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Show Me the Sign

by YR LAD

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1.
We've been chilling since July And I never thought I would say That a lonely teardrop stung my eye And rolled down my cheek when I heard You were moving away. Are you moving away? Cause we've had a month or two, But I'm in love with you. So won't you hang around? I know you hate this town, and I know that I'm out of line. Oh, but life could be so fine if you would give me the time. Would you give me the time? Now our walls are overgrown And I never thought I would say That I can't do this on my own. I'd bury my pride If only you'd stay. Why won't you stay? I made a mistake or two, But I'm still in love with you. So won't you hang around? I know you hate this town, and I know that I'm out of line. Oh, but life could be so fine if you would give me some time. Will you give me some time? Because this town is way too small But it expands when we're apart. Girl, my world is in your hands. A man can't live without a heart. Won't you hang around? I know you hate this town, and I know that I'm out of line. Oh, but life could be so fine if you would give me some time. Will you give me some time? Won't you hang around? I know you hate this town, and I know that I'm out of line. Oh, but life could be so fine if you would give me some time. Will you give me some time? Will you show me the sign?
2.
You got a flamin' lip and something to say And you think that it could be pretty cool. Head full of radio shot into the cosmos. Now you're off to fuck-up school. Let's hope that life is a simulation. Do what you want. Act like a star. But when the going gets tough, don't complain That rock & roll leaves a scar. You got an attitude and a little habit. Well, you can take it on the road. And a wise man said you can't catch no rabbit Carryin' a heavy load. Everyone you know is makin' love to Cecilia -- She don't return your calls no more. She won't give you nothin' without your devotion Because she ain't no-one's whore. Let's hope that life is a simulation. Do what you want. Act like a star. But when the going gets tough, don't complain That rock & roll leaves a scar.
3.
Stay tuned. Crush the moon. Truth wakes Well-darkened rage. Take apart this book: Its bindings are worn straight through. My skin becomes Mealy, and worn straight through. Dead sea. False prophecy. Seer's lore Foresworn to soot. Take apart this book: Its bindings are worn straight through. My skin becomes Mealy, and worn straight through.
4.
There's a place where we have been too long -- Long enough to know we don't belong Among the omens known Among the bound And helpless when they go. And we feel the ravens at our heels. And we feel the cartilage grind and crack And hear the tendons shear Away like chaff. We execute our craft. Any overlord would salt the earth. Any fucking god would show his hand And smite me where I stand But there's no god.
5.
You penetrate with imperial ease Before the markets open. You sharpen tongue and talon to tease The bastard till he's broken. You keep me down in the South In a marshland of ghostly fear. I can't keep my tongue in my mouth When you're near. I hear whispers of you pulling my chain. What are you trying to sell me? Is it sincerity or legerdemain? Would that you'd only tell me. You keep me down in the South In a marshland of ghostly fear. I can't keep my tongue in my mouth When you're near. And if I'm not the only, I could be one. Why would I be lonely When I could be having fun? One more time, baby, won't you divide The haze before your hollow? Will we lie where the wild ivy winds, Or will the field lay fallow? You keep me down in the South In a marshland of ghostly fear. I can't keep my tongue in my mouth When you're near.
6.
There's a side of me no-one had seen Until you drove down Bedroom shadows against the glare Of a whispering crowd. Ooh, I should've brought you home Before the whispers grew to loud. Over airwaves and over land, You didn't tune me out When you heard me for who I am. And through all my weirdness and shame, Because you knew my pain, You held me like a sister. Kaitlin, don't misunderstand. I'm only trying to be your man. And it don't mean you've been untrue If you let me talk to you. And we learned boundaries remain unseen Until they're carved out. Yeah, we drew those distasteful lines With our dirty little crutch. Ooh, I should've dialed back, But you had the devil's touch. Half a day driving in the driving rain -- You didn't answer the door Or come when I called your name. And through all this anguish and doubt, And though you've tuned me out, I'd still let you use me. Kaitlin, don't misunderstand. I only wanted to be your man. And it don't mean you've been untrue If you let me talk to you. The fascination's dead, and we don't speak. We bled it dry by being weak, And it isn't right. It isn't fair. You wouldn't be so mad if you didn't care. Kaitlin, don't misunderstand. I only wanted to be your man. And it don't mean you've been untrue If you let me talk to you. Won't you let me talk to you? Kaitlin, don't you understand? I know I can't be your man.
7.
If I should die of cancer, My body will crumble around me. Ash to ash, and dust to dust -- Turn the worm, and answer: That day! The wind will take me away. Will I be beyond knowing? Will I slumber in the void? Will I think to find myself Breaking ground and growing? That day! The wind will take me away.
8.
To night-train eyes, A drop betrays a gallon By the arc-lamp moon. The object sighs, The subject swoons. Desire turns the final screw: She bends like yew Idyll collider. The sensors render her sublime Quanta breaking through the walls of time. The speed inside her! A billion bells and buzzers chime. To maintain her is a brutal science: A thesis in hardcore. As thrills in trembling passion Quicken to ash, So wither the fast. Her cloak is cast. Idyll collider. The sensors render her sublime Quanta breaking through the walls of time. The speed inside her! A billion bells and buzzers chime.

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Yr Lad's Sophomore Full-Length: A meditation on love, falsehoods, waiting, and mortality.

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released August 16, 2018

Basic instrumentation for tracks 3 and 8, and strings for all tracks recorded by Elliott Elsey at Truphonic Recording, Charleston SC.

Basic instrumentation for all other tracks and all vocals recorded by Phillip Cope at Jam Room Studios, Columbia, SC.

Various guitar overdubs recorded by Harper Marchman-Jones at NBS Media Systems, North Charleston, SC.

Mixed by Phillip Cope at Jam Room Studios, Columbia, SC.

Mastered by Zach Bodtorf.

Zach Bodtorf - Electric Guitar
C. Casey Atwater - Bass Guitar, Tenor Vocal, Tambourine
Harper B. Marchman-Jones - Acoustic & Electric Guitars, Baritone Vocal
R. A. Raffield - Violin, Viola, Contrabass
J. Wesley Schneider - Percussion, Team Spirit

Orchestral arrangements by Raffield and Marchman-Jones

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YR LAD is a syncretic verbal sigil that embodies the crossroads between the time-shrouded mysteries of tradition and the emerging mysteries of the neological digital era. It manifests the present as a gateway between the new and old worlds: envision the letters as you speak the words, and step through the portal into the essential Cosmic American musical experience. ... more

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