Death Is a Dignitary, by watershipdown

Death Is a Dignitary

by watershipdown

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1.	watershipdown 02:17	lyrics	buy track
Tossing change into the fountain of youth won't stop time from coming to take you away I'd never seen something as frail as you in the dead of Winter And I was wrong to think you were some kind of answer Night comes to the valley and bittersweet memories come alive like phantoms And I can't escape no matter how hard I try I swore I'd never give another thought to you again Not after leaving me feeling forced to pray to you Then I realize: I am my own personal damnation Before you, I never knew that kind of hate Hiding inside of me
2.	HALFLI(F)E 03:20	lyrics	buy track
I used to use your memory like a guideline or a compass Until I found that it takes more than an idol to overcome this. Now it feels like I'm living alone in a vicious cycle that you started And all the victories you claim are the mistakes I soon adopted. I can't believe anything you say. I see which way you bend the truth. Sink in your teeth, remember to breathe. I won't let your legacy tarnish me. Sink in your teeth, remember to breathe. You talk a big game but have you ever died for anything? Do you know what it's like to really live half a life when the other half has always been a lie? You've come back to haunt me all over again. Your distant cries they taunt me, branded in my head. I can't believe anything you say. I see which way you bend the truth. Spit out your teeth, and struggle to breathe. I won't let your legacy tarnish me. Spit out your teeth, and struggle to breathe. You talk a big game but have you ever died for anything? Your legacy, rotting in real time.
3.	You Left a Void 03:59	lyrics	buy track
I hummed a tragic song That seemed to summon the news that your were gone And in that moment, all these futures were lost I tried to intercept the pain your departure caused my loved ones But still I felt somewhere else, my thoughts dwelling on another Don't go Distraction leaves me inadequate in grief Don't go Celebrating your life only brings a faint relief There's a shadow shaped just like you Hanging over where we meet To help each other through When the people you love get lost in the shuffle I don't want to follow you down Though I may not have a choice From how hard I've hit the ground
4.	Forced to Pray 02:20	lyrics	buy track
Make up your mind, decide your side This could end up ending you and I I spent last night lying next to you Through my teeth and to myself You were looking for something (better) I could never be (like you) I was frozen in place (helpless) With no excuse for my escape When you walked away, the ground behind you gave way Taking me with it (lost in youth) And an unfamiliar shame sets in As you swallow my sorrow (lost to you) By the time I make it home, maybe this won't mean a thing anymore I spent some time in the gutter But it took tonight to help me realize that I lost touch With who I was And who I am Can never be enough
5.	Happenstance 03:50	lyrics	buy track
I cant fake it enough to keep the creeping blue at bay I made every excuse designed for pushing you away But time was not on our side in the first place The impending sense of dread Things lose meaning over time As the blue seeps out red And sadness gives way to death A shallow grave for the heaven we made Every night, I dig up it's bones And hold a seance not to feel so alone Every night, I fight with your ghost in various forms Indifferent to hope Peace in the valley for me Pieces of me left in the valley This world has run me through And I know you felt it too Lost in youth and how it was wasted on you And everything you do
6.	Death Is a Dignitary 01:25		buy track
7.	Damage Done 04:24	lyrics	buy track
Recounting memories closely held, grasping for reality Diminished slowly away, induced to fail I blame myself and no one else Image of certainty, an illusion A frozen still, reforming the truth Evolving rapidly into a sense of delusional guilt Ensuring a downward spiral Dragging me away from all we've built Catharsis from trauma that's overstayed and overused Kept reminiscing by these echoes of you But this was all an illusion we've taken for granted Suffering doesn't have to always mean something You are not your scars and they don't have to define you You can't undo the damage done (Stop leaving marks to keep yourself from falling apart) But you can live with it All we've known is to carry on So live until your heart gives out

about

Around late 2019, we got together and started writing a set of songs that would eventually form this EP. Obviously, the pandemic interrupted that but we eventually resumed and even though we put a lot of pain into this record (we lost family members during the making, channeled betrayals into it, etc), this was also a huge labor of love and healing for all of us. So we hope you get something out of it too. Thank you.

credits

released May 6, 2023

All songs written and produced by watershipdown:
Ross Faulkner-Vocals, words
Aaron Bilbrey-Guitar, backing vocals, Suzuki Q-Chord, words
Jarred Harrison-Drums
Cory Kesty-Bass

Except for watershipdown and Forced to Pray, music co-written by Cody Keith

Cover art by CJ Hutchinson and band logo by Nat Lacuna

Special thanks to Tyler King, Cody Keith and Eric Spears for helping us on the journey and keeping us going.

This album is dedicated to the memories of those we lost along the way:
Leighanne Eldridge
Bill Harrison
Betty Bilbrey
Tory Bilbrey
Jim Faulkner
Nappy & Jazz Kesty