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Seven Songs (Demo)

by Calvary

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IN THIS CORNER OF MY MIND I ONCE HELD YOU PRECIOUS AND FAIR. WHEN REALITY DOUBTS WORDS YOUR ACTIONS DECLARE. WHEN THIS INK OF BLOOD RECEIVES DIRECTIONLESS STARE. SO BE AWARE TO COMPARE YOUR AFFAIR OF DESPAIR. AND FOR ONCE IN THE REMAINING HOURS OF LIFE, YOUR THOUGHTS WILL HARKEN BACK TO A TIME WHEN YOUR HEART WAS USURPED BY MIND AND YOU MISTOOK BLOOD FOR WATER. AND I AM LEFT WITH A THOUSAND DARK WORDS. FOR THESE WORDS SPENT HAVE BEEN MISUNDERSTOOD. SO BE AWARE TO COMPARE YOUR AFFAIR OF DESPAIR. AND PREPARE TO REPAIR YOUR CURRENT NIGHTMARE. AND FOR ONCE, IN THE REMAINING HOURS OF LIFE, YOUR THOUGHTS WILL HARKEN BACK TO A TIME WHEN YOUR HEART WAS USURPED BY MIND AND YOU DRANK OF BLOOD AS WATER...
2.
Heart Murmur 01:10
AND PUT YOUR EAR, TO MY CHEST. AND LISTEN TO THE SIGNAL. AND PUT YOUR EAR, TO THE GROUND, AND HEAR MY LEAVING. YOU SHALL HEAR MY LEAVING. THE DEAF SHALL HEAR MY LEAVING. WAS RIDING GLACIERS. BLACK-HEARTED SOUL. RIDING OFF. AT ABSOLUTE ZERO. YOUR HEAR MURMUR - WHY CAN'T YOU SPEAK? YOUR HEART MURMUR - WHY DON'T YOU SPEAK?
3.
Revenant 02:03
AND THIS IS YOUR SECOND FACE - FEELING HELPLESS AND IRATE. CASUALTIES YOUR LEAVING, IN YOUR PASSING AND WAKE. AND THIS IS OPPOSING SIDES, LOOKING DISTANT AND RAPED. YOUR VISAGE SHIFTS AND ALTERS, FROM A REVENANT TO A WRAITH. AND YOU CAN TELL YOURSELF ANYTIME, THAT THIS IS NOT YOUR REAL LIFE. AND YOU CAN TELL YOURSELF WHILE YOU HIDE, THAT YOU DO NOT CAUSE STRIFE. BUT ONLY YOU SHALL KNOW THE TRUTH LIVING IT AMONG THE RUINS. START. AND ONLY YOU SHALL KNOW THE TRUTH SPROUTING FROM ITS BITTER ROOT. STOP.
4.
AND I REMEMBER, THESE WALLS SURROUND ME. THEY WHISPER CONTINUALLY OF GRAVE ATROCITIES. AND LESS I FORGET, OF THIS HATE, DEATH AND REGRET, A CLARITY REIGNS UNHERD IN THESE EARS. AND I SEE WHAT SILENCE BUYS, FOR IT NEVER CROSSED MY MIND, THAT YOU MIGHT BE THE FLY. AND I SEE WHAT SILENCE HIDES, FOR IT NEVER CROSSED MY MIND, THAT WE WERE UNALIGNED. AND OUR MIGHT...IT CROSSES A LINE OF SIGHT, IT CROSSES EVERY SINGLE TIME. AND OUR MIGHT IT LIES IN TEARING OUR HEAD FROM YOUR EYES. AND I SEE WHAT SILENCE BUYS, AS IT CROSSES EVERY SINGLE MIND. AND I SEE WHAT SILENCE HIDES. AND OUR MIGHT IT LIES IN WHAT SILENCE BUYS. OUR MIGHT...IT DIES...
5.
AND HAVE YOU ASKED...HAVE YOU ASKED QUESTIONS THAT BEG THE ANSWERS? AND HAVE YOU THE ANSWERS THAT KNEW NO PATIENCE? FOR WHEN I DON'T, IT'S LIFE CRAWLING OUT OF MY THROAT. WHEN I DON'T I SEEM TO MISQUOTE. AND ACCORDING TO THESE MEMORIES, I ONCE KNEW THE TASTE OF A TIME, AS LIFE PASSED OUT TO THE INSIDE. AND ACCORDING TO THIS VISION AND DREAM, I ONCE KNEW A PLACE WHERE MY FACE, BORE SIGNS, OF HARBORED DISGRACE. ACCORDING TO THESE MEMORIES...ACCORDING TO THIS VISION AND DREAM... ACCORDING TO THESE MEMORIES, I ONCE KNEW A VISION OF DREAMS.
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Writhe 02:32
AND AT THE OCCASION OF MY DEATH. THE WORDS YOU SPOKE WEREN'T WORTH THE BREATH. SHIELDS OF FEAR, GUILT AND SOLACE - FROM WHERE YOU CRIED - MURDER! REPEATING WORDS ALREADY SAID. I TEAR AND LOATHE AND VOMIT AGAIN. IN THIS STILL SILENT SEASON - ONE IS THE AXIS! AND I CAN'T SEEM TO FIND THE TIME, WHILE LYING IN DEMISE. ALLIGIENCE REFUSED ON ALL SIDES. AWOKEN FROM A DREAM...AND AT MY DEATH YOU WRITHE. AND IN MY DEATH YOU FLY. AND I CAN'T SEEM TO FIND THE TIME, WHILE IN DISGUISE. ALLIGIENCE REFUSED ON ALL SIDES. AND IT WAS DECREED. AND I CAN'T SEEM TO FIND THE TIME WHILE I RESIGN. I SHOULD HAVE RECOGNIZED THE SIGNS. IT WAS IMPLIED. AND I CAN'T SEEM TO FIND THE TIME, FOR GOODBYES...AND I WON'T SEE...
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First Press - 100 copies on cassette with double-sided cover, 75 copies on 3" CD with picture sleeve and fold-over lyric sheet (25 with bonus 8th track from the LP).

Council Records No. 16.5 (CR-16.5)

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released April 20, 2001

Rice, Ryan, Song, Weeks
Recorded at The L@b East by Kris Poulin

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