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Eternal (Deluxe Edition)

by Jim Shorts

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chroyboy This record is an example of someone taking cues from their favorite artists/records and improving upon the elements from those sources they hold most near and dear. Favorite track: Perversion 3.0.
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1.
Christine 02:51
Christine, can’t you hear me now? Christine, won’t you please come down? We’ve been running around all around your doorway We’ve been trying to find you for several days Could you come out and smile for a second at least? Could you come out and give us something sweet? Christine, can’t you hear me now? Pristine, you sure know how to wear us down We’ve been running in circles for four days, We’ve been yelling your name in a strange haze We’ve been collecting clues and we’ll keep them Until you sweetly return Christine, oh please Oh please Funny how you left us full moons
2.
Omega Undone 01:15
Take two steps towards the canyon Feel the weight of both your feet And notice how the river Flows fluid and discreet Take two steps towards the mountain Feel your stomach start to turn Omega undone in your mind The language starts to burn Starts to burn Coming out of a throat Coming out of your throat
3.
Waiting on the magi Throw my weight against this wall I hear the trumpets pick up speed And my phone’s ringing again You call me up, you ring out strong As the silly syllables allow Always caught in between in my mind And I don’t wanna leave Well, baby let’s leave You can plant me where you want me I will be in the promised land Let’s find a new patch of paradise Come on I’ll grab your hand I answer with a big smile You can see it if you try Come on, come on Come on, come on There’s greener grass Right over there Just on the edge of our vision The walls come tumbling down I don’t hear the trumpets I only hear you Only wanna hear you You can plant me where you want me I will be in the promised land Let’s find a new patch of paradise Come on I’ll grab your hand
4.
Soulful bodies keep on dancing around On the bottoms of clouds On little mystic shrouds Soulful bodies have a knack for the steps And I don’t think They’ll ever forget God let them down Frightened ghosts, they keep on roaming around Up to the heavens And back down on the ground Frightened ghosts, they have a little glow And I think they know That they know God let them down All you’ve got is yourself All I’ve got is myself We’ll make a circle Invite some other selves Yeah, now all we’ve got is ourselves.
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If you were in space A time and a place (No one asked me anything) If you were in heaven United with seven (No one believes in anything) Counting the syllables out loud Then retrace your steps (Now I think I see the problem)
6.
You’re my superhero, And one day I hope you know As I lift the ladle You dump the spices in so slow You’re my superhero I ripen in your soft glow Don’t wanna follow the recipe Would you help me to let go? How does it feel That these knives cut us in the same places? How does it feel To watch our tears fall down the opposite faces? How does it feel Now that we’re taking up all the same spaces? You’re my superhero Still so much that I don’t know I love taking your mask off Inching closer, burning slow You’re my superhero Across the table laughing so So hard, I almost choke This is what a fucking table’s for
7.
Some days I just wanna live in Rust Flip through a century of dust Separate myself from earth at night Live in the tiny specks of time Come in through the backdoor sometimes Fuck you, I don’t want to talk about my day I swear to god that nothing happened Just another drop in a backwards wave Is there a space between my cells? Is there a place that I can’t tell Even exists? Is that where I’m always running to? The cloud that you see right through Some days I just wanna keep some Secrets Sometimes I don’t want you to know I’m not thinking about much at all I’m just letting my mind roam
8.
Explore all the possibilities For what’s inside that box Try to support yourself As you flow gently into shock I’m coming down the canyon I’m gonna ask so many questions downtown Open up a big old hole Let yourself fall right in Buddy system from now on Feel that call from within If you wanna know where I’m from We’re gonna have to drink a few more If you wanna know what I’ve become It’s up to you to open that door Cause I’m hauling rocks Up to the mountain Twenty-first century maximum output
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Instrumental
10.
Every time it comes around Come around and I freeze to death To death and back again Just like I remember when We were alive in some way (That’s what the experts would say?) We were alive for something (What the fuck is that ringing?) There’s a problem with the drums again Skipping stones I licked before Before I needed rock and roll Rolled in sound, guitars and noise Noise of silence, noise of the soul
11.
You were locking up the schoolyard after dark Regularly scheduled summer safety walk Scrubbing off the graffiti You feel just a little bit guilty about it Kick off another year so well It’ll end up like the last Will they love you like in the movies Or is that just a thing of the past? They can’t see past their toes How will they learn to go somewhere else? Noah, you could have done anything But you chose to stay right here I guess no one tells us how to be happy They just tell us what to fear If you had the chance to go back I really don’t think you would You go on and on about how life’s good The old you would have just knocked on wood But your new arc is always misunderstood.
12.
Garnish on the front lawn Final resting place for pride With all this Unbiased Unity I want to give in to myself In the study near the bookshelf Knocking over all your claims I’m a baby I am a legend My mind is in ashes I’m okay Tiger kills its prey I don’t have to live that way It hurts a self to be a self So dogmatic and so free I think I’m out fishing You can find me near the pond You can find me And me eternal Talking to myself Sage, ruler, and shaman Living all together as one God the father, God the son It’s in my spirit to be someone
13.
I don’t believe in much But there are things that I can’t see I don’t believe in much But some days, I feel stupid and free I can’t tell you what thoughts are real I can’t explain what’s going on Please just sit beside me Help me listen to this song I’m not gonna cry at all I won’t say a word I don’t need to shed tears I don’t even want to be heard The magic already caught me The wonder I can’t see And if you lean in real close Can you feel it moving in me? Sometimes I just don’t feel the need To talk everything through Sometimes I think it’s better To do what your body tells you to I don’t know the reason why You put that record on Start to dance around the room All reasons are gone
14.
I am perversion 3.0 I know more than I though I’d know by now It’s good to surprise yourself sometimes I am perversion 3.0 The bad times move through afterglow Never thought I’d be back here so soon I am perversion 3.0 Remember how I called you “silver girl” “Bridge Over Troubled Water” still gets me every time I am perversion 3.0 You’re my best friend You are all I need Patching up the scrapes on my knees I am perversion 3.0 Maybe god still loves me after all Problem is, there’s no way to know And I don’t think I wanna know
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Eternal was recorded April 2016 - July 2016
in David's bedroom.

Mixed by David Haynes
Mastered by Zach Ramsey

CD Artwork by David Haynes
Photo by Emily Jean
Cassette Artwork by Emily Jean


Released November 1, 2016
on Trash Dog Records.
TDR-013

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