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Endless Circles

by Soft Sleep

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1.
Now Or Then 03:16
chalk nose a dozen days ago numb and senseless in your face and lips could you feel what made those bloody fists? eyes red and raw like pavement kiss were you sleeping on a concrete bed? wrapped in magazines you've never read you ask what difference does it ever make when the city will not give you peace now or then you can't come down you won't be found when did you lose the trail? out on your own i'll take you home i cannot let you fail you always told me i was hard to trust but then i found you here covered in dust you know i've always tried to be a friend oh i won't let you lose your way again now or then you can't come down you won't be found when did you lose the trail? out on your own i'll take you home i cannot let you fail you can't come down you won't be found when did you lose the trail? out on your own i'll take you home i cannot let you fail now or then
2.
Lion Lamb 02:57
in the ruby glow of the parking lot full of dashed hope and wasted he's fighting sleep, afraid to dream as morning breaks, he's reeling he's had enough baited by luck his feet have traveled through fire he's had enough ruined by lust treading through muck and mire no place no home no place no home old bills stacked high on a rocking chair piles of clothes and beer cans in the daylight he leaves the curtains drawn it's such a chore to move on no place no home lost in the unknown no place no home the world has left him alone no place no home no place no home he's had enough baited by luck his feet have traveled through fire he's had enough ruined by lust treading through muck and mire no place no home lost in the unknown no place no home the world has left him alone no place no home no place no home the world has left him alone credits
3.
Peninsula 03:14
in this tiny house all the windows frozen i'm never alone when the tv's glowing as i lie awake while my thoughts are turning i fight for sleep but my nerves are burning up all night (all night) and terrified when i hear the chimes of the clocks at midnight i count down the hours and i pray for daylight i'm up all night (all night) at terrified up all night and terrified
4.
Brothers 03:44
in those summers spent with daniel getting loaded on cheap gin combing the streets in search of trouble how i miss those days with him so brass and young oh we were blood bound brothers tied up and strung steadfast to one another now he's braced for another winter his mind is ready for tryst and trial the house will rattle but he'll keep the doors locked until his candles all die out so brass and young oh we were blood bound brothers tied up and strung steadfast to one another daniel where did you go? so brass and young oh we were blood bound brothers tied up and strung steadfast to one another
5.
Godsend 02:51
it's just the things you do you make it true you wanna run and play you make a sunny day you're a godsend you wanna have a look you open every book see a tear in your eye you don't know why you stay up every night and wash in candle light see a man on the street you wash his tired feet you're a godsend it's just the things you do you make it true it's just the things you do you're a godsend
6.
Never Enough 03:37
close my tab and take me home i've had more than enough patron it was all i could do to stand at the sidewalk where you flagged a cab oh the buildings seem taller than heaven the dashboard clock read 11:11 in a sea of plastic men i awoke outside my door again when is it ever enough? no it's never enough it's never enough i wear the grist of years like a badge upon my shoulders i get by day to day slave to a screen and routine gestures sad bastard, overweight it's been years since i was pissing clean still pander to tanqueray when i feel like feeling anything when is it ever enough? no it's never enough it's never enough
7.
Witness 03:40
i was driving for miles into daylight driving somewhere far enough to feel safe far enough away from the city far enough to feel free from this place my pallor was the skin of the moon white devil in a pitch black room i wanted to know why the world kept falling free and out from under me out from under me my days are endless circles out from under me i keep the lions fed out from under me my nights are cold and aimless out from under me without you in my bed looking deep into the eyes of a ghost why'd i leave you when i needed you most? i wanted to know why the world kept falling free and out from under me my days are endless circles out from under me i keep the lions fed out from under me my nights are cold and aimless out from under me without you in my bed you wanted a witness a reason to end this you wanted a witness a reason to end this
8.
woke up covered in dust needle in my arm broken bottles on the table no light through smoke drawn blinds black lung blood drug take me outta my mind are you there white mare? lead me craven vile and bare to no pain no hurt i'll float the lonely river to her if i go tonight if i lose the fight in this burning bed i will be dreaming of home woke up covered in dust no sun in my sky no blue in my water black crow come feast my eyes bleed red like diamond shine in the murder nightmare i bear i'll face you oh i swear that feet clay in the fire's wake i'll meet the man that made me today if i go tonight if i lose the fight in this burning bed i will be dreaming of home
9.
Heartbeats 03:40
dizzy reeling lost all feeling drag a crutch when rooms are spinning pulling, churning, me into the pot under needles and masks neon mountains falling flat bright white in the sky take me to you heartbeats, your body a drone oh so clever to think that it’s your own no sleep, pin pupils, atone in fear of knowing what hides behind what’s shown air is burning pores are spitting, blood is boiling run the water till the pipes heaving, choking dirt and rust in this hospital bed i won’t sleep until I’m dead bright white in the sky take me with you heartbeats, your body a drone oh so clever to think that it’s your own no sleep, pin pupils, atone in fear of knowing what hides behind what’s shown
10.
Divide 03:14
i let you in that day my friend against your will at wits last end i cannot fix what will not bend i'm tired of trying you had nothing to lose, to prove maybe one day you'll see the truth in spite of all you put me through the love i keep for you i could not comfort you no matter how i tried i will not follow you where we divide if you come back to me intact can we begin where we turned back i could not comfort you no matter how i tried i will not follow you where we divide

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recorded at studio x, the hall of justice and casa de park
mixed at studio x
cover photo by olivia lazer
layout by christian davis
art concept by tony ruland
assistants at the hall of justice - mike davis and sam winston
assistant at studio x - sam rosson

produced, engineered and mixed by andy park
mastered by ed brooks (resonant mastering)
music by andy park, tony ruland and erik walters*
lyrics by erik walters*

*except 'godsend' - written by calvin johnson, heather lewis and bret lunsford

andy park - synths, mellotron, piano, bass
tony ruland - electric guitars, acoustic guitars, bass, sweater bells
erik walters - vocals, bass, acoustic guitars, mellotron
bradyn krueger - drums
noah gundersen - additional harmonies, piano

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released February 17, 2017

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"There’s nothing like a nice surprise from musicians you love. Guitarist Tony Ruland, from the now-defunct KEXP favorite The Lonely Forest, has taken a loose collection of artistic impressions and, with help from Erik Walters (Silver Torches, The Globes) and Andy Park, has crafted them into a dreamy collection of indie soundscapes, releasing them in the form of his new project, Soft Sleep." - KEXP ... more

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