5240 Volume IV: Autumn

by Shawn Farley

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about

"5240" is not an album, per se. It is an experiment I'm conducting this year - writing, recording, and releasing a new song every week for the entirety of 2009. Previous to this year, I'd probably never even finished ten songs in one year before.

And here it is, the fourth and final "volume" of the series. The project is now over, and I made it - 52 songs in 52 weeks.

I wouldn't read too much into these "volumes", as the songs are simply compiled in the order they were released over the last three months. In most cases, there was no "grand plan" or anything, I generally was writing the song only days before it posted, with no thought to any sort of "album flow." I'm grouping the songs in this way to make it easier for people who are interested, but maybe late to the project, to be able to download the year's output thus far in larger blobs.

This volume is called "Autumn" mostly because it was autumn while I worked on these tunes.

Most all of the songs here are "solo" songs, recorded by me, by myself, in my apartment. A couple of tracks have guest performers.

This was it, the home stretch. For the most part, the songs came fast and furious at the end, with real-life events and sickness being the main challenges to overcome in getting the project wrestled to a close.

If you followed along throughout 2009, I hope you found some songs you liked. It's going to be weird not posting a new song every Monday morning, but I'd be lying if I said I wasn't looking forward to having a life (and normal sleeping patterns) once again. Thanks for listening.

credits

released 13 January 2010
All songs were written, recorded, and mixed by Shawn Farley in his Seattle apartment in Ballard.

All songs were mastered by Darin Di Pietro.

All photographs taken by Shawn Farley, except the one for "Forty Today", taken by Darin Di Pietro.

Check out individual tracks for guest performers, etc. Thanks for listening!

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Track Name: Killing Me (The Waiting Is)
I hope you will forgive me for being so forward
I have very good reason to be
If I look desperate, that's because I am

Whole lot of injustice left to be exposed
There's plenty of names that I got to forget
There's plenty of things that I don't wanna do
And plenty of times yet to make a stand
This isn't one of them

Killing me (The waiting is)

I have been so concerned about doing the right thing
But it really hasn't gotten me anywhere
I am now completely at your mercy

Whole mess of laws that I gotta break
Whole buncha lies I ain't discovered yet
There's plenty of places I don't wanna be
And plenty of times yet to make a stand
This might be one of them

Killing me (The waiting is)
Track Name: Pep Talk
We've noticed that you're down
But we know you did all that you could do
You had that pilot dead to rights
We're still looking into how the freighter got past our outer defenses

Be that as it may
We've been really busy
We've built you a new slick ride
It's called a "Super Star Destroyer"

You're still the Dark Lord of the Sith
You're still the Badass of the Galaxy
Even your Master is afraid of you
You'll get another chance to even up the score, yeah

That shot was one in a million
The rebels won't get so lucky again
Turns out the kid who did it was just a little piss-ant farmer
...and did you hear his name?
Get a load of this...
His name is Skywalker
Aw, come on, you gotta be kidding me!
What kinda stupid name is Skywalker anyway?
Track Name: Sudden Cake
You don't know what you'd do
If faced with sudden cake
Ain't no hard and fast rules
To deal with sudden cake

Nobody ever expects it
We wonder from whence did it come here, oh no

Sudden cake

Drive a car ride a bike
Hurry to sudden cake
There's no dessert you like
More than sudden cake

Nobody saw this one coming
We wonder what it wants with our town

Don't mistake sudden for sodden
Sodden means wet
Sudden means:
What the heck
You totally surprised us
We weren't expecting THAT
Out of the blue
Completely blindsided
We have no contingency plan

No need to fear cake
No need to fear sudden cake
Track Name: Xanthous
Coward you are
Coward you'll be
Someone should put you out your misery

You're not sure how
You got down this road
You don't deserve to be the one in the know

Stand up straight, you better suck that gut in
Those shoes are scuffed that suit is awfully ill-fitting
We're all assembled now so what's the big idea
That's all you got? No wonder we're all sliding down the hill

Coward you are
Coward you'll be
Someone should put you out your misery

Cowards we are
Cowards are we
Leaving behind our yellow legacy

Comb your hair there's one too many out of place
And brush your teeth, that breath's enough to melt my face
Please mind your manners, this might be your only shot
Not much to show for promises you shouldn't ought to have made
Track Name: Quaver
You, you're not the villain I was told you were
Still, one-sided stories leave a lot of holes to fill

Not since our ancestors came down from trees
Has prudent culling been so necess'ry
Don't wanna point a finger
When I hear your voice I hear a quaver

Here, I'm giving back what I do not deserve
Shills, all my heroes are confined in boxes
Smilin' in profile

A secret formula was written for
I trust you'll guard it carefully evermore
Uneasy feelings linger
When you speak to me I hear a quaver
Track Name: Forty Today
I'm in the middle of the road, I guess
If I'm lucky
'Cause the road could end any day or night
I ain't done half the things I meant to do
Had a head fulla "idears", guess they weren't true

Forty today
Kinda hard not to look back
(Criticize)
And wonder how I could've done it better
(Know I shoulda)
Forty today
I can scarcely believe it
(Second-guess)
Sure hope I've made some years matter

I know just what I'm missing
But what can I do?
Ain't got no wife
Ain't got no kids
But I gotta few friends when time permits
What the hell was I thinking?
I really don't know
Done what I could
To pay the bills
But I ain't found nuthin' that makes me fulfilled

Forty today
How I wish I could go back
(Do it right)
And kick Younger Me in the keister
(Don't be stupid)
Forty today
Just as clueless as always
(Take a hint)
The list of real choices gets shorter
Track Name: JAS-puh?
Send a postcard to yourself
Write down a secret you won't say out loud
Ain't nobody knows

You thought you were so smart
You never saw this coming
This can't be how it happens
And now you can't stop shaking
You always felt immortal
No need to take precautions
Nearly asphyxiated
And now you can't stop shaking
What if she hadn't been there?
Still can't believe it happened
You felt your face contorting
And now you can't stop shaking

You always know what's best
Track Name: Goal Weight
Everything's gonna be so much better
When I get down to my goal weight

I won't have to worry anymore
If I will fit in my airplane seat
I won't have to hide from the mirror
Like I'm some kind of vampire

Everything's gonna be so much better
When I get down to my goal weight

The ladies all will come running
'Cause I'm the life of the party
I'll finally be able to make some headway
On clean energy

Shove them aside
Keep them marginalized
Fatties gonna take yours
Then they're gonna take mine
First they took the darkies
Then the chicks
And now the gays
Fatties are the last ones
We can make fun of for days

Seattle's mayor will propose
Renaming the city after me
The world's leaders will come ask me
To bring peace to the Middle East

Everything's gonna be so much better
When I get down to my goal weight
Track Name: Usury Ain't Yer Friend
Baby, baby what U done?
U lent it out 2 Everyone
Now the price is far 2 High
Can't make the payments -
Won't even try

Usury ain't yer friend

I'd like a...
I'd like a...
I'd like me a grilled-cheese sammitch
Track Name: Zeroed Out
Here he comes, it's the insurance man
He's heading for the final go-round on the track
He's been sitting idle for a real long time
And he can keep it up forever, if he has to

I've been saying I'll be fine
(I know you're listening)
That I could live without you, I was wrong
(I know you're listening, I know you're listening)
It's so much easier to live a lie
(I know you're listening, I know you're listening now)
It's OK, I'll keep this locked up tight
I'll never tell you what I know

Here he is, he needs assurance, man
Someday he'll figure out it just ain't there
This could be the best or worst idea you've ever had
But it can't be either one until you own it

I've been talking all this time
(I know you're listening)
I've been singing about you all year long
(I know you're listening, I know you're listening)
Had to look you in the eye
(I know you're listening, I know you're listening now)
The jig's up, there's no more room for dodging
It's time to tell you what I know

You can go now, boy - you're free
You've served your penance full, yeah
It's time to let yourself believe
All of your accounts are zeroed out
You can choose to leave that weight behind
You can choose to dance and sing
You can choose to live and love
All of your accounts are zeroed out

It got all turned around somehow
(I know you're listening)
And now I'm laying beside you all night long
(I know you're listening, I know you're listening)
I'm drowning slowly in your eyes
(I know you're listening, I know you're listening now)
That did it, we've crossed our Rubicon
There's no more hiding what I know