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Archer Hollow

by Constant Reader

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1.
Broken Window 02:22
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Sometimes it takes a broken window to let the sunshine in I know the weather's getting colder, but we've got blankets for the wind And there's nothing wrong that can't be undone someday Yeah, there's nothing wrong that can't be undone someday And when the sunlight starts streaming in, flowers turn their heads to see And we can crawl out of the darkness, squinting, blind, but now we're free 'Cause there's nothing wrong that can't be undone someday Yeah, there's nothing wrong that can't be undone someday No, there's nothing wrong that can't be undone someday Now there's something wrong, it'll be undone someday
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Snowglobe 04:08
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I'm protected from the outside world inside my little dome There's plastic trees in my front yard beside my tiny home And I'm living under water, so I always hold my breath I've been shaken up so many times now I have nothing left Snowglobe The weather's terrible down here, it moves from bad to worse Snow's piled high on everything, the earth quakes, it's dispersed Then it snows for 'bout an hour, then it's piled high once again And it's just like how it started and the cycle never ends Snowglobe I don't know how I got here, I don't recall anything else When I look outside my glass dome, there's more just like it on the shelf Snowglobes Once I had a girl here, she kept me warm out of the cold But she grew tired of our lives here, it's a story often told So she left our little snowglobe to go and ride the model trains And I'm left here all alone now where the water never drains Snowglobe
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Army of Ghosts 02:54
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The light's crawling quietly across the cold carpet It's passed through the double-panes windows and blinds It's moving so slow like a small, ghostly army Approaching my bed in perfect parade lines And I don't know the age of the old rock of ages 'Cause I don't ask no questions of heavenly hosts But when the shadows move in and the leaves turn like pages It's just like a slow marching army of ghosts And the static-y speakers on this old record player Are sharing some secrets I don't wanna know And it's funny how static on old televisions And crystalized rainfall, we call 'em both snow And I don't know the age of the old rock of ages 'Cause I don't ask no questions of heavenly hosts But when the shadows move in and the leaves turn like pages It's just like a slow marching army of ghosts Milk leaks from the bottle and drips to the counter And flows across the kitchen in a pasty white flood It's like an invisible army is passing And dragging their wounded and dripping their blood And I don't know the age of the old rock of ages 'Cause I don't ask no questions of heavenly hosts But when the shadows move in and the leaves turn like pages It's just like a slow marching army of ghosts
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Firetree 02:55
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A river runs through Townsend like that red blood flows through me And in the fall when it all starts dying, I go to the firetree And I bring my disappointment, my despair, my disarray And I lay them at the roots there and it all just burns away And I say: God, oh God, oh God, oh God, oh my God, oh my God The roots move through the soil there like the veins beneath my skin And autumn comes and like the sun, the firetree burns again And my troubles turn to cinders and my anger and my pain And the firetree goes on burning through the wind and through the rain And I say: God, oh God, oh God, oh God, oh my God, oh my God
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Heavenly Bodies 02:42
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You looked up at the Milky Way and you smiled You said the stars haven't been this bright in awhile And as the clouds moved by across the moon They painted the sky purple and blue We are heavenly bodies, we know who we are We are heavenly bodies, we're all filled with stars We are heavenly bodies, we know who we are We are heavenly bodies, we're all filled with stars The stars at night, yeah, they will never see All the things you always do for me They have to shine down from so far away They'll never hear a single word we say We are heavenly bodies, we know who we are We are heavenly bodies, we're all filled with stars We are heavenly bodies, we know who we are We are heavenly bodies, we're all filled with stars
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'Til the Boat Goes Down 02:43
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I'll love you 'til the boat goes down If we find an island and we run aground I will meet you on the shore And it will be just like before I will love you 'til the island ain't no more I will love you 'til we sink into the sea If we wake up in Atlantis suddenly I will meet you at the gate I'll be waiting, don't be late I will love you 'til Atlantis fades away I will love you 'til the boat's capsized Maybe we'll be washed to safety with the tides Then I will meet you on dry land We'll walk together hand in hand I will love you 'til there's nowhere left to stand I will love you when the boat goes down I'll swim beside you and I'll hope we never drown Maybe we'll just learn to fly Then I'll meet you way up high I will love you 'til there isn't any sky
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Dead Dog 05:37
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There's a dead dog in the water And probably he drowned This endless rain has taught her How to swallow it all down And there's moonlight on the river There's moonlight on the shore There's nothing I can give her That she would want anymore So I walked down to the graveyard Pressed my head against the stone Closed my eyes and prayed hard That she would find her way home But, no, she won't be returning No, I know she can't be saved And though my heart's still burning She's grown cold here in this grave We built our little empire Out of mud and stone But it crumbled like a vampire That's stepped out into the sun But now fog has filled the hollow And the sun ain't gonna shine I guess that I should follow her I guess maybe now's the time So, I'll lay down right beside her So I won't have far to roam And the message that's inscribed there Says you'll never be alone So there's a dead dog in the water Or maybe it's just me I never have forgot her And now I'll finally be free And I I will fly And I will find her Tonight And she She'll be waiting She will find me We'll be free
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Moving (Mountains) 03:40
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I don't say I'm sorry anymore I don't hear your footsteps by the door Moved from a triangle to a square Please take a message back if you go there All these waterfalls are in my head I sleep each night tucked in the riverbed The mountains wait for me when I get home It's just me and her, but we're never alone Smokey mountain, little river Green green valley, blue blue sky I don't miss the city anymore All the towns end right outside my door I don't buy the things I used to buy I've got more money now, but I don't mind I live off rocks and dirts and limbs and leaves And flowers falling from vending machines I got out in just the nick of thyme Now I've been building bridges born of vine Smokey mountain, little river Green green valley, blue blue sky
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Stormwater 02:45
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Fall leaves paint the gutter Orange, red and brown They're flowing like a river As the autumn rain comes down I look into the water and I feel like I could drown Stormwater, stormwater, stormwater This bucket's running over It pours out onto the ground The raindrops on my rooftop's Making such a joyfull sound I look into the water, I feel lost and I feel found Stormwater, stormwater, stormwater
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Ready To Go Home 01:52
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Well, I've been to the city, yes I've seen the city fair I've climbed atop its buildings and I've breathed it's smoggy air It's like some kind of desert made of concrete and steel And if you were to ask me, then I'd tell you how I feel Everything's hurry and wait there, and I'm tired to the bone And there's just too many people and I'm ready to go home I'm ready to go home, I'm ready to go home We've been gone for way too long, and I'm ready to go home We'll I've been on vacation, yes, I've seen most everything I've been to California and I've been to New Orleans Now I'm sick of writing letters and just talking on the phone I wanna see your face dear and I'm ready to go home I'm ready to go home, I'm ready to go home We've been gone for way too long, and I'm ready to go home We've been gone for way too long, and I'm ready to go home
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Little River Railroad Co. 03:19
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Dogs of September 02:12
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Do you remember the dogs of September? They're howling at the autumn moon And they're barking and scratching and chasing and catching 'Cause they know it will be winter soon We're getting older and winter gets colder It seems like every single year We'll ignore the weather when we are together Whenever we are warm in here Don't go away, don't go away Don't go away, don't go away When cold turns to spring, it's a beautiful thing When the flowers raise their head to the light Soon we'll say goodbye to the 4th of July When we set fire to the sky for the night Then comes September, November, December And then it is another year And the dogs are still chasing and racing and racing And pacing 'cause they know no fear Don't go away, don't go away Don't go away, don't go away Don't go away, don't go away Don't go away, don't go away
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Never Leave You 01:13
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Darling, I'll never leave you I won't forsake you I'll never go Darling, Ill lay this letter Here at your bedside So you will know And in the morning, will you remember These words I told you When you're alone Darling, I'll never leave you I won't forsake you I'll never go

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released November 5, 2013

Words and music by Anthony Bowman
All noises and sounds by Anthony Bowman
Recorded at The Compound at Archer Hollow
FCR-204

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Constant Reader makes sad goth folk music in Midwestern bedrooms.

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