Chapter 2 // February 2013 // Hang On // Murmuration
Joel Ackerson – vocals, guitars and accordion //
Eric Andersen – vocals and piano //
Megan Slankard – vocals and guitars //
Zack Teran – vocals and electric bass //
“Hang On” and “Murmuration”
Produced by The Novelists // Engineered by Joel Ackerson at True Story Records // Additional Engineering by Eric Andersen, Megan Slankard, and Zack Teran at True Story Records // Mixed by David Peters // Piano for “Hang On” and “Murmuration” was engineered by Tom Gordon at Imirage Sound Lab // Drums and bass for Murmuration were engineered by Michael Cross at Ex’pression College For Digital Arts
Guest Musician on “Hang On”
– Jason Thomas – drums
Guest Musician on “Murmuration”
– Justin Kruger – drums
“Hang On” ©℗ 2013 Joel Ackerson and Zack Teran
“Murmuration” ©℗ 2013 Zack Teran and Megan Slankard
LYRICS
HANG ON (Ackerson/Teran)
Right now, you wanna lie down
You wanna give up, give in and get it over
Right now, you’re feeling so tired
You’re feeling so weak, when will it ever end
You take the car and drive away
Remind yourself you can’t escape
You take the car and drive away
From this dying place
(Hang on) Whenever you fear, whatever it takes, forget it
(Hang on) It forces the bend and threatens to break, but don’t let it
Right now, you’re worn so thin
You shut yourself down, you can’t find the energy
Right now, you wish you could cry
You wish you could find the breath that you needed to scream
You take the car and drive away
Remind yourself you can’t escape
You take the car and drive away
From this dying place
(Hang on) Whenever you fear, whatever it takes, forget it
(Hang on) It forces the bend and threatens to break, but don’t let it
You’re the one who’s never lost a fight that you’ve been in
The one who never was the first to say goodbye
And all the reasons you’ve been given now to call it quits
Still are smaller than the ones that say
Hang on, hang on, hang on, hang on
(Hang on) Whenever you fear, whatever it takes, forget it
(Hang on) It forces the bend and threatens to break, but don’t let it
MURMURATION (Teran/Slankard)
I’ll tell you I’ve always been one who is in love with morning
But my muscle memory has memorized tossing and turning
Last night I perched up high just to hope to get another perspective
But all the news below has me feeling just a little infected
I wish that I could see
To know what I should seek
I am lighter than the seeds
That I’ve planted
Since inception, I’ve been marching to the music
Like an army so fluid, that there’s nothing to it
I crave the sensation, and I hope to be never awakened…
To be spread across the sky in an elegant gravitation
I will never leave my sleep when I’m dreaming of a murmuration
I love my little place and the view can’t really be messed with
But the window kinda looks like a magazine advertisement
I might like to stretch my arms in a little more elevation
But I feel a little trapped and have been tempted to make a break for vacation
Then my eyes roll back to see
What I make when I’m asleep
I lift higher than the weeds
That you’ve planted
Since inception, I’ve been marching to the music
Like an army so fluid, that there’s nothing to it
I crave the sensation, and I hope to be never awakened…
To be spread across the sky in an elegant gravitation
I will never leave my sleep when I’m dreaming of a murmuration
I can do it all – anything that I want to
I can do it all – anything that I want to
Since inception, I’ve been marching to the music
Like an army so fluid, that there’s nothing to it
I crave the sensation, and I hope to be never awakened…
Since inception, I’ve been marching to the music
Like an army so fluid, that there’s nothing to it
I crave the sensation, and I hope to be never awakened…
From spread across the sky in an elegant gravitation
I will never leave my sleep when I’m dreaming of a murmuration