All songs written, performed, and produced by Steve Schreoder. Violin on Seamless Covering performed by Timothy Horner. Lyrics French Silk Pies Don’t turn around they are creeping by the bed post in a house make of sticks don’t light a match These shadow they will move they will groove in through the floorboards every step every creek they are there But the day light’s coming soon and dancing with the moon that eternal flight they wander through the night in the think of French silk pies butterflies The clock rarely moves in a staring match you will lose and time stands still in your tower You can hide beneath the sheets you can scream out for a savior but no one can hear that prayer And will the daylight come at all in the darkness they do crawl so just play dead as they hover round your bed and think of French silk pies and butterflies It was just like it was years ago pinned down to the floor you know it’s not like things just go away when you pretend they don’t exist It’s just like it was years ago ancient voices screaming so loud you cannot hear the words of an angel do not be afraid she says my child don’t be afraid just think of French silk pies and butterflies Flowers of Verdun There’s soldiers standing on a white cliff thinking bout the lovely things that you think about when your leaving home got a wife got a life got house wonder what they’re doing now that fire’s falling it’s cold day holy father watch over us the sea is raging under us the lines are drawn so take a gun and march to the sea there’s a gale screaming On and on and on just waiting for days to bleed in the night they will freeze still they go on and on and on this is crazy they’ll lie in the sun fuel for the flowers of Verdun There’s young men lying in the cool mud crying for no thought that the world would ever come to this what’s the day who’s to blame what a shame the echoes of cannon fire slowly seep into the ditch as witches fly through a moonlit sky buzzing as they slowly rise who will last it’s three on a match as they go On and on and on just waiting for days to bleed in the night they will freeze still they go on and on and on this is crazy they’ll lie in the sun fuel for the flowers of Verdun The time has come the setting sun is casting shadows that will be no more hold your breath no regrets just a step over the top and that will be an ending for this war dreams of glory what were they thinking when drums were beating to inspire rage welcome to the modern age. NO HURRY - Tethered to the back of something moving through the cracks the face is one you’ve never seen distorted like an old machine Concentrated just below where no one looks or dares to go The bubbly bursting popping sounds are spilling up from the ground And a feather grows out from the limbs form the wings that grab the winter wind in it’s seems It’ll lift you up it will turn you alee just heading for some raging sea I’m in no hurry please don’t hurry me So lay there on those sleepless nights and flicker in the candle light There was a time you’d lie alone and listen to the walls they’d groan Take anything that’s on your mind and lay it all on the line They’ll listen to your every thought then turn around you are caught In some fleshy funnel falling in so slowly then you start to spin and cycle through the rim it’s a warm kind of feel with you all packed in but I’m not ready to fall free I’m in no hurry please don’t hurry me The summer sun comes early now and filling up the room somehow like laser lights upon the wall curl up in a tiny ball And take those covers on that bed pull them up above your head just wait until this dream is through that’s all I really want to do Just 5 more minutes what then arise to tasteless coffee and a tired drive but for now I’m staying on the other side and I’m not ready don’t you see I’m in no hurry please don’t hurry me It’s Late Everybody’s watching me tonight burning eyes that show no life some might say I’m paranoid these situations I’d avoid I’d feel so safe if you’d only come around we could sit we’d talk till the morning light shows itself every time I walk these lonely streets close behind I can hear them creep just take one step at a time I’ll pretend you’re at my side We could stop and wake in some broken old café we could take our time till the morning light peaks through the blinds I know I’d say just about anything if you’d only come around and talk with me These walls can hear just about everything but they will not tell a soul some secrets no one has to know It’s know it’s late but if you’d only come around we could sit and talk till the morning light shows itself UP FOR AIR - Climb aboard jump inside take the bait with open eyes it’s an open sea The anchors aweigh the night is clear jagged rocks slowly disappear before our eyes Last night dreamed of a city never seen before lighting up the sea and guiding us to safer shores Walk the plank yeah take a dive a reminder that you’re still alive it’s a slow reprieve Sinking into the waters depth brace yourself hold your breath and kick your feet Last night dreamed of a city never seen before lighting up the sea and guiding us to safer shores Last night it seemed I never would come back for more it’s not just a dream those towers on that distant shore Coming up for air I’m coming up for air Coming up for air I’m coming up for air Seamless Covering If I do try to say this explain it please do not make a sound just lie And if I close my eyes a sink deep wrap your arms around me I promise not to shake this time It’s just of thought it’s not a sign it’s not to break down and analyze Cause I know it’s real like velvet sheet it is a seamless covering So cover me I know that it is time for you to leave just cover me The moon watches quiet through a glass lens to spy it and never speak a word just rise And bathes me displays me though that darkness witness turn over and release eyes And I got a thought yeah it might be nice stay here for some time Cause I’m reeling now spinning free into a seamless covering so cover me I know that it is time for you to leave just cover me I feel the heat it move through me like a neon sign electricity around my bones and up my spine it fills my head makes me high I’m alive and got some time and a pillow here to rest until the sun appears and I will be spun into a tapestry one seamless covering so cover me You Saw an Angel There’s a monster on your back he’s looking over your shoulder Puts his hand over your eyes to hide some deep dark lie But faith can leave you in the dark or keep you in the past And I remember when you turned to me and said you saw an angel I was underneath a tree wild white snow was falling Laying mounds around your feet sparking diamond glowed Now where’re you running to tonight I had almost forgotten That time you turned to me and said you saw an angel Now years go by the world turns round and still we’re stuck here on the ground Spinning on a sewing wheel woven in the seal the deal And everything you claim to see is bullshit but I still believe The moon’s full for the rabid dogs like in that film it’s raining frogs If someone’s watching over me their tired now they cannot see The next play in this endless it always ends the same The shadows in your dreams with all they’re trying to sell Have left or so it seams chased off by your angel There’s a monster on your back he’s looking over your shoulder Try to shake him off in time he will get tired to And I kind of like To think back to that night you turned to me and said you saw an angel TIME TO PLAY - In a moments time rushed away tonight naked and alone When that safe warm womb became a sealed tomb what’s a happy home Some unfamiliar signs on a one way ride it might spark the rage be brave Not a familiar face in this alien place they just sit and stare don’t be scared Exchanging love for gold is she young or old does she know your name? or are you left to brood in a darkened room while their placing blame Your legs were made to run roll round and jump not for sitting still those pills Will take away your wings not to feel a thing and automated child not free and wild They say it’s Safe so what is safe so why all the rage Go play it’s time to play or just run away December’s blowing in with a glowing grin you still look the same But how to understand what being planned through all the change I hope the keep you warm through this winter storm I hope the keep red grapes on your plate I hope they let you scream when you need to scream and when you sleep of her you’ll dream don’t forget the lee A Simple Place People are so strange in this simple place The emptiness that shows on every face Late at night when the streets are clear the loneliest come out they show no fear Some stranger walks by just shaking from the chill At 5th and Alder everything is still He says could I have a quarter please the bus is coming and I sure would like to leave He says we’re still so far from anywhere where still so far and I got to get out of here One lone lady sits and drinks next to the flames Taps her foot as black angels start to play She turns to me smiles and says I need someone to light this cigarette Later on some kid with tired eyes Pulled her picture out say I don’t want to be alive She was everything I ever had what do I do help me understand People are so strange in this simple place The emptiness that shows on every face Late at night when the streets are clear the loneliest come out they show no fear ONLY 1988 - It’s was only 1988 I spent my time lying on that wooden bench below the towers made of lime Listening to a globe of frogs balloon men blowing up in song hoping she was walk along that river cold as ice It was only 1988 now I can drive freedom that’s a sure test of boy stuck in time Carving in that wooden bench long forgotten promises I can’t remember what it said but I remember how I felt So it seems stuck at sixteen you know all that there is to know So it goes and won’t return that feeling that you’ll live forever It was only 1988 with duct tape on the doors sneaking out on to the stage sleeping on the floor Kathy kept awake with fear the vapors were ringing my ears the dynamic duo disappeared and I was left behind it was Only 1988 I met her then sitting in an easy chair and dressed all up in black Staring with those somber eyes I did not know it then but I having conversation with the girl who’d change my life It was only 1988 depression’s not a crime but I can’t remember what seemed so important at the time Hold on boy it’s rather strange but everything’s about to change get them to put you on a plane and leave all this behind but that was1989 So it seems stuck at sixteen you know all that there is to know So it goes and won’t return that feeling that you’ll live forever Wonderland One summer’s night the earth did steam awakening this desert dream the windows were open wide a breeze blew in from off the shore a scent so strong you can’t ignore reminds you of another time in this world of make believe stand up straight roll up your sleeves step unto the other side but all’s not well in wonderland no treasure buried in the sand you just might want to stay but soon your gonna be betrayed take a turn on the wonder wheel spinning round nothing seems real that’s when you realize these should be the best days of our lives there’s flocks of bird the flail and flee a deluge rising from the sea the situations changing fast set a course for higher ground sirens screaming all around hold tight to the mast sometimes dreams they seam so real close your eyes and make that deal step unto the other side what a ride but all’s not well in wonderland the clocks have stopped the queen’s gone mad go join that masquerade then tell me when I’ve been betrayed just spinning round on the wonder wheel grown dizzy now it’s been revealed that’s when realize these should be the best days of our lives every stop in wonderland’s a dream gone crazy I don’t understand wake up open your eyes these are the best days of our lives just one more turn on that wonder wheel when spinning round nothing seems real it’s enough to realize these are the best days of our lives SURPRISE SURPRISE - Maybe summer faded to fast left with frustration and those sinking feelings bring on a tapered fall while Left alone in an empty hall Just some short morning conversation just a chance and a sense of patience highlights but would not delay This otherwise gloomy day Still not thinking clear surprise surprise so kind so nice Please don’t disappear before my eyes no Houdini flight surprise surprise I cannot speak coherently just jumbled words from a mind that’s turning spinning out of control I never was so bold Is it some sort of invitation or just misguided speculation it’s a shame to feel so alive just to set it somewhere on the side Still not thinking clear surprise surprise so kind so nice Please don’t disappear before my eyes no Houdini flight surprise surprise With senses reeling and open eyes taken by complete surprise splitting at the seems over such a simple thing Don’t you see Don’t you see Still not thinking clear surprise surprise so kind so nice Please don’t disappear before my eyes no Houdini flight surprise surprise Cover Your Eyes listen who’s there what’s that sound did you here their foot steps on the ground did you feel a hand brush past your cheek do you know their lurking in your dreams hold on to that teddy bear and creep down those old rotting stairs the room is dark the air is chilled with a sense of power you are filled do you remember when you were young the world was simple then you knew just when to run and hide the world was simple then you knew just when to put on a disguise or cover you eyes so it happened years ago and the cold clear night they let you know that dreams are not the safest place to fly around in empty space they picked you up turned you around talked in voices with no sound in languages you’ve never known these shadows dancing round your home do you remember when you were young the world was simple then you knew just when to run and hide the world was simple then you knew just when to put on a disguise or cover you eyes waking up’s not an easy thing to do when your legs are stiff your arms won’t move try to speak and make a sound by no one’s listening you have found do you remember when you were young the world was simple then you knew just when to run and hide the world was simple then you knew just when to put on a disguise or cover you eyes Why Don’t You Sleep Feeling restless tonight lay your head down and twist your body over under heating up start to wonder what it will take to stop thinking A body wrapped and a home that is empty it silent almost deafening makes want scream and wonder what it will take to stop thinking Turn the lights on take a look at this tomb where you lay your head down this cold empty room be and wonder what will it take to stop thinking Why don’t you sleep Why won’t you sleep The radio the TV screen these books that just lie next to me The windows open the breeze blows in the dawn appears the birds begin