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To All the Sailors We've Lost

by Paper Anthem

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1.
Aquatic 05:05
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Weightless space undersea What'll I find if I swim too deep? Sunken gods lost by time What are you if not a thing of mine? Drifting helpless through the waves You and I are willing slaves Silhouette through deep blue sea Tell me what I want to see Weightless space undersea What'll I find when I swim too deep?
2.
21st Season 04:08
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Seventeen seasons, seventeen seasons I'm through with this Eighteen seasons, nineteen seasons I'll cling to this Twentieth season, twentieth season I've grown in tens Twentieth season, twentieth season This will be the end I'm on a horse with a sword in hand I'm riding to my final stand If ever you are nearby I'll find you in the end In time Twenty-first season, twenty-first season We're on the mend Twenty-first season, twenty-first season Counting the dead I'm on a horse with a sword in hand I'm riding to my final stand If ever you are nearby I'll find you in the end In time
3.
Zero 04:09
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I've seen it all One step ago Out of the window And into the streets I've seen it fall Nothing at all Tree skins and circuitry Fall to us all from the gods I'm glad I came all this way with you And followed the blood you paint with your shoes Here we are now on the outskirts of town Gates outstretched and open but only for you Only for you Nice to meet you Silent and still Let's drink 'til our souls are weary and worn I believed you A hero today Just take my hand If you can find mine in this mess I'm glad I came all this way with you And followed the blood you paint with your shoes Here we are now on the outskirts of town Gates outstretched and open but only for you Only for you
4.
The City 03:46
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Light here bleeds into the ocean It bleeds into the skyline So I can see for miles And I feel everyone's a liar Everyone's just fake Like me But somewhere there are lights Somewhere far away And I know it's alright To find another way City, I see you so clearly I love you so dearly I believe in us And in my favorite mindset Everything's just perfect Everything's so real But somewhere there are lights Somewhere far away And I know it's alright To find another way So dress your best and we'll go out west And we'll find what you're looking for And everything else and more But in the meantime, we'll know our names With every spark to our flame
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Au Revoir Nexus 02:05
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Sitting on top of my favorite satellite, waiting for you to come by Kicking the ground with my least favorite shoes while I listen to you tell a lie I see nothing but sadness Misery coming our way I hope I will still have the sense when it's time to get away, sorry, goodbye I've been down this road before and I know it's no good for me, never, at all But I can't help but think that I'll get what I want just as long as I'm closing my eyes I see nothing but sadness Misery coming our way I hope I will still have the sense when it's time to get away, sorry, goodbye I hope I will still have the sense when it's time to get away, sorry, goodbye
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Sophrosyne 01:45
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I'm trying to find a better state of mind for me Stand in the line and try to find the time to make you my own It's so hard to find a way to keep the peace between us Deep in the ocean, it's hard to find the time I'm trying to find a better state of mind
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Anchorage 03:02
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You're my anchor, honey Whenever I'm up, you feel down I'll try to send you my love But know I can't stay on the ground In this atmospheric silence What I feel's so loud and clear It's the strongest moment I've felt It echoes back for years and years But everyone I know keeps hoping For this king to take his throne And even though it's poisoned Rusted gold flows through his veins Don't you feel the same? Don't you feel the same? Don't you feel the same? Don't you fear the same? And in this morning after What I feel's so loud and clear
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Wishing Well 02:45
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Every moment that day you wished that the snow would just melt away Cause what you've got in your heart is cold enough for today You think about what you got and you wish there was another way Cause every second you waste brings you closer to your last day together With every leaf I pass by, I wish there was another way Cause I don't wanna think about the reality that's gonna stay Cause everything's gonna get better I know it's true cause it's all you say
9.
Fin 03:07
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The stars are green and I can feel my feet; they're lifting high up off the ground And I don't need to make a scene This is where I leave my things Leave the car, forget the dogs - they'll be fine (I hope it's true) Make a place for them to stay in the style of my time Summer spark, we can start over, make a family of our own In the dark, we're apart, but I'll be watching you, my dear In this space, I become what I was before I was And I feel like I can finally breathe, cause I ain't weighted down no more The stars are green and I can feel my feet; they're lifting high up off the ground And I don't need anything This is where I take my train
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Altitude 03:51
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In this airplane, I'll float to depths In this airplane, I'll see so much In this airplane, I'll miss your touch We'll go far away somewhere, we'll go far away We'll go far away sometime today It's this world you love so much Studying books, though, it's not enough You're the only thing I see You're all I want right here with me But we'll go far away somewhere, we'll go far away We'll go far away sometime today Take all the time you need Take all the time you need Take all the time you need Take all the time you need
11.
Fork in the Road 02:13
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It seems you and I have come to that time The fork in the road is here now And I know you'd never think to follow me down The path that I chose for you, no Cause I know you better now Yeah, I know you better now And I feel like you have hidden your cards This whole damn time from me, but I'll let you go if you'll promise you'll know That you're leaving our perfect seashell Cause I know you better now Yeah, I know you better now Cause I know you better now I know you better now
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Pastime 06:20
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Count the animals until they're culled Until the skin turns black and rain will surely fall How the hell are we to get through this On a day like this? Flock of ravens deep inside my skull Won't begin to change my mind or my soul Who the hell are we to get through this In a world like this? I'll watch the sky with you as the clouds turn into ash Until our blood forgets to keep our spines alive And it's a bitter life to come this close to death But it's the aftermath of the choices of our souls And it'd be nice to know the things you think of me Every molecule that hates the past three days Cause in the end of times, all we have is our own flesh Cause in the end of times, all we have is our own flesh
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To All the Sailors We've Lost 04:20
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Just stay with me, we'll be okay Okay with me, just stay with me And we'll forget the lives we've lost At sea, at sea, away with me So we'll collect the things we need And then embark onto the sea For all we left, we left behind Our second skin, and who we've been The ghosts at sea - the ones we flee They climb aboard and weave a storm The Captain, too, he sees us move And opens wide to claim our lives For we've been doomed since we first bloomed Those years ago, from whence we row So take a coin under your tongue And let the sea into your lungs

about

Joseph Hitchcock has always been inspired in short, furious bursts, so when what he claims was a haunted piano gave him twenty-five impassioned songs, he didn't stop to ask too many questions. The sole songwriting force behind the geographically-confused indie-rock project says that the first twelve songs landed on his 2015 debut—aptly titled By Ghosts—but the remaining thirteen sat in agonizing slumber until they were finally birthed in September 2019.

"I always know very early on which songs go where," he explains. "Though all written together, these new tracks felt very unique to a separate journey."

With his new LP entitled To All the Sailors We've Lost, which was recorded on the west coast of the United States before being mixed and mastered in England, Hitchcock seems to have taken the oceanic theme quite literally. "I wanted the different perspectives," he says. "I'm obsessed with the effect geography has on musical style. Painting it with the color of California and then giving it a UK finish was something I thought was cool."

Indeed, although the new album was written in Arkansas yet produced in San Francisco while Hitchcock was living in Seattle, it will be released while he is on sabbatical in Eastern Europe.

Hitchcock, the son of a Blues-singer father and a poet mother, has storytelling in his blood. "I view an album as a movie," he says. "I've been making YouTube shorts of questionable quality for over a decade now, and that bleeds into everything I do." He thinks of songs as scenes in a larger tapestry, though they're never written that way. "I just try to fit the songs I come up with together as cohesively as possible."

After four years of work he is understandably eager to show off what he's been perfecting. "I just hope it resonates. It took so long to get right."

credits

released September 13, 2019

Thanks to: Grom for always supporting the family in all our stupid endeavors, Pam for believing in my music more than I even do, Dan for always being there when we need you, Lori for making a place for Gabe to stay, Daria for giving this era of my music an utterly spellbinding
aesthetic, Jason for a 16+ year best-friendship and for being my #1 fan in everything I do, Zach for always providing the feedback I desperately need, Chase for playing with me that first year and writing that irreplaceable drum explosion at the end of Track 12, Keegan for writing that short but sweet French horn part in the second verse of Track 5, Chris for lending me your incredible talent, Sivan for your electrifying violin playing and welcoming me into Donut Time Audio with delicious
Kickstarter meals, Nico for letting us use your cello, Kristofer for giving these songs new life, Skyler for all the nonstop support and tracking the demos of these songs for me on your own dime, Janice for going to so many of my shows and being my manager for two weeks, Samantha for encouraging my creativity from a young age to now, Tyler for lending us your bass for production, Eric Drew Feldman for lending us your keyboard, Laurie for some last-minute computer wizardry, and Gage for digging up some old photos for the booklet.

Joseph Hitchcock: vocals, piano, acoustic guitar on Tracks
2, 7, 12, 13, electric guitar on Tracks 1, 2, 3, 4, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12,
13, synth on Tracks 3, 4, 7, 9, 10, string arrangement
Christopher Daddio: bass, acoustic guitar on Tracks 6, 9,
10, electric guitar on Tracks 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 10, 11, synth on
Tracks 7, 9, 10, 11, organ on Track 2, backing vocals on
Track 13, string arrangement on Tracks 5, 6, 11
Tony Sales: drums on Tracks 1, 2, 4, 11, 12, 13
Jack Kopulsky: drums on Tracks 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10
Sivan Lioncub: violin on Tracks 1, 4, 5, 6, 9, 11, cello on
Track 1, string arrangement on Tracks 4, 5, 6, 9
Cheyenne Rain: cello on Tracks 5, 6
James Touzel: saxophone on Track 8
Wayne Van Lieu: French horn on Track 5
Chase Comstock: drum arrangement on Track 12
Keegan Leonberg: horn arrangement on Track 5

All songs written by Joseph Hitchcock.

All songs produced by Christopher Daddio.

Recorded by Christopher Daddio at Donut Time Audio
in Oakland, CA, except piano on Tracks 1, 2, 4, 11, 12,
13 recorded by Chris Moore at East Hall Recording
in Fayetteville, AR; piano on Tracks 3, 5, 6 recorded
by Ian Pellici at New, Improved Recording in Oakland,
CA; piano on Tracks 8, 9, 10 recorded by Gabriel
Shepard at 25th Street Recording in Oakland, CA;
cello recorded by Nikolas Thompson at his studio in
Oklahoma City, OK; and synth on Track 4 recorded by
Skyler Greene at his house in Fayetteville, AR.

Mixed by Kristofer Harris at Squarehead Studio in
Kent, England. Mastered by John Davis at Metropolis
Mastering in London, England.

Cover and all art and photography by Daria Manolova,
except studio photography by Joseph Hitchcock, Skyler
Greene, and Christopher Daddio; photo of woman in
headscarf, photographer unknown; and desert land-
scape, by Joseph Hitchcock.

Published by Sophrosyne Sounds.

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