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L'Appel Du Vide

by Wild Amphora

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1.
Kesh 05:17
Kesh (Lyrics- Peterson) Crawl in the cage Get locked up and be free To grow and show your beauty But under what a dim light Born of a seed Sown in captivity Your voice is choked by the same dirt By which it is nourished While you lie in wait For a chance to break free of your chains You know you won’t see the sunlight Til your rose digs out of your own grave I heard your voice Coming clean through the radio Your so-called swan song sung By a canary It’s not a secret if nobody listens It’s not a secret if nobody cares They’re unaware It’s not a secret if no one believes you It’s not a secret if nobody cares They’re unaware
2.
Shouted Down 06:23
Shouted Down (Lyrics- Peterson) The room smells of saturation The party guests complain The wines reek of maturation The gripes are overly strained But there’s one man drinking it all in While the rest are spewing swill Someone needs to relieve the pressure And he knows no one else will His life’s an open book But he won’t turn the pages He employs a labored mind Paying minimum wages I’m sick of losing my voice Buried in the white noise I’m getting lost in the sound Drowned out in the background To cause a scene You just need to scream Craning necks to see who shouted The party guests aroused Notice the room feels a bit more crowded With the grievances espoused With one voice over another A murmur builds to a din She moves across to the defeated man Once again suffocating His life’s an open book But she turns the pages She extends a labored hand Raking in petty wages I’m sick of losing my voice I’m getting stuck in the sound
3.
Flyover 08:47
Flyover (Lyrics- Trelstad) Maybe the wind will slow some more so I can catch my breath. This white out and black ice paint the Midwest. Waiting for spring for half a year for just a glimpse of sun. This windchill, I can’t feel my face. Freeway is frozen. Sun dogs and hoar frost, still blinded looking down. Dead air of nowhere, break ice to hear the sound. Don’t sleep on Dakotas. Take me to when my hands were warm and didn’t feel depressed. The same thing year after year, the upper Midwest. Just wait for the northern lights, watch your breath and feel the air. Take a drive through a tundra night, white knuckles facing fear. Don’t sleep on Dakotas. No service and the straightened roads, flyover. We’re still here. Flyover.
4.
Widowmaker 05:27
Widowmaker (Lyrics- Trelstad) Drop my lungs and crack the chest I’m falling Ice my heart and hope to live Heparin Widowmaker Hook me up, go on pump Oxygen Better free the IMA Conduit Widowmaker Take my veins, sew them in Saphenous in sequence Warm me up, bring me back Protamine
5.
Strangers 05:50
Strangers (Lyrics- Peterson) See you across the room My gaze focuses on A life so far away Uncrossing my arms I approach you There’s trust in your eyes Your smile uncompromised Have we met I don’t know yet Since when did you start talking to strangers Throwing caution to the wind You pull the chain and let me in Since when were you disregarding your instincts You act like you’ve never been hurt Haven’t we all Didn’t your mother teach you right? I’ve learned and lost so much since that night Who would’ve surmised that grief never really dies? But in the distance you catch my eye That familiar face it once was mine Now all I need is time Oh do I
6.
Seasick 05:22
Seasick (Lyrics- Trelstad) Seasick, I’m overwhelmed. My head is overboard I’m not feeling well. Reel in, the tide has changed. Don’t know which way is north, the cloud’s covering. Feeling the waves swell, everything is fog as far as I can tell. Breath in, my mind’s astray. Decision making down, my heart’s sputtering. I think I know what I’m doing. I’m going down. just make it home this time. make sense of now. Silence keeps the peace, the storm I have in mind is all that I can see. Center, try to breath, the wind and waves are getting overpowering Reason. L’appel du vide. Loss of care and give in to my mind again. Never try to smile, the heart will show its teeth when you are cowering. Your body protects your heart, but nothing protects your mind.
7.
Criminal 06:22
Criminal (Lyrics- Peterson) I know my rights like they’ve been read to me But I can’t plead the fifth knowing what I’ve done One cut can bleed you out One lie can instill doubt If you’re thin skinned What makes a phone call back Feel like a heart attack? Expecting white noise It’s criminal What am I getting away with It’s criminal What have I done? I’ve lived a few lives. I’ve lived a few lives since then I’ve lived a few lives trying to gain my innocence again And now I can’t decide whether to save my pride or accept my judgement day Cuz it’s social suicide, the dumb leading the blind into the fire. I’m turning myself in. I’m turning myself into them. I’m turning myself in. I’m turning into them. You can’t come clean when it’s a dirty system. It’s criminal.
8.
Written in Chalk (Lyrics- Peterson) If you were deaf I’d sing a song about you And we’d see how much reading of my lips you do Unashamed I’d belt the verses out loud But at the chorus I would shut my mouth If you were blind I’d paint a picture of us And I’d describe the colors to you if I must I’d mention your shadow on the ground your silhouette in the stars Leave out the detail you’re in my arms What you want you don’t want ever going public And if this gets out I just might try going through with it with you There’s a lot I want to say when we talk And if it’s raining I will write it in chalk The script is perfectly composed by a patient man But if you look close it’s in a child’s hand What would you do if you were suddenly free? Would you become the person I pretend you to be? Would you come to your senses it was me all along Or have you made your mind up just to prove me wrong? What you don’t know you can’t ever hold against me And what I don’t show is a captive of my bloodshot eyes

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released May 20, 2019

Wild Amphora is:

Bobby Peterson- Guitar and Voice
Mat Trelstad- Guitar and Voice
Max Johnk- Bass
Tyler Loranger- Drums

Music composed and performed by Wild Amphora.
Lyrics by Bobby Peterson and Mat Trelstad.

Recorded and mixed by Max Johnk at KVLY Studio B and Verne Station, Dec 2018 through April 2019.
Mastered by Ryan Cofer.
Artwork by Brian Hoffman.
Physical release layout and design by Mat Trelstad.

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Wild Amphora is a Rock Band from Fargo, ND.

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