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Staring Back At You

by Transmontane

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1.
Molecules 03:13
In the simplest of terms We are all just dust We’re ten billion particles So why do you have to be So particular In the simplest of terms We are all just dust And just as many molecules Whoa vibrating Every movement is a moment Every moment is a miracle We are all of us moving We are all a part Of this miracle In the simplest of terms
2.
From the day that I was born I built this prison Stone by stone With my hands Surrounded by these walls I made them strong I made them tall With my hands For every mistake I made Another course was laid By my hands I have no one to blame but my hands Always guarded never free It’s so easy To lock yourself away and forget the key My heart has turned to stone And my blood is slowly turning into sand For every love I’ve eve known I pushed them all away With my hand I have no one to blame but my hand And I am afraid the end may be at hand
3.
Genealogy 03:21
The image in the mirror Is not your own It belongs to the past And all of your ancestors They are staring back at you Through eyes that are theirs Just as much as they are yours Your soul An uncertain hand Reaching out Towards immortality An uncertain hand Reaching out
4.
Sunset 01:14
Sunset’s dark assurance As it falls over the city The tragedy of daylight leaving A death that occurs each evening And a reminder that When the real thing comes along To cast its velvet curtain And settle in our bosom Just as certain And if we’re lucky Just as quietly
5.
Waves 03:10
I walked out to your ocean Waves of memory Overtake my being Slide into the water My surroundings disappear Drifting from the current All place and time lose their hold Diving in To those ancient dreams Another dimension opens And I am dreaming them anew That’s where I find you Again
6.
Anything 03:14
If you can count on anything darling You can count on me You’ve got a beauty that radiates Just like my heartbeat through time and space Well we may be small against an endless night When I hold you closely everything’s alright If you can count on anything darling You can count on me We’re only doing the best we can We’re merely students of God and man Well honey you can hold your head up high For our love’s a flame that will never die If you can count on anything darling You can count on me
7.
I who have nothing I who have no one Adore you and want you so I'm just a poor boy with nothing to give you but oh I love you He, he buys you diamonds Bright sparkling diamonds But believe me, dear when I say He can give you the world but he'll never love you the way I love you He can take you any place he wants Fancy clubs and restaurants But I can only watch you with My nose pressed up against the window pane I who have nothing I who have no one Must watch you go dancing by Wrapped in the arms of somebody else when, darling, it is I Who loves you I love you
8.
Winter’s chill will fade Just like our fragile youth And time can turn the truth to lies And turn the lies to truth Before your eyes That which you hold dear All that makes you sure Can some day all just disappear And leave you laying bare Before your eyes Before your eyes were the eyes of your father And as his son you are the face of his sorrow But looking into sorrow you’ll find mercy And from the seeds of mercy love arrives Before your eyes
9.
The Howl 03:28
The word is above Beyond definition Beyond explanation Beyond recognition The word is above It’s hiding in your mind Pounding in your skull Greater than ambition Creating an obsession The word is above And when it makes a sound It starts with a whimper And then becomes a groan Which changes to a moan And raises to a howl The dogs they are a comin’ Driven by the hand The dogs they are a comin’ And they will spare no man
10.
Your River 03:19
You’ve suffered so long wandered so far Driven since dawn now here you are You’ve come five hundred miles but you’re still so far away Come into my arms and be forgiven or forgotten For love and death are one and the same When you’ve lost your faith You have nothing left Beside my waters Lay your body into me I will was away your sins For I am your river They never understood So its okay to leave them Asking why Lay your body into me I will cleanse you, set you free For I an your river
11.
I have to admit your skin smells like danger I have to admit there I fear for the future Things are becoming unclear Blood is in the water I look at your body a body of water Your lips are an ocean your thighs now in motion Your belly is a deep blue sea And I’m afraid I’ll never take another breath Blood is in the water Your skin is a horizon A body of water When the morning breaks The silence is gold When the morning breaks Your waters are still

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Transmontane is a mystery. It points to the other side, across the mountains. Our breath, visible. Our soul escapes in the mist. We follow behind. Through peaks and valleys, ascent after decline, our muscles twitch with pain and exhaustion. We still endure. We must go on. We have no other choice. The songs on this record do speak with an air of desperation, of longing, feeling lost, but then the echoes return. These tiny gems roll around in your head, and a sense of hope emerges. New energy resounds. The response is overwhelming. One voice becomes a chorus of thousands, and amid so many different reflections, the same emotions that once isolated us are revealed as universal.

For his second solo record, Ryan Duncan, co-founder and owner of Chicago’s Sick Room Records LTD, turned to masterful engineer Luke Tweedy at Flat Black Studios in Iowa City, IA. Luke has worked with the likes of William Elliott Whitmore, Peaking Lights, STNNNG, and many other fine midwestern bands. The result is an excellent 11-song album available in a limited edition of 300 colored LPs w/CD.

Musically, friends and others have kindly compared his work to Dean Wareham(Galaxie 500/Luna), Smog, Peter Jefferies, Codeine and even Neil Young.

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released June 26, 2012

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Transmontane Chicago, Illinois

This path we choose, the high road, the hard road. Transmontane. Across the mountains. We see the universe from many different viewpoints, peaks and valleys. The ascent and the descent. Looking up, looking down. Moments of contemplation and moments of struggle. The journey continues... ... more

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