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Douse

by Lever

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1.
Heavy Waves 03:23
I, I’m a washed up empty shell, blind, from an island, left to dwell You’re the only one who sees me in this light, why can’t I ever be just what you like? Blue, as the sea I derive from, You, you better see that you should run, Hold, hold me up to your ears, can’t hear no sound, roll, just roll your eyes and let me drown You’re the only one who sees me in this light, Why can’t I ever be just what you like?
2.
If, if I had a dollar for every time my mind just took a ride, decided sailing off to sea With, with every single collar pulling on my neck just like a wreck, squeezing the life right out of me Don't Feel Alone Don't Feel Alone If, if I had a brain-freeze for everyone I run from taking off I'd seize up too eventually Don't Feel Alone Don't Feel Alone Am I making any sense? 'Cause time and time again it's nice to know that others feel the same way Don't Feel Alone Don't Feel Alone
3.
She shoots me down into the ground She leaves me speechless now my mouth won’t make a She runs me down into the ground, She leaves me headless now I don’t think I can Drown, drown, drown She shoots me down into the ground She leaves me speechless now my mouth won’t make a Sound, sound, sound sound Sound, sound, sound sound, sound, sound She leaves me speechless, now my mouth won’t make a sound, sound, sound, sound, sound, sound, sound, sound
4.
No Return 02:40
They taste your fear, dry tongue, we never shared The world missed out on you, don’t fade into rearview Statutory vape, cannibalistic summer fakes, missionary, mission’s off, I’ll be found when you are lost Statutory vape, cannibalistic summer fakes They taste your fear, wet tongue,we always shared The world missed out on you, as you fade into rearview No return!
5.
My ears cannot hear a thing, don’t wait for me My eyes are closed and I can’t see, don’t wait for me My mouth is shut and I can’t speak, don’t wait for me My feet won’t run to sympathy, don’t wait for me I, I give it all that I can I, I give it all but I cannot do it patiently I, I give it all that i am, I, I’ll bet you take my soul for a sponge of reality You’re in a world so easily, don’t wait for me That feeling calms so peacefully, don’t wait for me Warm sunshine coasts along the peak, don’t wait for me, Your life is drawn out gracefully, don’t wait for me I, I give it all that I can I, I give it all but I cannot do it patiently I, I give it all that I am, I, I'll bet you take my soul for a sponge of reality I couldn’t bring myself to this, don’t wait for me I couldn’t dream of lesser plans, don’t wait for me I shut you out, I’ll do it again, don’t wait for me, I’d rather be a lonely mess, don’t wait for me I, I give it all that I can I, I give it all but I cannot do it patiently
6.
Indecision 04:10
HEY, WHAT YOU THINKING? WHAT ARE YOU SNEAKING? I KEEP GIVING IT AWAY HEY, WHAT YOU DOING? WHAT YOU PURSUING? I CAN’T LEAVE YOU IN THE DUST I DON’T KNOW, I DON’T KNOW, I DON’T KNOW, I DON’T KNOW HEY, WHAT YOU THINKING? MY MIND IS SINKING? I DON’T KNOW, I DON’T KNOW, I DON’T KNOW, I DON’T KNOW I CAN’T LEAVE YOU IN THE DUST I DON’T KNOW, I DON’T KNOW, I DON’T KNOW, I DON’T KNOW HEY, YOU’RE FEELING LONELY, IS THIS A TEST, BABE? ARE YOU RUNNING FAR AWAY? HEY, WHAT YOU THINKING? MY MIND IS SINKING? I DON’T KNOW, I DON’T KNOW, I DON’T KNOW I CAN’T LEAVE YOU IN THE DUST I DON’T KNOW, I DON’T KNOW, I DON’T KNOW CAN’T SEE YOUR PROBLEMS, NOT JUST RIGHT CAN’T SEE YOUR PROBLEMS YET CAN’T SEE YOUR PROBLEMS, NOT JUST RIGHT CAN’T SEE YOUR PROBLEMS YET I DON’T KNOW, I DON’T KNOW, I DON’T KNOW I CAN’T LEAVE YOU IN THE DUST CAN’T SEE YOUR PROBLEMS, NOT JUST RIGHT CAN’T SEE YOUR PROBLEMS YET CAN’T SEE YOUR PROBLEMS, NOT JUST RIGHT CAN’T SEE YOUR PROBLEMS YET
7.
Waste 02:42
SAID YOU WANTED PEACE OF MIND, BUT IN RETURN YOU’VE TAKEN MINE AS YOU WASTE MY TIME, YOU WON’T FALL YOU WILL NOT FALL BACK IN TO SAID YOU NEED A BRAND NEW START, BUT IN RETURN YOU STOPPED MY HEART AS YOU WASTE MY TIME, YOU WON’T FALL YOU WILL NOT FALL BACK IN TO, BACK IN TO, BACK IN TO, BACK IN TO LINE AS YOU WASTE MY TIME, YOU WON’T FALL, YOU WILL NOT FALL BACK IN TO, BACK IN TO, BACK IN TO, BACK IN TO LINE
8.
Story Untold 05:10
TAKE A LOOK IN MY CLUELESS HEAD AND TELL ME WHAT’S ON MY MIND DREAM OF WAYS TO INTERCHANGE SO YOU CAN INTERTWINE DREAM OF WAYS TO MAKE IT ON YOUR OWN REWRITE YOUR STORY UNTOLD NOBODY BELIEVES THAT I CAN SUCCEED I DON’T EVEN CARE BECAUSE THIS IS NOT THEIR DREAM AND I’LL FIND A WAY TO PROVE THEM WRONG AS YOU CONTINUE TO LOOK UP TO THE SKY, ‘TIL YOU’VE REACHED IT, TAKE A LOOK AT HOW I FEEL INSIDE, ‘CAUSE I KNOW WHAT IT TAKES TAKE THE TIME TO MAKE UP YOUR MIND UNDERNEATH THE HEART YOU’LL FIND ALL THE PAIN YOU’VE LEFT INSIDE AND I KNOW YOU’RE ALL THE SAME BUT TO YOU, YOU ARE TO BLAME UNDERNEATH THE UNLOCKED DOORS YOU WILL CRY IN THE RAIN AND I NEVER THOUGHT THAT I WOULD MEET SOMEONE LIKE YOU, WE LIVE IN THE MOMENT, WE WILL SEE THE NIGHT THROUGH, AND I NEVER WANT TO BE ALONE AGAIN AS YOU CONTINUE TO LOOK UP TO THE SKY, ‘TIL YOU’VE REACHED IT, TAKE A LOOK AT HOW I FEEL INSIDE, ‘CAUSE I KNOW WHAT IT TAKES TAKE THE TIME TO MAKE UP YOUR MIND, UNDERNEATH THE HEART YOU’LL FIND, ALL THE PAIN YOU’VE LEFT INSIDE, AND I KNOW YOU’RE ALL THE SAME, BUT TO YOU, YOU ARE TO BLAME, UNDERNEATH THE UNLOCKED DOORS, YOU WILL CRY IN THE RAIN AS YOU CONTINUE TO LOOK UP TO THE SKY, ‘TIL YOU’VE REACHED IT, TAKE A LOOK AT HOW I FEEL INSIDE, ‘CAUSE I KNOW WHAT IT TAKES TAKE THE TIME TO MAKE UP YOUR MIND, UNDERNEATH THE HEART YOU’LL FIND, ALL THE PAIN YOU’VE LEFT INSIDE, AND I KNOW YOU’RE ALL THE SAME, BUT TO YOU, YOU ARE TO BLAME, UNDERNEATH THE UNLOCKED DOORS, YOU WILL FIND YOUR WAY YES, YOU WILL FIND YOUR WAY YOU WILL FIND YOUR WAY YOU WILL FIND YOUR WAY YOU WILL FIND YOUR WAY
9.
Back & Forth 04:45
TAKING EVERYBODY BY SURPRISE, I DON’T CARE ‘CAUSE THEY WON’T BE ALIVE THE ONE WHO FORGETS IS THE ONE WHO’S NAÏVE, ACTION’S THE ONLY THING THAT WILL MAKE YOU BELIEVE YOU, YOU TRY, YOU TRY TO SEE MY PAIN, BACK & FORTH, AND YOU, YOU KEEP IT UP, BUT NOW NO LUCK WILL LET YOU STAY ALIVE WHAT GOES AROUND COMES BACK AROUND YOU, YOU TRY, YOU TRY TO SEEK MY PAIN, BACK & FORTH, AND YOU, YOU KEEP IT UP, BUT NOW NO LUCK WILL LET YOU SURVIVE NOW YOU WILL FEEL WHAT I’VE BEEN FEELING FROM YOU BACK & FORTH ONE DAY YOU ALL WILL SEE WHAT’S BOILING UP INSIDE OF ME WILL ALL BE SHOWN WILL ALL BE SHOWN AND I KNOW, THAT IN THE END YOU’RE GOING TO KEEP AWAY LET ME BREATHE, WHEN CAN I FIND SOMETHING THAT SPEAKS TO MYSELF WHEN CAN I BE? WHEN CAN I BE? WHEN CAN I BE? NOW YOU WILL SEE, NOW YOU WILL SEE, NOW YOU WILL SEE NOW YOU WILL FEEL WHAT I’VE BEEN FEELING FROM YOU BACK & FORTH
10.
Fall 03:14
START THE DAY WITH LASTING WORRIES MY ANXIOUS NERVES LEAD ME TO HURRY AS ALL THESE WALLS LIE IN MY WAY ALL I KNOW IS THAT TODAY I WON’T FALL I WILL NOT FALL, I WILL STAND UP, I WILL NOT CRAWL NO, NOT TODAY THIS IS FIGHT OR FLIGHT, AND I DON’T KNOW WHY, BUT I WILL TRY, TO WIN THIS TIME BUH-BUH-BUH BREATHE! AS WAVES AND NODS MAKE YOU A FRIEND THE SOCIAL IMPERSONAL CHANGE ROSE AGAIN AS THE FAKE MAKE THEIR WAY TO THE FRONT OF THE LINE IT’S JUST A MATTER OF TIME BEFORE I WILL FALL I WILL NOT FALL, I WILL STAND UP, I WILL NOT CRAWL NO, NOT TODAY THIS IS FIGHT OR FLIGHT, AND I DON’T KNOW WHY, BUT I WILL TRY, TO WIN THIS TIME I WILL NOT, I WILL NOT, I WILL NOT FALLI WILL NOT, I WILL NOT, I WILL NOT FALL I WILL NOT, I WILL NOT, I WILL NOT FALL I WILL NOT, I WILL NOT, I WILL NOT FALL FALL, FALL, FALL!
11.
And I 03:06
WHY? WHY? WHY? IT’S TOO LATE, IT’S IN YOUR BONES,YOU WILL NEVER BE AT ALL AM I WRONG? AM I SO WRONG? WHAT TO DO? WHAT IS SO TRUE? WHY? WHY? WHY? WHY MOVE THROUGH THE PROBLEMS THAT, LEAD YOU TO A FUTURE’S END? WHY? WHY? WHY?AM I WRONG? AM I SO WRONG? WHAT TO DO? WHAT IS SO TRUE? AND I, AND I, AND I, AND I WHY? WHY? WHY? WHY? AND I, AND I, AND I, AND I WHY? WHY? WHY?
12.
LONG BEFORE AGE TOOK OVER OUR BRAINS, WE ALL LIED ON THE FLOOR LONG BEFORE TIME TOOK OVER OUR MINDS, WE ALL SANG JUST A LITTLE MORE SO RAISE YOUR GLASS AND THEN TIP YOUR HAT ‘CAUSE WE ARE NEXT IN LINE, DID WE FORGET ALL OUR PAST REGRETS? WILL THEY COME BACK TONIGHT? THE OLD MAN’S EYES NEVER SEEM TO DRY LOOKING OUT FROM HIS PORCH, SO MAKE IT LAST, CAN’T LIVE IN THE PAST ‘CAUSE WE ALL DIE YOUNG AND POOR REMEMBER THE DAYS? HOW I WISH THEY’D STAY, GOOD FRIENDS ALL SURROUND TIME AS IT STANDS WAS RIGHT IN OUR HANDS, LOVE WAS ALL AROUND, LIFE DIDN’T GO THE WAY I THOUGHT IT’D GO, I HAD A PLAN FOR YEARS, DAYS ARE SO SHORT, ALL I WANT IS MORE, I’M GROWING OLD WITH FEAR DON’T YOU KNOW THAT WE ALL DIE YOUNG AND POOR DON’T YOU KNOW THAT WE ALL HAVE TO GO BUT NO TIME TO CRY, EVERYBODY DIES, RID YOUR EYE OF THAT TEAR I LIVE FOR TODAY, LIFE MY HEAD AND SAY I HAD MY FUN WHILE I WAS HERE
13.
PUT ME UNDERGROUND, I AM JUST A WALKING DISEASE PUT ME UNDERGROUND, I AM JUST A WALKING DISEASE PUT ME UNDERGROUND, I AM JUST A WALKING DISEASE PUT ME UNDERGROUND, I AM JUST A WALKING DISEASE I CAN’T STAND ANY OF YOUR FRIENDS, I CAN’T STAND ANY OF YOUR FRIENDS, I CAN’T STAND ANYONE BUT YOU, BUT I HAVE TO ASK YOU TO, TO PUT ME UNDERGROUND, I AM JUST A WALKING DISEASE PUT ME UNDERGROUND, I AM JUST A WALKING DISEASE PUT ME UNDERGROUND, I AM JUST A WALKING DISEASE PUT ME UNDERGROUND, I AM JUST A WALKING DISEASE I CAN’T STAND ANY OF YOUR FRIENDS, I CAN’T STAND ANY OF YOUR FRIENDS, I CAN’T STAND ANYONE BUT YOU, BUT I HAVE TO ASK YOU TO, NOW I CAN’T STAND ANY OF YOUR FRIENDS, I CAN’T STAND ANY OF YOUR FRIENDS, I CAN’T STAND ANY OF YOUR FRIENDS, I CAN’T STAND ANY OF YOUR FRIENDS, NOW
14.
AND I WILL FLY REAL FUCKING HIGH I’LL MAKE SURE OUR WORLDS COLLIDE STRAIGHT INTO THE GROUND YOU’LL GO LIKE A SHARPENED EDGE DEATH ARROW REALIZE WHO YOU’RE FUCKING WITH SOON YOU’LL BE UNDERNEATH MY GRIP I’LL SAVE MY BEST FOR LAST I’LL SAVE MY BEST FOR LAST I’LL SAVE MY BEST FOR LAST I’LL SAVE MY BEST FOR LAST AS YOU TRADE ME IN, HE WINS HAVEN’T BEEN THE SAME SINCE EIGHTEEN AS YOU TRADE ME IN, HE WINS HAVEN’T BEEN THE SAME SINCE EIGHTEEN I'M A PRISONER IN YOUR CAGE YOU MUST KNOW I WILL ESCAPE YOU MUST KNOW I WILL ESCAPE YOU MUST KNOW I WILL ESCAPE YOU MUST KNOW I WILL ESCAPE I’LL SAVE MY BEST FOR LAST I’LL SAVE MY BEST FOR LAST I’LL SAVE MY BEST FOR LAST I’LL SAVE MY BEST FOR LAST AS YOU TRADE ME IN, HE WINS HAVEN’T BEEN THE SAME SINCE EIGHTEEN AS YOU TRADE ME IN, HE WINS HAVEN’T BEEN THE SAME SINCE EIGHTEEN AS YOU TRADE ME IN, HE WINS HAVEN’T BEEN THE SAME I WILL SAVE MY BEST FOR LAST I’LL SAVE MY BEST FOR LAST I’LL SAVE MY BEST FOR LAST I’LL SAVE MY BEST FOR LAST I’LL SAVE MY BEST FOR LAST I’LL SAVE MY BEST FOR LAST I’LL SAVE MY BEST FOR LAST I’LL SAVE MY BEST FOR LAST

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released May 14, 2019

Recorded, mixed, and mastered by Rick Fritz at Audiotree in Chicago, IL
All Songs ©℗ LEVER
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released May 10, 2019

Artwork by Leanna James
Photography by Linnea Kramer at Fine Detailed Photography

Special Thanks to our families, friends, and fans. Audiotree, Rick Fritz, Keelan Dellisse, Steve Marshall, Dan Jarvis, Alyssa Welch, and Ephraim Martin
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