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Color My Psyche

by Finding Common Ground

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1.
Steady 03:37
Held a candle to the canvas, watched it all go up Nearly took to the houses, smoke to the skies above I'm still coughing Black lungs burning from the rented homes The chaos left inside Ran away from the moral debt Chest full of regret, I finally said Enough Steady, nervous hands, again Steady, nervous hands, again Felt at ease with the solitude at first Sitting in the corner of a dim lit room That smells like bad fast food The only thing between me and apathy Has always been a cup of caffeine A selfish wish for things I might not need Should I keep stacking goals ahead like some sad litmus test for happiness? No Show me how to feel content Can't wake up to ceilings spinning Again, again, again, again Steady, nervous hands, again Steady, nervous hands, again
2.
I'm bagging memories On the side of my house with the fall leaves I saw the change in everything Cold brought the rusted trees Spent more time thinking about their endings than I ever do beginnings I've been stuck in these questions like snowbanks Made a mess of my head but we're better off awake I've been stuck in these questions like snowbanks Made a mess of my head but we're better off awake We're better off awake It's a bag full of cables that just didn't feel the same My feet on this stage, in this same place start to atrophy I got distant, dismissive Caught somewhere in between Presence and absence of meaning Felt my feet on the chain link slipping Felt the fear of falling overwhelm a love of climbing I've been stuck in these questions like snowbanks Made a mess of my head but we're better off awake I've been stuck in these questions like snowbanks Made a mess of my head but we're better off awake Better off awake Oh, I get caught up in all of this and I'm sorry I want to see you happy Wherever you plant your feet
3.
Circadian 03:32
Uncertainty Dwelling on my mind, this fever dream It's you and me and everything Complacency Nothing here to see, just go back to sleep Generation left wandering We're working backwards hanging on the branches Of our fading dreams You'll take your share or see it burnt to ashes There's more to this, it seems Lost in everything Newsprint circling Oh, caught between the fabric of the lies and discontent Oh, watch it fall apart in half time Oh, caught between the promise of the rust and could have been Oh, falling behind District lines turned battlegrounds Watch the bullshit falling from your mouth Fickle fragile egos Plastic skin in sheep's clothes Stake your claim while there's something left to brag about I can say anything I want to And you'll want more There's always more What you act out is what you'll be Act a fool, you'll see What we act out is what we'll be But everyone is sleeping I sleep, I dream I make things up that you would never say And I sing them out to you sweetly Caught you praying to prophets on a glowing screen Don't tell your friends you lack that Christian conviction Wear down the middleman with constant distractions There's nothing left, you've taken everything you can Everything
4.
Postcards 03:16
I got lost again Treading water with the best of them Hands couldn't tie up loose ends I guess it's been months now Stretching phone calls out The distance feels tangible It's more than just syllables Caught between a hard place and terminal gates I felt the doubt start to take shape I can't just sit and watch the sunset Sit and watch the mountains and hope they'll say something An offering tell me how to fight this Show me why I'm like this Why do I hide away It's over and it's done now We can't ever buy back the time we spent bartering sentiment I know I was the wedge that pushed these tectonic plates apart Sit and watch the sunset Sit and watch the mountains and hope they'll say something An offering tell me how to fight this Show me why I'm like this Why do I hide away You were the smoke signals I never wanted to see The courage to cross state lines, all I found was apathy I can't just sit and watch the sunset Sit and watch the mountains and hope they'll say something An offering tell me how to fight this Show me why I'm like this Why do I hide away I saw the state lines turn to fault lines right in front of me In front of me The state lines turn to fault lines I saw the state lines turn to fault lines right in front of me In front of me The state lines turn to fault lines
5.
Swell 02:13
I am fickle I am fragile I am burning in the sun Colorado head, north Texas blood You look different than the time we met Paler skin, lost the spark to your complexion Damn the drink that put the matching bracelets on our skin I can feel it circling I can feel it circling Blood and bones, gnashing teeth Always feel it circling
6.
Waves 04:10
So, this is how we choose to spend our time Talking shit On everyone who doesn't fit Requirements, a tired list I thought it'd never come to this Either way I think it's time I cop that Irish exit A silver tongue tarnished Another bar tab spent wishing I spent my paycheck on something of substance You keep your ego and I'll find another way out Of a sick and jaded frame of mind No time left to borrow No semblance of healthy self doubt Left to curb your appetite Poking holes in sails as a pastime Measure breaths in a chorus of recycled lines It shook the walls, the way you threw it in my face The vitriol misplaced best left behind your teeth It's not what this city needs Like the pint glasses look less inviting when they're empty (I still feel empty) You keep your ego and I'll find another way out Of a sick and jaded frame of mind No time left to borrow No semblance of healthy self doubt Left to curb your appetite It comes in waves It comes in waves It comes in ways I can't relate It comes in waves It comes in waves It comes in ways I can't explain Yeah I thought I got older I thought that my shoulders Could carry all your bullshit But there's more to life than the plastic skin you're in I'm fucking going Yeah I thought I got older I thought that my shoulders Could carry all your bullshit And the plastic skin you're in I'm fucking going
7.
Greyhound 03:34
Chasing my tail The bluest screens and paper trails Tarot cards coming up empty Searching for meaning obscured by the permanent rose tinted glasses It's about whoever's voice is the loudest A constant comparison What good is the currency Devoid of all meaning I'd be better off sleeping and dreaming What good is all of the smiling if there's something you're hiding Stoically, safe away from everything Are we better off Are you better off Am I better off Target on my chest This shit, it cuts me to the bone Felt like too many eyes all at once Pry the misery from all of us What masochist could say enough What good is the currency Devoid of all meaning I'd be better off sleeping and dreaming What good is all of the smiling if there's something you're hiding Stoically, safe away from everything What good is the currency Devoid of all meaning I'd be better off sleeping and dreaming What good is all of the smiling if there's something you're hiding Stoically, safe away from everything It's about whoever's voice is the loudest It's about whoever's voice is the loudest
8.
Paper Mache 04:16
Guess I've been fraying at the edges More often than I care to admit All the vices, the wasted nights spent Wasting time And I've been making a list Of all the things I know I've missed Still I'm striving for nothing tonight Locked inside And I don't know why But the walls of this rut are steep And your words cut deep It could be worse, couldn't it Work it all out, could it be anything that I had in my head You've been pointing out my progress I know I have a tendency to forget All the steps I've made in my life Since I was spending most nights drinking alone Yeah, I fucked up I was caught up In a caustic flame, I had to get away I'm paper mache It could be worse, couldn't it Work it all out, could it be anything that I had in my head But the truth is, it's irrelevant The steps we missed The stacks of could have been's They sit in the shadows of our progress It's progress It could be worse, couldn't it Work it all out, could it be anything that I had in my head But the truth is, it's irrelevant The steps we missed The stacks of could have been's They sit in the shadows of our -
9.
Laugh Lines 03:27
Paper well wishes Distract from the distance With tentative optimism Be it pins on a map or walls inside your mind Your trepidation shows through your laugh lines Oh, I know it's been months now I saw the phone calls die out Blue light turned cancerous comparisons You pulled the corners of the canvas together Bags packed, you left for better weather But you've got your convictions You built a framework on the south side with them And I've got my excuses But I've been working on my disposition I found my regrets Turned to stone in my pockets When I waded off the shore with them And tried to swim I won't let them pull me down No I won't drown in the snowmelt our time together brought to this town I won't Yeah I've got my convictions I built a framework on the north side with them And you've got hesitations Trust me it's worth the time it takes to kill them I want peace with the balance Not a tangled tightrope dizzy cadence While we sit always hoping That the steps we take get less exhausting
10.
No one ever tells you when you're older That you'll miss the fears you had when you were younger Instead you're scared to walk out your front door Not sure what you were worried for They never tell you when you're older I miss counting cracks in the concrete My footsteps could fracture the distance between Old haunts, chain link, and bad dreams No one ever tells you when you're older That you'll miss the fears you had when you were younger Instead you're scared to walk out your front door Not sure what you were worried for They never tell you when you're older Keeping pace with a broken teenage heart Forced to see the same people every day Dragging memories through beer stained basements and bars Nostalgic in the worst way Now we self-medicate to fall asleep Work 9-5, pay for the lives we lead Suburban shells get stagnant while we Turn brittle with the leaves No one ever tells you when you're older That you'll miss the fears you had when you were younger Instead you're scared to walk out your front door Not sure what you were worried for They never tell you when you're older As a kid I wrote letters To myself in the future Some kind of pagan prayer for better weather But the truth is Those fears that we grew up with Never left us The asphalt and the sprawl our inheritance I guess we're still waiting for the clouds to lift Trying to understand how big the world can get Old friend, I'm proud of the steps we take It's okay, be proud of the paper commitments we all make
11.
Ambivalence 01:57
I had it all figured out Laced up shoes, found a jacket Turned the key, tires to pavement To crack the frozen ground You could've told me to fuck off For being so damn distant I deserved it But you didn't The formative years of my life Spent sitting on a fence Unsure of how to deal with shit I've come to think that with most things The meaning's what you make of it Just pick a path and deal with it The meaning's what you make of it
12.
Dissonance 02:24
I swear I did try to fix it Before I just burned it Believing my bullshit was all part of the show The world tried to force me By building up slowly But feeling this phony was not part of the deal I talk all the time, I never shut my mouth I feel good as hell, but never good enough I talk all the time, I never shut my mouth I feel good as hell, but never good enough I swear I did try to fix it Before I just burned it Believing my bullshit was all part of the show The world tried to force me By building up slowly But feeling this phony was not part of the -
13.
Harmony 04:36
How do I tie this all together Been waiting so long for better weather But the news always proves me wrong Tracing the fine print with my fingers till they stain Grey I let it color my psyche that way, yeah And that's how it stays At least for a little while, yeah, maybe this is the year We buy into dishonest smiling faces They're bragging about A brave new world, technology Juxtaposed with abject poverty In a system of gladhands run by hypocrisy and greed Oh, I'm caught in the moment I thought it was worthless To fix anything at all Let it fall Rented homes and turmoil Oh, it came down to distance Could call me a cynic At least a step away from pessimism Yeah, that's gotta be something Stopped burning at both ends Steadied nervous hands again I made this, I won't break it The mess, the balance The framework of conviction They were always a part of the canvas When we planted our feet Through the fractured concrete Felt the regret in my chest lifting Oh, I know that my own shit Is so hard to balance Without it caving in like matchsticks Around another fucking tailspin Oh, it felt like forgiveness To treat myself different It's okay to feel this dissonance Yeah, it almost sounds like progress

credits

released September 8, 2023

Written, arranged and performed by:
Ethan Wallace
Jonny Cap
Mackenzie Broadhurst
Patrick Saal

Drums Recorded by Brad Smalling and Alex Almquist at Evergroove Audio
Drum equipment provided by Lodo Drum Guy
Mixed and Produced by Corban Roberts at Tessitura Audio. Additional production by Kevin Klein
Mastering by Maastr.io
Art Design by Elias Armao at Rareform Design

Additional vocals by Aidan Grapengeter, Mickey Postilion, and Corban Roberts
Additional percussion by Corban Roberts
Strings performed by Mandi Quinn

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