Everest

Our 6th album. Released in October of 1999 on Touch and Go Records. 14 songs.

Recorded and mixed at Pachyderm Studio in Cannon Falls, once again with engineer extraordinaire Robert Weston, IV.

1999 | CD | Touch & Go Records

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Lyrics

  • You are floating awash in your sea. Where does that leave me?
    You slashed me and when you slashed it altered the past.
    I'm post trauma sorting the shards of my scattered cards
    You left me one more judgment day for my resume.

    [chorus]
    We're never the same
    We both share the blame
    So why did I ask you?
    'cause now that I've asked you I'd have to say
    that love won't find a way

    You were thinking of running away from the first day
    You were hinting but I couldn't see meant too much to me
    I'm obsessing Turn off the brain and lock out the pain
    I'm struggling trying to get back what my ego lacks

    [chorus]

    So why did I ask you what I didn't want to know
    Thrashing and sinking in your ego's undertow

    You are floating awash in your sea where does that leave me
    Bruised and battered alone and afraid mistakes have been made
    What an honor when you ran to him he took off again
    In the long run so I was betrayed but all wounds will fade

    [chorus]

    music: Arcwelder lyrics: S.Macdonald

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    music: Arcwelder Lyrics: W. Graber

  • These lyrics are currently unavailable.

    Music: W. Graber / Arcwelder Lyrics: W. Graber

  • Try to do a favor it catches up later when I don't give a mile
    Write a little note murder's all you wrote why don't you put me on trial

    OK I know that I am wrong

    Really like to walk the talk that I talk but you make it so hard
    Didn't want to hurt you selfish not a virtue I played the wrong card

    OK I know that I am wrong

    [chorus]
    But it's not my fault
    if your treasured island
    won't open up
    to be filled with your love

    Guess that I will punt after your little stunt drove me away
    Odds are getting thin I lose and you win that's what you want me to say

    OK I know that I am wrong

    Rather be a help not your little whelp not a curse but a friend
    End of my rope I can only hope things work out in the end

    OK I know that I am wrong

    [chorus]

    Music: Arcwelder Lyrics: S. Macdonald

  • These lyrics are currently unavailable.

    Music: Arcwelder lyrics: W. Graber

  • He who hesitates is me
    My indecision's yours to see
    I have these words to say
    But they don't come til you're away

    All I want to do is define
    The grey areas yours and mine
    Mind races excuse excuse
    I can't pry my tongue loose

    [chorus]
    I am a Chickenshit
    Libido's low my heart's with it
    So I write this dubious hit
    I am a Chickenshit

    The subject's getting old
    I strike while the iron's cold
    I could tell you anything
    Except what my tongue won't bring
    I've had enough of this
    Wounds with a lemon twist
    What's that on your left hand shadows of a wedding band

    [chorus]

    Why repeat the past
    Memories will last
    Not a lot to say
    Say it anyway

    What is past you now
    Seems a sacred cow
    All I wanted was to give us both some hope
    I'm not good enough
    I'm not strong enough
    To be creator and destroyer of the rope
    Are you sitting down
    Yes you're sitting down
    You should be running but your past's a ball and chain
    You know all about the first step
    But can you take what comes next
    The wind's direction doesn't need a weather vane
    Are you happy now?
    Are you happy now
    I was open but your walls were in the way
    Just a little faith in me
    Just a little empathy
    You could be dealing with a different man today

    Siddown
    Sit down
    Siddown
    Sit down
    Siddown

    Music: S. Macdonald /Arcwelder
    Lyrics: S. Macdonald

  • These lyrics are currently unavailable.

    W. Graber

  • Wish I weren't so sensitive - that I could blow it off
    and wish you the best but that's just me and I just can't
    Didn't even care at first but you reeled me in
    and now I'm hanging here deboned and gutted

    [chorus]
    What was I doing? What was I thinking?
    Where was I going? Why did I care?
    What was I doing ? What was I thinking?
    What was I asking? Why did I care?

    Keep your distance so I can heal - don't you pick at my scabs
    I can't allow myself to feel but I'm weak and I want you
    It's not my fault that you don't know what you want
    I will laugh at this tomorrow if I can ever fall asleep

    [chorus]

    Some days are better than others - this must be one of those others
    So I hide behind the fans - they make me feel OK
    I will pull myself out of this - there is light at the end of the tunnel
    As long as you don't blow it out with your sweet and sour breath

    [chorus]

    Music: Arcwelder lyrics: S. Macdonald

  • These lyrics are currently unavailable.

    Words and music: W. Graber

  • These lyrics are currently unavailable.

    Words and music: W. Graber

  • Can I get a witness
    To your constant pain
    Hear you're spinning downwards
    Thought you were the same
    Take some pride in who you are
    Stop the tide of self defeat
    Can I get a witness
    Not someone to blame

    Throwing rocks at glass houses shatters everything
    Is there anyone I know who hasn't done the same?
    But it's all their fault and you didn't do nothin' did you now?
    And it's all their fault and you didn't do nothin' did you now?

    Can I get a witness
    Where's your sense of pride
    I know you used to have one
    It's been pushed aside
    Think about responsibility
    You don't have to be the victim
    Can I get a witness
    Not just one more ride

    And you want to play all aces, all you have's a duce
    You're the last one at the table anyway
    And we all make mistakes but we all learn from them and move on
    And we all make mistakes but we all learn from them and move on

    Can I get a witness
    Is there one at all
    What's the best for yourselves
    Is what you both recall
    Drop it now and move along
    Everyone has forgotten it
    Can I get a witness
    To your free fall

    Cause I worry that this story's just the iceberg's tip
    It gets so hard to know just what I believe
    But it's all about trust and you know I trust you I do now
    And it's all about trust and you know I trust you I do now

    Can I get a witness?
    Can I get a witness?

    Music: R. Graber /S. Macdonald
    Lyrics: S. Macdonald

  • These lyrics are currently unavailable.

    Words and music: W. Graber

  • The thing that gets me down
    On the second time around
    Is I left but now
    I'm back in the same place
    Shoot an arrow through my heart
    Tie an anchor to my cart 'til
    I've lost my sense of self to self-efface
    The business end's grown cold
    Cause you're not allowed to be old
    And I'm rooting for a horse that never pays
    And I take it out on me
    Repeat my history
    And waste the time that no one can replace
    My subjects stay the same Love and work and fame
    You could set your clock to follow my retrace
    So here I am again
    Unhappy where I am
    But too afraid to stare me in the face


    Music: Arcwelder
    Lyrics: W. Graber /S. Macdonald
    (This is only Scott's part. There is a completely unrelated Bill's part as well)

  • These lyrics are currently unavailable.

    Words and music: W. Graber

  • These lyrics are currently unavailable.

    Words and music: W. Graber

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