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Before and After the Fall

by Berch

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Aurora Skies (free) 03:29
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The world has a tail of electromagnets So why on Earth am I standing stagnant? You’ve seen my life since the formation of time And when I’m floating under the night. You’re over aurora skies with me I can feel the plasmic activity You’re love is rushing inside of me No longer are northern lights blinding And now I can see I cannot find a handle to hold onto You’re pulling me up from high tide to high noon You see my life you see every thought in this mind And when I’m floating under the night You’re over aurora skies with me I can feel the plasmic activity You’re love is rushing inside of me No longer are northern lights blinding And now I can see You’re over aurora skies with me I can feel the plasmic activity You’re love is rushing inside of me No longer are northern lights blinding And now I can see Now I can see Now I can see
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Standing Still 03:50
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Concrete legs will keep my body straight But I won’t move no I can’t pull the weight Wind will blow and rain shoot to the ground But I’ll be standing strong enough to drown And when the water’s up to my neck I’ll take a tripping step Cause I’m running at the speed of standing still Gaining no ground and never will I’m standing still Stop me from saying all that’s in my brain But I won’t kick the habit I’ll never change Or send me to the direct opposite of the globe My complaining will be sent by gossip to your home And it’ll all come from me I’ve got too much time to speak And I’m running at the speed of standing still Gaining no ground and never will I’m standing still And concrete legs are weighing me down Everybody can go around Cause I’m standing still Send for the sledgehammer knock away until it breaks For the love of what’s good, for heaven sake I’m running in place I’m running in place And I’m running at the speed of standing still Gaining no ground and never will I’m standing still And concrete legs are weighing me down Everybody can go around Cause I’m standing still
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The Speed of the Sun 03:03
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Cut me open Or split my atoms My skin is getting in the way My skin is getting in the way Talk to every man in my mind Stop them from breaking my lines It’ll all conflict anyway It’ll all conflict anyway Pull my close or pull my close to drown me Hold me down or have you even found me? Listen when you’re talking how you’re sounding Let me low or up again allow me Oh seasons you’re changing my view The speed of the sun doesn’t phase you Stop pleading it’s too late to break through The speed of the sun doesn’t change you Stand on a platform Or bask in a hailstorm I’ll take the latter any day I’ll take the latter any day What could it be there for If not a call to arms? I’m on the clock anyway I’m on the clock anyway Pull my close or pull my close to drown me Hold me down or have you even found me? Listen when you’re talking how you’re sounding Let me low or up again allow me Oh seasons you’re changing my view The speed of the sun doesn’t phase you Stop pleading it’s too late to break through The speed of the sun doesn’t change you The earth is my eyes you can see it from both sides Black space to fall through straight to A billion particle problems, a sun of stardom, O cracking carbon Pull my close or pull my close to drown me Hold me down or have you even found me? Listen when you’re talking how you’re sounding Let me low or up again allow me Oh seasons you’re changing my view The speed of the sun doesn’t phase you Stop pleading it’s too late to break through The speed of the sun doesn’t change you
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Brothers 03:58
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Don’t you know I mimic you both? Grew up and followed you Left my home And even though I wasn’t ready I kept steady But I’m still not ready Oh brother where do I go now? Thought I was going north but I got turned around And the stars I’m walking under Have led me far enough to discover I need my brothers Thought I’d love the freedom to roam No one to question me as I come and go But you were always there before to show me Which way the road leads You were both my bearings Cause this path is wide as it is long Can not tell how far I’ve gone I’m on the right track But I want to go back I miss the shelter of my home And every day we hurried along I’m on the right track But I want to go back Oh brother where do I go now? I know I’m going north but I want to turn around And the stars I’m walking under Have led me far enough to discover I need my brothers
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Still in the Air 04:26
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Specialists in science have concluded Sounds are more than vibrations and waves The reason that our atmosphere’s polluted Is the negativity we spray There’s so many sounds for hate So watch what you say Cause once it’s out there it’s out there It’s still in the air And every word you throw in a face Is coming back to chain itself to you It’s still in the air So watch what you say Cause once it’s out there it’s out there It’s still in the air And every word you throw in a face Is coming back to chain itself to you It’s still in the air
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Timer 03:29
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You have my book, I’m on the first page Just take a look you’ll see my last name The twists and turns will leave you melted You should have seen me when I felt it Oh this is the story Of all my former glories In chapter one you’ll notice something There’s nothing wrong no we are floating On to the next we’re finding favor Until I look away and waver Oh forgot my name Oh chasing after the wind And in the end you came and found me Alone you called my name out proudly Now I remember where I started And wish we never would’ve parted Oh you’re my reminder Our lives are on a timer
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Crooked Souls 04:47
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A blinding light has taken over me And what does fighting it even mean? To push back circumstantial thoughts in my head Give it a whirl then drop like lead I could’ve planned ahead of time But between stood and stand is a borderline So circle around me, give me the downbeat The definitive moment finally found me My enemies are beautiful But I can see their crooked souls And so I go off into the open sea You can call it a defeat But I retreat Would it be right to stand against you When certain death would come along? So take your stance in judgment while I tighten my shoes Cause curtains will come to the strong My enemies are beautiful But I can see their crooked souls And so I go off into the open sea You can call it a defeat But I retreat I can see them… With a blinding light in my eyes…
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Programmed and Operational (Robots) 03:52
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In the name of technology Replace our eyes with LED’s You used to see the sky in them before Now they’ll draw their light from motherboards We’re not robots We have spirits We won’t feed them We don’t need them Starve them away Become the same and We’ll be robots Doomed to rust Now we’re fully functional Programmed and operational Individuals now been made whole Perfected now that we have sterilized our souls We’re not robots We have spirits We won’t feed them We don’t need them Starve them away Become the same and We’ll be robots Doomed to rust We’re not robots We have spirits We won’t feed them We don’t need them Starve them away Become the same and We’ll be robots Doomed to rust
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The Magician 04:30
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What I might spend an hour on I figured out in five flat Took you years to make a contraption I’ll take my time to tip my hat So strap me in a prison car Equipped with armed guards I’ll be Laughing cause it isn’t hard To slip right out unharmed, unseen So Throw me in the ocean while I’m tied up in knots I will find my way to survive I know what I’m doing and I aint gonna stop This magician isn’t a liar Oh oh oh Dangle me upside down Grip the axe but you won’t need it Torture from China town Foiled a death trap without breathing So Throw me in the ocean while I’m tied up in knots I will find my way to survive I know what I’m doing and I aint gonna stop This magician isn’t a liar Oh oh oh Gimme a second of time to withstand your body blows! Break any rules of mine I burst there goes the show Throw me in the ocean while I’m tied up in knots I will find my way to survive I know what I’m doing and I aint gonna stop This magician isn’t a liar Oh oh oh
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Damascus 04:14
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I’m getting weak Been living off the wind No matter what I see I keep coming back again To worthless treasures and worn out pleasures But I can’t find forever in them And so I keep wandering I just need to settle down I’ve been through all the empty towns So on this road strike me down Strike me down Cause I’m in need of being found I was born a restless man Full of evil schemes and selfish plans But you pulled me up yeah you made me stand Away from everything I am I just need to settle down I’ve been through all the empty towns So on this road strike me down Strike me down Cause I’m in need of being found Yes on this road strike me down Cause I’m in need of being found I’m in need I’m in need I’m in need of being found

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Before and After the Fall is Berch's debut album. It has been in the works over the past year and was recorded in Springfield, MO; Memphis, TN; and Nashville, TN. Enjoy and spread the word.

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released September 17, 2010

All songs written by Colin Elmore
Crooked Souls written by Colin Elmore and Paul Bowen
Produced by: Wes Leyshon
Mixing: Wes Leyshon and Taylor Harris
Engineering: Wes Leyshon, Taylor Harris, and Justin Woods
Art: Scott Perket
Management: Matt Long

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