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Psychic Dissonance From The Unself

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1.
April Again 05:00
April was a lie, December was my secret Buried under waters made of life and breathing too infrequent I didn’t know the lies would speak to me just like the truth I would take it out on everyone and act the fool She don’t feel the way that I feel, does she? No, she does not. Does she love me like I want? No, she does not. Brilliant and alone, I hung out there to emulate the stars Never wanted nothing much, I never meant to go far If I had a million dollars I’d spend it all in days Dump my good into my soul to fill the void of pain She don’t feel the way that I feel, does she? No, she does not. Does she love me like I want? No, she does not. Psychic dissonance emanates from deep within the unself Sad Ophelia floats away in mists upon my bookshelf I didn’t know the lies would speak to me just like the truth I would take it out on everyone and act the fool She don’t feel the way that I feel, does she? No, she does not. Does she love me like I want? No, she does not.
2.
Brutal 02:59
I'm on up, with a long way to go down Let's spread all of our thoughts around, And play pick-up with your mood swings I'm salivating for my piece to eat You're in love with your love for hatred And the sweat will seal your eyelids, With that need to compete, that need to be, Need to be real neat And we'll blow all of your brains out We'll blow all of your brains out We'll blow all of your brains out We'll blow all of your brains out We'll take everything you're feeling And throw it right back to you A mirror of your ego Blown up in happy tunes And we'll take all the money That you have to give That you have to give That you have to give We'll blow all of your brains out We'll blow all of your brains out We'll blow all of your brains out We'll blow all of your brains out
3.
The words just don't make sense It's not coincidence That they can't understand On the sidewalk in the rain Hide the sound in soft refrains Say a few words, be polite But the feeling's underpinned By a noise from deep within And I want to watch it burn Every last father and son To the ashes will return All the while it falls apart And I'm right back at the start Of another one just to see, That the hardened shell I keep Doesn't interrupt my sleep I'm just colder to the touch But the feeling's underpinned By a noise from deep within And I want to watch it burn Every last father and son To the ashes will return I've got a little left in me yet, Though it gets harder to find in the dark I don't want to give up Come run, come crawl, come find my footsteps I've lost my way And I want to watch it burn Every last father and son To the ashes will return
4.
Untimely End 03:13
Alone, alone we wait and I, Don't really want to feel this way Alone, alone we wait and I, Don't want things to be this way And if there's nothing else that you can take away, Remember then, That you have got to change your ways We'll give our lives for God forbid we grow that much older Let's lay it down for an untimely end We'll give our lives for God forbid we grow that much older Let's lay it down for an untimely end Parade, parade the blind And never show the sighted what's on our minds Parade, parade the blind And never touch them when they are left behind We'll give our lives for God forbid we grow that much older Let's lay it down for an untimely end We'll give our lives for God forbid we grow that much older Let's lay it down for an untimely end
5.
Low Life 05:15
There's only enough for one more to go around Dangerously close to another breakdown The body feels broken when the heart is heavy set Internally scouring several floors of unrest And the fleeting, fair lovers that you've thrown away Come back to haunt and silently mouth your name No word received, no voice or tongue to console But the ever-growing feeling you've lost all control Low life This don't feel right I'm on great height Let's watch the lights and let them blind us for a long time And if we change our minds... Low life This don't feel right I'm on great height Let's watch the lights and let them blind us for a long time And if we change our minds Then God forgive us, we'll go back to what we used to be There's only enough for one more to go around Dangerously close to another breakdown And the fleeting, fair lovers that you've thrown away Come back to haunt you just for one more day And it's too far gone to give a damn anymore No false nostalgia's gonna bring back control And it's the best I've ever felt And it's the worst I've ever felt To hell with fixing myself Low life This don't feel right And if we change our minds Then God forgive us, we'll go back to what we used to be
6.
City Of Hate 02:56
Tell me a story that you’ve never told anyone else Promise to give me every little bit of yourself Or better yet, tell me something that you think will make me feel Like I’ve got a heart that’s good enough for you to want to steal Tell me your lies to my face in the dark With a glint in your eye and a smile that’s fake As I slowly become something I never thought I would be In the heart of Hate Give me your eyes so you don’t have to see anymore Give me your tongue and tell me your lies Or better yet, act like you don’t know what I could become Get out of here before you die Tell me your lies to my face in the dark With a glint in your eye and a smile that’s fake As I slowly become something I never thought I would be In the heart of Hate
7.
Seems it isn't easy to break my heart Now that I have learned to play this part Waking every morning wherever I go Seeing that there's no way to slow my roll And it doesn't matter whatever I do I see into the awful heart of the truth Cursed with a burden that's heaven-sent Everything I do is excellent Don't leave me in the cold, In darkness on my own, Shivering in biting snow Oh, my soul could use a better home Another place to go Under golden dome In glory to behold I wanna see the angel with broken wings Soar across the night as she sings I'm lifted to the spirit at the edge of the sky Thankful that I got to get so high And in the fugue of eternity She is in perfect harmony Cursed with a burden that's heaven-sent Everything I do is excellent Don't leave me in the cold, In darkness on my own, Shivering in biting snow Oh, my soul could use a better home Another place to go Under golden dome In glory to behold
8.
I totally understand your need for symmetry Take me home to beautiful worlds and say "Come with me" There's everything for us, A future we could make up, And all we need is a little trust You try to understand That I have no plan for whatever comes, But all we need is a little bit of trust Forward's the only way time will ever flow No matter how you try and resist, It won't let you go There's everything for us, A future we could make up, And all we need is a little trust You try to understand That I have no plan for whatever comes, But all we need is a little bit of trust You never know which way the wind is gonna blow Keep your options open, Somehow it's gonna show There's everything for us, A future we could make up, And all we need is a little trust You try to understand That I have no plan for whatever comes, But all we need is a little bit of trust
9.
If you wanted more then you shoulda said so, But you're a lady and it ain't your style So give me one moment more to make up the words I promise you this, they'll make you smile Even if the stars burn out tonight, will you Go with me to see this ghostly light turn blue? Or will you still be here found by yourself entombed, Imagination running wild and free with you, Dreaming big in TV scenes of roads and towns, Letting demons pour your tea and hang around? If I got lost someway that I didn't know, If we're talking feet instead of miles, If I couldn't swim, I wish someone woulda let me know, Instead of sinking in denial Even if the stars burn out tonight, will you See if dancing slowly before you face the truth, Like a ghostly flame inside your soul, it burns Speaking a language you made up and learned? Several moments later again it speaks It says "I know what it is you need to seek, Every single door out there's a dead end, Look into the mirror and you may find a friend"
10.
I wonder what it is that makes my soul, Is it even quantifiable? Is it infinite outside of space, With no evidentiary trail to trace? These barriers refuse to subside, They just watch my thoughts collide With the overwhelming notion we're all alone And these answers will always remain unknown I wanna know what it is, That underlies everything I wanna see some glory in creation I wanna look, and I wanna touch An entirely new sensation, I wanna see some glory in creation I wonder what it is we really are, Hanging in the orbit of this rural star, Far from the center of the Milky Way, In a universe where substance just decays, In spirit made of something like energy, Going on forever immutably, With never-ending motion we seem to go Travelling fast into the great unknown I wanna know what it is, That underlies everything I wanna see some glory in creation I wanna look, and I wanna touch An entirely new sensation, I wanna see some glory in creation
11.
NYC 04:02
If I see the enemy always trapped inside my memory, Then that's what's become of always being the lucky one 'Cause I've fought, and I've lost, Let me never realize the cost, The damage is done. Let me play, I'm having fun I do not know why I should mind, I should mind, 'Cause one day I will die and wish I'd given it a try As you fade and drift away from whatever I do with my day, I see your ghost in empty halls softly afloat And I smile and slowly say, "Don't you know that I'm happy? And that pain has got nothing to do with me" I do not know why I should mind, I should mind, 'Cause one day I will die and wish I'd given it a try I do not know why I should mind, I should mind, 'Cause one day I will die and wish I'd given it a try I will not just survive, I will thrive, I will thrive So as fast as I can run, New York City, here I come
12.
You, you're the summer in my winter thoughts Your kisses blossom with Spring's sweet warmth Come back to me And we sat together under breaking lights, And under the cold, dark night, You let me be But remember when, You came, and you called, and you begged, and you pleaded for Love You called, and you begged, and you prayed, and you pleaded for Love You, you're the summer in my winter thoughts Your kisses blossom with Spring's sweet warmth Come back to me And we sat together under breaking lights, And under the cold, dark night, You let me be But remember when, You came, and you called, and you begged, and you pleaded for Love And you called, and you begged, and you prayed, and you pleaded for Love

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released October 15, 2012

Cedric Warner Sparkman: Vocals, Guitar
Laurence Adams: Lead Guitar
Jason Matuskiewicz: Bass, Guitar
Chris Infusino: Drums
Justin Craig: Guitar, Additional Lead, Synthesizer, Bass, Programmed Beats
Matt Duncan: Horns

Produced by Justin Craig
Recorded by Andrew Gerhan at Translator Audio, Brooklyn, NY
and by Justin Craig in Brooklyn, NY & Lexington, KY
Mixed by Justin Craig in Lexington, KY (and throughout parts of Mexico and Europe)
Mastered by TJ Lipple in Washington, D.C.

Cover Design by Candidate

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Based in Brooklyn, NY. Candidate makes anthemic, hook-laden rock 'n' roll with generous helpings of melody. Candidate's songs are catchy, poetic, passionate and concerned with heartbreak, heartache, survival and triumph.

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