id,slug,publish,publish_on,title,description,credits,lyrics,track,release_id,player_code
8,effie,1,2007-06-01 00:00:00,Effie's On The Other Side,,"<p>Written by Ryan Walsh, &copy; 2007 Reverse The Tape Decks (ASCAP)</p>","<p>we're stealing bodies<br />
so the doctors can study<br />
and improve their technique<br />
they operate next week<br />
on the girl who's embarrassed<br />
that she melted the chalice<br />
with a thought thrown through the air<br />
but she's only half of a pair</p>

<p>cuz Effie's on the other side<br />
she's laughing and sculpting and washing the filth<br />
off of the devil's hide</p>

<p>we're replacing their bones<br />
with pipes, sticks, and stones<br />
so the grievers don't notice<br />
that their loved ones helped us grow this<br />
translucent creature being housed<br />
by the doubting preacher<br />
reciting the scripture<br />
while the creature paints this picture</p>

<p>of Effie on the other side<br />
she's laughing and sculpting and washing the filth<br />
off of the devil's hide</p>",8,1,
14,dont-take-the-law,1,2008-04-08 00:00:00,Don't Take The Law Into Your Own Hands But Take Mine In Yours,,"<p>Written by Ryan Walsh, &copy; 2008 Reverse The Tape Decks (ASCAP)</p>","<p>a bell for the brave Armenian waitress<br /> outsourced to the heavies in the Texas sway<br /> something drifts across the soul of September soil<br /> I used to strip there but now I solemnly swear</p>
<p>I'm the one to disintegrate into your dreamscape<br /> pushed into patchwork<br /> with a mask with eyes cut to keyholes<br /> believe me I'm trying</p>
<p>I remember the day machine wept into lakes<br /> and poets made a plea on live TV<br /> a semicolon inked on the governor's wrist<br /> we all claimed we shared but it's worse than we feared</p>
<p>I'm the one to camp out under the flagpole<br /> coiled up and dumb<br /> trashing the haunted mansion<br /> pushed into patchwork<br /> to disintegrate into your dreamscape<br /> with a mask with eyes cut to keyholes<br /> believe she's lying</p>",8,9,
33,station,1,2009-07-01 00:00:00,Station,,"<p>Written by Ryan Walsh, &copy; 2009 Reverse The Tape Decks (ASCAP)</p>","<p>the subpoenas always came in unmarked cruisers<br /> the fonts were bold and told us what to do<br /> the schematics we stole were impossible to decipher<br /> so let&rsquo;s go downtown and see this whole thing through</p>
<p>I would feel much better if this day had narration<br /> as we&rsquo;re living out some archetype clean and blue<br /> there are moments here that don&rsquo;t come from this station<br /> there are lifetimes here repeated &lsquo;til they&rsquo;re true</p>",8,3,
53,game-changes-me,1,2012-04-01 21:15:29,The Game Changes Me,,"<ul>
<li>David Bentley - guitar </li>
<li>David Bryson - drums </li>
<li>Elio DeLuca - wurlitzer, shaker </li>
<li>Brian Rutledge - trumpet </li>
<li>Ryan Walsh - vocals, guitar </li>
<li>Nicholas Giadone Ward - bass </li>
<li>Mike Fiore - backing vocals </li>
<li>Noell Dorsey, Katie Von Schleicher, Leah Hennessy - backing vocals </li>
</ul>","<p>The night is filled with only three thoughts <br /> And they took two out back and were shot <br /> Now we&rsquo;re left with one <br /> Singular thing <br /> To wrestle into this world <br /> I&rsquo;m gonna change my game <br /> Until the game changes me <br /> And in a book of Child ballads I finally saw what you claimed to see <br /> Infiltrate me some simple way <br /> The night is filled with only one thought</p>
<p>Are you averse to a transformation? <br /> Do you believe in the afterlife? <br /> Hold me steady while I drink this deluge <br /> Do you believe in the afterlife? <br /> Someone, somewhere said something prophetic but no one thought to kick it through me</p>
<p>There used to be a way to get free <br /> Without the use of A, B, or C <br /> But the boilerplate cooled <br /> And broke into shards <br /> The museum put it on display <br /> I&rsquo;m gonna catch some thought <br /> And distill it through you <br /> When the last day of the season comes crawling you&rsquo;ll know just what to do <br /> Infiltrate me some simple way <br /> The night is filled with only one thought</p>
<p>Are you averse to a transformation? <br /> Do you believe in the afterlife? <br /> Kiss me slowly with a curse word come-on <br /> Do you believe in the afterlife? <br /> Someone, somewhere said something prophetic but no one thought to kick it through me</p>
<p>Like a living, breathing tattoo <br /> With the papers for the passing <br /> Some encyclopedic come-on <br /> Comes crashing through a white light <br /> And stays to infiltrate me some simple way!</p>
<p>Are you averse to a transformation? <br /> Do you believe in the afterlife? <br /> Hold me steady while I drink this deluge <br /> Do you believe in the afterlife? <br /> Kiss me slowly with a curse word come on <br /> Do you believe in the afterlife? <br /> Someone, somewhere said something prophetic but no one thought to kick it through me</p>",8,7,
71,pick-up-an-old-phone,1,2014-05-03 08:24:58,Pick Up An Old Phone,,,"<p>First impressions first<br />I command it<br />The feel of a star map<br />Flat in your hand<br />Cuz nobody knows what<br />you are feeling<br />cuz nobody&rsquo;s psychic<br />unless that&rsquo;s a lie</p>
<p>My most insistent dream<br />Who can name it?<br />easy to be wanted<br />But hard to feel loved<br />Here comes some jokers<br />looking for answers<br />on questions of freedom<br />I&rsquo;ll just decline</p>
<p>The rest is up to us<br />Laying flatly<br />On some gentle incline<br />Near some parade<br />It&rsquo;s a national anthem<br />But I can&rsquo;t place the country<br />on questions of freedom<br />I&rsquo;ll just decline</p>
<p>Pick up an old phone and hear the future coming back for you<br />We&rsquo;ll turn to golden tape recorded versions of the truth</p>
<p>Everything is on it&rsquo;s way</p>
<p>Last impressions last<br />You command it<br />The feel of a blueprint<br />Scrolled in your hand<br />We can&rsquo;t remember<br />The way that we got here<br />Something was uttered<br />And counties were crossed<br />Pick up an old phone and hear the future coming back for you<br />We&rsquo;ll turn to golden tape recorded versions of the truth</p>",8,10,
87,hassle-magnet,1,2016-02-25 06:06:26,Hassle Magnet,,,"<p>I made a banquet<br>
of holy ghosties<br>
it was a longshot<br>
I wound it tightly<br>
they call me warlord<br>
on the fucking TV<br>
just like a hassle magnet</p>

<p>I live in bee hive<br>
I tunnel sand box<br>
I breathe the bombers<br>
there's no exception<br>
if you could see me<br>
you'd come to understanding<br>
that i'm a hassle magnet<br>
that i'm a hassle magnet<br>
that i'm a hassle magnet<br>
that i'm a hassle magnet</p>

<p>i walk the tight rope<br>
i hold the lantern<br>
i cracked the code word<br>
i drop pianos<br>
attracting bad news<br>
into existence<br>
like a hassle magnet<br>
can you feel it?<br>
do you hate it?<br>
have you dropped out? do you love me?<br>
cuz i'm a feeling<br>
you find in early AM<br>
cuz i'm a warlock<br>
in janitor's clothing<br>
and you're the trouble<br>
i been trying to pull towards me<br>
just like a hassle magnet</p>",8,12,
105,im-you,1,2019-10-03 11:57:11,I’m You,,,"<p>
  I’m gonna spend the rest of my life telling this story ain’t I?<br />
  Where’s my stability asked the man actively driving himself into a ditch<br />
  Am I crazy or is the world really organized this way?<br />
  Sometimes it’s hard to know precisely who you really are
</p>
<p>
  Play your own music for the end of episode montage you run out in your head<br />
  Show what you’re doing / show what she’s doing / show what we’re doing<br />
  They are both deep in thought wondering “what if”<br />
  So roll the end credits, don’t forget to thank the dolly grip
</p>
<p>
  Change your name / Cut off your hair / but stick to the plan<br />
  I know there’s no guarantees, even Bob Dylan lost his dream girl<br />
  This is our story / this is how we go here<br />
  You can put your hands on the brick and inhale slowly and ask yourself<br />
  Who am I?<br />
  Who am I?<br />
  Who am I?
</p>
<p>
  Nostalgia flooded the room like milk poured over religious figurines<br />
  I didn’t share this simile with my therapist worried she’d get worried and
  write something down<br />
  But then again who’s to say anyone can say something + alter the timeline<br />
  I’m just sick of pretending<br />
  That I don’t believe what I believe
</p>
<p>
  We know the dangers of one person using another person as a muse<br />
  But surely there can’t be nothing wrong if it goes both ways<br />
  Like lightning bolts bouncing between two consciousnesses trapped in jars<br />
  I called it “Dual Muses” and walked down to the corner store
</p>
<p>
  Rock n Roll improved my chemistry<br />
  And prog rock got me out of bed<br />
  And punk rock made me hate the government<br />
  Then heavy metal became my friend<br />
  And R n B let me dance with you<br />
  And Zydeco seemed like a strange dream<br />
  And hip hop made me trust the universe<br />
  And psych rock pushed me past the point<br />
  But the one thing they all taught me is…
</p>
<p>
  I’m you<br />
  Don’t freak out<br />
  I’m you
</p>",8,15,