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Always, Forward Motion

by Slow To Speak

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1.
A Man's Word 04:13
You kept it all to yourself Every emotion You've broken this home now a vessel that carries no guilt For the lives that you've stolen Of family and friends who've beared your mistakes through the years And now we have chosen To abandon your cause, it's gone on too long You were a mannequin clothed in lies I swore your voice wouldn't lead me down this time You taught me to stand as a man On my own two feet again Now you're on your knees and breaking Scared to admit the promises you failed to keep. I wish this wasn't how things ended A shell of the man that you taught me to be There you lay bruised and bloodied Never to know what true love really means You lied, cheated, disguised Your albatross heart Your hollow, dead eyes. You stole my last breath I hope that it makes you better in the end.
2.
Vitals 06:04
Cover your face Cover your shame From the onlookers' eyes They know what you hide. Lock me up inside this cage Haven't seen the sun in several days Keeping tabs on my pace What a shame how our love has lost the way You keep me locked inside your castle where the view stays the same I can't believe with each passing day You get away with the crimes you commit every day. Oh, wanderer your soul is mine for the taking. Oh, vagabond your words have brought on this ending. You crept inside with ideas from your heart You're enjoying every second, I've been dying from the start Every minute moving faster and we couldn't seem to stop But I was gasping for forever playing every part They say love will last forever, so what was given up If we can't see past or remember what it was. You're fighting battles where the war's already lost You're climbing ladders where the rungs are falling off This won't hold together even though you'll already be lost One chance at forever, now that you had it it's gone.
3.
Breathe in and feel the light. Forcing waves of heat inside. It's a passion, a flame that burns alive. Illuminations grow until it's time to let it go. An ember remains, the softest light. Peeking through the ash of what once was. With every glow I see the shadows of a passing life They beg to be relieved and scream for second chance. They say "know what you hold dearly. Know that it won't last. So wake up and live life." If all good things must end, I'll make sure not to regret, not to forget, not to overlook them. Look back on all the things in life that I love. And cherish every memory. Look back on the things that we made. We never got things right, there was always something missing. And though the heart was there, it just was never enough without the spark to get things started. So don't look back, don't look back. Go and chase your dreams with everything you have. And save yourself the weight of wondering what was lost. Keep in mind the grace you're given. Keep in mind the life you're living. If all good things must end, I'll make sure I'll make sure. If all good things must end, I'll make sure not to regret, not to forget, not to overlook them. Look back on all the things in life that I love. And cherish every memory. Look back on the things that we made.
4.
Hollow Eyes 04:55
We all have demons we keep locked away Out of sight and out of mind where they can't touch us. Night after night we feel their hollow eyes Peeking through cracks they find behind closed doors. Such an easy thing to say, "I never would, I never could" But after so much time averting eyes it's hard to see things clear. So let the skin fall off to see what lies beneath And let regrets fade away. We'll see what's left of these Demons we keep locked away Out of sight and out of mind where they can't touch us. Night after night we feel their hollow eyes Sink into our minds where dreams just will not come. I used to think of myself as a shameful person a fickle friend and even worse a lover but when I put the space between my pride and all of my regrets, It's not mistakes that make us shameful, but the lack of will to change. If we can't change our past, we'll make a better future. We've made mistakes. We've passed our mark. We're overdue, but we can still make it through.
5.
Giants 06:48
Lyrics: Erase it all and start again Another outline seeking color to fulfill and bring to life These empty lines that we have drawn But until now we never had the means to finish what we started Now we see everything That all this time was right before our eyes And all we had to do was bring it to the light If we have seen anything more Than those who've come before us It's not without a guiding hand That we have persevered And our eyes would endlessly observe The images, serene Captured in glass, stained in our eyes Forever we see For just a moment, Drop all of your pride And see the ones who raised you up Who raised you up so high We built this empire not alone With the strength of those who helped carry the weight Though our legs can only journey so far, Our voices carry on And on, and on, and on Now that we've seen what life can offer us from such great heights Our eager eyes indulge Our only fear we have to carry here inside our minds Is ever looking down I'm scared of the fall I'm scared after all This weight is hanging over me I can't stop the pressure from building on top of me On top of me Oohhh......
6.
Its what you've always wanted The roots inside your organs The air inside your chest The road lays where you heart is. (Woah) The life you've always wanted will slowly pass you by the more you sleep (Woah) So gather all your courage, move forward through the wind and the trees (Woah) The wait was always worth it for beauty that you never could perceive (Woah) Don't let the views of others stop you from fulfilling all your dreams Don't hold your breath It never got you anywhere Let out regrets As the sun warms the air around you And the Earth's axis spins for anew The trees bend their arms to the sky I swear I've never been so alive As the air finds its way out my lungs A chorus of sound from above The cracks of my feet watch the waves Of the pavement that marks out way I'm feeling constrained I've never felt content in one place And the wind softly whispers my name I feel it's current calling me away And home is a place thats never held one name And I long for the day when I feel the ocean's breath on my face (Go west young man) The horizon line is beckoning as current pulls you out further to sea (Go west young man) The waves will pull you further than your eyes could ever see (Go west young man) The sun will bring you balance and turn your spark inside into a flame (Go west young man) The wind is always rushing and secretly forcing your way Go west young man.

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The debut EP, "Always, Forward Motion" from Slow To Speak.

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released November 11, 2014

All songs written, arranged, and performed by Slow To Speak.
Saxophone on "Giants" performed by Trevor Mick.
Mixed, mastered, and engineered by Steve Perrino of SP Productions.

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Slow To Speak Cleveland, Ohio

A group of friends seeking to deliver heartfelt music that appeals to wide range of audiences while ultimately writing to express the inner workings of their minds.

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