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The Functionals

by The Functionals

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Answers 04:34
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I don't mind the hours I work all night, all night and day Relishing the labor To guard a shred of sanity Striving for a balance, never found Always moving forward, never slowing down Long live a life prepared What distracts us cannot stand A constitution held so close The blood is dripping from my hand Forever at the mercy of opposing views Living in the moment but also seeking truth Sifting through the garbage to find the absolute Searching for an answer... Sheltered for a moment It splinters with the ending song Escape is just a fleeting comfort It's never wise to stay too long Striving for a balance, never found Always moving forward, never slowing down Long live a life prepared What distracts us cannot stand A constitution held so close The blood is dripping from my hand I'm looking for a beacon to guide me to the shore But when I finally reach it, I find a thousand more I'm running out of patience and reasons to explore I'm searching for an answer...
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Dirty Song 04:32
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All I ask of you Could you be so kind Tell me what you hear Share with me your mind Help me bridge the gap From floor up to the stage Help me to engage Up out of my lungs Every breath escapes Through my vocal chords Does it resonate? It scatters through the air On its way to you Does it make it through? You sing along, you know it feels good I'll write a dirty song, a dirty song, yeah You sing along, you know it feels good I'll sing my dirty song, my dirty song, yeah Do you hear my voice? Do you hear my words? In between the lines The chorus and the verse Is the message lost, Buried underneath Is it out of reach? The labors of my love Spelt out on the page Every syllable Every pointed phrase Do I ask too much In just a single play Is it the PA? Sing along you know it feels good I'll sing my dirty song, my dirty song yeah Shake your stuff, you know it feels good I'll sing my dirty song, my dirty song yeah
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Boil 04:43
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Do you feel the charge? It sizzles and sparks It feels like the air is electric But just as soon as it's massed The movement has passed Momentum evaporated The ground feels to steep And it crumbles beneath We're crawling upon one another No objective in sight No fuse to ignite Just keeping our heads above water And to the victor goes the spoils The oldest story ever told I feel my blood begin to boil With no direction now to go Go, go, go! They lie in wait like serpents coiled To prey upon the down and out As my blood begins to boil It fills my lungs until I drown Watch the pot, and pray that it doesn't boil over With measured steps appease, abate As time goes by, I'm sure that your hands will grow slower You'll hear the fists pounding at the gate
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Ennui 04:07
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I was kneeling on the bathroom floor to void The remnants of the eve's exploits I think that Murtaugh had it right When you rock the boat You gotta swim to shore In soiled clothes from the night before You pluck a hair, the dog's gonna bite Ennui It's harder now than it ever was To stop the game after the buzz I'm tired of playing wild cards When I flip the switch and scratch the itch I pray to stay out of the ditch The oldest habits die so hard You know the tap is always on The whiskey always goes down smooth But then the morning comes again It's like the needle's lost the groove Ennui Hold it steady boys, I'm stumbling off the stage Tonight is just another night, no time to turn the page I can't stand behind this art that I create But they won't catch the slur if I don't enunciate
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The Flood 04:19
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Two by two go the animals And when the winds blow they will scatter Would that I could I know that I should Follow them now to their shelter But when it's calm I wanna burst right through my skin Like a bomb Just begging pull the pin Let the waters raise up And drown the earth it don't matter I'm gonna live for the flood Like the petulant martyr You feel it rise in your throat Your gonna pray for the storm To rage on Two by two went the animals And I envy them now in their solace I've lost the main sheet There's no sails to reef I'm barreling into the darkness But when it's calm I wanna burst right through my skin Like a bomb Just begging pull the pin Let the waters raise up And drown the earth it don't matter I'm gonna live for the flood Like the petulant martyr You feel it rise in your throat Your gonna pray for the storm To rage on

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5-Track Debut Album by The Functionals.

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released July 24, 2015

Recorded by Chris Reed, Jr. at the Glens Falls Music Academy, Mastered by Larry DeVivo of Silvertone Mastering.

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The Functionals Boston, Massachusetts

Searing rock music out of Boston, MA by longtime friends and bandmates Jeff Demas, Jeremy Kerpka, Ben Brown, and Kevin DelSignore.

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