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The Lines of History

by Lesser Known Saint

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1.
A ghost embrace, just beyond our arms Such beds are cold As thoughts to weigh heavy on our hearts Lie still, untold Wane, so desperately, you want to love another A ring of gold Feigning destiny, the tie to bind another To make you whole Unto yourself, one more scar you'll keep Unto yourself, another scar you'll keep now
2.
Portrait 04:17
Upon foundations crippled by frost Stand generations enduring loss With what was gathered, and what was lost We will stay honest despite the cost One ripple against a wake, Once patterned, will replicate We will not find it just to lose it again With what was gathered, and what was lost We will stay honest despite the cost Lost We will not find it just to lose it again
3.
Come, let us tell the weeds in ditches How we are poor, who once had wealth, And losing ground in the battle for our health Let the dust settle, enveloping all that will be As we sleep In our hand, calloused from waving the flag we guarded Witlessly These silent days we long to be spared the burden of wear
4.
Each in his season Slights the reason prudence brings Set on my tempered skin, Cut by the cold wind, Offers little site Of comfort through the night Each in his reason Slights the season freedom springs Left baring my marred heart Come a drum in part A piece to beat upon But lacking perception Fate, for every passion’s sake, Provides another bond To stress until it breaks And strive to move beyond A place to rest your burden, trust you belong And yet, Fate Provides another bond To stress until it breaks And strive to move beyond Treading each other’s healing We pave a path unyielding Responsible for ceding, we Bear the loss of love
5.
Caste, imperfect place, a hardship bourne of wealth The right to show your love for another Faking thoughts to fit a mold, hoping that We'll all see the day Of letting go, reflection a fragment Waking thoughts betray your own knowing, that We'd all feel the same Fast to write away what we all forgive ourselves Past, the common face, that we all forget ourselves Force-fed denial of what we all once shared Forced into denying what we all once shared Caste, imperfect place, a hardship bourne of wealth Waking thoughts betray your own knowing, that We'd all feel the same Fast to write away what we all forgive ourselves Past, the common face, that we all forget ourselves
6.
Dined with red wine and white lies A game of citing lines As seen through reborn eyes The dead we live among Turn to fuel for the outcome Mends any damage done By small acts of rebellion Praise The will to overrun What our Fathers have written Preys In this state of unknown Retrogression In this state not our own A lone echo A lone echo Alone Echo an oath for change And hope plied for gain Swallow more of the same A vote cast in vain
7.
We will weather a storm Fueled by the neglect of centuries A shift in perception Strips back layers of history This path beaten before Passed as aged senility, Lost A trek with no turn To learn lessons earned This role as The First A part to rehearse Immolation gains a heart Through increasing disregard, A force unseen Winds carving lines into the face Of one who lived through past mistakes An image we still choose to trace Despite the wealth we have at stake Never to know the breath of hope, The common goal we would sow

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released November 20, 2010

Andy Rutledge - bass
Axel Aguado - guitar
Jim Schloemer - vocals, guitar, keyboards
Jimmy Neumann - drums
Mike Britson - guitar

All music by Lesser Known Saint
All lyrics by Jim Schloemer
Additional vocals by Axel Aguado and Jaime Gonzales
Strings performed by Erica Burton
Audio sample in The Common Face taken from Keith Olbermann’s Special Comment on Proposition 8, which originally aired on MSNBC’s Countdown, on 11/10/2008
Recorded at our practice space in 2009-2010
Mixed by Tim Kersting
Mastered by Doug Van Sloun at Focus Mastering
Images created by Sarah Wray
Layout by Paul Friemel and Jim Schloemer
Running Time: 40:25
Copyright © 2010

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