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Strange Loops

by Four Point Restraints

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1.
Come now, we’ll make it somehow To hell with the sundown and this refuge of lies Follow me in joyful sorrow Underneath the swallow of unending sky For we are to reap and we are to sow Both heavenly bliss and cold, deathly woe Onward, just as the songbird In autumn wanders, so we’ll carry on Riding towards the sweet strains of sirens Straight to the horizon and to what lies beyond For we are to reap and we are to sow Both heavenly bliss and cold, deathly woe Yeah, we are to reap and we are to sow Both heavenly bliss and cold, deathly woe
2.
Can you feel the tender gaze From these honed and hungry eyes, Soft as the press of panted breath On the back of your neck? Captive to your secret gravity, In the deluge drowned And as your shadow, gallantly, I’m to you ever bound Where you go, I’ll follow For you are my north star Can you hear my moon-drunk voice As I whisper your name to the night, Madly through the lonely hours Till the day dawns anew? Like a sleepless priest to prayer, Ceaseless, I recite Once for each hour of each day since I first laid eyes on you Where you go, I’ll follow For you are my north star Though this world’s a cruel, cruel place Where the wicked covet and cull, Fear not, my darling ‘cause I’m watching over you Darling, it’s true, I’m always watching over you It’s true, it’s true, I’m always watching over you Like it or not Where you go, I’ll follow For you are my north star Where you go, I’ll follow For I’m yours forevermore
3.
Mad Scene 03:31
Weep no more for me, my love Don’t quell that fire in your eyes With tears sweetly surrendered For I am with you still Leave no roses where I lie Nor speak your elegies Just sing to me your thunder For I am with you still I’m the air you breathe, the earth you tread The voice that seethes inside your head I’m the force that fells each falling star I’m the blood that fuels your cauldron heart Hold on tight to enmity As were an infant child Or softly-burning ember For I am with you I’m the air you breathe, the earth you tread The voice that seethes inside your head I’m the force that fells each falling star I’m the blood that fuels your cauldron heart
4.
The air is full of razors, The ashes rain down The night is playing Judas In heartspun bands bound I’ve paid sober witness To this betrayal spattered thing The hash of humanity Hums along to the strings So softly, the shadows seize So softly, I try to breathe So softly, the shadows weep But I’ll be coming up again I’ll be coming up again I’m floating along Torment’s tide I’ve been leafing through the coffins Of my decayed pride I’m tired, but I’m wired The whole of my soul threadbare I don’t know what I know And I don’t care I’m still on that ball-and-chain My brain’s circling the drain But I’ll be coming up again I’ll be coming up again Lord, I’ll be coming up again I’m tired and I’m wired, wired and I’m tired My body, mind, spirit, heart is on fire My soul stretched taut as the nerves of a wire My body, mind, spirit, heart is on fire My body, mind, spirit, heart is on fire, it’s on fire And I’ve shed these scalding tears Down the days, through the years I’ve bled all my burning tears But I’m coming up again Yeah, I’m coming up again Oh I’m coming up again Now I’m coming up again
5.
Loaded Gun 04:08
Past midnight the air’s dead, you’re feeling Your heart racing, ugly thoughts come a-stealing Suddenly that girl in the corner Hangs her head and cries You trace the tears down her porcelain face You lean in close as you embrace With ice-dry lips… O, you swear she is the one I say, beware my son That one is a loaded gun She’ll laugh at all of the world’s cruel jokes She’ll let you explore her valleys and slopes She satisfies your wildest desires She sets your timid world on fire But you’ll meet darkest hours, scorching flames If you deny or dare bring her shame Beware my son… O, you swear she is the one Your setting sun That one is loaded gun And what did I tell you? You’ve opened the gates of Hell And the sound and the fury Will come from the loaded gun Brother, what have you done? Do you feel the burn as you crash? I daresay you’ve met your match That one is a loaded gun
6.
All the tired cliches you’ve heard before Mounted like bracken upon the shore The dire cliches I’ve heard before For some odd reason I think we need them once more Our eyes are wild, wide, wired Our ornamental egos have been stripped away Our eyes are wide, wide shut To our garish, glamorous, desperate dreams The sufi surreal, this atavistic feel Marinates and permeates the perfumed air The foul discord of our words The ennui, it’s bittersweet honey Our lips are tight shut We’ve the indelible stamp of the truly depraved and deranged With eyes wide shut We half-apologize and then we do it all again Saw my skull from my shoulders, While my wilting heart molders I’m stalled at the motor, send me rumbling forward Now I’ve never had the measure To suffer such pain and such pleasure Saw my skull from my shoulders, While my wilting heart molders I’m stalled at the motor, send me rumbling forward Now I’ve never had the measure To suffer such pain and such pleasure

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Evan Gadowski - lead vocals, guitar
Meagan Day - bass, backing vocals
Mike Cashin - drums, percussion
Will Barry - lead guitar, harmonica, mandolin

Featuring:
Elio DeLuca - piano, organ

Recorded & mixed by Elio DeLuca at The Soul Shop in Medford, MA
Produced by Elio DeLuca & Four Point Restraints
Mastered by TW Walsh

All music & lyrics by Evan Gadowski and Will Barry
*except for music in intro/outro to Endless Prelude from Egmont Overture, Op. 84, by Ludwig van Beethoven

(c) 2023

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released April 7, 2023

Cover Photo by Meagan Day
Artwork & design by Will Barry & Meagan Day

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Four Point Restraints Boston, Massachusetts

We are Four Point Restraints, a Boston-based indie rock group formed in June 2010. We gig extensively all over the Boston and greater-Boston area, broadening our fan-base, making a name for ourselves, and honing a distinctly eclectic borderline-schizophrenic musical style.

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