Generations / McGill

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released 18 April 2013
Recorded Winter 2013 by Jim Bertini at Galaxy Smith Studios in Greenpoint, Brooklyn
Mixed by Jim Bertini
Mastered by Paul Gold, Salt Mastering
Artwork by David Saracino

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Track Name: Generations
There was a glimmer in our eyes
Virgin youth's unblinking pride
Our lives began with futures bright
A perfect world was in our sight

Then as we grew we learned of wrong
The challenges we'd meet head on
So at the moment we were grown
We'd sit upon a peaceful throne

We never got to say
"No!" when they threw our dreams away
We're a generation led astray

Slowly the realization dawned
Ash on a green and grassy lawn
Where we imagined flowers to grow
Was covered up with years of snow

We never got to say
"No!" when they threw our dreams away
We're a generation led astray

For us to solve when we grew up
They left to us a world corrupt
There was a time we could succeed
But that was when we still believed

We never got to say
"No!" when they threw our dreams away
We're a generation led astray

We never got to choose
All those chances that we'd lose
Our parents let this world decay
We're a generation led astray

When we ascend to rule this place
None will move at a different pace
Our hearts will freeze, our wars will burn
And then it'll be our children's turn
Track Name: McGill
One hundred years ago in a little town in Minnesota lived a boy who called himself McGill. He sat by the windowsill and dreamed until the day went still, and in the dark he'd dream a little more. Then, one day, there came along a girl who sang a pretty song with a freckled face; she called herself Marie. She said "Hey 'Gill you wouldn't believe what lies out there beyond those trees -- would you let me take you out to see?

"So pack up your bags and fly, you've got some living before you die. I've got this feeling, don't ask me why, don't ask me why, don't ask me why."

So Marie and 'Gill, they took to the hills and climbed a hundred miles until they found a spot where they could be at ease. It was the highest point that they could see, rose far above the tallest trees, so naturally they became king and queen. But before they'd laid their regal grounds, the sky had darkened all around, the heavens broke, and rain began to fall. The lightening cracked, the thunder clapped, and soon the king and queen were trapped on an island sinking in the rising flood. Well poor Marie, she said, "The end's begun! I've always had a place to run, I'm certain that this night will be our last." But 'Gill said, "Marie, you wouldn't believe what lies inside of you and me -- take my hand and we can be at peace.

"So lay down and close your eyes, you've got some dreaming before you die. I've got this feeling, don't ask me why, don't ask me why, don't ask me why.

- "I promise you this too shall pass, even if this night is our last."
- "I'm afraid that I've made a mistake choosing to stay."

For forty hours the storm raged on, and Gill, he said, "I had it wrong -- if we don't leave we're surely going to die." But sweet Marie, she said, "I see the light -- my dear McGill, you had it right, we just needed a little faith before we fly! Because I've dreamed of what this world could be, in all its possibility, and I'll be damned if I don't get to see. So take my hand and hold it tight, we're gonna make it out alright, jump with me and promise to believe."

Pack up your bags and fly, we've got some dreaming before we die. We've got this feeling, don't ask us why, don't ask us why, don't ask us why. No, don't ask us why.