Rebel (Single)

Lyrics

You thought you could conquer me,
Well, don’t that just fit the bill.
You told me your love was free,
While I licked up the milk you spilled.

Little man, little man I got news,
Your game is crystal clear.
No laces, can close those shoes,
Get it up, or, get out of here.

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Ain’t my fault that you came for trouble.
Better get yourself on the level—
Down, side, slick, on the double—
‘Cause I bite hard and I fuck like a rebel.

Pretender is the mask you wear,
You even see who’s lookin’ back?
Take trash as treasure, I don’t care,
‘Cause you’re runnin’ out of track.

Pull me close, throw me out, it’s all fine,
I’m better for all your doubt.
Yell, scream, scratch, claw and whine,
It’s bourbon with a chaser of pout.

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Ain’t my fault that you came for trouble.
Better get yourself on the level—
Down, side, slick, on the double—
‘Cause I bite hard and I fuck like a rebel.

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Bloated with lies, littered with cold,
You’re an island unto your own,
Long ago your soul was sold,
And you’ll end your story alone.

Get out, get out, get outta my way,
You got no business in this fight,
I’m won’t buy that fake swagger, sway,
So, you’re going down stiff tonight. . .

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Ain’t my fault that you came for trouble.
Better get yourself on the level—
Down, side, slick, on the double—
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Down, side, slick, on the double—
‘Cause I bite hard and I fuck like a rebel.

Liner Notes

Music & Lyrics by Shannon Denise Evans
Musical Arrangements by Shannon Denise Evans & Dylan Glatthorn
Produced by Alex Venguer, Shannon Denise Evans and Dylan Glatthorn
Additional Vocal Production by Andrea Green

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Lead Vocals by Shannon Denise Evans
Guitar by Paul Maddison
Bass by Jeff Koch
Drums by Andy Rinn Martinek
Wurlitzer by Dylan Glatthorn
Recorded and Mixed by Alex Venguer
Recorded at Power Station at BerkleeNYC in New York, NY
Assistant Engineering by Dan Fyfe
Mixed at Ootermind Studios in Brooklyn, NY
Mastered by Greg Calbi at Sterling Sound, Edgewater, NJ

Unholy War (Single)

Lyrics

She don’t love you. . . like I do,
Ain’t nothing she say—the truth.
She won’t hold you—like I do,
It’s over. . . tradin’ time’s for fools.

Don’t speak to me, Lover,
The body’s buried now.
Don’t come for me, Brother,
What you’ve lost. . . can’t be found—

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It’s. . . an. . .
Unholy war, saints lie undead.
Unholy war, feast of iron and bone.
Unholy war, the devil’s hardn’d tread.
Unholy war, it’s a black snake moan.

She don’t need you. . . like I do,
Two halves of her, can’t make it right.
She won’t feel you…like I do,
Carried lies…are shielded from the light.

Don’t lie to me, Mother,
Flesh can’t tame the sting.
Don’t push this on another,
You’ll reap the hell you bring—

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It’s. . . an. . .
Unholy war, saints lie undead.
Unholy war, feast of iron and bone.
Unholy war, the devil’s hardn’d tread.
Unholy war, it’s a black snake moan.

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I’ve been here—living in the pale,
Didn’t you hear—the wolves tearing me apart?
You were there—a sister of the frail,
While I chased your bloodless beating heart—

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It’s. . . an. . .
Unholy war, phantoms in my head,
Unholy war, ash of—dust, and pine.
Unholy war, beast, oil and bread—
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Unholy war, the saints have all fled.
Unholy war, fist—of iron and wine.
Unholy war, the wolves must be fed.
Unholy war, this break-back love was mine.

Liner Notes

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Lead Vocals by Shannon Denise Evans
Additional Vocals by Dylan Glatthorn
Guitar by Paul Maddison
Bass by Jeff Koch
Drums by Andy Rinn Martinek
Piano by Dylan Glatthorn
Cello by Marta Bagratuni
Recorded and Mixed by Alex Venguer
Recorded at Power Station at BerkleeNYC in New York, NY
Assistant Engineering by Dan Fyfe
Additional Recording at 2nd Story Sound in New York, NY
Mixed at Ootermind Studios in Brooklyn, NY
Mastered by Greg Calbi at Sterling Sound, Edgewater, NJ

Scars (Album ‘Blood’)

Lyrics

Lift this madness from the edge of my mind,
Tell the sorrow there’s no mistress to find.
Forgive the ancients, their morals ran too wide,
Bodies floating on the rising tide. . .

Fingers trace the snow inside my skin,
Mouthing the sparks of where the fire begins.
Bound and tied there’s no hand to lend,
Up and run; find the offer—and the end. . .

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No, I can’t take the mercy of you now—
I bare the marks of all that you allowed.
Untether me from this fractured twist of ours—
Maybe then I’ll be more than just my scars.

Ooo ooo ooo, ooo ooooo,
Ooo ooo ooo, ooo ooo—ooo ooo,
Ooo ooo ooo, ooo ooo—ooo ooo ooo ooo ooo ooo. . .

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Stone is clay when it’s in the right hands,
Those who lay betray those who stand.
We’re the hunted sheltered in this hour,
Watched and strung from the farthest of your towers.

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No, I can’t take the mercy of you now—
I bare the marks of all that you allowed.
Untether me from this fractured twist of ours—
Maybe then I’ll be more than just my scars.

Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh,
Oh oh oh, oh oh—oh oh,
Oh oh oh, oh oh-ooo-oh. . .

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When you’re asleep do we ever haunt your dreams?
Do you pretend you’re the innocent you seem?
If they knew where the serpent shed its skin,
You’d be drowned in the water you washed us in. . .

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No, I can’t take the mercy of you now—
I bare the marks of all that you allowed.
Untether me from this fractured twist of ours—
Maybe then I’ll be more than just my scars.

Liner Notes

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Lead Vocals by Shannon Denise Evans
Additional Vocals by Dylan Glatthorn and Andy Rinn Martinek
Guitar by Paul Maddison
Bass by Jeff Koch
Drums by Andy Rinn Martinek
Synth & Programming by Andy Rinn Martinek
Piano, Rhodes & Hammond B-3 by Dylan Glatthorn
Recorded and Mixed by Alex Venguer
Recorded at Sear Sound in New York, NY
Assistant Engineering by Owen Mulholland, Grant Valentine, Justin Berger, Nikolas Beugnot (2nd)
Additional Recording at Big Orange Sheep in Brooklyn, NY
Assistant Engineering by Christopher Benham
Mixed at Ootermind Studios in Brooklyn, NY
Mastered by Greg Calbi at Sterling Sound, Edgewater, NJ

Awake (Album ‘Blood’)

Lyrics

Do you believe in a better place?
Streets of gold and noble Kings.
Fall in line, my Love—I won’t chase,
Trails of bent and broken things. . .

Will we find a way back to ourselves?
Along miles of road and spinning fields.
One foot outside this measured hell,
Where the bless’ed cursed fail to yield.

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Our hunger will take us down—
This void marred with pride.
Stop this endless merry-go-round,
And choose to force a collide. . .

You’re a dead man walking into the fire,
Surrender what you can’t take.
Midnight will faithfully conspire—
But only if you’re burned awake. . .

Fair to those forcing coming sleep,
Stay numb, stay dry—that version’s true.
Oh, buried by the secrets that you keep,
The terror in the mirror, that’s you. . .

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Our hunger will take us down—
This void marred with pride.
Stop this endless merry-go-round,
And choose to force a collide. . .

You’re a dead man walking into the fire,
Surrender what you can’t take.
Midnight will faithfully conspire—
But only if you’re burned awake. . .

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Tell me are you awake?
While all the world is sleeping,
Are you brave enough to shake—
A dreamer while they’re dreaming?

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You’re a dead man walking into the fire,
Surrender what you can’t take.
Midnight will faithfully conspire—
But only if you’re burned awake!

Liner Notes

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Lead Vocals by Shannon Denise Evans
Additional Vocals by Dylan Glatthorn
Guitar by Paul Maddison
Bass by Jeff Koch
Drums by Andy Rinn Martinek
Synth & Programming by Andy Rinn Martinek
Piano & Hammond B-3 by Dylan Glatthorn
Recorded and Mixed by Alex Venguer
Recorded at Sear Sound in New York, NY
Assistant Engineering by Owen Mulholland, Grant Valentine, Justin Berger, Nikolas Beugnot (2nd)
Additional Recording at Big Orange Sheep in Brooklyn, NY
Assistant Engineering by Christopher Benham
Mixed at Ootermind Studios in Brooklyn, NY
Mastered by Greg Calbi at Sterling Sound, Edgewater, NJ

Art of the Bleed (Album ‘Blood’)

Lyrics

Nothing aches like the sour of hate.
What tomorrow brings, anyone knows.
In the heat of it all the hour is late.
Even through the storm it’s a path we chose.

Mm mm mm mm mm mm. . .
Mm mm mm. . . mm mm mm mm mm mm. . .

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So, let it out, Love.
The storm will rise.
From the thunder above,
To what justifies. . .

Feel the fire run through your blood,
Give the feast to the wolves you feed.
Take it in now; what’s done is done—
Let your will bend to the art of the bleed.

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Demand to own the edge of peace,
Oh fleeting—is the tale of light.
Step on in to the grey at least,
Born through pain comes second sight.

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So, let it out, Love.
The storm will rise.
From the thunder above,
To what justifies. . .

Feel the fire run through your blood,
Give the feast to the wolves you feed.
Take it in now; what’s done is done—
Let your will bend to the art of the bleed.

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Make me bleed. . . make me bleed. . . make me bleed, I wanna bleed. . .
I wanna bleed. . . I wanna bleed,
—I need to bleed!

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Feel the fire run through your blood,
Give the feast to the wolves you feed.
Take it in now; what’s done is done—
Let your will bend to the art of the bleed.

The art of the bleed. . .
The art of the bleed. . .
The art of the bleed. . . the art of the bleed. . . the art of the bleed. . .
—For once, earn the greed and bend to the art of the bleed.

Liner Notes

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Lead Vocals by Shannon Denise Evans
Additional Vocals by Dylan Glatthorn
Guitar by Paul Maddison
Bass by Jeff Koch
Drums by Andy Rinn Martinek
Synth & Programming by Andy Rinn Martinek
Rhodes & Synth by Dylan Glatthorn
Recorded and Mixed by Alex Venguer
Recorded at Sear Sound in New York, NY
Assistant Engineering by Owen Mulholland, Grant Valentine, Justin Berger, Nikolas Beugnot (2nd)
Additional Recording at Big Orange Sheep in Brooklyn, NY
Assistant Engineering by Christopher Benham
Additional Recording at 2nd Story Sound in New York, NY
Mixed at Ootermind Studios in Brooklyn, NY
Mastered by Greg Calbi at Sterling Sound, Edgewater, NJ

Blood Under The Bridge (Album ‘Blood’)

Lyrics

Baby, baby, this is cradle to grave,
Ain’t no way for us to atone.
It’s a love we can never save,
It’s marrow burned into lacquered bone.

Bless me, bless me, Father, I confess,
The fire in my soul, I can’t put out.
Give me more, I won’t take less,
If it ain’t clear, I’ll kill all doubt.

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Everybody, everybody, everybody knows—
Knife’s at the ready when you’re in a den of thieves.
It’s easy, it’s easy to say ‘that’s how it goes’—
You’re at the mercy of the lies you believe.

But, I won’t forget all that you said and did.
‘Cause it’s blood, blood, blood—blood under the bridge.

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I don’t want to know the why or how,
Stop tellin’ lies that keep me bound.
It doesn’t matter who you are now,
From you, silence is holy sound.

Find your way back to the road,
I’ll be in the meadow of the wild rose.
Give me back the pieces that I own,
Your truth has highs and hellish lows.

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But, I won’t forget all that you said and did.
‘Cause it’s blood, blood, blood—blood under the bridge.

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Feel the river run, run, run. . .
Cutting deep into land—
Think of what you’ve, done, done, done. . .
A steady killer’s hand—

Feel the river rise, rise, rise. . .
Breaking over the shore—
These angry skies, skies, skies. . .
Will open up and pour—

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It’s torture, it’s torture this cage you put us in,
But it’s blood, blood, blood. . . blood under the bridge.

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Swallowed by the hunger of light,
A believer in the good Knight’s fight.
Midnight blesses those who mourn,
The moon, the rose, and the thicket’s thorn.

Secrets kept are the fire of rage,
An empty space, a daemon’s cage.
In the open air where we’ll meet the sea,
You’ll wash this blood and flesh from me. . .

Liner Notes

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Lead Vocals by Shannon Denise Evans
Additional Vocals by Dylan Glatthorn
Guitar by Paul Maddison
Bass by Jeff Koch
Drums by Andy Rinn Martinek
Synth & Programming by Andy Rinn Martinek
Piano & Wurlitzer by Dylan Glatthorn
Cello by Marta Bagratuni
Recorded and Mixed by Alex Venguer
Recorded at Power Station at BerkleeNYC in New York, NY
Assistant Engineering by Dan Fyfe
Additional Recording at Ootermind Studios in New York, NY
Mixed at Ootermind Studios in Brooklyn, NY
Mastered by Greg Calbi at Sterling Sound, Edgewater, NJ

Haven (Album ‘Blood’)

Lyrics

Isn’t this. . . the end of the world?
Can’t you see the setting sun?
Didn’t know, the birth of this girl—
Would cost all the false idols that you’ve won?

Where does she go now?
Into whose arms does she run?
Can we balance ‘somehow’?
While we unravel and come undone.

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It whispers, the promise you made me,
It beckons, the safe harbor that you drew.
It contends, this dream was given for free,
But I know, the ransom’s coming due.

This haven you told me was sacred,
A place where we could survive.
Where love could trade places with hatred,
But if I stay, if I stay, if I stay—
—I’ll never leave here alive.

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Mamma, don’t you dare—say a prayer—for me.
No cross can numb the weight of your sin.
Mamma, I don’t care if you’re fit to bleed,
Forge or sword, I’ll seal your way in. . .

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It whispers, the promise you made me. . .
It beckons, the safe harbor that you drew.
It contends, this dream was given for free. . .
But I know, the ransom’s coming due.

This haven you told me was sacred,
A place where we could survive.
Where love could trade places with hatred,
But if I stay, if I stay, if I stay—
—I’ll never leave here alive.

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Let me go. . .
Let me go. . .
Let me go. . .
Let me live. . .

In the end it’s all over anyway.
In the end, I’ll move the way I need to.
In the end, the Piper will pay,
In the end, I’ll follow what’s true. . .

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This haven you told me was mine to hold,
The place where I could thrive.
Where lies were all the thruths that you told,
I won’t stay, I won’t stay, I won’t stay,
I won’t stay. . .
—How do I get out alive?

Liner Notes

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Lead Vocals by Shannon Denise Evans
Cello Arrangement by Alex Venguer
Guitar by Paul Maddison
Bass by Jeff Koch
Drums by Andy Rinn Martinek
Synth & Programming by Andy Rinn Martinek
Piano, Synth & Wurlitzer by Dylan Glatthorn
Cello by Marta Bagratuni
Recorded and Mixed by Alex Venguer
Recorded at Power Station at BerkleeNYC in New York, NY
Assistant Engineering by Dan Fyfe
Additional Recording at 2nd Story Sound in New York, NY
Mixed at Ootermind Studios in Brooklyn, NY
Mastered by Greg Calbi at Sterling Sound, Edgewater, NJ

Unbeautiful (Album ‘Blood’)

Lyrics

Bring the Shaman—I think I’m ill.
Summon the Seer—for I am blind.
Find the Cleric—to break my will.
Give the Counselor—a piece of my mind.

Is it love, Lord, that brings me here?
Shadowdriftin’ in the valley—dark and cold.
Does the white dove show us what’s near—
Or will the ghosts in thy soul bring me low.

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Little girls, they hear it right,
Lie-n-wait on dusty beds.
All the whispers that come at night,
Won’t drown the slivers in their heads. . .

Face of ‘ole, face of freedom, face the fight, face they beat—
Face in time, face the night, face that melted in the heat—
You’re unbeautiful. . . but you’re free.
You’re unbeautiful. . . your face so unkind.
You’re unbeautiful. . . and you’ll always be,
Two steps ahead while this ‘pretty’ falls behind.

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Call the Dreamer—my nightmare is done.
Fetch the Liar—I cannot bear the truth.
Tell the Soldier—my war has been won.
Send the Grifter—a piece of my youth.

Is it hate, Lord, that brought me here?
Like a drifter on the mountain—sharp and high.
As the crow flies, I’ll walk alone, my dear—
One-to-one, gives the two a place to die.

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Little girls, they hear it right,
Lie-n-wait on dusty beds.
All the whispers that come at night,
Won’t drown the slivers in their heads. . .

Face of ‘ole, face of freedom, face the fight, face they beat—
Face in time, face the night, face that melted in the heat—

You’re unbeautiful. . . but you’re free.
You’re unbeautiful. . . you don’t have to hide.
You’re unbeautiful. . . when will you see,
Beauty is the violence that you find.

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You’re unbeautiful. . . so unbeautiful,
you’re unbeautiful. . . that’s what he said to me—
You’re unbeautiful. . . so unbeautiful. . .
you’re unbeautiful, but, baby, ain’t you free. . .

Liner Notes

Written by Shannon Denise Evans & Dylan Glatthorn
Produced by Alex Venguer, Shannon Denise Evans and Dylan Glatthorn
Additional Vocal Production by Andrea Green

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Lead Vocals by Shannon Denise Evans
Additional Vocals by Dylan Glatthorn
Guitar by Paul Maddison
Additional Guitar by Alex Venguer
Bass by Jeff Koch
Drums by Andy Rinn Martinek
Synth & Programming by Andy Rinn Martinek
Rhodes by Dylan Glatthorn
Recorded and Mixed by Alex Venguer
Recorded at Sear Sound in New York, NY
Assistant Engineering by Owen Mulholland, Grant Valentine, Justin Berger, Nikolas Beugnot (2nd)
Additional Recording at 2nd Story Sound in New York, NY
Mixed at Ootermind Studios in Brooklyn, NY
Mastered by Greg Calbi at Sterling Sound, Edgewater, NJ