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Prairie

by Neil Howell

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1.
Flatland 05:21
Born unto this abandoned Earth Forsaken, no chance to show our worth A barren waste Panoptic illness Head bent down in disgrace The empty fields and darkened water A path that's been concealed A deadly trap 'Cause we are sinking A lost heirloom on the map Time slows An empty road A broken man turns the sign to close A cold wind Will we begin to finally see the shape we're in? Sand Gray land Withstand Expand Understand Looking through the endless void Observations, lost and destroyed There's nothing left for me now My hands are empty You learn to do without Time slows An empty road A broken man turns the sign to close A cold wind Will we begin to finally see the shape we're in? Sand Gray land Withstand Expand You have to understand
2.
Economics 04:00
No books at home Who cares for reading? My mind's too numb anyway My mom's a loudmouth Hey, who's my dad? Apathy always on display I hate my home But I'm never leaving Perhaps I love it after all The rotting sofa My kingly throne Lost within a sea of alcohol I spend my days Lost in a haze Spend that cash to pass the time 'Cause I work a job That's going nowhere The joke on me is so sublime My home's a tin can A tornado box But it's all I can afford Maybe someday I'll leave this place Maybe then I won't be so bored It's hard to be a winner When no one's on my side I am like a sinner I swallowed all my pride Everyone I know Is just like me We don't care what's out there Content naivety I guess I'll just throw my life away 'Cause thinking's hard It's hard to be a winner When no one's on my side I am like a sinner I swallowed all my pride
3.
The Crossing 07:42
Feed the wolf Collective pride dissolves Through you Become the channel Dead truth Dismantled Too tired to fight them all The few who chose to follow Found themselves broken and hollow Rushing along through bitterness and pain Pushing the edge too much With nothing more to gain Cast from the fold It's clear to everyone The act is getting old Look deep inside The sense of shame you feel You can no longer hide Crossing the plain Structures remain Cast from the fold It's clear to everyone The act is getting old Look deep inside The sense of shame you feel You can no longer hide Hush It will be all right We'll wait Through this dark night For your return To sanity And all we've learned Of our reality Come home
4.
Sad Devotion 05:10
Don't worry you've said it all before But now we've closed the door Relentless rage has left us in a hole Disbelief as we watched it all unfold You've been bought and sold Through deceit and promises of fool's gold Divided requiem You think it's for everyone Pleading insanity Lost tought with humanity You never ask why It's something you can never buy But now it comes to an end It's over, you can't pretend You always felt so sure You thought you found the cure But all it really was was an intellectual detour It's hard to watch as you were pulled along And I know it's hard to admit when you were so wrong Divided requiem You think it's for everyone Pleading insanity Lost tought with humanity You never ask why It's something you can never buy But now it comes to an end It's over, you can't pretend
5.
Spent all my days and nights alone But I hear you callin' We never set that cornerstone You sent me sprawlin' Through life It seems like I've always been wounded And you Please don't leave me excluded this time I try and keep my spirits up But it gets so hard I've gone and used up all my luck How did we get this far Through life It seems like I've always been wounded And you Please don't leave me excluded My biggest fear is losing you I can't believe all we've been through I worry our future's getting blurry So please walk with me Through the storm This old house is getting cold Without you here You shouldn't need to be told How much I need you dear Through life It just seems like I'm always wounded And you Please don't leave me excluded My biggest fear is losing you I can't believe all we've been through I worry our future's getting blurry So please walk with me Through the storm
6.
Daydreamer 04:59
The fire within you Came and went so long ago You paid all your dues But you still have no control The dreams you held dearly Vanished into the night And now you see clearly One chance to set it right But your dreams are your downfall Fantasy in your head Brought back from the dead Reborn All you ever wanted to be was something more As far as you could see The soft glow of promising light Adrift upon a dark sea Never had the gift of foresight The lingering feeling All you want just out of reach A life full of meaning All your gifts will be unleashed Fantasy in your head Brought back from the dead Reborn All you ever wanted to be was something more But your dreams are your downfall Daydreamer forever
7.
Always on the hunt for more I got the cure from the hardward store I got no food, I can't pay the rent I'm only rich on my discontent But I have a friend of smoke and ash There is no judgement but there is a catch As I slowly burn my life away Life in shambles, mind in disarray My hands are shaking once more Biting my tongue and scratching the sores I hate it so much I'm gonna do it again I forgot about the kids again Someday I'll have to make amends Left behind in a parking lot The cops were called, but I'll never stop My hands are shaking once more Biting my tongue and scratching the sores I hate it so much I'm gonna do it again Shaking I'm shaking
8.
This moment I want to keep this moment Forever
9.
Breakthrough 04:32
Survivor The end's in sight We just have to carry on Nothing to work out Just look to the dawn And hold on I remember Days and nights I never wanted to end With you my friend And then it seemed Everything came to a sudden stop It's not our fault, it's not our fault 'Cause now a year has come and gone It's been so long without you Someday soon This all will end On that you can depend We'll have our breakthrough And on that day The skies of gray will wash away Into the deepest blue
10.
Staring a the picture on the wall Of a time that I cannot recall Trapped inside my room I dream of glory Sometimes it feels like I am trapped inside my own story Cries of the captive Convicted with no charge Labelled non-adaptive You failed to leave a mark I feel nothing Except what was before Tragic disenchantment Uncommented loss Stunted advancement Another chasm to cross I fear my mind is breaking Delusions become the norm A prize that's worth the waiting If I can weather the storm No choice Home, fields of slate Alone, time reshaped Turn away I never want to see this place again Feel the forces pull The weight of it all will never let me ascend Cries of the captive Convicted with no charge Labelled non-adaptive You failed to leave a mark
11.
Averted 04:09
We spent our whole lives driving in circles Chasing after nothing at all But that's just how it goes Just like that you're set up and ready to fall So then I tried to set off course I thought it might bring something new And for a time it seemed like things got better But my thoughts kept returning to you And we've grown old now Not a whole lot to say And while I keep my eyes averted You're remembering better days We took it all The whole damn world And watched it fade away And here we remain So blind to everything but this place We can't help it We're fading away
12.
Prairie 02:08
We drove down to the river But the bridge had washed away I really hope you reconsider What I had to say Are we too far gone to save ourselves? Too old to move on Are we overwhelmed? The lights of town glowed in the distance The moon hung low in the sky You came with me at my insistance We were both mystified Are we too far gone to save ourselves? We realized it was all just temporary Out here alone on the prairie

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released March 14, 2021

Neil Howell - All vocals, guitars, bass, keyboards, programming, production, mixing, and mastering

Brandon Townley - 2nd guitar solo on Shaking

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My influences are too vast to name; I love rock, metal, alternative, classical, folk, and everything in between. And I want to make it all. I follow my instincts and hope to produce something new and yet totally familiar. I hope you can find something here that you like. ... more

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