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Ten Years Of It

by Ian O'Neil

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1.
The Offer 03:29
“The Offer” Beautiful morning to get paid or let you down Do I refuse the offer Responsibility is crowding me Do I refuse the offer I don’t recognize the men outside our house Do I refuse the neighbor When your anger tangles with your empathy You’re beautiful eternally Beautiful night to get wasted in the heat Do I refuse the offer It’s I’ve done for 20 million weeks Do refuse the offer Pariah was wasteful Pariah was right I want a reward for what I did last night Do I deserve an offer When your anger tangles with your empathy You’re beautiful eternally
2.
Events 03:16
“Events” How can you handle what you know is not worth missing The predator strangles those without a chance to listen All thoughts exist Just like a drainage ditch To let the dying know their dead Unstoppable coffee stain Inevitable greater pain Whatever disaster awaits Might as well be on it’s way “Cause all events exist Just like a drainage ditch To let the dying know their dead Is there a window for everyone? Hey, that’s your final thought Invisible power tools Undo all the invisible youth Whatever was once now is Collected in invisible screws All the parts exist In every piece of bliss That knows the dying that’s in you Is there a window in everyone? Hey that’s your final thought There is no immortal voice There is no heroic chain There is no immortal choice The cancer is just what came And every dying wish Is a defiant bitch To let the devil know your name
3.
“Our Debt Is Sealed, True Love Knows Fear” I see you wander through the rings of your skull We’ll find the kingdom in the labyrinth, love On paper all this dreaming and ambition goes in circles ’til you’re undone But you wanted me to know That it’s laced with something good because Our debt is sealed, true love knows fear Relating dreaming and collecting a mess Why bother bleeding what you’ve already bled Simple, entertaining with the complicated leanings of a pop song But you wanted me to know that it's laced with something good because Our debt is sealed, true love knows fear I want a stranger who can play peek-a-boo I want a baby and I want it with you I’m hoping that I’m soaking up all of your compassion like a black sponge Our debt is sealed, true love knows fear But you wanted me to know that it's laced with something good
4.
“Whatever’s Left, I Guess, Must Come” Well, none of these symptoms suit me And none of these strangers call Have you had such little to live through That is took so little to fall For what were you waiting to happen For whom were you waiting to save There’s a way to rule without a kingdom There’s a way to go without a grave There’s a way to blame without a finger Pointed at the thoughts that you’ve betrayed For what were your waiting to happen, For whom were you waiting to save Collect your scabs and fall down easy There’s too little too late to own You’ve priced yourself out of your misery Whatever’s left, I guess, must come 
 For what were you waiting to happen, For whom were you waiting to save
5.
German Bar 03:22
6.
The Fence 06:09
“The Fence” Why don’t you tell me what the purpose is When you’re walking with your back to it, through the garbage ’til you hit the fence All pleasures and passion Everything beeps for you Over prepared, insecure What was it that this flesh was for And from the right angle Anything speaks to you Be sure to make the chorus loud Hard-stop the song and hear the crowd Why don’t you tell me what the purpose is When you’re walking with your back to it And before you know you’re climbing it I’m still learning how to need What you fed to me Like a dog who has the bite without the teeth Now if I could be your joy or hopelessness I’d take a rock and hit to moon And let the evening bleed for you You claw and your tangle with the other half The mirror only multiples The perversity you wish to hide Give it up, pour it out There is no witness here All associated are happier Assisting other customers Why don’t you tell me what the purpose is When all associates are currently Assisting other apathies You gave birth to a thief On November 19th Like a dog who has the bite without the teeth
7.
Bury Deep 04:03
“Bury Deep” I see: The night is bringing down the sun And I taste salt Like I’m sucking where a bee stung A man wakes up with a throat of sand To choke away a life he says he can’t stand Now every window that I look through Moves so fast that I can’t seem to reach you I will forget every sin that I regret I’ll bury deep every lover true or cheap It’s worth the pain Sweet life it will remain Now the streets become all stale again I’ll smile cold And let darkness steal an old friend I’ll taste your love when I get home And your lips will know enough To speak what I know Now everybody that I look through Moves so slow that I can’t seem to touch you I will forget every sin that I regret I’ll bury deep every lover true or cheap It’s worth the pain Sweet life it will remain What a nameless place we’ve known Where strangers lift the moon I will forget every sin that I regret I’ll bury deep every lover true or cheap It’s worth the pain Sweet life it will remain
8.
“Daily Growing” I am hanging in the balance Like a hammer on a hook Heavy, but in power With a presidential look What is a second coming without suffering again Without suffering again You want to be yourself You want to be yourself But all you can see is Everybody waiting just to be If you want to wander the planet alone You may find that I’m your kind Well if coffee is available I think i’ll take a cup And if you need a hand I think I can adjust My attitude is changing Daily growing up and down Daily growing up and down You want to be yourself You want to be yourself But all you can see is Everybody waiting just to be If you want to wander the planet alone You may find that I’m your kind Creative and endearing And we get to share a bed According to a study I should love myself My attitude is changing Daily growing up for you Daily growing up for you You want to be yourself You want to be yourself But all you can see is everybody waiting, everybody trying and everybody living just to be
9.
“Pesos (In Traffic)" I’m waiting on you But I’m cool without food In pesos or dollars I’d pay for your release She came into my life Then we learned to like wine We shared that, we’ll share this Now I sit in traffic Now I sit in traffic I’m still in traffic I text you where I’m at Then we meet and we kiss Then I know I have it Yeah I know i have it If future is female I’ll know where to find it When day bends to dinner That I will make for her If that takes my power I can’t live without her But I never had it Like the cars in traffic Like the cars in traffic We breathe in the morning And think of a baby She’ll vote and she’ll love me She’ll purchase and live free This timing in crisis The system is savage I find it unlikely I’ll return the empties I’ll return the empties Are values so fluid Or have we been ruined You’d tell me, I trust you You’d tell me, I trust you
10.
“Smart Enough to Bleed” In your restless little world There’s a coffin for your dreams You can taste the grief that’s on your tongue And you spit it through your teeth You can take the pill and hope for ecstasy When you’d rather be anyone you see Your fire is with me You’re the power, I’m the glory I will walk you to your grave I will promise to lay next to you But you were born to be betrayed We can make our love in chains and slavery When you’re far from you expected you to be Your fire is with me I’ve been looking for the future In the landscape of the past But the sea is rising quickly now And I’m losing my grip fast You can raise your arms and hope that it’s a dream When you’re far from where you expected you to be Your fire is with me There was a time I told you stories All about the “Honest Man” I sang you all his promises And I sang about your Dad Love knows what i envision us to be If you bite it hard, then it’s smart enough to bleed Your fire is with me Will you ever light any candles of your own? Will you ever sit and finish that old song? Will you ever raise the money that you wish could build a home? You don’t know

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released October 25, 2019

All songs written by Ian O'Neil
Produced by Dennis Ryan with Ian O'Neil
Recorded and mixed by Dennis Ryan in Pawtucket, RI and East Providence, RI
Cover photo by Chris Ryan, painting and design by Ian O'Neil

Ian O'Neil - Vocals, Guitars, Keys, Bass
Dennis Ryan - Drums, Vocals, Keys
Chris Ryan - Bass
Liz Isenberg - Vocals on tracks 4,9 and 10.

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