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Vessels

by Christian Lyon

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1.
Conversate 01:48
Goodbye Rockstar, That’s all she said With a smile on her lips And our voices in her head It’s a little hard to fill the shoes Accused of stepping into But I’ll just have to wait To hear some more Sittin’ cross legged elevator floor, The silence got us talkin’ more Obvious recognition Inconceivable emissions of All that we stood for And the realization That our independent nation was More than needed Was what we needed Goodbye Rockstar
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Light sprays endlessly through the Branches high above the leaves Twilight’s set the autumn sun Colors your face and warms your knees Chills stem down your spine to the Place where all divides are left Frigid hardwood floors used just To get laid down in creaky beds Lean in, You’re the secret that I chose Hear it? We’re the only ones who know Pictures flutter in between Thoughts we had; you and me Love remembers those in Spring Warms the dirt and heals all things Mornin’ storms hold out for us The heat will stir us from our rest Nature stands motionless In the wind we’re swayin’ in its stead Lean in, You’re the melody I wrote Hear it? My skin is brushin’ up against your clothes
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Powerlines 03:30
Powerlines cradle us in the sky They’re tau(gh)t but sometimes tight Powerlines, they shine out mostly bright Can’t get those colors right. Hair is curling (Now we’re at the end, Hangin by the threads Of the suit jackets We wove) Damp waves of heat Shining stars trip through clouds and tear apart And we wonder where they are Sparks form bodies (Now our tongues curl up Broken vessels pump Power through our blood Our veins) They tell us things Powerlines struck down by stars that fly Powerlines tracing the bright twilight Yeah Powerlines etched across set skylines Powerlines can’t get those colors right
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Broken Bird 04:30
Broken bird, won’t you come down From your perch? You’ve got me found out Once I heard you sing so loud But you’re hurt, you only scream now Wind lashed our backs Ice formed, we cracked Here I lie arms are folded And my eyes are coated I will not cry it’s not hopeless Though your car has long left With all the time that you’ve left me I’m thinking things that are not healthy It seems to me the comfort I crave Will have to wait for my grave I have refuge in two trees One has roots and one just leaves Wind lashed our backs Ice formed, we cracked
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Motion, 02:57
We were kids We copied off our friends Our mother She taught us what it meant Can you hear me? (We fought then) Are you listenin’? (We were at odds and ends) Somethin’s standin’ (Our brother) In your place and (He stayed away with friends) I’ll be watchin’ from (You come from) Miles away Where have you been? We grew up Regardless what you said Our father Told us we’d grow taller yet Can you hear me? (We fought then) Are you listenin’? (We were at odds and ends) Something’s standin’ (Our brother) In your place and (He stayed away with friends) I’ll be watchin’ from (You come from) Miles away Where have you been?
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Thread 03:04
There’s a sweater woven in the dirt. Its stitching cuts through clouds and earth; Sculpting canyons and the ozone layer. And the colors spilled in from the stratosphere We were standing, watching all the thread Piece together and weave itself with breath. We saw our reflection in the river bend. In the fabric we began to blend.
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My car is working hard You’ve left all of your salt out in the street I’m resting on the door Steeping sounds and I am sound asleep “Our tendons and muscle fibers Tense up and set on fire I’m desperate but I’m not buying” So I stretched out and started lying If our hearts are pumping ink, Are we left with something in between Abstraction and Industry? But foreign words have entered in the stream “Our tendons and muscle fibers Tense up and set on fire I’m desperate but I’m not buying” So I stretched out and started lying Our blood vessels are confined Waking up to tail lights
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about

Starting music as a vague desire to play in a band and be accepted by his friends, Christian Lyon began with humble beginnings of screamo covers and acoustic songs written about boredom. Eventually, he broke the odd cycle of writing songs about being lonely, recording them with friends, having them shot down by his peers, and then writing more songs near the end of middle school, the time to become a man.

At his final year in Jr. High, he realized that the reason why his songs were not well received was because he did not care about them. This is when he began analyzing his surroundings and himself, and comparing the two. He scratched the awful covers and horrid songs, and began anew, writing the way he thought. This is where we find him now.

Nearly everything you hear on this record has been contrived by Christian. His soul-mate Connor Boyle and Music Mogul Bryan Dalle Molle have aided in the writing of several auxiliary instruments included in this album, and will receive credit on each individual track. Everything else has been constructed carefully and methodically by Christian, including writing, performing, as well as the production and recording of every song. It's also worth noting that every instrument on this record is real and were recorded in Christian's bedroom.

Vessels deliver blood, vessels connect two beings, and vessels carry the most important content. That is the concept behind this album.

credits

released August 27, 2010

Artwork: forever and always Candice Schlax. One of the only other artists I know who has genuinely connected with the intent of the music I record, and thus emulates it with her beautiful pictures.

I borrowed these instruments from these people:
C414 Condenser Microphone- Ben Thomas
Bass Drum- Spencer Elliott
Ukulele- Chris Adams
Bass Guitar- Chris Keckler
Trumpet- Andrew Smykowski
Tom, Tambourine (Unknowingly)-Dominic Glimco

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