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Wake to Mourning

by Seth Majka

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1.
Can't Shut Me Up 04:36
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You wake to sunrise I wake to mourning Sink in melancholy It's Coming without warning
I need to scream I may just freak
I’m a victim I’ll take the megaphone Deafen your ears Screaming with my lungs Till I’m crystal clear I’m breaking out the shell My life’s a living hell I’m a victim No! You can’t shut me up Yo can’t shut me down I am my own machine So you can’t shut me up You can’t shut me down You can’t shut me out I am my own machine So you can’t shut me up You wake to sunshine I wake to rain Drowning in the waterfall All I have is pain I’m breaking out the shell From the depths of the well It’s a symptom because I’m a victim I got a voice Among the noise I got a melody I need a remedy I got a voice Among the noise I am my own machine Sound off the siren No one's gonna stop me
2.
Break You Down 02:49
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All my life they spit upon my face Point their fingers put me in my place They’re like riddled bullets to my head I’m their target practice shot to death If you try to break me now Shove me down and break my crown I know that in the end somehow I will stand up from the ground and break you down Years go by I’m in slow motion I am drowning in their ocean I am cornered they’re the wolf pack Driving their teeth down my back You think that you can break me You think that you can mold me You think your condescending I got one thing to say to you You’re no better than me!
3.
Pegasus Wings 04:10
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Do you feel like you need to scream but No one seems to hear anything Do you feel partly cloudy, head up in the clouds? When one seems to be around Well you should know we are the same We’re like shadows hiding in the city lights I can be the one to help you ease the pain Let me take you under my wing tonight Don’t be shy don’t be shy Don’t you cry don’t you cry Let me be your reason why You should fly you should fly In the sky in the sky Let me be the one to help you Spread your wings and fly Do you feel like you’re a dark horse? When no one seems to give any remorse Do you feel like your spirit needs to flutter? But instead it’s washed down the gutter Let me dry your tears Help you remember That I am right here To save you from December Let me dry your eyes I’ll be your reason why That I am like you And need you more than life
4.
Rabid Dogs 02:56
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This dream, scary scary dream Haunting me I can not sleep because I’m just surviving And I’m not living I’m suffocating Yeah we are, we are, we are Rabid dogs We are apocalypse We’re a world collapsed We are the failures We are rabid dogs A word to the wise We’re our own demise We are the cancer We are rabid dogs This trance Ain’t no safety dance Behind the fence I can’t break free and now I'm isolated, locked in a cage I’m buried in my grave Civilized we seem to be We are the downfall of our country When the chips are down We’ll eat each other We are, we are, we are GREED! We are America!
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Stranger to Me 04:11
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It seemed like it was yesterday When you perused me, and tried to make me yours I Never felt like this before It felt like I have been restored Then you, you went away Now you’re just a stranger to me You’re a fragment of my memory I have pushed you all away from me Now you’re just a stranger to me It seemed like it was everyday That you were lonely, when I was with you A daisy chain now torn away You left me there for someone new Oh I’m letting you go Oh you, you went away Oh you, you’re far away
6.
Nothing 03:05
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My dreams aspired as I gaze upon the sea Standing by the shoreline with the waves in front of me I swim across the sea Pursing my own dreams I reach the other side and then I get nothing Is this all I get I get nothing Is this all I get I get nothing Is this all I get for everything Is this all I get for all I’ve done Is this all I get for everything Oh no I’ve come undone I get nothing I build a ladder with a growing desire Of breaking through the skies I’m blazing with fire I’m climbing to the top My dreams ascending I reached the pinnacle and then I got nothing It's not all I get for everything It's not all I get for all I've done It's not all I get for everything Oh this is not the end! No! It's not all I get for everything It's not all I get for all I've done It's not all I get for everything Oh no you can't outrun I'll fight until I'm done I'll be what I become I'll get something
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Only Have One Chance 03:34
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Do you think she’s disappeared? Do you think that you’ve lost her anyway? Would you change the past if you could? Would you wish her back before she slipped away? What are you waiting for? Don’t wait anymore You only have one chance You only have one try You only have one dance To make it all right You only have one love You only have one life You only have one time To make it all right Do you think your love is over? Do you think you might have torn her heart apart? Would you mend the wounds you’ve made? Would you take her hand, and go back to the start? Time fades away like the flowers Your chances withered like a rose One day she’ll face her final hours Before it’s too late (will you) Let her know or let her go? Give her your all Give her your best Go and be her last first kiss Give her your all Give her your best Go because you only have one chance
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You Can't Escape 05:07
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My thoughts are racing in my mind A never-ending heart ache aching inside The feeling unshakable, so inconceivable To know that I’m afraid to die My life has ceased to give today And then it starts to take every loving thing away One by one gone with the winding wind Every time that I would blink again You can’t escape You can’t escape You can’t escape You can’t escape The clutches of the one thing that you can not run away You can’t escape (death) There’s nothing I can not say To change the course of my life along the way The Moment of truth arrives, no need to run and hide I know that I’m next in line The truth is so crystal clear But it’s something I don’t wanna hear I’m trying to push it away But everything fades to grey I can’t face the darkness The pain’s full of sadness It's so unpredictable Strikes you like lightning Blows out the candle
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Stop 03:45
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Lost! The time is lost The clock is ticking faster than my car on defrost Gone! The time is gone! All the time I had is before it all went wrong Time is slipping further in the hourglass I’m Driving 88 to go back to the past Coexisting with the present is a means of deception Can you take me back to my inception? Stop! Stop and replay Stop! Stop and re-twin Stop! Stop and remake Stop and rewind Waste, time has gone to waste The things I’ve said and done can not be erased Lights, who dosed the lights? The time is fading; I will miss it if I blink twice I miss the days when I felt alive Play the ocarina to go back in time Coexisting with the present is a means of deception Can you take me back to my inception? Take me back when I was younger Take me back when I didn’t care Take me back when I had no fear God take me back
10.
Mother 05:07
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On the beach of Normandy Soldiers running, Shots all ringing Bombs exploding, Bodies scattered round dead Here I lay I’m feeling numb Blood is spilling, can not stand up Thousand thoughts now racing in my head I think of you Mother I’m crying out to you As I lay to die Mother I’m sorry I won’t be coming home I’ll see you in another life On that day in 43 Soldiers drafting, soldiers walking Out their front doors, saying their good-byes And here you stand in front of me Tears are falling down from your cheeks Thousand thoughts now racing in your mind You think of me
11.
Wake to Mourning 01:57
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Rise 05:54
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I faced my darkness it made me sick I drink to get my courage up Trying to forget it I can’t let go the thoughts in my head I don’t know why I can’t comprehend I sleep to run away, it makes me safe These dreams turn into nightmares I’m starting to loose faith But in the darkest of my dreams A still small voice whispers so softly (it said) Rise to the sunrise Rise up to the sky Wave the past goodbye Now it’s time to rise Hands up to the sky Stand up on your feet Live your life and know you are not alone I tasted bitterness, and it was sour Chaos and the sirens kept creeping ever hour But in the mist of all these crazy times A still small voice whispers in the light I’m alone and wake to mourning And my words keep failing me All I need is a melody I close my eyes All I see are shadows all around me But your voice is my remedy Now come before you all I have risen from the fall Now rise to the rising sun Eyes wide awake Now rise to the sunrise Come greet the day You’re not alone We’re not alone I’m not alone
13.
More Than This 05:04
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Hello friend I know it’s very late I couldn’t wait another day I felt like driving by To see you one more night And tell you how I feel inside Here I go Cards on the table I wish we were more than this I wish we were more than that I wish we have something more for us A greater love that we could ever have I wish with all my heart I wish, I wish we were more than this I know friend I know what you’ll say It’s better this way But all we’ve been through Has led me close to you I can’t survive without you I know I know we can’t be in love I know that we are better off as friends I know I know we can’t be in love I know this but I am nothing without you

about

Wake to Mourning is basically my anthem. All my life I have been hiding secrets and it was only a matter of time before I was fed up and couldn’t take it anymore. So this album was me just screaming at the top of my lungs and then these songs came out of me, it felt so liberating to express how I felt inside and what brought me down living in this life.

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released April 22, 2014

Produced, recorded, and mixed by Seth Majka
Additional engineering by Jim Majka
Recorded at Crystal Authentic Recordings in Bangor, ME
Mastered by Kyle Connors at Main Street Music Studios in Bangor, ME

Vocals, guitars, bass, keyboards, and drum machine programming by Seth Majka
Drum Kits by Alan Morse
Additional vocals on "Rabid Dogs" by Spencer Small
Edgar Allan Poe quote voiceover on "You Can't Escape" by Gwendolyn Kotyk
Additional vocals on "Rise" by Sarah Majka

Art Direction by Seth Majka
Album Art Photography by Jen Marie

"Nothing" Music Video Directed by John Michael Gagnon
Cinematography by Jamie Gagnon

All songs written by Seth Majka
except for "Can't Shut Me Up" written by Seth Majka and Ruth Majka
2014 Crystal Authentic Recordings

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I am a 31 year old local Portland indie artist coming back to music after a length hiatus. Hopefully I am here to stay for good. My music ranges from rock to acoustic. There's something for everyone.

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