As It Were

from As It Were by Randall Carrier and Homies

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this was originally the last track when I first released it. However, I wrote this to be the first track from a lyrical and production standpoint including the end going into "against a stone."

this is the last track written for this record, it started with only the "whoaaa ohhh whoooaaa ohhhh" thing in my head repeatedly for days, driving me nuts. luckily the rest of the pieces came and I tagged this thing onto the record last minute. some great production tweaks by skot soon followeed.

several of the lines are from a Cassiopia song called "of heartshed and bloodache" from the Universal Scream album. When I think of place I was in mentally, psychologically and also spiritually during those years, surrounded by great friends and a lot of good things, I think of these lyrics. Despite all the good things, I was missing something and it had driven me to a point of desperation. however, that all changed and I had a changed perspective- "set free, as it were."

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all our lives we've felt as prey to a hand that stoops so low to feed. we accept this hand that's dealt by the hand that's come to let us see...

he wants and wants, but don't know what he wants. mind and body ache, how much can he take? to the limits, a sick experiment, what ever it takes all this bloodshed and heartache. to the building's ledge, to the water's edge, something's got to give this is no way to live. set free now as it were.

as it were, were it so. automaton, sleepwalkin' blinded drone.

as it were, were it so, as if you never lost control.

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from As It Were, released September 1, 2010
lyrics and music by randy carrier

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Randall Carrier Kansas City, Missouri

Guitarist, Singer, Engineer, Producer, Husband, Dad, Coffee Drinker. Not necessarily in that order. That's just with the music stuff first.

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