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The Road. The Reason.

by And The Traveler

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Reveal your soul before you come in because the naked truth from without will shine within. Take what you will as above so below, days spent alone turning to dust for a road. Miles and miles and years i'm now prepared. I swear I know you're there You will feel alive you won't tremble anymore from down below. Baby you will feel alive lets go to where we were before my heart will guide us home. Reveal your soul before you come in because the naked truth from without will shine within. But alone is alone. I'll wait for you there. Inside I've built a place for us to call our own my friend i'll show you where. You took what you could not above nor below. The mind will stem as the great river flows and flows on and on as the horizon slows. Can't fight this truth I know. When he comes in the night. Hearts won't be satisfied. I'll drink your despair drink it all so they know what it's like to fall. No heart is satisfied. Don't take that breath baby don't you go in there you won't feel alive anymore. Oh he'll take all your will take it all. He'll drink in that pain as you fall YOU WILL FEEL ALIVE You will feel alive. You won't tremble anymore while down below baby you will feel alive lets go to where we were before my heart will guide us home. Reveal your soul before you come in because the naked truth from without will shine within. Cause i've been traveling for days and i'll bring you home take you right back to where you belong. We'll live so boring, cause i've been traveling for days and I cannot find one peace for my wondering heart broken traveling mind.
2.
From the fire rose a flame down from sky to earth it came. Little life to touch and bloom those flowers for me. Silent trees howling winds know where i've gone know where i've been. Tides decided by the moon to guide me to you. What is knowing what is knowing if that should has survived you'll know in your heart what is right. Oh i remember the frost in november chilly days alone without you singing this little tune. What is knowing what is knowing if that soul has survived you'll know in your heart what is right.
3.
When I was a boy my father told me son the time has come and he said, "great men are not thought they are done". With a spear in hand they worked the land. "With spear in hand they work the land" In there hearts they are strong. Oh how I know what it's like underground your bodies won't be found. I said it before and i'll say it again. Oh how i know what it's like underground. I'm not the man I was i've been there before i won't go there again. Under the ground you won't be found under the ground I was brave the ideal sung. Weapon in hand a dead to be done. My hand declared by the hilt of a sword shaking i went to prove my worth. You don't know the joy of a hearts final beat, i'd steal a tongue for a taste so sweet. No spear in hand I fled the land. "No spear in hand he fled the land" My fathers words wrong. Oh how I know what it's like underground your bodies won't be found. I said it before and i'll say it again. Oh how i know what it's like underground. I'm not the man I was i've been there before i won't go there again. UNDER THE GROUND
4.
You will see the catacombs. Welcome to your home. I know it's not much but you'll find it's warm enough with me. You will see everything that you need to see with me. Because i know how it feels to be alone and abandoned, so come here. All I need is you i've been tripping. All i need is you I will have you my dear I said you will succumb to me I said you will succumb to me I said let the music take over your feet. You feel it in your heart now. You feel it in your soul. You'll just go so cold. You will succumb. You will succumb. You will succumb. You will succumb. All I need is you. I've been tripping into pieces without you. All I need is you. I've been tripping into pieces without you. I said you will succumb to me. You will succumb to me. You will succumb to me. You will succumb. Just dance a little bit All I need is you.
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Step by step Breath by breath One foot before the next Cold Dusty Roads Compress my soul Pace slows but still no rest Take me home Take me home To where i want to go
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When they came to town the darkest scene so profound you won't believe what had happened to the pair that day. On one side a little girl now to his right drenched in pearls and draped in chains her eyes a glaze. He said, " Please don't cry my lovely wife, you are blessed you will find a way to survive". He never calls it quits till he gets just what fits or he'll choose to take that life away. You can't save me now, running away. You can't save me now, running away. It always ends the same down they go I can't explain but it's the last time they'll see the light of day. A haunting melody to remember fallen scenes always the same words that he speaks. He says, "Please don't cry my lovely wife you are blessed you will find a way to survive" Brace yourself she won't know what it means to be alone with him. Under the ground her soul is his you'll see you won't be able to believe the words she screams. You can't save me now, running away You can't save me now, running away Brace yourself she won't know what it means to be alone with him. Under the ground her soul is his you'll see you won't be able to believe the words she screams. You can't save me now
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Oh how i know what it's like underground. Your bodies won't be found. I said it before and i'll say it again. Oh how i know what it's like underground, i'm not the man i was i've been there before i won't go there again.
10.
Can't see under the ground. There's no light to be found There's no day old sound That won't bind you or twist you around under the ground A whirlwind of dreams skitter in me Quick erratic steps push thoughts that take me away The sun won't come again if even from me So i'll beg you please before i flee Breath with me Breath out please Breath with me Wanna feel that warm sunset
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You can't see a way out all these walls feel the same. To dark to find your way out a faint light shines faded in grey Her beam will lend no way out right at your back there drawing in. To take you to your way out but this is where your journey ends Vicious eyes they pierce your insides they know how it feels to take a life Present your arms, reach for the sky. So close to where your loved ones… Where your loved ones lie Don't you go down the rabbit hole don't you go down that rabbit hole It's a crying shame All I need is you i've been tripping into pieces with out you You will never see her face again Don't you go down that rabbit hole. Cause i've been searching for days and your mind's a fragile thing i know… So i've come to take you from below. Her mind. Her heart. Her soul. Are ours now. You can't see a way out all these walls feel the same To dark to find your way out and here will lie your remains
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Vicious Eyes they piece your insides Present your arms reach for the sky
13.
My heart it breaks My hands they shake It lets me know I'm still alive It lets me know whats true in side You will never see her face again My hands still shake The fear won't break How long can i see through these lies Before they break me from inside You will never see her face again Because a day old dream is all but dead you will plead you will beg still your needs won't be met No dagger in your hand just a cold dead sweat take my advice you'll still be the first to shed red **And we say we all say** You will never see her face again You will never see her face again Cause i've been traveling home but home is a lone without you there in my stead Because there's a burning home where we'll be both be laid to rest. You will never see that face. Oh you will never You will never see her face again Don't you go down that rabbit hole All I need is you i've been tripping into pieces with out you You never see that face
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It was only a dream To the West I see a dead mans warning a prophecy And it reads, "Oh how i know what it's like" On my knees in my head i will stay casting the safest of guards the holiest of arms that shield me from harms way Oh I hear them, the spirits say, "Get out while you can. Get out while you can" To touch the air I won't let go. I'll see you there I won't get go But i can't see the walls exploding collapsing on me Ground quakes in my chest taste the fear in my sweat As the braces of arms embrace me in swarms and pull me in all ways Oh i hear them. The spirits say "Get out while you can, get out while you can" And It was only a dream. And It was only a dream To touch the air I won't let go. i'll see you there I won't let go To touch the air i won't let go i'll see you there will you ever know… I'll stay in the earth I won't let go. No i won't let go. I won't let go. I won't let go
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Take this sword and go Return to us our home Don't you feel it all this pressure Steel your heart prepare to fight Oh god is there a way out of here as it was you're running in circles again Oh god i know it's true, boy as it was you're running in circles again Where is north? I can't see the sun It's to bright in here i don't know what will become of me Don't you feel it all this pressure Steel your heart it's time to fight Oh god is there a way out of here as it was you're running in circles again Oh god i know it's true. boy as it was you're running in circles again Listen close to the words i say they won't make it out alive the man there plans will all go away rest now your safe Don't you worry my dear there won't be a life in sight My hands there safe we'll slip away deeper into night Cause i swear You will find her deep underground but she won't remember where your hearts were bound You will find her deep underground but she won't remember where your hearts were bound
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Down here there's blood on the walls. Last night returns I can see it all from the grey scales to the great cascades of blushing faces of said lives soon to fade. So Don't you just breath slow. Won't you just take in that breath of air as you reach for the earth its time for rebirth i'll find some life some peace of mind and start a new day. "You can't have her don't you see, we're forever bound. Take your chances pick a dagger and we'll have a go around" You will never take away. Not this time. You wanna give well take her away from me. Your fading plans succumb to my pressing hands. Not this time. Will you. Take her away from me. So Don't you just breath slow. Won't you just take in that breath of air as you reach for the earth its time for rebirth the night won't be such a terrible thing with me. As you reach out, pull with me, and try to breath. You reach for dry land.
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Down here on the beach is a simple sort of peace. Down here on the beach please breath with me. I will build a house made from planks that we found on the shore. I will build us life made from tales that I tell so old. But alone is alone even with you here. My dear there's nothing to fear. Wet your eyes or try to sing, oh sing for me. Down here on the beach is a simple sort of peace. Down here on the beach please breath with me. I have built us house where the tales will play out, play on. I will owe you my dreams, small promises, simple things and the stories will be forever told. Forever told. Forever told. Forever told. Forever and ever.

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And The Traveler is a group of modern day bards, relaying stories through their music, “The Road, The Reason” follows the story of a traveler set to rescue a girl from her evil uncle who holds her captive beneath a massive metropolis.

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released May 7, 2013

All songs written, produced and preformed by And The Traveler

And The Traveler is
Max Johl- Lead Vocals and Guitar
Josh Goldberg- Chapman stick and Vocals
Donald Perdomo- Drums and Vocals

**Optional outro created by Kevin Reilly **

Engineered by Rocky Russo
Assistant Engineer Seth Nicholson
Mixed by Kevin Reilly at Schroedinger's Box Studios
Mastered by Dan Coutant at Sunroom Audio
Album Art by Joshua Warren
Color and layout by Amanda McDermott
Overall Layout by James D. Rivas

Additional Vocals done by:
Seth Nicholson, Dylan Chandler Hume, Lex Vargas,
Reprise Underground additional vocals: Carl Bower, Paige Stokes, and Tom Corrado
Band Recorded at All Souls Church Greenfield Massachusetts
Vocals and Aux percussion recorded at Edgewood Studios
*copyright* 2013 All rights reserved And The Traveler & Edgewood Studios LLC

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