Music & Lyrics by: Vince Vanguard (Eric Vincent Plein)

Vince Vanguard: Vocals, Guitar
Ben Waligoske: Pedal Steel
Derek Dames Ohl: Bass Guitar
Tyler Gwynn: Drums
Bill McKay: Piano/Organ

I used to love you 
I used to hold you up to my lips 
You used to hold me 
You used to console me 
When I was feeling blue 
But those were the old days 
Got to find a new way 
To carry on 

Just so you know 
I'm letting you go 
To find a better life on the other side 
Just so you know 
I'm letting you go 
To find a better life on the other side 

Thought I could control you 
Got stuck in a hole with you 
And I couldn't find my way out 
Swore I could control you 
My heart grew cold with you 
But I'm climbing my own way out 

Just so you know 
I'm letting you go 
To find a better life on the other side 
Just so you know 
I'm letting you go 
To find a better life on the other side 

For all I gained 
I lost twice as much 
For all the pain 
And all the cost 
All my time with you was lost 
All my time with you was lost 

Just so you know 
I'm letting you go 
To find a better life on the other side 
Just so you know 
I'm letting you go 
To find a better life on the other side 
Just so you know 
I'm letting you go 
To find a better life on the other side

10. Just So You Know

Music & Lyrics by: Vince Vanguard (Eric Vincent Plein)

Vince Vanguard: Vocals,  Guitar
Jordan Polovina : Cello
Jonny Jyemo: Drums
Bill McKay: Piano/Organ
Callie Morrocco: Background Vocals
Doze (Zach Ardente): Background Vocals
Chris Ruiz: Background Vocals
Derek Dames Ohl: Background Vocals
Melly Frances: Background Vocals

Riding the wind through the canyon 
And over the river bed 
Soft as the snow 
As firm as the pines 
In this dance we may never let go 

Rain in the front range in the morning 
Clear skies all afternoon 
A midsummer's night dream that came true 
Came to lay me down 

I'm on my way downstream 
I'm on my way 
I'm on my way downstream 
I'm on my way

09. Samsara

Music & Lyrics by: Vince Vanguard (Eric Vincent Plein)

Vince Vanguard: Vocals, Rhythm Guitar
Marcus Rezak: Lead Guitar
Garrett Sayers: Bass Guitar
Adam Deitch: Drums
Bill McKay: Piano/Organ
John Gunther: Saxophone
Joel Timm: Trombone
Matthew Rossmann: Trumpet
Melly Frances: Background Vocals

Headlines read 
Anarchy is on the rise in the west 
Kings and thieves 
Are one in the same these days I know 

Left to die on the side of the road 
Nothing left to show 
But these broken bones and busted soles 
I didn't see you coming 
I didn't hear you calling 
And I fade 

Twists and turns 
Blurring all the lines we've drawn 
Breaking free 
From haunted stories that we wrote 

Left to die on the side of the road 
Nothing left to show 
But these broken bones and busted soles 
I didn't see you coming 
I didn't hear you calling 
And I fade 

Minefields trip in the desert sun 
Protect your neck 
Before your state gets run 
Outrun the game 
Outrun the game 

Left to die on the side of the road 
Nothing left to show 
But these broken bones and busted soles 
I didn't see you coming 
I didn't hear you calling 
And I fade

08. Broken Bones

Music & Lyrics by: Vince Vanguard (Eric Vincent Plein)

Vince Vanguard: Vocals, Rhythm Guitar
Marcus Rezak: Lead Guitar
Kirwan Brown: Bass Guitar
Jonny Jyemo: Drums
Bill McKay: Organ
Melly Frances: Background Vocals

Ego trying to break me down every day 
I'm suffering the fate of Atlas 
Surfing on the breaking winds of change 
No map for the new terrain 
Got lost in the mountain range 
The less you know 
The more you're bound to play with fire 
Yeah you know 
You're bound to play with fire 

Rotting away 
You can see the decay 
And this guitar against my chest 
Has been my only defense 
It's my bulletproof vest 
It's starting to fray but I digress 
The less you know 
The more you're bound to play with fire 
Yeah you know 
You're bound to play with fire 

So many roads I've traveled down 
Trying to find some peace of mind 
And all this time through darkness and light 
I still refuse to give up the fight 
But I know 
I'm bound to play with fire 

The less you know 
The more you're bound to play with fire 
Yeah you know 
You're bound to play with fire

07. Atlas

Music & Lyrics by: Vince Vanguard (Eric Vincent Plein)

Vince Vanguard: Vocals, Guitar
Garrett Sayers: Bass Guitar
Paa Kow: Drums
Bill McKay: Piano/Organ
Melly Frances: Background Vocals
John Gunther: Saxophone
Joel Timm: Trombone
Matthew Rossmann: Trumpet

Lightning struck the hand of thee 
Thinking that it might set him free 
Now he's lost on his own path 
Not a chance of looking back 
He still rides on 

I remember the days I thought these feelings never die 
Open your eyes child try not to cry 
Lift up your spirit 
Stand up tall 
We'll be on the rise 
They'll be on the fall 

Days burned on like tinder 
What a long cold snowy winter 
And he don't got the right clothes 
Lives his life in four wheel drive 
In the left lane 

I remember the days I thought these feelings never die 
Open your eyes child try not to cry 
Lift up your spirit 
Stand up tall 
We'll be on the rise 
They'll be on the fall 

On the open road 
To paradise 
On the open road 
Where the feelings fly 
On the open road 
That's where he cast his die 
On the open road 
To paradise 

I remember the days I thought these feelings never die 
Open your eyes child try not to cry 
Lift up your spirit 
Stand up tall 
We'll be on the rise 
They'll be on the fall

06. Ride On

Music & Lyrics by: Vince Vanguard (Eric Vincent Plein)

Vince Vanguard: Vocals, Guitar
Chantil Dukart: Piano
Kirwan Brown: Bass Guitar
Jonny Jyemo: Drums
Scott Spanbauer: Pedal Steel
Brune Macary: Violin
Kari Clifton: Cello

You won't let me go 
And I can't get you out of my mind 
What hurts most is I might never know 
Why our love didn't continue to grow 

Conflict carves me out like the waters 
On either side of the divide 
Great divide 

Could I be blind 
Lift this veil and help me see 
The truth in all of this pain and suffering 
Did I change my mind 
Seduced by the answers I expected to find 
Lost in all of my hopeful glory 

Tell me have you ever seen 
The resurrection of a broken scene 
And I've indulged a few fantasies 
That we could get back to what we used to be 

Conflict carves me out like the waters 
On either side of the divide 
Great divide 

Could I be blind 
Lift this veil and help me see 
The truth in all of this pain and suffering 
Did I change my mind 
Seduced by the answers I expected to find 
Lost in all of my hopeful glory 

And we both knew 
That this would fall through 
And we chose to 
Put ourselves through 
A love we both knew 
Was only half true 

Could I be blind 
Lift this veil and help me see 
The truth in all of this pain and suffering 
Did I change my mind 
Seduced by the answers I expected to find 
Lost in all of my hopeful glory

05. Let Me Go

Music & Lyrics by: Vince Vanguard (Eric Vincent Plein)

Vince Vanguard: Vocals, Guitar
Garrett Sayers: Bass Guitar
Jonny Jyemo Drums
Bill McKay: Organ
Background Vocals: Madeline

Wildfire spread 
August 21st 
Blaze lit up the town 
You could hear a daughter's father's prayers 

All the years 
Burning just the same 
All the years 
Burning just the same 

Steel hummingbirds 
With red chemicals 
Call in the volunteers 
Got to carry on this town 

Oh but it spread 
Oh but it spread 
You can hear the townsfolk scream 
This is my town 
Don't let it go down 
Don't let it burn 
Don't let it burn down 

Safe in a mind where a place has no time 
Wake up to find out that you've been left behind 
Where have they gone 
Those times we sing about 
Burning embers 
Decay to the dawn 

Time will tell 
The heroes from the fallen 
Dream your dream 
Let it rise with the morning sun

04. Wildfire

Music & Lyrics by: Vince Vanguard (Eric Vincent Plein)

Vince Vanguard: Vocals, Rhythm/Lead Guitar
Derek Dames Ohl: Bass Guitar
Tyler Gwynn: Drums
Paul Copoulos: Piano/Organ

Hitchhiker on the side of the road 
In a mountain town somewhere out west 
Hitchhiker where are you going 
As he held a sign that read nirvana 

But he only sleeps when he's black out drunk 
He only sleeps when he's black out drunk 

Hitchhiker I see you are a songs man 
Tell me why'd you choose to play the mandolin 
He said I'll tell you what 
I'm trying to travel light 
And it's the smallest stringed instrument I could find 

But he only sleeps when he's black out drunk 
He only sleeps when he's black out drunk 

Been to the bottom of the bottle baby 
But I couldn't find my guru there 
A vagabond for twelve long years 
Cut his history off 
Forgot he's his own man 

But he only sleeps when he's black out drunk 
He only sleeps when he's black out drunk

02. Hitchhiker

Music & Lyrics by: Vince Vanguard (Eric Vincent Plein)

Vince Vanguard: Vocals, Rhythm Guitar
Kevin Hinder: Lead Guitar
Garrett Sayers: Bass Guitar
Jonny Jyemo: Drums
Paul Copoulos: Piano/Organ
Melly Frances: Background Vocals

Maggie was a crossroad 
In a man's life 
In this man's life 
Showed him love he hadn't seen before 
Broke his barriers down 
Let him wear his shining crown 
But the darkness don't wait around 
It's encroaching on this town 
Fighting every path that's bound for glory 
Though he shed that love he won't forget 
The best things in his life haven't happened yet 

An artist dips his brush in whiskey 
Before every stroke upon the page 
Paints a life a little out of reach 
He swears he'll pay his dues 
Live a life without the blues 
So he's got to find a way through 
Hell what is there left to do 
He'll take any path that's bound for glory 
Seasons change and passions rearrange 
You can't jump a plane like you can an old freight train 

Gonna catch that train bound for glory

01. Bound For Glory

"Heartbreakers" by Vince Vanguard

Written by Vince Vanguard (Eric Vincent Plein)
Produced by Eric Vincent Plein
Recorded at Cosmic Collective & Violet Recording Studio in Boulder, Colorado
Mixed & Mastered by Chris Wright at Violet Recording Studio
Album Artwork: Andy Martin - IG @andy_the_martian

Vocals: Vince Vanguard
Keys: Sean Galansky
Bass: Sean Galansky
Guitar: Preston Finn
Beat: Zach Ardente ( @dozelovesyou )

Lyrics:

You made my soul awaken
There's no mistakin'
That we're both heartbreakers

I was sinking low
Felt I had no place to go 
Then I got wasted on your love

You made my soul awaken
There's no mistakin'
That we're both heartbreakers

Heartbreakers

Vince Vanguard is a traveling poet & storyteller living life between The Rockies and The Appalachian Mountains.

Debut album "SPIRIT BLUES" available now!

Management & Booking: eric@cosmiccollective.com

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