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Dig a Hole

by St. Sat B

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1.
I saw my reflection in a train passing by Going nowhere near I'm going but I stepped inside And lost my direction and left all that's mine To wallow in the waters of a tide far from my mind Now I won't have to sing anymore for they've taken my tongue Oh what a prize I've won A gift for everyone We've all won Joy now forever for the new king will rise A God that we will see with our own two eyes And he'll gather the mindless The thorns in our sides And milk them for nothing in the factory lines In time we'll find that thing in the mirror won't show us what we have become My God where have you gone? A gift I can't return Oh I'm so lonely baby I don't know how this happened And I've been thinking lately It's time to quit this god damn job Oh hold on my love my only love My time has come and all I need is one Just one more chance To make my dissection To cut through the night To make my connection with the afterlife I saw my reflection in a train passing by My love turned electric in a sea of satellites Now no one wins
2.
The Lion 02:50
I'm leaving the country Cos a doctor's bill has got me sick full of worry So I'll take more pills and pray to God that they help me Still I made my will Side effects can be deadly The internet says they kill It's a new rule we're born into Where a profit worth more than you You got to fight for yourself or fall like everyone else I knew a guy who was digging in Radiation Trails He thought he'd challenge the system I watched him fail A loser to his condition To be young and frail A coffin they couldn't give him Can't afford the nails A claim rejected He said there's new rules we're born into We follow blindly we live as fools Take a look all around and see the pain in this town Can you lend me a hand? My brother, my friend You know I'd understand if they were all filled up While the expenses climb our assistance declines If you can't space a dime No, I won't blame you It's what expected It's just a new rule we're born into And medicare cannot cover you You can leave in your car, the doctor sends his regards Just go home, drive safe It's in your head, sir Tighten those screws The God above will come down for you Just ignore all around You do not live in this town
3.
It's strange, how many people look you in the eye While waiting at the junction, waiting for my ride To take me someplace far from here But I always change my mind I see a stranger stare at me, departures pass me by I see a girl across the platform A train pulls in and speeds away another person gone Where'd you go? Are you like me? A wandering soul? The rails could never Take us home How I wish you'd ride with me In this double seat But you're gone forever Departures pass me by Another transfer, another place, another time Another platform, another person left behind Are you like me? Are you alone? Could you ever make it home? Well here's place for you to sit ALP-46 Take us wherever Where'd you go?
4.
I felt the wind blow through my window, I swear the air tasted like the sea And the way the sun shone, It was telling me to come home But he knows I can't so he cries himself to sleep This time I won't give up so easily This time I'm gonna let love into me This time I'm sure to find what was lost and make it mine Yeah this time, you're mine I feel a hot breath pour down my neck every time that my heart begins to race And I see a dead kid inside my eyelids and he says, "Man, don't lose your place" Well I'm screaming at empty rooms to show some pride So the only thing I'm losing is my mind And who can break my stride if no one wants to ride? So I'm alright, I'm alright Oh one more time I'm gonna read the lines to this script I've been handed And I'm pushed aside in this factory line I fall out of the mold, with the others I'm sold You know it never gets old Until tonight It feels like nothings right I'm in a sea of gray Are they like me? Stepping into the when no one cares what they bring Trying to find that gleams inside those broken dreams I saw an old man sitting with a tin can and he made me sick with each minor picked He spoke about a dirt road that shows the way home And it's there when you think you're gonna give He said: My friend you gotta stand on your two feet And rise above the insects underneath Cos back home I dug a hole and inside I left my soul And you soon will know Back home I dug a hole and buried everyone I know Just like you
5.
New Year 03:49
My heart goes black in the tunnel from Manhattan Taken away from the town I want to stay Winter stepped in faster than we wished it Soon now we're on our way We're on our way home A path I will disown I've spent too much time riding on the coast line Too many days spent gazing from a train A ray of sunshine brings a song to my mind A pretty ditty we can sing all the way home Oh don't make me sing alone It's a victory song So all we gotta do is win Love me, New Year Give me what I want Yeah I've worked so hard Harder than anyone else There's been too much time on the callous coast line Spent in a daze just starring into space It all just flies by like every day I'm alive What a hole, what a waste I might as well take it home At least I'll be all alone It's a victory song for all of the kids who just keep on pushing Who don't do what I did Mercy, New Year Give me a fair shot No I can't go on So we need to go someplace else It's a victory song for all of my friends who just keep on pushing Who fight to the end There's no way home We gotta go someplace else the moment that the clock strikes twelve
6.
A day passed just like the last one On my ass with a bottle of rum A day spent to figure out the next one It took years to see I waste my time To find what we all find We start one place and end up the same And every day you're gonna feel you're heart's pain You're never gonna feel good in one place I entertain the thought to pull the brakes To find my next place but refrain Who goes where no one goes? No one I know So I'll keep in my head Kept warm inside my bed Then I'll play it in my mind While tomorrow passes by So let's knock 'em down Every pint and fluid ounce If I'm just gonna waste my time I won't see it clearly now So bye-bye, New York City! See you later, teenager dreams! Every single conversation loved-ones had with me I will thrown out Who goes where no one goes? No one I know Now time is moving slow But the gears proceed to roll Taking all in it's path The time we won't get back Who goes? Everyone but me So caught up in my dreams The ones that put me on the streets The ones that make me me The ones I lock up in my head Burning up inside my bed My finger on rewind While tomorrow passes by I took a second to plan a minute I dug a hole and I'm gonna live in it I finished off my bottle of rum A day passed just like the last one
7.
You let me down but I don't care We were not meant to make it there We were two kids with an illness We were not meant to change I let you down like a bed time prayer Wishing we could make it there But we were too bored to find a real cure So we drank ourselves to sleep There's a place for us somewhere But they'll deny that too Yeah there's a place for me and you Crashing down, ripped from the sky Were the stars held in my eye You're my best friend and i couldn't care less About the big ol' mess we made There's a place for us somewhere But they'll decline that too Yeah there's a place for us fools Well are we gonna spend another summer wasted? We gonna throw all our money down a hole? Are we gonna spend another waiting? Or are we gonna go for the gold Fancy things seem to bring happiness to all But diamond rings only bring kids and closing walls We'll make it big doing this, us two dreamer kids Start any day except today Are we gonna spend another summer wasted? We gonna throw all we wanted down that hole? Are we gonna sit around or should we chase this dream we've made our goal? Pack your things bring what you need turn your back to the sea We're heading west to leave this mess called New Jersey The city street used to speak now they don't talk to me We'll play our way to LA Are we gonna spend another summer wasted? We gonna climb out of this hole? People say that we were close enough to taste it but all we did was implode The empty rooms will fill up soon if you just believe That what we do is true and everyone will see That we can be anywhere that we want to be But "any day" became to late and we gave it up Yeah we gave it up, we gave it all away Now it's old new from a new heart I won't make the same mistake Yeah there's a place for us somewhere Cos we defy the rules Another thing we can drink to
8.
Let's hide tonight From the blinding lights of the city cast down so impurely Let's be like them We'll be just like them We'll shine just like them When darkness is shed Darling we'll burn bright tonight It's dark outside There's not a soul in sight You close your eyes and dream And you sing each thing your heart tells you to sing And you sing so lovely And we leave our woes behind We'll worry another time All that's out of reach can stay out of reach Let's hide tonight From the darkened skies They're all asleep except for you and me And I don't want to be like them It's dark outside It's time to say goodnight To all you hide And we'll dream And we'll sing the things we've always deemed obscene And we'll sing so lovely
9.
The Lamb 04:06
This is the close of my forever trip This is the time when I pack up and quit This is the end of whatever could have been I can't help but feel ashamed This is the stop where I get off this train Where I cut off my hair and find myself a new name Where I rest my bald head and feel like I'm out of place I can't help thinking of your face This is the sky where the stars shine so bright Where we sat underneath and planned the rest of our lives But we don't talk anymore and it makes me want to die I can't help myself I can't help anyone Maybe if you asked me kindly I would not go Maybe if you asked me nicely I would stay Maybe if you only asked me, things would change
10.
Well my dear did you find my demons? Did you look everywhere from here to the ceiling? I can't tell you where cos I'm not feeling true Hey, there's a place for us somewhere But they'll deny that, too There's a place for me and you Well my friend did you check your balance? I guess by now your fear of debt's all callus Those damn collectors know they can't take a thing from you Hey, there's a place for us somewhere But they'll decline that too There's a place for us fools

about

Whereas "Captain John..." was recorded in various places all over NJ and NY in a span of over two years, "Dig a Hole" was tracked in the Pocono Mountains in PA during one April weekend in 2009.

Eric Truchan, the greatest drummer in the world (fact), accompanied me to my uncle Jack Petruzzelli's studio in the mountains of Pennsylvania (how adventurous!) to record, what we believed would be, a confident, nasty, aggressive follow-up to our first album. Instead, we came out with the record you may be listening to now.

Due to financial constrains (and I may have broken up the band shortly after finishing it), I never had the money to get it mixed or mastered so it's been sitting on my hard drive for three years. I've always looked back on this album like it's a sort of time capsule of one of the weirdest periods of my life. I'm glad I finally mustered up the courage to give it a facelift in my recording software and share it.

A word of caution: This album is still unmixed and mastered. The audio quality isn't perfect but it's great considering, thanks to the amazing job our engineer, Rich Lamb, did while recording us. Also, if your only experience with St. Sat B is the goofy "Captain John" era stuff, you're in for a surprise. This one is quite different.

Hope you like it!
~jimmy

PS. The bonus track, "The Big House," is a demo version of a song that eventually became "Old News." It wasn't recorded during this session but it's the same time period. It's a home recording that I also play drums (poorly) on.

credits

released April 4, 2012

All songs written by Jimmy Francis (BMI)

Vocals, Guitar, Bass, Piano - Jimmy Francis
Drums, Backing Vocals - Eric Truchan

Rich Lamb plays beautiful keys on track 8 and badass organ on track 9

Produced by Jack Petruzzelli
Engineered by Rich Lamb

Album cover picture of my sister, Brittany, on a roof was taken by someone in my family. I'm sure they'll tell me who eventually.

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