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Musical Identity Crisis

by L. Mounts

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1.
Fuck You, Thunder! 02:06
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Storm's a-brewin' and I wish that you were here by my side Rain is coming down torrentially and I can't describe All the ways that I miss you All the ways that I miss you Strikes of lightning hit the trees and I wish you'd hit me up Stay up late and write these stupid songs till I can't stand straight up The next day and I wanna fall asleep Tomorrow I just wanna fall asleep
2.
Jedgar Hoover 03:23
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We floated through the sky with our eyes face down on all the people And we wish they all could disappear so we could live here by ourselves We dreamt of getting closer so we swore to never leave each other's sides And if we die we're gonna die together on a one way through hell And so we dance like tomorrow is never gonna come And we'll all just explode and float into the sun And in that moment I swear we were astronauts sent on a mission to die We'll shoot up in our short-term life rocket and blow up the satellites We bathed in sun as twisted our tongues inside each other's mouths And we drank ice cold tea on an isolated beach in the 'burbs And we ran just as fast as we could to get where we were going And not a moment passed by where you weren't the one I deserved And so we dance like tomorrow is never gonna come And we'll all just explode and float into the sun And in that moment I swear we were astronauts sent on a mission to die We'll shoot up in our short-term life rocket and blow up the satellites
3.
Summer Song 01:52
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This town is fucking boring and I'm sick of everything I was so excited for summer but lately I've been ingesting Large amounts of ice cream and bowls of mike and Ike's and jelly beans And chips and other junk food Based on no good reasoning And I'm only happy when I'm with my girlfriend or my records or my Group of knuckleheads that never fail to make me feel better Or the city with two seasons though its always fucking windy But I feel alive at concerts cause they make feel less shitty And I'm gonna quit my day job soon and things will turn up then Well one can only hope and hope rarely makes a difference I miss the friends I used to have and the bands I used to front But I'm glad I get to spend most of my time deeply in love And though I often hate the places where I live and breathe I wish that I could never grow up Cause death scares the hell out of me And one day I hope someone outside this state will hear my songs And cop them off the Internet and they'll pay what they want Cause the money isn't as important as the distribution But my voice and fingers on these strings aren't serving as a solution I'm impatient and I know it And I'm gonna fucking show it But one day I'll be discovered By someone who's not another Member of this small town community Maybe someone who owns a label And then I'll put out records And I'll finally be able To be content
4.
Old Friends & New Drugs 05:34
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Haven't seen my friends in a month or two Haven't known a damn thing of what they've been doing But it turns out that it's all the same Kinds of things that caused them to leave me Out in the dust and mess up my breathing I wish it wasn't the case That some of them think that you are overreacting Some of them think it doesn't affect you at all Some of them don't even notice what you're feeling 'Cause you've lost half of them to drugs and alcohol It's hard to be nice to the people you thought Would always have your back and wouldn't judge you at all When they're out late getting smashed You think it's all fine, you think it's okay You think it's just a plain ride on the city train Until they pull out the the brash Little tin containing tiny metal pieces Wondering just what they hell they are Never thought they would go try psychedelics Can't believe you've lost them to anything at all It's a shame, damn shame what they've become It's a shame, damn shame what they've done It's a shame, damn shame never thought they'd leave It's a shame, damn shame who they're gonna be Haven't seen my friends in a day or two And I'm still concerned about what they're doing But they want me to back off There's only one person who had the care To keep me around and always be there And make sure I stayed calm Whenever things were going down in my life Whenever I needed something he would be around Forever I'll be disappointed in those I've lost But maybe it's for the better, and who know knows if they'll ever Turn their life around
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I Get Worried 05:10
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I know what's going on in your head But it still makes me sick to death And I get worried without you I get worried when you're gone I get worried without you I get worried when you're stuck at home Now if I could I would come over And love you back to health I'd keep you safe and comfortable And keep you all to myself 'Cause I get worried without you I get worried when you're gone I get worried without you I get worried when you're stuck at home And you know I'm always here for you Waiting for the moment you return You know how much I care about you I'll wait here forever 'Cause I get worried without you I get worried when you're gone I get worried without you I get worried when you're stuck at home
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We're Both Going To Die And I Still Haven't Told You I Love You 07:35
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As we run through the gauntlet I read your troubled mind All the good and the haunted And whatever else I can find We've been on the run here For so long, and it seems to be That we are gonna die here So it's time that you here this from me When I first saw you there In the hospital, numb and paralyzed I just began to stare Into the damaged depths of your eyes I saved you, you saved me Now we're going down together They'll kill you, they'll kill me Our hearts may stop but they're gonna bleed forever And we escaped from the asylum Hand in hand, sirens going off And we made a plan to try some Little things before we got caught So we went back to my place To find a movie and lay down on the couch So we watched A Clockwork Orange Stealing cable from the next door neighbor's house And we ran like two convicts Being chased by copper scum And the doctors were finally on it They said they'd chase us down till the night would come And they tried, and they tried To catch us in their big white metal vans We will die, we will die They'll kill us off but we'll still be holding hands Did I ever tell you how good you look inside your straightjacket? And did I ever tell you that if I come back to life I'll bring you back in? We're not simply significant others Or hostages in love bound together by our flaws And we'll still have each other Even six feet under The soil where we kissed and broke the law
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Get To The Bridge 05:42
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She looked at me said, "Our best friends escaped and now they are dead So let's go down to the place where the water flows under the bridge Let's visit them in Heaven 'cause I don't wanna let 'em be alone It's too dark see but I'm not going home. So let's run as fast as we can and we'll get there before they detect us Let's get to the bridge before they arrest us." I looked at her and said, "Baby you're crazy, let's stay here instead And not go down to the place where the water flows under the bridge If Hell hath no fury there's no need to worry your bones It's too dark to see, babe, we're gonna stay home I won't run as fast as I can 'cause I know that they'll surely detect us We won't get to the bridge before they arrest us." They looked at us and said, "You're not leaving here so just lie in your beds You won't go down to the place where the water flows under the bridge You people ain't leaving to cut off your breathing tenfold It's too dark to see, you won't ever get home So don't run as fast as you can 'cause you know that we're gonna detect you You won't get to the bridge before we arrest you." "Let's run as fast as we can I don't care if they ever detect us I wanna get to the bridge before they arrest us" "Let's run as fast as we can, hon, I know that they'll never detect us We'll get to the bridge before they arrest us."
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Theme From Musical Identity Crisis 17:36
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I. THE BRAIN Feel it slip, feel it break, feel it cough, feel it shake Feel it think way too much, feel it detach from blood Feel it breathe easily, feel it choke just the same Feel it pulsating hard to the point of strong pain Goes and goes, never sleep, heavy eyes, feeling weak Feet of crows scratch my face, get me out of this place Can't decide what to do with my life, but with you I feel sane, I feel fine, so tell me, who am I? [Who should I be? Who should I please? Who am I singing for? If anyone at all or none? What am I doing this for?] II. THE HEART Feel it slip, feel it break, feel it cough, feel it shake Feel it beat way too much, feel it detach from blood Feel it burn, feel it freeze, feel it bring me to my knees Feel it shock, feel it pull my body down, without control Wants to burst out my chest, stain the world, bloodied red Veins will wrap around my neck, till I fall without a breath Wants to have one set path, but it can't focus back On the one that I love, I have had enough [Who should I be? Who should I please? Who am I singing for? If anyone at all or none? What am I doing this for?] [What should I play? What should I be? Is even anyone listening? Who cares? Who should? Am I good enough to even be trying?] Why am I even trying? III. THE REJUVENATION OF THE BRAIN, HEART, AND BODY But maybe it doesn't matter at all And maybe I'll get back up from the fall And maybe I shouldn't even be scared If I'm not comfortable here or there I am going to find my place I'll figure out what I wanna make I'm going to get through all of this I'm going to get through all of this I'm going to get through all of this

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Eight songs. No acoustic guitar. A journey through musical experimentation and indecisiveness.

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released August 13, 2013

All songs were written, performed, produced, mixed, and recorded by L. Mounts.

Cover photograph taken by Paul Mounts.

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Singer of songs. Abstainer of substances. Bringer of plagues.

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