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Awake

by Shot Baker

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1.
Shift of the season shakes the corners of her mind / The darkness seductive the angel cries / Drawn toward the energy through which that darkness shines / Immersed in a secret her love runs dry / She can’t deny the beast inside / White lust is ripping tearing / She can’t deny the beast inside / I’ve been subdued for too long / Bury the beauty and the selflessness tonight / The aching enchanting she satisfies / Living the energy of the fairy tales she hides / The angel lay bloody the dying light / She can’t deny the beast inside / play in my self-destruction / She can’t deny the beast inside / Sweet summer dies I come alive / She got it –the world she hides She got it – the reckless life We’re waiting to know that she’ll be alright ‘Cause it’s loveless and it’s hungry and we’ve crossed the line
2.
Built on a mythologic way of thinking that we own it Lost touch with all that we know by trying to control it Echoes of the dead reinforce the walls around you Since the dawning of the West we haven’t grown Echoes of the dead always humming like an engine Sticking to the plan we follow ghosts Working inevitably toward destruction We will follow Just like yesterdays civilizations and tomorrow’s Echoes of the dead…
3.
Friendship 03:02
All my love is a compilation of the ones that I have grown to trust We have withstood the test of time and you’re consistently still kind The things I like about myself I feel I owe in part to everyone who has made me feel like I’m worth knowing My friend I know you’ll always be a part of me Oh the finest moments when we are in tune I’ve learned the world with you (my strength against the grain) I’ll face this life with you Hey! We’re OK! Look ahead the struggles never end I know that we’ll all end up dead Before I make my great depart just know the love’s stained on my heart And if this bond should slip away everything I’ve learned will still remain and I’ll smile sometimes when I think about you My friend I know you’ll always be a part of me And in finer moments know just why you’re close to me I’ll see you on the inside sometimes we’ll break these barriers Lost and imperfect with my friends
4.
Let It Go 03:49
You’re overwhelming What’s goin’ on behind those eyes? You’re so persistent to call yourself a friend of mine What do you really want from me? Is it acceptance is it someone you can prove your worth to You’re overwhelming I’ve had about all I can take You’re brewing anger I think it’s best you go away Take some time to look beyond yourself You’re gonna have to if you really wanna connect with me in any sort of lasting way I’m not who you want me to be And I can’t help you if you want to be some sort of savior or servant You force positioning You’ve gone about it the wrong way I’m not who you want me to be So when you see me see more than opportunity Don’t try to lead me Don’t try to make me out to be different than ordinary men Just like yourself I can feel pain and love and mass-confusion Part of this depends on you I’m not who you want me to be all I can do now is hope you will see that if the goodness in you wants to enter into me you’ve gone about it the wrong way I’m not who you want me to be It’s OK I too have been this way I’ve played that fool before I’m not disowning you Now on the other side I’ve known the fears you hide and if you want to grow let it go
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Bred to be perfectionists obedient illusionists always struggling to win Protect yourself when you step outside into the range of judging eyes that validate you as a successful human being But we’ll never win the fight to sculpt a perfect life Fuck your perfect life And we’ll always be behind when we chase a perfect life Everybody wants happiness You believe it exists when everybody is impressed Always for the gold I go I’m always putting on a show Sizing myself up with the other human beings But we’ll never win the fight to sculpt a perfect life … We’re sacrificing life to front a perfect life And we’ll always be behind when we chase a perfect life
6.
Fragile Line 02:56
When not so selfish I can better learn to touch this fragile line Between the hellish threats of things to come and fears I drag behind So I can see myself and all I have and maybe I could find that I can change things for the better in this tiny world of mine I think it’s time to be alone to sort shit out inside my head This lovely role I thought was life It isn’t going the way it was planned So I can see myself it’s not so bad and maybe I can find I can change things for the better in this tiny world of mine I think it’s time to be alone to sort shit out inside my head This TV show I labeled life is only static and madness and pain So I can see myself It’s not so bad and maybe I can find I can change things for the better in this tiny world of mine And death is banging on me I’m a steel door So unconscious of the beauty inside Open up! Open Up!! And wake up to this universe of mine And wise up to these little lies of mine And change things in this tiny world of mine
7.
Gatlin 01:20
My peers abide by the devil They serve the will of the unholy one Gatlin is cursed by the devil They’ll spill the blood for the unholy one Eighteen years of age we shall pass into his grace My peers made a pact with the devil go spill the blood for unholy one Eternal youth through the devil go spill the blood for the unholy one And so it’s said the morning of the dead the kids are splattered red with blood their parents bled Yeah something’s wrong with their heads
8.
Hit rock-bottom finally “I want to die” He told me He told me “I want it all to end What makes it worth it anyway when everything you cherish will eventually be taken from you?” Loss and wishes forced him lower than he’s ever been Reoccurring tragedy makes everything seem ugly so ugly He’d never been prepared Change would happen naturally and naturally did shine the truer colors of defining failure When he rose he saw with undisputed clarity The world he though he stood on crumbled underneath his feet and he’s hit with new truth He’s got nothing to lose this time and he feels like everything he has is everything he needs With it came changed priorities changes in importance Importance defined so differently He started living for today and loving everything he has ‘cause he knows he don’t own tomorrow Even he don’t know what’s making life so wonderful Maybe he’s realized he’ll never learn to follow you and your goals and your truth He’s got nothing to lose this time and he feels like everything he has is everything he needs He left a world that dubbed him a deadbeat and he’s very happy ignoring the rules He left a man who’s always pretending that he isn’t worthy Wonderful truth It’s his own world
9.
So Alone 01:01
Miles down in my well of sorrow the light above is barely dim I can’t tell where the fuck I’m going and I’m not impressed with where I’ve been Can’t connect with anybody to save me from this state I’m in I can’t tell where the fuck I’m going and I’m not impressed with where I’ve been I’m so alone
10.
Born, commercialized, lived under judging eyes I never felt fully worthy Devout mythology obscured my vision but I’m starting to see that there’s a world somewhere waiting for me but it’s not the one that you showed me and I know that I’m on my way I’m looking in to know god my own way I can’t cooperate I’m seeing nothing but insanity everywhere begging me to believe that as of yet I can’t afford happiness Well there’s a world somewhere waiting for me but it’s not the one that you showed me and I know that I’m on my way I wanna leave all your greed behind me Well I know I’m on my way now I’ve passed the point of no return Religion and society Your easy answers offer nothing but alienation And I do believe free from your influences I’ll finally see That there’s a world right here turning for me and it’s not the one that you showed me and it’s much more incredible than any story you’ve ever told me Well I know I’m on my way now I’ve passed the point of no return Yeah I know i'm on my way now I've passed the point of no return
11.
Awake 03:30
Being here with my surroundings Seeing all I’m looking at Evolution winking at me My face forms a smile I’m awake! In this moment And it’s all come back in focus Here am I living in it Here am I in everything Through the form Through the structure I have nothing to escape Spend so much of my time thinking Feeling like I’m under attack Overlooking the reality in front of me Wandering down so many paths I’m aware! In this moment And it’s all come back in focus Here am I living in it Here am I in everything Always been Always will be Everything is here in me Yes it is

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"Point of No Return" music video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ztuTSzM6dAI

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released June 1, 2007

Released on Underground Communique Records.

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Shot Baker Chicago, Illinois

LONG STORY SHORT: Shot Baker got together in 2002. Tony Kovacs (lead vocals), Chris Gach (drums/vocals), and John Krohn (guitar/vocals) had all been in previous punk bands around Chicago since highschool. With the addition of Nat Wright on bass, this mix of musicians has so far made for a great relationship and has created some great music. ... more

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