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Mental Tattoo

by The Stonethrowers

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1.
TV Song 02:35
TV SONG Sitting here watching TV Don’t really know what’s on Silly screen staring back at me Body’s here but my mind is gone I’ve got nothing to do Really wanna be with you But you don’t wanna be with me I guess I’ll stay here and watch TV Saw you again today You came and said hello to me Shot of hope comes my way Why am I here watching TV I’ve got nothing to do Really wanna be with you But you don’t wanna be with me I guess I’ll stay here and watch TV But my dreams would come true If only only I could be with you Sitting here watching TV Don’t really know what’s on Silly screen staring back at me Body’s here but my mind is gone I’ve got nothing to do Really wanna be with you But you don’t wanna be with me I guess I’ll stay here and watch TV I guess I’ll stay here and watch TV
2.
Kristina Marie I felt my heart beat for the first time I laid eyes on you My head exploded, I was dazed and confused I didn’t know what to do So I tried to play it cool ‘Cause you were so young and beautiful I could help but gravitate toward you I couldn’t escape your pull Kristina Marie What are you doing to me? Girl, you know you make me Crazy Kristina Marie I couldn’t believe I’d been so lucky You wanted to be with me too You kissed me I felt like I’d been hit by lightening Surprised me like a bolt from the blue When I came back for you You decided to take a chance on me You tore down the bars around my heart Set my passion free Kristina Marie What are you doing to me? Girl, you know you make me Crazy Kristina Marie I hope I’m not dreaming Waking next to you is so perfect Wanna keep these moments: a mental tattoo Though I don’t even know my right from left Kristina Marie What are you doing to me? Girl, you know you make me Crazy Kristina Marie
3.
Cicadas 03:46
Cicada Song I heard cicadas outside her window Singing their plaintive song Their short lives remindin’ me Nothing ever lasts for long What is this We have between us? Just lovin’ with no strings Maybe it’s more than that But she doesn’t like to put labels on things A summer fling was what it was To be and nothing more Neither of us realized What our hearts had in store What is this We have between us? Just lovin’ with no strings Maybe it’s more than that But she doesn’t like to put labels on things Now it’s gone too far Cicada song is fading Our time is up she’s leavin’ town Nothin’ to keep her waiting What is this We have between us? Just lovin’ with no strings Maybe it’s more than that But she doesn’t like to put labels on things
4.
Keep Me in the Dark I won’t ask why you’re taking off You’ll just say “It’s me not you.” That’s the world’s phoniest line And we both know it isn’t true I appreciate it anyway ‘Cause I don’t wanna know All the many reasons why You’re letting me go Keep me in the dark I don’t wanna know your reasons Keep me in the dark All I’ll know is that you’re leavin’ Some people just have to know Where everything went wrong Think they’ll learn from their mistakes And it’ll make then strong But I prefer my ignorance As the saying goes, it’s bliss Hearing why you’ve cut me loose Is something I can stand to miss Keep me in the dark I don’t wanna know your reasons Keep me in the dark All I’ll know is that you’re leavin’ I’ve got enough self-doubt now To last me all my days I’m better off to let our Break-Up remain a haze I don’t need to hear you list All my flaws and faults My heart just can’t stand that kind Of harsh verbal assault Keep me in the dark I don’t wanna know your reasons Keep me in the dark All I’ll know is that you’re leavin’
5.
Perfect Thing Perfect little couple in a perfect little tree Perfectly happy k-i-s-s-i-n-g Of thee I sing Perfect little love and perfect little marriage Perfect little baby in a perfect baby carriage rolling by Is why I cry If we could find one perfect thing in this world Maybe We could all be happy little boys and girls Easy Perfect little sheep in perfect little fields Perfect evil wolves swoop in to make a perfect steal What a deal Perfect little hopes and perfect little dreams Perfect little hearts busted apart at perfect seams Of thee I scream If we could find one perfect thing in this world Maybe We could all be happy little boys and girls Easy If we could find one perfect thing in this world Maybe We could all be happy little boys and girls Easy Ah, that’s just perfect
6.
Hidden Meaning In this most secret of places Listen to the howling wind Overturned, forgotten faces Veiled by sand, wait for the end Even stone can be worn down Yellow sun and sandstorm’s force Obscure the grandeur, drive to ground Underneath the desert’s source While we think we’re so important Here we’re all just specks of dust Yearning for significance Why? I love you Why? I hate you Why? In the jungle dark and green Heat and water wage a war As steam rises – forest dreams To still the cutting evermore Earth takes back what man desires Yawning cauldron, island forge Onyx beach – volcanic fires Unstoppable molten purge While we think we’re so important Here we’re all just specks of dust Yearning for significance
7.
Van Gogh’s Ear I zipped down a zipper that ran down the center of my forehead Laughed to feel the ape suit peel away Stepped out of my skin to show the pain within (there goes innocence betrayed, poor boy) Wrinkled and slimy like a changeling But I still got these wires stuck in my head That make me do those same old lines again and again I play my cocaine role to the hilt But I can’t shake the grief, the rage and the guilt That soldered my character to me I’d like to take this golden opportunity To welcome all of you to our team, you know Our candidates are selected most judiciously We’ll only take you if you’re breathing, so keep Breathing, keep breathing, keep Breathing, keep breathing I’d like to emphasize that knowledge is power You plant the seed of your own fear My buddy Vincent must have felt pretty stupid The morning after he cut off his ear, so keep Breathing, keep breathing, keep Breathing, keep breathing We’d like to thank our indistinguished guest speaker And issue everyone their badge, there you go This concludes our company disorientation You’re hired with benefits for life, so keep Breathing, keep breathing, keep Breathing, keep breathing So why exhaust myself with thinking so much When trying to stand on my own becomes a crutch What’s the point of getting wise to the machine It doesn’t help me break out of the subroutine It doesn’t help me break out It doesn’t help me break out It doesn’t help me break out It doesn’t help me break out
8.
Peacemaker 04:19
Peacemaker I don’t wanna fight you anymore I just want everything to stop But you always have to battle on Until you come out on top I'm so tired of giving in To end the arguments Like a casualty of war My heart's torn and bent So I’m the Peacemaker (Don’t disturb the peace) Peacemaker (Hostilities must cease) Peacemaker Can I find release? Can we put all of this arguing And all of this conflict to an end? Don’t you know I’ve tried to respect you? Can’t you see that I’m your best friend? You constantly get your way Always have the last word Clashing over trivial things The scene is so absurd So I’m the Peacemaker (Don’t disturb the peace) Peacemaker (Hostilities must cease) Peacemaker Can I find release? I know I can’t give you what you want You want a surrender I offer détente We have got to come to an accord My soul’s got a price that You can not afford So I’m the Peacemaker (Don’t disturb the peace) Peacemaker (Hostilities must cease) Peacemaker Can I find release? If the time has come for us to part Why don’t we try to make amends If it’s fate we have to separate I wonder if we can be friends I would like for us to be But I still have my doubts Fire to fight’s inside of you And it must be let out So I’m the Peacemaker (Don’t disturb the peace) Peacemaker (Hostilities must cease) Peacemaker Can I find release? Can I find release?
9.
Lethe’s Water I had such big plans for us Now I’m so let down Things didn’t work out right, I feel like a clown Why’d I get my hopes so high? I fell for you too fast Should have figured from the start That it wouldn’t last I wish I could forget you, Wish I could move on Because any chance of a Romance ‘tween us is gone I want to drink the waters of the river Lethe Purge the sadness, ease the pain, and set my soul free Waters take me back to the time before we met River Lethe, please help me to forget Mystic waters cleanse my mind, Clear my memory of your stain Can’t eat, or sleep, or anything, Your presence burns my brain We could have been great together; You must have felt it too Did you find me demanding? Did you think I would hurt you? You couldn’t be more wrong Your happiness was my desire Lethe escape you banks, let your Waters quench this fire River Lethe, please help me to forget To forget
10.
Down to Earth I love to take her camping; she’s a down to earth girl She likes to spread a blanket, forget about the world She communed with nature before it was a fad She worships Gaea pagan-style, beneath the moon sky-clad She takes me down to earth She’s a lover of the land Let’s get down to earth Feel the soil beneath our hands The forest is her bedroom, oak leaves form her bed Summons Cerenunnos, but gets me instead Visit her woodland garden, offer up my seed Planting is her greatest joy: fulfils organic need She takes me down to earth She’s a lover of the land Let’s get down to earth Feel the soil beneath our hands She’s the avatar of mother earth; her flower is love’s center Fall to my knees in absolution, her temple bids me enter She takes me down to earth She’s a lover of the land Let’s get down to earth Feel the soil beneath our hands She takes me down to earth She’s a lover of the land Let’s get down to earth Feel the soil beneath our hands
11.
Rely 04:11
RELY My mind’s cramped up, my mouth’s all dry When I first heard your voice, thought I heard the angels cry You’re so beautiful, you put me off my game But I moved a mountain range just to learn your name Girl we belong together, girl yes I wanna try Girl we should be together, on that you can rely Nah Nah Nah Nana Nah Nah Sitting here by the phone, aching for you to call Waiting for the numbers to light up, hoping, wishing you don’t stall Another night’s gone by, haven’t heard from you Maybe I should dial your number, yeah that’s what I’m gonna do Girl we belong together, girl yes I wanna try Girl we should be together, on that you can rely Nah Nah Nah Nana Nah Nah My hands are shaking, there’s something in my eye Now that you’ve called me up, thought I heard the angels sigh… Nah Nah Nah Nana Nah Nah

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This is our second album, but the first with the new line up: on drums is Sean Erickson, on lead guitar and backing vocals is Patrick Keenan, J. B. Scott plays keyboards, guitar, and does backing vocals, and bass guitar and lead vocals is Joe Goforth. This record was recorded at El Centro Cellar in Columbia, Missouri - engineered by Will Reeves. Producer credit goes to Sean Erickson and The StoneThrowers. We tried to make this sound as close to live as possible. Hope you enjoy it!

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released June 18, 2016

The StoneThrowers are:
Joe Goforth
j. B. Scott
Patrick Keenan
Sean Erickson

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The Stonethrowers formed in January of 2003, in Columbia, Missouri, with the goal of making some fun rock and roll music!

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