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Ocean Pines

by Pompeii Graffiti

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David Bloom is on the edge again He’s going off his meds He says nothing feels right Tried to check into a hospital All the beds were full No dice this time of night We’ve got no space for you We’ll show you to the door Good luck in Baltimore Kinda weird but friendly music guy Till his mother died And his world fell apart Some friends tried to keep him off the streets Gave him a couch to sleep on And rides downtown Two demons collude in his brain He can’t keep them at bay They come out this time of night They’ve got a plan for you Kick down the bedroom door Two dead in Baltimore
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Observer 04:12
I am just an observer On the board In which I appear Nothing to see here Just me spinning around spinning around I know that I’m a deserter I can leave with no remorse There’s no way to be here Without letting you down Letting you down letting you down How would you notice how would you know I am in no rush to say hello Moving the pieces smiles for show This house is just a museum Of our time stuck living inside How could I stay here Without burning it down, burning it down Im not content to just stay here In this maze in which I was placed Nothing to talk about There’s me burning it down burning it down
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Synth Jamb 05:05
You say your life’s a wreck You can’t change it now Well it’s too late so why bother So you stay in bed pull up the sheets Shut out the world don’t offer Now you don’t wanna do all the things that you love the most And I’m biting my tongue cuz you’re being so bellicose I try to help you But words aren’t enough You drink alone You’re losing touch with everyone that you hold dear You put it off til it’s all too much You’re sinking in past your ears They pick you up just to let you down They lift you up but where are they now? One moment it’s all smiles the next it’s tears and frowns I can’t predict your mood still I offer Yeah let’s head downtown go for a walk Gotta catch em all try harder You got your head in the sand and too much time on your hands You been thinking too much I got my head in the clouds making plans so profound Why don’t you be the judge I know what you’re thinking And I can relate You feel as though you’re all alone How could they understand Don’t see the point in forging on While chemicals bind your hands They pick you up just to let you down They lift you up but where are they now? To take your place, what I would do To ease your pain Well I would take your place What I would do to bare your pain Your pain Your light will shine through Your hopes will bare fruit Your words will ring true Your light will shine through
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Our thoughts and prayers go out To all of the victim’s families Nothing could have been done To prevent this sort of tragedy That plays out with such frequency It happens almost weekly Nothing they tell you is the truth Unless we say it is This doublespeaking serpent’s tongue Gaslight is flickering Go get yourself a firearm Cuz you’re the good guy with a gun Sir if you come back here We will be forced to call security And if you look at me the wrong way We will escort you from the building Stop resisting Won’t you pretty please stop resisting? Well he was resisting that’s why we smashed his ugly face in His stupid liberal snowflake face in How you like me now? Our fists raised To the people in control They don’t care what happens to you As long as the donors Foot the bill How dare you use this incident To promote your agenda? What kind of hypocrite Would use that sort of rhetoric? They stole it from of our playbook It’s almost laughable How easy to deceive them Our base will handle it And blame it on an immigrant Just put it on the internet There’s no such thing as a white male terrorist Ma’am if you don’t shut up We will be forced to call security And if you take that tone with me now We will escort you from the building Stop resisting won’t you pretty please stop resisting? She was resisting that’s why we dragged her from her wheelchair And stripped her of her healthcare All for a taxcut for some billionaire Stop resisting, crack open an ice-cold Pepsi Cola It helps digest the lies we sold ya Enjoy an ice-cold Pepsi Cola on the house One more time for the people in the back You don’t think it could happen to you? Cuz you are such a model citizen Your thoughts and prayers don’t mean a thing Your thoughts and prayers won’t raise the dead Your thoughts and prayers Your thoughts and prayers Don’t mean a thing They don’t mean a thing To all the dead To all the dead It don’t mean a thing It don’t mean a thing Just empty words To all the dead
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I seldom talk about The ways in which you shut me out There’s nothing to concede There’s no need to apologize I always fixate on The thoughts that you won’t dare reveal I’m not your enemy You can confide in me Your deepest and darkest secrets Stomp and shout and beat your chest You kick and scream still you can’t seem to shake The feeling you’re falling faster it’s the Embers flying that force you to ignite Force you to ignite Keep it all inside you Don’t Say Don’t Say Keep it all inside you Don’t Tell Don’t tell anyone Stomp and shout and beat your chest You kick and scream still you can’t seem to shake The feeling you’re falling faster now you’re kicking up Embers the embers around you Cause you to come alive To come alive Ok one two skip a few I guess we’ll call it even Even if you don’t Well even if you Don’t think you’ll survive All those sycophants Burning you alive While they ballroom dance away (Promenade!) “Look out for number one” they say “Are we still having fun? Today is the last time you can course correct Or keep your nose pointed at the ground Divebomb and eject” (Bombs away!) “Keep those pathetic thoughts at bay Just close your eyes real tight and say I can see so I refuse to believe you I can see so I refuse to believe You”

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Recorded mostly in the "Cabin in the woods near the beach" in Ocean Pines, MD in the summer of 2017.

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released March 9, 2022

Ahren Buchheister - Guitar, Vocals, Pedal Steel, Wurlitzer, Violin, Bass, 5, 7, 9), Composer

Erin Snedecor - Cello, Vocals, Composer

Robin Eckman - Drums

Tyler Grimsley - Bass

Andrew Clark - Organ, Moog Synthesizer

Additional Personnel:

Larry Byrne - Baritone Sax
Sandy Choi - Violin
Troy Everett - Viola
Jude Grimsley - Vocals (4)
Seth Kibel - Tenor Sax
Jesse Kirchner - Bass (9)

Observer lyrics by Erin Snedecor
Divebomb, Eject lyrics by Ahren Buchheister and Erin Snedecor

Additional composition/inspiration:

Anna Engle - Bass Riff (Good Luck in Baltimore)
Glenn Hanner - Synth Riff (Synth Jamb)

Recorded by Ahren Buchheister at the beach house in Ocean Pines, MD

String quartets recorded by David Earl at Severn Sound Studio Annapolis, MD

Mixed by J. Robbins at Magpie Cage Studio in Baltimore, MD

Thoughts and Prayers mixed by Dave Schiffman

Divebomb, Eject mixed by Ahren Buchheister and J. Robbins

Mastered by Mike Monseur at Axis Audio, Nashville.

Photography by Mark Peria

Cover Design and Layout by Emory Hensley

Special thanks to:
Matt Dixon, Mark Peria, Shea Springer, Frank Marchand, Bonni Lloyd, Helene Boyle, Jim Boyle, Joe Karr, Bevin Buchheister, Will Moyer, Selena Benally, Brian Moran, Rivka Buchanan, Gary Wright, Nick Bertling, Patrick Frank, Lee Chapman, Stephen Antonelli.

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Formed by dorky kids in high school marching band. Still dorky kids.

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