Name: Shoestring Century [alternate version]
Duration: P00H04M06S
Description: “Shoestring Century (Alternate)” (2009). Drums recorded by Alan Chizmar and James Sullivan at the Hideout Studio in Seattle. Rest recorded by Grant Huling in the Seattle rehearsal space. Bass and lead guitar by Ante Ruich. Drums by Bill Kim.

Shoestring Century [alternate version]

from Overkill: Outtakes from the Empty Mirror by Empty Mirror

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“Shoestring Century (Alternate)” (2009). Drums recorded by Alan Chizmar and James Sullivan at the Hideout Studio in Seattle. Rest recorded by Grant Huling in the Seattle rehearsal space. Bass and lead guitar by Ante Ruich. Drums by Bill Kim.

lyrics

Gravel in the street
Shoestring century of abandoned pride

Remember how we laughed
Remember how the world watched
As Congress cried?

The other day
A motorcade
Kicked its dust
On my dead lawn

He read it to his son
But the history book is yellow, done
Acid won

He'd read it from his mind
But it never seems to be the right time
Past his prime

You want to play
That old game
And shake my hand
With my pride?
You want to say?
We say, "no"
We say, "no"
We say

Ride your ruckus
Ride your ruckus home
We say
Ride your promise
Ride your promise home
We say, "no"
We say, "no"
We see

Overwhelm
Overwhelm
Until at last you're
Overwhelmed
Overwhelmed
Until at last you
Overwhelm
Overwhelm
Until at last you're

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from Overkill: Outtakes from the Empty Mirror, released August 11, 2018

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Empty Mirror Ohio

Born Oberlin, Ohio, 2005. Died Seattle, Washington, 2009.

Revived in 2018 for two posthumous releases: The Mere (the LP we had started when we broke up, completed as intended) and Overkill (outtakes spanning the life).

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