Six. (2004) story - credits - lyrics THE STORY: After forming as a band only two months before, the band quickly entered the studio and recorded their first EP with the help of Leif Shackelford. Originally the project was slated to be just three songs but the band insisted on six (hence the title) and pushed through untill the project was complete. The cover photo was taken by Ethan Baldwin in front of the Apollo Theater in Oberlin, OH on the coldest day we could have chosen. Every part of the album was DIY and we ordered small batches to keep costs down, but it was the beginning of our understanding of how much recordings can push a band. CREDITS: -Photography by Ethan Baldwin -Mixing, tracking, mastering by Leif Shakelford -Produced by Leif Shakelford and Cobalt -Album art design by Cobalt -Tracks 1, 3, 4 written by m. hart -Tracks 2, 5, 6 written by t.fort LYRICS: 1. Might Have Been 2. Your Mouth 3. Shades 4. The Ride 5. Barricade 6. The Lark Might Have Been hey now you’ve come so far guess you're wondering where you are and what’s left to see hey now you’ve come so far guess you’re wondering who you are and who you meant to be cuz i remember when you used to play guitar way back in high school and i remember the girls used to scream and call cuz you were so cool and you swore you’d leave here but all the roads just led back home and you shied away from the neon and chrome and you knew you’d find love and you knew that it would all work out but this is not the life that you dreamed about so you’ll just write it off as a hopeless dream and you wont even give it a try and you can’t even look out the window cuz you’re so scared that your whole life’s passing you by but you were gonna be on the radio and all the magazines and you were gonna be the prophet for your generation of beauty queens and they’d all line up just to see you and they’d all leave fulfilled. for two hours on a Saturday night you’d give them just a little bit of heaven just a little bit distilled but fear and doubt come creeping in the night and it’s so much simpler when you’re living their little lie i cannot say that a fallen dream is much of a sin but now you introduce yourself, you say, “hello my name is might have been” so now you come to me with all your cards out on the table they didn’t seem like much but they were all that you were dealt then it’s all so clear like a great fog lifting when all bets were off you took the easy way out Your Mouth your mouth is as big as mine and it's full of the sweetest things with that boundless heart, you tear me apart you make me feel like a naked king oh your bed is inviting, but your wink is seducing i'm a rock, but you seem to have found that since you've been wearing my clothes, you've been wearing me down You make a point to keep me in check you knock me on to my toes plant your teeth on my shoulder, i get tingles all over i come back with my breath on your neck oh your bed is inviting, but your wink is seducing i'm a rock, but you seem to have found i can't seem to resist you in that watery gown you're honest and brutal, but it's sweet when you're blunt so should i dare death defy and try to pull some stunt the hunt is on and the chase is wild but i'll treat you soft and sweet like a child s'pose you'll plead you were not aware you assumed i played with all the girls' hair how you care for me is flattering and how i care for you gives you little wings Shades i walk in and the whole house reeks you’ve been painting your room again but while one coat is drying new colors invade and now you’re frantically trying just to match all the shades when i ask you what it is that you seek your reply is in colors and numbers and men but i say they're just little boys being taught what to do they're just playing with their toys and the last one was you and the room is a nightmare, and the furniture's stained but i can still make out on the doorframe the pencil marks that we made so if your next coat covers those timelines of height and age baby please understand you better break out the turpentine and get that shit off your hands so now you step back you take a look and it's like a mosaic and each piece is a pain and it all looks so familiar to me because i was there every time that it rained so don't get caught up in all that shakespearian drama so much ado about nothing comedic at best cuz i have been here forever and i've shown you you're better so just take it as you like it and get rid of the rest and remember it's simple things that that keep us alive and those even simpler that bring bright color to the walls to the walls of the rooms that we lock ourselves in in hopes to survive every breath until death as eternity calls The Ride I haven't felt this way for such a long time At this point, in this room, there are more stairs to climb. These feelings like echoes, but each with a new pulse Like the one I feel beat beside me. Fortune best not deny me. Why do I feel guilty, now that you're finally mine? And why do I feel guilty to let my heart out on the line? Again… Can't let myself get too busy not getting hurt. Reckless abandon tugs like a hungry child at my shirt. Not easy to ignore all those tears that I cried, But it's not 'Here we go again,' it's 'Let's enjoy the ride.' So why am I so afraid, now that you're finally mine? And why am I so afraid to let my heart out on the line? Again… Again… Maybe all I need to know and all I need to understand Is that you're lying next to me, and your heart is in my hands. I whisper a sweet melody into your slumbering ear. A warm and timeless lullaby just to remind you that I'm here. Oh for that music in my soul that plays whenever you're around. It's just you and it's just me, and the rest just fades into the background. Your warm breath on my skin, your sweet lips tasting mine. Just a little longer please, we're running out of time. So why am I so lucky, now that you're finally mine? And why am I so lucky to put my heart out on the line? To you… To you… And there is nowhere that I would rather be Than right here with you sleeping right next to me. And as I ponder this sweet dream of you I realize there is no one that I would rather sing to. Barricade your secret attacks on her self esteem selling lipstick and cover-up to my beauty queen lying to her saying she's overweight while it's you getting fat on a man-made template and don't you feel dirty when you get turned on because you're less than a lady and played like a pawn and i keep praying that you'll stay after the dawn remember your face even when you're long gone sweet girl, you're so beautiful to me can i take you home at least call you on the phone you're raised as a child until puberty hits then old men with grease under their fingertips pedophiles staring your body to bits even the young boys are no longer kids no wonder to me you're depressed and afraid am i the first to notice your barricade hold it against me, i'll hold you against me doing my best to come to your aid am I good enough for you your first kiss less than intimate rough without thinking but i'll contemplate i'll wait for you to be ready for this til it's you giving me your first kiss and i'd do it all for you again if you asked me to and i'd do it all for you again if you asked me to The Lark Run fast run far oh ho don’t know who you are Stay quick stay clean oh ho I don’t know what you mean Make sure you look both ways oh ho everyone is crazed Envy filled with green oh ho it’s a mean machine Hey amigo saddle up and ride It’s time to retreat you know this battle’s suicide You’re call to decide but you know this game is lost and won You nursed those bottles dry now you stink of gin and bourbon Fuck your pride and the life you thought you fin’ly had Your punch drunk trippin’ leanin’ crashin’ back against the wall You been taken played like a deck of cards So lay your hand down call their bluff and take it all. Quick dry let fly oh ho did you ever wonder why? Don’t slip your grip oh ho don’t you give me no lip Get paid get laid oh ho all for the love of the game Swing fast swing hard oh ho you versus Scotland Yard. It’s dark a spark oh ho Romeo it’s the lark Give in to sin oh ho my child you are forgiven Brush back the lack of tears let ‘em roll off your back To end pretend oh ho bang bang your dead