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anhedonia, etc. (new demos)

by Greg Zoller

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1.
when you said that you heard that he knew you were always lookin’ down it was an awful thing yeah, such an awful thing because he knew that you weren’t ready yet no, no when you said he was over you it was a double-edged sword cuz I have always loved you yeah! and I’ve been waiting for you for fuckin’ half of my life but I hate to see you cry la la la… so take a look around ya, turn around, baby you’re hangin’ round now with the wrong crowd don’t say there’s nothing you can do might seem impossible, baby, but you gotta find a way sit yourself down and think about it baby don’t hide your head down in the sand, now there’s always something to see these things, they come and they go, so keep your eyes up on that road it’s an appetite that won’t give in until it bottoms out til then, know I desire you emphatically and endlessly cuz you’re outta sight now hold your head up and think about it, girl cuz it’s not too late, baby, you know it ain’t don’t let no one say it is so take a deep breath in and just think, think, think think about it but if you wanna turn me down, then I’ll turn around, baby and walk right out - won’t even make a sound but I gotta ask you anyway I gave you my heart and soul so won’t you please kindly reciprocate? la la la...
2.
though the songs of adoration bred a strange infatuation I still had to see if the silver-tongued words and all the twitters of the birds were only so many clouds dispersing heavenly when sunlight broke to show to me a saddest dream you were wrapped up in a bundle in a raindrop as you fell were looking quite serene til you rippled on the surface with a hundred thousand others who all once had been clouds a-growling gray and gruff as nightmares fit and strong enough to swallow me you were my little bit of comfort little bit of happiness back when you were my sole consolation my only motivation to rail against the falling of the day
3.
don't look surprised at the thoughts inside cuz it's sun or it's rain you're either sinner or saint headed for hell or the heights of the astral plane don't get excited no please don't get excited but wake up wake up at least wake up cuz a messiah's been sighted and all the sinners're invited so we best start sinnin now please wake up I ask what I am but you won't tell me I got a soul that's been damned to be set free tonight don't you confide all of your empty lies don't you act what you ain't cuz you're a lyrical saint and you'll ascend through the sky to the astral plane but don't get excited no please don't get excited but wake up wake up at least wake up cuz a messiah's been sighted and all the sinners're invited so we best start sinnin now please wake up
4.
when your shadow lengthens in the falling sun and the stars trickle out and flicker one-by-one, I pray, my love - I pray, think of me and if the full moon's climbing up its lonesome stair and the cold glow catches on the curve of your hair, I pray, my love - I pray, think of me hey, hey, Lucy Mae, slip in through my window with the lights low - no one knows - fall into the comfort of a quick tryst, locked lips sealing up a secret newly made hey, hey, I say, Lucy Mae and if the lights burn out atop the lamppost high and you stare into the city 'neath a charcoal sky I pray, my love - I pray, think of me and if the clouds cry comfortless in sheets of pearl, fallen fables fraught with fragrance from a far-off world, I pray, my love - I pray, think of me hey, hey, Lucy Mae, slip in through my window with the lights low - no one knows - fall into the comfort of a quick tryst, locked lips sealing up a secret newly made hey, hey, I say, Lucy Mae
5.
Roses (demo) 04:49
I guess I always knew I'd never be waiting in the queue amidst the dozens or the billions by St. Peter's ivory gate asking how and why and who really hung the sun and moon and if another star will rise after the light begins to fade or if every wife and man is just a castle in the sand made to attenuate the boredom of a god alone in space just an obselescene planned at last to crumble in her hands as if all she ever wanted was a mirror to her face and do my petty songs truly transcend right and wrong? am I just aiding and abetting pirates of our souls' desire? and if the world should sing along with beat of drum and clang of gong is such a striking uniformity a blessing or a pyre? but when I look into your eyes I cannot say I really mind if I'm a snowflake in the summer or the center of it all 'cause this love of yours and mine is quite as vast as any sky and if there's nothing more then still I'll gladly meet the reaper's call I guess I always knew I'd never be waiting in the queue amidst the dozens or the billions by St. Peter's ivory gate asking how and why and who really hung the sun and moon and if another star will rise after the light begins to fade
6.
good morning, yesterday I'm glad to see you off I hate to see dead flowers as they wilt and dry and fall and I'm staring at tomorrow with two eyes like crystal balls and I'm never gonna fall in love with you good morning, sun I see the moon can't pay its rent you've extinguished all the stars and took back the light you lent and I see you throwing shadows casting one-side silhouettes and I'm trying not to fall in love with you don't wait for what you need soon hate gives gives way to greed a cry for open space a love without a face can't defend itself good morning, dreams I see you fading every day into restless new realities that find me as I lay but if you'd like to stick around sometime we'd blow these clouds away and I think that I might fall in love with you so lock the door and throw away the key and I'll forget all that I've seen it wasn't really real enough for me no, it's naught to be believed it's only yesterday

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released April 22, 2014

Greg - vox, guitars, drums, upright bass, keys, violin, recording/mixing

all songs written by Greg Zoller,
except Good Morning,
which was co-written by Derek Eller and Greg Zoller

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