SILVERLINING

If You Knew

"Lonely Age"

Drifting through life, full of vacant replies
Wandering lost, like a motherless child
Not a word to say, in this lonely age
Wanna look away, go back to sleep
Accept defeat, flee in retreat, disguised

Once I could say, I was willing to try
Seeking the source, for a meaningful life
Now I pretend, just to claim I belong
Safely in step, with the vacuous throngs

Heaven knows I’d never make it
So pathetic that I ever tried to fake it
Graduate of voluntary mind-enslavement
Flew the coop and joined the troops,
A simple sleuth
Reporting from the lonely age now

Not a word to say, in this lonely age
Try to look away and, go back to sleep
Admit defeat, flee in retreat, disguised

Caught in a lie, that I’d gladly concede
Choosing a side, isn’t easy for me

Cause heaven knows I’d never make it
So pathetic that I ever tried to fake it
Graduate of voluntary mind-enslavement
Threw the coup, negotiated truth’s abatement

(Patrick Bateman)

And heaven knows we’d never make it
So pathetic that we ever tried to fake it
Graduates of voluntary mind-enslavement
Flew the coop, and joined the troops
Still put to use, consulting for the lonely age now

Written by Christian Carpenter and Derek Barber
Recorded by Robert Shelton at Tiny Telephone in Oakland, CA
Mixed by Jake Aron
Mastered by Bijan Sharifi 

Christian Carpenter: Vocals, Electric Bass, OBX, Dx7, Drum Machine Programming, Eventide H910 live effects processing
Anthony Ferraro: ARP 2600, Hammond B3 Organ, Studiologic Sledge 
Derek Barber: Slide Electric Guitar
Mark Clifford: Vibraphones
Andrew Maguire: Bongos, Shaker
Geneva Harrison: Drums

Nihilist funk indie groover with insightful, precise lyrics, hooky choruses, and crafty word-play.

Lonely Age

Solitude ( Prod. Mxkn Hndrx )

Are we done tell me now, I forgot don’t know, girl I need to know. What we talked, talked about, was it love was it doubt, are we in or out. 

Should I leave, to keep my heart from breaking, am I confused upon the words I’m saying, is this love or just the fear I’m facing, in the end.

Are we strangers, or did we just forget our names, are we strangers, will we ever call again.

Was it truth, was it a lie, did I miss all the signs, I think I’m falling behind. Now I’m stuck in my head, replay all the things we said laying in my bed.

Did we fall or were we just pretending Was it real or just a phase that’s ending Are we broken or too scared too feel the pain

Are we strangers, or did we just forget our names, are we strangers, will we ever call again.

Strangers

[Verse]
The circuit hums, the signal breaks
A message lost, the wires shake
The words collapse, the edges fade
No route ahead, no course remains
The walls repeat what none recall
A vacant voice declares it all
The script is shifting, cast in static
The cycle turns, the numbers fall

[Chorus]
This is the signal, this is the call
Data rising, data falls
A flicker dying, a fractured sound
No direction, breaking down
(Erase, replace, repeat, distort
Erase, replace, repeat, distort,
Erase, replace, repeat, distort,
Erase, replace, repeat, distort)

[Verse]
The past erased, the records changed
The story bends, the names replaced
The mirror fractures, forms align
A hollow pulse, a borrowed time
What once was fact is now inverted
What once was real is now perverted
The source reworked, the page rewritten
A faceless code, a truth now hidden

[Chorus]
This is the signal, this is the call
Data rising, data falls
A flicker dying, a fractured sound
No direction, breaking down
(Erase, replace, repeat, distort
Erase, replace, repeat, distort,

Erase, Replace

So am I

In the cosmos

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Edition of 100 cassettes.

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