make you a simple and reticent heart
try on the armor while it falls apart
pick up the pieces and label it art
swimming and drowning and drifting afloat
drop all your baggage and jump in the boat
sail off in search of a new antidote
finally find it the air fills with smoke
turn around crying you gasp and you choke
facing the face of the heart that you broke
wake up one morning a lump in your throat
write down a love song then hate what you wrote
falling apart as you hit every note
decide to shut down your reticent heart
make all the moves to start falling apart
but instead at the last minute choose to restart

performance:

dennis harvey: all instruments | voice

composition/production:

dennis harvey: composition | lyrics | mastering | mixing | production | recording

performance:

jason harvey: bass guitar

michael ambro: guitar

paul ambro: guitar

dennis harvey: keyboards | noises

composition/production:

michael ambro: composition

paul ambro: composition

jason harvey: composition

dennis harvey: composition | mastering | mixing | production | recording

charlotte dhl dilworth and coffee
work up in hickory
drive trucks and dream of change
reimer ellis chip and spanky
life's good and guilt free
humble and sane

take an interview in a skyscraper
put on slacks shirt and a tie
and join the game
work your way up the staircase
pick up the briefcase
and run away
you'll stop face to face
with mark reimer
you'll hear the timer
you'll detonate

work your way up the ladder
forget what matters
you satiate
you'll stop face to face
with chip bishop
you'll feel your feet slip
you'll detonate

try to remember where you came from
return to sagemont
and vegetate
stop when you realize
you're far from where you belong
you detonate

shrug your shoulders
turn and clutch the covers
soon you'll recover from this mistake
work your way
back down the staircase
smile and about-face
you detonate

performance:

dennis harvey: all instruments | voice

composition/production:

dennis harvey: composition | lyrics | mastering | mixing | production | recording

extra performance:

jason harvey: bass guitar

performance:

paul ambro: backing voice | guitar

jason harvey: backing voice

michael ambro: voice

dennis harvey: backing voice

composition/production:

michael ambro: composition

paul ambro: composition

jason harvey: composition

dennis harvey: composition | mastering | mixing | production | recording

performance:

jason harvey: bass guitar

michael ambro: guitar

paul ambro: guitar

dennis harvey: keyboards

composition/production:

michael ambro: composition

paul ambro: composition

jason harvey: composition | mixing | recording

dennis harvey: composition | mastering | mixing | production | recording

performance:

matthew mccrary: guitar | voice

dennis harvey: drums

composition/production:

dennis harvey: mastering | mixing | production | recording

This track is a live performance or was recorded in one take.

(Snoring. Phone rings.)
Saruman: "Hello?"
Wyrmtongue: "Hehe, master..."
Saruman: "Yep."
Wyrmtongue: "I guess what I'm trying to say is: we should attack the people of Rohan while they're riding to Helm's Deep."
Saruman: "Mm-hm."
(Cheering from orcs)
Wyrmtongue: "Their women and children will be weak and defenseless."
Saruman: "Okay."
(Cheering from orcs)
Wyrmtongue: "We should send out our Wargs to kill them."
Saruman: "Right. Whatever you say."
(Cheering from orcs)
Wyrmtongue: "And then, we should rape their horses and ride off on their women..." (cheering from orcs) "...and prune the hedges of their many small villages. Hehe, master..."
Saruman: "Okay bye."
(Cheering from orcs)

performance:

jason harvey: bass guitar | voice

michael ambro: guitar | voice

paul ambro: guitar | voice

dennis harvey: keyboards | voice

composition/production:

michael ambro: composition

paul ambro: composition

jason harvey: composition | lyrics

dennis harvey: composition | lyrics | mastering | mixing | production | recording

performance:

dennis harvey: all instruments

composition/production:

dennis harvey: composition | mixing | production | recording

performance:

jason harvey: bass guitar | voice

michael ambro: guitar | voice

paul ambro: guitar | voice

dennis harvey: keyboards | noises | voice

composition/production:

michael ambro: composition

paul ambro: composition

jason harvey: composition

dennis harvey: composition | mastering | mixing | production | recording

performance:

paul ambro: bass guitar

jason harvey: guitar

michael ambro: keyboards

dennis harvey: guitar

composition/production:

michael ambro: composition

paul ambro: composition

jason harvey: composition | mixing | recording

dennis harvey: composition | mastering | mixing | production | recording