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Hence My Optimism

by Elway

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1.
I'll watch the sunlight paint these bedroom walls I swear I won't sleep at all Until I think my way through every word you spoke A Fit of sobs breaks through like leaves that fall Oh how to autumn called Like a ghost that came and left me all alone Without you, I am forsaken Dead Colorado, we are forsaken And on the day this distance grew to far I picked up your guitar And wrote another song that skirts around the point I wish I could be an honest man Some days I think I can Oh I mean to say, I mean to say, I... Dear Colorado, we are forsaken Out here without you, we are forsaken And after all these years what can I say?
2.
25 Years 02:56
The low-hung harvest moon paints a scarlet on my windowsill The morning star in pale blue always seems to disappear I'm tongue-tied and trivial when seeking the truth I'm a small flame, but I will still wait The filaments are burnt up in their glassy bulb's volcanic black The darkness ages, livid, lost in aspect to the sun At daybreak the sunlight emblazons the truth We are ruthless when we are restless 25 years I've been lost in rumination Of friction and fear and old regrets that keep me straying And I will run if I alter nothing but my angle to the sun I will run and forever let the darkness be the memory Of the hollow places I've been fleeing from The last good things worth keeping melt away But I will find my place In the fray of their absence And I won't spend another breath on sighing This fog into the cold Tell the sun I'll be waiting For the winter to recant it's invitation to the comfort of the graveyard Darling I'm doing alright
3.
Note To Self 03:07
Well you came all this fucking way to lose it all You know your head won't come to rest beneath these squalls Still here we are running down a dream Living in a past that never will come clean What the fuck are we doing here? You shouldn't need a song to make this clear Lost sight of all you ever dreamed of There has to be a reason while you still insist on tearing yourself down Became the one thing you're afraid of Your mind already made up, if you let no one in you'll never make it out Even now you still refuse to just forget her And when your heart expires you'll blame it on the weather Chasing down the past like some white whale You know that's a ship that never will set sail What the fuck are you waiting for? Get off your fucking ass get out the door Out of time and out of place The years like scars across your face Old records to remind you life is long when you're longing
4.
Grand gestures are scattered on the floor With brown broken bottles and notes The devil, the devil is bitten in me And I bail out his words to stay afloat But this winter is a war of attrition My tired bones cast hard against the cold The devil, the devil, the days born anew Are what keep me from feeling so old So where to go? I'm running, I'm tripping my way through the snow So where to go? I'm tired, I'm tired, I'm dying, I'm dying to know Untie my hands, absolve my sins Give my regards to the gallows Return from pain and banishment To green and fertile fields once fallow

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Elway released their debut full length, "Delusions", in 2011 and went on to make quite a dent in the DIY punk scene. Armed with that breakout album, they toured their asses off, made lotsa friends, and won over loads of new fans. Something else must've happened in that time, because Elway's songwriting has further improved, and that's clearly evident on these four new tunes that make up "Hence My Optimism". These are gutsy and efficient punk songs, sure to please the Elway faithful, but even more certain to garner them more new fans. Think The Lawrence Arms meets Propagandhi; it really is a promising step up for the band and a big favorite here at the Red Scare HQ.

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released June 12, 2012

Recorded in February 2012 at Dead Pigeon Studios, Fort Collins
Tracked and produced by Benjamin Buttice
Mixed by Matt Allison at Atlas Studios, Chicago

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Elway Fort Collins, Colorado

Elway started back in 2007 as a drunken mess called 10-4 Eleanor. They released a few records under the old moniker before changing their name in 2010 after signing with Red Scare Industries. 3 LPs, 2 EPs, 500+ shows in 23 countries later, they are still a drunken mess. ... more

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