I am luckier than most cause I can see forward and backward without turning all around
It’s an illuminating trick that I learned when I was sick of being knocked and tossed around
But when I’m left to find my way alone I get swept up in cyclone of fire
And it burns and whips my atmosphere killing off my will to persevere until all I got is lost
I’m delusional at best I am the first who will attest to my dissecting attitude
I poke and pick apart each word like I’m turned on by absurd and unproductive points of view
Sometimes I start with a melody that I can sing intrinsically for hours
But then silence takes its place and leaves a dark and heavy space in its exhaust leaving me lost
I’m lost in a maze with no escape stuck in a fog that won’t abate
Can’t you see I’m lost fighting flames under a trance when all I want is just a chance
To live without burning away
I swallow air to feel alive and in a gasp I’m hypnotized by this alluring siren song
Forbidden fruit is overripe sweep addiction mars my sight of what is right and what belongs
And now confused by indecision and another new revision I throw my hands in the air
Cause these time lines out in front of me are hopelessly entwined and crissed and crossed
from
The Devil is defeated,
released June 10, 2008
Adam Kurtz - Vocals, acoustic guitars
The Colonel - Lead guitars
Douglas Parker - Drums, percussion, background vocals
Demian Ridge - Pianos, organs, background vocals
Zebulan Erastus - Bass guitar, background vocals
Written by Adam Kurtz (BMI)
Produced, recorded and engineered by Adam Kurtz at Halfway Rock Studios, Harpswell, ME
Mixed by Keith Mann and Adam Kurtz at Keith’s Apartment Studios, Portland, ME
Mastered and duplicated by Odds Are Productions, Saco, ME.