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Create Or Destroy

by Monsell

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Create Or Destroy 04:39
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The world's thrown right in your face, isn't it great Wait up what's your tone? Look around and within, you have the words To power yourself and others around you Surrounded by questions marks on a page Erase and replace with tones of hope Filter out convictions of chemical tongues That make you look at the sky and ask are you sure What's your reason for hate When there's love And there's joy at your door Will you help others rise Or cause pain What's your choice? Create or destroy Once upon a time there was a break Creating an impasse at the end of the Earth Was this world created upon hate? Or under the strength of one another's arms What's your reason for hate When there's love And there's peace at your door Will you help others rise Or cause pain What's your choice? Create or destroy What's your reason for hate When there's love And there's joy at your door Will you help others rise Or cause pain What's your choice? Create or destroy
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Build A Town 04:14
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My house is falling apart again Losing all its skin Forgetting everything My belle, I mean to wish you well Under the wishing well Before it slowly fell Girl, I mean to wish you well Under the wishing well Without an ounce of hell Go build yourself a town My pride is falling apart again Losing all its skin Forgetting everything My belle, I mean to wish you well Under the wishing well Without an ounce of hell Girl, I mean to wish you well Under the wishing well Cuz it slowly fell Go build yourself a town Now go and get your crown Damn roses Lamp poses Go build yourself a town But don't show me what you found
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Silent Banshee 04:44
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Lay in the lunar garden that you found Lay above phantom clouds can't see the ground Take it from me you need a little love in your life Take it from me you need a little luck on your side (Yeah) The Silent Banshee's come around She's come around to burn down your town, yeah The Silent Banshee's come around Hide yourself before you're found, yeah Her blank stares swirl with darkness and shroud your mind Her shrill screams took form of actions while I was blind Take it from me you want to show her the brightness of life Take it from me she only wants to purge the light (For that she'll fight) The Silent Banshee's come around She's come around like a dark cloud, yeah The Silent Banshee's come around Now my sunlight keeps her shadow out, yeah
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Tying The String 04:54
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Now we're American born, so you know that we're not gonna take it Try to act like a fox when I don't even want a tail Now we're weavin' and windin' on the path to find it So I'm trying to tie up the strings of us going somewhere I give up It get it Now who taught you this game cause it's full of chronic illusions Was it demons or ghosts who darkened your growing mind? Cause now we're runnin' and gunnin' around their maze sedated While I'm trying to tie up the strings of us going somewhere I give up I hear the voice of an angel saying it's not too late Now this isn't what you need I'll find you some day I hear the voice of an angel saying it's not too late She says you've learned so much keep going I'll find you some day Don't give up
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Corner 04:26
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I got reason to see the world as a bigger den Ready to peak right through a lens Everyone has a tunnel they see Doesn't change with the breeze Now I'm a reasonable man who walks on the high road Others stare to watch the flow go Two steps and you hit the pavement Get right up for a good reason Led myself, led myself into a corner, Led myself, led myself into a corner, Led myself, led myself into your corner, Led myself, led myself out of your corner I got loaded with thoughts of days on the mend One more time try not to bend Then it came to me last night While I was thinking 'bout something right We're unreasonable with out precious minds Work too hard for what we find Wake up don't just walk the line And free your binds it'll all be fine yeah Led myself, led myself into a corner, Led myself, led myself into a corner, Led myself, led myself into your corner, Led myself, led myself out of a corner Seven seven into a corner Led myself, led myself into a corner, Led myself, led myself into a corner, Led myself, led myself into a corner, Led myself, led myself out of a corner Led myself, led myself into your corner, Led myself, led myself out of a corner
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Don't Be Long (End Of The Day) 05:16
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Xenogogue, don't be long it's the end of the day How late can we stay? Until dawn, see the trees outside collecting pieces of the sun Xenogogue singing songs 'til the end of the day Brushing webs far away Through the fog, look around until I see another friendly face Set aflame the buried waste Harken the echoes without a trace Watch them listen while you pray Brush the dust away from your face Xenogogue, how long you been standing alone? All along, tell me stories of other years Are those whispers of pasts I still hear? Xenogogue, all along tell me why you're near to my heart it's a start Bring me love, the kind of love you've shown me over the years Set aflame the buried waste Harken the echoes without a trace Watch them listen while you pray Brush the dust away from your face
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Treasure 03:55
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My beautiful treasure, I love you forever The journey to find you leaves me spinning I'll find a distant glow, and find a heart of gold While in the awe of your pearly white shimmer My humble love letter, and luminous glimmer I feel the warmth from your tracks I follow The animals will sigh, I take a breath so high I hear the chirp of ever last swallow My beautiful treasure, and only forever My dreams are filled with your stunning existence The rays of bright sunshine, fill up your holy eyes The sails are cast for our lives together
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Avoid The Shutdown 03:26
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Start the shutdown In your factories Gonna make it, simmer all your worries Avoid the shutdown Make history Burn the shackles, and start your story Remember before? Should be hazy Had to fake it, set aside your worries Avoid the shutdown It's a new beginning No more shadows, are takin over your body Listen you hear something? I hear the sounds of wavering Ignite the fire that I can't light Then I'll sleep with sound tonight What a letdown Said nobody Yeah you made it, through the frantic flurry Now you're mindful Be what you wanna be Reach your hands out, and keep the town from burning Listen you hear something? I hear the sounds of wavering Ignite the fire that I can't light Then I'll sleep with sound tonight
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Block Of The Sun 04:02
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What has grown into greatness was a baby Was built in a lifetime, in a space once vacant Without the weight of one find You gotta see what's real, so you know what's a sign It's got soul That's turning into sunshine Read its wavelength And take a block of the sun A glass that's full is close to overflowing A picture of a smile to know they're faking It's a still frame, a snapshot of lost, full And ignorant minds Pay no mind to fraud Pay no mind to fraud, just watch your own Been looking around for someone to save me Now I see it's a lie, I'm the one to create me And learn what to find I've got soul That's turning into sunshine Read my wavelength And keep from blocking my sun
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Like A Fly 06:23
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A hundred eyes looking at one Holding back reflections of the sun Move your hand to swat the little bug Quick it's on your mug, just wants a little hug A generator feel the narrator Buzzing in your head that says I'll see ya later See ya later says the narrator, 'til it comes back fast to stop the generator One eye just looking at a bunch And you know that bunch just has a hunch A hunch that comes from somewhere low As each new direction has nowhere to go A generator feel the narrator Buzzing in your head that says I'll see ya later See ya later says the narrator, 'til it comes back fast to stop And I feel like a fly Fly to me Look around and through you'll see a spy A little fly who likes to try and pry Is it safe to land in your hand Or will you clamp down hard just to save your own brand A generator feel the narrator Buzzing in your head that says I'll see ya later See ya later says the narrator til it comes back fast to stop And I feel like a fly Fly to me Everybody's days and everybody's lives Sometimes it makes you feel like a fly The buzzing comes around and gets to your head Buzz around buzz around 'til you see red Got a million views with a single eye Find what makes you happy 'til the day you die And let the others go try to block them out The fly is happy just gliding around And I feel like a fly I feel like a fly So fly to me
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The Eyes 04:08
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I think I know myself, so can you throw me a bone I've learned to build thyself, but show me I'm not alone Not asking for your pity, show me someone can feel Do me a favor and just look me in the eye The ice in my brain, has slowly melted away It shattered on your lips, evaporated with pain I've had to cleanse thyself, showered down in the rain Or was I in icy hell, a grandiose maniacal plain Wonderful pictures, twisted place So many flavors of this human race Different exposures, walk our lines It's how you see it right through the eyes Follow me, follow me, to my place so far away What a day, what a day, the future doesn't look so gray Let me be, let me be, let me be what I will be Once you see, once you see I'll be there for you What was the moment? I couldn't tell No room for weapons let the guard leave the cell No more games, wish each other well What I've learned is go easy on yourself

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Create Or Destroy is Monsell's first full length album. All songs written, recorded, and produced by Coulter Monsell. Corner, Like A Fly were written in collaboration with Mason White, and Tying The String includes collaboration with Santiago Linares.

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Lyrics written by Coulter Monsell.
Artwork by Lorien Rain.

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released November 5, 2017

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Monsell was created by Coulter Monsell, who started out as a drummer when he was 14 years old. Drums have been his main instrument for many years, but when he was 18 he decided to pick up the guitar. Since then he has also started playing piano and various other electronic instruments, and built his own home studio. He since has been writing songs and is releasing his first album. ... more

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