[Track #6 of 9]
Alanthus Drive performing 'Telephone Wires'. (C) 2011 Nathan Smith.

Lyrics

Telephone wires, disguised as leaves,
Telephone polls mimic trunks of trees,
Giants wave their arms over open fields,
Slowly pushing outwards,
I'm slowly caving in,
Wondering where we are going,
And where we'll begin again

Telephone calls disguised as friends,
A will that breaks and doesn't bend,
A reliance once so strong, now just foolish talk,
I don't want to give up,
But there's no way around,
Telling us to speak, but without a sound

Refuse to submit and to follow,
Don't look up, don't answer the call,
Deception is the greater refuge,
Manipulation, the greater fall,
The temperature's rising,
But only in my viens,
Vain conceit on a precipice of praise

Electric fences keep us in chains,
Vacant words of promised change,
A giant man waives our rights, allows no appeals,
Quickly forcing on us,
Stomping free will out,
Mistaking wolves in sheeps clothing once again

Refuse to submit and to follow,
Don't look up, don't answer the call,
Deception is the greater refuge,
Manipulation, the greater fall,
The temperature's rising,
But only in my viens,
Vain conceit on a precipice of praise

Refuse to give him time to borrow,
Don't heed a word, no hypnotic lull,
Fabrication, his words, so frail,
Take what's yours, take back your soul,
The water is rising,
We're drowning in our tears,
The captain's watching us drowning from the pier

Telephone Wires

[Track #1 of 9]
Alanthus Drive performing 'Always September'. (C) 2011 Nathan Smith.

Lyrics

The sky is grey and angry,
 The clouds seem to cry, 
After flashes and responses, they leave nothing of themselves behind,
 We are one in the same, today

I pan this crooked room, 
This calendar hangs for me to see,
 Longingly, I wish for her to be mine,
 It makes me a little more brave

I wish it was always September, 
The month her beauty never leaves, 
Even as the leaves change color in the cool breeze, 
It's a picture perfect view of her

Our words are short and brief,
 Followed by a fractured sigh, 
Day after day of wasted time, I leave nothing of myself behind,
 We are going together nowhere, this time,
We are going together nowhere, this time

I wish it was always September, 
The month her beauty never leaves, 
Even as the leaves change color in the cool breeze,
 It's a picture perfect view of her

The sky is breaking, 
There's a beam shining through,
My heart is now reminding me,
 Your love could break all doubt

I wish it was always September,
The month your beauty never fades,
Even as the trees change colors in the organic breeze,
 It's a picture perfect view of you,
 It's a picture perfect view of you

Always September

[Track #8 of 9]
Alanthus Drive performing 'Aurora Odyssey '87'. (C) 2011 Nathan Smith.

Instrumental

Aurora Odyssey '87

[Track #5 of 9]
Alanthus Drive performing '(lemniscate)'. (C) 2011 Nathan Smith.

Instrumental

(lemniscate)

[Track #2 of 9]
Alanthus Drive performing 'Cracked Glass Heart'. (C) 2011 Nathan Smith.

Lyrics
I'm running circles in the sky,
But the clouds can't hold the weight of my heart,
Overhead I came and I rained on your day,
Taking too long to say what I needed to say,

I'm watching your life fall apart,
I've said 'no' before and I'm not changing my heart,
You're wearing out jeans from your knees on the ground,
Your cries and pleas now just drown out the sound

Where can I go from here?
Running these words through my head, I'm so lost;
Endless cycles, day dreams in the fog, lest it's real

Every chance I get,
She's a beauty I let slip through my hands,
Time I have wasted is time I can never get back,

The further I get from the past,
The brighter it looks from a distance,
But in the present is where we will wait,
Against this cold nostalgia that's running through my veins

Where can I go from here?
Running these words through my head, I'm so lost;
Endless cycles, day dreams in the fog, lest it's real

Every chance I get,
She's a beauty I let slip through my hands,
Time I have wasted is time I can never get back,
My heart of glass, once was flawless shows signs that it's cracked

Where can I go from here?
Singing these words, they're so empty and frail,
Endlessly searching for something that's real

Every chance I get,
She's a beauty I let slip through my hands,
Time I have wasted is time I can never get back (x2)

And my heart of glass, once was flawless shows signs that it's cracked,
And my heart of glass, once was cracked is now on the floor, smashed

Cracked Glass Heart

[Track #3 of 9]
Alanthus Drive performing 'Lift Off'. (C) 2011 Nathan Smith.

Instrumental

Lift Off!

[Track #7 of 9]
Alanthus Drive performing 'Fallout of a Dying Day'. (C) 2011 Nathan Smith.

Lyrics
Here I am,
It's 1:15AM,
My heart is melting away,
Ruins, what's left of me,
It's a little late to see,
The levee breaks, contaminated my mind,
Cycles endlessly, in my periphery,
Of what I did or did not say

Give me another chance to be myself,
Just give me one more opportunity to be myself,
I promise it'll be okay,

You sit here and defend,
Defend what's left of him,
Why can't I ever be that guy,
The one you leave him for?
It's always left to score,
I'm always last place there you find

Give me another chance to be myself,
Just give me one more opportunity to be myself,
To be myself,
Fallout of a dying day

Give me, just one more chance,
Just one more possibility to be myself,
To be myself,
It'll be okay,
I promise it'll be okay



Fallout of a Dying Day

[Track #2] from "Theoretically Speaking, Of Course!" EP
Alanthus Drive performing 'Clever'. (C) 2011 Nathan Smith.

Lyrics
You are such a crazy girl,
I know that's not what I should say,
But to heck with all my compromises

I am such a foolish heart,
That's more like what I should say,
But to heck with all your batting eyelashes

Claim I'm sane, again,
I swear,
But keep this up any longer,
And I swear I will fall for you

You always get what you want,
Broken hearts that deem you safe,
But to heck with all your clever disguises

You can't say your innocent,
Shed your guilt and repercuss,
And to heck with all tall blonde mesmerizes

Claim you're sane, again,
You swear,
And keep this up any longer,
And I swear I will kill you too

Oh, I swear I'll kill you,
oh oh, I swear I will kill you,
I swear I will kill you,
If I don't fall for you first



Clever

[Track #1] from "Theoretically Speaking, Of Course!" EP
Alanthus Drive performing 'Life in the Clinic'. (C) 2011 Nathan Smith.

Instrumental Experimental Electronica

Life in the Clinic

My name is Nathan. I play guitar... yes, just like every other person on earth it seems, but I like to think that I put together some music that is more original than not. I hope to never replicate what has already been done, as that defies the purpose of inspirational artistry. I wasn't even into music until I went to grad school, when something in my head clicked. I'm not trying to be something I'm not - let my hard work speak for itself. I care what people think about my music, but ultimately, I make it for myself. I would love for others to enjoy it as well, but some won't, and I'm fine with that. I have been working on this project for the good part of two years now (in almost total secrecy), even though now I am only finishing up some of the demos. I believe that these songs are never going to be 'finished,' rather they will be 'abandoned' because I can only take them so far before I go insane. I have no fancy production suite or studio, but I do the best with my imagination and what I have. The following music is what ensued.