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By Ghosts

by Paper Anthem

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1.
Stop thinking about another war 'Til the letters stopped coming, gone, yeah Don't know if this will do it for you We'll never do this again We'll never do this again I know you're tired but I'm coming to you Check the facts, state the obvious I know you're sad, baby, listen to me My heart is winning and my soul is losing Coming around, a guardian angel Don't look down, I'm falling to you Coming around, this guardian angel Don't look down, don't look down In the end it's a soft invasion Feels like you're the enemy Prove me wrong and my tongue is silent Wouldn't know what to say to me Coming around, a guardian angel Don't look down, I lost it through you Coming around, this guardian angel Don't look down, don't look down Coming around, a guardian angel Don't look down, I'm falling to you Coming around, this guardian angel Don't look down, don't look down Coming around, a guardian angel Don't look down, I lost it through you Coming around, this guardian angel Don't look down, don't look down Don't look down, don't look down Don't look down, don't look down
2.
I'll be yours if you'll be mine The forest burns while heaven thrives This light was never meant to burn Tell me now 'cause now is best I'll be yours if you'll be less This light was never meant to yearn 'Cause in my eyes you'll find sunrise (so I say) In my eyes you'll be mine Forever Pull the trigger, might as well Crosshair's good on who the hell This light was never meant to burn Every moment 'til this day I thought You were being pulled this way This light was never meant to yearn 'Cause in my eyes you'll find sunrise (so I say) In my eyes you'll be mine Forever Some lights come before your eyes Some lights come before your eyes Some lights come before your eyes And everything's unwelcome in my heart Be the one to test me and I'll start Don't want to hear nothing about my foolish heart My foolish heart My foolish heart My foolish heart 'Cause in my eyes you'll find sunrise (so I say) In my eyes you'll be mine Forever
3.
Abstract vision from across the sea I know you and me will never be Taking me along with a hundred creeds Just another vision from across the sea Carry me now, it's only love Everything I own and everything above Take me home to the cardboard cove Carry me now, it's only love And when the sun sets I'll be free It all melts away like a poisoned tree Everything I know is on my hand I still have your note but I'm just sand Sand In the end there will be nothing but hope for you In the end there will be nothing but the best for you Carry me now, it's only love Everything I own and everything above Take me home to the cardboard cove Carry me now, it's only love And when the sun sets I'll be free It all melts away like a poisoned tree Everything I know is on my hand I still have your note but I'm just sand Sand In the end there will be nothing but hope for you In the end there will be nothing but the best for you I saw the end in all its shades I saw the end it's the end it's the end it's the end it's the end it's the end it's the end Abstract vision from across the sea I know you and me will never be
4.
Mercury in the sunlight, a sorrow of A sorrow of, of a river of me Hills and hills and hills again Hills and hills and hills I'm alive, I'm alive Please hear me Streamline, I'm alive again, full stop Hop the fence and board the train Hop the fence and know I'm behind, I'm behind And I'll follow you always And a heart left open is left out on its own And I know nothing except what I am shown And the sky's wide open, all the stars and all the eyes They're fools to believe you so I'm trying my best to find Hills Hills Hills All I've found in you is ice Wind turns my head back but no, I'll say no It's hard to say who truly paid the price But I'll go I'll go
5.
Long day in the fields Collecting pieces of charred hearts There's too much wind in the stands For tracing lines between your scars And if I only tried To find a way around the whys and around the hows Like if I really tried If I really tried Long day in the fields Killing snakes amongst the weeds Scales on skin like diamond hearts I'll find a way to open up And if I only tried To find a way around the whys and around the hows Like if I really tried I'll find a way to open up Oh, if I opened up someday And found my way back down Long day in the fields But we're close to summer's end Listen all you dead-end souls What you need's around this bend And if I only tried To find a way around the whys and around the hows Like if I really tried I'll find a way to open up, to open up Oh, if I opened up someday I'd find my way back down Oh, I'd find my way back down
6.
Rome 03:10
I'd walk any road to Rome as long as you're there Drawing faces in the mud to passersby And with a single balloon I'll never lose my way I'll never lose my way on the road And in my travels I've found my place There's nowhere I belong except inside myself There's a way of the gods about you now There's a way of the gods about you now I'd walk any road to Rome as long as you're there Drawing faces in the mud to passersby And with a single balloon I'll never lose my way I'll never lose my way on the road On the road On the road On the road
7.
Trinity Eye 04:18
Gone too far to love her again and that's the truth Every promise I gave, it's on the line When I come back I'll be inside a bubble that never breaks 'Cause I know it's stronger than your resolve Can you feel my rage? I'll go again: go against the light It towers all amongst the stars at night, between the trinity eye Everything stops and starts again when I feel your heart In a minute can we go again? Go against the light I'm sorry I'm not there for your reasons and fairy tales From this moment and everything after you're on your own But tell me which one of you is an angel and who's the shade 'Cause I can't take anymore of this at all Can you feel my rage? I'll go again: go against the light It towers all amongst the stars at night, between the trinity eye Everything stops and starts again when I feel your heart In a minute can we go again? Go against the light
8.
Coil 04:42
I hear the water, I see the stream If everything had meaning I'd be relieved With every coming second spinning on the wall I wish I were a god so I wouldn't feel so small Somewhere alone I'll draw in the sand I'll build up a castle just to see it stand I'll do it by night under strawberry stars And if it falls down I'll still do it all Can you see my colours bursting at the seams I'm running out of time to solidify my dreams With every ounce of pressure I'm losing drops of life It's the momentary silence for a glimmer of a try Try Come to my life When it grows high Come to my life When it grows high Can you see my colours bursting at the seams I'm running out of time to solidify my dreams With every ounce of pressure I'm losing drops of life It's the momentary silence for a glimmer of a try Can you see my colours bursting at the seams I'm running out of time to solidify my dreams With every ounce of pressure I'm losing drops of life It's the momentary silence for a glimmer of a try Try Try Try
9.
Pantheon 03:30
Centaurs in the mist, I'm coming down, I'm lying down now If you feel the floor you'll find my fallen crown Are you quite this cold or are my eyes just frozen? It's been so long since you've been around, you've been around I see your spider mark and take off running quick It's not the first time I've felt this way and nor the last I've never met a soul as poisonous as you So if I stand here will you leave me in the past I swear by Styx and all to leave your kingdom be 'Til running's not enough and I fall down to my knees On a precipice that overlooks the sea I'll live out all my days just glad it's only me I'm in a pantheon of broken words and lies
10.
A million eyes watching me They play along to see if I believe School lets out but we're all ghosts I always said we'd be forever, didn't I? Hold my hand through the fog In a minute here we'll board our train We're going somewhere far away Where the clouds will dissipate
11.
Speechless 06:29
And after that I'm just speechless I try my best despite all my weakness And even though I want to be a million miles away from here There's no one else I'd rather be with And after that, oh, I'd never dare to walk from you Despite the fact you make me feel that it's all I am And oh, I'd never think the opposite of those three words Though you make me feel that I'm less than I truly am And in this letter you'll find the truth as it is right now When I feel better we'll forget that it all makes sense And on this rocket I'll just leave and go to outer space But I'll fall in to the ocean 'cause you took my fuel So in the deep I'll write a book filled with all these words But I'd forgotten that you are my very heart and soul And after that I'm just speechless I try my best but I'm just speechless How could I forget that you're always there When I lose who I am inside And I keep thinking that this will be the time we're through But always through that door is always you Yeah always through that door is always you Yeah always through that door is always you And after that we'll forget that it all made sense
12.
I've seen everything through your eyes And I don't need another life To figure out what I know now

about

Paper Anthem is the brainchild of Fayetteville, Arkansas twenty-something Joseph Hitchcock. The multi-instrumentalist has been making music for as long as he can remember, first taking piano lessons at the age of six. From there, the son of a blues singer learned to play the guitar and found his voice and, after dabbling in roles in other bands here and there, decided it was time to work on some of his personal material. Though the name itself wasn't chosen until November 2014, Paper Anthem began as an emotional outlet in November of 2013 when Joseph first started playing shows to mostly empty bars. Nowadays, the bars aren't so empty.

Though the songs weren't written to connect as an album, they were conceived during a depressive period in Hitchcock's life. His subconscious had found a way to abstractly bottle his thoughts and emotions. Looking at the album as a whole, however, themes emerge and become readily apparent. It appears to take place on an empty Earth where a single soul wanders the desolation in search of something beautiful that, as it turns out, was actually inside his or herself the entire time. This is, perhaps, a reflection of Joseph's feeling of being stuck in a small town, coupled with a long-time fascination with science fiction and fantastical video games that give his lyrics such grand imagery.

Taking inspiration from the likes of Snow Patrol, Foals, Tegan & Sara, Coldplay, Brian Eno, Tom Vek, and more, Hitchcock fuses elements of pop, big beat electronica, piano rock, and even math rock. "Some of my songs are inspired by the way two guitars often work together in math rock, but done on piano instead with my two hands" he says. "When I was a teenager, I listened to a lot of drum and bass and big beat electronica, and I think the way those songs add instruments one-by-one and build influenced me greatly, because I find myself doing that on songs like 'Cardboard Cove', 'Pantheon', and 'Speechless'."

credits

released April 28, 2015

Joseph Hitchcock - vocals, backing vocals, piano, keyboards, acoustic guitar, organ, electric guitar.
Adam Putman - backing vocals on tracks 2, 3, 4, electric guitar on tracks 2 and 4, drums on tracks 3, 8, drum programming on tracks 9, 12, percussion on tracks 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7.
Matthew Putman - drums on tracks 1, 4, 10, 12, drum programming on track 10.
Brandon Robold - bass on tracks 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 11, 12.
Jared Dunn - drums on tracks 2, 5, 6, 7, 9, 11.
Derek Shacklett - acoustic guitar on tracks 4, 6, 8, 11, 12.
David Moore - electric guitar on tracks 1, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 11, 12.
Zach Wilhite - electric guitar on tracks 7, 11.
Kenneth Sculley - strings on tracks 2, 6.

All songs written by Joseph Hitchcock.

All songs produced by Adam Putman.

Strings arranged by Joseph Hitchcock, Chris Moore and Kenneth Sculley.

Recorded by Adam Putman at Insomniac Studios and Chris Moore at East Hall Recording. Additional piano tracks recorded at Winterwood Recording Studios by Eric T. Schabacker.

Mixed by Adam Putman. Mastered by Alan Douches at West West Side Music.

Cover art by Lucian Stanculescu.

Published by Sophrosyne Sounds.

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