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Evil Arrows

by Bryan Scary

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1.
Romancer 02:21
I've been a dreamer for a common companion A perfect lover I can bury my hand in Oh we'll sing we'll love we'll live and die And when the credits roll I will follow her soul into the sunshine Well nothing tumbles like the way that you dream it Some people fall in love but I've never seen it Oh I know  I've never been a dancer But on the movie screens I can follow my dreams Be a romancer Twenty thousand lover birds are cooing on my stereo Twenty thousand people going OOH LA LA OH MY MY I'm never gonna crow I might get lucky if I open my mantra Or dress a little like a strumpet to taunt ya Oh I know  That's isn't quite the answer But on the movie screens   I can follow my dreams Be a romancer All the opportunities I ever thought I'd ever have All the happy couples going OOH LA LA Whatever Good luck can make you mad I've got a ticket and a seat in the front row I have to tell myself to put up a front though Let them know I'm really quite a dancer Cause on the movie screens I can follow my dreams Be A Romancer
2.
Silver Bird 03:17
She goes from my window The ocean's disappearing I'm out of tune for tearing at her lovely voice  She's like a sin though My life's not life without her I never though I'd doubt her But I've got no choice She was in my head The illusion spread So I had to find another way To escape From the Silver Bird So I remember The way she held me sweetly She promised that she'd meet me at the great up stream Well that was splendor But splendor isn't always and always leaves you calling back your memory  Took a little faith To avoid mistakes Even when she mystified my words I returned To the Silver Bird So she's on her way Nothing more to say If you catch a fire in the herd Don't get burned That's the Silver Bird     
3.
Roll out the road Pack in the racks Lock up the kids in the car We're gonna ride Gloom on our backs Lights like the way that we are And our appetites invite the great unknown Questing us beyond the curtain Something's waiting That's for certain in the… CHORUS: Wide Open Yonder In the Wide Open Yonder Yes the Wide Open Yonder is calling Golden rays are falling Get me to the Wide Open Yonder The Wide Open Yonder Yes the wide open yonder will get ya Golden rays will bet you baby  to look into the blue Stamp up the trail Dance with the fox Jump in the thundering stream Fly with the jay Roll on the rocks Prance up the trunk of a tree See us frolic in bucolic reverie Looks a lot like starting over Spinning on a four leaf clover in the CHORUS Back in the noose Stuck in the route Living the life of a chair Numbers go in Numbers come out Year after year after year And the costumes that we're wearing have no fur Spiral lights are squaring  But the air is thick with tiny pictures of THE WIDE OPEN YONDER.
4.
Lying in her bed A little thing is stuck in her head She's a supernatural girl It's natural for her Pacing her way Through fantasies she's made up today Everything's on schedule alright The schedule's air tight Jennifer Kills The Giant Jennifer Slays the Beast Jennifer Kills the Giant Once A Week Mother At All She Never Liked Liked Her Mother At All And Poppa is a government man She isn't a fan But late at night She can do whatever she likes She can be a princess of worlds A princess of worlds And so Jennifer Kills The Giant Jennifer Slays the Beast Jennifer Kills the Giant Once A Week
5.
Laura Lies 02:18
I gambled with Laura in the moral arcade But my tongue was confounded to reach her She went on distorting all the wishes we made My reactions astounded the creature She battled with everything she had And rattled me up against the limit  Cause whenever there's anything that goes alright Laura Lies Socially speaking we were peas in a pod We left all other darlings enraptured But the floorboards were creaking And the numbers were odd  And our own private garden was captured By somebody different than her Somebody positively altered Somebody everybody would despise Laura Lies I wasn't playing hard to get I just got tired of her bad debt She promised everything and no surprise Laura Lied
6.
The Lovers 02:58
The Lovers What a mighty crew Everyone Loves the lovers The Lovers  Made of me and you Stumbling through the days And the ocean could dry Or the music could die There's no telling what the future could bring Sure the roof could cave in We could sink or swim But i it  wouldn't even change a thing then we'd just sing And everything would drop away The Lovers Cut into a tree History loves the Lovers The Lovers For eternity Everyone knows our names Yeah we'll never get tired Of being admired For the precedents we set every day Man we're just the right pair Let the people stare See there's nothing they can do to shake or break our little sway You'll find us under 'L" for Love 
7.
She never cared for social life that much She always wandered in and out of touch Her temperature was very cold When people rocked always rolled BUT SHE WAS UNDERSTANDABLY LOVED BY THE GODS OF LIGHT! UNDERSTANDABLY LOVED BY THE GODS OF LIGHT! She was never very good in bed I don't remember anything she said She fooled around with human kind A condescending concubine BUT SHE WAS UNDERSTANDABLY LOVED BY THE GODS OF LIGHT! UNDERSTANDABLY LOVED BY THE GODS OF LIGHT! Her calling card was right there on her face But somewhere up her skirt she had an ace 'Cause when she looked into her crystal ball She didn't even twitch at all BUT SHE WAS UNDERSTANDABLY LOVED BY THE GODS OF LIGHT! UNDERSTANDABLY LOVED BY THE GODS OF LIGHT!
8.
I'm looking for better ways I'm trying to change my mind I'm stuck in a rotten phase My patterns are running dry No telling the story now I'll deal with it anyhow Because… MAN I UNDERSTAND THE BLAND EVERLASTING SO I'M GONNA THROW A BALL BE THE LAST LIVING DOLL I'm licking a razor blade I'm picking a place to fall I'm sussing the mess I've made I've never been one to crawl Now everything pours like wine I'm going to lose my mind Because... MAN I UNDERSTAND THE BLAND EVERLASTING SO I'M GONNA THROW A BALL BE THE LAST LIVING DOLL Now come to me in my cage I'm certainly looking good Wow! This is the modern age We've never been understood Oops we've reached the ending now You'll deal with it anyhow Because… MAN I UNDERSTAND THE BLAND EVERLASTING SO I'M GONNA THROW A BALL BE THE LAST LIVING DOLL
9.
My baby left me And it's driving me insane I never knew he was a liar So I've decided I should get out of the game I'm putting my heart on the pyre We weren't perfect But I thought we had a thing He told me he could take me higher I won't let anybody else give me the sting I'm Putting My Heart On The Pyre Wrong Wrong Everything is wrong I'm not going to do this any more Sure Can't Stand Man Love's not the answer I may get lonely It's not easy being adored I tend to set the room on fire But in the end I know I'll find my true reward Putting My Heart On The Pyre God God This is pretty hard I feel like my stomach's in my brain Vain To Slew Through Love's no solution I'm giving up I'm sick of crying all alone It isn't love that I require I'm gonna button up and turn into a stone I'm Putting My Heart On The Pyre
10.
My understanding is this is the way that you play I'm not demanding but I won't be treated like modeling clay I cast away squeezes, you're trying to reason along You may think you're right but you're wrong And Darling I don't want to argue Something good inside you takes my heart away But baby you can drive me crazy I need A New Age Holiday Fire your cannons but don't point your finger at me I'm not the reason your lip put the hip in hypocrisy So vagabonds move you? Well they'll have to do you for now 'Cause I'm not about to kowtow And Darling I don't want to argue Something good inside you takes my heart away But baby you can drive me crazy I need A New Age Holiday
11.
Shadow Lovers There has to be another way Shadow Lovers It's only nature cutting back into the fray You've gotta run, you've gotta fly You're gotta leave it all behind You're gotta settle up your mind and make a break HEY HEY! Love's a cruel snake Shadow Lovers It's no good kissing on the brink Shadow Lovers You need some air so you can sink each other's ink You're gonna have to tell the kiddies You gotta do it - it's a pity And I suggest you get a lawyer in the pack HEY HEY! Steal your lives back Ooh La La La, Ooh La La La Ooh, what to do? What to do? HEY HEY! Blow us a kiss!
12.
Lady Brain 03:17
Lady Brain comes Lady Brain goes Lady Brain is alone Never sired a desire of her own Lady sighing Lady laying She's a well known savant But what does Lady Brain want? Why's she undercover? What does Lady Brain want? Lady wants a lover! Telephone man offers his hand Lady weighs his potential Stands at his gate - fated to wait all day Poor Lady Brain! Lady hollow Lady wallows in her own misery With her growl she's a foul comedy Lady Brain drinks Lady Brain thinks in a sad restaurant But what does Lady Brain want? Why the cloud above her? What does Lady Brain want? Lady wants a lover! Baritone Guy Gives her the eye Lady sees his charisma Goes to his arm He puts his charm away Poor Lady Brain! Lady crying Lady trying for a life she'd enjoy But destiny's a bad boy!
13.
Little Stars 02:14
Little Stars Going Places Little Gems - Sing Their Praises Little Zooms Spinning Halfway Round Their Rooms Little Men, Little Ladies Little Gods, Little Babies Little Friends Making Babies In The End This is Summer, This is Winter This is Fall and This Is Spring They Have Only To Begin To Really Understand The Meaning Of The Thing Little Lambs, Little Wonders Little Runts, Making Blunders Little Screws Going Every Way They Choose Little Jims Little Judies Little Limbs LIttle Booties Liittle hands taking itty bitty handy dandy stands This is water These are flowers This is fire that's a cow Getting older by the hour But they'll never know as much as they know now
14.
You have dreams But they're ripping the seams at Never's Altar Worries Woes Your river overflows at Never's Altar Cheer Up Silly little sun-drop Tell me bout your day I know it's true You're blue And everything that's beautiful floats away But that's not how the weatherman earns his pay It's only temporary You work hard You're heading up the guard at Never's Altar Carrying Loads Your weary wind explodes at Never's Altar But dimple everything is simple Look into the sky We don't what it means But isn't that a perfectly simple sky? Push and pull the city is full of sighs But sky can hardly hear them I'm your friend And I can see the end of Never's Altar We'll eat We'll drink And joke about the blink of Never's Altar Sweetness don't you see the cheapness Of the status quo We all fall prey to gray but nobody can take away what you glow You are not a part of that little show And this is ever after
15.
We moved into the neighborhood before the fall was made And sat around the drive to watch the sinister parade A hundred gallivanting rascals of the brain We sent our finest hearts to slaughter A vision made of oil and water All the wits are going down the drain They built the University in 1955 Ostensibly the reason was to keep the wits alive But now the animals are running it insane For discipline's a losing battle If you're kicking in a room of cattle All the wits are going down the drain I like to wait and pray There's someone in the mind of olden days Sitting under dormitory skies Wondering what has happened to the prize We fought to dream They say we're out of touch But they don't know what they mean The opportunity to get a higher point of view Has just become a punch-line for this rowdy rotten crew And have they even heard a single word of Twain? We used to bank our lives on knowledge But now it's just the ides of college All The Wits are going down the drain
16.
The conversation is a'flying And I can feel a distant drum of light It hugs me tight The Motion Pictures manage it all right They really fascinate the eye league And all the afternoons I spent inside They don't apply The motion pictures take me on a ride I'm gonna do my best to show it I'm gonna interest the poets They're demonstrating from above The Motion Picture Managers Of Love I know the situation's crazy There's a burning going through the air A bat of flair The motion pictures spinning everywhere I'm gonna get myself together I'm gonna brave the ugly weather I need to breathe the dreaming of The Motion Picture Managers of Love
17.
Catch her on the run - Apple to the slaughter Silly Little One - Kamikaze Daughter Something like a punchline in the lunch-line With her time managed like a martyr She finds allegiance in art The lies she peddled to her father Are never gonna matter if she flies away Yeah she'll fly away Crying down the hall - walking on the water She can do it all - it's Kamikaze Daughter But Daddy's Little Princess made a big mess And her crime was Nature finally caught her Divine - but that's not enough The judge is prattling behind her But how's he gonna find her if she's gone away If she's gone away!
18.
Rejection 03:25
Rejection I said Rejection It is the only way to grow You're so full You're know so full Of every useless thing that you needed to know But it's just making you slow They caught you singing a lie So start your waving goodbye Don't let the manners attack when the body says I REJECT THAT! REJECTION Rejection The word's rejection And it'\s the closest thing to God The mattress It's in the mattress You have to dig real deep with your back to the rod It's going be rather odd You'll have live with the pain But without pain there's no brain And without brain there's no shouting the proper refrain: REJECT THAT! I THROW IT AWAY - REJECTION!
19.
A day like any other day Our reason had the right of way The sun was in the sky (BAD THINGS) But something else in the air And evidently coming clear Erasing you and I The Bad Things Are Back Again Bad Things The Bad Things Are Back Again And It's On Our cautious manners are gone And this is a total war The kingdom is keeping score We won't be ignored anymore The system man was on the phone Debating with the local throne He vanished in a flash (BAD THINGS) The camera crew was looking grim The banker dashed out on a limb The Earth began to crash The Bad Things Are Back Again Bad Things The Bad Things Are Back Again And It's On Our cautious manners are gone And this is a total war The kingdom is keeping score We won't be ignored anymore The doctor locks his door at night And wakes up to a dreadful sight His life has been debased The country bumpkin digs a well The fortune teller never tells It's really such a waste The Bad Things Are Back Again Bad Things The Bad Things Are Back Again And It's On Our cautious manners are gone And this is a total war The kingdom is keeping score We won't be ignored anymore
20.
Stay where you are Now strike a match and you might catch a falling star My bird flew away One word - and a day Desolation fascinates the Gods All that we know Is spinning madly, sinking sadly in the snow No need to give in We feed in our skin So pass around the pot of foolish drive CHORUS: The Broken Heart Police The Broken Heart Police The Broken Heart Police UNLEASHES THE LIONS! The Broken Heart Police The Broken Heart Police The Broken Heart Police A TEST OF DEFIANCE! They won't catch me crying Hurts on my own I see her pictures in the fixtures and I'm thrown This fist in my chest It twists - it's obsessed Put me on the midnight train to Mars CHORUS
21.
There was a robbery At the gallery A man took a bullet right in front of me He was twitching his fingers and saying a prayer And the evidence lingered, but nobody cared And the bottles were popping, and the ticker was tocking And the party was flying - BUT THE MAN HE WAS DYING! And... All the jokers watched in camaraderie Like a paradigm of lobotomy Not a single tear was shed So I went red - I might have fled But battled on For Love Instead Oh my very soul is only natural When I'm getting ahead I turn around and cry For Love Instead There was an accident At a tax event A man got a razor in the back of him I think he was plastered - it didn't make sense But none of the bastards had any intent On giving out orders, on getting things sorted Or calling the medics - it was fucking pathetic! But... There was something dipping inside of me As a fatty lipped to the right of me He was talking about daily bread I turned my head to cut him dead But then I smiled For Love instead Oh my very soul is only natural I leave things unsaid - I bite my lip and dip with love instead Had a love affair But I was never there I need to be working to get anywhere She might have been perfect, she might have had traits I couldn't be certain - and I sure couldn't wait To get caught in a marriage, to be taken to Paris To be honored and cherish - I just couldn't care less!! But... She was always approaching with energy And I didn't want to be enemies So after we broke the bed I held her head - and tears were shed I stayed her friend For Love Instead That's right - I am a very loving person
22.
The sun breaks up the strand The water snakes the sand The loving arms of Eden are taking me home All reason shines above The people that you love The dawning of the ages is flying around And you're just another face, Mary You're just another face You're just another reason, Mary We've been staring into space The day to day is gone The banks are overdrawn The bunker's stocked with diamonds and rifles and wine You're going to have to shed The person in your head The things that you deem holy are no more your own 'Cause you're just another face, Mary You're just another face You're just another reason, Mary We've been staring into space
23.
In Clover 04:34
See that queen - she's got my tongue (She had to grab it - she caught a rabbit) She was there at the scene when my siren was sung (She let me enter - sweet surrender) And now we're flying through the air She rules me with her moony stare Embracing all our lines We will never belong - so after thinking it over We've deciphered the song - In Clover An imitation of the Garden of Eden She's the holiest rover We might be crazy - but I might be dreaming In Clover In Clover - we turn around again In Clover - we turn around again In Clover - we got over Wipe my face and sweep my soul (She's palpitating, she's fascinating) I'm a prayer, she's a priest, and almighty we roll (She's got desire - you know the fire) So we burn up all our days Soaking in each other's gaze Dreaming every crease This is how we will be when the end takes us over We'll be riding the breeze In Clover A conversation of the turn of the seasons I'm the holiest rover They'll be toiling, and we'll just be teasing In Clover In Clover - we turn around again In Clover - we turn around again In Clover - we got over YEAH!
24.
Days go spinning by my room As I sit and try to write a tune And I am never gonna change And I am trying to read my mind And I feel perfectly OK Funny things - my kind No wedding rings - no brides It's the truth that sees me through the rain and thunder It's a wonder I can move in... Stereo Slumber Some days people try to call But they just can't get through to me at all Cause I am running on a wave And I am trying to write my lines And oh there's the nothing they could say Safe and sound - and light My dreams surround me tight It's a game - but I don't want to play my number So let me drift away in... Stereo Slumber
25.
Louis was the king of wonder Louis caused a riot Louis had guns and Louis took tons of lives Louis sent the villagers under They were dying for a diet But Louis had made his family name survive Well he was never their guy Dance with me Louis Dance with me man Dance with me Louis Hold out your hand If you're feeling screwy - if you're feeling bland A little magic and you're dancing with me Louis And when you do it - the revolution leaves the land Louis had a lovely palace Louis was a champion Louis took bribes and Louis wed brides at large But Louis had a pattern of malice Happy days would dampen Every time that Louis said "I'm in charge" Though he was always in charge Dance with me Louis Dance with me man Dance with me Louis Hold out your hand If you're feeling screwy - if you're feeling bland A little magic and you're dancing with me Louis And when you do it - the revolution leaves the land Louis was going to work one day when he met the Prussian Everyone screamed but Louis seemed unimpressed All of the little people ran away - but Louis wasn't rushin' He held to his guns and put himself to the test The Prussian held out his chest And said... "Dance with me Louis Dance with me man Dance with me Louis Hold out your hand If you stop pursuing through my Fatherland and just Dance with me Louis The revolution leaves the land!"
26.
I've been drinking up the hours again I've been thinking 'bout my Valerie and do I wonder? Yes I wonder, I wonder I've been putting all my ducks in rows I've been reaching down and touching my toes Just the show it - and I know I can show it But they won't catch me No they won't catch me No they won't catch me at Imitation Isle At Imitation Isle Ah the opus of our golden days Bonnie promises we tumbled to make to each other We were made for each other Then she turned around and dropped away Told me I was never made to behave with another To believe in another But they won't catch me No they won't catch me No they won't catch me at Imitation Isle At Imitation Isle I've been drinking up the hours again I've been thinking 'bout my Valerie and....do I wonder? Yes I wonder - I wonder
27.
Dived over the garden wall to see what I could see High up in the party hall - a curiosity Some told me to run But I was a goner from the morning she turned on What have I done?! CHORUS: I'm getting married to the family tree Married to the family tree Married to the family tree How could this happen to me? I was walking through walls - flying through space I had nothing but the world in front of my face I was moving ahead - now I'm running in place And getting nowhere Six brothers from Illinois are calling out to me Kitsch mothers are spilling joy for aristocracy Sweat I can forget But I'm not a scientist so I can't piss regret At least not yet CHORUS Nine cousins with missing brains They want to know my dreams Well manicured ball and chains have stuck me on their team Ten reasonable men couldn't sing my old existence Back to pitch again We say amen
28.
Lordy Boxcar 04:13
Melody was twenty-one She made it to the stage She could have been just anyone That's a magic age Relationships, relationships Take where you are You could get a golden thread - or you could fall apart Well when Melody lost heart she said... CHORUS: I want to ride the Lordy Boxcar baby I want a way to get to heaven, deity I want to work to make the maker save me I want to ride the Lordy Boxcar baby! Melody turned thirty-three Stuck inside a shell She never even noticed me I guess it's just as well I tried to do what people do I gave her all my cards She wouldn't let me see it through Tethered to her guard - she just lit her lucky stars and blew CHORUS Melody I wish you well On your lonely course All your friends are going to hell No need to show remorse In the end it's all the same We all write the same lines You can put yourself in chains Or ride upon the vines Because we make up our minds
29.
False Alarm 03:12
I was rolling through Spain Heard the sound of a bell It clanked around in my brain What on Earth did it tell? I drank her words back at home But suddenly I felt alone... So I ran straight to the mercy line Had no plan - just out to catch that swine Far to fly - I watched the scene play out In the back of my mind Then creeping into his room - I lifted up my arm! That was a False Alarm So we moved to the West Found a lovely estate Built a little egg nest Roped the rest of our fate Now the days could abide But I wasn't settled inside So I blew out of the dotted lines Seeking proof - grabbing to read the signs Left behind night after aching night With the eyes of the blind I went to his office door He'd have to buy the farm!! But that was a False Alarm
30.
I don't remember his name I think he showed me a brain but I'm not sure I know we started dancing, he started growing antsy My mind is such a blur No hope - I'm running outta rope I'm doing The Sunday Mope From dancing with the dope Now I'm gonna pay Tell me anything, hug me anyway He left stranded I swear I stumbled off of the chair and staggered home My phone was in my wallet, I had no one to call it Right there, right then I turned to stone No hope - I'm on a downward slope I'm doing The Sunday Mope And trying hard to cope I don't think I can smile Just take care of me for a little while Forget the birds and the bees I'm having no more of these romantic flings I need to get some work done I'm not a lazy person Yeah - I've got some things No hope - I'm running outta rope I'm doing The Sunday Mope From dancing with the dope I think I'm gonna cry Tell me anything, I'll identify Hug me anyway for another day
31.
Old Palace Road All the figures just dropped out I've been lurking with myself I'm a load of hardened doubt Ancient patterns disappear like smoke Hazy days all gone I've been sleeping much too long man But I can't... Old Palace Road I remember sunny days I remember wagging tails I remember funny ways We were shrugging off the great unknown Faces turned away from the swagger and the sway man And I can't stay... Another day! Old Palace Road No more wishes in the well No more laughter at the gate And the clocks are running late So the factory has gone to seed Well fires always burn but man people never learn And I can't.... Old Palace Road Where the tires drip like tears And the batteries go bad Cause they haven't run for years This used to be a last reprieve Now it's just a shrine And I think I'm gonna leave man But I can't No I can't!

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One summer, Bryan Scary wrote too many songs. The glut initiated a home-recording side project - rather than hone the material into a full-length followup to Daffy's Elixir, Scary wanted a quick fix. Thus was born Evil Arrows, and these 5 EPs released in swift succession (collected here in order of release). Consider it one giant album if you'd like. To purchase the individual EPs, see: evilarrows.bandcamp.com

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released January 1, 2015

EVIL ARROWS, starring:
Bryan Scary, Everet Almond, Graham Norwood, Adrian Perry

Also featuring David Ostrem, Dan Edinburg

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