In the Morning, They'll Be Gone

by Signal Valley

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1.
Paradise Lost and Found 04:47
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Lift your tired head It’s time to get out of bed This place is familiar but only in dreams Sparrows taking flight We had one hell of a night But now it is morning It’s time to embrace the sun shining bright The flock has flown, the fox isn’t home The rhino’s gone like a ghost They wouldn’t let me into the dog house When I needed it most And then the clouds dispersed The striking rays came down This could be hell This could be paradise lost and found The Big Dipper watches over us Old Mother Moon in the sky, she says You’ve got it good, you got it right Never let go of that butterfly New hopes come with the dawn New dreams emerge when the sun is down This could be heaven This could be paradise lost and found Keep your chin up high Point it at the sky The world’s full of wonder even if you don’t know why The bugs can’t bother us now Safe in the comfort of a mattress fit for two They let us when we needed it most Stuck together by some cosmic glue I don’t believe in soulmates But I think our chemistry astounds This could be heaven This could be paradise lost and found Rest your tired head Crawl into your bed Today was amazing, I’m so glad I spent it with you
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No Other Girl 03:21
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If I had one moment left on Earth What would I do before it ends? Catch up with friends of then, or Lie in waking existential dread If I had one moment left to spare How would I make it worth my time? Say goodbye to relatives, or Revel in committing endless crimes? What would it matter anyway? A pointless hypothetical with not much to do There’s one simple solution I’d spend it with no other girl but you If I could see into the future What would I tell you that I saw? Eternal happiness Or raptor-like abominations with iron claws With laser eyes and chainsaw fangs A pointless hypothetical with not much to do Why would I waste my thoughts on such fantasy? Right here I have no other girl but you
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Big Money People 03:33
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Old money people leave a trail of gold behind Because they can’t walk on the same ground as you and I Their forefathers ruled our fathers, and their sons are all set up to be The CEOs of all eternity It’s all a scam/Your fellow man Is more the same/with you than them New money people have it all figured out Shilling for no reason and hunting for wild clout They’ve got a trick up their sleeve like you wouldn’t believe They’ll hook, line, and sinker you into friendship, then they’ll leave Big money people rule the world from their icy cold hands From the edge of the heavens to the nuclear wastelands You won’t find them in synagogues, if you wanna start a dialogue They’re in the bathroom with a kid, birthing demagogues
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Roll the Boulder 03:04
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Holier than thou, the virtue of labor Predetermination to serve for something greater Blood spews from your back, your spine begins to crack It’s all worth it in the end, eternal salvation Knees bending till you walk like a crustacean Skin and tissue tear, while pallid turns your hair Every plane has its engine Like every rose has its thorns You’re only here to roll the boulder While the future’s being born Flunkey feeling funky for the weekend Too bad I’ve been observing your weak ends One more run atop the molehill I wanna see how your spirit bends Step aside and let the biggest man Grab the bullet by the horns You’re only here to roll the boulder While the future’s being born Just waiting to roll the boulder
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Father Time's Endless Descent 05:19
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Corpus clock is ticking Arrows firing, tempus fugit Grim reminder we’re not who we once were Future generations fill the footprints that we left behind Crumbling form, unsound body and mind
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I Am Better Than You 03:23
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I am better than you Who do you think you are You take the subway like a sewer rat I drive a modern car I am better than you I work too hard for my money You’re paid minimum wage I don’t laugh when it isn’t funny I am better than you Weekends down at the bar with my mates You still live with your friends I keep my distance like a fish to its fate I am better than you I rise and grind like the sun in the sky You get 10 hours of sleep I’m awake before 4:05 I am better than you Hot women in my bed at night And I’m committed to all of them When I determine that the mood is right I am better than you I have a strong sense of morality You still have hopes and dreams But I live in reality I am better than you Walk a mile in my shoes
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Our Life Could Be Your Band 02:55
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So you wanna start a band, and you need a helping hand So you get your friends together And Daphne plays guitar, and Apollo has a car So you book a dozen shows, and you travel real far The crowds will always cheer, but deep down you kinda fear That your style isn’t good enough That you’re playing it too safe, so the frequencies don’t chafe The ears of everyone you love Who wants to hear about your feelings That we haven’t heard in decades before It’s too easy to commodify sadness I don’t want your crying anymore Interesting music doesn’t always come from gold Let your fingers fly or you’ll regret it when you’re old Two guitarists, drums and bass, with a pretty singing face And lyrics that come from the heart The vocal’s out of tune, and you haven’t sold the room But hey you know what, it’s a start It’s not about the money, but you known it’s kinda funny That your songs are all in common time Only major chords in chorus, and minor chords in spades Like imagination is a crime You used to write so many stories About characters with complex themes But you watered it down for the masses The ones who only care in dreams You don’t need a contract and a world tour to create Awe-inspiring music that is worth more than the crate
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Inspection 03:28
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How do you feel today? Is your body okay? Open your other eye Let me look deep inside Seems your spine’s out of whack Realign with your back Maybe I’ll double-check That your head’s tied to your neck How do you feel? Skin is fine, like a sheet Bones as thick as concrete Is your chest cavity Complying with gravity? Do your legs flail akimbo When your toes are lost in limbo? Can you bend forward like An unearthed troglodyte? Close your eyes, count to 3 See through your lids, look at me Keep your mouth sealed shut This will not hurt a lot Hit your knee, jab your arm I promise you little harm Tap your brain, twist your ear Must be done every year Everything’s clear as day I’ll send you on your way
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The Whiskey Tapes 02:37
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Holy Water 03:45
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It started out as a means to make Copious amounts of wealth Selling a theology As a means to help your health Just follow these simple steps And tell all your friends Reach spiritual enlightenment And your life will never end “I don’t wanna die I don’t wanna lose you But they’re coming out in all directions And it’s more than just a zoo Because they finally found us And we don’t have very long So take your dosage of Holy Water In the morning, they’ll be gone” We settled in a forest Where none had been before The land was vast and fertile And yet we needed more So I wrote a book To bring more to the light Take three cups in the morning And seven more at night They’ve got the place surrounded The jig is up, they say But I’m one step ahead of them I’ll live another day Rebranding as a life coach To bring in the heathen flock As long as I have a leg to stand on I’ll be their Plymouth Rock
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Normal Jobs 03:11
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Our youth is wasted too early Drafted into the workforce if we look ripe enough to eat Part of the cubicle battalion We’ll be lucky if we land back on our feet The passion that once flowed through our bloodstream It stains the ocean red If the cogs rust from resignation The gilded axe will cleave our heads Soon our time on Earth will be robbed Clean cut and codified, we’ll all be stuck with normal jobs Hell-frozen air-conditioned nightmare Paying for a printer that never works, so should I Debts yet unpaid for experience So be it then, the price to die Deserter dancing on the dunes Joy is more than worth one final year I’ve done enough to give back nothing Into the void without a single tear Repackaged for a broader audience Caged and commodified, we’ll all be stuck with normal jobs Dismembered bodies at the brain stem Not being paid to think or love, we’ll all be stuck with normal jobs
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The Butterfly Effect 03:13
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And if I hadn’t said hello, where would I be right now? Whose arms would be around you? And if I hadn’t said hello, how happy would you be right now? You never cease to amuse me Your affection never alludes me And if I hadn’t said hello, I’d be lonely And you’d be lonely too My little butterfly, my rainbow in the sky The apple of my eye My little butterfly, my angel in disguise Until the day we die And if we hadn’t gone to the village, where would you be tonight? Would you be under the covers, never seeing the moonlight? And if we hadn’t turned the oven on, chased the setting sun, crossed the rubicon We’d be nowhere
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Perigee 02:46
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Perigee, please be next to me, I'm all alone In your eyes, shines the silver sky, it makes me feel at home Apogee, you're too far from me, and the feeling makes me cold Soon you'll see, what you've left of me, when I'm fragile and old
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Close to You 02:30
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I wanna do everything That makes you happy every minute of the day I wanna do everything That reminds you why we’re together I wanna be close to you I wanna give you everything A dozen red roses and a dinner just for two I wanna give you everything All of the love in the universe, and then some
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You Should've Stuck to Music 03:36
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Your roots didn’t grow, your boat didn’t row And it’s sinking into the sea Your pen is dull, your hard drive’s full Of nothing I want to see Those fingers once had magic in them But they turned cold to stone And a pile of ash lays Where a star once shone What was it Frank said With blood raining from his nose And eyes sinking into his head We didn’t believe him And we don’t believe you too You should’ve stuck to music, whoa You should’ve stuck to strings and frets But now you’re in a prison of misery and regrets I don’t miss you I don’t miss you, creep But I still see you when I sleep Infecting every inch of my memories Though even still, it’s plain to see I don’t miss you
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Nautilus 09:19
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All my life I’ve longed for a goal, a purpose for myself Travel on the seven seas and continental shelves Hunting for a creature that is always to exist Find the pearly nautilus, the journey still persists Roamed the blue when dinosaurs still ruled the land at large Spiral still transfixes those who much prefer the larch Jet propulsion launching it across the ocean floor Tired of reading articles, my life needs something more Oh, I wanna know Oh, I wanna go “Man overboard” called a stranger from the lighthouse I could barely hear them over the seagull swarm Diving suit and net, at the edge of the coast When the night is young and the water’s warm The temperature’s perfect to go for a plunge, the moon is in the sky Coral brushes against my legs, when something interesting catches my eye “What do you seek? What is it for? Why are you here? Are you not sure?” Oh, I wanna know what the nautilus knows Oh, I wanna go where the nautilus goes Now I’m here, talking to someone that I think is there What you are, I don’t know and don’t really care Help me find the ratio that dwells in the deep Anything to get me home, so we can get to sleep “What if it’s me?” “What do you need?” “What’s your purpose?” “Will you succeed?” Tentacles, head, beak, and eyes But no nautilus nose

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"A pile of ash lays where a star once shone."

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released September 16, 2022

Dan Spizuco- vocals (1-8, 10-16), electric guitar (1-6, 8-12, 14-16), acoustic guitar (1-3, 10-13, 16), bass (1, 3, 6-8, 10-12, 14-16), drums (1, 3-16), tambourine (1, 5, 6, 9, 11, 12, 16), electric piano (2, 12, 15, 16), clavinet (2, 4, 8), synth (2-5, 7-10, 13-16), drum machine (2, 7, 13, 16), electric grand piano (3), trash cymbal (4, 6), organ (5, 7, 9, 11, 16), Mellotron (5, 10-13, 16), cowbell (6, 16), claves (6, 13), china cymbal (6, 8), rototom spoke (6), maracas (9, 16), baritone ukulele (10), melodica (12), bongos (12, 16), clapping (12), upright piano (13), classical guitar (16), mandolin (16), dulcimer guitar (16), harmonica (16), shaker (16), temple blocks (16), chimes (16)

Bobby Shock- bass (2)
Angela Branchek- 12-string acoustic guitar, electric guitar (5)
Alyssa Almeida- cello (11)
Pat Oberstaedt- banjo (11)
Nick Bsales- drums (16)
Brad Beaty- congas (16)
Ben Spizuco- Bass VI (16)

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