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Subtractive

by Bluelily

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1.
Intro 01:40
2.
Amaranth 04:37
wake now and grasp the thread of red devotion oh, where were you when I fell in love with such a dead emotion? but much to my surprise all the things you'd said to me were little white lies so if nothing comes to pass, don't choke on the glass all your friends are out there painting landscapes in amaranthine shades but every single noise you paint comes out a dull and lifeless gray and much to my surprise all the things I'd told myself were little white lies so if nothing comes to pass, don't choke on the glass to shamelessly forget the past and you just can't help but sit there with your stomach sinking when your fingers won't keep up with what your brain is thinking so if something comes to pass and if anything comes to pass then when nothing comes to pass, don't choke on the glass
3.
Blue Buoys 08:22
now lost at sea, where to confide? nowhere to go, no place to hide it barely seems that you’re alive because you see right through me so you look away when you say hello blank eyes caught up in the undertow so your hopes won't sink tied to a stone floating like blue buoys dropped an ocean inside your skull the monochrome life is awfully dull throw your headphones on and fade away yeah, that'll be the day hey, you know, you’re drowning yourself when you say "I’d rather be alone" hey, you know, you're choking yourself when you say "I’d rather live alone" hey, don’t you know, you're stabbing yourself when you say "I’d rather stay alone" better drain that ocean before you're all gone now lost at sea (where to confide?) nowhere to go (no place to hide) it barely seems that you're alive because you see right through me so you look away (when you say hello) blank eyes caught up (in the undertow) so your hopes won't sink tied to a stone floating like blue buoys (was all that you loved cast down the river? all that you loved swept out to sea?)
4.
CMYK 06:34
out of touch with everyone you knew honestly, it's funny what eight months will do guess I'm just out of it now finally down to the last of your palettes yet you refuse to accept there's something wrong about it maybe I'm full of shit only trying to not try at all you lined your lies up in rows, you locked the truths in the walls you're the captain of a sinking ship a sky full of yellow stars will still come crashing down even if you beg the setting sun to keep magenta clouds around and come the cyan glow of midnight light, it couldn't be any clearer all you are anymore is a man at war with the face in the mirror and if art's not art and God is dead or whatever my friends say these days not that I understand now, anyway I'll keep spitting out my sophomoric prose in some last-ditch effort where anything goes it's subtractive, and that's all I know so dye everything a stygian black or anything but that you tried to make a mark, but the colors bled together now you're left grasping for anything at all the world's an empty canvas, but the paint won't last forever now you're standing there and just about to fall had the chance to start your portrait, but you were staring through a filter now the opportunity is slipping away yeah, I guess I've just been out of it
5.
Dead Weight 05:05
if I buy a guitar and do it over pen a six-stringed symphony and reclaim all the wasted years will I buy a new life and live it better or tear out the torn pages and bury all the misplaced fears we were all too busy getting old we were all so stupid wading through a sea of noise like I'm not right in the head maybe I should set this weight down and just go back inside instead need to pick up the pace to walk the paths I've yet to tread walk straight into the abyss to keep the dream from going dead we were all too busy getting old we were all too lazy to break the mold I was there, standing in the dead of night but now I’m all right I’ll be all right

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Released by Little L Records in Carlow, Ireland. LLR-104.
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released September 25, 2015

Musicians who appear on this release:
Zack Stewart — vocals, synthesizer, piano, programming
Nate Wagner — guitar, bass

All songs and lyrics written by Zack Stewart.
Written between late 2011 and mid-2014.

Recorded in various bedrooms, dorm rooms, and hallways by Kirby Olson and Nate Wagner between September 2014 and March 2015.

Mixed and mastered by Kirby Olson and Zack Stewart.

Artwork by Zack Stewart.
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Bluelily would like to thank:
Kirby and Nate, for putting up with me and helping to bring everything to life; Callum Browne, for believing in me even when I didn’t; Mr. Tom Plummer, for teaching me the joys of making music and playing jazz; Dan McLay, for your kind words of encouragement; and Donetta Stewart, Don Smith, Seth and BJ Ludwig, Nick Collison, Matt Nieland, Joel Wernimont, Tanner Schrad, Jace Neubaum, Erin Weber, Stella Gatzke, Nola Novak, Jenkin Benson, Jacob Getzoff, Thomas Grabinski, Patrick Armstrong, Ilai Ashdot, Ian Wang, Nick M. / Eyesz, Julian Conrads, Mel Darling, Edmund Olson, Dave Mufasa, and all my other friends and family both near and far for all of your love and support.

Dedicated to the memory of Keith Alan Stewart.

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