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Mountain House

by Adirondack Whaling Company

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1.
Emilie 04:11
I’m too small for this place I need my own time I need my own space I ran myself out of this race God I feel the landscape slipping away I can feel the motion of my soul I can feel it all Trains were made to take the heat But the trees are on fire and I'm dying in heat Everybody's eyes trying to take my seat But I can't stand to shoot the breeze I met a girl named Emilie, she sat with me across the summer sea Now I can’t stop the trees from dying Shot by the breeze and so I say So long, so long Every object is out of my reach, I’m Tantalus trying to make that breach I’m dying on a pair of two fast feet, everybody knows I’m dying in heat I gotta see Emilie, Mama's screaming for me, but I'm shutting out her screams Tell my mom to stop her crying, just shoot the breeze when I'm gone and I say So long, so long, so long, so long How could I have known what you wanted Should have seen me come in uninvited Slipped out of my home, lost and hunted Don’t see colors, no, I just see heartache Mother brings the match, brings the candles Sister puts my picture on the mantle Ghosts and cymbals strike out of order Children born from dirt can’t be soldiers Leaves on fire, I'm shooting the breeze I am on fire, but Mama's on her kneeze Please take me, oh Emilie, I'm leaving on the breeze Please take me, I'm leaving for So long, so long
2.
Turn to Flee 01:34
Turn to flee, be nice to me, elucidate my deity Speak in words or otherwise Which satellite to ears and eyes Will you devise, in time? I’ve been holstered by your hand Like packet seeds spread across the land Oh Which incision to open wide What comes out goes inside This surgery lacks text context It's a text it's a text it's a text easy Me the doctor, you the nurse Hand me tools, from your cosmic purse Me the patient, you the grail Me the groom, and you the veil
3.
She-wolf waits for the call Versus dog versus wind rescue them all From starving winter’s hand the human lifts us on A number, somewhere with the money you have lost Douse it, oh fire made you worth more than you cost It's just water wasted on the waning moon Don’t you come to change my wonder Slipping under mine Don’t you need to cry at thunder Slipping under mine I'm left wanting a reason for your call Verses, oh, tide wave versus the wall Depreciate the value of our love And let me go Bolting out the house, bolting past the fences Truth is I'm alone, truth is I'm defenseless Sheep in my own clothes, truth is I'm defenseless Mentors caught and pressed on tape Curses breaking children trying to escape Just open up the flap and have a laugh At what’s at stake Don’t you need to change my wonder Slipping under mine Don’t you need to cry at thunder Slipping under mine
4.
Mountain house on broken stone Listen low and hear the groans We are beasts of blood and bone, Together die but born alone Mountain house sing out sing loud Mountain house stand tall stand proud One day sun will part the clouds Wait for sun to lift the shroud We sing the song of the man who ran Harpooned a babe and starved the land Instead of facing hell at home He broke the house and now he roams We won't starve Call leviathan in our arms Fall from ocean in the sky I scrape the ground and don't ask why
5.
Alone 04:00
You inside is all I need From outside lamplight bleeds Your fingers lift me when I lie You’re all I need so please don’t hide You’re so quiet I talk some You’re not listening so I hum The contents of this house have blown away Just you me and the walls are here to stay I swear we're the only one's home I swear we're in the house alone I move closer you stay still I manufacture time to kill Stumble down the basement steps (it's a stumble, a little stumble) Press the lock and make amends Pull the board games off the shelf (let them tumble, let them tumble) Smash the clocks and smash yourself (you can tumble, you can tumble) I thought we’re the only ones home I thought that we were in this house alone We’re not moving but the hardwood groans There’s someone here and you’ve always known You’ve always known It's house, it's a-hidden it's a house gone Can't take it, it's a house gone I was wrong, and you knew it all along I was wrong
6.
Mr. Bird steps into the void alone Wife and baby at home, his face is stone Curly trees sink deep into the muddy soil Mr. Bird shuffles past him on his mortal toil Dreams every night of the same thing The pines crack and the loved ones sing Big baby bursting through the noonday clouds Mountains curve and making sunlight loud Low moans and groans, where is your mother, child Long journey before, journey ahead looking wild Dreams every night of the same thing The pines crack and the loved ones sing Summer thunder, sheets of rain Reflecting radar waves Wait for the songs of the mother Dreams every night of the same thing The pines crack and the loved ones sing

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The Adirondack Whaling Company relates the rich mythology of a culture of people who struggled for survival in a harsh but beautiful landscape. "Mountain House" is The Company's sophomore effort, an album comprising an uninterrupted auditory journey through an ancient, forgotten land to a withering, crumbling portal to salvation. We invite you to visit our website at ADKWhaling.com to follow along with both the visual and textual album content and join us in this great multi-media adventure.

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released March 14, 2016

Jack Lavigne - Vocals, Percussion
Connor Armbruster - Vocals, Violin, Guitar, Percussion
Jeremie Inhaber - Piano, Percussion, Recording, Mixing, Production
Ben Miller - Mastering

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