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Open 11​-​Dark

by Music For Deaf People

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1.
Once upon a yorkshire pudding I knew a man who lived on a road He sang me songs of a distant nothing What I know now I had never been told Then he changed for the worst or the better Now the seeds of doubt had been sewn When we lay he grazed in the meadow What he is now will never be shown No I've never been shown (No I've never been shown) No I've never been shown No I've never been Told that he lived in a yorkshire pudding Now the seeds of doubt have been sewn When we lay he grazed in the meadow What he is now will never be shown Say hello to the girls in the morning See yourself in the rainbow's eyes We could kiss but I'd rather cuddle We can watch the world go by Watch the world go by (Watch the world go by) Watch the world go by (Watch the world go by) Once upon a yorkshire pudding, I went to see the man on the road We went and took a walk on the river Then the river had swallowed him whole Told that he lived in a yorkshire pudding Now the seeds of doubt have been sewn Watched him bathe in a chinese river What he is now will never be shown Told that he lived in a yorkshire pudding Now the seeds of doubt have been sewn When we lay he grazed in the meadow What he is now will never be shown (Then we say hey a few times) No I've never been Told that he lived in a yorkshire pudding Now the seeds of doubt have been sewn When we lay he grazed in the meadow What he is now will never be shown No I've never been shown (No I've never been shown) No I've never been shown
2.
Living in a chinese river I watch the dragonboats go by Living inside a chinese river Waves wash up, I wonder why Drowning in a chinese river I see my friends, they wave me high Drowning in a chinese river I'm sailing away, goodbye Goodbye, Goodbye Sailing down a chinese river I catch my breath and heave a sigh Traveling down a chinese river I hope the river does not run dry Floating down a chinese river What do I say as I go by? Thinking about a chinese river As I sail away, goodbye The river is full of regrets and pains Of the ones who did not drown here Their names are remembered in drops of the rain And every fallen tear Goodbye, goodbye Goodbye, goodbye Goodbye, goodbye Goodbye, goodbye Living in a chinese river I watch the dragonboats go by Living inside a chinese river Waves wash up, I wonder why Drowning in a chinese river I see my friends, they wave me high Drowning in a chinese river I'm sailing away, goodbye
3.
Astor & Cody 04:40
Sugar and Carlos on The Zone, Ash left his Charmander back at home Krillin came back with a bang Thanks to Goku and his gang Timmy's breaking all the rules Mr. Crocker is a tool Spongebob's flipping burgers But nothing rhymes with burgers It was nice to know you, It's hard to let you go I know, you'll come back and say Surprise mother lover Astor is a cheesehead Trinity killed her mother But now Trinity's dead Say goodbye to Debra She might not make it out In regards to her brother, For him I have no doubt Rose stopped stalking Charlie 'Cause Charlie was on coke Monica had a baby Nope, that's a joke Mila Kunis is Meg And she is very hot The irony is her character... Really is not It was nice to know you, It's hard to let you go I know, you'll come back and say Surprise mother lover Astor is a cheesehead Trinity killed her mother But now Trinity's dead Say goodbye to Debra She might not make it out In regards to her brother, For him I have no doubt Treehouse and Family, Teletoon and YTV I love you, you love me, These are the things we learn from TV I love you, you love me, I'm DG and that's AP Give me a sec, here let's see This is Astor and Cody I love you, you love me, These are the things we learn from TV I love you, you love me, These are the things we learn from TV I love you, you love me, These are the things we learn from TV I love you, you love me, These are the things that make me say Surprise mother lover Astor is a cheesehead Trinity killed their mother But now Trinity's dead Say goodbye to Debra She might not make it out In regards to Kyle Butler, For him I have no doubt
4.
Walked into my house and got asked Do you want something to eat Andy? No I'm just tired Nana Please let me go to sleep right now Nana nana na na na na na Nana nana na na na na na She walked into my house and asked me Come give Grandma hug now Dayvon No Grandma I'm a teenager Please don't make me touch your gross face Nana nana na na na na na Nana nana na na na na na Your cooking is bad, your will is good You don't like my dad, he's misunderstood Can't you see that I am barely getting by I'm alone in this house the first of July Can't you see that I am okay on my own Please stop pissing me off and calling my home phone Westbound to the open plains You are having fun with trains My real dad's last name is Black Good thing my last name's not black 'Cause I'm as white as a sheet of paper Nana nana na na na na na You live above Royal Lepage Painting walls and getting baked My mom says you're a cheap scumbag But you're not because your name's Frank Nana nana na na na na na Nana nana na na na na na Your cooking is bad, your will is good You don't like my dad, he's misunderstood Can't you see that I am barely getting by I'm alone in this house the first of July Can't you see that I am okay on my own Please stop pissing me off and calling my home phone All on my own All on my own (Who are you) All on my own All on my own (Who are you) All on my own (Who are you) All on my own (Who are you) All on my own (Who are you) All on my own (Who are you) Can't you see that I am barely getting by I'm alone in this house the first of July Can't you see that I am okay on my own Please stop pissing me off and calling my home phone Can't you see that I am barely getting by I'm alone in this house the first of July Can't you see that I am okay on my own Please stop pissing me off and calling my home phone
5.
Tell me you love me or say it in your head Call by her name I'm leaving your bed Forgot my ditto, leave me in a bind Red whited out so nevermind We're halfway to our minimum We're too late for the cinema Trying to find a synonym Give me your cup and I'll fill it up We have our ups and our downs Our ins and our outs Too many directions Not enough affection We've got our ups and our downs Our ins and our outs We've got girls in nightgowns But we just can't get this down Knock on wood One plus one I hate math, It's really fun Formal is not for me She is only five foot three We're halfway to our minimum We're not getting an enema We will swallow the cinnamon We're part of the 5 minute men We have our ups and our downs Our ins and our outs Too many directions Not enough affection We've got our ups and our downs Our ins and our outs We've got girls in nightgowns But we just can't get this down I'll take you to my island, We've got wine and five star restaurants Picnic tables on the beach What more could you want?
6.
This Summer 04:24
Spent my last dollar on a Cherry coke from the corner store And I stopped to think of you And the time we won't spend anymore In that little room 'Cause we're both moving on Singing different songs That we don't know the words to So don't you ask me What is wrong I don't know but I'm moving along So don't you ask me What is wrong I don't know but I'm moving along This summer I'm leaving for good Next summer I'll never be understood Like I was last time When we walked together Now I'm hoping It's summer forever Spent our last moments in a Treehouse built for two And I stopped and then I said "I liked you better when we were together" But now I'm stuck indoors Wallowing in my tears Writing songs about dinosaurs In their adolescent years So don't you ask me What is wrong I don't know but I'm moving along So don't you ask me What is wrong I don't know but I'm moving along This summer I'm leaving for good Next summer I'll never be understood Like I was last time When we walked together Now I'm hoping It's summer forever The birds flew away The electric company closed today They'll never hear what we have to say The summer's not so far away So don't you ask me What is wrong I don't know but I'm moving along So don't you ask me What is wrong I don't know but I'm moving along This summer I'm leaving for good Next summer I'll never be understood Like I was last time When we walked together Now I'm hoping It's summer forever
7.
Standing at our show Your eyes start to glow I look at you from across the room And I know what's in your head Your hair's in your eyes But I know what's inside I want to ask you to dance But I know you'll do it on your own What would Party Jesus do? He'd dance until the show was through This town's not the holy land But you still rock out to our band What would Party Jesus do? He'd dance until the show was through This town's not the holy land But you still rock out to our band He came from the holy land Now he dances to our band Even though this ain't the sand land, understand? Different rhymes like different music He comes to a show to use it Party Jesus will not lose it Party Jesus don't abuse it Rhymes like times, dancin' aint a crime You can't crucify'im for servin' up the wine He does it what he wants it It's his so he flaunts it You know he don't taunts it 'Cause Party Jesus wants it Mattress Mary quite contrary, Lives upstairs, she's so scary Get up on that mattress Now she wears a fat dress Alligator Betty's back in town Mary's gunna try to get down Party Jesus won't have it that way Party Jesus makes it A-Okay What would Party Jesus do? He'd dance until the show was through This town's not the holy land But you still rock out to our band What would Party Jesus do? He'd dance until the show was through This town's not the holy land But you still rock out to our band Why do we need a bridge When Party Jesus walks on water? Why do we need a bridge When Party Jesus walks on water? Why do we need a bridge When Party Jesus walks on water? Why do we need a bridge When Party Jesus walks on water? What would Party Jesus do? He'd dance until the show was through This town's not the holy land But you still rock out to our band What would Party Jesus do? He'd dance until the show was through This town's not the holy land But you still rock out to our band
8.
Moving Day 01:59
It's moving day and everything is packed We're moving on up from this dirty old shack Moving all the way from Tweed to Brighton And it's cloudy outside so this day's not a bright one Moving Day Moving Day Moving Day You know we'll be rocking 'cause it's moving day It's moving day and we're all outside You know I got up at a quarter to Five Just kidding it was like 7:30 But I got dressed quick and my shirt is dirty Moving Day Moving Day Moving Day You know we'll be moving 'cause its moving day It's moving day and we're all in the street My mom said go get some pizza to eat But Vito's was closed so we went to Subway No double cheese on my uncle's sub today Moving Day Moving Day Moving Day Massive sub order 'cause its moving day Memaria, won't you remembermia me Memaria, your new house is by the beach Memaria, you're in Brighton I'm in Tweed Memaria, won't you remembermia me On Moving Day?
9.
Oh I can't tell If it's me or if it's you And they Shant tell Their phone number to you In my state of mind Drowning or flying free I follow blind To the lies you feed to me I'll take everything from you, But some things I will not I won't take what I don't want The peppers that are hot I'm singing you a song But please don't get me wrong We don't see you in such a crazy light Lettuce move along, the cookies are all gone But seeing you like this just isn't right What shall I do, when each of us is done? When we're through with baking all our buns On the sub, and by the way I can't see you during the day I'll be here overnight, to see your face, I just might I'm singing you a song But please don't get me wrong We don't see you in such a crazy light Lettuce move along, the cookies are all gone But seeing you like this just isn't right Sunday Monday Tuesday, You see us on our booze day We order pickles and cucumbers, some tomatoes No wait, no tomatoes. You know I'm allergic to those Sell me some Doritos Give me that chipotle Because you work at Subway I'm singing you a song But please don't get me wrong We don't see you in such a crazy light Lettuce move along, the cookies are all gone But seeing you like this just isn't right I'm singing you a song But please don't get me wrong We don't see you in such a crazy light Lettuce move along, the cookies are all gone But seeing you like this just isn't right
10.
Understanding colours Is more dangerous than before Beneath the crooked cellar Below the creaking boards There lurks a creature waiting Beyond the padlocked door A colour out of space Beyond the realm of words A colour out of space Beyond our earthly world A colour out of space Beyond the realm of words A colour out of space Beyond our earthly world A colour out of space Beyond the realm of words A colour out of space Beyond our earthly world Their time was lost before us Their family on the floor Their groaning was a chorus As you marched back through the door A colour out of space Beyond the realm of words A colour out of space Beyond our earthly world A colour out of space Beyond the realm of words A colour out of space Beyond our earthly world A colour out of space Beyond the realm of words A colour out of space Beyond our earthly world And as they departed, their footsteps turned into dust The sun began to set on the even of these poor youthful souls Dreams of past battles, both won and lost for better and worse, passed through their ever expanding minds. Few had traveled such grand distances still remaining within such close quarters. At pivotal points in time, they heard each other's cries for help, and answered with everlasting urgency. A colour out of space, a moment out of time. Treasures vastly missing, and yet not one is forgotten. Picture frames scrape the sky of their memories, leaving behind new traces of a beginning long since passed. And onward they swept. Through the trees and valleys of time's wake. Have you ever led through the trees or sailed upon an ungodly ocean? Existed cooperatively with primitive species? How often in your life have you been able to say "Yes! I have slayed the dragon"? What sense does your own life make? Or are you just a lifeform babbling nonsensical queries until the end of time? Until you can answer these questions, your life shall remain incomplete, as a schedule of hours with no set closing time. When I first answered these questions, I ran over and over in my mind the possibility that I had answered them incorrectly. I then realized that the correct answers are all I can give. You can give me a gun rack, and I don't have to on a gun to use it. I can conquer dragons to hell and back, and cut trees down if I have to. We as people, can read into and discuss love, and the crafting of the fifth elemental portion of our lives. Don't be afraid to sink the anchor, uncover the truth. In the end, what lies inside your head is your own. Defeat all injustices brought upon you. In 10,000 days of your life, what can you say you accomplished? Go now, wake up early, and don't stop until the sun sets behind the mobile chip truck that is, in essence, the reason to existence.
11.
The Anchor 05:14
Read a book, settle down Turn that smile to a frown Once you've gone that far, you're never coming back Check the sea, check the sail, Make my bed, drink the ale This voyage has gone on for so long Now that you have gone aboard, The ship I'm sailing on is yours Left the others on the shore Sinking down to the ocean floor I never thought we'd sail this far We grew up fast in my backyard The treehouse is forgotten now Rabid Flowers fled the ground Sinking in my flying ship Your life's soundtrack begins to skip Clean it off but it's not the same The skipping track still remains Now we've sunk the anchor I'm drowning in the truth Now there's no more anger What's left is me and you Now we've sunk the anchor I'm drowning in the truth Now there's no more anger What's left is me and you Now we've sunk the anchor I'm drowning in the truth Now there's no more anger What's left is me and you We drowned the non believers We sunk them in the bay He would never leave her But it happened today
12.
Open 11-Dark 04:19
Chorus: You used to be open late down at the park Now you're open till 8, before it's dark I know that you'll never be closed in my heart But for now we are open 11-dark When I was young I thought life was a joy Mother's soft hands bringing home a new toy Scraped knees and bruises from rolling down hills Can't wait to be older with all of it's thrills Then we turned 12 and saw through a new light Chores and responsibilities a plight That's when a twist came along and I moved New place, new age, new folks, and you. Chorus: You used to be open late down at the park Now you're open till 8, before it's dark I know that you'll never be closed in my heart But for now we are open 11-dark Now we see new sights under new brighter lights Another new place and another new face Say what you want but we've got each other We're both empty shells but you are my brother These seconds are over it's time to say bye Some of these you won't see before they die Don't call me a quitter, leaving makes me bitter But here we are, heading down to the dock Chorus: You used to be open late down at the park Now you're open till 8, before it's dark I know that you'll never be closed in my heart But for now we are open 11-dark Sing us a song of departure and sorrow I know that you're open till dark tomorrow We will for now be six hours apart But six hours is nothing to 11-dark Open 11-Dark.

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This album is about summer, and leaving. It's sad. Emotions...indie.

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released August 6, 2013

Andrew Phillips: Drums, Guitar, Backing Vocals, Gang Vocals, Lead Vocals on "A Colour Out of Space"
Devin Gourley: Lead Vocals, Guitar, Bass, Backing vocals, Gang vocals

All songs written and recorded by Devin Gourley & Andrew Phillips EXCEPT Lyrics for "A Colour Out of Space" Written by Rory LeSage

Consultation & Promotion: Rory LeSage

Music For Deaf People thanks: Rory for being our biggest fan, Chance & Jack for your awesome playing live. Love you. Devin's Mom for so much inspiration, Jordan for the cymbals, Duffers Chip Wagon for the album title, and the rest of Tweed, Ontario. For being so, so Tweed.

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