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Oh Well

by Alex Kerry

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1.
Baby 06:06
On the side of the road A life in the mold Oh, baby. My baby. Sweet baby. With a knife at your throat It's time to come home Oh, baby. My baby. Sweet baby. Watch me go in for the kill Life on the edge, what a thrill. If home is where the heart is my heart's shredded in parts and it's shrouded in darkness. We're wolves amongst the sheep Now we're in too deep If someone could hurt you, it'd almost be worse to abandon, desert you. If you were to believe. Oh, please just believe. Oh god, it's such a mess. The last saved for the best. Oh, baby. My baby. Sweet baby. With two rings and a home and I feel so alone. This lady is taking my baby. A wedding and a mire Pulled out right from the fire No blessings or daydreams. We're not what we may seem. She's ours for the taking. Have heart for stormy skies Your clouds so full of lies Don't look now; it's raining. Distraught and painstaking. Please don't be so angry. If you were to believe. Oh, please just believe.
2.
Home 04:04
Hey, baby. Let's go to San Francisco Let's watch the lights fall down on you And maybe, we'll hear your words of wisdom We'll speak to the work you taught so true. Wood creatures in denial. Out-thought sex for survival Heaven is less than a mile away We're tricked out southern babies, held by the hand which god have gave me Mary Ann Scott; Please, call me Katie Can we take your house for the night Help ourselves to your life Where no one else can see us We've become more than exists The less fortunate pigs We fear what we have made. You made me. Here come the sunset ravens Every last drop of blood I take from thee You gave me life in exchange for death and healing One less god to kneel before and pray One summer I won't survive, and every other day I felt so alive Every last word I hung onto was love I feel worse when I let you down, I never dealt with a demon 'til I met myself Helter Skelter, won't you be my king? Her heart, I can feel it fading Every last wound swept up your baby Another gallon left to fulfill my painting Can we take your house for the night Help ourselves to your life Where no one else can see us We've become more than exists The less fortunate pigs We fear what we have made.
3.
A sheet ghost with no blanket Dressed up for the ball but lost at the banquet Ruby red eyes, so dead inside The kids on the curb are soulless and vacant The tavern is open, the drinks are expensive They know you who you are 'cause your name was mentioned They withhold their smiles and ask you to stay a while They pour you a drink and hope you befriend them Who are they, who are you You're lost and alone Who sent them, incentive There's no one on the phone. Why do I always cry at the skies at night Why am I always the first to run In a land with no names or signs, have I lost my mind I'm staring down a gun
4.
Let your hair down, you're among friends We shut you out and we'll do it again Don't you know there's a back door, there's only one place that you can hide tonight Don't you know you're a master, there's not a piece that you can't find It's too cold and feels like winter. We just got to save ourselves, god help us we've got to save ourselves The clouds are dark up in the sky Back again, and I'm so bitter Goodness gracious, I'm alright Don't you know that you're a messenger Poor Jackie, she would've wanted it this way Put your mind into a purse, put your mind into a purse Goodness gracious, I'm alright Let your hair down you're among friends We shut you out and we'll do it again Again
5.
Interlude 03:08
6.
Everybody has a secret from their families We're all poster children posing up in front of someone else Everybody works as hard as they can Day in and day out they slave away for money from the man Everyone who has a path to follow, we all fall at the end Everyone who tries to find their way gets lost and lost and lost Everybody has a secret, well your mother knows She's telling everyone she knows and they're all so fucking judgmental Call the only friends you have, they won't answer the phone Call your love and let her know you've never felt more alone Call the only ones you trust and watch them point and laugh We're built to hold ourselves, we need help and we can't go back Call the prisoners out, you'd rather be locked away Call your daughter to the yard and watch her waste the day We're all mechanical, part fear of god, part animal You just want someone you can hold but all you've got is someone you don't know
7.
We’ve only been ourselves And we can’t make them change our minds And if we take away the toys and things that make us stay Again, we’re falling out of line Somewhere there’s a desert with a sign Where dreams and illusions intertwine Take a breath, and step back, we were made to attack, we were built with our hearts on the frontlines But we can’t go home, we’re dying inside They say that home is where the heart is But what good is that when you’re born heartless Where’s the knife we used to cut the cake that set the blaze Hold still if you want to stay alive Somewhere there’s a desert with a sign Where dreams and illusions intertwine Take a breath, and step back, we were made to attack, we were built with our hearts on the frontlines But we can’t go home, we’re dying inside. And then she’ll ask me if I’m the creator I’ll answer back I wrote the scriptures So long, my friend, 'til we meet again You’ll learn to sleep with one eye open Somewhere there’s a desert with a sign Where dreams and illusions intertwine Take a breath, and step back, we were made to attack, we were built with our hearts on the frontlines But we can’t go home, we’re dying inside.
8.
Dirty Water 04:54
Let go of me, I’m shaken The calm before the storm Neon boy, but not mistaken Pre-determined by the cloth that he has worn Beneath the skies of gray lies an island on a lake There lives a boy from a scene of a movie Everything she loves is great, and everything he knows is hate But everything they learn is through me If they address you as you’re not, then they’re mistaken And if they lock you up inside of what was vacant Before they toss you out the door and to the basement Just let them know you’re not cut out for conversation Be still, my bleeding heart A gown fit for a queen As we perform our art It takes a lifetime to understand just what we mean Beneath the skies of gray lies a child’s life in vain The curtain calls, and they’re drawn loosely And she knew it was too late ‘cause that boy made a mistake Our lives are pre-planned out in 2D If they address you as you’re not, then they’re mistaken And if they lock you up inside of what was vacant Before they toss you out the door and to the basement Just let them know you’re not cut out for conversation
9.
Orchid 05:57
I am all that you want me to be Inside the dirt I watch the swallows as they follow the sky I am growing into something you need So you can pick me when you need me and then throw me away I've washed my mouth out with soap so I can forget your name Ive got a laundry list of reasons why I won't be the same Can you come out and play or have you no time for games I'm just a baby but you've taken me and made me a man I've watched it in the movies and I've observed the art I thought it was what people did when they found themselves in love I used to think that love was something that could be cold and dark Now you've found me on the roadside with nowhere else to stay Bring me water, bring me air and bring me what I was taught Show me everything you have before you see what I've got Lonely strangers get in trouble only if they are caught Maybe I'm crazy, maybe I hate me Cold water with ice is what she brought me that night Filled the bathtub with poison and tried to drown me twice Orchid breather, she's nice until she turns to strike Taking everything you love and sends you home for the night She's an angel on fire, she's the devil on ice She picks her poison for the boys and tries to force them to drink Called late and cried into the phone while I died Beast of burden always lurking in the shadows to change Always someone else Don't need your help Go home and die And sleep with the fish in the ocean It doesn't take much to get to know them When they bend you so far, you'll be broken But don't call me then Hey mom I tried to call you, but you weren't home And if you hear this please don't tell everyone what I've said Sometimes you need to fight with the demons you know Before you can begin to wrestle with the ones in your head Hey fear, I've missed you, let's go back inside It's getting colder, I've grown older and I'm starting to feel When you come to me within my dreams it's hard to deny Your orchid garden has grown rotten and I'm starting to heal
10.
The River 03:42
Slowly I'll drown Before I break Slowly I'll fall down and slowly I'll drift away There must be something in the water, I can feel it in my veins. Slowly I'll drown no matter how long it takes Slowly I'll crawl out and just give my head a shake Summer has fallen down in autumns wake There must be something in the fall air that keeps me from being fake Slowly I'll crawl out of this hole that I made And I'm trying my best to be the best you try to be And I've taken pills and made myself be someone that lies to me I've never been a sinner but I'll be passed out beside the trees Or collapse into a river with heavy stones tied to feet I'll learn my ABCs again and prove to you that I can read I'll make my mistakes again and again, and maybe this time I'll see I'm trying my best to be the best that you want from me But it's getting hard to make a star when we're not shining
11.
The Trees 01:37

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released December 30, 2020

Lyrics: Alex Kerry
Composition: Alex Kerry
Instruments: Alex Kerry
Mixing: Aidan Vickery

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From Montreal, Canada to small town Anamosa, Iowa - formally known as Thieves

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