id,slug,publish,publish_on,title,description,credits,lyrics,track,release_id,player_code
10,teenage-synesthete,1,2007-06-01 00:00:00,Teenage Synesthete,,"<p>Written by Ryan Walsh, &copy; 2007 Reverse The Tape Decks (ASCAP)</p>","<p>I was born<br />
a teenage synesthete<br />
feeling colors, hearing tastes<br />
and catching my breath<br />
I saw a hawk out by the high school<br />
fly into your brain<br />
I wrote it down<br />
but I won't tell no one<br />
from that I'll refrain</p>

<p>and everything will probably be alright<br />
collective psychosis begone<br />
and everything will probably be okay<br />
collective psychosis begone</p>",10,1,
19,die-before-me,1,2008-04-08 00:00:00,(You Better Hope You) Die Before Me [Live January 2008],,"<p>Written by Ryan Walsh, &copy; 2008 Reverse The Tape Decks (ASCAP) <br />Recorded at the Middle East Upstairs, Cambridge, MA</p>","<p>the phone line is broken<br /> the tapes are all erased<br /> someone's at the door you know his wares have all been laced<br /> you better hope you die before me</p>
<p>if you take it as a compliment<br /> you're out of your tree<br /> the horses all are ready<br /> and they know as well as me<br /> that you better hope you die before me</p>
<p>everybody knows you climb a ladder so well<br /> impressive demonstrations of your speech and your spells<br /> but you better hope you die before me</p>
<p>dress me up in wires<br /> I'll plug into the feed<br /> of blasted out basement shows<br /> bursting at the seams<br /> and you better hope you die before me</p>
<p>the house is infested<br /> with pests of every kind<br /> but at least they had the courtesy<br /> to stay of my mind<br /> you're broken, alone, down, and undreamed</p>
<p>so you can bang on every windchime<br /> or light a torch for me<br /> or magnify your tiny soul<br /> with a microscope from me<br /> but you better hope you die before me</p>",10,9,
35,classic-tapes,1,2009-09-09 00:00:00,Classic Tapes,,"<p>Written by Ryan Walsh, &copy; 2009 Reverse The Tape Decks (ASCAP)</p>","<p>oh we crashed in the ash<br /> and then the cash of the titans blew out to sea<br /> but you, you broke out the map<br /> lead us out of the country<br /> through the haunted hallway</p>
<p>I strayed during the ticker tape parade<br /> you were gathering blank tape<br /> for the never ceasing project of the documentarian</p>
<p>my dear, I could drift into backyards<br /> during nights of no moonlight<br /> and never reappear<br /> you know that something<br /> would grab a hold of me slowly<br /> make love to me only<br /> and pull me deep underground</p>
<p>forever is incomprehensible<br /> but still attainable<br /> with a little luck, a lawyer, and a fine tuned radio</p>
<p>the stop light changes but nothing else does<br /> it kept me waiting just because<br /> so delete all your dead friends from you cell phone<br /> it keeps you inside that certain zone: home<br /> Om Gam Ganapataye Namaha</p>
<p>I feel it / I feel it / I feel it / I feel it<br /> a devil / a devil / a devil / a devil<br /> or an angel / an angel / an angel / an angel<br /> nearer and nearer and nearer and nearer</p>",10,3,
55,call-off-your-horses,1,2012-04-01 21:17:11,Call Off Your Horses,,"<ul>
<li>David Bentley - cello </li>
<li>David Bryson - drums </li>
<li>Elio DeLuca - guitar, piano, backing vocals </li>
<li>Joseph Marrett - cuatro </li>
<li>Brian Rutledge - trombone </li>
<li>Ryan Walsh - vocals, guitar </li>
<li>Nicholas Giadone Ward - bass</li>
</ul>","<p>I am the token fiend you read about in the bible <br /> The kind that would come and ruin a miraculous scene <br /> You had the distinct privilege of being my rival <br /> And we took the thrill of a fight and it turned it into a creed</p>
<p>So call all your horses off <br /> Sing out the names of the brave <br /> And rise up from whence you came <br /> And come back to reload rifles in the rain</p>
<p>They say that you could force a field into your vision <br /> And unfurl a banner that reads &ldquo;you are coming with me&rdquo; <br /> Don&rsquo;t think too long, too hard, or ask for permission <br /> But don&rsquo;t buy the myth that nothing&rsquo;s gonna get in the way</p>
<p>So call all your horses off <br /> Sing out the names of the brave <br /> And rise up from whence you came <br /> And come back to reload rifles in the rain</p>",10,7,
73,mcmliv-continuity-error,1,2014-05-03 08:26:14,MCMLIV (Continuity Error),,,"<p>Someone clapped the slate and we all came to sudden life<br />It's not like anything has really changed<br />you're a puzzle all in pieces<br />but there's much more to my thesis<br />it's my &nbsp;turn to invent the story as we proceed</p>
<p>would you believe we've got a problem with continuity?<br />lawyer #2 wears a modern watch<br />all the extras start complaining<br />and the lion tamer's waiting<br />to place the beast high atop the cathedral stairs</p>
<p>i'm the director of this film<br />but that's useless when it comes to you</p>
<p>6 8 24 we're losing light<br />someone load the film in the canister<br />break our hearts bring us back to the valley &amp; plains</p>",10,10,
89,the-dangers-are-doubled,1,2016-02-25 06:07:13,The Dangers Are Doubled,,,"<p>With an hour like a flower inside a periscope<br>
i roll the dice on certainty<br>
there's angels in the source code if you know where to look for them<br>
but I ain't gonna hang around</p>

<p>the dangers are double, they told me<br>
but I couldn't hear a single world<br>
the dangers are double, they told me</p>

<p>a kaleidoscope of open fields taped to a phone book<br>
you can't invest in vanity<br>
there's angels in the driveway collecting their bottle caps<br>
I slept too late to set em free</p>

<p>and the dangers were double, like they told you<br>
and the dangers were double in the deep<br>
and the dangers were doubled in the roof top open bar<br>
I was up late with girls<br>
I was up late with girls</p>

<p>and the legacy was better<br>
and heritage was the best<br>
from the truth surrounded me like the rings inside a tree<br>
at least the early visions were kind<br>
at least the early visions were kind</p>

<p>I'm under the lights<br>
I'm over the sea<br>
I'm into the death-defying, killing kindness, best version of me<br>
and the dangers were double, like they told you<br>
and the dangers were double in the deep</p>",10,12,
107,the-memory-tree,1,2019-10-03 11:55:42,The Memory Tree,,,"<p>
  This all happens outside the space continuum<br />
  You’re alive in Phoenix wondering what we did to ‘em<br />
  You hear what happened to me?<br />
  I was pronounced lost at sea<br />
  But in truth I’m just hiding out won’t u come look for me?
</p>
<p>
  I was a sleeper agent before you woke me up<br />
  Playing classic tapes for some gurus we rounded up<br />
  But when I got in the room<br />
  I wasn’t sure what to do<br />
  The domestic zones I was used to<br />
  Didn’t prep me for you
</p>
<p>
  Can you make a memory?<br />
  Without choppin’ down the memory tree?
</p>
<p>
  And it’s a transaction, sure<br />
  But don’t it sometimes feel like it’s something more?
</p>
<p>
  I found a timeshare in the unified field<br />
  I lived there with you until forever got peeled<br />
  The neighborhood filled with ghosts<br />
  Was more spooky than most<br />
  With The undead department of dreams and our immaculate hosts
</p>
<p>
  I’m finally a poet but you know that don’t matter now<br />
  Here comes a siren to review them wedding vows<br />
  I may appear rapt with fear<br />
  But Don’t you dare disappear<br />
  When the going gets tougher than nails you know I’ll always be there
</p>",10,15,