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The Beast

by Seth Knappen

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1.
Bad News 03:33
Coward Ashamed, aflame You paid attention to the wrong things How long How much and then Can you put it on a scale From 1 to 10? I CAN’T TAKE IT I CAN’T TAKE IT I CAN’T TAKE IT ANYMORE! Don’t fool yourself It doesn’t all end well Sometimes we try But then bye-bye It’s such a fool’s mistake To lay and dream awake It goes by in the blink of an eye When it comes down to it… We’re all just waiting for the news
2.
The message came over The head for the cover I know I’m gonna make you alright I’m gonna make you alright I know Looks are deceiving So here’s to believing Testify! But can it make you alright? Is it gonna make you alright? Oh no I know What’s in store for us Some emotions to run through you all the things that they make you do all the things that they put you through and it’s just as well if you live to tell I swear I’m gonna rock the holy soul Back into you Stay with me! I know just what to do I know just what to do Stay with me! I know just what to do
3.
Run Away 05:05
I see you hanging around Starting trouble on my block Running riots Planning robberies I tried to board up the door Keep the trouble from my mind Keep the enemy From inside of me But you were already here Hiding somewhere in my house Always watching me For an opening Release me Release me Come break down my door I want to run away yeah Run away
4.
Where were you when I needed you? When you were so far away? Where were you? where were you… Where was I? Asleep in the poppy fields Where was I? Oh where was I… Take your time Take my hand We go there slowly When you leave I’ll understand But if only…
5.
Dark River 04:07
6.
The Beast 07:13
Can you handle it? Can you keep it in retreat? When you channel it, will you call forth the beast? What’s inside of you? Whats inside of you! We need to see GIVE ME THE BEST ALL THAT YOU'VE GOT BREAKING A SWEAT NOW ON THE SPOT GIVE ME YOUR BEST ALL THAT YOU'VE GOT BREAKING A SWEAT NOW ON THE SPOT Are you into it? When it comes on do you turn on… or do you fade out? What did you do? What have you become? We call it the beast We call it the beast Now you come in here and you’re all borderline Spinning out inside your head Looking at you I see the other side! Looking at me? Man, I’m not even here... I’d walk you home, But it’s too early. I’d keep you safe, but it’s already too late.
7.
Out of Time 04:36
Somewhere in between The way from day to night You took an awful fright Thrown down to your knees You gotta pay the price If you wanna take the ride Sucked into the machine They say you’ll be alright With just a little compromise There’s no getting over The days they go by We count down the minutes One thing at a time Tick-tock, tick-tock On the clock Time keeps on slipping Slipping through the cracks Tick-tock, tick-tock Off the clock Time keeps on ticking And it’s never coming back! There’s no getting over The days they go by We count down the minutes We’re wasting our time There’s no getting over The days they go by We count down the minutes Keep wasting our lives

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Written and recorded after his mother died of cancer, The Beast is Seth Knappen's most ferocious and intensely personal work to date. From the opening song, Bad News, through desperate attempts to 'Make U Alright' and 'Run Away' screaming, the only resolution to be found is in the moments we have together, now, before we are all... Out of Time.

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released May 3, 2011

All songs written and performed by Seth Knappen. Recorded by Ray Malone (RIP and Love) at Sound and Vision, Moline IL, and by Seth Knappen at the Frogpond, East Moline IL. Recordings assisted by Jon Burns, Chad Gooch and Anne Brown. Mastered by Carl Saff. Cover painting by Anne Brown, inspired by real-life metaphorical events. Ray Malone played the cabasa on Bad News, and drum manipulations on Make U Alright.

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