The Anvil

by Maxwell Lee

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1.
Already Gone 02:56
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I’m by myself But no, I’m not alone I got my bags packed So I’m always home Watching birds fly Other side of this window Walking in a straight line Thinking like a black crow And if you ever fall in love You better let it go I used to shake my head But now it’s what I know Watching leaves fall As the wind blows It’s already dark out On this long road Water won’t splash From the rocks That I throw Black ice shines As the moon glows And if you ever fall in love You better let it go Never run away Always walk away though Last night I saw you in my dream Dancing with the devil On a red string Tangled up, all around Just about everything Your hand in mine The whole time We were smiling And if you ever fall in love You better let it go I used to want to hang around But I’m already gone And if you ever fall in love You better let it go Never run away Always walk away though And if you ever fall in love You better let it go I used to shake my head But now it’s what I know
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By And By 03:05
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It’s an experiment Of everything Wander around Whilst wondering How you’re doing now I’m still thinking I’ll write it down Because I can’t speak now So try it out But do it differently Results came back You tested negative Oh, you lucked out But wash your sheets The stains are gone Or maybe I can’t see now By and by Never feeling free Between this falling sky And rising sea So splash around You like swimming But this pool is small And it ain’t that deep Oh, this tiny town Yes, it’s sinking You’re free to drown But there’s no diving now By and by Never feeling free Between this falling sky And rising sea By and by Eventually Something takes flight Well, I’ll keep floating Curious mouth Always tasting Try it once Because this first one’s free Oh, you’ll find out Everything You love the chase The catch and releasing By and by Never feeling free Between this falling sky And rising sea By and by Eventually Something takes flight Well, I’ll keep floating
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Fool Me 03:47
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Wasting my time All right, all right Drowning my mind each night A few bottles to the face Pacing this place Drawing chalk lines Around my shadow Living a lie Searching for the light In the middle of the night Now it’s 4am Thinking of the end Thinking of a friend Can’t sleep But I sure want to You fool me once My friend Well, tomorrow It will come again You fool me twice My friend Well, tomorrow It won’t come again Shooting stars and stripes In the back of the bar Living on a flat earth Is proof of life on Mars Fell asleep at the wheel And woke up in my car Drive in figure 8’s forever You fool me once My friend Well, tomorrow It will come again You fool me twice My friend Well, tomorrow It won’t come again Lay down on the tracks I’m waiting for my train I see the smoke Yeah, she’s coming man Laid out on the tracks I’m waiting for my train I see the smoke Yeah, she’s coming man And so it goes Just a little too far Heard a voice say NO In the back of my heart I’m sick of walking the line That circles back To the start Truth laughs in the night HA-HA-HA You fool me once My friend Well, tomorrow It will come again You fool me twice My friend Well, tomorrow It won’t come again Lay down on the tracks I’m waiting for my train I see the smoke Yeah, she’s coming man Laid out on the tracks I’m waiting for my train I see the smoke Yeah, she’s coming man Yeah, she’s coming man Lay down on the tracks I’m waiting for my train I see the smoke Yeah, she’s coming man Laid out on the tracks I’m waiting for my train I see the smoke Yeah, she’s coming man Yeah, she’s coming man Yeah, she’s coming man
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Terror Companion 02:24
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I feel there anvil Over my head Speaking words of stone Thinking thoughts of lead I see the light Which burns, I’m glad What I could have You know I wish I had And yet this stone That sinks within A result of what I needed then And didn’t get At least Not yet This kind of wound Wants not to heal Terror companion Always at my heels Words said aloud Are all but done I’m reaching for the moon Despite the sun I read the sign Hanging in the dark By dying flames Mourning the spark That haven’t yet Me burn out yet Tried to carve your name Into the bark But struck a place A hardened mark I broke the blade Upon the knot Couldn’t walk away Never forgot How the trees Grow, crack and burn And turn to stone Each fissure earned I’ll build a house Not on this earth Where she can dream And never learn And yet this stone That sinks within A result of What I needed then And didn’t get At least not yet I read the sign Hanging in the dark By dying flames Mourning the spark That haven’t let Me burn out yet That haven’t let Me burn out yet
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Five Of Cups 02:37
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I’ll chain-smoke a broken spoke of rolled up cigarettes  Five of cups until these hands don’t shake I’m watering the garden of earthly delights Till the earth until you fill the grave A paranoid path down memory lane Trick or treat bag in our fist You’re living each day like its Halloween  Three of cups helps you forget about it Something comes about at night Transparent as she floats Always thought I wanted something alive But it seems I fell in love with a ghost So act up baby  Yeah  Cause a scene Before the curtain falls Hold your breath Like everyone else A pin-drop sound Round of applause Something comes about at night I can feel her in the air Reaching out for all of these shadows around me Because there’s nothing else there So I’ll tie one million knots And make a loop that fits just right Piñata swinging from the ceiling singing I’m hanging here in plain sight So rearrange your scrap-paper mind Glue down the ends that came undone  You’re a pillowcase stuffed full of light bulbs Dangling from the sun Something comes about at night I’m awake within this dream I feel her lying there right beside me In the belly of the beast Before I ever thought about it That’s when I truly knew But now I’ve got a mind full of craters  From thinking like the man In the moon
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The Deep End 03:45
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Fell in love with the deep end Waiting for a high-dive Breathing just to tread water Swimming laps to survive The splash is a jokester With a waterlogged laugh Cannonball blasting over You sink if you let out your breath So hold your breath The streets are at eye-level sometimes I know I’ve been there often And when the sky seems so far below You’re laid out on the street again And then the deep end It grows shallow But you still plan on diving Inflatable heart sinking like a stone And dreams of flying Wake up in a puddle From a dream that seemed real The waves, they remember A crash that you didn’t feel But someday you will The streets are at eye-level sometimes I know I’ve been there often And when the sky seems so far below You’re laid out on the street again And then the deep end It grows shallow But you still plan on diving Inflatable heart sinking like a stone And dreams of flying Now memories flashing As ripples replace the wake And the children are laughing Enjoy those shallows today And the bottom grows deeper As your love for the dive So the jokester falls silent With smiling eyes Red watery eyes The streets are at eye-level sometimes I know I’ve been there often And when the sky seems so far below You’re laid out on the street again And then the deep end It grows shallow But you still plan on diving Inflatable heart sinking like a stone And dreams of flying Inflatable heart sinking like a stone And dreams of flying
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Mr. So & So 05:02
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How you doing Mr. So & So I see you’re wrapped fast Half-mast ‘round that lightning pole Remember when Oh, I’m sure you know Nothing ever changes It just gets old Nothing ever changes It just gets old But I’m curious About just how you’ve been You keep on counting backwards Stop And then you start again I know that you’re leaving So we’ll just play pretend Everyone is wishing you All the very best my friend Everyone is wishing you All the very best my friend I caught the news Just not in time At least now I know That you’ve found Some peace of mind It’s kind of funny And we all know why But we like to fake it And act surprised But we like to fake it And act surprised I hear you now Oh yes, this life’s a song You sang it once But not for very long Nose, round and red With your face painted on It made laugh But now it’s gone It made laugh But now it’s gone Carry the tune That we all soon learn in time Echoing, amplified Through corridors of quiet minds And it has found me I have come to find So I’ll take yours Since you took mine Hey look Now here you are Old Mr. So & So I thought that you were gone For good But no You were just on a stroll I see that you’ve been Walking circles ‘round the bend Just when they think your done That’s when you come again Just when they think your done That’s when you come again Just when they think your done Now you’re gone again
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The Night 04:55
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It’s taken my whole life Been waiting my whole life To feel like this Said so-long to a friend So long is too short I’m convinced Well, the apple fell from a tree She placed it on my head Nocked an arrow to a string And now I wait for it I wait for it Thought I would follow I wanted to follow This one all the way But I was dragged into the light No longer blind, I’m sad to say Now everything reminds me of The shadows and the flames Dancing on the walls Where I was chained I was chained I’m holding on And turning away You’re getting off But you’re not here to stay Here to stay You wrote it all out You put it all down on a page Wrote a little book about yourself You thought was all about me Well, I read each word I read ‘em all again And I felt the same way Each time at the end At the end Holding on Then turning away Yes, you’re getting off But you’re not here to stay Here to stay Oh You see me standing in the light But you know I always love the night Oh Yes, I always love the night Oh You see me standing in the light But you know I always love the night Oh Yes, I always love the night Oh Yes, I always love the night
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Old Ways 04:07
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They say that You’re full of shit But if you stop talking They say Please, don’t quit Oh, I got a window And I know how to use it And dark eyes shine Behind closed doors Staring at the wall With you hand on the cord You want to pull the plug Are you ever gonna pull it Looking for the light Believe in something Shaking your head While clenching your teeth When it’s hard to remember How you care about anything Old ways don’t come back Old ways don’t come back Don’t come Old ways don’t come back Old ways don’t come back Don’t come back Waiting for the night It’s a daily routine I fell into a trap But she claimed she’s clean Oh, sleep has a cousin And I know that he’s coming Esmerelda made a move And now she can’t escape the dark Silence is a lesson That she’s never gonna learn Uncertain hearts Got both ends burning Old ways don’t come back Old ways don’t come back Don’t come Old ways don’t come back Old ways don’t come back Don’t come back The town is wearing black While you’re hiding out with Tom Hanging from the rafters Got a great view from A good joke Is always deadly Float above your body And look down at the mob Got a deal with the Devil Now your fate is sealed with God Make up your own truths And pray they’re working And hold your head high And cry when you laugh When you think about the days That are never coming back Better get another job I need some more cash And hold your head high And cry when you laugh When you think about the days That are never coming back Better get another job I need some more cash Old ways don’t come back Old ways don’t come back Don’t come Old ways don’t come back Old ways don’t come back Don’t come back Don’t come back Old ways don’t come back Don’t come Old ways don’t come back Old ways don’t come back
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Shadow Boxing 04:11
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Changing seasons With a broken fist Another year gone by Just like this There’s no surprising me Or anyone Oh, I know Just how it’s done Oh, I know Just how it’s done Her picture hung Upon my wall Until its glass sprayed out Through my front door Oh, I held back And for the best I keep on cleaning up This kind of mess I keep on cleaning up This kind of mess Sometimes I think That maybe something’s wrong I’m never really ever missing Anything, or anyone Some things are gone And not forgotten Some things that are forgotten Aren’t gone Some things that are forgotten Aren’t gone The other night On the kitchen floor I sat and listened To the radio I haven’t cried that hard In a long time Maybe it means That I’m all right Maybe it means I’m doing fine And I ain’t mad Been feeling pretty good Although this glass That I have danced upon Is now stuck in my foot And I’m laughing At my swollen hand I’m always in the ring Shadow boxing I’m always in the ring Shadow boxing Sometimes I think That maybe something’s wrong I’m never really ever missing Anything, or anyone Some things are gone Yet not forgotten Some things, they are forgotten Aren’t gone Some things that are forgotten Aren’t gone And I ain’t mad Been feeling pretty good Although this glass That I have danced upon Is now stuck in my foot And I’m laughing At my swollen hand I’m always in the ring Shadow boxing Always in the ring Shadow boxing

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released July 18, 2021

Songs written, mixed and recorded by Adel Maxwell
Mastered by Black Matter Mastering
Instruments/vox- Maxwell Lee
horns/bass- Tall Sam Jones
Keys/lead guitar (Terror Companion)- Jangles
Recorded in New Orleans, LA

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