by your world Becoming again. All the time you pretend That you’re any other girl Keeping me here against all of your tears Do you need me to pretend? Is this what you can expect for now Or is there any other trend? I’ll not be a party to the party that Asks me to befriend A woman I love, no other above Who needs me to pretend. Ignoring the things and the night that it brings There isn’t any way Complicit in me and your need to be free That’ll get me through the day I’m wasting my time on a girl that I find Doesn’t find me as enough So go your own way. So now go away Because I can’t pretend.
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Missive 03:22
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I want to know That you will always show Everything that you are And I'll show you Everything, too And we'll be fine all the time Don't apologize for anything you've done You don't ever have to be sorry We will kick this sickness Stand out in the sun And together we will be Always I want to see that you will always be Here by my side to ease my mind And I'll try to not be such a fool I spent so long being wrong Don't apologize for anything you've done You don't ever have to be sorry We will kick this sickness Stand out in the sun And together we will be Always Always is never as long as it should be Never I want to know That you will always show Everything that you are Don't apologize for anything you've done You don't ever have to be sorry We will kick this sickness Stand out in the sun And together we will be Always Let you hair fall down Put your hand in mine You don't ever have to be lonely We will face the darkness Together unafraid And together we will be newborn
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If You Will 03:02
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Why don't you write me a letter? Why don't I give you a call? Why don't we say what we mean? Or anything at all? Why don't you tell me you love me? Cause I don't know what you mean When I see you passing by The spaces in between But if you will humor me I'm not as smart As I seem to me If you will stay with me You'll know what you mean to me The longer I know you the better The dearer your presence to me The nearer the chance of losing you By waiting patiently But if you will humor me I've got this great idea If you will, then I will Cliched so happily Did I tell you I love you? Did I tell you I care? If I did, I mean it still Tomorrow's everywhere
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I'm Coming Home 03:21
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She said she left a note It regards to what She said She said she’d had enough She left her home She went alone In the garden walk She said… “I’m coming home” She’s sad, but in control She wept alone She left a note “With regards to whom It concerns: I’m coming home It took me years to find my way out I’m here by myself” I'm coming home Go! Since we met My regret Is that I couldn’t too Said, I Resolve I'm coming home
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The Movie 04:10
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Two figures come into frame The mise en scène dark and strange He's confident, strong, and tall She's timid, fragile small The movie flickers The scene unfolds The hero saves her The credits roll Immersing her in his arms He steals her away from harm She gazes into his eyes The soundtrack cues love's reprise The movie flickers The scene unfolds The hero saves her The credits roll The movie renders And will remember Our same celluloid lament And so ends the story arc We finish up where we start Two figures now fill the frame The mise en scène stark and plain The movie flickers The scene unfolds The hero saves her The credits roll This isn't fiction and I can't save you this time I need direction But there's no take two
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Don't You Listen 04:27
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Here I am and I’m alone again Where are you and What’s the plan again? Hold my hand out For a hand out and I’m aware that Space is all you give Don’t you listen to the whisper. Say his name and Curse a fine amend (amen?) Where was he when I had to repent? Lift a garter Steal the soul of it Retrace sins of Lives too early spent Can you listen to my silence? Don’t you listen? Call the walls out And leave the pain Where are you when There’s no one to blame Say my name and Cause a fire with it Take it home and Stay awake with it Stay awake with it Don’t you listen to the whisper? Don’t you listen to the pain there? Don’t you listen? You’re not with him.
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Zero Sum Game 03:59
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And she walks through her days With her sly, unhurried pace So she walks while I wait And oblivious I remain “We don’t talk,” I hear her claim With that smile she says my name So we talk and I wait And remind her why she can’t be heard As she wanders through her days I find I'm getting stronger With the knowledge that I wait And she knows nothing of it To the coast, I will aim In the middle, I’ll remain Captured thoughts that I’ll retain While my freedom betrays me, oh

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released February 13, 2009

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empire garrison Minneapolis, Minnesota

2001: empire garrison is formed as a power trio.
2003: eg increases in size by 33%.
2005: eg releases Independent on the fourth of July.
2007: eg again inflates by an additional 25%.
2009: eg releases Goodbye Singing Songs on Valentine's Day.
2012: eg continues to release songs on holidays, but stands fast at 5 members at the time of this missive. ... more

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