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The Shadow Walker (fdm118)

by Chris Anderson

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Sharkfight 03:41
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SHARKFIGHT these lies set it alight on the dark side i shot em all down sometimes it's like a sharkfight we're doing alright until we fall down surprise! oh my we're leggin', on the run these dreams, they try and haunt me it's all that i see until i come down sometimes we're at the wrong speed it's not what we need just to come down surprise! oh my we're leggin', on the run sunlight, it burns my eyes, yeah we're swatting flies here just to see it sometimes we get it all wrong but play along, yeah just to be it surprise! oh my we're leggin', on the run -2/7/20
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Zero Minus One 04:27
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ZERO MINUS ONE time we waste away, we'll see another day keep it on the edge of something new this battle ground, no doubt we got the ins but not the outs but let's celebrate this world is all we need let's sing about the way we feed it all again let's sing about the way we all believe in life zero minus one it's what's we've all become -2/7/20
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Elevate 04:15
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ELEVATE carnival whispers in the wind you turn my head and reel me in my only shadow is my skin til it betrays me once again just like an island in a wake i’ll elevate and get my soul together for every silence that I break i pray it’s not the end on every corner is a curse a ripe disaster in broken verse and though it all seems so rehearsed it’s hard to choose just what is worse so just forget and rise above elevate and get your soul together we’re on the fire road of love but still we’ve gotta brave that stormy weather while all the high road angels sing i’ll sort another way out of the mire into the dawn of everything we’ll elevate on high and when it all seems like it’s gone to the dogs, we’re riding on into an adverse denouement which one is which and who’s the con it doesn’t matter anymore just elevate and get your soul together leave that blind man at the door to scream into the vacuum of the nether pay the piper, take your shots buckle up and get your shit together tie this circus into knots before it all goes floating like a feather just forget and rise above elevate and get your soul together…. -2/17/20
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The Shadow Lies 04:27
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THE SHADOW LIES fleet foot falling over foundations of rain steady like an arrow or a bullet train be the first to be it be my shadow on the wall be the one to take it all the shadow lies side step, shudder, shiver give it all away from the first light down into the dungeons of grey see the water rising see the sun shine on your soul see your shadow lose control the shadow lies heads up, fed up nothing left to say push it all below before it all gets in the way tear it off, wear it out share it all around forget about the moments when you hit the ground feel the wind and rain, yeah feed the darkness in your mind feel the fever left behind the shadow lies -2/7/20
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Hello Vera 02:39
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HELLO VERA it's alright i've seen the answer in the spiral of my mind i look the other way and see what i might find some kind of fancy or some kind of shadow play don't keep me waiting but i'll never go away it's alright this diamond's made of dirt somehow it thinks it's real it's tugging on my shirt and it keeps me on my heels this kind of avalanche can serve me even when that diamond dies in dust you're scattershot, my friend it's alright cold breath, commiserate beyond the burned out shed under the clatter that concealed just what she said before the crawling now the climb is all i've got to lose it all before i gather into knots it's alright -2/10/20
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Battering Ram 03:26
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BATTERING RAM you build that wall, i'll knock it down you can build that wall a second time i'll knock it down again too many barricades and not enough time to get by you lock that door i'll knock it down you can lock that door a second time i'll knock it down again what kind of movement will it take to blow away don't fuck with me, i'm not your kind i'll tear it up and then i'll leave it all behind like a battering ram in your mind, i take the prize put up that fence i'll knock it down put up that fence a second time i'll knock it down again what kind of thoughts go through your mind? it just ain't right don't fuck with me, i'm not your kind i'll tear it up and then i'll leave it all behind like a battering ram in your mind, i take the prize you draw that shade i'll knock it down you can draw that shade a second time i'll knock it down again how many times must we try to get it right don't fuck with me, i'm not your kind i'll tear it up and then i'll leave it all behind like a battering ram in your mind i take the prize -2/10/20
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Fonky Chonk 03:50
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FONKY CHONK leave me alone i've got a pocket full of gold don't gimme that long time gone up and down yeah, i'm getting low if that bastard doesn't budge i'll be the jury and the judge i've got my fingers in the pie and i'm getting high upon that fonk just gimme a sign yeah, i think we're feelin' fine i think i got it, that one-two step up and down i got nothing left but time point that arrow to my head right here, we're better off instead i got my fortune on the rise and i'm getting high upon that fonk dance, sister, jive how many heads are still alive just count em out, one two three up and down i got the honey and the hive just a taste and now we know the way disaster always goes i think i'll blacken out my eyes and just get high upon that fonk -2/11/20
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Rodeo Burn 05:11
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RODEO BURN big ol' rider on the run got a bad bad feeling that i'm not the only one sweat like bullets in the shade i guess i'll count my blessings coz my bed’s already made oh me, oh my - i got my head up in the sky oh me, oh my - i wanna fly oh me, oh my - i'll watch these moments pass me by oh me, oh my alas, the wolves are running wild i'm gonna keep on dreaming yeah, this road goes on for miles around the corner, standing there is an apparition of the future, lying bare oh me, oh my - i got my head up in the sky oh me, oh my - i wanna fly oh me, oh my - i'll watch these moments pass me by oh me, oh my the television's growing old it's got nothing left to say and the lie's already sold you can take it or leave it just don't wait for it all to end while you're still complaining about the sharks around the bend oh me, oh my - i got my head up in the sky oh me, oh my - i wanna fly oh me, oh my - i'll watch these moments pass me by oh me, oh my -2/10/20
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Sunshine Freedom 04:35
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SUNSHINE FREEDOM freedom, freedom let the sun shine in your soul freedom, freedom it brings us back and makes us whole don't let the sun go down on me until everybody's free freedom, freedom raise a glass to everyone freedom, freedom we race like roses on the run don't let the sun go down on me until everybody's free freedom, freedom leave your hangups in the breeze freedom, freedom bring that panic to its knees don't let the sun go down on me until everybody's free -2/10/20
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Crash On Demand 03:08
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CRASH ON DEMAND standing in the shadow, got enough to lose it's a miracle we made it to the final fuse i've only got a minute so you better sort it out screaming to the host in the crack of your wall his eyes are like a fly's, he can see it all so pretend you're at the end and you know what we're talking about and i can’t see the point of playing along when it’s all that i can do just to sing this song stuck on a line this barricade's about to burn all of the time, go by steer clear of the signs until your shadow's set to make its return to the base of the climb again mother nature on the fly her wings are tearing up the sky no, she has never been so high stuck on a line this barricade's about to burn all of the time, go by steer clear of the signs until your shadow's set to make its return to the base of the climb again -2/9/20
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The Eye 06:40
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THE EYE high the brightest eye bleeds sway in golden clay so slow the eye so wide wise a thousand lies on me am i so long am i oh wow the eye so wide sleep infinity sleep... -2/11/20

about

Chris Anderson's 79th full-length album release.

So the story goes (which will be detailed further in the notes for an upcoming album), when I was visiting Newfoundland in October 2019, I had a nasty fall and badly dislocated my shoulder. It was really severe and it required a major surgery and many months of recovery. For two and a half months I was stuck at home, unable to play music but with a million ideas in my head.

By the time February rolled around, I was able to chord a bit on the guitar, though only able to play in very short bursts. As I have done every year since 2007, February meant that the RPM Challenge was on. At first I was stumped as to what to do. I already had three distinct albums written and ready to record, but I really wanted to wait until my stamina was 100% before I tackled those albums. So I decided to try my hand at writing some new songs. I didn't have much in the way of chops so I started jamming on power chords and ended up coming up with a whole bunch of songs that were faster and more aggressive than my usual fare.

Oh yeah, did I mention that I was sick as a dog with either the flu or the coronavirus?

Given the fact that I was in such rough shape, I would write in bits and pieces. The original idea was that I would lay out an idea and then go back to it later. But I didn't. Whenever I got up the strength to go back in, I would instead conjure up something new. In a very short time, I had 16 songs mapped out. It took a week or so to get up the guts to start tracking the album and, once I did, this set of songs took on a life of its own. Soon, I had 16 completed tracks, ready for release. The only problem was that 16 songs is way too much. It took some time to settle on a workable sequence - five songs were lost along the way - and I still don't think it is perfect. But it kind of is.

While there is no prevailing concept on this album, there is a recurring "shadow" theme, and many of the songs are about wrestling between what is real and what is perceived, and a general theme that this world is a wonderful place with endless possibilities....except that we, as humans, are fucking it all up. That makes it sound like this is a bummer of an album and it is anything but. Much of this album kicks ass, musically, and there are some interesting stylistic detours here and there.

Some of my favorite tracks are among the five that were excised, and those will be released on an EP very shortly. Until then, dig this cool, rockin' record that I totally pulled out of my ass. And turn it up LOUD.

-CA, 2/28/20

credits

released February 29, 2020

"produced" by Chris Anderson
Recorded and mixed in The Room, February 2020
For the RPM Challenge.

CA: acoustic & electric guitars, bass, drum programming, percussion, vocals, other shit.


All songs written by Chris Anderson in February 2020
(c) CA / Flying Dachshund Music (BMI)


Special thanks to Dr. Sameer Nagda, who mended my shoulder up, and to Emily Lucas, who made sure it healed properly. And extra special thanks to my beloved Krissy, who bent over backwards to take care of me during this time.



(p)(c) 2020 Chris Anderson / Flying Dachshund Music. All rights reserved. Violators and ripoff artists will be fonked. And chonked.

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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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