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In The Fire Of My Youth

by One If By Land

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    This is the vinyl release of our first full length, "In The Fire Of My Youth". Between The Days records released this on 5 variants. This was specially mastered for vinyl by Bill Henderson at Azimuth Mastering. Exclusive lyric and liner sheet only available in the vinyl release. Includes digital download from Bandcamp.

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1.
Yesterburner 02:58
You drove yourself straight in the ground and i for one am older now I can’t believe we made it after all I make the most of what i know you gave a name to ebb and flow. I can’t believe it I can’t believe it’s been so long I've got nothing left to hide and you've been burnt out left to dry it’s funny how the things we love they leave us so alone I drove myself straight in the ground and I for one am wiser now I can’t believe I made it after all when the pushes came to shove they dropped and left us without love when it’s over hell it’s over and undone I never cared to make my way I’m always changing anyway hell it’s a bother better finished than begun I can’t believe it you drove yourself straight in the ground and I for one am older now I can’t believe we made it after all.
2.
lucky for you you’re not a chance worth taking so bored with the truth my dear I stare start faking it over some fear or under a ceiling in a room full of beer you know we lost some feeling and my vision is clear but the world seems blurry to me and my friends you know we can’t help from hurting from debts we've incurred from the high cost of living I've harbored these thoughts you know I just shouldn't mention kind of like giving up or at least expending some time towards a job that can give me a pension for the aches I've endured and the shit that I've carried for all these long years yet have no exposition but a handful of friends who don’t know where i go with these two ringing ears and a cut up throat you’ll be missed when i’m gone I've done lots of good things get no recognition I think i may just start a poor me convention like the ones who are idle with less ambitions the lost ones the hopeless the lovers gone loveless can dive deep beneath my words plays and hat tricks and finally see someone so disenchanted from a passion gone astray and right out the front gate right down the back lanes and straight into the ocean you’ll be missed when I’m gone we gave it all up we gave it in turn and all we were taught wasn't quite what we learned the world that we love has been built up to burn we keep pushing on because our hearts are so stern. I travel and wait, I’m tired and I’m broke it’s such a damn shame no one laughs at the jokes you give it your all you’re damned if you stall at least you've got something to cushion your fall you’ll be missed when i’m gone.
3.
Handouts 02:57
breaking my back to no avail it’s like trying to dig to get through hell I live cheap but still have unpaid bills they're never ending god it’s never ending I remember that time that you once said there’s ever only one true sacrifice if you give up on all you believe in you’ll be damned just like the rest who never tried and it seems like there’s nowhere to run and it seems like there’s nothing worth running to get your head out of those clouds and stop feeling so damn blue because this guy he ain't quitting so be rest assured you’re wrong when the good things all seem missing I’ll be gone take one sorry second a moment to yourself because good things never last can’t you tell I sit quiet with my hands between my knees I always make a point to say please I don’t need a handout on these streets it’s not my pride talking it’s just my dad talking I always tried to do the best I can I always want to be in a rock band so tell the boys to wind the windows down in the van so I can feel the changing winds change me again good things never last can’t you tell
4.
this is transition this is the way I haven’t felt it’s the first time in a long time I’m finally feeling well and where I’m going and what I’m doing shouldn't really matter to you now because I've been dead to the world so empty is my wishing well I've been living my life in this hell with thoughts of sharing it with you tonight can you feel it I know you feel alright because breaking never meant broken to me let’s get this straight I've got miles to move and not these hours to wait so where were you it seems you've got twice the fight which means you've got nothing to lose so let’s get this right they've got nothing on us.
5.
In the Shade 02:45
take one step at a time inhale more than just twice I've got a hope that fills this tiny cup with every sip I feel like throwing up everyday that I wake up I say goddamn not this again but some nights yeah i think I've really got it do you get it yeah I get it get it it’s so close yet so far I see my future bright in front of me and then it fades it’s a shame that our failures cast such long shadows I’m in the shade reason’s logic's best friend with this new news all hell is breaking loose.
6.
Do I 02:52
can you please now forgive me because I’m feeling older just don’t forget me now or even ever I've held onto one thing it’s holding me back there it’s got me where it wants me stapled to the tip of my tongue it says I’ll spit you out don’t you think I will I've got thoughts that shame your looks that kill they’re terrifying my body is a movement it pours on out like pavement walked all over stepped on but I never lose my footing I think I've found my love hate it buries me with mistakes I’m so sure of a sure thing but I don’t believe in sure things or do I do I I've got thoughts that shame your looks that kill we’ll make waves the world will never feel we share these wounds under pretense that they may heal or will they is it so damn impossible to find it all believable you make me sick with all of that stupid shit you pull you swear it’s under your control but you never quit is it so damn impossible to find it all believable you make me sick with all of that stupid shit you pull you swear it’s under your control but it never is do I
7.
I’m not sure that I am fine its been a long time coming and it’s time I speak my mind its been a long time coming and I hope you’re doing well its been a long time coming the way they ration out this hell its been a long time coming the summer seems different when you’re wishing it all away goddamn we've had enough I finally found some time its been a long time coming and it’s so you to find it trite its been a long time coming and the bed don’t feel the same its been a long time coming and these habits are so hard to tame its been a long time coming the summer seems different when you’re wishing it all away goddamn we've had enough and it all seems different when you’re wishing it all away goddamn we've had enough and goddamn I've had enough.
8.
Airtight 02:37
spring night I sit and watch the fire fight the light that’s shining down and I begin to think that this place I've found is all mine I sit and think on all the passing time that’s winding around my aching head begins to swell so sooner or later I’ll make it out alive it’s just a constant reminder you've only got me nine to five through all of the bullshit this is the best I've heard in years what an awful ending thank god the end is near airtight I can’t remember when the truth was just a burning gown we did our best try and douse so just lie ahead my eyes focus the night begins to swallow down embers from this burnout town so sooner or later I’m getting out alive it’s just a constant reminder you only get me nine to five through all of the wreckage this is the worst I've seen in years what an eventful evening thank god Jim brought the beer hell yeah
9.
Winded 04:12
please give me one good reason for me to keep around here because I've been feeling nothing it’s the most that I've felt all year it’s a fucking sinking feeling a broken cogwheel motion a lack of true direction and I kind of get the notion that what I really need is prayer please make me a goddamn good believer and shed some light to layer on the miracle hereafter it gets so dark and lonely a haunt that keeps in sunlight I am the living dead sea buoyant supporting no life I still get a cordial head nod (hey, hey) a gesture with no backbone (spineless) I’m tired of these favors (get lost) just hard pressed expectations with no home despite my strong points your hell kept coming I was scared you’d actually found me despite your weakness your heart kept thumping you were lost and you were lonely I haven’t won at all in fact I've earned these losses wind knocked out I fall across these eyes inverted crosses the streets they glow at night and the sidewalk it keeps spinning like my head and this whole life and the world that I've been living a casual reminder like a clipped winged bird with no cage just one ember from this fire is enough to set me ablaze we’re like a cloudless skyline rest assured it’s coming from a volatile siphon gas mouthed hard truth spitting reeking like a train wreck an unfortunate disaster kind of like my mother said no we can’t forsake the future a duty unmistaken carried out by lovers sang out from the heavens and forgotten by the sinners it doesn't take a genius to see where we went so wrong so soon I will be leaving going going gone despite my strong points your hell kept coming I was scared you’d actually found me despite your weakness your heart kept thumping you were lost and you were lonely I’m so tired of the headaches I’m so tired of the stress shakes I’m so tired of no results and I’m tired of the bad breaks I’m so tired of the lonely I’m so tired of the sadness it’s about damn time I ready and take back those things that I miss the close friends I've been losing the time that I've been wasting the hope that I've been missing and the love I've never tasted blinded by the morning hiding from the sunlight worn out from the courting and drowning in the lowlight
10.
the wild shrill of western wind echoes through the streets as the lonesome howl of fallen men fade and shake your feet just beyond the ridge a storm it rumbles to a roar sometimes it’s easier to go where others fell before and so the story comes and goes then comes around again I swear I’d be remiss if I never loved again the heat it drives me crazy yeah i always bust a sweat and when noone ever seems to care it’s hard to hold regrets it’s okay if you really want to leave then please don’t stay it’s so sad the things I want you know I want them bad today I think I’ll take it slow and crest another day because the humid air keeps finding ways and ways to make me pay for all the time I never took the time to see that the time i have is drifting right away it always seems to fascinate the manner in which we live most of us are bored to death and the rest don’t give a shit so who am i to say that this don’t have to be like this these faded faces steal my hope and try to burn what’s left of it and it’s okay because if you really want to leave then please don’t stay and it’s so sad that the things i love you know i love them bad the things i love you know i love them bad.

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Debut full length from One If By Land.

Produced and Engineered by Troy Messerall 2013
Mixed by Vince Ratti 2013
Mastered by Troy Messerall at Paper Box 2013
Artwork by Francesco Romoli

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released June 15, 2013

Fred Oakman - Guitar, Vocals, Lyrics
Troy Messerall - Guitar, Backup Vocals, Keyboards
Paul Dean - Bass
Jim Stone - Drums

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One If By Land Meadville, Pennsylvania

One If By Land is a 4 piece rock band from Meadville, Pennsylvania. The band includes ex members of The Twirpentines, Signal Home, The Walnut Street Project, The Caddies, and Waiting for Never.

The band consists of members Fred Oakman (guitar/vocals), Paul Dean (bass), Troy Messerall (guitar/vocal backups/keyboards), and Jim Stone (percussion).
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