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Silhouettes: 5. YY

The song was written in July 2010. Andrew Sais (electric guitar) originally penned the hook and the main riff/groove. Jack Menkedick quickly came up with lyrics about a "Man Named James" who decided to...

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Silhouettes: 8. Selfish Bastards

Lyrics and music were written circa 2008 by Jack Menkedick at a cabin around a campfire.

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Silhouettes: 9. Simple Words, Simple Sounds

The original conception of Simple Words, Simple Sounds was an acoustic, chunky-guitar 16-bar blues in B minor. If memory serves, it was more of a lamenting tune rather than the tour de force we usually...

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Silhouettes: 4. Innocent

Innocent is one of our earliest tunes, dating back before the band was in existance. It was the quintessential Jack Menkedick classic: a bit punky, super rocky, and sing-as-fast-as-Jack-can and jiggle...

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Silhouettes: 6. Knives

The original track (heard in its most pure form at the end of the song) was penned by Brandon in 2008. It was a struggle to get the song off the ground to be something presentable and representative as...

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Silhouettes: 7. Waiting

This track is a bit unusual since the original incarnation, written by Andrew, did not undergo change. His guitar part was the central vein in which both a ballad and a dance tune emerged. Bass, drum,...

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Silhouettes: 3. Build Churches

Build Churches was originally penned in July 2011 for the functional purpose of having a high energy opening tune for our shows. One of the fastest songs The Alpine Ghost has written, the structure...

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Silhouettes: 2. This Is the Last Song I'll Write About You

One of the more lengthy song evolutions in The Alpine Ghost's time, the peaks and valleys of 'Last Song' endeavor to rival the contrasts found in the song "Knives." Partly autobiographical and partly a...

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Silhouettes: 1. Starry Eyed Child

Strolling down King Ave. Money in my pocket and nothing to do Real life is such a drag All these days keep picking at your poise You spend your days dreaming and your nights drinking Tell me how they...

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Silhouettes: 11. Happy Song

Fill me up with all your sorrow All your pain and all your misery Is this what you've been in search of Something to bring all your dark to light Rest your head on my soft shoulder Pillow of such sweet...

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Silhouettes: 10. Widdly Scuds

Swimming through the fog Keeping both hands in front of me Waiting for the wall I can feel it getting close Screaming through a sheet of lead Broken word were understood Then placed in the left hand of...

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Silhouettes: 5. Alleyways

Broken leaves that fill the streets were once part of the trees that look so alone We will crush them under our feet like the glass that fills our alleyways My soul feels like France in the summer time...

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Silhouettes: 1. Tearin' Up the Town

Your eyes glittered while my eyes shimmered And we were one of a kind Grinning ear to ear as we tore up the town like sheets of paper I wish you were here right now So we could show this town what...

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