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Slug Comparison

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1.
paranoid that it won't be much longer paranoid that I've come all this way with hardly a loss and hardly a word against but who's keeping track that I've been getting it slack bringer of doom, enter my room, tell me the wait is over bringer of ends, it only makes sense to cut through this safe enclosure paranoid that I'm soft in the middle paranoid that piss'll run down my leg strangers will watch and loved ones will turn away but who's keeping track that I've been getting it slack bringer of doom, enter my room, tell me the wait is over bringer of ends, it only makes sense to cut through this safe enclosure and find out what I might withstand never had a beating, left motionless and bleeding I've never had a car crash and taken flight never had a break in where innocence was taken I've never had a good friend jump through the light bringer of doom, before you I swoon, carry me limp and senseless into your den, let no one come to my defence, I'm wholly willing to find out what I might withstand to find out what I might withstand to find out what I might withstand to find out what I might withstand to find out what I might withstand
2.
you have seen me writhe in the wake of disappointment, crushing in its size you have seen me roll when the burning of frustration has dropped me to the floor That's when I hear you say lighten up you miserable child, you've got no reason to whine let me tell you something about the world, you've got no cause to complain you have seen me cry in the dimness of our bedroom when we're lying on our sides you have felt me pull away when I'm holding onto anger and dragging out the pain That's when I hear you say lighten up you miserable child, you've got no reason to whine let me tell you something about the world, you've got no cause to complain when I feel your point of light, it isn't long till I'm up again when it's working out alright you see me baring a little grin you've seen me high you have seen me you have seen me
3.
Summer '99 04:21
thumbing the road, wavering heat hours from home, and holding a box of meat and other things we felt that we might need we got in a car, had little to say the scenery flowed, I thought of what we might make getting back to our home ground, it was great blood on the road, crackers to eat sun getting low, and holding a box of meat which was dripping from one corner to my feet we got in a car, some headlights engaged with features exposed we might have looked somewhat crazed getting back to our home ground, it was great left in mountainous darkness, staggered to a town, got a motel room and put the box down went to the bathtub, filled it with ice, laid out our pig's feet and other delights I could smell in my clothes eyeless, spineless, footless, clawless the vision came when we were young to build a thing of hoof and tongue we bought'em at the corner store some uteri and so much more we traveled then across the land to meet a friend with head in hand it came alive upon a table photographed it in an old barn it was great, it was great, it was great, it was great
4.
babe are you angry cause I just slammed the door why don't you answer, did I forget some chore my whole week has been nothing short of hell and I need somewhere to put down my glasses and let things blur, erase what's happened come to me come to me baby what is this, everything's on the floor staring ahead now, am I too great of a bore my whole week has been nothing short of hell and I'm slumping like a worn out mattress if you don't care that we're out of practice come to me come to me I'm closer to quitting don't make this decision in stagnance life begins to change how slowly we've become estranged if part of you hears this and suffers a weakness if part of you sees me through dishes and laundry come come come come come come
5.
Evil Walks 03:12
Evil walks, tremors coming this way Leisurely stalks on a perfect blue day Evil strolls through the fields to a sleepy old town And shit starts going down Evil plots angle every which way Evil thoughts trouble good folks who pray In the evening air something ain’t right A body in the wood, a figure in a hood A trail of footprints burning where once the preacher stood A drowning in the well, a paranormal spell A group of children singing, “We’re all going to hell” Evil’s unlocked the deviant’s cage, evil is onto us, a coming of age Evil restocks, evil reloads, when will it go away, no one knows
6.
long live the night, a drone flies over the crumbling homes of the guilty ones let'em sleep through the fire, melting, children beside them can't be revived and the neighbours scrub death from their hands, just another few grains of sand long live the night, headlights patrol an abandoned road to a makeshift bomb, 3 2 1 soldiers crawl from the blast and rise up in search of the twists of steel that have ripped through the uniform and ripped through life's plans nearby, a shadow touches forehead to sand, the enemy prays pistol cocked, chains unlocked, the mouth beneath this hood will talk at midnight, the interrogator screams for a medic on the scene any witnesses are told it was but a dream long live the night, a worm cries over the stone-grey fields where death has been done, let them come figures walk in a line, slowly, they bear on their shoulders the ones who have passed to another world where they'll be damned again long live the night, folded flags lie in the grief-stricken hands of the families watching their sacrifices buried in the ground for a nation, for a nation leading the way believe in this new plan and soon the war will end no god but one can see this path to victory a checkpoint massacre, the gunmen fled a market suicide and countless dead the fledgling government has lost its hold we have got to save the region from itself the tribes don't know the value of our help the bleeding hearts would have us leave today but change won't happen unless we stay mercenaries fight the battle by our side technology advances in the sky the weapons dealers always meet demand we're the greatest power, we can shape this land long live the night long live the night
7.
I stay up and hope to regain that wonder for life, that sacred little claim Something breathes in me, oh the mystery How it comes and it goes, makes me willing to believe I never know how much, if any at all, will come to me but I wait just the same, I'm waiting right now I never know how much will be endowed I hold on, the day's been long and another one awaits like an enemy I hold on, my will is strong to wallow in the dark with divinity I stay up, the nights that I can though I'm tired and dismayed by a life I didn't plan Something grieves in me, oh what could've been how it comes and it goes, but it's getting late for me I never know how much, if any at all, will come to me but I wait just the same, I'm waiting right now I never know how much will be endowed I hold on, the day's been long and another one awaits like an enemy I hold on, my will is strong to wallow in the dark with divinity I'm feeling it now, it's coming again it's greater tonight than it has ever been What if I could feel this in the light of day What if I could give this to people on their way But these hours in the darkness seems my only way until I learn to bring this god out of its cave
8.
go away, you've said it, please just go now I'm not prepared to hear what else you mean to tell I'm waiting for your footsteps to head back toward the road I'll sleep here by this old well in the forest we once roamed go away, you haunt me like a ghost now I'm not the same, a tragedy could soon befall all summer here without you I planned this night of your return I'll sleep here on my own now and the candles won't be burned I am looking down into the water tipping forward at the edge of the well oh the beauty of the end of love is something to bear you must go away, your presence here is wrong now we're past the end, already I've let go, somehow your hand upon my shoulder is an act of treachery I'll sleep here by this old well, let the forest comfort me I am looking down into the water tipping forward at the edge of the well Oh the beauty of the end of love is something to bear you must go away, on holy ground you trespass for years to come, I'll cherish this great loneliness the blanket spread behind us will never touch your naked skin I'll sleep here on my own now, let the darkness take me in I am looking down into the water tipping forward at the edge of the well oh the beauty of the end of love is something to bear I am looking down into the water tipping forward at the edge of the well oh the beauty of the end of love is something to bear
9.
Common Room 04:09
common room, I am in love with your sound in the evening I come when no one else can hear and sitting down in the corner I am moved, I am held in place now and then I look around in the quiet if a creature makes a run, I will spy it if the PNE bear takes a tumble and spills out some white foam kernels I could spend the whole night here listening to murmurs of pain common room, I am in love with your sound who could have known these dimensions would arouse such loyalty from me I am known in the building as the creep always here at night I shiver when your walls form a choir standing off on some plateau, they inspire I look up at the ceiling above me where a blister's been growing where the moisture collects from somewhere and falls past my eyes, falls past my eyes

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released October 24, 2014

MUSICIANS:
Randall Stoll: drums on tracks 2-8
Mike Southworth: production, mixing, programming, additional drums on track 1
Mike Young: bass on tracks 3, 6-9
Doug Harrison: vocals, guitar, piano, synth programming, bass on tracks 1, 2, 5
Tatyana Dobrowolski: additional vocals on track 6

All songs and lyrics written by Doug Harrison

Slug drawings by The LRZ

Slug Comparison acknowledges the financial support of the Government of Canada through the Department of Canadian Heritage (Canada Music Fund) and of Canada's Private Radio Broadcasters.

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Slug Comparison Victoria, British Columbia

After five albums with Canadian progressive rock band Fen, vocalist/guitarist Doug Harrison launched a solo project called Slug Comparison. So far the project has released two full-length albums, featuring members of The Devin Townsend Band, Bif Naked, and Fen. ... more

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