Where the Dead Pause, and the Japanese Say Goodbye
by The Insurrectionists
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Where the Dead Pause
02:33
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i’m afraid this is all just in my head
oh how i wish i could begin again
and take back all that i have said
i’m starting to think this is all a mess
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life is a prison, holding you in
i’ll never forget those who put me in
into this madhouse, this war torn place
we live for the present
it ends in our face
and we’ll never be the same
as when we were first put into
this life
i never wanted anything i got
although there are things here i’ll never give up
if you don't live for something
then you will find
that you died for nothing
because you never tried
all the things you never wanted
will always mean the most
when you lose your focus
those dreams don’t seem so close
so you reach for them
and fall from your place
at least you’ll fall knowing
you tried to escape
from all your dark misery
you stayed with me until today
to endure the symptoms,
the sickness so clear
and in my decision,
the end is near
some may be broken, some disturbed
all i want is someone like her
some things are broken, some fall apart
on the horizon
i see the start
of all i have wanted out of this life
i’ll hold onto it until i die
some things remembered,
some disappear
some people change while the rest,
they stay near
i gave up on you but not on myself
life is a prison, thru the bars i yell
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wasn’t the worst thing you ever heard, but it was up there
up there with finding out you would die
man, we all gotta go
said you were ready to break the ice
you took your hammer and smashed it right thru my skull
to match the hole in my heart
i say that i can’t take another false alarm
i can’t take another night alone
ripped all the hands off my clocks, i’d break their fingers if they had them
oh if them had them i’d get them to talk
and i’d locate the crash
everything crumbles if you stare too long
that's why fleeting glances never seem to do any harm
don't you look my way
because we all die young
it’s just a matter of how cracked the shells that surround us become
either broken and frayed or cherubic porcelain
but the hole in the ground is always the same
i don’t want to die
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it’s been a long three days
and i can’t find my keys
wanna drive straight off the mid hudson
just to try and get some rest
and while i was away
did the mice go out to play?
never had a moral compass
that needle has long been degaussed
but now i’m reborn and bringing the dead back to life
i can’t save the ones i love from the same demise
all i can do is pull the wool back from their eyes
but they’re all gone in good time
“create, but don’t consume”
all the horrors in that room
the walls are stained with blood
until the next full moon
i can feel your pain
i can feel everything
that’s my curse
i feel all the things that i can’t change
now i’m reborn and bringing the dead back to life
i can’t save the ones i love from the same demise
all i can do is pull the wool back from their eyes
but they’re all gone in good time
if love could’ve saved you
you’d live forever
everything, everywhere ends
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i’m so tired of being alone
only the walls hear my thoughts
i figure the only way out’s thru a hole in the ground
if all i am is that hole
the dash between the dates doesn’t count
it’ll wither away on my stone
no one will visit or leave any flowers
it never ends
all my family’s in so much pain
i pray they will find peace one day
but they’re not on the map
cause God’s got bigger plans
i wish that i could make it alright
but i’ll never get it right
i’m born to lose all my stripes
i’ll never say the right things
or be the right man
i’m a waste of time
it never ends
i try to reach out and touch your heart
but it’s too far for you to ever pick up
you’re happy living the dream
i’m just a name on a screen
God i wish i never said hello
it never ends
(A Grade Above)
give me back summer, i’ll leave you alone
your voice is still cracking on the telephone
you left empty bottles not even a note
there’s too much time between who we used to be
and i’ve mastered settling
i’ll take back the songs if you take back the notes
i crumble in autumn from that i fear most
if love could’ve saved you, you’d live forever
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push me again- this time i won’t respond
i’ve held onto your words so long my hands are numb
here we are, so far from sane
now i watch you dance around what you mean
you can cry for hours and still i won’t hear
your chance to devour my heart has come and gone i fear
here we are, so far from sane
now i watch you dance around what you mean
what do you mean when you say
“heaven is too far away”?
you don’t pray anyway
here we are, so far from sane
now i watch you dance around what you mean
what do you mean when you say
“heaven is too far away”?
you don’t pray anyway
here we are, so far from sane
now i watch you dance around what you mean
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i was born on the fourth of july
no one slept for days
in that room i started to cry
and never stopped
the simple things in life
never stay that way
i will try to find my peace
if you’re the sun, then i’m just a planet
lost without you
i always take for granted
that there’s light in the moon, too
the simple things in life
never stayed that way
i will try to help you on your way
June, if i can promise you anything
it’s that you’ll only know love
i will never forget the panic or all
the times i’d given up
when i’d reach out into the blackness
for a friend to lend an ear
you will never know that solitude
you will never know that fear
the simple things in life
never stay that way
i’m breaking the cycle tonight
i will always be here
even if i’m just words in a song
just a melody only you can hear
i will try to help you find your peace
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it was always you who could rip me apart at the seams
my dear
i knew from the start
that in seeking love from a loveless place
i was only asking you to change
or take my place
amid the star-crossed lovers,
maybe i will find
what they see in each other
that we can’t seem to find
there’s never enough time
well i wrote you letters, i wrote you poems
but they were in a different language, a code
and at least i’ve had the fourtune
of meeting you here
of colliding with the sun
i’ve had enough
amid the star-crossed lovers
maybe i will find
what they see in each other
that we can’t seem to find
there’s never enough time
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in a dream with my feet on the ground
haunts an old friend
never should’ve come around
i don’t mind because i don’t feel
take a pill
take a pill
take a pill
hope that none of this is real
i talked to the stars, whispered your name
they said you won’t return
i can’t say you’re to blame
you say i don’t care about anything
oh, but if only i could’ve been one of them
it was the breaking of the waves
and the way he made you feel
that love would swallow you
it’s all that’s real
it was the darkness in the night
all the birds that took to flight
we were lovers long before
we were born in this world
you’re in the big time
making all the grades
i’ll rewrite all the songs
to sing your praise
there’s just too much time
between who we used to be
if you come back, you won’t be you
i won’t be me
it was the breaking of the waves
and the way he made you feel
that love would swallow you,
it’s all that’s real
it was the darkness in the night
all the birds that took to flight
we were lovers long before we were born into this world
we were lovers long before
no i don’t mind
cause i don’t feel
it’s the end
it’s the end
it’s the end
we’ve miles left to go
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summer blues and your IOU’s
i stumbled thru another year right into you
what is it you want?
stranger, too, not knowing how to move
setting fires but i don’t know if i can follow thru
where to go?
i won’t forget the way it always crashes down
violent and teary-eyed, i vow
this time will be different, now
i can begin again
you stand between the world and me
a dizzy spell, a worrywart waiting to bleed
will it fade?
i won’t forget the way the walls came crashing down
with torches, they run us out of town
this time will be different, now
i can begin again
away from all your pain and fear
we’ll kill the past that brought us here
we are the same
and that won’t change at all
if i catch you there won’t be time
to catch me too
i’ll stay the course if it means drowning in your pool
where to go?
i won’t forget the way it always crashes down
violent and teary-eyed, i vow
this time will be different, now
i can begin again
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Sea Shanty
02:40
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i thought that you were flawless
tell me, what's changed?
you still burn like the hottest of summers
with no rain
i cool down in the river
i wallow and wade
the ripples a reminder
of all that has changed
i want you to stay
here in this moment
trapped in the frame
everything can be simpler
with a rope i will hang
i have so much to say
a year back we were different
there was hope in our brains
but the solitude of winter
iced over our veins
every lighthouse in the distance
has crumbled away
the waves, a reminder—
all promises fade
i want you to stay
here in this moment
trapped in the frame
everything can be simpler
with a rope i will hang
i have so much to say
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see, it all comes out as written
a different hand, a different rhythm
to match the time
use your heart, it’s not worth thinking
go ahead and forgive all things
i forgive her
and it’s not in my hands this time
and it’s not about what i’ve lost or can’t find
silence all the dead-end-daydreams
forget the past, forget the memories
every dream dies
in a world that’s never ending
don’t need a one-in-seven-billion
alone i’ll be fine
but it’s not in my hands this time
cause it’s not about what i’ve lost or can’t find
everything i’ve held in my heart has died
if love could’ve saved me, i’d have made it thru the night
and if life is just the shipwreck of our plans
then i’m a captain sailing without a map
see, it all comes out as written
no more plans for nothing’s given
use your head it’s all you’ve got, dear
feel the pain and embrace your fear
thinking of the many misses
wishing i said what was written
fight for present and fight the future
fuck the past, it’s all but useless
every dream dies
it’s not in my hands this time
you’re all that i want but can’t find
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where the dead pause,
before they look away
it’s too deep
too much shit to carry
the halos sunk low around our necks
faces turned to stone
the deadbeats
that made us scared to sleep
left us on our own
just so you know
there’s a never-ending light
that burns inside you and i
long after we die
where the soul sleeps,
windows rolled down
on the beach,
the wave-crashing sound
all those dreams
stuck at 17
still figuring out
they’re too far for a nothing-boy
for a bastard son
just listen
it’s a never-ending light
that burns inside you and i
long after we die
don’t cry for me
i tried to be
what i was meant to be
all i could be was me
let me go, for now
i’ll see you underground
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about
This album began many many moons ago as a name scrawled on a piece of paper while at work at a book store. The title fascinated me as did the story behind it:
Mount Osore is an extinguished volcano far in the north, where the dead are said to pause before leaving the world completely. But the Japanese don't believe this journey is a clear-cut, one-way street. The souls of the dead come home, and then it is important to prepare their graves and to honor them before helping them find their way back to the other world. Sometimes the dead can't move on because we won't let them, and this stymied progress brings madness to the living.
Mount Osore is an extinguished volcano far in the north, where the dead are said to pause before leaving the world completely. But the Japanese don't believe this journey is a clear-cut, one-way street. The souls of the dead come home, and then it is important to prepare their graves and to honor them before helping them find their way back to the other world. Sometimes the dead can't move on because we won't let them, and this stymied progress brings madness to the living.
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released August 7, 2020
all sounds by casey k. engineered, mixed, mastered at Studio 23 by casey k.
all sounds by casey k. engineered, mixed, mastered at Studio 23 by casey k.
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