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    7" version of the LOOKDOWN/BLUEPRINT EP.
    245 records pressed in Brooklyn, New York.
    Each 7" comes with its own personalized instax picture cover assembled and numbered by hand, making each record unique.

    SORRY BUT...each record cover is random, you will not know what you are getting in the mail. Instax pictures were either donated or found or shot by our friends.

    Each copy of the 7" comes with a .pdf / digital copy of the book:
    "Running with Knives on the Chaos Pilgramage"

    ALL PROCEEDS WILL BE DONATED TO MRS. BRANNON

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"LOOKDOWN was a track that was cut from the 2019 self-titled release. It was repurposed for this benefit release. The last time I ever hung out with Kelley in person was in the Boston public gardens, thus the introduction. It's also how I feel sometimes. It may be the worst or best song I ever wrote, I still don't know how I feel about it but here it is anyways. Thanks"
-dan

Digital downloads are "pay what you want," and any money received will be donated to Mrs. Brannon

lyrics

LOOKDOWN

the further you climb
the further you fall
so creep along
like spiders
silent up the wall

they say it's not where you're from
it's where you're at
well I'll remember that
when I am flat on my back

so break your silence
or break your fall
seems like I'll never quite be good enough
Man, I don't wanna be right
I just wanna belong

Will I ever quite get it right?

can't read the writing written on the wall
it said:
"you better stay beautiful
or they send just right back to where you belong"

so when the pendulum swings
and the gavel falls
which side of the lie do you wanna be on?
cause when the schools stain red
when the refugee begs
we off thoughts and prayers
no longer sacrosanct

so when you break your silence
who will break your fall?
tell me when will we be good enough?
but who wants to be "right" when they just wanna belong?
(but can we ever quite get it right?)
better heed the writing written on the wall:
it said:
"you better stay beautiful
or they send just right back to where you belong"

...yeah they send you just right back to where you belong
where you are alone again and you're trapped in song.

so remember when I threw that party and nobody came?

am I the only one to blame?

so lookdown and run
lookdown and run
cause you don't need them

cause there's a world outside
that knows you're half alive
so just keep breathing

credits

from LOOKDOWN / BLUEPRINT, track released June 21, 2022
Drums: Mike Moschetto

Recorded and Produced by Ryan Stack at The Noise Floor Studios in Dover, New Hampshire, USA.

Mixed and Mastered by Jack Shirley at The Atomic Garden Studios in Oakland, California, USA

daniel Lajoie: everything else.

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