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Halfway Home

by Within The Giant

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1.
Bigger Bads 04:56
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As I walk through forests burning And the city cracks and frays I feel the spirits die And the gods all turn away And though I have fought So many before Oh, I’ve heard them say That the bigger they are… At the break of dawn A burning agony With a vicious tongue The madness swallows me A darkness falls In the hearts of evil men They’ll hunt us down A search that never ends Now the monsters come See the monsters come for me They tower high They come to pick me clean Am I alone The lights are going out Here come the bads Here come the bigger bads Mind control Satanic puppet show Our hearts explode Talk fast, your brains are slowed Rank and file Dogs walk the longest mile Can’t come home Too late to reconcile Conspiracies They trade in mystery A maze of death Pray angels set me free My guts are shocked Tick down, atomic clock You think you’re bad We’ve got some bigger bads Rise and shine Before we die If I fight the good fight Will you be there My friend We’re bigger than you We’re badder than you
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Heart Of Darkness 03:27
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All the fools in love Never met two like us They say I've got a heart of darkness That's alright with me 'Cause when I'm running in the shadows That's where I want to be Change is all we know Onward as we roam You reach inside this heart of darkness Broken pieces, empty shell We've always put each other back together After every time we fell Deep inside this heart of darkness I'm just a killer for your love And if they try to separate us I'll send them to the man above Yeah, deep inside this heart of darkness I never want to be alone 'Cause when I sink into the shadows I remember what feels like home
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He Ain't Gonna Die 05:08
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Reaching out for falling sand The clock, it ticks for the fallen man And I feel my eyes see into forever I'll fall away into the sky And never wonder why And I've heard her pray Oh please don't let him die Yeah they always say No he ain't gonna die Featherfall into the madness Gods are standing in my way again All I wanted were some answers I've manifested destiny Unsurreptitiously And I've heard her pray Oh please don't let him die Yeah they always say No he ain't gonna die I once felt the fear of dying Just echoes of a life before - no more Long since have I given up trying Yet still can't resign, accept my fate Before it's too late And maybe some day I'll spread my wings and fly From some far away You'll hear an eagle's cry And I've heard her pray Oh please don't let him die Yeah they always say No he ain't gonna die
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My Name Too 03:13
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I've been around the block About a thousand times or two Don't tell me what I've got to lose Oh here we go again I've heard that I'm dead weight Just holding back the crew Don't remember asking you Now let me speak my peace About a thing or two You know I'll take no shit From anyone like you Ain't you got better Things to do And now you call me names I'm a freak and I'm a fool I'll jingle on my way 'Cause you know that's my name too I'm gonna speak my mind I'm breaking down the door I'm counting down the time Don't waste a second more You know that's for sure Hey man, you feeling down Think this might do the trick They see me rolling, yeah With my faithful hoop and stick You know I'll take no shit From anyone like you Ain't you got better Things to do And now you call me names I'm a freak and I'm a fool I'll jingle on my way 'Cause you know that's my name too
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In Memoriam 05:38
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As I walk in the shadow of death I think about that summer sky Holding back my final breath I look into the spider's eyes All alone at the end of time Standing cold in a blackness I can't see I taste the poison piercing deep It's slow release Called into the dark eternal night Their cozened whispers shedding light All around me crawling And spinning the webs that bind Dark voices christened in my Hell I'm turning into someone else I'm a voodoo puppet So stick me full of pins I'll shut my mouth to hide the scream Can I just die inside this dream And now I'm frozen I'll die here, hello the end God's coming to collect his debt Make beleive I've still got some time yet Everything's gone dark now I'm burried in my sleep A father's sins pass to the son The price I pay for those long gone I've waited long to be set free To be a faded memory My whithered body, choking blood Left to recall the ones I've loved So tear me open, piece by piece Where not a soul remembers me Will you remember me
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Son Of Mann 07:12
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By the stars above In darkness, in love A devil reads the signs A son is now alive Brace yourselves, now is the time Demon child led by the blind I'm watching from afar They don't know who you are Now you've got a taste for blood Take of the fallen lamb Spread hellish wings across the sky Unleash the beast within Abandoned at the door Taken for a ride Spread black wings once more And wait to turn the tide Make the peasants run in fear Dark bringer of the end Regenerate the spear wounds Watch them now repent Become what's meant to be Take the final form Heed not such frailty A mother's son, reborn
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Blind Vengeance 08:59
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Missing trust, how could it get this far Thought I knew exactly who you are Stood together through every last attack Caught myself a knife in the back Taking sides Lines are drawn and the battle born Learning to lie Self-defense in the purest form Lost in a time When bridges charred and burned away Blackening skies Scowling down on a darker day Building the walls and falling apart Karma spins right back to the start All of the words seem hollow and dim Dream of the day when I get my revenge Sharpen up the axes, for the Walls are left defenseless All the buried hatchets rising up From the grave In your mind a wizard's curse Always expect the very worst In all the allies once stood fighting Right there by your side Building the walls and falling apart Karma spins right back to the start All of the words seem hollow and dim Dream of the day when I finally win All the effects of seasons past Never thought the hate would last Pick up remaining shards of the world Look to time when all the pieces are revealed
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Too Dope For You 04:58
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Hammerstein, it's hammer-time Droppin' beats and spittin' rhymes It's a crime, take a bite Back in time, hello McFly Disbelieve, I said I got this What's up girl, my Nippon hotness From the streets, I'm thug life livin' Send your brain a psychic vision Place a call, smooth operator At the tone, don't hate the player Chase the herd, if you're a bird Make some noise and spread the word Hell and back, a heart attack Break the rules, grab your gat Show them wild dogs that their Bark is weak and bite is whack This place is all hate and no hope David here, Goliath a no show Don't front, don't act like you don't know Sober up, you know that I'm too dope Too dope for you Rebecca Black, get down on Friday Yeah I'm fly, don't call me Valle Kick it back and drink mimosas Spend a weekend in Carcosa Run with the devil, on the level Split up gang, it's time to meddle Robot games, it's time to play Hide and seek, pop and spray Bitch is hot, she startin' fires About to blow, man, cut the wires Bendin' light inside black holes Made a plan to bust some skulls Lock it down, this one horse town Get outta Dodge, it's my turf now It's dangerous, don't go out alone It's half past ten, we're halfway home This place is all hate and no hope David here, Goliath a no show Don't front, don't act like you don't know Sober up, you know that I'm too dope Too dope for you
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Where Is N616 08:38
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Wait for a savior, turn water to wine Act as an angel for body and mind A voice of white lies I can't recognize Gunmetal echoes binding the ties Sever the nerves, strike from the hip Resent all the senses at your fingertips By way of fire, I waver and wind Hopeless to wander, broken and blind Hearing these voices from across the world A nagging in your mind, an echoing verb A dead weight, a burden, a pile of regrets Sifting through ashes, shifting again Everyone fired and never we died Now I'm so tired, and broken up wide Carried your picture for all of my days Pointing the finger and counting the ways I hope that I'll see you before it's my time Before I'm like the others, alone when they died Lately I'm forgetting to always read between the lines Long have I been searching for the ones who left me far behind So where am I And where are you Is my long range transmission getting through If you're hearing this It's N616 I'm still right here I still exist So where are you And where am I Please repond, I am running out of time If you're hearing this It's N616 I'm still right here I still exist Chasing the others and falling behind Fighting the monster I'm becoming inside Writing my letters to an old friend The look in your eyes, last chance to pretend I hope that I'll see you before it's my time Before I'm like the others, alone when they died Lately I'm forgetting to always read between the lines Long have I been searching for the ones who left me far behind So where am I And where are you Is my long range transmission getting through If you're hearing this It's N616 I'm still right here I still exist So where are you And where am I Please respond, I am running out of time If you're hearing this It's N616 I'm still right here I still exist
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By Hammer, By Nail 02:54
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Oh this nice place has seen some better days, I swear It falls apart, it all lies in disrepair Sometimes I think that the world, it just ain't fair You walk for miles, without ever getting there I've built a house inside my head With all the demons that I've met Smashing walls and trashing halls And setting fire to the beds Given tools, I can repair my broken home All alone So by hammer, and by nail I'll build my walls to last for good Built this machine, though I know not what it does Answers will show themselves when the time comes I'm not afraid, it's just progress anyway Don't need your therapy, and I don't care what you say I've built a house inside my head With all the demons that I've met Smashing walls and trashing halls And setting fire to the beds Given tools, I can repair my broken home All alone So by hammer, and by nail I'll build my walls to last for good
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Other Childish Things 09:47
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I see them fighting in the streets The war is torn Run on through the fire Like a raging rhino bloodied at the horn I see them taking sides Drawing lines across the sand I know how hard they fight This battle of the damned The lights have all gone out In the dark they stand alone If they open their eyes they'll find Redemption for their souls And now they wait their whole lifetimes For the ones To take them far away Take these smoking guns Flames fall from the sky Engulf this empty town The players take the stage Will they make it to the bow Glory, hallelujah They wander and they roam And now you're praying All lost children come back home The time has gone too far To end this peacefully And though I'm growing old Don't take these childish things from me Look deep inside and start To wash away the hate These words, all heard before But redemption's not too late Red quills mark their names In black books of despair We're only halfway home We'll make it there, I swear Glory, hallelujah They wander and they roam And now you're praying All lost children come back home The time has gone too far To end this peacefully And though I'm growing old Don't take these childish things from me
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Road Trip 04:07
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It's a new day, and summer's here It's time for us to hit the road And face our fears In the car now, we'll make it somehow Take a giant step toward the dangers From below Unfold the mystery, from ancient history We'll send the evil back to Where it came Around every turn something new to learn And every stop I think may Be our last We're on a road trip To save the world So pack up your bags, and hop in the car Cause we're going far Don't you look back to places you've been It's full speed ahead We'll travel on, until the end Psychic vampires, and a blown out tire And a cult to the great old ones Bent on death From Sunny Vale, to Candle Cove Better watch out if we're Coming near your home We're on a road trip To save the world So pack up your bags, and hop in the car Cause we're going far Don't you look back to places you've been It's full speed ahead We'll save the day again and again We're on a road trip To save the world So pack up your bags, and hop in the car Cause we're going far Don't you look back to places you've been It's full speed ahead We'll travel on, until the end

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Based on "Mrs. Frieda's Halfway Home for Terrible Freakish Children" by The Drunk and The Ugly podcast -- www.drunkandugly.com


A love letter.

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released April 28, 2014

All songs written and recorded by Elijah Judd.

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Within The Giant Eugene, Oregon

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