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The Karaoke Fallback Plan

by Aaron Bowen

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1.
Blood 03:21
Morning comes with the squawking of the walking birds Your up with the sky and say your off to work Well I will hold a place here warm here where you lie At night we drink up all the rain Listen to those same songs over and over again And you would dance a clowns iig insane With you heart in mine Chorus And I said it didn't mean nothing As the blood spills from my lips And the river that pours runs straight to your door Where the welcome sign that hung is no longer there A patched work heart as hard as stone Walls built high with the door left wide open you let me in and lead me right out again Chorus And I said it didn't mean nothing As the blood spills from my lips And the river that pours runs straight to your door Where the welcome sign that hung is no longer there Where the welcome sign that hung is no longer there Morning comes with the squawking of the walking birds
2.
Strange 04:28
Outside these city walls I feel every bit a fool Self prescribed dark medicine that keeps it coming true Until its my only truth Only I hold the key to lock me out Red faced lady leads parades of paper clowns And they’re all around me now Chorus Isn’t it strange that we can convince ourselves on anything Like the rain that falls is only meant for me Or the sound of bell that has never rung Is the most beautiful one Love and life have now become a series of calculated moves Well rehearsed we act it out until the curtain calls And now the curtain falls Chorus Isn’t it strange that we can convince ourselves on anything Like the rain that falls is only meant for me Or the sound of bell that has never rung Is the most beautiful one
3.
Oh Edith (free) 03:29
A golden band Split the seams dividing line An empty hand Don’t know where began the end of you and I Cold shackles break Setting free the bird inside Don’t look back in hate Spread your wings you’re free to fly An open door Angry words that were not meant The fading light Of a thousand sons that said goodbye A million miles Traveled on with hardened heart Sink like a stone Into the stream that brings them home A cold old man Hand in hand this is no time to cry He’s free at last His withered skin was far too tight A million miles When it’s your time he’ll guide you home Up towards the sun Into the dream that we all are one
4.
I must admit I miss your face your eyes displaced Living behind a fish-eye lens No regrets everything good must end Soul devoured by a shining smile in a stunning style You walk the streets in your own parade But I'm afraid nobody cares anymore Chorus This to must pass Nothing will last Even loves fades Turns to gray and blows away A night not unlike tonight In the failing light of a northern town Your heart gave out and the walls came down Voice I still hear your voice But it was my choice to turn and run You were not the one so it is as they say Chorus This to must pass Nothing will last Even loves fades Turns to gray and blows away
5.
Come out of the rain or you'll rust all your feathers Your not well prepared for that sort of storm Tomorrow will bring more favorable weather Until then you'll stay right here where you belong Your failed design was the fault of your maker She never considered you ever take flight Try as you might to find birds of a feather They only exist somewhere in the back of your mind Chorus Mechanical Bird you know you can not fly Why even try your forever grounded Strange bones your all alone Paralyzed by your fear of the weather or not you'll make it home again you'll make it home again Chorus Mechanical Bird you know you can not fly Why even try your forever grounded Stay in you cage or you'll ruffle your feathers Your not well prepared for this sort of world tomorrow will bring more favorable weather until then you'll stay right here right here at home
6.
Mama 04:06
Mama you aint missing nothing I just witnessed the end of the American dream All the patrons clutch there tickets tight in their teeth As if they had a chance at winning anything Mama your angel sleeps by a stream A shot out army tent with his dog and second wife to be Stumbling in daydream slumber boy scout fantasy Buried in an old tin jar is where he left his wings Mama the end is set to begin All the wicked holy rollers started cashing in Now I have a front row seat for the rising sea And when we meet again will you remember me?
7.
Borders 04:34
A lonely one of a kind hearted soul survivor Landed here upon her shore Won’t you follow me wont you follow me my love? Raging sea her a growing flower Despite the lack of April showers she came Inside she came inside me now CHORUS Trying to draw a line between your heart and mine Between your heart and mine On and off the deep end of the world Borders crossed arms guarding our hearts Both in fear of love too Put my candle to her flame And light away all the dark Now we two are one now we two are one CHORUS Tracing a line around your heart and mine Around your heart and mine All the queens’ armies and all the queens’ men Could not keep me there By gods own crooked grace Led me to this affair of the heart shaped boxed me inside of you
8.
So Well (free) 03:57
Out of my front door On to the subway Into the city Out to the ocean Where are you going It was only last Monday You told me that you loved me And we spoke of all our hopes and our wishes Chorus Oh you say you know me oh so well When I don’t even know myself I went to your best friend’s She showed me the photo Attached to the letter That you had sent her Parlez-vous Fracais So I ran to the harbor And told the captain about my lover And we set off on our overseas adventure Chorus Oh you say you know me oh so well When I don’t even know myself Bridge The streets are filled with dancing girls And the world is spinning on inside Beside a garden wall I walk But I’m unphased by its beauty I stumble crumbling cobble walkways And hear a faint familiar voice Light cracks the tattered shutters As the sound of loving laughter fades away I know I’ve come a long way in vain Out of the city Where no one speaks to me Into a taxi Out to the ocean Where am I going
9.
10.
This time we will discover All things to be uncovered And they will be shot and stuffed Dusty mantle hangs above huddled in the forest All join in the chorus singing songs of A love we lost that never was Chorus So how can we make sense of this All this abstract logic For the people by the people Gone in a obsolescent dream Along with the ways of old To usher in unseen enemies That send all their sheep to slaughter Cheered on by cannon fodder Wile over the seas a wells sprung And from it's waters change will come Chorus So how can we make sense of this All this abstract logic We must awaken from it's dream Or we will succumb to this abstract logic Gandhi: "There is an indefinable mysterious power that pervades everything, I feel it though I do not see it I do dimly perceive that whilst everything around me is ever changing, ever dying there is underlying all that change a living power that is changeless, that holds all together, that creates, dissolves and recreates"
11.
Jackson 01:00
12.
Beauty 04:16
In the shadows of cathedrals The guilded guard watches over Heads of state conferring with their generals Commanding all their ragged armies of the field to rage on Chorus And this is where I find my beauty Cause you have found your way inside to love me A killer leads the congregation To late to tread light Oh and now the tide is rising A bride left holding nothing but a picture of the past And now we’re all stained by the waters receding Chorus And this is where we find our beauty Cause you have found your way inside to love me
13.
Beast 04:36
This time I will find a place to hide Faraway from the things of man Turn around we're headed for the shore I hope we make port before the creature swallows us alive Chorus And we'll return to the trees That's where we will survive That's where we will survive The city spires cast their silhouette In the funeral pyres of the weak Greed has made these beasts out of men Who dawn their suits and their sharp shinny teeth they feed upon our dreams Chorus And when there's nothing left we'll watch The beasts feed on the beasts And we'll return to the trees That's where we'll run and hide That's where we'll run and hide When we make port I'll do my best to keep you warm And build a home on the forest A place of peace of peace where we dwell within Till we wear thin and the creature rears it's ugly head again Chorus Then we'll return to the sea That's where we'll run and hide We'll return to the sea That's where we'll live our lie That's where we'll live our lie

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released July 1, 2012

All Songs Written, Produced & Recorded By: Aaron Bowen
Drums By: Jake Najor
All Other Instruments & Volcals By: Aaron Bowen except strings on "So Well" By: Michael Tagart & Aaron Bowen
Album Cover Art By: James Musselman AKA: "Longsleeves"

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