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Breaking Away (fdm076)

by Chris Anderson

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1.
ISLANDS IN THE SLIPSTREAM where are we now? the siren in the water beaten to brows and set aside for slaughter how do we take it away? shining in code we crumble like the plaster from head to her toes they never do it fast enough for the new school islands in the slipstream never last long enough islands in the slipsteam take a bow, take a bow islands in the slipstream always acting so tough til they slip under the slipstream hand over hand we always find our way through the slipper of sand through the whisper of the darkest day one and the lonely drifter to dunce we rely on subtle shifts still we do our own stunts til we nod and blink and lift the veil to reveal it islands in the slipstream never last long enough islands in the slipsteam take a bow, take a bow islands in the slipstream always acting so tough til they slip under the slipstream move like a mouse through the fog and bitter field all the thieves in the house they listen to the wheel that spins like an iron cloud hope, it's a way to see beyond the real to the dreams on display in the hole behind the grinding wheel we turn it islands in the slipstream never last long enough islands in the slipsteam take a bow, take a bow islands in the slipstream always acting so tough til they slip under the slipstream -2/12/14
2.
BREAKING AWAY i'm hanging on a short line it's a long time coming and i don't know when i'm gonna take it back my hand's in the gutter and room still spins i heard the angel lie she said she's got my number anyway outside the wind keeps howling and my spirit's growling anyway what do you say? the light's still burning in our eyes, my dear what do you say? the right time is coming and it's oh so clear for breaking away you know it, yeah, it's all good we gotta wait for a minute til we loose this chain i've done all that i could now we're both gonna hit it, be alive again no more sad circles no more sitting in this rut that we both play outside the sun is shining i feel it in my gut, today's the day what do you say? the light's still burning in our eyes, my dear what do you say? the right time is coming and it's oh so clear for breaking away we're standing on the face of a whole new present and the whole new wave just hoping for a taste of that northern life, it's everything we crave to breathe it in and let it go to be the change that we both know we need, to act upon it the boldest move we'll make is just to go what do you say? the light's still burning in our eyes, my dear what do you say? the right time is coming and it's oh so clear for breaking away -2/13/14
3.
Underground 04:37
UNDERGROUND mother, can you hear me singing? i got a soul full of song and i'm clinging to the next one coming i'll bring you a little piece of the puzzle i'm building mother, can you hear me screaming? i saw her face in the middle of a bad dream it wasn't much to remember no meaning attached to the shadow on the ceiling take it in now breathe it in, breathe it out it ain't no monkey on your back it ain't no albatross to beat into the ground keep the fires burning on this merry-go-round and round and round underground mother, can you hear me saying we gotta move it all along this plane, yeah i feel a shake in my bones, a fever comin' on every time i think about the back yard mother, can you see me wasting another moment of my day spent chasing these little flies in my head keep me spinning dizzy gettin' busy til i hit the ground hard take it in now breathe it in, breathe it out it ain't no monkey on your back it ain't no albatross to beat into the ground keep the fires burning on this merry-go-round and round and round underground mother, can hear me crying? i think about it all the time i wanna fly to the end of the world just to see the way it all plays out... mother, can you see me shaking? i got a boogie in my bones and i'm aching in my heart, i got love i'm all about that i gotta ramp it up take it in now breathe it in, breathe it out it ain't no monkey on your back it ain't no albatross to beat into the ground keep the fires burning on this merry-go-round and round and round underground -2/9/14
4.
Tiny Bells 04:08
TINY BELLS i put my back against the wall shook myself down and waited for the call it wasn't like i heard myself scream over all the screaming in the background of that dream with tiny bells the circus comes to town and all the smoke behind the shades never any mirrors, only windows with no panes dust it off and leave it with the queen who's crying in the corner with the extras in that scene with tiny bells the circus comes to town shootin' cells and swirling around with tiny bells the circus comes to town that night, we came without a voice guided by the last of all the misfits and their toys on the wall, there hangs a portal to the end guarded by his majesty and all his merry men with tiny bells the circus comes to town shootin' cells and swirling around with tiny bells the circus comes with hired help to throw the stones with tiny bells the circus comes to town there ain't no heroes in this place just a lot of pretenders with a cruel grin on their face before we go, we all must know whether it's better to just get on with the show with tiny bells the circus comes to town shootin' cells and swirling around with tiny bells the circus comes with hired help to throw the stones with tiny bells the circus comes to town -2/21/14
5.
Afterworld 02:35
AFTERWORLD the sea to the shore on the outer edge don't mean a thing don't mean a thing when the queen cuts the cord and we're left for dead it don't mean a thing, don't mean a thing lights fade in the afterworld more, bring it, more to the old trap door can't see the score or care what it's for while the ghosts all divide the last scraps of dust we do what we must, we do what we must lights fade in the afterworld feet on the floor til we walk no more can't see the door, can't see the door for the walls and the ears, yeah, we all have tales and we bite our nails and let down the veil lights fade in the afterworld -2/9/14
6.
TONIGHT'S THE NIGHT take a load off we're sittin' around the bus dreaming of a sunny day and the way they followed us tonight's the night it's gonna be alright think of it now all the pleasure behind the pain and sing another song about the weather and how we're prayin' for rain tonight's the night it's gonna be alright we're gonna dance around the topic once again tonight's the night it's gonna be alright where did you go? when the money was on the floor t'was like the sound of a million children screaming c'mon, gimme more more more more more tonight's the night it's gonna be alright we're gonna dance around the topic once again tonight's the night it's gonna be alright on this island there's only me and i there's only me and i and the phantom behind my eyes tonight's the night it's gonna be alright we're gonna dance around the topic once again tonight's the night it's gonna be alright we're gonna dance around the fire once again tonight's the night it's gonna be alright -2/11/14
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d.i.y. 04:02
d.i.y. d.i.y. from the back of my mind i can see the world i sing about when i'm here at home i can never feel alone it's that love i can not live without my songs are my children not just the ones i'm willing to share with the world my songs are my children not just the ones i'm willing to share with you now d.i.y. from the back of my mind another one has come and gone it sounds a lot like this and a little like that sometimes it goes on and on my songs are my children not just the ones i'm willing to share with the world my songs are my children not just the ones i'm willing to share with you now d.i.y. from the back of my mind i think about it all the time all i do is grin and i do it all again so proud to say it's all mine my songs are my children not just the ones i'm willing to share with the world my songs are my children not just the ones i'm willing to share with you now i sing about the world i sing about the little ones i sing about the fire i sing about love i sing about the war i sing about the peace i sing about the follies of man and everything we all need and i'll sing about you -2/24/14
8.
Frozen Time 04:21
FROZEN TIME frozen time is never when you want it you mean it once, believe it twice there are no fools here on this island if it's what you want, you need it now there ain't no reason to deny it frozen time is never when you want it take your coat, grab your hat don't forget me when you get there take a breath, make your move through the circles and the squares frozen time is never when you want it and to the core, there's nothing more terrifying than the first time you take that step into the void and you leave the rest behind if it's what you want, you need it now there ain't no reason to deny it if it's what you want, you need it now there ain't no reason to deny frozen time is never when you want it -2/23/14
9.
Arthur Dent 03:28
ARTHUR DENT i heard the whistle blowing and the siren's wail it seemed like just another morning to me extensions of the nightmare that i thought was just a dream i guess it was as real as real could be sometimes i feel like arthur dent with a towel in my hand waiting for the poets to let me off sometimes i feel like arthur dent maybe got the hang of it thursday's on my mind again over in the corner, by the white-wash wall i'm there, whistling an old time gospel song and thinking of my mother and way she always made me feel so right even when i was so wrong sometimes i feel like arthur dent with a towel in my hand waiting for the poets to let me off sometimes i feel like arthur dent maybe got the hang of it thursday's on my mind again sometimes i hear the echoes through the walls and through the waves it ain't nothing i don't know but still i feel the urge to save just a second of this life never let the memory fade even when we scrub it clean you'll see the mess that we all made sometimes i feel like arthur dent with a towel in my hand waiting for the poets to let me off sometimes i feel like arthur dent maybe got the hang of it thursday's on my mind again -2/23/14
10.
OLD BEFORE OUR TIME cold blows the wind on the old stone wall so bleak is the moment when we all fall to the whims of the ghosts underneath our beds and the flowers that keep growing in our heads we find the time we find the time sigh at the sign on the old grey line like thieves were all doin' time, sweet time to the rats in the road, they've got it made keep your head down and stay under the shade we see the light we see the light in the dark, it's a fool who meanders and in the light, it's fool who hands it off to the wise man sitting on the gold watch his eyes, man, do what you're told even god is gonna get old before his time cold blows the wind on the cellar door where the bear's gonna settle some old-time score between the rocks and the dirt and the summer rain sometimes, i'll admit, it all looks the same to me hand over fist, you better make a deal don't forget it, don't you blow it, don't you break the seal when the next one comes, we might have it made if we don't then we'll sink ito the fade we know the way we know the way in the dark, it's a fool who believes it and in the light, it's fool who leaves no doubt to the wise man sitting on the gold watch his eyes, man, do what you're told even god is gonna get old before his time cold blows the wind on my weathered face yeah, the one that i wear to put 'em in their place with the scars of a lifetime glowing white to the rest, i tell 'em goodnight we're on our own we're on our own four on the floor til we breathe no more in the queue, we all shuffle out the back door begging for one more shot, at least another moment to sing we're going home we're going home in the dark, it's a fool who enlightens and in the light, it's fool who's right there acting like a the wise man sitting on the gold watch his eyes, man, do what you're told even god is gonna get old before his time -2/22/14
11.
Winterstone 06:26
WINTERSTONE morning wheeze, another day it's time to move along the right way to let it up, to break it down i heard them singing in the wrong side of town the sun, it glows, the air is thick we take our chances and we hope they stick we think about the better days and we keep it all in motion and we pray it is not a phase like an iron to the winter stone we're all here but still we're all alone like an iron to the winter stone we're going home this fire breath, a photograph we think about it but forget to laugh no matter how we came to be standing on the edge of what we've never seen so we could see we shook it up, we sang the song we left ourselves the fire and we moved along the hours still, they tick away racing to the moment when we'd start again on a brand new day like an iron to the winter stone we're all here but still we're all alone like an iron to the winter stone we're going home we sang the song, we moved along 2/6/14
12.
Glow 05:56
GLOW like tides, you recede, you fade out just where did you go, dear these times, don't expect your free ride to fumble and flow, dear the light it's all in the glow, dear it's all in the glow, dear the signs reenacting the last time it's all for a laugh, dear the wise and the fool breaking bad strides gimme all that you have, dear the light it's all in the glow, dear it's all in the glow, dear to fly through the eye of the white-out it's not just the dust, dear we get by on the scraps of our worst doubts to do what we must, dear the light it's all in the glow, dear it's all in the glow, dear -2/13/14

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Chris Anderson's 41st full length album release and 8th consecutive entry for the February RPM Challenge. The creative spark was so hot that, in the two months following the release of this disc, four more albums were recorded and released. The majority of that material was inspired by a then-upcoming odyssey through the far Northeast, and all the weight that it held.

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released March 1, 2014

"produced" by chris anderson
written, recorded, and mixed in the sidebar
february 2014
for the rpm challenge

all songs written by chris anderson
(c) chris anderson / flying dachshund music (bmi)

CA: acoustic guitar, electric mandolin, bass, drum programming, percussion, vocals, other shit.

cover image: "rebirth" by jenn gleason
(c) j. gleason photography
used by kind permission

special thanks to all the usuals....and the unusuals just the same.


(p)(c) 2014 chris anderson / flying dachshund music. all rights reserved. love it and share it but don't rip me off lest ye be broken.

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Chris is a wildly prolific songwriter who has hovered among the outskirts of the music world for over 30 years. On his own label, Flying Dachshund Music, Chris has released 154 CDs, 96 of them being full-length albums. That's just the tip of the iceberg and there are no signs of stopping. Ever.

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