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Scream 3:250:00/3:25
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The Smile Beside You 3:120:00/3:12
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Dime Eyes 2:530:00/2:53
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0:00/3:51
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Doom Is a Flower 2:270:00/2:27
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Sick with Love 3:560:00/3:56
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Kairos 3:000:00/3:00
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Love Falls Like Snow 5:410:00/5:41
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Love What You Made 3:140:00/3:14
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Siren 4:390:00/4:39
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Acolyte 4:550:00/4:55
North by Nowhere (2006)
TRACK LIST
1. Blind
2. Deeper
3. Free Tonight
4. When Machines Eat
5. Ham Fisted
6. Run Girl Run
7. Seven Ways to Say Muffler
8. All My Life
9. Acolyte
10. Boomerang
11. Keep On
CREDITS
Mary Beth Kite, vocals; Matt Kite, music, vocals, lyrics. Horns, loops, and additional percussion by Scott Ross. Produced by Scott Ross. Recorded, mixed, and mastered by Scott Ross at Elliott Bay Recording Co. (Seattle, WA). Special thanks to Bill Perez, Tommy Thew, Steve Miller, and the Cannavaro family. ©2006 Gargantuan Records/TWUBBA Music (ASCAP).
REVIEWS
"Born in 1993 during Seattle's vast wave of Nirvana-inspired gloom and doom, The Whole Bolivian Army strolled far from the well-worn path, opting instead for poppy hooks and flowing instrumentation. With their seventh LP, husband and wife Matt and Mary Beth Kite prove that there will always be room in our hearts for catchy pop. North by Nowhere hammers out a searing collection of simple pop ditties, their subject matter veering into love ('Deeper'), frightening anguish ('All My Life,' 'Ham Fisted'), and the quirks of the English language ('Seven Ways to Say Muffler'). With a blend of mellow electro-pop, distorted guitar, and Mary Beth's biting, bluesy vocals, the adult contemporary set will find the record appealing..."
— Katie Sauro, Seattle Sound Magazine, June 2006
Blind
all hail the power
the broken crown
streets paved with flowers
statues coming down
we couldn't see
all hail the melody
bricks and mortar
streets drowned in ecstasy
quarter by quarter
we couldn't see
all hail the desert
rivers run dry
streets littered with money
blowin' sky high
Deeper
all I am I owe half to you
all I dream I dream next to you
you are my reed
you are my reed song
you are my reed
you are my reed song
take me . . . deeper
the way the sky explodes, it burns for us
the breeze that touches our skin, it sings for us
you are my reed
you are my reed song
you are my reed
you are my reed song
take me . . . deeper
take me . . . deeper
take me -- all of me
Free Tonight
Who are you—are we—to break the best in me?
Who are you—are we—to chase it back in me?
And I'm free tonight.
I saw you fall—undone—shattered by "the One."
I knew we'd fall—undone—trying to reach the sun.
And I'm free tonight.
And I'm free tonight.
I warned you, I told you,
I can't live like this.
I hoped to, I hoped to,
escape with a kiss.
Who am I—am I—to never show you why?
I hoped you'd see—you'd see—the very best in me.
And I'm free tonight.
And I'm free tonight.
And I'm free tonight.
And I'm free tonight.
When Machines Eat
when machines eat
they eat me
when they run right
they run me
shut me down now
power down please
pull the plug on me
control alt. delete
ooh, I lost my appetite
the drool, the drain, the way they drone
ooh, I lost my memory
the meal, the meat, the way they moan
when machines eat
they eat me
when they save time
they steal it from me
shut me down now
turn me off
pull the plug on me
make it stop
ooh, I lost my appetite
the drool, the drone, the way they drain
ooh, I lost my memory
the gorge, the grind, the gulping pain
when machines eat
drown the Internet
gore the screen
blind the motherboard
disable and wean
when machines build
they build me
when they breathe in
they choke me
shut me down now
power down please
when machines eat
control alt. delete
Ham Fisted
I'm naked
these are my breasts
this is my scar
this is what's left
I'm stupid
this is my pain
these are my fists
again and again
I'm special
this is my proof
this is my faith
this must be truth
God-given
it is no wonder
I am the one
they are the other
I don't care what you're looking for
I'm no better than I was before
goose-stepping all over ground zero
mock-lighting -- he's our hero…
I'm lying
this I can see
this I can feel
this I can breathe
I'm broken
this is my plea
this is my song
this isn't me
Run Girl Run
my head hurts
I'm hungry
I miss you
feel empty
I own these lungs
I own these bones
everything I need
to carry me home
I'm not the type to stand still
I'm not the type to slow down
I'm not the type to stop
until I'm falling down
slowly it rises to me - ground
softly it whispers…
run girl run
I dream this trail
I dream these woods
everything I need
to be who I could
I'm not the type to give up
I'm not the type to slow down
I'm not the type to stop
until I'm falling down
slowly it rises to me - ground
softly it whispers…
run girl run
pick myself up
pick my feet up
Seven Ways to Say Muffler
she's wearing her muffler
her tasteful chest protector
a furry beaver stole
too lovely, her choker
let go of my neckpiece, she says
my sage-green neckerchief, she says
my broken babushka, she says
the mantle of my thief
seven ways to say muffler
All My Life
it's happening again
it's more than I can take
I wait too long to sleep
I wait too long to wake
the sun is sinking
the night is screaming
another moment slips free
all my life I've been a second behind
an hour late, a day I can't find
all my life I've been waiting for now
the chance to change, to learn somehow
the moment is here
it's everything I fear
it's only perfection
early detection
the sun is sinking
the night is screaming
another moment for me
all my life I've been a second behind
an hour late, a day I can't find
all my life I've been waiting for now
the chance to change, to learn somehow
it's happening again
but I won't give in this time
I'll meet the future here
I'll make these seconds mine
the sun is rising
the night is lifting
another moment for free
Acolyte
Here we kneel at the altar,
and listen to the faithful whisper.
They made a witch out of me, see.
You press your guilt against me,
and hope I'll relieve you again.
You made a witch out of me, see.
Not here, not now.
I can't fill your need.
Not here, not ever.
You won't spill your seed.
You stole the sun out of me,
and offered it to the priests.
They made a man out of you, too.
You found the needle in your lap,
and searched my skin for a tap.
I made a man out of you, too.
And I couldn't feel you coming.
And you-you never heard me leave.
Not here, not now.
I can't help you feed.
Not here, not ever.
You won't spill your seed.
I love the way you pray.
I love the way you kneel.
I love the way you say,
"It's time we make a deal."
I love the way you kneel.
I love the way you sin.
I love the way you steal
the truth you made from tin.
I love the way you sin.
I love the way you kneel.
I love when you begin.
"It's time we make a deal."
Boomerang
Every single day
I work the earth that strengthens me
And I don't mind
The sweat I lose
Every single day
My knees - they bind the soil to me
And I don't mind
The truth I've found
Every single night
I watch the mouths that worship you
And I don't mind
The hypocrisy
Every single night
I walk the walls that circle me
And I don't mind
The secrets they keep
All roads - they lead back
Lead back to you
All saints - they fall down
Fall down for you
I found my way back
I fell down
I fell down for you
Every thought denied
It creeps its way back into us
And I don't mind
The shadow on the ground
Every good intention
I struggle to keep a hold of it
And I don't mind
The discipline demanded
All roads - they lead back
Lead back to you
All saints - they fall down
Fall down for you
I found my way back
I fell down
I fell down for you
Let me weep
Let me sing
Let me make
My own mistakes
Let me jump
Let me land
Let me break
Whatever it takes
Every time we speak
We hear our voices echo back
And I don't mind
The boomerang effect
Every time I wake
I wonder where the hell I am
And I don't mind…
All roads - they lead back
Lead back to you
All saints - they fall down
Fall down for you
I found my way back
I fell down
I fell down for you
Keep On
There's nothing that says
We have to keep going
There's nothing to keep us from stopping
There's nobody here
Nobody listening
Nobody to hold a candle
But we keep on
And we keep on
And we keep on
Looking
For the sky to open up
For the rain to cover us
For the sun to burn us clean
For the wind to break us free
There's nothing that says
We have to make good
There's nothing that says we're finished
There's nobody here
Nobody listening
Nobody to hold us up
I know to close my eyes and ears to you
To crack in half the things you do to me
I know to keep my head above the mud
To speak the truth and hold it here to see
I know, I know, I know, I know
There's only so much
That we can do ourselves
There's only so much we can feel
There's nobody here
Nobody listening
Nobody to hide behind