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Raggy Monster (Self​-​Titled Debut Album)

by Raggy Monster

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    Please enjoy this album the way it was envisioned and recorded by listening to it all the way through without stopping. (Remember when bands used to record "albums" as a flowing work of art instead of a bunch of singles put together? Well we miss that, so we did it with this album.) It even flows from the last song into the first one seamlessly if you have it on repeat. So enjoy, and tell us what you think on our Facebook page! www.facebook.com/RaggyMonster
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1.
Ahhhhhhhh ahhhhhh ahhha AHHHHHHH AHHHHHHH ahhhhhh ahh ahh
2.
I’m used to carrying you, But I don’t get what you’re going through. I should know what I’m supposed to do, And it makes no sense that I should have to prove My worth day after day, When yours continues to waste away. And I act like everything is OK, But I’m starting to see I made a huge mistake. *Yeah, I can’t fake it anymore, And regardless of what I swore, I’m not your puzzle piece. I’m not your diary crease. I’m just a man that needs to be released. I’ve never felt alive. But there’s more than what meets the eye. And I can’t say that I didn’t try, But the facts stacked up are getting harder to deny. Let’s just hide in a cave. At this point it’s too hard to save. And there isn’t any way to behave, When I’m tied to you, I’m acting as your slave. *Yeah, I can’t fake it anymore, And regardless of what I swore, I’m not your puzzle piece. I’m not your diary crease. I’m just a man that needs to be released.
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Cannibal 04:25
Meet me by the palm tree, The one with bullets in between, We can create a masterpiece, And stand in awe before we feast. It’s getting light let’s start this fast, I don’t know about you but I want this to last, Just let it loose. Be mechanical, I don’t eat meat but I’m a cannibal. A cannibal, a cannibal, a cannibal, a cannibal. The footsteps break the breeze, This soul’s unfortunate disease, We’re right behind you now, There’s no escape let’s take a bow. This angle can’t resume, A constant in our vacant room, Which holds a rope that I can’t pull, Because I’m a cannibal. A cannibal, a cannibal, a cannibal, a cannibal
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The tired man awaits, For the hallowed saints, To stop his clouded mind, From making a mistake. It’s the kind you can’t reverse, And the kind that’s not rehearsed, But seek it as he may, There was no other way. *So he walked in through the door, And they all fell to the floor, He made a snide remark, About the bank’s décor. He said “There’s no cause for alarm, Because no one will be harmed”, But the teller’s not convinced, ‘Cause the man was fully armed. Sometimes all it takes, For someone to raise the stakes, Is a point of no return, And a couple of mistakes. It’s not hard to justify, Just giving it a try, But that doesn’t make it right, Cause I’m not that kind of guy. But this would be the last time, I hide behind this mask. My boy, he looks at me, And says “Daddy, I’m hungry” So I’m forced to make a choice, Between morals or my boy, And I know what I should do, But I go with option two. *I walked in through the door, and they all fell to the floor. I made a snide remark, About the bank’s décor. I said there’s no cause for alarm, ‘Cause no one will be harmed, But the teller’s not convinced, ‘Cause I was fully armed. And I know you’ll try to bring me down again like you always do, I guess it really depends on your angle of view. The tired man awaits, For the hallowed saints, To stop his clouded mind, From making a mistake. It’s the kind you can’t reverse, And the kind that’s not rehearsed, But seak it as he may, There was no other way.
5.
Broken Jack 03:48
I don’t want to show it, but I do. I think about the way you make me feel and I come to. It brings it back from every point of view. Like swimming in a lightning storm and knowing we’ll pull through. *And if it were up to me, I’d go right back. And live every day the same. And hold up like a broken jack. My ceramic hands of solitude. Fail to mold my dreams until a helping hand from you. I just want to share it ‘cause it’s true. The conversations with a lake because it’s calling you. *And if it were up to me, I’d go right back. And live every day the same. And hold up like a broken jack. *Yeah, if it were up to me, I’d go right back. And live every day the same. And hold up like a broken jack.
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7.
Are you afraid of it not working out? Cause I’ve got news for you buddy, It won’t And that’s the only way I condone. Cause when they say “That’s just the way it is” I know I’ve got something they don’t And that’s the only way I’ve known. So I move on to bigger and better things I won’t let anyone hold me back, And there’s only one way I atone. I push myself to be more than I am, It’s mind over matter that matters today, And that’s the only way I’ve grown. *Are you afraid of the ground that you’ve found holding you? Cause I’m in the shade and the sun doesn’t know what to do. And I will stay ‘til it’s cold and I need something more, But ‘til that day I’ll admit that I don’t know. I count the days ‘til we can be free And step into the light bleeding down on what would be A life that the most content would envy. And I see a hill that’s smooth and refrained from afar, As I hold my guitar and listen To the grass that’s washing around the prairie. But take a closer look and you’ll see, Those hills are covered with rocks and debris, But by the time you realize it’s too late to agree. ‘Cause we’re on the top looking down, At trees too dense to hear the sound, Of your voice reflecting off the common ground. *Are you afraid of the ground that you’ve found holding you? Cause I’m in the shade and the sun doesn’t know what to do. And I will stay ‘til it’s cold and I need something more, But ‘til that day I’ll admit that I don’t know.
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I’m standing where no one has ever been. And I can see clearly what lies within. You look back on your life and feel ashamed. When really your purpose remained unchanged.
9.
I’m freeing up some time To catch up with a glass of wine Because no one’s ever gonna see a static liquid climb. But when the rooster grows I’m shooting blanks in a flock of crows While the old friends laying in the garden decompose. Nobody’s asking to tell you a story So I’m gonna tell you one now. There once was a girl who thought her life was boring, And foolishly fixed it with vows. But foolish as it was, She did it all because, It was her last resort, A choice she can’t abort. *We all know life’s a stepping stone, In our metamorphosis to bones, We hide our problems in a box, But I take my bad dreams on the rocks. Before you have begun, The bowl you haven’t spun, Is just a ball of clay, Waiting to disobey. *We all know life’s a stepping stone, In our metamorphosis to bones, We hide our problems in a box, But I take my bad dreams on the rocks.
10.
Shadows 07:55
Hazy light shines through, While shadows in the room, Are stretched over the bruise, That’s permeating you. *But I can penetrate a color too. ‘Cause shadows don’t recriminate your point of view. As they follow you, Your path begins to skew, Where all the old turns new, And shadows can’t come through. *But I can penetrate a color too. ‘Cause shadows won’t recriminate your point of view.

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released September 1, 2012

Billy Schmidt

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Raggy Monster West Palm Beach, Florida

Raggy Monster is an Indie Alt-Rock/Classical band from West Palm Beach, FL. It was formed in 2011 by Billy Schmidt.

Their powerful live performances have earned them great success in Florida, including sharing the stage with bands such as The Misfits, Smashing Pumpkins, and Train at Sunfest 2013.
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