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Print The Legend

by The Stranger

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1.
The white knight rides again, Alone he fights this fight Out to win his damsel fair, So helpless in his mind The white knight rides again, His valor he must prove She's trapped on a pedestal She has no room to move He's bested by his rivals Who flout his knightly rules The village elders tell him He fights the fight of fools But they don't know the blood he spilt Or mountains that he climbs One thing keeps eluding him: He lives in modern times He thinks he saves her But little does he understand The white knight rides again, His valor he must prove She's trapped on a pedestal She has no room to move But they don't know the blood he spilt Or mountains that he climbs One thing keeps eluding him: He lives in modern times
2.
Three reporters on the scene Writing for the wires, newspapers and magazines Two checking facts, and one brandishing the axe For a hit job that was ordered from on high Twelve old men on the board Decide which meddlers will be quietly destroyed Sometimes the job is not so clean So they call in the big machine To manufacture mass hysteria, Panic, and outrage You can ignore that drone, But then you're on your own. Oh, how they scandalize When you call out their lies. When the legend becomes the truth, print the legend. When the legend becomes the truth, print the legend. They drill that mantra in your head...print the legend. And you'll believe the legend soon enough yourself...
3.
Feeling powerless Just don't make no sense With all the things I've done, I'm worth more than this We cast our votes with dollar bills And if you care to vote, You'll have it your own way There's something wrong What's going on? I'm powerless I'm sick of this Work for no reward Reminded that you're poor Live beyond your means Eating rice and beans Gentrified people flashing down the street The wind begins to blow And you're the one who flies away There's something wrong What's going on? I'm powerless I'm sick of this Frustration doesn't change a thing Your voice is meaningless Your actions are all that you have There's something wrong What's going on? I'm powerless I'm sick of this
4.
Ghost 03:50
So easy for her To get under my skin. So easy for her To wear my nerves thin. I want to make your ghost forget me. I keep trying, but she'll never let me. She never seems To consider my needs. Always thinking of herself, While my heart bleeds. I want to make your ghost forget me. I keep trying, but she'll never let me. It's not about her. It's all about me. I'm feeling suffocated, And I think it's time she set me free. I want to make your ghost forget me. I keep trying, but she'll never let me.
5.
Instead of protection, Here's a cop raid. Instead of enlightenment, Here's a fanatic tirade. Instead of culture, Here's a shopping mall. Instead of comraderie, Here's a high school hall So many words That promise satisfaction So why are we disappointed? Instead of freedom, Here's the system. Instead of the meaning of life, Here's religion. Instead of loving arms, Here's a deadbeat dad. Instead of everything, Here's all you've never had. So many words That promise satisfaction So why are we disappointed? This perfect world they tell us to aspire to Is just a big lie Instead of fulfillment, Here's a dirty high. Instead of a future, Here you're getting by. Instead of a soul mate, Here's a big fat whore Because maybe you just don't know Who you are anymore So many words That promise satisfaction So why are we disappointed? And if you take offense to how I act jaded, Well, Just deal with it.
6.
Moment 03:16
Growing old Waiting for a moment That's just not coming back It sucks you're not around Days are that much longer now Your absence brings me down Things just couldn't be the same, But that's the cross I've gotta bear. It sucks you're not around Days are that much longer now Your absence brings me down
7.
Yesterday 04:18
This is basically an instrumental track. Just kick back, relax, and think of the vocals as just another instrument.

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A 7-song EP of mostly "prehistoric" material predating the band.

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released September 13, 2013

Sam Scholten - low guitar, baritone guitar, guitar synth, vocals
Boris The Cat - drums
Recorded at Fontaine Studios
Engineered by Sam Scholten

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The Stranger Louisville, Kentucky

This project originally began as a flood of songs I wrote in the mid-Aughts. That was soon followed by experimentation with guitar tunings, out-there fuzzboxes, &c. I decided to put some drums to this and make it a duo, and The Disclosure was born... and then The Disclosure changed its name to The Stranger, thanks to that other band Disclosure loved by Pitchfork (good for them).

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