1. |
Board
03:28
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Calling trumps they fall down dead
Seeing things they know
Carving trunks into a bed
Stealing what's his home
Utensils shown
Glimmer shown
Feeling unknown
What is left?
Moving trunks and closing books
Starching lines and hooks
How I look and what I say
Arbitrary flay
Feeling unknown
Glimmer shown
Redemption tome
What is left?
Spend a lifetime just growing old
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2. |
Trifle
03:17
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Maybe somewhere down the road
You'll know what it means
To be waiting for the curve
Maybe someday when it's dark
You'll know what it means
To have the match, but not the spark
I know that the road is getting slick
I know that the ice ain't very thick
I know that I think more than I should
I know what it's like to be good
Maybe somewhere down the road
You'll know what it means
To be waiting for the girl
Did you love her from afar
Thigmotropic dreams
Get you ready for this world
I know that the road is getting slick
I know that the ice ain't very thick
I know that I think more than I should
I know what it's like to be good
I know that I know more than I say
I know that you like it more that way
I know that I think more than I should
I know what it's like
I know what it's
Like I know the road is getting slick
Like I know the ice ain't very thick
Like I know I think more than I should
I know what it's like to be good
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3. |
Learning
03:45
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And you know I never ran out on you
And you know I never could be untrue
I hope you know I never will be the same
Never would be the same
And I know I never ran out on you
And I know I never could be untrue
Now I know I never would be the same
Never would be the same
And I know I've never set eyes on you
And I know I never could be untrue
I hope you know I never will be the same
Never will be the same
And I know that it's not over 'til it's done
And I feel that I'm a loner 'til I've won
Somebody's love and she'll mean more than the sun
I'll write about her, think of her and me as one
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4. |
Relevant
04:37
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I was far more relevant
When all of my friends
Had nothing better to do
Now, I look around
Listening for their sounds
Expectant of nothing new
Finding something more
A clamor 'yond the door
Of droves planning escape
To where, I don't know,
But it stands to show
It'll be somewhere that I ain't
You used to care, and me, I know you will
I know that I shouldn't bitch
About these problems which
Have nothing to do with you
But I sense you listen
Not in exhibition
But for your greatest of fears
Tearing down your walls
Hearing no footfalls
And sensing no one is there
Then you look around
Listening for the sounds
Seeing nothing, you stare
You used to stare at me, I know you will
Come on back around
I let you down somehow
And if I get it right this time
Will it all fall down?
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5. |
Stuck
05:07
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I went for a walk that seems like for miles
I'm getting further from your smile
Should I turn back? I still say no.
It's been a while since I've been around
What did they do to my little town?
Shall I turn back? I still say no.
I cannot see your face
It's all I have of you some days
Do you know me? It seems that I had
The best times that I ever will have
In your arms? You still say no.
I heard there's a bride with a wedding gown
And a ring with no money down
Will he come back? She still says no.
I cannot see your face
It's all I have of you some days
Turning back and sticking around
The further I run, the closer to home
It's been a while since I've been around
What did they do to my fucking town?
Learning that and sticking around
The further I run, the closer to home
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6. |
Faith
02:54
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God knows what you've done
God knows what you've meant to me
Yeah, I see you've taken away
Nothing I held (back from) you
You are left nothing to say
I can't feel my (hands or) feet
God knows that we've talked
God knows that I've kept away
God knows how you've lived
"God knows what I know" you'd say
I feel you slipping away
Slowly I get (numb and ) free
You, I know you've nothing to say
I can't feel my (hands or) feet
God knows what He wills
God knows what it is to us
God knows what he hears
God knows what I meant to say
When you're right, you are right
I walked through the garden, fell on my knees
I saw you in Heaven, dona nobis
Pacem, requiem domine
I will take you down
You are right when you're right
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7. |
Footnote: The Theme
03:51
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And I think about the day that you changed and left LA
Looking back, I wonder why I was scared of your reply
Knowing how I was so wrong wanting you to come along
Sighing more and breathing less
Now, I've learned I'm not scared
I'm not scared
People tell me that I'm not too bright
And I don't know so I suppose they're right
But there's nothing I can do now
I'm so in love with you now
And I'm much too old to think I'll be okay
Anywhere you go, anywhere, the fool follows
And then, when I finish My Book
I'll ask you to take a look
At sing-song lines of treacly prose
And cloying verse that I have chose
To signify a deeper feel
Of things I did to try to heal
Footnote: the theme is lost on me
But I know I'm not scared
I'm not scared
People tell me that I'm not too bright
And I don't know so I suppose they're right
But there's nothing I can do now
I'm so in love with you now
And I'm much too old to think I'll be okay
Anywhere you go, anywhere, the fool follows
If you told me that I'd still carry this against my will
I would tell you not to change or your life to rearrange
I'm not scared
People tell me that I'm not too bright
And I don't know so I suppose they're right
But there's nothing I can do now
I'm so in love with you now
And I'm much too old to feel I'll be okay
Anywhere you go, anywhere, the fool follows
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8. |
Map
03:16
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Wherever you go I'll be there with you
Whatever you do I'll be there for you
Whatever you say I'll remember it for you
Whatever you know must come from within
Yourself and with an ardor you do what you mean
It's not your fault it's just and without malice I say
You're not alone
Wherever you go, well then, there you are
Whomever you know will only go so far
Whatever you choose will soon fail you somehow
Whatever you loose will come back soon anew
To you and to your memories. I know that it will
It's not your fault. It's just and without malice I say
You're not alone
Wherever you are
Wherever you are I'll be there with you
Whatever you've been through
Wherever you are
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9. |
Topography of Awesome
03:43
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Comic girl, you mean the world to me
But I can't find the words to tell you so
What I can't live without is your topography
Of awesome
Sub-shop girl, you might remember me
I'm the one you asked "white, wheat, or whole?"
What I can't forget is your topography
Of awesome
I'd like to take you so far away from here
Bait-shop girl, you don't remember me
And we're better off if you don't know
What I can't figure out is your topography
Of awesome
You're my bait-shop girl
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10. |
Strength
02:58
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Driving into the sun, taking her back where she came from
Driving into the sun and we will never , oh, no never
Ever come this way again
Driving into the sun
There's a ring on her hand, a stone for each one of her loves
And now all are here except for one who couldn't be here
Because the mom outlived the son
And it feels like Heaven isn't so far from home
No, heaven isn't so far from home
Driving into the sun, taking her back where she came from
Driving into the sun and we will never , oh, no never
Ever be alone again
Driving into the sun
And it feels like Heaven isn't so far from home
No, heaven isn't so far from home
Heaven isn't so far
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11. |
Third Person
03:48
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"Why does he give away the easy stuff?"
She acts so tough. She's had enough today
She turns away and doesn't hear him say
"It's not too late."
Scratching the scar until it opens up
He loosens up enough to feel okay
He turns away too scared to hear her say
"It's too late."
Holding it back until he knows he'll burst
Expect the worst and promise not to blink
It makes him think that he's more scared that he
Will be okay
Changing her mind, she never knows what's next
It's a good guess he won't. He is that way,
But she won't say and now she needs him more,
But it's too late
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12. |
Queue
05:04
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I waited a long time to see your face
Oh, such a long time to see your face
Don't know what it was back then
But I know that it can be that again this time
Because the only thing that's in my way is me this time
But I'm the only thing that's me
I stuck around to hear your voice
Still not long enough to have a choice
I don't care how long it's been
Just a bit longer and then I'll quit this time
Because the only thing that's in my way is me this time
Like I'm the only thing that's real
If you know, then why did you want to know?
Do you want to stay away?
Do you want to stay?
I waited around to see your face
Such a long time to see your face
If you knew, then why did you have to go?
I wait around to hear you say, "This time"
Because the only thing that's in my way is me this time
'Cause you're the only thing that's real
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13. |
Home
04:03
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Even though my heart is ready
Even thought my will is steady
I know I have to go home
Even though my head is ready
Even though my faith is steady
I know I have to go home
If you know, don't let it show
Don't save me
Save me
Even though my rhyme is heady
Even though my act is petty
I know I have to go home
If you know, don't let it show
Don't save me
Save me
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14. |
My Book (Demo)
04:30
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I know I've read this one before
But I'm still in love with you
I don't remember how it ends
I know we start as friends
But I'm still in love with you
I know my hero's arc is weak
Your heroine is meek
But I'm still in love with you
I feel magic in the air when I remember you there
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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.
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