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Hell Is Not Other People, It's You

by The Republic of Trees

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1.
32 Pages 03:56
What follows is a list of my crimes No lachrymose song will save me from the past Before falling on my sword would be advised Then to lead you through the day with open ire When all my dreams of you would wash away If I could only remember your face All will be revealed in 32 pages All desires concealed within a plastic casing Stories of your charm You try and leave and I'll break your arm How hollow are whispers in the dark It's hard to explain but there are shadows in her eyes Before falling on my sword would be advised I run through the day with open ire
2.
Blake 02:47
Today I walked with Blake to his Jerusalem In tears he saw it fall I took Nick Drake to see the river man To give him all we can All will shine like gold as I guard over the fold There's a wolf at the door All will shine like gold as I guard over the fold I'm watching you all And too many times I fall Today she took away all I ever loved My L.P. of the Fall All she said is I know, I know what spiders know That makes them want to crawl
3.
Would the the last one to die please turn out the light Our chances at life are gossamer small What's the worst thing you've ever done Mine is when I tried to hurt someone I found out a home is more than plaster and stone it's more than I'll ever need Prepare yourself for a falling out because I will be alone at your door Prepare yourself for a falling out all will be revealed at your cost
4.
People get frightened when they don't want to be on their own Was it strange when I begged you to stab me Over and over again Come to my room full of spiders, their eyes can watch us play People get frightened when they don't want to be on their own You came when I begged you to stab me Over and over again A room full of fallen idols and thoughts to leave our play
5.
This is how it starts when you speak of the devil When he's crawling out of your mouth Well she is cultureless and she is boring Bain And a voice that we don't need to hear again She is cultureless and boring Bain and I'm falling Calming hands But we speak of the devil Calling It's all because we can See I talk to whom I've fallen out All for you And then we meet in the middle I won't be on my own
6.
Alone (live) 06:00
So in time if you let me fall in She is lunar And all in To falling When you wake from fear I'll be no where near Alone too Crestfallen love you're torn in arms And nothing you can say can temper this And the sound of awful silence Well you won't see me drinking alone I've taken to the bottle though Cause I've got some wounds I need to sow I'll do them without you

about

'Hell is other people' - Jean-Paul Sartre

Every Republic Of Trees song was originally written to the best of my ability on an acoustic guitar called Blake (don't worry about it), then brought to the rest of the band who proceeded to cut it to pieces, rearrange, change keys and time signatures, say 'that's not a chord' and genuinely improve on them in every way. I'm very grateful for this.

The lyrics are very personal but not necessarily descriptive. There are two specific reasons for this: the first being the confines of fitting and cutting a much longer poem into song lyrics, and the second is that I'm a firm believer in the phrase 'what you don't know can't hurt you'. Though not a concept EP, it opens and closes on the same theme - that theme being fear of loneliness, violence, self-pity and the quiet realisation that Sartre was wrong... Hell is not other people... it's you.

Thank you very much for listening. - Lewis Marrow

Lewis Marrow - Vocals / Guitar (words & guitar words)
Tony Turner - Guitar (notes & noises)
Matt Peck - Drums (incessant banging)
Adam Weston - Bass Guitar / Backing vocals (vibrations & doo-wop)

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released April 18, 2016

Music and arrangements by Adam Sacha Weston, Lewis Marrow, Matt Peck and Tony Turner
Lyrics by Lewis Marrow

Artwork by Lewis Marrow
Original album artwork photo by Annabel Godbold
Edited by Lewis Marrow

Recorded by Tony Turner
Edited by Adam Sacha Weston
Produced by Tony Turner and Adam Sacha Weston
Mixed & Mastered by Tony Turner

With special thanks to Alex Amuraritei

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The Republic of Trees Hull, UK

Republic Of Trees

Based in Scarborough/Hull/Belfast/Leeds

Influenced by Frightened Rabbit,
Tom waits, Porcupine Tree, Ghostpoet,
Velvet underground, Tool & The Smiths.

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