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Rise + Fall

kenrick — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 18:09:36 +0000

sometime ago my step mother came down with breast cancer. my father prayed over her every night.

i recorded this somewhat quickly in my garage, as a demo for the other guys. we tried to play this song live and totally destroyed it, but i think most people in the audience we so drunk they didn’t notice. at least thats what i tell myself

Rise + Fall
the sutures are real
but i cant feel what you feel
your steady breath comforts me
your chest will rise and fall for me

the heartache is real
subdues my will
the night air speaks for me
to speak a prayer that i cant breathe

the stillness will swallow our bones
his last words will threaten us home

Satisfied

kenrick — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 17:54:02 +0000

I totally hate the title of this song. Its been around for a while, and now when I think of the lyrics its kinda sad actually, cause being satisfactory almost means that there was some compromise along the way. But what relationship doesn’t have some kind of compromise in it?

Satisfied
and so i drank the water from your well
i was so thirsty
and so i spent the night by your side
oh i was so lonely

oh … i. but these things wouldnt keep me satisfied

and so i ate at your banquet table
i was so hungry
and so i spent upon your soft bed
i was so tired

oh … i. but these things wouldnt keep me satisfied

you call unto me babe, you call into my heart
you call it
you tried to hide it from me, i tried to hide in you
and then i see that youre the one who keeps me satisfied

and so i live in your home
oh i was so loved
and then i died in your arms
oh i was so in love

oh it was you that kept me satisfied

Promise of an alibi

kenrick — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 17:51:37 +0000

All the best cowboys have daddy issues

Promise of an alibi
you talk and talk as if i care
gave me a book i left it there
cant seem to help yourself
seven ways to fix your life
seven ways to leave tonight
first in line
I cant help myself
i cant begin again

you’re like a private investigator
a last minute savior
a means to an end
the promise of an alibi
a way to sleep it off tonight
lost in debt
i cant help myself
i cant begin again

stand up, stand up be a man

Silhouette

kenrick — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 17:49:36 +0000

This song comes from a riff I had lying around forever, and one night I just kinda changed up what I was singing over, a like donkey magic came up with the structure (what little there is) and lyrics in one sitting. When I was writing it, there was this crazy noise that I could hear inside my garage, I couldn’t tell if it was coming from the little league field a few miles away or if it was someones TV really loud, but it was extremely creepy. You always want to be there for the ones you love, and sometimes it just doesn’t work out that way.

Just keep in mind that this is a demo, so there are some problems with it.

Silhouette
Silhouette, suddenly, catch a glimpse of who you want to be
Settle in, settle down
A ghost creates thats awful sound

Some will try, most will stall
Won’t be there to break your fall

Gotta fight, gotta play, theres so much you’ve got planned today
Rest your head on yellow sheets
The world is safer underneath

Some will try, most will stall
Won’t be there to break your fall

Death Cab / I’m an adult

kenrick — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 17:43:36 +0000

yeah so the name of this song is still death cab, if only cause of one riff of the song reminds us of a death cab tune. we have thrown around titles to this song, the funniest one I came up with is probably “I’m an adult”, but even that seems wrong. Stays death cab for now.

Death Cab
You never answer the phone
And when you do I’m on hold
Hey where’d you get that dress?
I’ve never seen it before

Yeah you make me curse, for real
You just can’t hide the facts
And words can not conceal

Its been 7 months
Its been 11 years
My heart is breaking from the stress
Of falling on deaf ears

Forced to follow

kenrick — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 17:34:09 +0000

Most of the lyrics, as I remember were written by Benson Krause a good friend of mine that I collaborated with musically over the years. I have an idea of what the song is about, but it’s one thing I never got to ask him

Forced to follow
roll over face your brown eyes to the grass
forced to show her tomorrows lies become the past
eating up your sorrows making room for more
forced to follow footsteps on the shore

hey i wont be taken away

start over, take your mind back to the past
you know you loved her, this love was supposed to last
the rules destroyed her, ripped her soul in half
death avoids her, to young to die she laughs

hey i wont be taken away

roll over face your blue eyes to the glass
forced to show her, tomorrows accidents become the past
eating up your shadows making room for more
forced to follow, footsteps on the shore
forced to follow

Turn to sleep

kenrick — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 17:25:04 +0000

Until pretty recently, I only slept a few hours a night. Amazing what stress and an unhealthy lifestyle will do to you. Sorry about that glitch somewheres toward the middle, garageband ftw?

Turn to sleep
im so tired it robs my life
seems its better if i could close my eyes
so softly lullaby

why cant i sleep, why cant i dream

you used to be more fun, not afraid of fisticuffs
coffee mugs and magazine, tattered shirts and dirty jeans
why cant you seem unbroken red handed light emboldened
church and god and man unspoken
youve turned around

sleep comes and youre all alone
electrical fields still aglow
bottle of bravery, stick and stones
tarred up hollow inside your lung
youve turned around

108

kenrick — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 17:18:02 +0000

This was a song that Ant first came up with a bassline for, then slowly took shape during practice. One night at my house we were jamming till late, and he gave me the theme of what he envisioned the song to be about, essentially lost love. Or something like that. It really came together once the drums took shape.

108
Where were you, when we felt the same
Our hearts were bare, intentions tame
Save my love, save my love

Innocence, so trivial
Circumstance, pitiful
Save my love, save my love

In my mind, your perfect stance
So hard to feel, or understand
Paths obscured, steps erased
Broken glance from your perfect face
Save my love

Lost with out you

If you can’t tell we watch ABC too much.