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Self​-​titled

by Shea Seger

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1.
wishing trees sail away with me across a frozen sea somewhere we can be just be dream a day with me out of this factory somewhere wild and free full of wishing trees I have learned to love to keep understood the pipeing dream it's a far cry off from being seen but it’s always heard
2.
Pipers Dream 04:12
piper’s dream wrap me up in sympathy comfort me with misery if you leave me here I promise you I’ll bleed wrap me up and make it true make me feel like I’m brand new if you leave me here I promise you I’ll bleed wrap me up and show your friends show ‘em how a queen descends just don’t leave me here to bleed I'm the piper I bleed red my imagination stole my bread and now I’m left with a hole instead of a heart settle me and give me grace pick me up to save my face if you leave me here I promise you I’ll bleed strap my mouth refine my oil plant my feet on dead man’s soil just don’t leave me here to bleed I'm the piper I bleed red my imagination stole my bread now I'm left with a hole instead of my heart I'm the piper and I need you I will bleed you dry enough to prove I will leave you a hole instaed of a heart raise the cup at a selfish speed dreams are never really what they seem once you’ve loved a piper’s dream you’ll bleed as for these words they will fall like lead onto stoney ground that roses dread but no one bleeds when they fall dead you’ll see I'm the piper I bleed red my imagination stole my bread now I’m left with a hole instead of a heart I'm the piper I need you I will bleed you dry enough to prove I will leave you with a hole instead of a heart
3.
last few standing I read in the paper it happened again I guess those bridges that you burned bought their way back up again we’re suddenly strangers someone has to tell you my name I saw you last night it was clear that you had changed you sold out your mercy you won the chance to begin now you’d be lucky in a fight to get your ass kicked by a couple of friends why didn’t you call me I would’ve come I’ve imagined this day a million times since I was young it wouldn’t have been easy tell me what is it’s just what we'll end up paying for a stolen kiss you got some reasons you like to call them your own they’re just as sure enough as the gypsy calls the road his home you got some pieces you like to call them a heart when they’re just the last few standing after most of it was blown apart why didn’t you call me I would’ve come I’ve imagined this day a million times since I was young it wouldn’t have been easy tell me what is it’s just what you'll end up paying for a stolen kiss I watched you for hours those hours turned into years I’ve watched you spend more time without her than any mother dares to fear why didn’t you call me I would’ve come I’ve imagined this day a million times since I was young it wouldn’t have been easy tell me what is i guess it's what we'll end up paying for a stolen kiss
4.
Drummer Boy 02:50
Drummer boy so you got yourself a drummer boy put him in the front it will never be a son of yours to pay for what you want justice only goes so far when a killer wants to hunt watch your mouth tone of voice can give way to deceit watch the steps your ignorance can give way to defeat watch the starving children as they’re dying in the streets don’t you know don’t you know I guess you don’t know didn’t your daddy ever tell you boy this life is not a game or did he feel he’d done enough by giving you his name don’t you know your history man the politics of shame the church who is responsible for making you their man present themselves as gullable like puppets on a hand i stand here on another shore to watch this all play out so helpless to project the truth what this is all about it is plain to see you’ve had your chance and soon your day will come when the innocent shall rise against the one they called their own but go ahead and stall some more what the hells another day because none of yours will bear the chores or ever take the blame there is nothing more to answer for when the garden reaps its hate and carries on for lifetimes long while the foxes eat the grapes ‘tis always more then you bargain for when you tempt the hands of fate
5.
Wake Up 04:22
wake up it’s not a matter of what is right it’s not a matter of what is wrong it’s just about this precious waste of space us trying to keep something so far gone you better put church back into state while you just separate note from song baby just try and hold your breath while you got this fire on your tongue then I wake up without a doubt outside my window it rains hard enough it’s beatin’ me up soaking sense into me my eyes capsize wake up manifest destiny tell me why is it when it rains it’s like being rocked back to sleep rocked back to where the season’s never change right back to where the strongest ones are weak you can rewrite scenes to make ammends in a film where night time never ends where the misplaced details might offend take to your end and start again then I wake up without a doubt outside my window it rains hard enough it’s beatin’ me up soaking sense into me my eyes capsize wake up manifest destiny somehow my road just forked in two after miles of warning signs but when you’re asleep and on the loose that’s when you think everything’s just fine well baby I got some news for you I'm the young one I am new but I won’t say the same thing after you who taught me everything I knew then I wake up without a doubt outside my window it rains hard enough it’s beatin’ me up soaking sense into me my eyes capsize wake up manifest destiny
6.
Dew Drops 05:08
dew drops you asked me to confide so my heart will ache tonight from all of the answers and still no proof of all that I’ll lose if I suddenly choose to passionately pursue my truths the birds wake me up coffee fills my cup every morning like the dew drops do every morning like the dew drops do why should I lie I’m sort of petrified of what might happen when I let this go so much of who I am a well written worn out plan kept in motion by a heart beating slow I won’t be the one who stares at the sun then begs you to tell me I’m blind no one has fun when they lose all they won truth never knew how to lie so what you lost your stride it looks like you’re dying inside they say you can’t see the forest for some trees it’s more than a shame more like something they keep saying thru the years to give confusion some peace I don’t much agree the confusion comes free man it’s foolproof you’ll end up here with your heart in your hands holding all life demands and the evidence all broken and clear I won’t be the one who stares at the sun then begs you to tell me I’m blind no one has fun when they lose all they won truth never knew how to lie life won’t seem to move as we struggle to prove to ourselves that wholeness it means age when the outside caves in when you’ve leathered your skin when those folks that you call friends they move away your age will wake you up put some mercy in your cup every morning like the dew drops do every morning like the dew drops do
7.
Used To 06:00
used to out of sight is out of mind it always happens when you lose your mind time sweet time after time what’s the use I don’t hear from you I’d write or I’d call but you’re always so far time sweet time after time I’m used to being lonely but I’ve never been this lonely before when I’m all alone I feel strange in my home my cornerstone as a child my cornerstone time after time I’m used to being lonely but I’ve never been this lonely before I’m weak and I’m tired I’ve been burned by the fires at my door the last straws of a draw rarely seem fair I picked off the short one and they butchered my hair I’m vain but I know it and boy have I been shown it again yesterday it was low I stayed on the floor I cried till my eyes wouldn’t well anymore I cried time after time I’m used to being lonely but I’ve never been this lonely before I’m weak and a little bit tired I’ve been burned by the fires at my door I aint as young as I was when I begun and I’m just getting older each day older and wiser and somewhat more tamed I’m used to being lonely but I ain't never been this lonely before out of sight is out of mind it always happens
8.
songs to forget its been a hard night one of the longest we've seen our eyes they're all wide from both saying things we don't mean we've tried and we've tried we pushed comfort aside just to dream with arms open wide all shattered inside it would seem we could drive along the seaside we could sleep under the stars we could make believe some stories to make us feel better or we could just sing some songs to make us forget i thought that i knew what i wanted from you but i don't you thought that you knew too and if you don't know by now then you won't maybe it's a cheap shot to say when the skin has pulled away from the bone with arms open wide all shattered inside all alone we could drive along the seaside we could sleep under the stars we could make believe some stories to make us feel better or we could just sing some songs to make us forget it's been a long year and i don't want to live here anymore the people they're all wierd and the circles only come with locked doors i know exactly why we came but it don't mean the same thing no more with arms by my side all shattered inside by the door we could drive along the seaside we could sleep under the stars we could make believe some stories to make us feel better or we could just sing some songs to make us forget
9.
shells of men I quit climbing the mountain when I lost the faith now what do I do with this bitterness and shame bargaining for peace of mind has never been my style I just accept what i'm missing knowing all the while it’s like a stone in my heart this boulder in my hand it’s like the heaviest grade of steel the best assembly line ought to demand for many years I’ve made my homes out of piles of wood and stone s but circumstances took my breath away I never thought I’d be right here hoping for anything clear just waiting for my miracle to come it’s like a stone in my heart this boulder in my hand it’s the heaviest grade of steel the best assembly line ought to demand what remains is wearin’ thin as our wonder years descend but just take hope only shells of men begin again I lost my goodness when I sold my heart now I’m as desperate as I am open but too numb to fall apart fortunes failed to honor time is rusty knife I'm so tired of treading this water pretending I’m alive so I went searching for truth for a reason to live or that fountain of youth I had lost my will to give it’s like a stone in my heart this boulder in my hand it’s the heaviest grade of steel the best assembly line ought to demand what remains is wearin’ thin as our wonder years descend just take hope only shells of men begin again
10.
Matter to Me 06:23
matter to me I went out today bought a fragrant sachet for a conscience that was driving me mad but half way thru the day I lost that sachet and wound up feeling worse than I had i felt dusted off then used profoundly confused by a trust that I thought we had but at the end of the day things never work that way so I offer up this plea for grace to know the things that matter and the things that don’t the things that might and the things that won't all of those beautiful and sacred the wounded and the belated all those memories and movie scenes of perfect and broken things that stay forever on a mind I wake up each day and put a smile on display like some china you keep in a case you can hear it in my bones I’m ready to go home so I offer up this plea for grace to know the things that matter and the things that don’t the things that might and the things that won’t all of those beautiful and sacred the wounded and the belated all those memories and move scenes of perfect and broken things that weigh forever on a mind through pieced together scenes and stolen broken dreams these are the valleys that teach us to bare through the dullest of aches from the quietest mistakes to the most public of heartfelt affairs thru gently broken wings and semi severed strings he is holding the rest of what’s there to know the things that matter and the things that don’t the things that might and the things that won’t all of those beautiful and sacred wounded and the belated all those memories and movie scenes of perfect and broken things that stay forever on a mind
11.
Bending Wood 04:35
bending wood I think I’ve had enough living on the outside until my skin is tough enough tough enough I can’t explain when day after day the simple things that seemed so plain just scatter down the drain everyday’s the same we’re poor enough to say the bluest of the truest skies will never make things change but they can ease your pain it’s never been for nothing this life I’ve tried but I must have done something fine to make you mine I always used to bend wood make believe convince myself I was doing all I should never mind I could without you I tend to freak out tend to speak out of turn let my wick at both ends burn until you came to me as freely as a melody when my courage all but fights I look into your eyes and they say I’m home it’s never been for nothing this life I’ve tried but I must have done something fine to make you mine

credits

released July 19, 2010

All songs written and performed by Shea Seger (except “matter to me”: written by Shea Seger and Kim Hamilton)
Produced by Andrew Wallace and Shea Seger
All tracks mixed by John Harvey, Andrew Wallace, and Shea Seger
“piper’s dream” mixed by Joey Benjamin with Andrew Wallace and Shea Seger
Recorded at Top Hat, Wire, and Premiuim recording studios in Austin, TX…
Additional tracking at the Spirit Ranch, Sarasota, FL.
Engineered by John Harvey, Boo Macleod, Andrew Hernandez, Bud Snyder and Jared Tuten. Assisted by Mary Podio, and Jeremy Stacy.
Mastered by Jeff Lipton assisted by Maria Rice at Peerless Mastering, Boston,MA

Shea Seger: vocals, acoustic and baritone guitars, piano, percussion
Andrew Wallace: electric and acoustic guitars, piano, organ, banjo, jews harp, porchboard, percussion, harmonium, timpani
Pino Palladino: bass
J.J. Johnson: drums
Brian Standefer: cello
Warren Hood: fiddle
Bukka Allen: accordian
Thorson Moore: slide guitar
Extra percussive madness provided by: jo, mo and luna

thank you doesn't seem cover how grateful and blessed i've been to have everyone involved in this project.
each one graciously gave above and beyond of themselves, their time, and talents.
i am honored to be in such stellar company.
andrew and luna, there are no words to describe what you mean to me...
i could not have done this without your love and support.
thank you to my family and true friends....you know who you are....blood and water...i hope that you all
know more of who i am after hearing this album. it says it all. it is my heart.
thank you god for your grace and mercy that has carried me thru these years, and continues to never fail.
thank you pino and j.j....what can i say...you are the best of the best and so patient.
brian, warren, bukka, john, mary, boo, joey, will, andrew, jared, laurie, jeff, casey, kim, tim, deanda, odin,
corrior family, ryan, bryana, tucker, the robertson family, billy, astral, evgeni,...
for helping this project go from the deep to the surface. i hope to make you all proud and pay you well one day.
thank you for believing in me...when most have written me off as a tragic talent that could've been.
may god bless you all 100 times over.

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