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Where the River's Born

by Little Ugly

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1.
Only now do I see them for what they're worth Only now can I comprehend just what it took To stay together, to grow better, to shelter from the weather The reality of life, certainty of death, and want of truth As players they were near perfect, never breaking from character As people they were broken, individual and alone They set the stage, conceived the cast, and tried to ignore the plot But the moral of the story seemed to say what they could not Chorus: We were named after saints we never heard of, never learned of Taught to memorize numbers and find our way home In backseats we were brilliant, famous, star-gazers Hollow was this stage but how could we have known Hollow was this stage but how could we have known Ignorance is bliss and in a sense saves innocence Loneliness is an illusion brought on by selfishness In our fight to be right no one wins, we're all last Looking back with black eyes makes it hard to see the past (Chorus) So raise a glass to help forget the past And make today as empty as the last Cuz' it's hard to make things last (Chorus)
2.
Pained, and caked, and cracked are these feet That run from the echo of you Stained, and framed, and battered, and beat Is this heart after you were through Chorus: Holding ground till the earth stops shaking Blocking sound with hands to our ears Safe and sound, you’re all mistaken We’ve arrived at our greatest fears Mural men have tried to flee From the walls of broken tombs Same old hymn they’ve sold for years We never did buy the tune (Chorus) And the breeze that stole the leaves Leaves a poor excuse for sheltering This wind strikes at raw grief What is left is no relief Waves they roll beneath this peak Let the depth soak up what’s in Traveled long, they’ve grown so weak And you’ve followed ‘neath our skin (Chorus)
3.
Watched you smoke my last cigarette While lying on my bed Grace filled the night with it's melody Temptation with it's stare The door was cracked, the window open Allowing in a summer breeze Your suitcase packed, my heart now broken I placed my lips upon your cheek And you said... Chorus: La la la, la la la, la la, la la la la, la la la la The long ride home was led by words Unspoken My heart seemed to beat to the rhythm of The rain For a moment the moon seemed to tell me There's still hope Reality became clear in my rear-view mirror As the moon spoke up again And she said... (Chorus) I tried to oppose the turning of the planet And refuse the setting of the sun But darkness came as I held you in my arms I close my eyes, awake in the morning and your gone And I said... (Chorus)
4.
Looks like the clouds are opening Better prepare for the storm The air's thicker than my skin Cold chill embraces my bones I will stay here I will welcome in the night sky I am aware That I'm not long for this life Never too late to learn Sometimes all the bridges must be burned Relief may never come Unless you lose faith in the one Who has left you here Who would never even try To begin to care If you live or if you die Ignore the beating of the drum Choose not to follow this rhythm Give up, march on, neglect to mention That we all must pay for the sins of one
5.
Oh, Return 06:51
Return to the woods from whence she came It was there in the woods she learned how to pray Oh, return She fell in line with the barefoot kind When she sacrificed her hand held in mine Oh, return Please, won’t you repeat Your destruction that always brings us to defeat Please, please bare in mind Not long ago, I was yours but you were never mine He ran to the woods where the river's born Where he washed away the allegiance he swore Oh, return Denying the cells from which he came As he dared to disown the choices they made Oh, return Please won’t you repeat Your destruction that always promises relief Please, please, please, please bare in mind Oh not long ago, I was yours but you were never mine And an amplified chorus of gasps Eulogized a glorified past And an amplified chorus of gasps Eulogized a glorified past

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Little Ugly is
Michael Day
Kaia Pazdersky

With help from
Casey Cormier & Jared Gardner on Bass
Nick Dickinson on Drums

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released July 12, 2013

Produced by Samuel Marshall & Little Ugly
Mixing by Samuel Marshall
Engineered & Mastered by Chris Lennie @ Tapeworks Inc
Photography by Michael Mussman
All Songs (c) by Michael Day & Kaia Pazdersky

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