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Holding Your Breath 'til it Hurts

by Pale Wallace

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1.
Bughouse 04:37
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Bughouse Don’t know what I can say to you Nothing really comes to mind I know it’s been a strange one It happens all the time Dogs are in the basement Barking off their heads Your father’s in the bughouse You know what he says Don’t look to me for answers I’m stuck in all this mud There’s a secret message Lurking in your blood I’ve known a few like you Confident but trying Never second guess Things that you’re deciding I’m checking for a pulse Listening for breathing The neighbor called the cops I think we should be leaving Check the evening news I’m sure somebody found her The earth will hold its shape It’s never getting rounder
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A Bible of Jokes 03:03
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BIBLE OF JOKES Carton of smokes Bible of jokes And you never spoke of your leaving World you had made Ransom you paid We all wish you’d stayed Believe me Time it goes by it’s true that it flies and I wonder why You deceived me Chorus: You said you were broken That some things were better left unspoken Kingdom of lies Held with such pride but you never tried to open the door of your past heavy and latched I tried to catch some notion Crack in your skin way to seep in Somewhere to begin to open Chorus Ice on the wire No tread on the tires But I’m still trying My best Try to remember Just last December It’s all burnt to embers and regret know you were scared You said buyer beware I wish I only cared like the rest
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Erased 03:56
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Erased Let me introduce you to The way that I used to be There’s nothing you can compromise Following a recipe Tell me about the incident Hit me in the head again I thought I heard someone say We were never really even friends Carve your name into my back Find yourself a little space No one knows you anymore Feels as though you’ve been erased Walk the path where no one goes I will call the ambulance Watch out for the warning signs Everyone is giving hints Tell me am I dead to you I guess that I don’t really mind I can see your crucifix A little symbol to remind If I could help you know I would I’m not a doctor let me look You know how this always ends Another stone upon your foot I can barely hear you now Speak into the microphone Let me introduce myself I’m the one who took you home What a wild mess we made You could be an architect I will always be amazed Knowing what I should expect Believe me I’m not a possibility Show me how you made it out I would love to see Please believe me now I would never wait for you There’s nothing I can do
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Love Song 01:17
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Streetlights are Halos 03:25
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Streetlights are Halos Tell me riddles about the sun Make a fire that burns all day Show me how to get out of my head Overwhelm me like Pinochet Overwhelm me like Pinochet Take me out the woodshed Turn my body to cordwood Make it all go away Break out the Luminol I need to see everything Every little muscle twitching All the bodies you’re burying All the bodies you’re burying I can hear the subtle sound Of your cigarette burning down And your brain cells whirring Sometimes in the right light I can see we’re all skeletons What happens to bodies Left out in the elements I forgot my medication The streetlights are halos I know some vicious dogs Lurk in the shadows
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Ben & Charley 04:52
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Hot Air Balloon 01:29
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Hot Air Balloon I was waiting in the waiting room Lights were vibrating TV voices droned on As time slowed like cold molasses See you soon I said And kissed you on your bald head Somehow I must have fallen asleep Though I know that’s not really like me I awoke to a kid his hand half torn off I was dreaming of you In a hot air balloon Drifting away like the day And the dream I was dreaming Was you were floating Away in a hot air balloon
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Those Cults in California 02:40
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The Dam is Obsolete 02:33
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The Dam is Obsolete There’s water in your lungs I hear it when you’re speaking The dam is obsolete the river is receding Heard about your phone you dropped it from a building You always misconstrue spaces that you’re filling No one understands It’s difficult to fathom Time’s a freaky bird A void a blank a chasm Let your voice be heard tell it to the mountain No one can fathom warnings you’ve been shouting Standing on the bridge looking for a fracture It’s simple math we’re all out to pasture No one understands It’s difficult to fathom Time’s a freaky bird A void a blank a chasm What else can I say the situation’s over Everyone has left I suddenly seem sober There’s water in your lungs I hear it when you’re speaking The dam is obsolete the river is receding
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Forced Conceits 02:49
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Forced Conceits I can feel so restless You make me wanna do better Learning to be hard on myself It’s not like we’re forever I know it takes a bit of compromise But I’m not convinced of your alibis Replaying all the words you said Hoping for a little bit of light ahead These broken highways Never take us very far Lit up by road signs And all the heavy stars I don’t know if there’s a passage back I’ve been hoping for a heart attack Take a little bit of everything Then feel it all swirling I’m trying to burn out You’re throwing water on me It’s like a spider’s web All these forced conceits Watching swallows hit the autumn air Wishing that I was a little more prepared I don’t understand the way around Feels like we’re getting pulled down And it’s so dark
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This Moment 04:40
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This Moment Shake out the bugs in your brain Dust off the cobwebs and dirt Hide yourself in this relief Holding your breath ‘til it hurts Take all the time that you need Watch the light move through the room It’s just a passing of day Spilling until you’re consumed There’s this moment always seizes you up Playing out on repeat until you erupt Press yourself into a ball Waxing the day of its glow Catalog every mistake Flailing until you explode Hold your hands close in a prayer Look to the heavens for god Maybe there’s nobody there Maybe you’ll let down your guard You’re immobile always glitchy and stuck Everything that’s around you is moving in flux You have worn out your old skin The blood has grown silty and slow You wish you that could travel Back to those years ago

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This album was written and recorded as part of the RPM Challenge where folks are challenged to write and record an album in the month of February. We've made a lot of these things over the years but never really share them. It's kind of weird, right.

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released March 8, 2020

Jim Rioux wrote and played all the music and wrote the lyrics to songs 2,4,6 & 8. Guy Capecelatro III wrote the rest of the lyrics.

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Burst & Bloom is a small, independent record label and book publisher based in Kittery and Bath, ME.

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