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Broken Black Compass EP

by Pick a Bear

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Broken Black Compass 03:58
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Until it fades away We're here to stay and you know, there's no law we must obey Some of us have been kicked Others still resist and the wall's not ready for another brick The wall's gonna fall down, as we pass through join and don't be afraid, we'll welcome you Here's the time to unite, the angry and the stuck, to get ourselves free, boy you already knew We're the sailormen, chasing life beyond the earth With the sea backing us, no one will find us dead We were sailormen, since the day of our birth And we know now, we shall go ahead Anchors aweigh Head to a new bay and our black hearts don't belong, anywhere Our black hearts won't mourn for someone left back I am not here to warn, 'bout a sudden attack It's a long way to lose your soul in this war But if you stay here they have already won and this time i'm not gonna buy all the tears you have shown and the scars you have cried My broken compass will guide me anywhere I go
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Guillotine 04:03
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When the storm seems to fade I find myself locked again With a jug around my neck and a ball and chain How could love make me come to this nightmare, feeling no pain My head is numb and I can't speak a comprehensible word I lost my mind or so they say, and what I did was so wrong But I can't really remember what is it, that I have done They say I killed my loved one, but I don't know how They say I poisoned my head with all the opium I found They say a lot of things that I can't understand, but my hands are bound Anyhow Take me, take me, take me to the guillotine As my head falls into the basket The drum will celebrate my sins Take me, take me to where I deserve to be While your melody fills my body It will behead all my dreams They chant and celebrate while I take the next step I'll be standing on the scaffold, I guess this is what you get When your mind plays tricks and the outcome isn't planned Claim for my head or my heart, or even both of them And the blade will cut my neck just from its very stem Unforgiven and forgotten, but I guess it'll end the pain
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This Ship Is Sinking 03:21
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Hold tight 'til I clean these stains I think there's something coming up through my veins Every word on your speech Hides something dark that I can't reach I have never felt so tough Tenacious feelings on my mind will break my cuffs Spent sleepless the night before I will meet you at the pub by four Nobody's counting on me anymore As opposed to my life in the old bachelor's flat I'll be dying in my treason with the only friend I know With the pint in my hand and the sorrow in my heart I'm still not ending this pub crawl No one leaves the bar until London calls Are you there yet, Innoccent? Did you start feeling the regret? All the times you've been crying I drank all those tears Let's celebrate it with another beer This is the day to get rid of your fears And I've been crying since that day Only to tell myself that I couldn't bear All this sorrow when no one hears No one's here
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Turtle Island 05:27
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It was a rainy day, when you packed and sailed away Looking up for a cure that no doctor could find But instead of it all, you could stare at your heart And watch how sorrow falls, when it comes up to art Naked in the ocean, with your chest painted red you survived to oblivion, and found the right words to say That you go, back home and all the tears the sea kept, all the life locked away will return now where they belong Laying down quiet on the sand, sky within the reach of your hand You screamed at the sun, cause it was time to get back And those who share the road, everytime that you take a walk Chanted loudly the songs, that once made us feel warm Now your eyes are wide shut, but you can see clear So pick up this backpack and let the story begin 'Cause you go, back home and all the dreams the sea kept, all your lives locked away will return now where they belong And you know, that there's no thing to fear in this shore, where your friends keep their bones and will sing all their hearts out to you
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The Train 03:22
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Since cold air came back, everything's been running fast and I can't take back the memories 'cos they only make me hurt Every leaf has lost its colour and the wind don't feel the same but november is full of meaning since I pierced my nose in pain In a month we'll all be running mad and looking for the gifts inside a shop But my emptiness will not be filled unless you take your bags and come back home I try to paint these walls again, but they resist every strike I intend to ignore your look, but I'm tired of this fight If you think that I was not enough, then I must tell you are wrong Nothing's gonna take my life back but I'll keep singin' this song Our lips, attract each other like no other thing matters in this world And even though I'm not the only one to kiss'em, I won't keep'em cold Set me free, free from pain If you leave me here, I will raise again Set me free, give me wings to break the spell Set me free, free from pain If you stay a while, keep your fears away Set me free, give me wings to break the spell Set me free from pain, and I'll leave you once again Only to be born in a moving train where the line ends in your place Set me free from pain, and I'll leave you once again All the dreams I kept, locked into your room, I am coming back someday

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released March 15, 2019

Music and lyrics by Ike D. Mustard
Artwork by Za
Recorded at Mecca Studios (September 2014)

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Pick a Bear Gray, Kentucky

This is some personal effort coming from the depths of the heart and mind. Some kind of internal revolution to the outside. It may be simple, but it is heartfelt. Pick a Bear is the solo project of Ike D. Mustard from Thanks To Losers, Beer Fisting and Jedi Pizza, deeply influenced by some people like Billy Bragg, Dave Hause, Errico Malatesta or Dennis Lyxzen. Take part in your own story. ... more

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