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Soldier Ghost EP

by Arrah and the Ferns

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    Dear fans and listeners. It give us great pleasure to release our newest batch of tunes, this 6-song EP, SOLDIER GHOST. We want everyone to be able to have these songs that mean so much to us. So, we are asking for you to set your own price to add these recordings to your music collection. You can even pay nothing. But, if you are able to pay for the album in any way, we greatly appreciate it. Most importantly, we just want everyone to share our music and enjoy it. Yes, please share! XO
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1.
Pumpkin 04:26
You're prepared to love until you can't do what's in front of you you're prepared to dive into the deepest well tucked inside your room you and all your glory, you and all your stories that you write and sing in songs for me you and all your worry, you and all your hurry to believe the the things you write to me I can't let go of something I turn back into a pumpkin the sooner I'm alive I'm sooner dead I want to feel like nothing can change the drum I'm drumming the sooner I'm alive I'm sooner dead I'm prepared to leave the streets of my hometown for streets of mystery and I'm prepared to swim the seas with a hundred secrets locked inside of me If I start to follow, if I start to swallow all those words then bring you back to me 'Cause I can't live for glory, I can't live in worry that I'll never be free never be for free I can't let go of something I try but I still want it the sooner I'm alive I'm sooner dead Do I want to be hunted to break a sweat from running the sooner I'm alive I'm sooner dead As soon as I'm alive As soon as I'm alive I'm feeling dead As soon as I'm alive As soon as I'm alive I'm feeling dead As soon as I let go Another chain will choke me to my death As soon as I let go Another chain will choke me to my death
2.
I broke your heart like a wrecking ball when your dreams were tall but you're hopes were small I had every other memory two loved beside of my back then I took you where the temptation poured how it spilled for you how I poured some more right there on the floor right there on the floor I poured some more until I had to get my way I've made mistakes I've made mistakes and I will take it to my grace I told a lie, I told a lie and I will never be the same You haunt me now like a soldier ghost from the world war post with your blood soaked hopes I have every other memory every other memory is you I have you still in a picture frame you were sixteen then you were my best friend, you were you are the only one the only one who loves me like a kid I've made mistakes I've made mistakes and I will take it to my grace I told a lie, I told a lie and I will never be the same I loved you then, I love you still and I will take it to my grave I told a lie, I told a lie and I will never be the same
3.
Wake Up 04:01
in the red moonlight I saw a ghost it came to me but never spoke I looked to you asleep in bed I kissed your arm I felt your head I wanna wake you up, I wanna wake you up I wanna wake you up, but I won't... But I won't my broken wing, my wheezing chest my aching heart, my empty nest my broken wing, my wheezing chest this feeling of relentlessness I wanna wake you up, I wanna wake you up I wanna wake you up, but I won't... But I won't this ailing heart is aged in oak it's buried in the deepest cove I've placed it there to seal it closed to watch it grow to watch it mold this ailing heart is aged in oak it's buried in the deepest cove I've placed it there to seal it closed to watch it grow to watch it mold I'd tap it dry for you, I'd tap it dry for you I'd tap it dry for you, if you want me to... If you want me to oh my ghost I'm thankful for how you came and spoke not a word to me now all my thoughts are racing while the man I love is lying fast asleep I wanna wake him, I wanna wake him, I wanna wake him up, but I won't... no, till the morning comes
4.
Deer 02:42
I'd drive you to the station and I'd drive you to the coast I'd drive you through the mountains and then I'd drive you home you'd make me up a dinner and you'd make me up a bed you'd make me do the dishes and you'd make me clear my head It's so hard to be alone when I'm reaching out for help It's so hard to be alone when I'm wanting something else... I'm walking through this city and you're walking up a trail I'm always staying busy and you have great time to kill you're standing in the pasture and you're looking at the stars I'm looking out my window at a parking lot of cars It's so hard to be indifferent when it's different that I want It's so hard to be reliant when I lie to everyone... So wrong to be so right without the peace of mind so wrong to be so right without the peace of mind
5.
we will lay here in the dark I put my hands on the small of your back you look to me and then you say I think it's getting late I don't care if you have things on your mind as long as you have time on your waterproof gold watch I don't care if you have two kids at home and a wife on the phone saying "where have you been?" Oh, where have you been? I will lay atop the sheets after you leave I'm staring at the ceiling my only friend's a parakeet I watch her eat I know you think I'm crazy So you have got a three bedroom house and a- two leather couches but I cant stay over So it seems as though the king has it made with his two queens to lay with and two beds to make oh, two beds to make I clipped my nails in an envelop sealed to another man's wife And I wrote those words as I sonnet to be heard when you're leaving her at night If I knew her well then time would only tell until she's telling you to go If I know you at all then it's me that gets the call you will give her stones to throw I lost myself I did not mean to go beyond the thought
6.
Button 05:27
I was waiting for your call I was waiting to get caught I was waiting to get hot I was waiting all the same I was waiting all the same I was waiting all the same I went swimming with a knife I was praying for a fight I was tangled up in light and darkness all the same light darkness all the same light darkness all the same light darkness all the same If you wanna kiss me hurry up and kiss me on my way if you wanna miss me better wait and kiss me another day I am making up the words I am making up them first I am making up the words 'cause I don't know what to say I don't know what to say no I don't know what to say I was dancing to your song I was singing all along I was dancing to your song and then you scared me far away you gone and scared me to my grave you gone and scared me to my grave if I'm gonna trust you might as well trust you today and if I'm gonna love you might as well love you in vain I was waiting for your call I was waiting to get caught I was waiting to get hot I was waiting all the same I was waiting all the same I was waiting all the same I've been waiting for someone to come and pull this thread undone button up my buttons wrong and open up this heart of song oh I've been waiting far too long to open up this heart of song I've been waiting for someone to come and pull this thread undone button up my buttons wrong and open up this heart of song I've been waiting far too long to open up this heart of song if the world will teach me might as well let it teach me wrong and if your heart can't reach me at least you know it's given me this song

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released October 14, 2011

words and original music by Arrah Fisher. Created and performed by Arrah and the Ferns:

Arrah Fisher - vocals, guitar, ace tone
Ryan Belski - guitar, vocals
Carl Stovner - guitar, harmonica, banjo, vocals
Buddy Szczesniak - bass
Mike Harkness - drums, ace tone, vocals

Recorded in July 2011 by Ian McGuire in Brooklyn, NY.
Mixed, mastered, and produced by Alex Santilli of Spice House Sound, Philadelphia, PA.

Additional thanks to James Klapp, Joe Lazas, and Scotty Kurtain for their help with this album.

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Arrah and the Ferns Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Led by front woman Arrah Fisher, The Philadelphia-based Arrah and the Ferns meld many sounds of folk, country, blues, indie- rock, and pop. Their sound is not easily defined as their direction, and members, have changed a number of times since their inception in 2005. current roster: Fisher (vocals, guitar, wurlitzer), Ryan Belski (guitar), Mike harkness (drums), and Buddy Szczesniak (bass). ... more

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