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Back To What You Started With

by The Sheveled

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1.
Country Mouse City Mouse 03:34
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COUNTRY MOUSE: Home again Those city lights and restless nights Were draining me And actions walk but words just talk You know what I’m saying? CITY MOUSE: My old friend, I guess I get the feeling I’m just better there I miss the space but not the pace back home Growing up This farmer town just held me down For all those years And city lights beat small town fights I found my people here You really wanna know? You really wanna go there? I’m all out of resentment these day And whatever way you vote Whatever songs you’re singing You will always be my good friend You always have a truck You always lend a hand You keep my feet pinned to the land COUNTRY MOUSE: Fading summer nights In our hometown Awfully glad you stayed To hang around Sitting round the fire Growing old Crush another can Before you go My old friend
2.
On My Side 02:42
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You felt that cold neglect I Felt your words this time The walls are cold and heavy We could not hide Oh sometimes I know you’re right It’s been awhile Since we’ve been alright The doors are locked we’re left outside Are you by my side? Are you on my side? I just wanted answers You just needed a friend I’m staring at my shadow Should have listened instead Off in a far off land It’s been awhile Since we’ve been alright The doors are locked we’re left outside Are you by my side? Are you on my side? It’s been awhile Since we’ve been alright The doors are locked we’re left outside Are you by my side? Are you on my side?
3.
Hopelessly Hopeful 03:49
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We were waiting patiently I’m simple when you’re next to me Some days we can just let things come our way And if we take a step away Our dialogue just melts away Our stories lost somewhere in time and space If you think that you’re better than me Well darling lately I would tend to agree I’ve made habit now of running away Could never fill the void pretending it ain’t there Red wine in the evening shade And music that our parents played Back when we were hopelessly hopeful I won’t even say a word I won’t expect a thing from you Tonight is just for you my dear If you think that your’re better than me Well darling lately I would tend to agree I made a habit now of runnin away Could never fill the void pretending it ain’t there You couldn’t make it trying to take It all in I don’t think anyone can these days You need a space to just get outta your head A place to turn to in those serious times Where it’s alright We were waiting patiently I’m simple when you’re next to me Some days we can just let things come our way You might think that you’re better than me And in so many ways I’d have to agree You’re better suited for this weather than me I don’t know why I can’t just find a winter coat The walks are shoveled and the dogs are asleep The silence comes about so curiously You found yourself a damned unwavering fool I found myself awash in reasons to believe
4.
Hit The Deck 03:34
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Well we’ve all got work to do Let's abandon our perfection find agreed up on direction Cuz I can’t see how things are getting better now Everyone’s just digging in, thinking we know everything And where, where did all the context go? There is no one size fits all, rhetoric to save us now And we, validate our points of view With anecdotes we take as truth, dividing me and you So hold me closer anonymous poster No one needs to know what things were said Toss the deck chairs off the deck dear Clear some floor for something we both know I’ve been trying to see all sides But they’re so pissed off at me What’s epistemology? Well we share we share our common ground To move our feet and spin around We’re all in this together now And hit the deck with Old friends that you Hold out hope for rediscovery You once said we’re all connected That seems about right about right now Yeah left then right Not so uptight now Yeah moving hot with Both and thoughts alright
5.
Your Power 03:12
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You always had this way Of leaving things unspoken Reckless and unswayed While I was pleading Scratch and claw in vain At doors that wouldn’t open But now I understand I know your secret Your power is indifference And all that I once wanted Doesn’t matter really Pain that I don’t need And all the things you Left in crimson wakes Blood you won’t acknowledge And feigning sense from nonsense It's so empty Your power’s cruel and meaningless Washed up on the shore Free of these attachments Breathing’s kinda easy Taking in the warmth The possibilities These shorelines I’ve been walking Your power over me Is lost but not forgotten
6.
Time To Play B-Sides 02:00
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Think like a mountain Breathe with the trees Things tend to turn out When you turn in All you can carry Give it away You’ve been built up and Set free Now give back everything Play through those records Every song Walk through the B sides Counting steps You’ll find your way You always do You’ll find your way You’ll find your way
7.
Tent Seeker 02:11
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Taking back a sense of living Like you’re living every minute on borrowed time Playing hands with house money Makes the twos and the sevens seem kinda alright Second chances second wind bullets dodged And settling in to a thicker new skin Ducking out instead of suffering fools And we get along fine and we take it in stride yeah We find our time So many people talking Don’t seem like much is said We find the characters Exploring all the registers We share the sidewalk and we Ask you how you spend your days We watch the demons dance We’re listening to what they say We find our time Crashing through distractions Shakin up some action You don’t gotta read in Takin what we need here Keep in on the level Keeping things sheveled Always find a vine we’re Finding all the time here
8.
As Good As Anything 02:33
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Last trip up that icy road One more shift to bring it home Enough time off to pull you in Back to what you started with When you could sleep through anything Empty room at the end of the night The crowd went home, someone turned up the lights This should have been more than anything Still got that just ain’t there yet feeling But looking back again This nights as good as anything The hours before the test results Walking off those rocks you swallowed No matter what that doctor says Things will never be the same No it don’t seem like anything Could ever be the same again Left out in the rain alone Soaked it in, walked it home Caught a taste of fading sun This life’s as good as anyone And set each day to rest Then head back out again
9.
Hive Identity 03:56
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Something is in the air Things don’t feel quite right We used to talk things out We used to talk all night We used to fear the thought police A metaphor to share We needed no protection from a bad idea Hide from things that you might Find uncomfortable Place all those you know In camps we have bestowed With frameworks tightly held in check By packs not running free Don’t waver from the herd or you’ll be trampled in the streets Yell down dissonance Stifle subtleties Scan for dissidents Call out heresy Cede your experience to hive identity Build your own prison walls Defeat your own ideas
10.
This Isn't Love 04:10
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This isn’t love This is something else When I’m lost in your eyes I can’t find myself Trying to find the words to show that I can trust myself To open up without Giving in to no one else This isn’t love This is something else When I’m lost in your eyes I can’t find myself Goodbye my darkness The darkness that once drew me in Into a burned out castle Mistaken for a mystery Haunted by the feeling That this was just a delusion This isn’t love This is something else When I’m lost in your eyes I can’t find myself This isn’t love This is something else
11.
Your War 02:32
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Wasting away with hard thoughts that keep ringing Telling me what I can’t do on my own If I keep listening I’d never get out of bed I’m barely functional Waging war War in my head And there ain't no reason to lower our heads now No reason I should hide a gaze and try to slip by We fed a million people kept the streets movin all day now This city gave us a beach This is all the time you’ve got so get out there and get your Get your war The war in your head

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released August 25, 2018

Paul Schmold - Vocals, Electric Guitar, Acoustic Guitar, Keyboard, Synths
Keith Olsen - Bass Guitar
Jaden Houle - Drums

Guest Backup Vocals on Tracks 6 and 10 by Kenna Stadnick
Engineered and Produced by Jake Ian
Mastered by Stuart McKillop at Rain City Recorders
All songs written by The Sheveled, lyrics by Paul Schmold
Photography by Serena Webber
Design and layout by Jeff Klassen
All songs (c) The Sheveled 2018, SOCAN

From Edmonton Alberta Canada

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The Sheveled Edmonton, Alberta

Formed in the fall of 2017, The Sheveled
released their 11 song debut album “Back to
What You Started With” in August 2018. The
band employs a diverse sound, drawing
influences from pop, classic rock and roll,
garage and indie, country, punk, and new
wave. This diversity is tied together with a
consistent focus on writing honest songs
with an emphasis on arrangement and
danceability. ... more

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