EBow guitar instrumental by Christian Cate & Brian Strauss

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Trying hard to smile 
Carved in your face 
An image suspended in time 
Choked on laughter 

Driving in silence 
Reached into nothing 

It's funny how you sigh when delivering good news 
Sensation can't recall your belligerent short fuse 
IT's how I try to hold on to you 
I'm failing now it's time to try someone new 

better off than we were before 
better to leave things as they were 
perspective shifting 
internal reeling 

All I ever wanted 
Was to listen 
All I ever wanted 
Was a way out 

You wasted your life
credits
from All Things Bad and Mean, released September 13, 2016 
Brian Strauss: Lyrics, Guitar 
Christian Cate: Guitar 
Indigo Machado: Drums

Sad Boy

Mother, Father, Brothers, 
So sorry for who I am 

Bypass signs of progress 
Just drown in reverie 

Bank of roses, sight of relief 
Sanctum in back of memories 
Bank of roses, sight of relief 
Just memories 

And laborer hands are all I have 
So afraid of reprimand 

Don't say my name, just keep at bay, stay away 

All things for those who wait 
Stagnation, Toil, Defeat 
Break the ground, fall to my knees 
Breath deep, subtle release 

Don't come close don't say my name just keep at bay 

All things bad and mean 
Harm and deceit 
All things bad and mean 
Crestfallen, broken, meek
credits
from All Things Bad and Mean, released September 13, 2016 
Christian Cate: Lyrics, Guitar 
Brian Strauss: Guitar 
Indigo Machado: Drums

All Things Bad & Mean

Told you my mind was open 
But I never swore I wouldn't say a word 
To you 

Oh so outspoken, the words to page unbroken 
You're destined for bigger things 
You've got heart in the way you move, 
But your temper's bound to get the best of you. 

See, she can feel it in waves 
When she makes believe. 

That's not what she wants, 
But I don't notice things like that. 

Only in her mind 
Does she rectify the time she took of mine. 
But then she'd have to follow through 
Just one more 
But it's easier to say, than ever do 

If I could be on my own 
For a while I might stay 
"Told you I don't know what I do" 
Do you though?
credits
from All Things Bad and Mean, released September 13, 2016 
Brian Strauss: Lyrics, Guitar 
Christian Cate: Guitar 
Indigo Machado: Drums

Waves

Scent of tar 
Sight of Tarmac 
Pacific Keeps at Ease 

Sitting high 
So far from solace 
Contempt and defiled to obscurity 

Lack of all things good 
Codeine dreams not understood 
I can't stand this 
Ennui, Atrophy 

Can't change a thing when life is 
Fucking wringing my neck and 
I've tried a thousand times 
But addiction leaves me ruined and routed 

Ignore the truth 
"Sleep it off you'll be cool" 
Let apathy and somnolence overcome 

Ennui consume me.
credits
from All Things Bad and Mean, released September 13, 2016 
Christian Cate: Lyrics, Guitar 
Brian Strauss: Guitar 
Indigo Machado: Drums

Trudge

Pulled apart the pieces of memory
Hoping to feel as you once felt
Interlocked our fingers wishing for more
But this is all there is

You would say I'm a fool for thinking otherwise,
But I won't die with a line of spines
All echoing 
You

Recorded at Studio West
Mixed & Mastered by Jerik Centeno (Small Culture)
Cover Design by Brian Strauss

Doom In Bloom

Trying hard to smile 
Carved in your face 
An image suspended in time 
Choked on laughter

Driving in silence 
Reached into nothing

It's funny how you sigh when delivering good news 
Sensation can't recall your belligerent short fuse 
It's how I try to hold on to you 
I'm failing now it's time to try someone new

Better off than we were before 
Better to leave things as they were 
Perspective shifting 
Internal reeling

All I ever wanted 
Was to listen 
All I ever wanted 
Was a way out

You wasted your life

Recorded at Studio West
Mixed & Mastered by Jerik Centeno (Small Culture)
Cover Design by Brian Strauss

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Portrait of Pieces 

Cold hands, it’s a struggle to engage 
The conversation is growing strained 

I look around 
My eyes are cauterized 
I've got no open wounds 

I'm in love with no one in particular 

PC	Sleep deprived, 
you’re a fragment 
A fractured silhouette 
Obsessed with time 

Porcelain looking lips of a 
Smile like a knife 
Cuts me like you always do 
So why do I stay 

Felt the pulse of a finger, so delicate and frail 
Caught the ivory of the mind 
Projected thoughts on your face 
An effigy for sympathy 
Well, 
I - I - I . . . 

PC	I don’t want to be like 
All my friends they’re laughing 
At my consternation 
I don’t know 

Caught me in a lie, 
what can I say 
It's only a lie to you 
So why do I stay
credits
from Tone Poems, releases February 23, 2018 
Lyrics & Lead Guitar - Brian R. Strauss 
Guitar - Christian Cate 
Bass & Background Vocals - Angus Garcia 
Drums - Indigo Garcia 
Engineer - Jerik Centeno

Portrait Of Pieces

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Doom in Bloom 

Pulled apart the pieces of memory 
Hoping to feel how you once felt 
Interlocked our fingers wishing for more 
But this is all there is 
You would say I’m a fool 
For thinking otherwise 
But I won’t die with 
A line of spines 
All echoing 
you.
credits
from Tone Poems, releases February 23, 2018 
Lyrics & Lead Guitar - Brian R. Strauss 
Guitar - Christian Cate 
Bass & Background Vocals - Angus Garcia 
Drums - Indigo Garcia 
Engineer - Jerik Centeno

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The Worst Guy Ever Made 

I feel so nervous all the time 

My hearts become a withered wound 
Calloused, abused, and morose now 

Hid yourself between the eyes of 
Anyone who would have you 

Kissing your reflection, a bruise on your ego 
Its new to you, a bitter disappointment 

Arms outstretched, looking for someone 
Spending time, always alone 


Watching the folds of flesh imprint 
the days of your living 
Carved out a story for evenings spent underneath moonlight 
Blanket of fog and 

A dull hum emanates from the room where you'll lay solitary, 
impulse control has failed 

Kissed every bottle you met like it 
would be the last time. 
A bitter disappointment. 

Take your arms, close them around me 
Told yourself, somehow you'd change 
The moment is gone now we're 

Missed every birthday, for parties 
Surrounded by strangers 
Took to the hubris of time scrubbing 
Memory clean 
Woke every morning to someone who 
Wasn't quite there 
Kissed on the lips of strangers 
Hoping for someone, always disappointed 
Weightlessly drifting away, from you 
You're so much, better than this, she'd say to me 

You always viewed life through a looking glass, 
or maybe just a glencairn 
While you were dreaming you realized 
They've been gone now, all of them for some time and 
Your canvas was time, but now the glass is empty 
And your body begins to fail 
Now comes the time where the feeling of hope is gone, a bitter disappointment 

I'm still here, hoping for something more 
Constantly trying to capture, 
The moment that's gone now we’re 
Somehow in your mind, you thought you'd change
credits
from Tone Poems, releases February 23, 2018 
Lyrics & Lead Guitar - Brian R. Strauss 
Guitar - Christian Cate 
Bass & Background Vocals - Angus Garcia 
Drums - Indigo Garcia 
Engineer - Jerik Centeno

The Worst Guy Ever Made

Indigo Machado: Drums
Christian Cate: Guitar
Brian Strauss: Vocals // Guitar
Angus Garcia: Bass // Background Vox

Of Ennui