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Shore to Shore

by Spirit and Dust

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1.
"This being human is a guest house. Every morning a new arrival. A joy, a depression, a meanness, some momentary awareness comes as an unexpected visitor. Welcome and entertain them all! Even if they're a crowd of sorrows, who violently sweep your house empty of its furniture, still, treat each guest honorably. He may be clearing you out for some new delight. The dark thought, the shame, the malice, meet them at the door laughing, and invite them in. Be grateful for whoever comes, because each has been sent as a guide from beyond."
2.
Father Time 05:04
It's quite now white leaves are falling I don't dare question how Do you feel the breath of death so near? It's neither cold, nor clammy I thought I'd hide in the dark but I found you were as hidden as I To my surprise, in the light I found life in my own willingness to die I thought I'd check on Father Time and seek out His advice but through watching a watch I found out he is the voyeur, not I
3.
Two Windows 04:08
There's two windows in my room but two of them are closed I'm afraid of being exposed What's a home anyway? In many beds I've lain Nothing is mine The higher the branch, the longer the plummet One year or a thousand, it's still just a moment Oh, a life of borrowed time: the sum of my past lives I would pay to cut it out What a feeling to lose it all how I got here I cannot recall It was a matter of time The smaller the casket, the sadder the story The longer you live, the more you get boring
4.
Lonesome 02:36
Do you think of me? Well, I pretend you do I haven't heard from you but I don't mind I write you letters I write you songs Although I choke on words, I know you hear me I rid myself of all things that don't allow me to be free I rid myself of all things that don't allow me to be free And I hope you've been doing the same Yeah, I hope you've been doing the same Your picture is framed, I know you feel me
5.
Oh shit, I'm doing it again cutting off my hands and limbs and I wish to lay within but I can't seem to find it Broad Street has so many colors but they all seem to dim well, we have something in common Do they war with themselves too? Well I thought I could hide by pleasing everyone in sight but I have lost the light I have lost my mind I have got no guidance as to what's wrong and right but you can't play a prairie-dog who is pawn to both sides I just want to find me someday i just want to find me someday Oh shit, I'm doing it again cutting off my hands and limbs
6.
Well, it's been three months While all the time passes, I've been shuffling around You know April 11th has been on my mind I'm waiting for the time to pass It has been a long walk home but I think I'm going to stay Now I got to go to court there have been some things I can't afford It just keeps adding up each day There's been some lessons I've forgotten and some others I've unlearned But I am finding the way It has been a long walk home But I think I'm going to stay
7.
I am heading to the place where I've been learning how to live each one of us we come as we are The truth is in our faces we are putting ourselves out there for all of these strangers to see And although I haven't shared they know my story's quite the same I've got so much to say, but I've been hiding And they say, "Come, come back it helps" And I nod, but I know that I can't leave "Come, come back it helps. We know what happens when you leave." I'm trying to reconcile my mind because some shit ain't sitting right And I am wondering how the hell that I got here We are sitting side by side and I swear the room divides Well, these walls they were built to set us free And they say, "Come, come back it helps" And I nod, but I know that I can't leave "Come, come back it helps. We know what happens when you leave." I know that I can't I know that I can't I know that I can't leave "Come, come back it helps. We know what happens when you leave."
8.
Through the window I can see a flashing of lights in what seemed to be the end of a life Ghost looked so confident in the dark and hollow night Where a light shined once more, a breath was restored I have stared right through a Ghost; the Ghost did not look back On the floor, innocent no more.... Get up! Let's do what we do! Let's do what we do! Get up! Let's do what we do! Let's do what we do! No answer, just silence filling the place where daydreams and innocence had been lost with our faith the Ghost did not look back the Ghost did not look back the Ghost did not look back the Ghost did not look back
9.
Your stories they tell a coming of age and I could listen all day All day It's the struggle of your understanding not the struggle you understand Understand It's as strange as a feeling when death comes to say that the ones whom you love must be on their way And I can't for the life of me quite understand what I am feeling or where I stand I am trying to change trying to feel well its like (changing) iron into steel And looking back now I can see all the things and people that got me here I can see in the mountains and valleys and rains that wash away life to leave us remains of a life not quite lived still i feel it's a shame that some people really need a little rain and I've needed a little rain.... There are mountains and valleys and trees and the rain washes away life that need not remain
10.
There's a light in the darker things no evil could erase as too exists a streak of black in any halo There's a light that's within and it never leaves It doesn't matter if you can't see it it never leaves Light, won't you carry me home? The time of the universe it never stops It ticks and it tocks, and we all watch from the time of birth to the time of death fear of the next breath sees no rest Time, won't you leave me alone? Light, won't you carry me home? There's a light in the darker things no evil could erase as too exists a halo in any shadow
11.
Sky, are you aware of the land beneath my feet? Oh, neither am I This moment it exists as another's time Oh, nothing is mine Nothing is mine Everywhere I go, I meet myself We are on the clock, but it's another's watch Nature is a fall I have sold some dreams, worth a life a piece Mother, do you know where it is I've been Oh, neither do I Neither do I Everywhere I go, I meet myself Everywhere I go, I meet myself Everywhere I go, I meet myself Everywhere I go, I meet myself

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Shore to Shore is a story about two people who-- in the heat of life-- have fallen apart. The story is from the perspective of one individual who at first struggles to find solace but eventually is able to gain a perspective shift, realizing that when things get heavy, you have to make them lighter; a journey towards the other shore. Become a living anachronism as your journey takes you to fantastical new places!


-Recorded and mixed by Doug Raus at Brighton Sound Studios in North Wales, PA
-Mastered by Jeff Hiatt at Turtle Studios in Philadelphia, PA
-Produced by Spirit and Dust and Doug Raus
-Additional recording done by Kristen Sylvester and Jesse Kennedy at Marston Street in Philadelphia, PA, and Kevin Killen in Mt. Airy, Philadelphia
-Photography by Jesse Kennedy
-CD Design by Snakes Will Eat You
-All songs written by Kristen Sylvester, except Track 1 written by Rumi ("The Guest House"), translation by Coleman Barks

© Spirit and Dust 2013

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released February 23, 2013

Kristen Sylvester- acoustic guitar, piano, vocals
Jesse Kennedy- electric guitar, acoustic guitar, vocals
John Romberger- bass
Eric Dorr- trumpet, vocals
Dan Goldstein- trumpet, piano, vocals
Joseph Veltri- drums, auxiliary percussion

Kevin Killen- arrangement and performance of "From the Beginning"

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