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Bundle Up

by Eric Haugen

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1.
Bundle Up 03:50
Why are we in a place like this and Who did what in Minneapolis? so Pack what you need to survive this winter and Bundle up bundle up You wanna know the odds of survival? I hate to say it's 1:1 After all we're just soft machines That need somebody; bundle up Ain't it just our luck little darlin'? Ain't it just our luck everybody? Took a dip with the fins and teeth That swim behind your eyes They're the sharks of isolation They're the sharks of isolation We like to think that we're good enough and Yeah sometimes that's true But everyone's got blind spots Some work they just can't do Ain't it just our luck little darlin'? Ain't it just our luck everybody? It's ok it's alright it's just a trick of the mind Ain't you got a heart? Ain't you got a soul? Ain't you got love? Ain't' that enough? Ain't you know right from wrong? Ain't you know right from wrong? Ain't you know it? Ain't you know right from wrong? I wanna see myself oh yes but Through someone else's eyes T-I-M-E is a vampire, baby I've seen somethings and You've seen somethings and That's all there is to it.
2.
Windshield 03:42
Hands on the wheel - you think you’re driving Maybe yeah, maybe no Eyes on the road - you see highway Signs you know Foot on the gas - steady riding Check the sides - check behind Operate this machine you Think you own The tableau you make Is not safe (nothing is) Faster than you can process Opposition intersect No prediction, no warning It’s a wreck If we are glass - even tempered But not unbreakable Things we pass - encounters Change us A Shocking refrain Gravel hit the pane of the Window - from the road When your windshield gets hit it’ll Splinter out - it’ll Sting in tracks - it’ll Sink you - and from Where I sit at the end of one line I can see it true What the violence do Mental chain reactions - tiny wars Hit the brakes - then fall silent Better check the damage done Take a breath and pull sideways Kick your hazards on Check the flash on the window Look at the lines now drawn A bouquet of violence Centered on one bad luck stone This is what remains Cracks make a frame Of your window - so it goes When your windshield gets hit it’ll Splinter out - it’ll Sting in tracks - it’ll Sink you - and from Where I sit at the end of one line I can see it true What the violence do Mental chain reactions - tiny wars
3.
Chances Are 06:00
Everyone wants somethin’ Yeah they just don’t know what the Chances are Of gathering for certain Exactly what you thought you had Worked for We do what we gotta do Yes - we can take a hit or two Take it easy now slow runner Take it easy now I know You gotta run Arm yourself for cuttin’ Cross your finish line Your race is run We do what we gotta do Yes - we can take a hit or two Dark clouds do come ‘round But they ain’t evil at heart Don’t mean to rain down Don’t mean to hit so hard But it don’t make the ceiling fall
4.
Take a little while to get it straight I don’t mind babe, I can wait all Evening - I will stay right here Anytime you wanna lay to waste those Things inside that cause you pain Daily - day after day, year after year All the angles skewed inside our heads Oh don’t let ‘em fool you now ‘cause Things are cruel in private hell Oh you what they can do to you - just say Alright - It’s cool, yeah baby baby say Alright - It’s cool, yeah baby baby For tonight let’s forgive ourselves for The way we feel the rest of the week hey Baby - we can put our minds to bed - and then In morning when you fix your hair and I’ll be yawning and I’ll see you look in the mirror And maybe make a smile instead Damn the angles skewed inside our heads Oh don’t let ‘em fool you now ‘cause Things are cruel in private hell Oh you know what they can do to you - just say Alright - It’s cool, yeah baby baby say Alright - It’s cool, yeah baby baby If all your plans did come Too late, and undone If all your time you waste But still, no fun Hesitate - and just say Alright - It’s cool, yeah baby baby say Alright - It’s cool, yeah baby baby
5.
The Diplomat 03:19
I’d like to take my head off At the end of the day Stop the gears spinning A change I can make I’m a steady tactician Attaché A person who can deal with Things in a sensitive way It’s not a fake out I deal in I’m operating It’s the face I was born with Negotiator I measure every sentence Every move I make Against responses Actions to take, and I feel it in my teeth, yeah I feel it in my skull I feel in my neck bones It's a friend that doesn't go What’s broken I can fix it What pain I can hear What advice I can give, yeah To make it go clear It’s not a fake out I deal in I’m operating It’s the face I was born with Negotiator I’m at the end of my rope And nobody knows, 'cause That space was never given So I learned to keep it close But maybe sorta kinda I might need something That could ever so slightly Deviate the plan (hey) It’s not a fake out I deal in I’m operating It’s the face I was born with Negotiator
6.
This Morning 03:53
Sunrise hits all eyes It’s frightenin' To begin A candle burnin' Hold time; be kind Not an easy thing To begin A candle burnin' This is your wave now better Get ridin' We are beings of light Before we go down In the night We meet our friends for shelter yeah In the day We use our hands To scratch our heads What can we say? To celebrate This morning
7.
What do you see when you close your eyes? What do you feel in that shadow? Nothin' wrong with a darkened sky Nothin' wrong to get rattled Breakdown, breakdown, you're right We don't learn if we stay dry Say that you got a dark turn of mind Don't mean you breathe shadow Say that you got some pain inside Don't mean you can't keep a light on Breakdown, breakdown, you're right We don't learn if we stay dry The draw of the void is a common fight and How we choose to keep tethered Don't gauge yourself by holding high Shit you know you can't measure Breakdown, breakdown, you're right We don't learn if we stay dry
8.
Lil Inferno 03:12
I’ll tell you what my problem is: Everything’s a war And I can’t keep up with it Oh lord Yet somehow I am complicit in All these evils I don’t know Is it a sin I guess it is To ignore Oh, the blood it is on my hand I swear I done nothing wrong I try to clean it, I try to clean it all Deny it all on the stand I’m not a criminal & I believe it, & I believe it Yes, I am a pessimist Could you blame me at all? I put all the information in Let it crawl Yeah I’m feelin’ guilty I’ve been guilty from the start I blame everyone I see Here we are Oh, the blood it is on my hand I swear I done nothing wrong I try to clean it, I try to clean it all Deny it all on the stand I’m not a criminal & I believe it, & I believe it
9.
Streamline 03:54
Got two arms full of tools I use Tissue blade full of clay hey I view Resistance as Wasteful As I streamline Oh I streamline 'Til the form can be revealed Then I can go to sleep I got two eyes for the shapes I see Sculpture knives full of tape I keep on Chipping in Oh a little closer As I streamline Oh I streamline 'Til the form can be revealed Then I can go to sleep

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Produced by Eric Haugen and Thom Canova
Engineered & mixed by Thom Canova at Overdub Lane Studios, Eric's Treehouse, and Thom's Synth Dungeon
Mastered by Chris Boerner at The Kitchen Mastering Facility
Painting by Kate Parrent

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released April 22, 2022

Eric Haugen - vocals, gtrs, pedal steel gtr, bass, harmonica, percussion
Rachel Kiel - vocals
Daniel Fields - acoustic gtr, electric gtr (on Chances Are)
Alex Lazara - piano, wurlitzer electric piano, hammond organ, solina
Scott Carle - drums
Thom Canova - sound engineer, lowrey organ, korg MS-20

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Eric Haugen North Carolina

Eric Haugen is guitarist, collaborator, songwriter, and YouTube presenter.

In addition to his own works, you can hear him on records by Fake Swedish, David Karsten Daniels, Physics of Meaning, The Strugglers, Brice Randall Bickford, Mount Moriah, Open Field, Birds and Arrows, Rachel Kiel & The Outboards. ... more

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