Music and Lyrics written by Chris Arnold
Produced by Faded Pages
Recorded, mixed and mastered by Sam Arnold

Chris Arnold- Lead vocals, backing vocals, acoustic guitar
Sam Arnold- Backing vocals, banjo, fretless bass


Phrontistery (demo)

This is song no.1 in a writing exercise I've been doing. One song in one day, recorded with a simple mic on Garage Band in my living room.  Bare bones. 
Thanks for listening!
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All sounds composed by Chris Arnold, lyrics by Chris Arnold

Guitars, vocals, software drums - Chris Arnold


Lyrics:

Just beyond the graying fields
I lied to you
Heavy though we came to feel
Sedated as the vacant moon

It's just a phase of stifled air
Or so we say
I feel my blood running scarce
Loveless all that we betray


Oh, out of the need for change
I gave myself
Oh, it's deep in the desperate dark
Where I left my mark


And Every time you cross my mind
It breaks my spine
It's just the way you cross your legs
It gives me strength to stray

It's just a spell of settled love
Or so we assume
But I felt a vibrant rush of blood
Under the light of a foreign moon


Oh, out of the need for change
I gave myself
Oh, it's deep in the desperate dark
Where I left my mark


But I thought of you
I always do
I thought of you...

Foreign Moon (24 hour song)

The second song from my "24 hr songs" series. Each song is written within 24 hours as a writing exercise, and recorded with one crappy mic on Garage Band in my living room.

All sounds composed by Chris Arnold

Lyrics- Chris Arnold
Vocals/guitars- Chris Arnold


Lyrics:

Hold on Catalina
Don't let yourself eat up your own fire
Can someone go and stop her before she changes her mind
There's still time
Still time...

Hold on to me
I'm not ready to watch you fade from my light 
Why can't you just give up trying to force down all the lies?
There's still time
Still time…

Are you changing?
Simply slipping and fading? (So fatal, so low)
Contort and contract
Cave in and collapse (Your tired, ailing glow)
Off to somewhere sacred
Somewhere silent and naked ("Just ashes in the rain")
Fire frozen and grey (The last words you'll say)
Falling away

Hold on…
Hold on…
Hold on…


Catalina (24 hour song)

Presenting the 3rd track from the 24-hour songs series.

All songs in the 24-hour song series were written and composed within 24 hours, then recorded with one lousy USB mic into Garage Band. Quality might not be the best, but the tracks are raw and real.

"Given to the Ghost"

All music and sounds written and composed by Chris Arnold
Lyrics- Chris Arnold

Acoustic and electric guitars, vocals and backing vocals- Chris Arnold

Recorded and mixed by Chris Arnold

Lyrics:

(verse)
I simplify the thoughts you gave
I can't rectify all these holes we made
I laugh it off
From dark until the light gave 

(verse)
I exemplify your golden age
Don't sympathize with a word I say
I'll throw it all
Back into your face
Just the same 

(chorus)
I've been feeding the fire, when did I 
Cut out my eyes?
And these chains must be mine
I'm pulling them tight
Cause I wanted you here
No, I needed you here
Not for me, though
For me alone

(verse)
You fade into a deeper sphere
Just until you nearly disappear
You're folding in 
On yourself
It's just as well

(verse)
And If you want to haunt me
I will go happily
To live inside your shadow
Given to the ghost


(chorus)
You've grown cold, you're reposed
here on your bed of coals
Have you slipped through your chains?
A soft wash and carried away
I needed you here
No, I wanted you here
Now I can see
 
(verse)
We can't defeat our enemies
We just repeat all our tendencies
Try to tear it out
Until it's all we can think about

(outro)
I'll tear out that part of me
(Please let me go)
I'll wear down your enemies
(Please leave me alone…)
I'll eat up my own tail
I'll self-destruct and fail
I know it's too late
I choked off the chains
But I'll swallow your latent virtue
I'll hollow out the nature that hurt you 
I'll go to war with myself
I'll burn down your hell...


Given to the Ghost (24-Hour Song)

Here's our second demo track, "Across The Divide" It's 100% independently recorded, mixed and mastered by us.  We're pretty proud of it! We hope you enjoy it.

Music- Chris Arnold, Faded Pages
Lyrics- Chris Arnold

Produced, Engineered, Mixed, Mastered, Recorded- Sam Arnold

Guitars, Lead Vocals, Backing Vocals- Chris Arnold

MTD AG6 Bass, Keyboards, Moog MF-101, Backing Vocals- Sam Arnold

Drum Programming- Chris Arnold, Sam Arnold


Across The Divide

Take your hand from my face
I don't need your condescending embrace
You think you know what I am
But my poison's a very peculiar brand


You tried to force us in
With all your cardboard cut out friends
But all you do is shout out and contend with our wicked hearts
No, you just keep on screaming

There's a fine line between order and chaos
A frayed thread that winds it's way through us
There's a hard fall, Just on the other side of this wall and

It used to be they told you where to stand
Slipped nonchalant into the palm of your hand
It's just the way it's always been


And they'll cry for your change, 
Then they'll spit in your face
They'll stone you
They'll cut you down
Until they say you're sane

The sold out souls of all these 
Post-war kids,
They all just wanna grow to be 
Beautiful idiots
Wide eyed
But fast asleep
Will they never wake?


Get your hand out of my mouth
My words aren't yours to cut out and break down
It's a useless game we just pass back the blame
It's always the same
All to keep a deep wound bleeding 
And when it gets caught in the throat 
They tell you just lie down and swallow

Cause there's a fine line we've drawn here between us
A frayed thread that winds its way through us
There's a hard fall, just on the other side of that wall

It used to be they told you where to stand
Slipped nonchalant into the palm of your hand
It's just the way it's always been


The sold out souls of all these 
post-war kids, 
They're all just gonna grow to be 
Complacent misfits
Tired eyed
But hard awake
It's always the same

They'll cry for your change, 
Then they'll spit in your face
They'll stone you
They'll cut you down
It's always the same
We'll never wake
It's always the same

Across The Divide

Here's a song Chris wrote and recorded at home on one crappy USB mic in GarageBand.  As such, the audio quality isn't great, so turn it up and use headphones if you've got em!

"These Tattered Threads"

Words and Music by Chris Arnold
Piano, Keyboards, Guitars, Vocals, Software Drums- Chris Arnold


Lyrics:

All you need
Is a quiet place to force-feed
Just somewhere I can follow

The morning that pulls from the night
Silent whispers of your shadows and stolen light
It leaves you empty
Leaves you weak

And grasping at air
These Tattered threads
They still hold you there


Stay your hands
You're threading the needle with frayed ends
These itchy fingers and thoughts linger too long

All I need
Put it back on me
Just put it back on me
Put it back on me


All you take
Leaves you pinned under the dead weight
You're somewhere I can't follow

In mourning, you drag through the dust
Shatter-boned and back-broken with a mind full of rust
It leaves you empty
Leaves you weak

All you take
(Put it back on me)
All you take
(Put it back on me)
All you take
(Put it back)

These Tattered Threads(Home Demo)

This is a song I heard in a dream I had. I woke up and recorded it so I could remember it. The dream was strange and beautiful and weirdly bittersweet. The music matches exactly what I saw. I hope it takes you somewhere too
-Chris, Faded Pages

Vocals, guitars, piano, keyboard, all other sounds and lyrics by Chris Arnold

I lost my place
forgot my name
change time, same pace
Same rate, decay   
Why can't I find
My mind, your light
Get out, get in
Can't give, restart 
Can't fall apart
Can't fall apart
Fall apart 

Saudade (home demo)

Here's a home demo, "Parasite", recorded on a crappy USB mic into Garage band, so audio isn't great. Turn it up!

Music and lyrics written by Chris Arnold

Vocals, backing vocals, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, piano, keyboards- Chris Arnold

software drums- Chris Arnold

Recorded, mixed by Chris Arnold

"Parasite"

I must have carried home a parasite last night
About the size of a hole in my hindsight
It's burning up my insides

Spilled my guts into a bucket and doubled over on the floor
With nothing left inside me but a biting hollow in my core
Crying for more


For something I can't spare
It's not that I don't care
But something's very wrong
You settled into where you don't belong
I've got to get you out
I feel it now
the blood pools in my mouth  


I might've left you in that bleeding morning light
But many is the man who turns a blind eye
Weakened by his own mind

I called for fire and conspired to burn the air out of my chest
I swallow my smoke in hopes to choke you out of my own mess
Before you cry again

For something I can't spare
It's not that I don't care
But something's very wrong
You settled into where you don't belong
Why can't I get you out?
It's like trying to shout
With blood pooled in my mouth  

Parasite (Home Demo)

A lo-fi (garage band on my laptop) home demo of a new song, Wildfire...
Words and music: Chris Arnold
Vocals, guitars, keyboards, piano, drum programming: Chris Arnold


Wildfire

(Verse)
I am bruised, I'm discolored
Don't pass me by
See-through, and uncovered
You'll paint the colors in my eyes

I have watched you disappear
It took the blood out of me
But I'm strong, unlike you feared
You are no crutch for me

(Pre-chorus)
But you are wild, you are fire
I can't hold you sometimes
But it's worth the burn to try

(Chorus)
Are we lost? Are we broken?
Can't we stop and start over?
Hold this love still in this moment

(Bridge)

With eyes shut
Slip inside us
With your eyes shut
Force it away
Clear out the haze
Force it away
Clear out the haze
Force it away
Let go of the smoke
I can let you burn
I won't let you burn out
I can let you burn

(Verse)

I have watched you disappear
(I won't let you burn out)
It took the blood out of me
But I have seen you come back
(I can let you burn)
I can't unsee that...

(Chorus)

We're not lost, we're just broken
(I will hold this)
We can stop and start over
(In our moment)
This is our love, and we own it
(Here I'm frozen)
We just are, what we say are

Home Demos

Wildfire (home demo)

Here's another home demo, recorded lo-fi, so I suggest headphones and volume cranked.. thanks for listening

Words and music- Chris Arnold
Vocals, guitars, piano, keyboards, other sounds- Chris Arnold


In The Void

I don't know where your head is sometimes
I can't tie a line to your neck
But you pull me in

And you bite your lip
I find it obscene, dear
Because I'm always left here
In your wake

Oh, and we drift so far part
I can wait
I'll get lost in the counterparts 
Oh...

(Chorus)
I could drain the blood out from it all
With a long night and a bottle of risperdal
But I'd take any reason to stop



Lately I keep singing the same theme
It's disorienting
I hate the noise

But when your voice surrounds me
I can't hardly breathe, dear
And I'm on me knees here
In your void

Oh, you sound so far away
A fractured voice
Burning out in the gain
Oh...

(Chorus)
I could tear the limbs out from it all
In a long night with a bottle of risperdal
But please give me a reason to stop...

In The Void (Home Demo)

Founded by Portland, OR natives and brothers Chris and Sam.  Alternative/Indie Rock. Soul. Folk. Blue Grass. Jazz. We're multi-instrumentalists making music we like. We perform live throughout the Portland Metro area.

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