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The Forest and the Trees

by The Gingerdead Men

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1.
Snake Face 04:29
After years on the trail, making my way home I fought unspeakable evil and was subject of their prose I became a hero of legend and no feat was too grand When I took the head of Medusa, I hatched my incredible plan She was serpently styling, with a hairdo so fly Still I couldn't look her in the eye I used a reflection, to acquire her dome I turned them all... into stone Oh I'll never forget and I know what I've seen a petrified horizon, my cobra-headed queen Your future seems so bleak, yeah I've got it all right here, if you want to take a peek By bending stories of my greatest deeds I won the favour of all small-minded kings I became a demigod and ascended all their thrones Metamorphosized the kingdom and left me to reign all alone Showing her face, to the ones I opposed With this defense my power rose My wing-ed sandals, they carried me home Turned them all... into stone Oh I'll never forget and I know what I've seen a petrified horizon, my cobra-headed queen Your future seems so bleak I've got it all right here, if you want to take a little peek I purvey my estate I tip my crown My granite Bourgeoisie God, what have I done? Oh I'll never forget and I know what I've seen a petrified horizon, my cobra-headed queen Your future seems so bleak I've got it all right here, if you want to take a little peek
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Castaway 02:12
It all went wrong when I hit the ground and I know that I never will be found but I can't take another day sick of being a castaway I remember it like yesterday although it's been so long the way my freighter struggled as I guided her for home from stem to stern she shuddered, torque cracked bulkheads left and right and worry crept up on me as I realized my plight Hanging high in the methane sky is the taunting shape Stranded in the gaze of Saturn All alone and I'm far from home with no one to turn Stranded in the murk of Titan Klaxons started blazing when the ramjets exploded Systems started failing as their circuits corroded From stem to stern she shuddered as she crashed late in the night and worry crept up on me as I realized my plight Look to the sky as I wait to die, could this be the end Stranded in the gaze of Saturn All alone and I'm far from home with no one to turn Stranded in the murk of Titan So now I cry as I realize that I can't get home My private tomb this moon of Saturn (It all went wrong)
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Wishin 03:52
I wish I was a robot I wish that I could fly Made out of titanium So I could never die Wish I was superhuman With the X-Ray eyes So I could read people Maybe just their minds but what I really wish... I wish I was a spaceman Out among the stars Playing in the nebula Dancing through quasars I wish I was a zombie Wish I felt no pain A stinking mass of rotting flesh trying to eat your brain but what I really wish... Dreams are for dreamers, friend, and that's what I am I'll keep on dreaming, that is my plan I know nothing will come of it, I know it's all for naught but if I have to live on this rock, I'll keep my mind off I'm wishing all my wishes could come true I'm wishing that I could be just like you If only you could be just like me to Well then I guess we could wish away these wicked blues
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Dusty Trails 03:49
The sun was hanging low The sky was burning orange Horizon was quiet and peaceful under a flight of crows The river was frozen, yeah, and the fields were still The only road out of town had me bent to its will. I'm moving on again, so farewell my friend Road plunging darker into a no-man's land The comforts of home are a-callin' but they cannot be had The night air was frozen, yeah, something moved in the trees Pick up the pace, man, don't let the shadows deceive I'm moving on again, so farewell my friend It's time to pack all belongings It's time to head for the hills It's time to hack away at all these roots that have been fanning out It's time to burn up the atlas It's time to smother the stars It's time to get good and lost and work at finding yourself again These dusty trails, criss-crossing like a spider's web These dusty trails, leading us on and on and on The future was frightening and a nightmarish past Forever coming and going taking no time to look back The road's ever winding Opportunity at every bend No time for resting if I want to live to see the end I'm moving on again, so farewell my friend
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The will of god, becomes the will of man My project envied from all the lands Surpass the age of cloning, in my labs Master regeneration without scabs Cold cold night in the sun of day Chain chain chains I’m breaking you away In my minds eye, enormous, a freak Burning off their drugs, I plot their defeat Controlling genius from all the lands Creation of life is at my command My hands have healed, my hands have led I’ve walked the path others fear to tread Cold cold night in the sun of day Chain chain chains I’m breaking you away My minds all clear, immune to their drugs I am to escape and live in the sun My soul wants to know its maker, baby My team is ready, my team I trust All systems active, creation now commences Creation comes, but at what expense? We should have buried it away We should have expected to pay We should have not, god must have known… We must contain it! Those of them which lived will deny the facts I was their leader, now I’m in their pack My vision altered, distorted with greed Now I’m the monster, alive, and free What we created, my vision conceived Regeneration, life anew, mutation unforeseen Making haste, reign in the Prometheus Controlling it, before it controls us! Cold cold night in the sun of day Chain chain chains I’m breaking you away My minds at ease, amidst all these trees Deep in the amazon surrounded by leaves My soul wants to know its maker, baby My team is ready, my team I trust All systems active, creation now commences Creation comes, but at what expense?
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the frigid wind in the mountains was their vengeance carried on high rolling tremors in the valleys betrayed the gravity of their lie Oh, patience! A plan two years in the making the excitement, the thrill as this vengeance builds Oh, patience! A plan two years in the making the excitement, the thrill, there will be repercussions they reconvened in a dark lit courtyard forty-seven swords honed true the leader standing proud in battle dress a master of jujitsu archers sent to rooftops, guards are tied up to the back he leads with a grin sounds of the heavens unloading masked the impending slaughter within Oh, patience! A plan two years in the making the excitement, the thrill as this vengeance builds Oh, patience! A plan two years in the making the excitement, the thrill, there will be repercussions blocking the exits two teams went forth sparing all women and children for whatever that’s worth they cornered their quarry and addressed him with regal flair then gave a slight bow and raised a blade up in the air... ...and the blade was brought down! blocking the exits two teams went forth sparing all women and children for whatever that’s worth they cornered their quarry and addressed him with regal flair then gave a slight bow and raised a blade up in the air... Oh, patience! A plan two years in the making the excitement, the thrill as this vengeance builds Oh, patience! A plan two years in the making the excitement, the thrill, there will be repercussions forty-seven swords forty-seven men forty-seven swords forty-seven men forty-seven swords forty-seven men revenge can taste so sweet
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Blue Sky 04:08
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was it the sun that was shining? maybe it was a star? you know, maybe a movie queen, spilling out of a car? it could have been a comet, or a plane crashing down... it could have been an explosion, from the center of town. Well i think... i think there's gonna... i think there's gonna be… a riot! well i couldn’t care less, it was ridiculous bright i forced my hands into hard lumps, i was ready to fight all at once pavement flowing, like a human tidal wave Barreling towards me, like the end of days Well i think... i think there's gonna... i think there's gonna be… a riot! bombs are going off and riot cops are spilling out they’re coagulating in the bleeding streets plastic shields throwing off reflections from the fire oblivious to broken windows, broken limbs, and broken dreams my vision’s doubled and my brain is throwing fits of laughter was it the sky that was falling? possibly debris from above? you know, maybe a building, helped by a massive shove? it could have been an effigy, being torn all apart. it could have been a bullet, that tore at my heart Well i think... i think there's gonna... i think there's gonna be… a riot!
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8 feet tall and dead as a door nail, the congress was cowering in fear his stovepipe cast quite a shadow, and so it's been for forty odd years none could call him a bad man, not a devil, a beast, or a brute as a matter of fact he was a great man, feasting on the blood of truth twisting his beard with his crooked hands shaping our fate with his mighty fangs oh silly assassin no bullet will do a wooden stake is more like it you gotta ram on it through his affliction came to notice, late on a Good-Friday night and once the truth was known, there were no more secrets to hide he rode around with his fangs hanging out, and collected an impressive brood he had all of washington a'flutter doin' all he had to do oh silly assassin, no bullet will do vampire Lincoln is immortal what could you ever do? deep in the woods of Kentucky or maybe Illinois a terrible gift was delivered, to such an awkward boy and the boy grew old but he would never die never die every man suddenly set equal, by being so much better than them and everyone stopped all of the fighting, and an era of peace had begun yet he kept right on politicking, elected again and again he was still only the president, and not our undead king

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Kyle Childers - Guitar.
Jason Craig - Drums.
Jason Luchka - Bass. Backing Vocals. Micromoog. Guitar.
Keith Luchka - Guitar.
Shaun Yanovich - Vocals.

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released December 10, 2011

Recorded November 2010 - June 2011 at Bad Back Studios in Cleveland Ohio. Engineered, mixed, and mastered by Dave Johnson.

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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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