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Paper Leviathan

by The Gingerdead Men

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1.
Last Minutes 01:47
2.
Soothsayer 03:44
there's great big pile of rust sitting out on the lawn something like a car something like a... we spend our days and nights just wondering what... what it, what, we could have been do you yearn for the summer of seventy-six? what century? what century? oh! ambiguity if you could only be a little more precise... damned memory, damn tragedy, oh! futility there's great big pile of rust sitting out on the lawn something like a car something like a... we spend our days and nights just wondering what... what it, what, we could have been hopelessly straining our eyes on a crystal ball what do we see? what do we see? oh! a mystery if only there was a little bit more to go on damned apathy, damn history, to clarity... to clarity! we'll summon everyone that claims a third eye psychics, soothsayers, and cargo-cultists alike watch the skies for a clear sign from above what validity? what validity? oh! faithfully to someday recall what we've chosen to forget damned memory, damn apathy oh! misery
3.
Bala 04:22
can you hear the echoes in the shadows? they're suggesting such terrible things hijacking all sense of right and wrong, and the ecstasy of terror it brings they got it figured out, they got it all set waiting downtown under the minarets they have an alibi, they have a getaway, they're lighting the fuse like a cigarette on a list of who is who they have always been whoever they have been roaming this earth forever did you see the lights over the city? kinda strange how they hovered all night i heard it drove quite a few insane, clawed out their eyes to escape the fright they got a master plan, they got a secret base they got a thing for eviscerating wildlife they have a tractor beam, they have a stealth device, they got a billion acres to probe tonight on a list of who is who they have always been whoever they' have been roaming this earth forever everything that goes bump in the night is here to specifically haunt you might as well curl up and die throw in the towel and go run and hide did you feel the hairs on your neck rise? something subtle creeping up from below shapes stirring out in the cemetary, the whole family is crawling on home they got an appetite, they got relentless drive, they all gather on the porch with blank eyes they have the bloodlust, they have time to spare they are here to feed and no compromise everything that goes bump in the night is here to specifically haunt you might as well curl up and die throw in the towel and go run and hide
4.
Negatron 04:08
here we are as the scene unfolds, a dark-lit corner of a watering hole it doesn't matter as to who shoots first, everybody knows history can be reversed. you want the good word? you want a high five? the best i can say, you're still alive if you are desperate for a bit of good news, let me say that you do not want the truth mother never said keep your mouth shut if ain't nice so i've never been accused of being polite as you ride through the valley of death, you can always lose more than your breath that valley is a desolate waste, with fierce beasts patrolling the place here's the catch you expected to hear, there's plenty more frightening than the specter of fear if you're looking for a pick-me-up, you better keep walking 'cause that's never gonna come mother never said keep your mouth shut if ain't nice so i've never been accused of being polite sshhh listen! no news is good news sshhh listen! there's a lot of news tonight i'm in possession of a mountain of information it's about time you started paying a little attention it's a great big world, all of it unfair and it will keep on spinning with or without you here it's a great big world, all of it unfair and it will chew you up and spit you out without a care! here's the catch you expected to hear, there's plenty more frightening than the specter of fear if you're looking for a pick-me-up, you better keep walking 'cause that's never gonna come
5.
well hello there i didn't see you step on up and i will tell you a tale that you won't believe there was this girl back when i a boy well not a child but much younger, younger than i am at this time where was i? ...oh yeah, there was a girl she managed to do something so wrong that she was imprisoned for life i've said it before, and you know i'll say it again there ain't no good can come from, a woman scorned i should mention i'm the one who turned her in being falsely led to believe that the truth could set me free she got jacked as one would expect she cursed my name and said something about a plague of cats that's misleading let me say it again she begged satan to send a bunch of cats to tear me apart i've said it before, and i'll say it again ain't no good can come from, a woman scorned all these years I've been on edge looking over my back in anticipation fearing my furry demise now if there's a lesson to be learned i guess it would have to be to mind your own business lest... trouble it might be some sort of trick of mind but i swear on more than one occasion i saw one creeping behind damn this curse damn these cats damn that girl damn!
6.
Colossus 04:04
long, slow road paved in bone talking head, turn off the sound tinitus ring, help us to drown long, slow road head hung low giant tracks, fifty feet wide brain is dull yet we keep it in stride all eyes are fixed upon the horizon there's something there that everyone needs it's standing up as some sort of beacon as we fall down to our knees feed the need, feed the need is it strange that we are devoted feed the need, the need is greed to things that can't return our love (love love)? behold colossus - towering above all i am colossus - watch as i fall there's a crowd gathering in its footprint seem that things have gone awry hooks and chains saws and bombs, oh my! it's coming down like a freight train it's coming down like a hurricane it's gonna lead us to the next age, to our doom if you need to know a reason for why we're all here i'd like to think it's based on love but truth is something we should fear so here it is for both the chumps and robber-barons the incestuous inertia of countless generations there's no such thing as infinite ascension all good things come but end in obliteration colossus rises and colossus falls and there's a monument of rust to remember it all the beacon, the martyr, the boom, and the slaughter destined arrival of hell or high water
7.
P-80 04:10
if i stop, the whole world stops if i wait, the whole world dies shut my eyes and take me away my throat is cracked from having nothing to say could be an omen, might be nothing at all raising our voices in a beckoning call tell me how this shooting star is something more than it appears tell me how this shooting star is something we can't sink our faith in now it is streaking across the sky shedding it's outer skin as it flies strange reports all over the globe coincidence or else something foreshadowed tell me how this shooting star is something more than it appears tell me how this shooting star is something we can't sink our faith in pray we don't figure it out pray we don't realize the end is near we just watched it roll on in let's be frank it's quite a scene see it once then it’s gone breaking up bleeding out all sorts of disease raining down all manner of curses toxic gas burning out eyes and lungs oh twinkle twinkle little star! pray we don't figure it out pray we don't realize the end is near the end is near who would have guessed that the angel of death would come like this? would come like this who would have guessed this is how it ends? we made the wrong wish by wishing

about

We found ourselves without a frontman after Shaun's abrupt resignation in the late summer of 2012. Through a fun chain of events, we were able to trick the talented Jon Reider into driving all the way to Cleveland (twice) to sing our songs for us. We also tricked him into adding guitars to Last Minutes. We also tricked Scott Schulman into crafting the album art for us.

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released May 1, 2013

Paper Leviathan was recorded primarily in November 2012 at Bad Back Studios in Cleveland, Ohio. Vocals were captured over a few nights in December 2012 and January 2013. This recording was engineered, mixed, and mastered by Mr. Dave Johnson in just under thirty-five hours of studio time.

The drums on this recording were performed by Mr. Jason Craig. Mr. Kyle Childers was joined by Mr. Keith Luchka in the playing of electric guitars on this album. Mr. Jason Luchka performed the electric bass guitar, in addition to providing backing vocals, some additional electric guitar, and electronically synthesized tones by way of a Moog synthesizer. The honorable Jon Reider is responsible for all lead vocals and the lead electric guitar on the song, Last Minutes. All songs by tGDM, with lyrical input by Mr. Jon Reider. Mr. Scott Schulman (skaght.com) created the digital collage that makes up the cover of this EP, while Jason Luchka completed the layout.

The Gingerdead Men thank Jon Reider for making this EP a reality and Dave Johnson for making us sound awesome. We also thank Shaun Yanovich for four wonderful years at the helm, Ryan Boehm for helping us out of a jam, Scott for the artwork, and we thank you for listening and spreading the word.

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The Gingerdead Men Akron, Ohio

The Gingerdead Men (tGDM) were a bad-ass, rock’n roll band. They shunned trends and embraced complete creative freedom. They tought rock’n roll should be loud, to the point, and capable of shaking your pants and bobbing your head. Their lyrics told tall tales about the future, the past, monsters and more. Somehow, it worked. Well.

tGDM believed that massive amplification was ALWAYS the answer.
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