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Black Diamond

by Via Princessa

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1.
Empty Shoes 03:16
Somewhere down this road I travel There is a bleeding place that I never seem to grapple with Going long I'm going to catch that ball… Lifts the lid to his mahogany chest and found it in the dirt Then the dull white pages read so sullen now In a patch of apples she picks in her evening frown Inside old school gates, hadn't I a life like we remain? Inside old school gates to fill empty shoes Please dear sir remind me of my friends I hope some of them are still alive
2.
My boy Your mother tells me You've lost your favorite things to wear And I tell you We are only human only listening along those damn preachers roads I can't walk anymore Oh, my eyes Dragging the grave behind me Gathering up all the art that you killed We're the same Does he see her running late If it's here where you want to go That's alright I can't walk anymore Thoughts descending from less than them September night Boy dies without a fight I'm showing you life
3.
Honest 04:00
As of now I am not your crime Buy you a drink and maybe you were honest and blind to a soldiers grey dead love They all wait for us Is he down down down sorry yet? Used to with her lace out and her loveless sheets He answers his head hung down Said surely your breathing Darling I'm freezing Every time we goes this far I lose my voice and I lose it all
4.
Oceansway 04:32
Any child who is beaten fears his own hands And though our bodies still remain With every drink I down and every woman I lie to I'm remembering how it was and why I am the way you feel It was august then, never will again. Hello my eyes! Say it! I've been holding down your lusting Brushing back The hair I've ruined If he comes back here just say I've been gone Holding down his hurt hand All her life she said I've had and like my hair this way she said Just remember us all her life she said All the mouths wide Oceansway Dressed like him I left you this way I wanted to know he stayed Tongue pressed against his women Please leave this house today son I wanted to know he stayed He likes my hair this way she said Just remember us all her life she said All the mouths wide Oceansway You feel love don't you?
5.
Spent 03:57
Now two of us are sad Bring a light To die by if you'd like Never regret the 19th if only then we couldve tried to be All we could be Didn't I Cry beneath the moon for you Didn't I Say what I always wanted to Nearly gone All in time turns to gray Didn't I Have a lost will No girl can save No money left to pay you For wine teasing champagne she writes I will always Feel the way you do
6.
March 02:25
Oh well, plaster polished stars hanging from the cab she took home And listens to a brand new wedding march Oh well, plaster polished stars hanging from the roof she let go of And listens to a brand new wedding march
7.
May always She lives there in 13 And this is all there is for me at all Climbing your chain link fence This is all too much for us Oh why she's falling there She knows her way Oh why she's falling there She knows why Oh why she's falling there she knows her way along Oh I wish you would I know you used to send me flowers I wish you would
8.
This was a picture of New Orleans Cracked up she's a millionaires Same channels, same smile Our blood hits hard Are blood hits hard And what I call it would be ugly Our head in a China blanket Same channel, same smile And the last ones there Down you I would always stay And he tried it when he fell And the more we have the less we give you Stay here in the darkest room we have Same channels, same smile And the last ones there And they told you Love this Hold this Don't wait I have already been there
9.
Hour 03:58
Everyone loves Often you're not but you love it Know who you are Everyone cries for religion Everyone's wrong Smoke your last good cigar Everyone loves Often you're not but you love it Know who you are Everyone's face and expressions Everyone's face How shameless you are Well it's frightening when you know who he is Yeah It's frightening when you know It all slips away Please let me know Please let me go My arms Please let me wave My arms My hour waits Come along
10.
He repairs his aging clock face With blessed gears His big mouth reminiscent Shot glass empty And at noon today I will be drinking coffee with you And I wish that we could make the skies snow a lot The way God used to I don't owe you blood before I bleed it How young we both were once Takes and ties him up I don't owe you blood at all In the park where you live Days would never end Eyes could only see I have no more for you In the light had you dawned yet And this time would you fight for it And because of me would you die for it and know that I have no more for you

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Via Princessa was originally formed in 1990 by high school friends Matthew Aarness (vocals) and Shon Kornfeld (guitar). Originally named Clay, the group recorded 10 songs for EMI Records, but broke up before the album could be finished or released.

In 2014, Kornfeld transferred the master analog tapes to digital, re-working the album in his home studio, Moai Sounds. Reuniting with Aarness, the duo crafted an album of material that has a distinct late 80's/early 90's alternative rock feel, but with modern sounds and sensibilities. The result, "Black Diamond", is a true time capsule of well-crafted soundscapes and emotions.

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released January 1, 2016

Produced by Shon Kornfeld and Artie Kornfeld
Recorded at Moai Sounds by Shon Kornfeld, and Dodge City Sounds by Erich Gobel and Rick Wood
Mixed by Joel Wanasek
Mastered by Howie Weinberg

© 2015 Via Princessa
℗ 2015 Space Anthem Music (BMI)

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