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Everyone Will Fall

by The Natural 20s

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1.
To hold and keep shut. The paragraph denied, rewritten and rehashed. Time and time moves on. Serving not to mend but to erase. The paragraph denied. Outside the judgement rings from the blinded and amused who see everything. My Failure is not enough.
2.
There's a rumor going round that you're already half gone. I know you're a ghost just as soon as you have found a door that leads out: an answer to the math that has kept you standing still. I can see in your eyes, what you're wishing for is clear. You'd parade out the front and leave me standing here. I know what you want, but tell me what you need that will keep you here with me. Would it make a difference now if I told you it wasn't a good time to make a change, put me in a bind. Is there something I could do, or better yet just say, that would delay? Or make you stay until you're gray? Another wasted year: another wasted life. Stay until you're gray.
3.
Gray 04:35
4.
Hypertension 03:43
Come on in. Have a seat. I'm sure you've heard about the hole inside my chest. No, I don't mind at all if you stare. The doctors say I'm a marvel, surviving for so long without a heart. I'm sure you want the whole story: how my hypertension finally led to meltdown like a garden hose kinked up for so long. I tried to just forget her, but the memory would not budge. Stuck inside a ventricle till the genius finally struck. She was always in my heart, so I started taking pills to finally blow her out. It made sense, up the pressure to clear the blockage; though I may have overdone it. When I came to I could see my heart's remains like an abstract on the wall. Now I don't miss her at all, though I sometimes miss my pulse. And the blood that used to pump, now, just sloshes all around. She was always in my heart, so I started taking pills to finally blow her out.
5.
We can do it again: start over, take it back to when.. And everyone will fall. In time, this will all run out. Our chances withered back to doubt. And everyone will fall. Oh, but I don't know how to write this line. Is it over? Can I cover up this line? They can't hear me outside. It's quiet. I know where to hide. With everyone, I fall. In time, I'll find the beat; head down, marching on the street. With everyone, I fall. Oh, but I don't know how to write this line. Is it over? Can I cover up this line?
6.
Pressure 04:40
There's pressure on my neck, it feels I'm drowning; and I cannot tell if the noose or the stockade bring me relief or just put me to sleep. And if I can dream, then this time I'll be bigger. Grab all the ammo and hope that the trigger brings me relief or else I wont sleep. I thought tonight that you were mine, but I was wrong. The pounding in my head: it feels like a shotgun. Give me the shells and I'll do it my damn self so I get relief, or it puts me to sleep. And if I can dream, then this time I'll stay quiet. Crawl in a hole, hope that they buy it. So I stay asleep and I find some relief. I thought tonight that you were mine, but I was wrong. You said tonight that you're not mine and I am wrong. Take this chance to find my way out. If anyone can find me I'll be waiting at the end.
7.
Part of me is sad that you're gone. Part of me is sad for the way that you left us. Part of me is not sad at all. Part of me is shamed that I'm even conflicted. A part that can't mourn like the news hasn't clicked yet... Part of me seethes at the things that you did. Part of me knows that it's time to forgive, and part of me is curled up in fear. Part of me hates you for the feelings I have that will lead to the thoughts that result in the words that no one is wanting to hear. Part of me hates you for leaving like this, and for being a person I only half-miss. Part of me is wiser, knew you were miswired, musters up some small sympathy. Part of me is damaged, and looks on with wonder that I'm half as adjusted as I claim to be. Part of me is furious I have to endure this cobainication of your memory. But mostly I'm sad that you're gone. Most days I won't be thinking of you. When I do, I'm trying hard just to hold back the tears and the truth.

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released February 19, 2019

Sergio Alvarado - Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards, Production
Dan Howe - Vocals, Guitar, Percussion, Violin, Keyboards
Dylan Ternes - Guitar, Vocals
Gabriel Prado - Drums, Vocals


Additional Musicians:
Viola - Erica Solano
Vocals, Violin - Ann-Kathryn Alvarado

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The Natural 20s Long Beach, California

Hailing from Long Beach, California, The Natural 20s are one evidence that sometimes you can meet good friends and bandmates through craigslist.

Lifelong friends, Gabe and Sergio, decided to find some likeminded people, but settled on Dylan and Dan. Since those fateful meetings, the band has forged an energetic path through the most dimly lit bars in all of Southern California.
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