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by Peace Arrow

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1.
↑↓↑↓↑ my chest it hurts can we take it slow there's many foot steps still ahead to go if you are dreaming years and years down the road stop making it so difficult to say no ↑↓↑↓↑ this bridge we march on connects the gap of the distant future and the recent past i look behind you say we can't turn back don't recognize the sights they change so fast ↑↓↑↓↑ should take precaution where i land my feet rustic nails line loosened planks withering no bloody toes could catch my daydream eye always forever gazing up to the sky ↑↓↑↓↑ creaking, these weakened boards we're walking towards are weeping, they once were trees but now they're nothing more than a bridge we use to navigate our novel comforts yet escape this madness we inherited what's stopping us from stopping it we can be afraid, avert our eyes or unite, unwind, and organize it wouldn't have such weight if we weren't holding on so tight ↑↓↑↓↑ i need your help i can't let go ↑↓↑↓↑ let go ↑↓↑↓↑
2.
Your Hands 05:43
you're up late in the night with morning on your mind there's no escape in sight, how does he sleep at night the service you provide, your hard work and your time bought a pent house for his love child while you live in a trash pile just a decade ago, it was his sweat and bones he reassures himself in the mirror of his home his fortress is a glove that's splattered with the blood of less fortunate men dying to provide for their sons ↑↓↑↓↑ he's entitled, because he tells himself he's entitled and he won't give it up ↑↓↑↓↑ he takes off the glove, rinses and trades with the next aristocrat it fits, only when he will profit it had dawned on him one day that rather than be a slave to some jaded snob's vision, he would start one of his own but when calculating costs he was tied between a knot of providing living wages or more lavish vacations his future's in your hands, he is dependent on wearing down your body whether you sit or stand ↑↓↑↓↑ he's entitled, oh i think that he's in denial and he won't give it up ↑↓↑↓↑ his future's in your hands, whether your sit or stand, whether you feel you can or can't, he hopes you don't comprehend his future's in your hands, you can make a fist or open it, you can unlock doors of corridors where deals are made, reveal his game his future's in your hands, you perpetuate what you hate, you lay the bricks of his fortress, with dreams you'll one day live comfortably his future's in your hands, you can throw them up, enough's enough, what would he do without you, he needs your hands, he'll have to give in or give up ↑↓↑↓↑ give it up ↑↓↑↓↑
3.
Missing 03:12
↑↓↑↓↑ you're free to fly away again so why do you choose to be locked up instead would it make it easier if i was not standing here will you stay til i return is there not another for which you yearn lately i feel i've gone astray i'm wandering around in a dark, murky cave chasing the bats but i'm running too fast don't know where i'm at can't find my way back ↑↓↑↓↑ when i'm in flight you're landlocked are you okay, are you stuck if i try i feel fine i push it deep down inside i am free from your cage distance grows every day how'd it end up this way why did i fly away ↑↓↑↓↑
4.
Doors 04:23
↑↓↑↓↑ i'm more fixated on chipped paint reminders than the broken window rendering me vulnerable these walls i face each day, the window's veiled out of sight i subscribe to reassuring lies, not the truth ↑↓↑↓↑ the outflow of gas fumes are met at the cracks in the glass by a tempered rain seeping in and down the windowsill i inhale the mold that soon takes shape ↑↓↑↓↑ this mold is indulgence, this mold is apathy, this mold festers inside despite the fact i know this i do little of anything, i'm reluctant to try ↑↓↑↓↑ i hide from issues growing, cut corners when i should not be afraid i'll fall behind my pace choices that carry much weight is trashed cluttered in this place that i should have taken care of ↑↓↑↓↑ i'm in between the doorway of fixing what is broken and wallowing in mistakes is this home filled with answers, etched in the walls, i wonder, i keep the lights off in this place i've gotten in the routine of locking the door behind me and forgetting the key you don't deserve this, countless times i'm helpless waiting at the door for you to let me in ↑↓↑↓↑ but it's not your place ↑↓↑↓↑ when doors are wide open you'll look in and you won't come back ↑↓↑↓↑
5.
Running Away 10:03
↑↓↑↓↑ i feel no warmth when the sun shines in when it's reflecting, i feel darkness instead i'm not ready to take this leap it's not that this cliff appears too steep but where i land i'll be met below there will be no climbing back, this will become a home i feel i'm taking this leap alone because i didn't want to split at the fork in the road ↑↓↑↓↑ the night creatures leach off the trash of the workers to decorate their tapestries they hang from their shoulders they blend in with shadows of ambiguity so they can contradict their rhetoric against conformity they look down and frown upon the colors of this town though they wouldn't know what to do if they burned it down ↑↓↑↓↑ despite this you want to stay and i want to run away we promised we'd meet half way i know it's one we will break ↑↓↑↓↑ i cursed your name for living on an island far away from responsibility i'm struggling to continue to deny it that i too want to live on island i cursed your game for giving into the game leaving behind everything you hate i'm struggling to hold these words inside me that i envy you completely ↑↓↑↓↑ i'm stuck in place, you won't change my mind when you pull me forward, I'm staring behind this inebriated backyard brings you to life on sober nights i feel empty inside your running in circles all the time when you stop to breathe, you start to cry in times i want to be light on my feet you want to sit down and plant seeds ↑↓↑↓↑ there are trees already grown on roads we've yet to go so let's go ↑↓↑↓↑ maybe we want the same things but reach them from different means when we grow older and our vision is duller will we recognize each other, will we scoff at one another this town will go on, we'll have to move on i'll pack my backs i swear i'll be gone i hide that i don't have the same visions that you do i don't know where i want to go i don't know why i want to go, why do i have to leave ↑↓↑↓↑
6.
Believers 04:28
↑↓↑↓↑ industry turns its cranks every day all of the waste that we create the consequences are strangled out of view in the name of pursuits we stomp on you i need to accept this truth ↑↓↑↓↑ believers don't want to believe it but there's something wrong with the world ↑↓↑↓↑ and it's not in the hands of someone else, it's up to me if each of nature's specimens go extinct, sure i blame the corporate class and everything industrial but i blame myself though it's what they enacted i admit i stood inactive and this is what happened innocent suffer from greed that prospers the disease is viral, i fight my denial that i inflict a wound and stick my hands in quick, thoughtless rip apart the hearts, outdated discard of those at rest, their lives oppressed all for dreams i give meaning i dug deep to roots of fallacy ↑↓↑↓↑ believer's don't want to believe but there's something wrong with the world ↑↓↑↓↑
7.
So 03:28
↑↓↑↓↑ i am so lucky to have the friends that i have the closest of family who care so much about me it's about time folks started having one another's backs when this monstrous infrastructure targets and attacks it manifests with petty arrests suppressing the will of the already oppressed who do they really protect ↑↓↑↓↑ i forget that there's others who actually suffer who don't look like the status quo television mold i feel fairly safe wherever i go in a privileged white male heterosexual world you're beautiful to me, don't you stop being unique and fuck what those jocks said in mid town ↑↓↑↓↑ i am so lucky to be who i am i forget this sometimes, i go to that dark hole in my mind an unorganized place where i dispose of my hate that drips out and slowly stains my relationships i'm so sorry i hurt you i am so, so, so, so, so ↑↓↑↓↑
8.
Turn Back 04:52
↑↓↑↓↑ it seems every one i meet is in some way against what's happening i don't think this system's broke i think they made it this way intentionally ↑↓↑↓↑ why did we go down this path is there no turning back to save home ↑↓↑↓↑ each day we struggle with our fights at night we're tired and come crashing down problems we all face originate in the same place, meanwhile the earth is hurting now ↑↓↑↓↑ why did we go down this path is there no turning back to save home ↑↓↑↓↑ in bed i am dreaming, i fought not to wake up because outside my being there's a world that is fucked up while hiding in my home trying to deny it i assess if i've grown, my friends are out fighting i'm so self absorbed working on music i make up excuses to justify it would it matter if i was someone else a person that's no so obsessed with themselves ↑↓↑↓↑ time is short the danger's real how else will the planet heal i'm nervous but i'll try to deal when the world's torn apart the privilege i fight to uphold when my comfort is a blindfold build the new before all this implodes we've got to save our home, it's all we've got ↑↓↑↓↑
9.
Directions 08:19
↑↓↑↓↑ people don't grow up the way that you want them to i didn't grow up to be who you wanted me to the moment you're aware of a long stretch of deep breaths, beware misfortune will prevail the moment you exhale, fare well ↑↓↑↓↑ we're going in different directions when life doesn't turn out the way you thought it would, it's okay we're going in different directions when life doesn't turn out the way you hoped it would, it's okay ↑↓↑↓↑
10.
Gems 03:45
↑↓↑↓↑ there are ragged roads ahead i need to go my pace has slowed, can't stop but even so my shoes are tangled up in vines they're woven in a knot and tied and these shoes of mine, i've worn for quite some time they're stained with paint and blood, i don't know why i've been inclined to keep them on my feet have grown their use forgone if i take them off, i would be free to walk barefoot atop the ground, i never stop to act upon these simple thoughts and guide myself to what i've sought there are birds that fly above me most the time they are gems that shine brighter than all the light the sun could ever bring to me there's duller things i'm worshiping ↑↓↑↓↑ i don't need this ↑↓↑↓↑ there's forgotten codes i drew in the soil the wind has blown, the storms keep me alone like others who have walked this path erasing all the former tracks ↑↓↑↓↑ i don't need all the bright and shiny mesmerizing tempt of gems that pull me in i dont need all the very scary weight they carry, not as light as thought from sight i don't need this i don't need all the pain, hate, and misery of wants and needs and obsessing i don't need all the peace and glee they bring to me, a fleeting feeling i'm complete i don't need this ↑↓↑↓↑

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"Raw and vivid and unpredictable." ~ Impose Magazine

"[L]ike Elverum’s, Myers’ experimental bedroom compositions are wildly endearing, carefully manufactured with intricate personal detail, allowing us listeners a glimpse inside his psyche. He’s got a knack for layers, as well as understanding how they can play off each other in unorthodox ways, masquerading acoustic guitar compositions in complex arrangements and passing them off as epics in miniature. And he’s really freaking good at it." ~ Critical Masses

"Then on to the album's last deep trip, 'Directions'. It is simply a song to lose yourself into. Take it straight, altered, enhanced; regardless it is simply an indulgence that envelops you, and begs you to give your headspace up to it. Similarly to 'Turn Back', it has the sweetest melody pinning it all together. The songs clarion line, 'life doesn't turn out the way you hoped it would. It’s OK', will easily become many's new tattoo. And so to the end, and 'Gems'. A perfect, sweet, uplifting, sharp end, to a delightful, enticing, rewarding, subtly glorious album. What a wonderful trip." ~ The Sound of Confusion

"As the capabilities of technology increase and experimental music continues to push boundaries, Peace Arrow is a perfect example of the innovation of experimental musicians. Myers’ skill in blending traditional qualities with original sounds creates something that can best be described as peaceful, elegant, and beyond the ordinary. The arrows in the album title reflect the same tone as the music : balance." ~ Katuwapitiya


"Though Mitch has been making Peace Arrow more melodic than his original project Hear Hums, the beginning of this track starts with a mixture of bowed banjo drones, finger-picked guitar rifts, and a simple kalimba scale that keeps you grounded as you get submerged into an ocean of low tones. The build leads you into a soundscape while Mitch’s voice guides you through the articulately messy swamps and caverns that he has created for you to explore." ~ PORTALS


"Perish the thought that Animal Collective didn’t fill the oddball pop quota with ‘Centipede Hz’, an influx of new bands inspired by their tye-dye psychedelia are emerging out of the cracks. Peace Arrow are the finest. " ~ This is Fake DIY

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