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Afterglow

by Flying Raccoon Suit

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1.
Afterglow 03:55
Sharpen teeth or sink beneath it I’ve been stuck here before Should I go or should I stay I can’t think straight anymore Within this frame defined Turn blue to grey in time I’ll just end up being silent because my words don’t mean a thing Why should I take all the blame when I’m just hanging by a string Taking time to think it over while my heart is checking in It’s a game of keeping secrets that I’m never going to win Transparency’s apparent swings Watch them rise and watch them fall Colors returning, bright and burning Turning points, one and all Breathe in deep Painting pictures in the mirror where it once was black and gray Drifting closer to the colors of a bright and sunny day Isolation was a friend but now I’m glad to see them go A change of seasons, state of mind, basking in the afterglow
2.
Hive Mind 03:37
Insecurity turned your shaken might aside Coming from a retreat, a misplaced sense of pride What do you believe? Lies, a dead-end street What do you believe? Every plan that falls through is taken as a sign Now you’re sitting idle to echo by design What do you believe? Lies, a dead-end street What do you believe? Same as bad company Now the curtain is falling and you’ll regret Now the breath is spent and you won’t forget What do you believe? Hive mind, hive mind, hive mind
3.
Driftwood 03:31
Reeling like a boat on the crest of a wave (I know) the bark’s peeled back, built to decay (And so) the current’s left to carry me downstream (Drowning from the weight) The hourglass sits underneath the ebb (and flow) The tendrils grip and I stop to feel (them grow) The current’s left to carry me downstream Drowning from the weight Pariahs fed to piranhas at sail Our marks on driftwood prevail The pre-conceived notions, we’re destined to fail You can’t float when the baggage weighs you down And the shore is all you want to see I need more than survival Grasp for something that’s vital I need more than survival Grasp for something that’s vital Shine a light to break through the night Then I’ll carry on my own
4.
Bleed Me Dry 03:26
Take this flight into the sun, keep everything that’s left behind ok, so dismayed There’s something in the air we breathe, rank ties that bind our company ok, so dismayed And that’s fine, when there’s nothing left you’ll bleed me dry, and that’s fine Worn down to a skeleton key can still open any path I create, another way Echoes of what left me here all fade away as I lean to detonate, another way And that’s fine, when there’s nothing left you’ll bleed me dry And that’s fine, when there’s nothing left you’ll chew my spine But you won’t take everything Take this flight into the sun Brace for impact, let it shine As the world implodes around me so do smoke and mirrors Scorched ground but you can’t take everything so that’s fine
5.
Rebirth 04:27
Our blood runs cold, in the face of starting over Lost and fell into the fold, sweeping undertow Lacking better words, a pleading pantomime Of walls that lie beneath and seeds left to grow Nocturnal bag of bones shedding our skin We’ve got our whole lives to begin Rebirth, regress, and wading through excess We’ve seen where the cards lay, built to display Nowhere is free and so I’m moving on Although these scars will last, chased by the past And it cuts right through me but I don’t mind ‘cuz if I’m still too long then I’ll get left behind And when it’s done, you’ll see it in my eyes You’ll never take me alive And it cuts right through me but I don’t mind You’ll never take me alive
6.
You refuse to see dawn Under light so strong A battle uphill You refuse to move on, to move on, to move on, to move on So trying, how fitting That we can’t look away Long walk, deplete Salting the Earth beneath our feet Part and parcel left to fend We watch the cycle come again Slow down, and take a look around Slow down So trying, how fitting That we can’t look away Long walk, to repeat forevermore Silence as we see what we’ve displayed Jaded bones come knocking at our door Silence as we blink and we fade Slow down, and take a look around Slow dance for eternity Slow down, and take a look around Slow down, slow down Remind me it’s working Who’s really in the way? So trying, how fitting That we can’t look away
7.
Static Home 03:17
Profuse of energy Like a drive that carries me Gears turning gears of nothing Erase all that’s left of this codependency Like a flash on the screen of my static home Come forth to seize the bright decay I find it hard to rise above the scene The sentiment is all but lost on me Artificial heart can I see through and know where it starts It’s a vatic art whose strains are Left a mountain apart Distraction customized your Wasting time as another disguise Watching problems pass me by Out the window of my static home Come forth to seize the bright decay I find it hard to rise above the scene The sentiment is all but lost on me It takes me away
8.
Red Herring 03:12
Never ready for the force of ego It’s anxiety to start the day Hope that I can get a place turned over But it never goes that way Don’t pull the plug on this place so outright, wish there’s Something left to turn the tide We’ve been debating with the likes of brick walls Til our happiness turns snide, I said Don’t look back in anger We’re already in line to see I won’t point out your red herrings As long as you don’t bother me Never ready for the course that we go How long have we waited for something new Am I so drained from the path its taken Am I a fool for sticking through Been wasting my breath for how long There’s a lot you’ve gotta keep at bay I’m surprised that the world turned over ‘cuz it seems like yesterday Such a mistake holding on Times have changed, oh well, so long I’m surprised that the world turned over ‘cuz it seems like yesterday
9.
I’ll try to change, I’ll try to give But it’s just a small point when it’s such a big picture Well I could shout why use my words It’s hardly worth it when it never gets better After today I’m moving on, I haven’t slept in so long But I can’t convince everyone else, everything seems crazy but I’m not yet Well it could be you don’t do shit I’ve tried a million times and what do I get, oh It chips away ‘til nothing’s left But a bad taste in my mouth a little regret and After today I’m moving on, I haven’t slept in so long But I can’t convince everyone else, everything seems crazy but I’m not yet I can’t believe in anything at all When everybody’s heart just seems too small Every time I start to wonder why I’m starting over again
10.
Commiserate a bit too much It’s a hard walk, getting around on the same old crutch Piling up, can’t let go Heart’s a hard habit to break so no one’s eating crow We’re still looking around But nothing’s changed Bide my time, waiting to grow We’ve shaken the locks so wholly now what’s left to show? Watching these follies falling further behind and Every time I’m left more and more resigned The weight of these thoughts is pushing down on my head and Every time I see it’s pushing me instead We’re still looking around But nothing’s changed
11.
Don't Wait 04:06
No keeping pace, so out of place Derelict contradiction, forced as our prediction No time and place, write and erase These elements avert you, they’re nothing to hold on to The same decay persists, passed down as something to purvey Don’t waste away, the calendar fills its page again so don’t wait Falling through each day anew The hourglass sand spilling forth from our hands Awkward pause, awaiting draws Disappointment to cement as anger and resentment The same decay persists, passed down as something to purvey Don’t waste away, the calendar fills its page again so don’t wait Disembodied voices, channels void of all the noises in our heads Though our writing’s just begun, I feel as though we’ve won
12.
Cursed, maladroit hiding behind the word Strings wearing thin Another thread stops where one begins Retract and suspend At our worst, patiently wait like we rehearsed Strings wearing thin Think before when we’d fled Learning to mend in its stead Calm my shakin’ knees (they’re gonna take it back) Bite the hand that feeds (they’re gonna take it back) Spent so long regaining control yet every night I toss and turn And I wonder if you’ll still be there tomorrow I wonder if you’ll still be there tomorrow I wonder if you’ll still be there tomorrow I wonder if we knew what lies ahead would we still (toss and turn) Curse upon my view (they’re gonna take it back) Tellin’ me it’s true (they’re gonna take it back) Spent so long regaining control yet every night I toss and turn And I wonder if you’ll still be there tomorrow I wonder if you’ll still be there tomorrow I wonder if you’ll still be there tomorrow I wonder if we knew what lies ahead would we still

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released March 19, 2021

Jessica Jeansonne - Vocals/Melodica
Andrew Heaton - Guitar/Vocals/Trombone
Derek Kerley - Drums/Keyboard/Vocals
Joshawa Billiot - Bass
Guillermo Gibson - Tenor Sax
Nevin Applewhite - Alto Sax
Brandon Kenyon - Cornet

Recorded and mixed by Derek Kerley at Kerley Studios in Long Beach, MS.
Mastered by James Whitten at Hightower Recording in New Orleans, LA.

Art by Luke Johnson

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