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Human Album

by Whitherward

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1.
I wanna sit at a bar And figure you out In climactic conversation I wanna make up a song And write it about Our endless worn conclusions That's just who we are And I hope you wrote Every note you slipped under my door And I hope to God that you know Someone will study the dent in my wall Wondering what happened here And where we are now That we're ghosts of Germantown I wanna ride in your car And drive to the edge To figure out all of our problems And I wanna sip on your beer And sit way too close And forget that we can't solve them That's just who we are And I hope you wrote Every note you slipped under my door And I hope to God that you know Someone will study the dent in my wall Wondering what happened here And where we are now That we're ghosts of Germantown I wanna be in your house And listen all night To all of your haunted stories And you would put me on the couch Because I shouldn't drive That's just how it goes That's just who we are And I hope you wrote Every note you slipped under my door And I hope to God that you know Someone will study the dent in my wall Wondering what the hell happened here And where we are now That we're ghosts of Germantown We’re ghosts of Germantown We’re ghosts of Germantown
2.
I wish I believed like you wanted me to I don’t know anything, but I’m glad that you do Your chariot awaits but is it real enough for you? Everything is quiet Everything is fine It’s all going like you rehearsed in your mind I don’t know where you’re going But you’re holding on tight You’re sleeping with shadows tonight How do you deal with the shame of the truth? That praying isn’t something that feels right to you You go through the motions ‘cause it’s just what you do Everything is sacred Everything is true If you grew up with it You’d believe it too But the questions still linger Until the morning light You’re sleeping with shadows tonight But what if we believed In everything you sold? We’d live in candy castles On clouds made of gold The loved ones we lost Are waiting there for us Yes wouldn’t that be fine? To suddenly change my mind Everything is perfect Everything is wrong Everything is just like it had been all along I don’t know where I’m going But everything is right I’m sleeping with shadows tonight I don’t know where we’re going But everything is fine I’m sleeping with shadows tonight
3.
Razor 04:08
I've been using this razor For over 6 months I should probably change it But I like the rust And I'm wearing Omaha Again like a hat Over-thinking about you But I'm used to that I played Lori McKenna from the bathroom floor She was singing right to me through the walls of your snore And you didn't know that But I guess now you know Everyone's got a compass And nowhere to go Don't miss me too little Don't miss me too much Dont miss me too little Don't miss me... Too much I've been wondering Where you have gone I've been sleeping with someone I'm used to his song He's a musician He plays Cash on his uke He's probably good for me But he isn't you Don't miss me too little Don't miss me too much Don't miss me too little Don't miss me too much So you go your way And I'll go inbetween Something like heartache And living the dream Cause I am the traveler You're Robert Frost Everyone's got a compass And everyone's lost Don't miss me too little Don't miss me too much Don't miss me too little (Take this razor) Don't miss me too much (Cut me loose) Don't miss me too little (Take this razor) (Everyone's got a compass) Don't miss me too much (Cut me loose) (But everyone's lost) Don't miss me too little (Take this razor) (Everyone's got a compass) Don't miss me too much (Cut me loose) (But everyone's lost) Don't miss me too little Don't miss me...
4.
What I Knew 03:43
The moon revolves around the earth The earth around the sun The sun revolves around you Because you are the one Who dominates the lifetimes Of thoughts I can’t subdue I have a love both young and old That was what I knew Fire burns and also cleanses Tears do much the same Both of them were inside of you And set my heart aflame But the fires were put out fast And tears left a sickly hue You never were the same again That’s just what I knew Did I ever feel bad? For the urges that I had? Were they real or misdirection? Were they given without discretion? It was the real thing I felt for you That was what I knew Time heals the wounded Medicine works too Where do you hide your bottle? I already knew Sleepless nights and restless days Trying to hide from your sunny gaze The past was cruel, but I was, too That's just what I knew Did I ever feel alive? Had I already died? What is life without your voice? Did I give you a choice? It wasn’t my design to fall for you That’s just what I knew Stubbornly, I toss and turn Woken by the sound Of the thought police again They must be gaining ground And so I leave a letter By the fireside for you I would have done it differently I would have done for you I would have loved you differently That’s just what I knew.
5.
It hurts to be human It’s painful to breathe When you break a bone, a heart, a home Or me It don’t pay to have passion When you’re playing for free It hurts to be human Cause everyone bleeds Everyone’s got a problem Everyone’s got a scar Everyone’s got a secret They hold in their heart Guess I shoulda known That’s how the story goes In the end It hurts to be human It’s painful to breathe When you break a bone, a heart, a home Or me It don’t pay to have passion When you’re playing for free It hurts to be human Cause everyone bleeds I remember that feeling Your skin on my skin Bu the thing about moments Is they’re gone with the wind It cuts like a knife But I know I’m alive Guess I shoulda known That’s how the story goes In this life It hurts to be human It’s painful to breathe When you break a bone, a heart, a home Or me It don’t pay to have passion When you’re playing for free It hurts to be human Cause everyone bleeds It hurts to be human Cause everyone bleeds
6.
Make it steady make it fast Make this steed So it's gonna last Take me places I've never been Only in my imagination All the highway angels wave They pass by me on parade I saw them in Montana skies And Vegas where they go to die I've bled on strings and over you Found sanction in a Subaru All I know Is the Vagabond Road When she calls me I'm coming home I can't stay away from the open road I've conquired mountains Now I want the ocean I want confidence in motion All the highway angels wave They pass by me on parade I saw them in Montana skies And Vegas where they go to die I've bled on strings and over you Found sanction in a Subaru I don't have much But this is true All I know Is the Vagabond Road All my other lives can wait I pass them on the interstate I saw them when I blinked an eye In Vegas where I went to die I've made a big mistake or two Found sanction in a Subaru Cause all I know Now all I know Is the Vagabond Road
7.
We had a choice to make We had a world to save A sacrifice was all that it would take Without a pause for thought A soulbound weapon sought To vanquish evil from this sacred place Her life Was given up So that we would endure The world we had was base and impure Anew Remade with love We plant the seeds and tend The sanctuary Would grow again Sunshafts dart through the trees And dance among the breeze They strike my face with a familiar ease This forest gave me life And opened up my eyes Here I was born, and here I hope to die The sun To catch the sun I climb the redwood arms To guard the canopy from our foes It’s true I knew that I Had been immortal once But this was not the fate that I chose Stoic resplendency Enshrined among the leaves Their veins connected to the history A thousand thousand years Embracing nature’s tears To give their shelter to the creatures here This light I give to you They gave to me before To ward the forces That can restore My son My only son Today becomes the day The sanctuary Calls you a man

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Whitherward created a collection of art and music that studies seven unique human stories. We wrote and recorded seven songs in seven states for over seven months. From our mobile studio, we finished what feels like a complete collection of all things artistically human. Through Arizona, California, Washington, Illinois, Nebraska, Utah and Montana, and with a collaboration from oil painter Michelle Penington and graphic artist Aaron TM Bauer. We give you: “Human Album.”

credits

released April 7, 2019

Ashley E. Norton: vocals (1, 2, 3, 5, 6), acoustic guitar (1, 3, 6), bgvs (1, 2, 5, 7)
Edward Williams: vocals (2, 4, 5, 7), acoustic (1, 2, 4, 5, 7) & electric guitar (1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7,) bass (2, 3, 5, 6, 7), bgvs (1, 2, 3, 5, 7), engineering (1-7), mixing & mastering (1-7.)
Stephanie Groot: violin (2-7), mandolin (1 & 6) bgvs (3, 6, 7)
Daniel Mock: drums & percussion (1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7)
Andrew Hake: bass (1)
All songs written & produced by Norton/Williams.

Michelle Penington: original paintings, oil on canvas
Aaron TM Bauer: graphic designer & illustrator
Howard Ignatius: cover photo

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