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Roman Empire

from Curtains by The Encaustics

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Jet sets, frat boys and sports stars
you can pick them all up on radar
but don't forget I'll be in your head
in your head is where I'll be

the signage along the interstate said
"forty-two miles from home"
make excuses for time to elapse
Jack Kerouac, "On the Road" to pass the time

someone please pour hot wax on my face
I wanna feel something
a bucket of glass I think should suffice
I wanna chew on something

well I'm leaving this room of four years
and I'm scared to death!
some say I'm a coward, but at best
I think it was all just a test I failed to pass
and I'll destroy all of your letters
and the works in process
all of which I never missed
you can fix your crooked teeth
but you can't "fix your smile"

because our love is like the Roman Empire, "forces from within"
forlorn skyscrapers destroyed by a "fire from within?"
I'm moving on, moving on, and I'm moving... I'm moving on

well I just want someone to play guitar
I want someone to fix this broken 4-track
it's all messed up I know to begin with
but it's all a juggling act

credits

from Curtains, released July 1, 2012
Tong: Acoustic Guitar, Vocals
Brandon: Organ, Drums
Matt: Bass, Electric Guitar

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THE ENCAUSTICS Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

This guy named Tong came to my home studio maybe 4 or 5 times in 2005 to record songs for an album. Haven't seen him since. We started with 1st or 2nd take demos, just him on acoustic & vocals into one SM-58, occasional rhythm tracks courtesy of a $50 Casio (listen for it in the mic bleed on some of the vocal tracks) all other instrumentation was added years later, first a hobby later an obsession ... more

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