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Fortress

by James Hunter USA

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Fropps One of my favourite albums ever. Expect growling guitars, wistful lyrics and a killer attitude. Favorite track: Possum Rock.
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1.
Possum Rock 03:58
I can feel it in my toenails a little tingle in my throat a little voice telling me to go home I can see it in the billboard the one that flashes at my window through the kudzu on a hot sticky night and I can’t trust anybody I see all the madness, madness all around me I hear all the people yelling, screaming I see all the madness, and I think it’s in me I can feel it in me and I am terrified A friendly possum reminds me at this moment wars are happening and the best thing to do is just lay down and die normally I’m not this paranoid but lately, it’s something I can’t avoid the world I love is slowly being destroyed and I’m boarding up my windows I see all the madness… I used to say to myself at night love is gonna win, love is gonna win lost in darkness, can’t find the light love is gonna win, love is gonna win If I start stocking food and supplies like it’s gonna be winter (a really long winter) like a nuclear winter maybe I’ll survive and I feel my heart beat faster I see all the madness… I see all the madness, madness all around you I hear you crying, yelling, screaming I see all the madness, and I think it’s in you cause I see it in you and I feel it in you and I know it’s in you and I am terrified
2.
Echo Chamber 03:08
I say I don’t want to be lonely but it’s not like I really wanna turn off my TV right now right now I say I don’t want to be lonely but it’s not like I am gonna turn off my computer at all at all all I want is to be right block out the things I don’t like my echo chamber keeps the bad voices out and everyone who disagrees with me is gonna stay the hell away from me and my echo chamber all by myself I say I don’t want to be lonely but it’s not like I’m ever gonna leave my neighborhood I’m so scared a sea of bastards out there I need to love, I need to hate my echo chamber tells me what to love and what to hate and what to think and I’m afraid of my own mind and all the things that I might find if I leave this echo chamber all by myself
3.
You are the mountain lion you gotta go where the money is you never know what you will find you gotta go where the money is You are the businessman you gotta go for the easy kill and don’t expect them to understand you gotta go for the easy kill Can you wait until the summer? you can die and you’ll be warm if you put your arms around me, we can make it through the storm please don’t die please don’t die please don’t die please don’t die Life is a miracle but I never had the time to live taking everything I could I didn’t know I had so much to give Give thanks to the sunlight and the ground you’re standing on cause life is just a feeling for a moment and it’s gone please don’t die please don’t die please don’t die can you wait until the summer? you can die and you’ll be warm if you put your arms around me we can make it through the storm please don’t die please don’t die please don’t die please don’t die please don’t die no
4.
You Need 03:35
You need gold in bullion and a big old church to be holy in a fleet of cars to ride in and a great big house just to hide in wanting, needing having, taking, promising and breaking you need people to manipulate you need people to manipulate you need people to manipulate well you can’t have me You need a moat with an electric fence you need an army just for self defense a team of lawyers and of lobbyists you need your shoes shined and you need your ass kissed
5.
Fortress 05:09
Built a fortress in my house It will keep us warm we’ll stomp and shout and chase away the storm take my hand, come inside you can hide behind my couch I will keep you safe we’ll light some candles, talk about our lives take my hand, come inside I don’t care much for this revolution but there’s no war in here so come on in and have a beer and we’ll wait it out I’ve got lots of books to read and plenty board games too and an old guitar with lots of extra strings will you sing, sing with me? I’ve got supplies to last a year I hope it don’t take that long and I need someone to help me stay strong to keep me sane to help me hold on I don’t care much for this revolution but there’s no war in here so come on in and have a beer and we’ll wait it out they will say “you’re either on our side or we will knock you down” but I won’t budge we’re gonna find some common ground and build from there I’ve got water for a long time I’ve got food for a long time I’ve got beer for a long time I need you for a long time and maybe in a year or so things will be better I’ve got water for a long time I’ve got food for a long time I’ve got beer for a long time I need you for a long time and maybe in ten years or so things will be better I don’t care much for this revolution but there’s no war in here so come on in and have no fear cause if we all run out of beer I’ve got a little whiskey here and we’ll wait it out
6.
Flipping through yellowed notebooks and faded dreams I should have known it wouldn’t work out ohh into the fire throw these old notebooks into the fire (woo) I can feel everybody laugh at me I can’t stop touching that hot stove ohh into the fire throw these old hard drives into the fire (woo) All these stupid fucking words and melodies dance around inside my head and torture me and I am never free ohh into the fire throw this old love into the fire throw everything into the fire For sale: a bunch of old equipment I used to love I can’t even look at it anymore ohh send your best offer everything must go, everything must go (woo) I used to be ambitious, I wanted everything now it seems that all I want is normalcy but that can never be I'm gonna walk into the fire dive headfirst into the fire throw my life into the fire fire I can’t stop touching that hot stove
7.
Escalator 03:04
I wanna be an escalator I wanna take you higher higher than you’ve ever been before I wanna be an escalator I’ll take you to a whole new level like the moon or the rings of saturn we can go underground or up into the air an escalator never breaks down it just turns to stairs I am weird so are you we were born to be different from the rest of the world we’re riding I am weird so are you we were born to be different from the rest of the world and we’re riding riding riding high I wanna wrestle alligators and yank out all their teeth and teach ‘em to drink milkshakes so let me be your escalator at least metaphorically cause I know I can motivate you

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released January 15, 2016

All songs written and composed by James Hunter, who also sang and played most instruments

Ben Martin- Drums on 1,2,4,5
Noah Kess- Drums on 3, rhythm percussion on 7
Sean Thompson- Guitar on 7
Jared McGrath- Backing vocals on 7

Noah Kess and Cody Sciara produced and engineered the album
Greg Hendler mixed and mastered it
Drew Green did the cover illustration

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