(Unmastered track 3 from Educacion, coming August 2013)

You've been recorded, can't you take it in stride?
We know you've called her just a million times.
So when she's sleeping, yeah, we creep in her room,
whisper betrayal while she's dreaming of you.
So get me the President, I know he's on the other line....

So if you're listening, please start doing your job.
He was a good boy until her love was gone.
And I'm further inland when he drives to her home,
breaks through the window while she's sleeping all alone.
So Mr. President, can we please get a detail there?

Well I'm no friend of the Bone Digger,
never been said, please note the difference.
You can't even start to bring me down,
ain't never be enough to bring me down anyways.
Find me a priest of the hokey pokey,
I'll make my match on the market.
Baby you still find a way to let me down, down.

So get me the President.

We believe we should know:
why this mess? Not your bed....
We don't care, no excuse,
something wrong with his head.

We all know, you can't hide.

I'm no beau of the byte miner
took my chance when I got it.
Baby you still find a way to let me down, down.

And we'll always love you, yeah, wherever you are...
We'll keep you safe, dear, as we watch from afar.
All that we ask you is you give us your all.
Give into me before I leave in the fall....

So Mr. President, don't you think that we're sick of lies?

Bone Digger (angels of state) by Daniel and the Dragon,7/25/13

Quiet in the dark room...
Something in the water burns,
don't blink or you'll miss it.
Learn from your mistakes, and don't forget her name.

But I am not a liar I've been all out
to drown in conversation while you fade out.
Maybe we're just broken and you don't give a damn.

This thing is done if you walk out.
This thing is done if you walk away.

Make you what you're asking.
Sign the line right here,
but please my children don't come all at once.

Locked it without the key
locked it without any sense of heart
in the dark
terrified beyond all reason and control.
Something without the rest
something without all its crucial parts...
though we shared,
how I wish I'd never known you in that tender way 
at all.

This Thing is Done (demo 7/29) by Daniel and the Dragon

Music, lyrics, and engineering by Dan Evans
Mastered by Matt Lynch at Mysterious Mammal Records, LLC

Twice more the merrier, its often come between us.
A one track mind won’t shoot up the vine,
when you know that he comes around
blowing us down.
Some more than others, as though that makes a reason.
Hope you’re fine cause the county line’s dry,
one time nah maybe more.

As for your name, we will take its place,
we write down your number, pull you out of the race.
Thanks for the effort, just a little too late.
We write down your number, pull you out of the race.
Oh goddamn
Oh goddamn

True as the weather, we used to be together.
Hopeful score when you’re looking for more,
and you know that he comes around
blowing us down.

I’m not as patient, I bet you would prefer it.
The crowd demands have the ball in his hands,
first down
second down,
when its fourth and goal.

You’ve been such a bad girl, little piggy,
so stand by what you’re squealing.
Never been a bad one ever born,
but some story’s being told so I’m getting the rope and saying
We can’t tell the difference, little piggy, 
if you never said no.
Are you hoping they’re freeing your soul or making him choke
when the big bad wolf at the end of the rope, said:

“Shut up, girl, give it to me.”

For all the things you do so well:
please stop
please stop this machine.
Is any reason good enough?
Its not your machine now.

And the preacher says:
You’ve been such a bad girl, little piggy,
so stand by what you’re squealing.
Never been a bad one ever born,
but some story’s being told so I’m getting the rope and saying
We can’t tell the difference, little piggy, 
if you never said no.
Are you hoping they’re freeing your soul or making him choke
when the big bad wolf at the end of the rope, said:

I said, “No.”
I said, “No.”
I said, “No, no, no,
that’s too far,
I’m not some whore
for the big bad wolf.”

As for your name, we will take its place,
we write down your number, pull you out of the race.
Thanks for the effort, just a little too late.
We write down your number, pull you out of the race.
Oh goddamn
Oh goddamn
Oh goddamn
Oh goddamn

And when the jury’s here, you’ll hear just what you wanna hear.
The cops won’t come, Daddy go get your gun,
cause he sure ain’t the only one
blowing us down.

The Weather by Daniel and the Dragon

This is the mark for the pass.
Make sure you don’t get a bad grade.
This is the kerb that will bite your wings
and ruin our whole day.

This is the grip in the wet,
making me wish things were dry.
This is the cost to commit when I’m still
wishing you would do this for me now.

Baby, baby, baby when you’re on the brakes,
you fill feel all my passion in the overtakes.
When I win, I win, I win for you,
so out of my way.

This is the gap at the end.
Make sure you put in a good time.
This is the place where the pedals jam
and let you know I’m gambling with my life.

So keep the crowds all singing,
and I will keep the engine hot.
You could hold your heart in secret,
and we could never, ever talk.
Or you return to me in season,
and I will keep the tires warm.
You can’t have my silver arrow,
its all I’ll ever really know.
Its all I’ll ever really know.
Its all I’ll ever really know.
Its all I’ll ever really….

Silver Arrow (demo 8/12/13) by Daniel and the Dragon

Opium Wars Full Vox

BRODOWN:  "Tim Howard" Demo 2

DISCONNECTER- LQL923 (demo)

from the eastern Big Sky to the Rockies in cold
Great Falls of the river and parries unfold
all of the mountains, and valleys and snow
used to be a place where the Indians roamed

all of the mining and all of the roads
all of the rails and ranches and homes
even community building i was born
used to be places that the Indians owned

well I've moved around a lot changed with the times
all of it wrapped in excitement surprise
never had to leave in the dark of the night  
following Joseph to the national line

and many times slaughtered and many times harmed
but some times yeah even the helpless take arms
and so when i'm tired morose and forlorn
i think about Crazy Horse and Little Big Horn

I've never been down like this
most ya'll never speak to me again
  
got a few problems of mine
bet that you think you do too
but there's nothing in both our lives
that's like what the Nez Pearce went through

and now i cannot sleep at night
and i hope it happens to you
nowhere i truly feel right
my home was stolen from Sioux 

But you'd like a large double latte with cream
more sugar to go 
"you know that back before corporate bought up the place
well this was a proud local store"


you'l l drink up the  sugary drink throw the plastic away
maybe tweet bout the shapes in the foam
and no you won't ever think that you're  living in the Indians' home 




 

    

Indians DEMO 10 20

I've lived in Libby all my life
worked down at the mill since '85
had a lovely daughter with my wife
kept afloat by Grace and company

made my career and owned my house
just like a man should do in stride
i knew my aging and twilight
in the hands of Grace and company


and i ain't kind of man for books and science
but i know when my girls ain't feeling right
i saw them go to bed at nine
not wake til the next evening

they say there's something in that mill
gets into the lungs of quite a few 
and fills them with illness through and through
that's why my girls ain't breathing


oh, its how they died.
oh, soon I will too


I worked for the company with my soul
and I'm now just a man without his home
and i know that the lawyers say to wait
they say there's good coming

well i don't want money, none at all
but i got a gun and chamber's full
gonna find where Grace asleep at night

he'll tell the truth when he is dying
LIBBY EPA

Libby EPA DEMO 11 14

Saw a person I knew
from back in 10th grade
at my favorite sandwich shop

didn't want them to know
i'd come back to this place
i'd feel a failure in my heart

As your life has changed,
do you see in your reflection
an old scar, now just a blemish
as its faded with time?

I feel older now,
but can't tell you what is different.
thought I found something was missing.
in my humanness and strife, 
no revelation from High.

i can't deny where I'm from
tattooed onto my thigh
sometimes pleased with that choice.
 
the more the whole world just
burns itself into dust
I don't want to make noise

I just want a home
somewhere safe to raise my children
somewhere I can trace my footsteps
through the first winter's snow

I don't care a damn 
for a thing in urban culture
or the narcissistic irony
that permeates their eyes
bury me in Big Sky

Big Sky 11 20 Demo

Way back long time ago, 

Before the first Catholic man took oath

And the conflicts of the world were cold

Was a yellow bus on a mountain road



A sports team coming from the mat

And some won and they headed back

But we don’t know just a little fast

And the whole thing rolled in a mighty mighty crash



No cell phones can’t call home

Bleeding out somewhere in the snow

And it wasn;t me or anyone I know



But there’s a little statue up a few miles out of Troy

And it marks the place they left the road and went up to the lord

I don’t think anyone notices its there

No it ain’t fair



It ain’t fair



I’ve got one life and a body strong

But with my body done a lot of wrong

And only for the grace of god I’m gone

Many times and places in the course of what I’ve done



Some nights when I’m all fucked up

I think about that yellow bus

And look for anything in life  that’s just



Or shows some kind of semblance of a better greater plan

I see only fits of randomness from human error in hand

And I wonder if its better just to 



Go like that on a dark night when you don’t know

Just live out one last day and then be gone

With no greater need of purpose and

No other needs at all



Just close your eyes, a little sleep,

And when your mind is torn apiece



You’ll be gone

Be gone

You will never ever do no more wrong

You’ll just be gone

Be gone

And your soul will stay eternally young

And you’ll never be forgotten,

Isn’t that what you want?



Please forgive me if I worry when we get in the car

not a matter if i trust that you can drive us this far

oh i fear the open road completely



Forza jules, he was an up and coming racer back then

but the wheels (are) awfully sensitive when driving in wet

and my family can't afford, to keep me plugged into machines

and me just empty, fast asleep, unconscious

So strap the seat belt in, St Chris is on our ride



I don't want to die, but I don't feel too alive


Way back old friend of mine

well he drank a few over the county line

and a couple pills that he bought that night

and went on his way for a 90 minute drive



they saved his body couldn't save his mind

and I feel bad cause this don't sound right

but I just wish that he truly died.  




Mighty Crash 11 17 FULL Demo

Please note when you stand in our presence,
you should act in concordance
to the talent and greatness we hold in our hands.
Yeah, we are the beautiful people
with an intellect standard,
and we’re not full of shit,
no seriously.

Please, can we stop talking about this?

If this is the road you will walk down,
then you’ll need a new wardrobe
and a mindset for profits and margins that stick.
Just give me a six figure income,
and a job in consulting,
I will suck on your dick,
hash tag seriously.

Please, can we stop talking about this?
Please, can we stop talking about this?

Please, can we stop talking about this?
Please, can we stop talking about this,
I’ll explode.

Yeah baby, I’m ready to go.
Yeah baby, I’m ready to go.
Yeah baby, I’m ready to go.
You'll try but you can't defeat me.

One day you’ll be dead,
and I won’t have to listen,
tired of your bullshit,
make it go away.
One day you’ll be dead, 
dancing in the moonlight,
I am still alive
while you spin in your grave.
One day you’ll be dead,
joyful in the network,
celebrate our time here
so young and unafraid.

Soon I will be gone,
a miracle and

Please, can we stop talking about this?
Please, can we stop talking about this?

(sung)
Yeah baby, I’m ready to go.
Yeah baby, I’m ready to go.
Yeah baby, I’m ready to go.
Yeah baby, I’m ready to go.

(screamed)
Yeah baby, I’m ready to go.
Yeah baby, I’m ready to go.
Yeah baby, I’m ready to go.
Yeah baby, I’m ready to go.


Joyful Celebration! For The Internet! (Demo 6/13) by Daniel and the Dragon

Final Demo of track 10 of 11 on "Educacion"

Amalgam by Daniel and the Dragon (Fourth of July Demo)

Hailing from Missoula, Montana, Meriwether Stand is a duo consisting of Dan Evans (guitars, vocals, keys) and Geoff Thomas (drums, piano, vocals). The duo has a focus on making groundbreaking music that blurs the lines between different genres and styles.