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Anthony Ruptak

by Anthony Ruptak

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1.
Eulogy (free) 05:00
The highways telling me to go The yellow lines are rolling by when I'm asleep And all the people that I know Move on their own accord but I just cant move that slow anymore There were some girls I got to know Parading by me in a never ending line I was a frightened little boy and tried to show Them something they'd remember long after I die But they dont The cattail willow and the trees The rocky mountains and the moss upon the stone White river water above my knees An empty baggie and a car insurance loan Thought I should say to everyone I'm very sorry, I'm very sorry I'm in the storm before the calm I'm very sorry, please believe me And shake your heads and wave goodbye as I move on I'm like a dog after a bone Thrown into the sea, I hope My legs are strong I feel like drowning on my own If I can bite it, then I suppose I'll write more songs And if you're watching from the shore And I go under, promise me you'll keep on trying I couldn't do it anymore The tv sets and magazines and God denied For so long for so long If theres one thing I've come to learn It's that no one can change a thing inside their homes I'll set these tangled roots to burn And finally get to try my hand at being alone
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The Flight of the Moth (free) 04:50
I fed a piece of paper Into an iron mouth with a clock And walked to unravel A million miles of fault They fluttered above my head Like angels in sackcloth They fell from the walls to the floor And they'll wait for me to come and do them in That great consuming monster Came over the carpet And held them down They'd come to expect it For their ship was built aground We aim for the light though we're blinded We just long to feel its warmth We're moving in circles and we're stirring Stirring up a storm Oh, oh, oh, The fear of God Oh, oh, oh It swallows us Oh, oh, oh We sinners fold And lay down To take what we've got coming Oh, oh, oh, The fear of God Oh, oh, oh It swallows us Oh, oh, oh We sinners fold Oh, Oh, oh and so it goes And we lay down To take what we've got coming
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I Had A Friend (free) 05:28
I had a friend he had bad dreams every night I had a friend and he recalled them every time I had a friend he lost his hair when he turned twenty-three and I've been told he bought a boat and now was lost in the sea And oh, my God are you dead or just away Oh, my God are you asleep just like they say Oh, my God does your halo burn at night For it seems that it goes out just in time And you sit upon the clouds watch as we die All your angels gather round desperate to remember how to cry Praising your name and getting bored a dead gray filling in their eyes We had a bird my little sister and I We had a bird we snipped his tail he couldn't fly We had a bird and he was green and blue and pissed in his water One day he died she buried him beneath a flower and took a shower Are you looking down in wonder wishing we would all give up And do you care that most go under down to hell or is it just bad luck Can you find my friend, my sister and their tears their many tears Or do the skeletons dissolving just blend into the years And I, I know, I know that in this hardened ground we till, aint nothing gonna grow
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ResIllusion 05:00
Eighteen geese in perfect V Float over the houses with such symmetry The snow would cease for several weeks and then fall from the heavens and conquer us all with its revelry Waking dreams of awkward scenes Different takes on what I could gain from anatomy The old routine and this monotony Oh, it strangles us all and we choke on the pride of autonomy Out with the old In with the new Oh, its all the same Explosions up high of red, white and blue its all the same What do I do, what do I do about anything? "Here's looking at you, kid here's looking at you." said the daunting flame Out with the old In with the new Oh, its all the same Explosions up high of red, white and blue its all the same What do I do, what do I do about anything, and everything? "Here's looking at you, kid here's looking at you." said the daunting flame
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For The Preachers (free) 04:02
I am the old man in the summer so cold and she held a torch to my bones as I froze Born into Christ like a product is sold I am the punchline and they all throw their stones And they all throw their stones They all throw their stones The old body gone to the earth once again The speakers, and the preachers and the choir make ammends I believe all the words though the faces pretend And child, do what you can to re-stitch and begin Begin Begin

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this is a self-titled, self-produced EP album by Anthony Ruptak

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released February 18, 2011

Anthony Carol - Mechanics and Mastering
Red Rocks Community College - Equipment on "Eulogy"
Anthony Ruptak - Lyrics and Music

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Anthony Ruptak Denver, Colorado

Anthony Ruptak is a Colorado-based musician who writes and performs his original work with a simple mission: to explore the effects of the human condition. His music ranges from vulnerable acoustic performances to raucous and maximalist multi-instrumental experiences, with his intricate lyrics always at the forefront. Ruptak has been performing in Denver for over 15 years. ... more

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