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The Paper Sound

by The Paper Sound

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1.
so this is the end of a life it's louder than expected and the air is filled with far more that is far less than what you'd think here we pause for a drink what is holding you up here where words are just words and the wind blows you toward the road that is yours where you'll walk alone now and you'll be stronger somehow because you have to be hollow eyes match your laugh so lets raise one more glass till these words find meaning as proof of life what is holding you up here where words are just words and the wind blows as we fill the air with verbose covered fears gone for good fend for yourself now it's understood you'll make it somehow
2.
Torrent 04:04
i won't let this go long or tie tongue in monologue my foot is firmly placed on the steps that lead from this place yes things could have been different they still could be but any change will have to take place without me you can't see where i've gone know that i'm standing on my breath's been weak and shallow from lungs silent and hollow but this small breath i have left it may yet fuel a victor i've legs on which to stand i'll take it like a man when the alternative is to stay here and suffer you can't see where i've gone know that i'm standing on something strong i've said it before and accomplished naught yes, i've been rich in thought with little to show but now the arrow's left the quiver and rests against the bow torrent, current, calm i know i'm where i belong
3.
The Spark 04:21
4.
cigarettes smoke on round the corner from the alley where we mix dirt with blood to purify our city all i ever wanted was a little piece of ground to get my head above the water, somewhere safe and sound they don’t look so malicious, but it comes out by and by blow through town like they’re some kind of savior and they’ll sell it if you’ll buy they all seem so unique the moment when you meet before they get their start and sink their hooks into your heart but i never wanted to live like this so we all walk around and cast our tall dark shadows on the ground where we live to get by but i never wanted to live like this
5.
Water 04:31
strike me and paint me a pale shade of blue hope me and wish me, i might come true but it’s more likely that you’ll cage me to finger scars through the bars that protect you i saw the bullet exit the gun i raised the hand that set the sun now i walk but the road gets longer with the growing burden of what i’ve done there are things within my past refuse and broken glass bleeding hands labor at the task as heals gently lift from brown trampled grass i might have tasted some of the best tipped back that bottle, drank to the dregs the only thing that was hard to swallow was the bitter empty after flow there are things within my past refuse and broken glass bleeding hands labor at the task as heals gently lift from brown trampled grass someone give me water from another fount something with the power to cleanse my mouth i’ll drink the water. i’ll drink the water.
6.
Fall 05:02
this fall can take any form, any form you choose a view that whirling around or rushing down grainy specks exit from the corner of eye what colors would you like to paint your suicide blue deceives, holds til you touch it fast or slow you fill the hole red won’t wait, always paints the town makes a mess then time forgets this fall can take any form, any form you choose and you pick your music, laden with accents a verse and chorus, just no refrain and the audience, unaware of influence this time they can’t deny this fall can take any form, any form you choose it’s hard to say how long a thought takes but i thought about what you said i thought about what you did i thought about how you were the one i needed to forgive this fall can take any form you choose
7.
Airtight 03:35
eyes open wide, breathe this smoke into my soul maintain some semblance of calm and cool but there’s no control for my sweaty palms the quiver in my heart that speaks of shame to come here nothing can be sterile not even i am airtight i stumble over, i stumble on i wrestle with contamination yet avoid the light and fear the dawn he knows my strategy and can expose my pawns here nothing can be sterile not even i am airtight i know someday will come the dawn i pray that the blade will strike fast and cut deep and out the bloody poison seep
8.
The Top 02:39
look to the west and do your best to swallow reality whole cause that sun set just for the regret of lighting your face with its glow chase success, reach the top stair find confidence to despair we stand up tall for nothing at all and it looks good for the show insignificant, small, on the homestretch we crawl on all fours to get home but chase success, reach the top stair find confidence to despair i need something, someone to pull me up to tread this god-forsaken path is not enough
9.
In Due Time 04:05
10.
he was the man who accomplished nothing and every day at an infinite pace he would walk in place he would awake each morning to go to the place and do the things that never get done and every evening he would come home to lift and set and begin to talk and walk in place some more there were people he loved but they mostly went unseen and others he wanted to love but could not as it would seem at night he would dream of music and streams and dirt that clung to clothes then he'd wake feeling his life was stealing away in a cadence of stonethrows

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Alan Brown – bass
Phil Kinney – vocals, guitar
Nathan Sjogren – drums
Josh Wheeler - guitar

Additional musicians:
Ben West – keys, synths

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released March 1, 2005

Words and music by Phil Kinney
Except tracks 5 & 9 by Phil Kinney and Jason Hammond
Arranged by The Paper Sound

Recorded 12/2004 (tracks 1,2,3,9,10) and 3/2005 (tracks 4,5,6,7,8)
Engineered, mixed and mastered by Josh Wheeler at Fitter, Happier Studios. Trenton, MI

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The Paper Sound Detroit, Michigan

Indie guitar rock is dead. Long live indie guitar rock.

The Paper Sound hail from the outskirts of Metro Detroit, playing a brand of guitar-driven indie rock reminiscent of Pedro the Lion or The Weakerthans, with touches of Americana via Neil Young/Richard Buckner, and Nada Surf/Built to Spill power pop. ... more

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