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Sanctuary Man (fdm123)

by Chris Anderson

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Sanctuary Man 04:53
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i am a sanctuary man i never get hung up on those little things that tear this world apart i have a sanctuary plan so everyone can breathe coz you know we’re all just human after all look away if you don’t like what you see just look away mind your own if it’s not right in your path or in your home and anyway who’s to say the world is better off your way just go away just shut your mouth before the sheep come to their senses shut your mouth open up your mind and maybe you will see that you’ve been blind sing it loud let the love right in and let it move about just let ‘em in breathe it in and relax, it’s only life so breathe it in there is no time to get so worked up from drawing all these lines distract your mind turn off the fucking news and live your life with everyone i am a sanctuary man… -8/10/19
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Emily's Shoulder 02:32
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emily - she's always dancing all the time emily - she slithers like a shadow on a vine take it to the end we'll see just what's ahead, my friend emily - the silver siren comes and goes emily - says the shadow always knows take it to the end we'll see just what's ahead, my friend emily - the river's rising in her eyes emily - she's like a shadow in the sky take it to the end we'll see just what's ahead, my friend emily - never thinks to look behind emily - that shoulder's on my mind take it to the end we'll see just what's ahead, my friend -9/28/19
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Waiting For The Apocalypse 01:47
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we’re all waiting for the apocalypse sometimes it settles like a burden on your brow whose eyes have seen the glory of the fool in the mirror never stops to take a bow all of the time we're waiting for the light all of the time we’re all waiting for the apocalypse -1/4/19
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Shackalack 01:29
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no one makes it back from shackalack where the rivers flow to wine and all opinions burn to black there's nothing like the wind upon my back to drive me to the edge of a new angle of attack in shackalack, in shackalack i'm moving further from the back in shackalack i'll live and breathe to stay on track in shackalack no uncle sam, no union jack in shackalack i think i finally got the knack -2/10/19

about

"Sanctuary Man", which is clearly a song of the times in which it was written, was one that came to me out of the blue while at work one day. The chorus appeared to me and I had to record a short a cappella snippet to my phone, so I would remember it. Upon returning home, the entire song fell together in about ten minutes. I immediately filmed a video of me performing the song (i think that was the first full pass i ever made on the song) and posted it to Facebook, where it garnered some of the most positive bits of feedback I've ever experienced.

Soon after, I recorded this, along with a few other tunes. The initial idea was to use these tracks to bolster the then-impending Chasing Twilight album, but then it was discovered that they weren't necessary and were instead set aside for a future album. Other songs soon came into being and it was apparent that there was a new album on the horizon. Before I could get to that album, however, another one came into being. And then another. And then the RPM Challenge came upon me and I decided to create something new for that project (which ended up being The Shadow Walker and The Shadow Infinite).

However, prior to that, I assembled a compilation of tracks from the previous decade, which was released at 12:01am on 1/1/20. Taking one song from every year, "Sanctuary Man" was the offering for 2020, the one "new song" on the set.

When the pandemic hit and everyone was quarantined, my musical sights shifted towards the Social Distance Tour and all recording plans were put on hold. Other projects came into being as well and it was the end of September before the 8-track was fired up once again. In two weekends, I got all the tracking done for two albums - Mad Honey and Spaces Erases. This EP is the first taste of those albums.

Remixed and taken from Mad Honey, "Sanctuary Man" is about being fed up with the news, about being fed up with the state of this world, and is about feeling morally and spiritually superior to most of the people in the world, both real and virtual. It's about doing your own thing, minding your own business, focusing inward to be the best YOU possible, and not getting hung up on all the bickering that goes on.

"Emily's Shoulder" was written with the express intention of being a b-side, and it was a fun one to record. The shoulder in question belongs to Emily Haines. This is the only track on this EP that was recorded during the Fall 2020 deluge.

"Waiting For The Apocalypse" was written early on during the January 2019 project that resulted in the Shaker The Moon / Something Akin To A Healer / Chasing Twilight album trilogy. This was originally titled "Gravy For The Apocalypse" which was a title that had sat for years on a potential-song list.

"Shackalack" is a little ditty that, at one point, was the title track of the album that became Chasing Twilight. Shackalack is that magical place, where there are no hangups, no bullshit, none of that current event, social media, talking head type of drama that seems to have taken over the world. It is a peaceful place. A perfect place. Zen.

Mad Honey is coming. Until then.....this.

-CA, 10/5/20

credits

released October 16, 2020

“produced” by Chris Anderson
Track 1 recorded in The Room, September 2019
Track 2 recorded in The Room, September 2020
Tracks 3&4 recorded in The Room, February 2019
All songs mixed in The Room, September 2020

CA: acoustic and electric guitars, bass, acoustic and electric mandolin, banjo, drum programming, percussion, vocals, other shit.

"Sanctuary Man" taken from the album, Mad Honey.
All other selections otherwise unreleased.



All songs written by Chris Anderson
© CA / Flying Dachshund Music (BMI)



(p)(c)2020 Chris Anderson / Flying Dachshund Music. All rights reserved. Every last one of them. Violators will not be granted sanctuary.

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Chris Anderson Alexandria, Virginia

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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