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The End of the Beginning

by Noah Gokey

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1.
Winston 00:15
2.
Bloom 03:42
Simple pleasures fall behind Start the day united, all play Pall on display, the woman fleets his mind The oceans are divided, that way Make way, our waves will turn Your ships – collide, in Greek fire burn Until our own candle flame hits the spray Always They were former Give away No chance settlement She makes her play And all this turning ticking time Your lie to be discarded, clean slate And all the waters stretching wide Will no more be regarded, that's fate Take heed, the Sun is low Pure greed, if you wanted more, or if you staked a claim Until our candle finds a flame We've got our silly selves to blame Always They were former Give away No chance settlement She makes her play
3.
Rest – be yourself again Give up all the spin Promise to begin again Take all these things to heart Forgive them at the start Emerge from your chrysalis And all the remnants shine The natives wait in line The buy-in is all in – minimum
4.
Landlord 03:21
Come on along, without you or with, they say Some of the things you bring will be left to stay These passion marks Gamma rays through prison walls What is your thing, young man, with authority? Can't you just get in line? Let the little ones see? I've seen some things, compelled me to change my mind One is this love of greed going on all time 'Cause you're my rock and you're my soul But no on knows what it is anymore Yeah I don't know what it is anymore Ripple tide, we've arrived, wave break, they say Give up a lot, a touch, then we bring you back pay Wincing windows shutter All the paths lost 'Cause you're my rock and you're my soul But no on knows what it is anymore Yeah I don't know what it is anymore
5.
Turning Tide 00:24
6.
Perpetuate 03:52
Come on along, extremist leads with fear These things they bring you gave every right to appear Insurgency becomes screen attack And this urgency won't bring it back All the lambs will flock and line the road Waiting for the wolf to bite Little drops that fall in no man's land Dry up in the dead of night All these strange things giving me feelings I guess it's best to mind my own And walk away until the band snaps And watch, this time, escape the traps Bound and bold, the little makes the great And all this time is just thin ice to skate Bound and bold, the little makes the great And all this time is just thin ice to skate
7.
Test Batch 02:35
Rest...war weary dread Take your dose at home Waiter cannibal Fattens up the land And I will stand And they will call For each the prize is all And we'll rise up Form a groundswell Cue the watchers To deliver us from hell Make things turn out right Make them bring the bread is what the dying king had said To all the porters and the butlers in his final hours They didn't understand that simple pleasures made the man And he's no godhead Be careful who you wish to bring along With your simple siren song Because they walk along beside you To have a clear shot at your back And we're back Listen test batch Throw it in the back Give it all we got Just for a little bit An exception Read the mission To the cannon, load Watch that bubble explode Watch that bubble explode
8.
BANG! 02:19
They will come along They will find a way Riddles from Amun Or Ra, just take them away Little white lies, Paul Corporate spirit, balls Sacrificing pawns Always a fake to take the place No one's selling songs Will they come along? Will they find a way? Or stay – locked in the cellar We don't want your little bit The crumbs we're fed The man is dead We don't give a tiny shit Won't take the hit The bait you waste! Born to be forlorn Sold before the shake Nowhere left to hide The shade, just take it away We don't want your little bit The crumbs we're fed The man is dead We don't give a tiny shit Won't take the hit The bait you waste! We don't want your little bit The crumbs we're fed The man is dead We don't give one tiny shit Won't take the hit The bait you waste!
9.
10.
Oneyeman 02:05
They said darkness for the blind No one wanted to keep them in line Tested all these waters A rhythm to rhyme They don't want to give up all they got No one wanted to give up their bit of the lot If you really want to give up all you got Forget the lens, redefine, address, and start again
11.
Made to Last 03:41
Late days melt away Paid in tastes of grace All the chips you hold Won't let up, can't wait to fold Grateful related heart Begin and end, can't wait to start All you comfort my soul Won't let up, cracked pieces made whole Can't a love be made to last? All in all betray the past? In the worst of ways the silence breaks the heart In the worst of ways the silence breaks the heart Can't a love be made to last? All in all betray the past? In the worst of ways the silence breaks the heart In the worst of ways the silence breaks the heart In the worst of ways the silence breaks the heart In the worst of ways the silence breaks the heart
12.
Visuals 02:23
So you had to get big time, all over the place So you had to get married to the mask on your face So you had to get around this, little lamb But you can't just give up all, it's all a scam So you had to have a hard time gearing up fate So you had to crowd a helping, overflowing the plate So you get it and you go on, the part you place Or you wash the crusted makeup off your face Now you stand in the doorway, through the keyhole See mediums rising, crawling over the walls And you wanna get wasted, just forget it all But you pick up your head, answer honest the call But you pick up, forge ahead, answer honest the call 'Cause you can't just give up all, it's all a scam No you can't just give up all, it's all a scam 'Cause you can't just give up all, it's all a scam No you can't just give up all, it's all a scam
13.
14.
Roused 02:31
I saw your face It was all in place Not a trace left of the fall As I swore my all For you I would crawl You'd stand and raise me tall It must be my imagination It must be my imagination This sweet caress, forever tenderness Together once and for all Roused from a dream Back in my life you stream Like water patient, true Blind to my impatient fool With a look, that's all it took I slave for you like a mule But it was my imagination It must have been imagination For all you gave, none left to save Apart memories string on all brave I look out from the stage Empty but for some scattered rage I wonder if it was all a dream Can it be? Can it ever be? It's all just my imagination It must be my imagination This sweet caress, long tenderness I gave but you never called It must be my imagination It must be my imagination There's no excuse Was it all a ruse? For my mind it's too real to lose
15.
Woebegone 03:15
I ride this rail In the worried rage I wanna rate to get off Break the lock outside the cage Can't you just see that the world be gone? Broke away I run this trail Ahead of prey I give up all I can betray For the date that lays in front of me Tempting the tracks for the game alive To be slain Give up that candy road Woe be gone And a blame in place I'll give a bat to get up Take your place upon the plate Can't you right see that the world be gone? All away Give up that palm tree shade Walk away the pain
16.
Footsteps 01:10
17.
As in rights As in sights Big dog fight Ask them if they wasted any time Little bits Little smites Big dog fight Ask Mr. Tacitus if that's all right

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The eighth studio album from Buffalo, NY, genre defying rust belt rockers Noah Gokey, The End of the Beginning. With an eclectic mix of songs covering an array of genres from hard rock to psychedelic, alternative, folk, and indie, this album is sure to delight and surprise listeners with superb guitar riffs, melodic bass lines, crisp and vital vocals, and a rock solid backbone of rhythm giving expression to a set of poems influenced by Sir Winston Churchill and James Joyce, among other timely historical and contemporary references and insights. Find more at noahgokey.com

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released May 24, 2019

Corey C. Hagstrom - Vocals, guitar, harmonica, keyboards
Andrew Bastiano - Drums
Steve Hawley - Bass guitar, vocals

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