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Rite of Passage

by Crushing Ground

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1.
Whirlwind 04:24
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WHIRLWIND Thought I had the answers to it all Found out I knew nothing after all Come to believe That nothing's what it seems to be And everything I thought I knew Remains a mystery To me Had the future under my control Now I wonder where the Hell to go So far away From who it is I used to be Holding on To pieces of my Old identity Caught in the WHIRLWIND Feels like I'm spinning Caught in the WHIRLWIND Feels like I'm falling Down So far away From who it is I used to be And everything I thought I knew Remains a mystery To me
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Original Sin 04:28
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ORIGINAL SIN Tempted by your original sin Led into your garden Tempted by the serpent that speaks from within Taking me down Down Original sin I taste anticipation on your lips The sultry sweat of passion on your skin Taking me down Original sin Taking me over again Tempted by your original sin Led into your garden Tempted by the serpent that speaks from within The root of all that's evil starts to grow I lie beside you guilty and exposed Taking me down Original sin It's taking me over again Tempted by your original sin Led into your garden Tempted by the serpent that speaks from within Tempted by your original sin Led into your garden Tempted by the serpent that speaks from within Original sin
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Simple 04:14
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SIMPLE I know I’m over-complicated My brain holds too much information I need to simplify And ease my troubled mind Why can’t I simplify? Cluttered with thoughts I’mso pre-occupied My mind is always working doubletime Why can’t I simplify All the bullshit in my life? Just throw away things I’ve saved Clean the slate and keep it SIMPLE It’s all I want to be SIMPLE It’s all I ever need Why can’t I simplify? Life’s complicated frustrating equations Can all be reduced to the simple truth Why can’t I simplify All the bullshit in my life? Just throw away things I’ve saved Clean the slate and keep it SIMPLE It’s all I want to be SIMPLE It’s all I ever need Why can’t I ever be simple? Simple Simple
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Goose Chase 04:42
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GOOSE CHASE Gets what she wants with a wink And a innocent smile She'll string you along With her charm But you'll never go further Oh - don't I know that she's beautiful Oh - but I'm not gonna fall for her anymore When she leads me on She leads me on She leads me on But I'm not gonna follow No Gives what she must to receive And then takes it for granted She's counting on me To believe In an honest intention But oh - how I've grown to know better now I'm just a stroke for her ego and nothing more When she leads me on She leads me on She leads me on But I'm not gonna follow No No whoa ah hoo And in the end All I need is myself Still I bleed For the help of Someone else But oh - how I'm not gonna waste anymore Of my precious time chasing down anyone No Who leads me on Don't lead me on Don't lead me on 'Cause I'm not gonna follow Anyone out there who Leads me on Don't lead me on and on and on and on No whoa ah hoo No whoa ah hoo No whoa ah hoo
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DYK 03:55
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DYK Say you love me But you don’t even know what love is anymore Or never did Say you want me But you don’t even understand me anymore Or never did At all You’re down on your knees You’re down on your knees You’re down on your knees It means nothing Well I still love you But cannot cheapen what we have here anymore And never will 'Cause I can’t let you Keep my head hanging in question anymore And never will Again You’re down on your knees Down on your knees You’re down on your knees It means nothing You’re down on your knees Down on your knees Get up on your feet Without me
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Scars 04:05
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Scars Words are razor sharp And cut like a thousand knives Thoughts like poison Contaminate the strongest mind And lies are the sparks That turn to fire And burn you to the bone Time after time Nothing ever fully heals it only leaves a scar Broken is trust That ends in betrayal To never be fully regained And lost is the love To the arms of another Who one day may feel the same way Nothing ever fully heals it only leaves a scar Nothing stops the bleeding from a broken heart It remains Carrying the past Each scar like a photograph Of something you’d rather not see ‘Cause memories are enemies They’ll keep you locked to history And no one can ever break free Nothing ever fully heals it only leaves a scar And nothing stops the bleeding from a broken heart Nothing ever fully heals it only leaves a scar To quietly remind us Who we are
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Fools Gold 04:38
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FOOLS GOLD I'm digging in the same old dirt again I picked you up Then dropped you back in Another souvenir I'll never keep You may think I'm crazy... But you're fools gold Dazzling to the eye Fools Gold Never worth the price Truth be told You're fools gold I'm sifting through new soil but I see Traces and faces of similarity Genuine is getting hard to find You may think I'm blinded... But you're fools gold Still dazzling to the eye Fools Gold Never worth the price Truth be told Let the truth be told Don't you think I'm wise enough to know? Don't you think I'll ever be your fool No Fools gold Dazzling to the eye Fools Gold But hardly worth my time Truth be told Let the truth be told Let the truth be told I'll never be your fool
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Rite of Passage 05:02
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RITE OF PASSAGE Hey, hey, dust and bones Flesh and Blood Heart and Soul Heading down a dusty road Three of us and Mother Earth Know where we wanna go But first we must survive this ritual Whoa The rite of passage Whoa Before our glory Hey, hey, dust and bones Flesh and blood Heart and soul Hey, hey, dust and bones Guide us home Pay our dues with every step And find the strength to forge ahead Had to learn to leave behind Those who couldn’t make the plight Whoa The rite of passage Whoa Like those before us Hey, hey, dust and bones Flesh and blood Heart and soul Hey, hey, dust and bones Hey, hey, dust and bones Sun and rain Wind or snow Through the twists and turns Take us home Solo Hey, hey, dust and bones Flesh and blood Heart and soul Hey, hey, dust and bones Hey, hey, dust and bones Sun or rain Wind, snow Through the twists and turns Guide us home Home Hey, hey, dust and bones Flesh and blood Heart and soul
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Train of Thought 04:58
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TRAIN OF THOUGHT Never thought it’d come to this Here I am right back at the spot I started in Never thought I’d ever sing A song about you now it’s happening I sit upon the train of thought And contemplate it all Yeah I never thought there’d come a day We’d fall asunder then you threw it all away Never thought I’d ever say A word against you now I suffer with the taste My scatterbrain begins to paint A picture into view I cannot stop my train of thought It takes me back to you I'm riding on the train of thought Riding on the train of thought Train of thought Fragments of the past replaying Frame x frame x frame x frame My thoughts are stuck in automatic Take me off this track I can't stop this train Riding on the train of thought Still riding on the train of thought Train of thought
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Through the Boundaries 01:13
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The Mountain 05:03
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THE MOUNTAIN Ah Ah Ah Ah Ah Ah Ah Ah Ah Ah Ah Ah Ah Ah Ah Ah You and I atop a mountain Watching what's below Who'd have thought we'd climb so high But how far can we go? We let go of all our burdens Lightened up the load We have barely scratched the surface So much more we've yet to learn Learn On the mountain Through the boundaries Where angels and demons compete for allegiance We're standing On the mountain Just keep on believing in me I believe in you Ah Ah Ah Ah Ah Ah Ah Ah Ah Ah Ah Ah Ah Ah Ah Ah Whispers circling all around us Loaded with disdain Telling us to turn around Go back the way we came People pulling people down Just trying to survive But we are peering through the clouds For a moment in the light Alright On the mountain Through the boundaries Past angels and demons who fight for allegiance We're standing On the mountain Just hold tight to me and I swear that we'll be alright Oh Ye of little faith Fear not, nor be afraid... I know it's such a long way down But we shall stand our ground On the mountain Through the boundaries Where angels and demons compete for allegiance Still standing On the mountain Just keep on believing in me I'll believe in you Yeah Ah Ah Ah Ah Ah Ah Ah Ah Ah Ah Ah Ah Ah Ah Ah Ah Ah Ah Ah Ah
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To Each His Own 04:52
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TO EACH HIS OWN Somebody once told me, “Look before you leap in sorrow” Someone else told me to, “Jump right now, there's no tomorrow" I don’t know why Some of us fly While others never seem to learn Hey So many opinions Going opposite directions Some drift out in limbo Never reach Their full potential I don’t know why Some of us die Before we’re ever really old To each his own One man’s garbage Is one man’s gold One man’s failure Is one man's hope One man’s prison Is one man’s home We all live together But we’ll die alone Alone Hey I don’t know why Some of us cry While others never seem to hurt To each his own Some stick it out Some take the rope Some hold on tightly Some let it go Some truly happy Some miserable We may live together Still we'll die alone Alone
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Last Rites/Once More Before I Die 04:24
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ONCE MORE BEFORE I DIE If I made a last request This is what I'd say Let me laugh again Before my soul is laid to waste Give me one more day to spend Within a sweet caress And one more kiss upon My lips Here in the light One more time Let me feel something real inside One more song One more high Once more Before I die If I only had a day left This is what I'd want To bask under the sun with you In pure utopia Give me one more night to view The beauty of the sky And watch the tide roll by My life Here in the night One more time Let me feel something real inside One more rush One more ride Once more Before I die Here in the light One more time Let me feel something real inside One more song One more high Once more before My spirit rises Once more Before I die
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Slow Down 04:13
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Slow Down Soaking in a hot spring Underneath partly-cloudy skies Her body’s silhouetted over me Against the full moon light Baby’s feeling anxious Says she needs release But I don’t want to blow it Before we both can blink Let's take our time Do it right And slow down Slow down Take it easy Hold out A little longer Slow down Beads of sweat are blending in with steam And water on our skin Let's savor every second we can get Before the dawn comes in We'll take our time Do it right And slow down Slow down Take it easy Hold out And make it last all night Slow down Slow down Keep it steady Hold out A little longer Slow down Ah Ah Ah Ah Ah Ah Ah Ah Ah Ah Ah Ah Ah Ah
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Final/Nothing Lasts Forever 07:17
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FINAL No more waiting half the night Just to have you one more time No more open door at two I finally feel abused No more trying to justify Who is wrong, what is right? No more home away from home You're finally on your own It finally got old The fire finally burned cold And finally I choose to see the fact I’ve ignored You and I are final You and I are final You and I are final No more running to the phone Every time you feel alone No more hiding from the truth I’m not the one for you It finally got old The fire finally burned cold Finally I choose to see the fact I’ve ignored You and I are final You and I are final You and I are final No more up all night 'Till you’re satisfied Whispers in your ear Fingers through your hair No more afternoon Rendezvous with you Now there’s nothing more that I can do It finally got old The fire finally burned cold Finally I choose to see the fact I’ve ignored You and I are final You and I are final You and I are final NOTHING LASTS FOREVER Don't cry just because we're not together You and I were not meant to last forever 'Cause nothing lasts forever Nothing lasts forever Nothing lasts forever

about

This record is definitely a passage of sorts. What started out as a slow, methodical recording process turned into hard lessons in tracking, mixing and mastering. Instead of cutting our losses and putting it out earlier, it became an obsession to finish the entire vision. I am a record guy. There are certain songs on certain records that only make sense in the exact spot they are placed. There is a specific feeling or mood that a group of songs create. Once you have figured out what that is, it's impossible to settle on less. I could not let this go. It is my way of completing the cycle of this project. I did not want to carry old songs over to the next sound.

Overall, this music represents a creative musical period with this lineup and I am grateful to everyone who contributed to the record. GREAT WORK GUYS!

credits

released November 13, 2012

ROB ROUSH:
Vocals and Guitars
KEITH URAM:
Bass Guitars
JOSH WALTERS:
Drums and Percussion

Additional Musicians:
BROCK EVANS:
Drums and Percussion
JIM McKINNEY:
Harmonica

Written, mixed and produced by: Rob Roush
Mastered by: Ed Jones and Rob Roush

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