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Farewell Mountain

by Ben Shannon

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1.
Frozen Star 04:18
I'm falling with you. This world is falling too. Frozen star. Memory. All that's left is gravity. We are bound by escape. Attraction blown away. Frozen star. Memory. All that's left is gravity.
2.
Forevers End 03:37
Sing me your best song I will sing along I will sing along Break me off a bit a little bit of that makes me wanna live give you something if you have something to give Cold mountains rising up behind us forevers end maybe forevers end Old rain wraps its fingers into us forevers end ooh maybe forevers end Sing me your best song I will sing along I will sing along Break me off a bit a little bit of that makes me wanna live give you something if you have something to give Cold oceans rising up inside of us forevers end maybe forevers end Old rain wraps its fingers into us forevers end ooh maybe forevers end Cold mountains falling down behind us forevers end maybe forevers end Old wind it wraps its fingers into us forevers end maybe forevers end
3.
I Will 03:16
Well the storms whipped up and the rain fell hard And it washed away the streets and it carried off the cars And the houses tipped over and they started to float I'm gonna build my house like I'm building a boat And we all might live a little longer So love a little harder be a little stronger I will. I will. When your living in the hills where its sunny all day and the clouds they carry your worries away you can raise your flag you can set sail and the tops of the mountains are waiving farewell farewell
4.
When Durwood went to paradise he rented a moving van. Sarah sat shotgun with a silver wedding band She' missed Alabama but she could understand when he told her that his feet were missing that Sarasota sand It was Christmas in a trailer. Dinners from a can. And in the shade of the cypress trees they laid out careful plans. They could have no guarantee when they went hand in hand the seeds they'd sow would ever grow in the Sarasota sand. There's some that find their way back home and some that never can and theres those that leave no footprints in the Sarasota sand. Well the tides rolled in and the tides rolled out on Durwood's promise land. He left this world behind holding Sara's hand. She stayed home long enough to rent a moving van and she left behind a life time in the Sarasota sand. There's some that find their way back home and some that never can and theres those that leave no footprints in the Sarasota sand.
5.
Irish Airman 04:19
I know that I shall meet my fate somewhere among the clouds above. Those that I fight I do not hate. Those that I guard I do not love. My country is Kiltartan Cross. My countrymen Kiltartan's poor. No likely end will bring them loss or leave them happier than before. No law no duty bade me fight. No public men. No cheering crowds. A lonely impulse of delight drove to this tumult in the clouds. I balanced all brought all to mind. The years ahead seemed a waste of breath A waste of breath the years behind. In balance with this life this death.
6.
The whiskey on your breath Could make a small boy dizzy; But I hung on like death: Such waltzing was not easy. We romped until the pans Slid from the kitchen shelf; My mother's countenance Could not unfrozen itself. The hand that held my wrist Was battered on one knuckle; At every step you missed My right ear scraped a buckle. You beat time on my head With a palm caked hard by dirt, Then waltzed me off to bed Still clinging to your shirt.
7.
Nobody's saying what they want to say can you tell me how it got this way is this the best we can do Somewhere inside somewhere down deep we all got something that we're trying to keep from getting through aint it the truth? Everybody knows how the story goes there is no divide. You cannot deny everybody lies You win the war you get to keep your point of view your history you pick and choose yeah you call it the truth. Everybody knows how the story goes there is no divide. You cannot deny everybody lies Nobody's saying what they wanna say. Can you tell me how it got this way? Lies. Lies. Lies.
8.
So long heaven. I'm crossing over. Take these white wings off of my shoulder. Take this halo it don't fit right. Where I'm going I've gotta travel light. So long heaven its been good to know ya I gonna start making my way home Going back down to where I belong...So long heaven I'll be missing angel singing. All of those sweet psalms my ears are ringing. Take these white robes I'll wear a tee shirt some old blue jeans I'm ready to hit the dirt So long heaven its been good to know you gonna start makin my way home I'm goin back down to where I belong Open up the gates I'll let myself out anything is better than livin on a cloud where everyones a saint you always gotta think out loud. and theres a strange weight pulling me down… Sunny acre on a southern hill apples in blossom hear the whippoorwill now there's a small house under a big sky and thats my family there waitin on a new life so long heaven its been good to know you gonna start makin my way home goin back down to where I belong and I hope I make it back to see you and that my life is long and strong and you watch over me while I'm gone.. so long heaven so long heaven...
9.
Empty house end of the road the door stands open rains on the floor memories callin little stains on the wall empty boxes scattered in the halls and all I remember now all I remember now is the love every detail every sound like a roll of kite string coming unwound and all I remember now all I remember now is the love…is the love now I'm standing on these stairs like I did that day when I turned away from everything that we had made I said I hated you I thought I hated you. but all I remember now all that mattered anyhow is the love. The love. The love. The love.

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released June 11, 2016

Engineered and Mixed by Dave Hidek
Mastered by Garrett Haines
Drums by Dave Throckmorton and Chris Parker
Bass by Justin Brown
Electric Guitar by Chris Parker
Organ and Keys by Skip Sanders
Strings arranged by Dave Hidek
Violin by Matt Pickart
Cello by Rachel Smith
Backing vocals by Judith Avers
Guest vocals by Carter Sampson
Acoustic Guitar by Ben Shannon
Main Vocals by Ben Shannon
Album art by Abby Diamond

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Ben Shannon Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Writing songs is a way of participating in a conversation about what meaning my little life and the world we all share might hold. Music has been a portal into the language of emotion. Songwriting, specifically, is a tool of survival that I've been able to use to manifest and maintain myself. These days I strive to be careful with the words I sing as they tend to have a way of coming true. ... more

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