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Windstorm

by Cold Sludge

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1.
Windstorm 04:03
I just wanna stay warm Through the windstorm
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3.
Alien Lanes 03:06
If I lay still enough, I'll cease to exist Until my phone buzzes So please do not disturb Every day hurts in a new way But it's the same thing over and over Listening to Alien Lanes Getting high and wondering Do you know what the deal is dude? No, and I'll never know Over and over
4.
Opening Sky 03:52
5.
Pollen Love 04:55
Buzz around like flies in the yard Out of this world Misty moon beside the sun You and me alone in the park Out of this world Afternoon but it's still dark Out of this world You come back to me like a worn down key Sometimes just right, sometimes you have to fight with the locks Underneath confusion, I'm sure you'll find me With an eyeful of tears, and a whimper And a plan to escape, get even with myself Finally tell all the people I hate To get out of my life for good Sell my last guitar, make you some food to eat Come over, sit next to you out back Back, way back, way back Beneath this dusty pollen summer love of mine
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Power's Out 01:08
10.
When I buy my things at the store And walk back to my home I try not to drop my apples Every day gets better and better I almost feel no pain Now I'm picking up bruised apples Thinking, what's the point? The birds will eat them anyway And so, try again God knows, god knows I'll try again Every day hurts in a new way But it's the same thing, over and over
11.
Night Walk 01:30
12.
Slacker 02:47
Man, I just had the weirdest dream back on the bus there Do you ever have those dreams that are just completely real? I mean, they're so vivid, it's just like completely real It's like there's always something bizarre going on in those I have one about every two years or something I always remember 'em really good It's like there's always someone getting run over Or something really weird One time I had lunch with Tolstoy, another time I was a roadie for Frank Zappa Anyway So this dream I just had, it was just like that, Except instead of anything bizarre going on I mean, there was nothing going on at all Man, It was like The Omega Man There was just nobody around I was just traveling around You know, staring out the windows of buses and trains and cars, you know When I was at home, I was, like, flipping through the TV stations endlessly Reading I mean, how many dreams do you have where you read in a dream? Wait man, there was this book I just read on the bus You know, it was my dream, so I guess I wrote it or something But, uh, man, it was bizarre It was like The premise for this whole book Was that every thought you have creates its own reality, you know? It's like every choice or decision you make The thing you choose not to do fractions off and becomes its own reality, you know And just goes on from there forever I mean, it's like You know, in the Wizard of Oz When Dorothy meets the Scarecrow And they do that little dance at that crossroads And they think about going all those directions Then they end up going in that one direction I mean, all those other directions Just because they thought about it, became separate realities They just went on from there and lived the rest of their life I mean, entirely different movies, but we'll never see it Because, you know, we're kind of trapped in this one reality restriction type of thing
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Meditations 00:44
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And I can barely tell what's wrong But it's wrong Something in the air today feels awful Every time I open my mouth The words come out so mangled So far, so distant, no relation to the point I'm sorry I'm sorry but I'm trying to learn Not to be so sad Not to be so sad for myself And talk to you like we never did In the last five years Where we smashed into our strings And we smashed into our hearts Yeah we smashed into our strings And we smashed into our hearts Let's smash everything into our hearts The storm is over The storm is never over It'll always return But I love you And we're not going anywhere We're staying where we're safe in the arms of a lover And I just wanna stay warm Through the windstorm And I just wanna stay Stay warm Through the windstorm
16.
Can you feel the warmth of the sun coming up? Can you see that no battles have been won? It sorta has to rain for the clouds going away to mean anything

about

Self-released via Regular Actors, catalog #REG-028

Richard Rossi - music and words.

Some Gear I Used: Jazzmaster, SG, Mustang Bass, Reface CP, Poly-D, Microbrute, Digitakt, Digitone, Tama Drums, Meinl & Dream cymbals, Sony Handheld Recorder

Songs 1-2, 6, 8-11, recorded with a Tascam 424mkii.

Processing, overdubs, and final mixdown for all tracks performed in Logic Pro with an unreasonable amount of automation.

Thank you Kaitlyn, Gary, and Zach for listening to me talk about this album for the better part of the last year

recommended listening:
Jim O'Rourke - Shutting Down Here
Talons' - New Nightmares

credits

released February 23, 2023

Lyrics

Windstorm:

I just wanna stay warm
Through the windstorm

Alien Lanes:

If I lay still enough, I'll cease to exist
Until my phone buzzes
So please do not disturb

Every day hurts in a new way
But it's the same thing over and over
Listening to Alien Lanes
Getting high and wondering
Do you know what the deal is dude?
No, and I'll never know
Over and over

Pollen Love:

Buzz around like flies in the yard
Out of this world
Misty moon beside the sun
You and me alone in the park
Out of this world
Afternoon but it's still dark
Out of this world

You come back to me like a worn down key
Sometimes just right, sometimes you have to fight with the locks
Underneath confusion, I'm sure you'll find me
With an eyeful of tears, and a whimper
And a plan to escape, get even with myself
Finally tell all the people I hate
To get out of my life for good
Sell my last guitar, make you some food to eat
Come over, sit next to you out back
Back, way back, way back

Beneath this dusty pollen summer love of mine

Bruised Apples:

When I buy my things at the store
And walk back to my home
I try not to drop my apples

Every day gets better and better
I almost feel no pain

Now I'm picking up bruised apples
Thinking, what's the point?
The birds will eat them anyway
And so, try again
God knows, god knows I'll try again

Every day hurts in a new way
But it's the same thing, over and over

Metamorphosis:

And I can barely tell what's wrong
But it's wrong
Something in the air today feels awful
Every time I open my mouth
The words come out so mangled
So far, so distant, no relation to the point

I'm sorry
I'm sorry but I'm trying to learn
Not to be so sad
Not to be so sad for myself
And talk to you like we never did
In the last five years
Where we smashed into our strings And we smashed into our hearts
Yeah we smashed into our strings
And we smashed into our hearts
Let's smash everything into our hearts

The storm is over
The storm is never over
It'll always return
But I love you
And we're not going anywhere
We're staying where we're safe in the arms of a lover
And I just wanna stay warm
Through the windstorm
And I just wanna stay
Stay warm
Through the windstorm

Look, Sunrise:

Can you feel the warmth of the sun coming up?
Can you see that no battles have been won?
It sorta has to rain for the clouds going away to mean anything

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Cold Sludge Bellingham, Washington

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Richard Rossi - Bass & Vocals

Gary Colson - Guitar & Vocals

John Hogan - Drums

Nate Tatem - Keys

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