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We Must Imagine Sisyphus as Happy

from The American by Bear and the Beasts

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Recorded by Logan Muckler
Mixed by Carmine Gabbianelli
Bear Redmon on guitar and vocals
Noah Zinter on guitar and vocals
Trent Farchone on bass
Jake Koplen on saxophone
Justin Peterson on trumpet
Chris DeWitt on drums

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Well I was born under a blood-red moon
and bleeding’s all I’ve known to do.
If you got nothing you’ve got nothing to loose,
so play the chords hard and out of tune.
My hand’s unsteady, shaking at best.
A transient heart beats out of my chest.
I’ve got a tongue that speaks in cigarettes.
Oh, I sleep but I never rest.

I’m all alone. I’m on my own.
But it’s alright.

Cause every chord must progress, across the board, across the fret.
Every finger must restep, along your spine, along your neck.
Every pen must spill its ink against the margins, against the reams.
Every bleeding heart must sing, from every suture, from every seam.

Oh, and the red and the greens in the blood-spattered trees
and the rust from the eaves of the abandoned buildings sing
a funeral dirge of the season’s passing
of the summers, the falls, and the beginnings
So you’ve been keeping time all of your life
For every step to the left you take a step to the right
Until all you’ve known is that nine-to-five
You live to live until you live to die

You’re all alone. You’re on your own.
But it’s alright.

Cause every chord must progress, across the board, across the fret.
Every finger must restep, along your spine, along your neck.
Every pen must spill its ink against the margins, against the reams.
Every bleeding heart must sing, from every suture, from every seam.

Every bud must bloom and burst, despite the chorus, despite the verse
Every son must render first, despite the murder, despite the curse.
Every pen must spill its ink against the margins, against the reams.
Every bleeding heart must sing, from every suture, from every seam.

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from The American, released April 14, 2020
Recorded by Logan Muckler
Mixed by Carmine Gabbianelli
Bear Redmon on guitar and vocals
Noah Zinter on guitar and vocals
Trent Farchone on bass
Jake Koplen on saxophone
Justin Peterson on trumpet
Chris DeWitt on drums

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