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INERT

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1.
Slow Suicide 03:19
Slow Suicide Dsus4 Put the tombstone to your lips D Drink the poison sip by sip Dsus4 Touch the disease with your hips D Feel your heartbeat start to skip Asus4 G D My slow suicide is your long goodbye Dsus4 Yes the meat will start to spoil D It’s rotting right off the bone Dsus4 We are born to our mothers D But we die like fathers all alone OUTRO F and E alternating then back to D Asus4 G D Asus4 G D Dsus4 D ….
2.
Whispering 03:21
Whispering A What the light divides is connected A All our wounds bleed together A I sleep my sleep, then reject it A Our love is deep. Our grief is deeper. A D We should whispering….. A We should be A Dream dream of a sweet life A Shimmering in our dark hour A I want to speak. I try. A Do not weep. Do not cry. A D We should be whispering,,,, A We should be A D A And when I die count it down A D A Every breath every sound A D A And when I die all the love A D A All the love comes around
3.
The Devil Awake Em A Em A The devil asleep and the devil awake Em A Em A Is the difference between love and fate D G D G And I cannot kill what I don’t understand Em A D G But the hate in a heart takes the measure of a man Em A D The hate in a heart makes the man A D The longing of the dry wood Bm F#m Is a shadow on the barn A Em A Em So stitch some cool rain together Bm F#m A Or feed it to the hint of a spark Em A Em A And the dead will outnumber me Em A Em A Like all the birds above the sea D G D G I breathe in their memories Em A D G And the all leave their mark on me Em A D They all leave a mark D G D G Em A D G Em A D
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The First Law of Loss G D C If you’re feeling weary G D C And if your heart is broken G D C If loss is all that you see Am Em C G And there’s no dream that you believe Am Em C D There’s no dream that you believe G D Give it to me Am C Loss is never forever G D Give it to me C Am Bm C Loss is never forever G D C And if you can dream G D C And if you have faith G D C And if you can love Am Em C G I will take each little part Am Em C D And put it right up to my heart CHORUS G D C G I’m closer to my rest D C G Than your sweet tenderness D C G Just mix your hurt with mine D C And I will love what’s left G D Give it to me Am C Loss is never forever G D Give it to me C Am Bm C Loss is never forever Am Bm C Forever Am Bm C Forever
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The Worst Of Us All Whole song is pattern with D major and the low note dropping from D to E to B She’d a million dollar smile In a hundred dollar world Much too small of town for such a beautiful girl They found her broken and bleeding Near the Stanton Mall A journey of two miles to see the worst of us all CHORUS Because the worst of us all could be the life that you make The wounds that you leave and all the love that you take It’s hard to know how it got started or when it begun A grandpa beating up his dad a dad beating his son So with a heart full of vengeance and a mind to end it all But first a little lesson in the worst of us all CHORUS
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Now That You Know Me song mostly drones on D although the guitar goes back and forth between G and D D G She will feel her heart is slowing G D Down to just one beat D G She can feel the numbness spreading G D ‘Till it’s hard to breathe D G And it feels like an anchor D G Pulling from the sound D G A little bit of bad luck D G That follows her around There was once a small explosion In the rectory Brought a rush of such devotion Few had ever seen And the sound and the fury Spread into the night Leaving a vacuum Of temporary sight A G D Now that you know me well can’t you see? A G D Now that you know me well can’t you see?
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If you don’t cry they can’t despise The only thing that matters You break the skin, it barely stings Slowly climb the ladder All the way down All the way down All the way down You said nothing Nothing at all Strong as death go beat your chest Hiding in the middle I can’t wait ‘till I can hate Finally solve the riddle
8.
Fail You 02:13
Fail You F C F C I can’t believe what I cannot see F C F My grieving heart’s too small to beat F C F C My dear be gentle please kiss my cheek F C F C With tears whisper goodby to me Am Did I fail you? F C Did you fail me? F C G C I will try to be kind with these memories of mine There’s a place ‘tween what you see and believe We built our home between these I believe that love is doomed right from the start You believed you could fill my empty heart
9.
Coming Down 01:35
Coming Down G D Peel the labels from the empties A D Put ‘em in a little pile G D In the last remaining ashtray A D Sending them burning to the sky Let the smoke mix and mingle With your tears into the clouds ‘Till the rain taps out the message You’re a stranger to me know A D G Coming down A D G Coming down D Coming Down G D A D
10.
Whether We Are Mended A Bm E A You and your mistakes will meet at the parting waters D A Of your body and the congress Bm D And whether we are mended D A I will taste the deepest part of you You and your dreams will form a lattice like clouds In tears on your face And whether we are mended I will breathe the deepest part of you BRIDGE F#m E A A F#m E E A F#m F#m E A You and your death will wander far away from itself Like a bird over a mountain pass And whether we are mended D A I will love the deepest part of you D A I will love the deepest part of you A F#m AF#m You You E A I will love the deepest part of you
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Lovely 03:12
Lovely G You’re a lovely girl You’re a lovely girl You can go anywhere that you want in this world You can be anything, you can take all their worst You’re a lovely boy You’re a lovely boy You can give all your love, you can give all your joy And you might be a man that no hate could destroy LOUD PART is D - G It’s a lovely life It’s a lovely life Forget all the cancer forget all the strife Forget how you’re lonely forget how you cry D G It’s all so simple Just like a song Just give your love That’s all they want…..

about

Recorded over two and a half days, the majority of the album was recorded live with very few overdubs. For fans of the band Wussy, the album was written by the bass player Mark Messerly and several tracks feature the whole band.

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released June 2, 2019

Written and Produced by Mark Messerly
Engineered, Mixed, and Mastered by John Hoffman
Engineering Assistance by Jerry Queen
Cover Art by Renee Lentz

Musicians
Eric Appleby - bass, kettle drums
Riley Bachman - piano, B3
Nick Barrows - keys
Chuck Cleaver- el. guitar, piano
John Curley - bass
Bill Donabedian- drums
John Erhardt - pedal steel
John Hoffman - bass, el. guitar
Christopher Janidlo - double bass
Joe Klug- drums
Meghan Long - violin
Mark Messerly - guitars, vocals
Hollie J. Nesbitt - vocals
Jerry Queen - drums
Sean Rhiney - bass
Grace Robinson - violin
Kate Wakefield - cello, vocals
Lisa Walker - el. guitar, vocals

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