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The Seeds & The Soil

by American Arson

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1.
Fingerprints 04:09
I've been writing letters The ink masks the blood on my hand I guess that's better Cause it hides my treasonous plan And I know they'll find me They'll come and take me away So I'm writing letters But I don't have anything to say, no Well I tried to end you And I tried to put you in the ground But you wouldn't stay there And my fingerprints were all they found I heard you've been searching I heard you've been telling everyone That you still love me I heard you've been calling me your son They found my fingerprints They found my filthy fingerprints on your door And I swore I thought I loved you But it seems I love my indiscretion more They found my fingerprints They found my filthy fingerprints on your door And I swore I thought I loved you But it seems I love my indiscretion more Page after page the black smudges pile up And the narrative unfolds beneath my treasonous pen "Guilty, guilty as charged!" comes the verdict And I offer neither appeal, nor explanation Only admission They found my fingerprints They found my filthy fingerprints on your door And I swore I thought I loved you But it seems I love my indiscretion more They found my fingerprints They found my filthy fingerprints on your door And I swore I thought I loved you But it seems I love my indiscretion more
2.
I'm am a poor wayfaring stranger I'm traveling through this world of woe Yet there's no sickness, toil nor danger In that bright land to which I go I'm going there to see my father I'm going there no more to roam I'm only going over Jordan I'm only going over home I know dark clouds will gather 'round me I know my way is rough and steep Yet golden fields lie just before me Where God's redeemed shall ever sleep Well I'm going there to see my father And I'm going there no more to roam Well I'm only going over Jordan And I'm only going over home I want to wear a crown of glory When I get home in that good land I want to shout salvation's story In concert with the blood-washed band I'm going there to see my father He said he'd meet me when I come Well I'm only going over Jordan And I'm only going over home
3.
I Walk Alone 02:01
Well I see them rolling in the streets These bands of merry men Believing those they walk beside Are loyal 'til the end But if one falls out of favor He'd better just beware Or he'll find the dagger in his back While the rest divide his share So I walk alone These armies of opinion-mongers rage incessantly But I can't hear them nagging when My amplifier screams I don't want no deadbeat coattail riders Threatening my health And if I need a harmony I sing it to myself, I walk alone So gather up an army but before long you will see When you put your faith in numbers You're inviting mutiny And if you plan on waylaying me I'd like to see you try Cause I'm carrying the fire And I will not let it die I walk alone
4.
I hear the revelers cheer as they count it down I pull the door closed but it can't erase the sound So I put on a Rival Summers song And lie awake wondering where it all went wrong I think of California, where we got burned Of Carolina, and all I've learned Of plans we made, and how they'll never be So I go on, but I don't grow up, I just keep growing older And they'll move on, they'll forget my name it'll all get painted over So they pump up the kids with the big big dreams But they don't say nothin' 'bout what it means To come up short, and hear the winter wind roar "Just cash it in, boys, cash it in Quit picking these fights, you'll never win Head due north to the Mighty Mac Just run, boys, run, you can never go back, oh no" So I go on, but I don't grow up I just keep growing older And they'll move on, they'll forget my name It'll all get painted over A bonfire in the backyard Nights walking in the Georgia streets They made me believe So I go on, but I don't grow up I just keep growing older And they'll move on, they'll forget my name It'll all get painted over (Some days I wake up And all I taste is dirt between my teeth I know that I've landed face down And everyone can see All of my back-alley brawls with all my inconsistencies My every failure displayed in my museum of defeat) (I'm moving forward, I've got this fire in my chest I'm moving forward now) (I've got a rogue soul, and a runaway heartbeat And I won't go home 'til all my...) (We build our fortresses up, we spend our lives defending I'm setting fire to mine, I'm tired of pretending)

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"The Seeds & The Soil" is American Arson's first acoustic EP and is Chapter 2 of our 3-part "Origin Story" EP series.

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released March 6, 2015

Recorded October 2014 at HeartGold Studios in Canton, MI
Mixed and Mastered by Kurt Roy
Additional instrumentation by Kurt Roy

All songs written by Evan Baker except "Wayfaring Stranger," traditional American folk song (Early 1800's, author unknown).

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