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We Are All Kingdoms (Single) 2013

from Ashes to Ashes : B​-​Sides, Singles and Rarities by Koala Fires

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This was recorded in 2012 as a proof of concept for the DIY recording and production method that we used to record our upcoming full length "Doom of the Norns".

In hopes to not take up the rest of the band members' time figuring out how to record music, I played and recorded all of the parts myself. I then took those recordings and put myself through the torture of understanding how to successfully mix and master them. I still hear some weirdness, but I'm ultimately proud of what was accomplished.

Terry Eaton also filmed a video for this one that can be viewed here:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=ozI0rGCwNIo

- Matt M.

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I have withdrawn inside the walls surrounding me.
As for the keys, you gave them back to me.
This kingdom falls a bit too easily.

These hallowed halls protect and comfort me,
But in the end they only serve to sentence me.
I ought to tear them down.

We are all kingdoms, but we can't ever conquer our fear of being kings.
Yet in the shiftless night, we see what we're all meant to be.
It's never the thing that you thought it would be.
It's more of a whisper than brash revelry.
It's more like the heartbeat you feel inside me.

I've seen some things, I thought I'd never see.
Tried to forget, but everything reminded me.
This mind recalls a bit too easily.

These tattered walls, collecting dust so patiently,
But in the end they give all that they have for me.
I might keep them around.

We are all kingdoms, but we can't ever conquer our fear of being kings.
Yet in the shiftless night, we see what we're all meant to be.
It's never the thing that you thought it would be.
It's more of a whisper than brash revelry.
It's more like the heartbeat you feel inside me.

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from Ashes to Ashes : B​-​Sides, Singles and Rarities, released June 1, 2013
2013 - Written, Performed, Recorded, Produced, Mixed and Mastered by Matt Mooney (Sheesh, I hope he doesn't get a big head)

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