Over Many Horizons

It would be easier not to go, the road’s so hard and rough, I know
I’d be hollow, but I would be home
But you, so selfless, know me better – you know I’m just a story teller
I’m not meant to follow, but to stand up front, on my own

When home still lies over many horizons, and the sky is so endlessly wide
But if this life holds any surprises, you’re the one that I want by my side

There will be hours of long highway drives, dreaming of you and a musical life
My muse with a beautiful heart, so hard to describe
I’ll scroll through our photos uncountable times 
While crossing this country for nickels and dimes
Missing the way that these melodies light up your eyes

When home still lies over many horizons, and the sky is so endlessly wide
But if this life gives any surprises, you’re the one that I want by my side

Home still lies over many horizons, but I can’t get you off of my mind
It may feel like my heart’s uninviting, but I promise you’re always inside
Over many horizons, over many horizons

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Taylor Lang - guitar, bass, vocals, piano, organ
Casey Lewis - additional vocals & percussion
Christina Lackowicz - additional vocals
Justin Wilson - additional vocals
Aiden Dunne - drums

All music and lyrics © Blaeser 2022 

Recorded, mixed & mastered by Casey Lewis at Echo Base Studio in Calgary, AB
October - December 2021

Cover design by Cold Crow Creative

An Audio Guide to Introspection

Over Many Horizons

Potential Paths

There were a thousand variations 
of the man that I am today
All those endless iterations 
that I had to leave behind along the way

One died smiling on a bus outside a bar
One fell off a bridge into the western sea
One took hold inside an idling car 
And changed where my life would lead

But what solace does it offer, what wisdom would I gain
To read a book that I have authored, to act is if it’s best to stay the same

How would life be different now
Had I not allowed my path to bend
Would I call my wife a lover
A stranger or a friend

So what solace does it offer, what wisdom would I gain
To read a book that I have authored, to act as if it’s best to stay the same
Is it not better to wander potential paths that may be strange
To choose that which makes us stronger, even if we lose what makes us safe

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Taylor Lang - guitar, bass, vocals, piano, organ
Casey Lewis - additional vocals & percussion
Christina Lackowicz - additional vocals
Justin Wilson - lead guitar
Aiden Dunne - drums

All music and lyrics © Blaeser 2022 

Recorded, mixed & mastered by Casey Lewis at Echo Base Studio in Calgary, AB
October - December 2021

Cover design by Cold Crow Creative

Potential Paths

Mexico '08

An old friend that I have not seen in years appeared in a dream last night
As I tried to reconnect, she caught me in a lie
Words cannot fully describe the disgust on her face
As our friendship fully died and mistrust took its place

Those years, they were not great, but understand I appreciate
The time you chose to spend with me, the kindness shown so graciously
Apologies for all of these stupid hoops I put you through
And all the friend necessities that I always seemed to fail to do

The turning point was in Mexico ‘08
By the time she said she’d go, we had already missed the plane
How would things be different after Mexico ‘08
Would I know your children now, would our friendship remain

I used to get those calling cards to catch up overseas
Adding 18 hours so you wouldn’t be asleep
Now you’re home, but I don’t know if we will ever meet
Because I often write the message but I always hit delete

If only we’d had Mexico ‘08
But anything I do would now be many years too late
Oh, I tried to go to Mexico ‘08
Now I’m just reliving all those times I made mistakes

Oh, I could’ve been there at Mexico ‘08
Smiling in the photos as we all celebrate
Oh, we weren’t the same after Mexico ‘08
I could try to fix it but the truth is I’m afraid

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Taylor Lang - guitar, bass, vocals
Casey Lewis - additional vocals & percussion
Aiden Dunne - drums

All music and lyrics © Blaeser 2022 

Recorded, mixed & mastered by Casey Lewis at Echo Base Studio in Calgary, AB
October - December 2021

Cover design by Cold Crow Creative

Mexico '08

The Hero & The Heroin

I remember tasting you for the first time
The way I sat and waited for you to arrive
There was an instant high, sharp like obsidian blades
To this day, the truth is I would still do anything to stay

It’s always been this way, even from the start
Blood rushing through my veins, even as you break my heart
 
My lips whisper your name as I lie in the dark
I’m burning up without a flame, I’m gasoline without a spark
Just one more, what’s the harm
 
I tried to cut you off, I tried to keep my distance
I tried to go without you, it never made a difference
There’s a need for you, written down deep in my chest
A greed that’s only satisfied when everything’s a mess
 
It always ends the same, no matter where we are
Blood rushing to my brain, even as I’m torn apart
 
My lips whisper your name as I lie in the dark
I’m burning up without a flame, I’m gasoline without a spark
You said there wouldn’t be a mark
 
My lips whisper your name as I lie in the dark
I’m burning up without a flame, I’m gasoline without a spark
You used to ease the pain, now you only leave the scar
These needles full of your disdain, I can’t shake from my arms
You said it wouldn’t be this hard 

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Taylor Lang - guitar, vocals
Pluvelle - additional vocals

All music and lyrics © Blaeser 2022 

Recorded, mixed & mastered by Casey Lewis at Echo Base Studio in Calgary, AB
October - December 2021

Cover design by Cold Crow Creative

The Hero & The Heroin

100 Proof (feat. Cold Little Crow)

Let’s light a fire in the living room, let’s really get this party started
Don’t bother being broken-hearted, you know these women don’t mean much
So drain your courage and your sorrow from a cup
Drown yourself and fill back up, cause a hundred’s not enough
 
I hate the taste of every shot of this hundred proof
But I still drink every night
I race it to the bottom of the bottle to avoid the truth 
But I still drink every night
 
Alone in the crowd again
Are any of them your friends
 
The burning used to bring me to life, but now it only brings me down
Now it only burns me out, a warmth at home in hell
 
Ashes cold in a dying room, I’m back to where I started
My liquid wisdom long departed, now there’s just the crutch
The broken glass that holds me up, the slow death from a thousand cuts
Cause a hundred’s not enough
 
I hate the taste of every shot of this hundred proof
But I still drink every night
I race it to the bottom of the bottle to avoid the truth 
But I still drink every night
I hate the taste of every drop of this hundred proof
But I still drink every night
I chase it to the bottom of the bottle to avoid the truth 
But I still drink every night

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Taylor Lang - guitar, bass, vocals, organ
Casey Lewis - additional vocals & percussion
Christina Lackowicz - additional vocals
Justin Wilson - lead guitar
Aiden Dunne - drums

All music and lyrics © Blaeser 2022 

All tracks recorded, mixed & mastered by Casey Lewis at Echo Base Studio in Calgary, AB
October - December 2021

Cover design by Cold Crow Creative

100 Proof (feat. Cold Little Crow)

Hello, Brother

Hello brother, please come in, you’re welcome here
It’s a place to praise, to pray and raise your spirits
Don’t you worry, it’s okay if you are not quite perfect
We are not, it does not stop these words from being worth it

Hello brother, tell me your troubles, why your head’s so heavy
What burdens break you down, why do you carry so many
Let us help you with your struggles, together, like brothers
As we’d do for anyone who needlessly suffers

Cause brother, you will see, the world’s much bigger than you and me
The brightest light lies in the darkness, when the night is at its darkest
Brother, here you’ll come to know a family full of love and hope
A family with its arms wide open to all others

Hello brother, I’m glad you’re safe
You know the world isn’t always the most understanding place
But we have one another, and you only have to ask
Whatever you are going through, your brothers have your back

Cause brother, you will see, the world’s much bigger than you and me
The brightest lights will shine regardless of this strange descending darkness
Brother, here you’ll come to know a family full of love and hope
A family with its arms wide open

Cause brother, we believe the world’s much bigger than you and me
When this life is at its hardest, we will guide you through the darkness
Brother, you must not succumb, the most hope comes where there is none
Brother, what are you doing? Brother, what have you done?

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Taylor Lang - guitar, bass, vocals
Casey Lewis - additional vocals & percussion
Aiden Dunne - drums

All music and lyrics © Blaeser 2022 

All tracks recorded, mixed & mastered by Casey Lewis at Echo Base Studio in Calgary, AB
October - December 2021

Cover design by Cold Crow Creative

Hello, Brother

Sandpaper Hands

Our hands are sandpaper, they’re rough and torn, tough and worn
They’re skilled at building these war machines
That take like a fire does from gasoline, but still we wonder
If there is hope for our flawed design

One hand understands the blueprints, and dreams of future flight
While the other apathetically suffers, and sets the plans alight

Our hands are sandpaper, and our fists insist they are nothing more
Always stuck in storms between 
Ideals gone sick or saccharine, but still we wander
In search of that which we can refine

One hand understands the blueprints, and dreams of future flight
While the other apathetically suffers, and sets the plans alight

I question not what we can do, only if we will do what we are able to
Lose our misconceptions and fatalistic views
Use the infinite potential we divide and we label

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Taylor Lang - guitar, bass, vocals, piano, organ
Casey Lewis - additional vocals & percussion
Aiden Dunne - drums

All music and lyrics © Blaeser 2022 
℗ 2022 Blaeser

All tracks recorded, mixed & mastered by Casey Lewis at Echo Base Studio in Calgary, AB
October - December 2021

Cover design by Cold Crow Creative

Sandpaper Hands

Diamond Dust

We laughed that morning, beneath the covers
Relived our lives as lifelong lovers
We celebrated cause we could

With the woodstove sparks that smelled so good
We danced and we sang, like when we were younger
Your old guitar rang out, loud like thunder
We were guests of honour, and we brought each other

I told you no, but you always fussed 
In the presence of the diamond dust

Now the ice shines like the diamond does 
In the ring that you entrusted to my finger
I’ve never liked to long, no, I’ve never been one to linger
On fancy things fated to fade, to stain or to rust
Like the diamond dust

For fifty years we built this home
Through the blazing summers and the blowing snow
I’ve watched generations that we planted grow
Patient and slow from those garden rows

That we rose above, with our love and lust 
Independent of the diamond dust

The ice, it shines like the diamond does in the ring you entrusted to my finger
I’ve never liked to long for or linger on fancy things fated to stain or to rust
There dawns a day when all of us must 
Mourn our last morning, and all those within it
But God, if you’d give me just one more minute
I’d trade every last grain of the diamond dust

I’d pray that you stay away from the diamond dust

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Taylor Lang - guitar, bass, vocals
Casey Lewis - additional vocals & percussion
Pluvelle - additional vocals
Justin Wilson - lead guitar
Aiden Dunne - drums
Carolyn Kopp - piano

All music and lyrics © Blaeser 2022 
℗ 2022 Blaeser

Recorded, mixed & mastered by Casey Lewis at Echo Base Studio in Calgary, AB
October - December 2021

Cover design by Cold Crow Creative

Diamond Dust

Lies Below

Oh Canada, what have you tried to hide
Beneath the wildflowers that you grow outside
Oh Canada, you built over the bones
You spent so much on shovels that you couldn’t give em stones

Oh Canada, you cut out the tongues
Of your eldest daughters and your firstborn sons
Oh Canada, you say leave the past alone
But you can call the last graduating class up on the phone

Now the forked tongues tell us yes, let us celebrate the service
There’s no need to know what lies below the surface
This duplicity between your teeth is making us all nervous
We’re owners of a home we never purchased

Oh Canada, the world is now aware
Our churches harbour criminals and half of us don’t care
Oh Canada, the road ahead is hard
As it goes around the children growing restless in the yard

Now the forked tongues tell us yes, that all of them deserved it
There’s no need to know the lies below the surface
So you clutch your crosses tight and you recite the tired verses
For a god who’s only happy when he curses

The forked tongues said they’d bless, instead they sent them to the furnace
The ashes scattered fast to mask the purpose
This history must not repeat, it’s time we had to learn this
To find the truth that lies below the surface

This history must not repeat, it’s time we had to learn this
To find the truth and lies below the surface

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Taylor Lang - guitar, bass, vocals, piano, organ
Casey Lewis - additional vocals & percussion
Kim Bouchard - additional vocals
Aiden Dunne - drums

All music and lyrics © Blaeser 2022 
℗ 2022 Blaeser

Recorded, mixed & mastered by Casey Lewis at Echo Base Studio in Calgary, AB
October - December 2021

Cover design by Cold Crow Creative

Lies Below

Lies Below (ft. Kim Bouchard)

Daydream Lessons

I no longer watch the clouds like I did when I was younger
I have often found they hold water now rather than wonder
My attention is spent on each fleeting impression
That get more expensive with every session
I do not recall my daydream lessons

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Taylor Lang - guitar, bass, vocals, piano
Casey Lewis - additional vocals & percussion
Pluvelle - additional vocals
Aiden Dunne - drums

All music and lyrics © Blaeser 2022 
℗ 2022 Blaeser

Recorded, mixed & mastered by Casey Lewis at Echo Base Studio in Calgary, AB
October - December 2021

Cover design by Cold Crow Creative

Daydream Lessons

Formerly of the band "Blaeser"
Acoustically aggressive fingerstyle rock
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