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Awoken

by Bigtree Bonsai

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1.
Awoken 02:26
I once had a plan But I wrote that shit in sand (wrote it down ) Then it washed away too far now, I can't see I once wrote a book Then I torn all the pages out And I set to fire all the chapters that plagued me I once and while Look for answers in the clouds But they rarely make me feel as though I should believe For too long I fell deep Into the shackles of my defeats Now awoken, yet in jest, the lights still flicker Why do I Sing these words that best describe They way I feel and look for you to reply So long, farewell to demons that reside In and around, beneath me, they've all shattered
2.
Wayside 03:08
As I grow up I’ve started to think How could my dreams be bigger than they felt back then? I wonder where the hell they went A cup of coffee and a cigarette Spending my nights out and up way too long And it was all just for fun Though each day they claim We’ll fall to the wayside And complacency reigns Where we most desire I can’t tell if I feel sorry We lost control and began to hurry With each day we fall to the wayside Not tomorrow and not today That’s I hear, that’s all they ever say And look we’re still stuck in place I’m all ready packing my bags Oh, this city isn’t what it used to be Walking with a dollar short of nothing And the roots of yesterday As I grow up I’ve started to think How could my dreams be bigger than they felt back then? Oh, as they felt back then*** Though each day they claim We’ll fall to the wayside And complacency reigns Where we most desire I can’t tell if I feel sorry We lost control and began to hurry With each day we fall to the wayside We'll fall to the wayside
3.
Once you get on your feet They’ll come a time They will see Truth be told, You’ll lay it done When the scents renew From the winter’s test Warm again does spring confess Waking in the sun as my heart beats through my chest Said I like that, let’s go there; let’s never look back Boy you know it’s hard to live Sometimes cornered you must fit Frame it up and build it out Observe the time you might’ve missed, Swallow pride, steal a kiss Extend a hand and put away your fists Said I like that, let’s go there; let’s never look back Said I like that, let’s go there; let’s never look back Take your time and pace yourself Boy, you know you’re bound figure it out When you get back on your feet again When you get back on your feet again When you get back on your feet They’ll come a time that they will see When you get back on your feet again True love is gold some may say Others, a drug that’s hard to break Either way, you might have to wait Till the scents renew From the winter’s test Warm again does spring confess Carefree and foolish Said I like that, let’s go there; let’s never look back Take your time and pace yourself Boy, you know you’re bound figure it out When you get back on your feet again When you get back on your feet again When you get back on your feet They’ll come a time that they will see When you get back on your feet again
4.
Sarah, while you're fast asleep I'll be on the road Doing well what I know best Rolling down the road I've seen those mountains, river valleys Rolling down the road Catching wind in these cold hands Longing to make their way home Rolling down the road My face and smile have grown It's dead in the streets I'm tired and my feet Are longing to make their way home Careful of what you say What's done is done yesterday It's ok to be Fearless or afraid Don't look back, just start again Like fine whiskeys after taste Loving you, I can't replace It's ok with me if we're Dancing in the rain We'll look back on yesterday Rolling down the road My face and smile have grown It's dead in the streets I'm tired and my feet Are longing to make their way home I’ve been rolling, Rolling down the road My face and smile have*, My face and smile have grown! Rolling down the road My face and smile have grown It's dead in the streets I'm tired and my feet Are longing to make their way home Are longing to make their way home Hope is open doors I make and Late nights are how it goes Sarah, while you're fast asleep I'll be almost home
5.
Take all your friends and your money Throw 'em down the drain Because there’s nothing that satisfies you lately On and on, there you go, you say If only I could be But we’ve all stood in line to know It doesn’t come that easily, yeah We’ve all stood in line to know You have to wait for the key Pick up the pieces of our broken hearts We’ve tried this long enough To know it was broke from the start All that you want It’s not just gonna fall into place, oh lord All that you want It’s not just gonna fall into place, oh no All that you want All that you want It’s not just gonna fall into place, oh lord (It’s never gonna come, never gonna come, it’s never gonna come that way) Why are you wasting?
6.
For You 03:45
The floor is littered with the clothes from last night We got to kickin' when the sun went down On Minnie apple's south side And my two left feet never led you astray And my worst habits they, they kept themselves at bay I can't put this plainly, But I'm as crazy as they come And all my bones are shakin, For you, I can't get enough I woke up to sounds of airplanes bringing Thoughts of distant places And I hope it's not too late But all this waiting may have led you astray And my worst habits they may haunt us someday I can't put this plainly, But I'm as crazy as they come And all my bones are shakin, For you, I can't get enough All I see are these fake magazines and the news, well I can't watch, I've kept this open mind from wicked things, still I can't seem to stop But there might be a few things that I feel so sure about, That death will come, you must love once and sip one on the rocks When all the lies and white noise had led me astray And running blind, but your ways were kind as you led me here to today I can't put this plainly, But I'm as crazy as they come And all my bones are shakin, For you, I can't get enough
7.
And during the night I hear you whisper Don’t leave me But that’s not what I want It’s not who we are That’s not what I foresee Nothing’s perfect, this I know This ain’t how my love ends It’s where it grows In broad day light I see you momentarily We’re making the best and that’s all we care It’s within our reach But they’ll be valleys, this I know We’ll fall off the deep end and swim a shore We’ve seen this ship blow up in flames Simmer back down, happy again Ah, just to be, stuck here for good, Well maybe we should Open your heart, Throw down your barricade Sometimes running in circles, We roll off the page Open your heart Throw down your barricade If what you want feels right You’ll find a way We’ve seen this ship blow up in flames Simmer back down, happy again Ah, just to be, stuck here for good, Well maybe we should This ain’t how my love ends, it’s where it grows This ain’t how my love ends, it’s where it grows This ain’t how my love ends, it’s where it grows*
8.
Let's Fall 02:43
Weren’t we just talking, yeah didn’t I just say The same bodies we live are the ones we decay Oh, and everybody knows something about this or that I’m sure In my mind, in my head, there’s a view I create And no one can take, change, break or remake I’m forming my ways, some say stuck in one place and that I’m lost Well, what to say? I led with my good heart a few times And fell off the train Weren’t we just talking, yeah I think I just said I’m not going back, only forward from here Oh, and everybody knows something about this or that I’m sure In my mind, in my head, there’s a view I create And no one change the way I might perceive the day I’ll roll into town, turning things upside down Well, what to say? I led with my good heart a few times And fell off the train Face it, maybe some day There’s hope in me now, But for this while, Let’s fall off the train
9.
Upon the window drips dew of the new day, Slipping beneath us as we say goodbye to yesterday So long to yesterday The fading memories of all our younger ways It’s awfully hard to see in this world of monochrome With these masks and the T.V. shows Spring is arriving, The clouds begin to cry Your smile awakens From all this winter time From all this winter time Glowing horizon It’s late in the evening Shutting our eyes now Doesn’t seem Quite as easy As it should be So we sing songs to pass the time And drink ourselves from our troubled minds Now there’s no one else, except all of us Can’t you hear these voices screaming for trust Changing ways to escape our fates Living how we want now, Just in case, Day by day Day by day Whatever you want to do, you could have a billboard with your face Though we say we want the world, you know you wouldn’t fix a God damn thing Before now and since then it’s changed So we sing songs to pass the time And drink ourselves from our troubled minds Now there’s no one else, except all of us Can’t you hear these voices screaming for trust Changing ways to escape our fates Living how we want now, Just in case, Day by day
10.
Life's more than a stage, It can offer some truth You may watch it unravel, And look for some clues As to how this could happen, but there's no one, but you This life can be a maze, Trapped, feeling like a fool What this life has to offer, Well that's up to you Push through the storms, ‘til the sun shines through Never is it easy, Living in pain So cut all your loses, start living again And If there's no one to live for And you're convinced your all alone Now you're yelling on the hillside, Oh lord, please let me go, or let me know Why's it have to be so simple, The exits right in front Then watch it all slip and fray, To bare bones you saw Dancing with the devil, And it’s only him you blame (and his needle in you veins) Crash and burned, ya cried the wolf, No evening thought of shame Is it something you're after? That place of serene? But turns out its madness, and tearing from the seams Timeline says trouble, And your face it sure shows This life can be a cage, When no body knows And If there's no one to live for And you're convinced your all alone Now you're yelling on the hillside, Oh lord, please let me go, or let me know That somewhere on the inside, there's a bright bright bright shining light, That somewhere on the inside, there's a bright bright bright shining light,

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released December 10, 2013

Music written and performed by Bigtree Bonsai
Lyrics by Brandon Hagstrom and Zach Mullan
Violin and cello arrangements written by Ben Peterson
Violin and cello arrangements performed by Rachel Knipfer, Britt Peterson and Margit Severson
Produced by Bigtree Bonsai, Jake Dilley and Bill Moriarty
Engineered by Zach Hollander at Pearl Recording Studios, Minneapolis, Mn
and Jake Dilley & Zach Mullan at Wrinkle Studios, Minneapolis, Mn
Mixed by Bill Moriarty at Waking Studios, Philadelphia, Pa
Mastered by Joe Lambert at Joe Lambert Mastering, Brooklyn, Ny
Artwork and design by Brandon Hagstrom
Photography by Emily Gable and Jordan Dibb at The Wilderness, Minneapolis, Mn
Duplication and packaging by Copy Cats Media, Minneapolis, Mn

Bigtree Bonsai is Matthew Duea, Brandon Hagstrom, Jack Kolb-Williams, Zach Mullan and Ben Peterson.
©2013 Bigtree Bonsai www.bigtreebonsai.com

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Rather than settle into one particular genre, they forged ahead and created their own, blending the sounds of Americana, alt- country, and vintage rock into something evocatively familiar, yet completely new. Bigtree’s unique brand of “whiskey rock” features driving rhythms, powerful harmonies, and deeply rooted lyrical themes of renewal, reflection, and redemption. ... more

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