Companion EP

by Mackenzie Keefe

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about

This EP was written and recorded from January to April 2012, arguably one of the most difficult times of my life. These lyrics contain bits and pieces of creative crises, bouts of depression, and internal conflicts making this EP the most personal thing I've ever released.

Instead of the usual "write as I record" method of songwriting that I usually undertake, this was written troubadour style to be performed as a solo unit.

I have to thank every love interest that inspired this effort, whether they knew it or not. Although most ended up unrequited, I am incredibly grateful to have the experiences that inspired these lyrics. This could not have been made without you.

I'd also like to thank my best friends that pushed me to strive for creative greatness. These people include Kevin Foley, Austin Farrell, Nick Inman, Tyler Mills, Tanjyot Kaur, and most importantly, Daishawn Daley and Todd Lindstrom. All of you were a great help, whether it be literal or motivational.

But most of all I'd like to thank you, the listener, for taking the time out of your day to listen to a piece of my life for twenty minutes. It means more than you could imagine.

credits

released 24 April 2012
Mackenzie Keefe - Guitar, Vocals, Mixing, Mastering
Nick Inman - Cover Design
Silvia Cardullo - Cover Photograph

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tags: alternative boston folk indie indie folk Massachusetts

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Track Name: The Seas Are Calm
Sometimes I wish that I had never worn,
That familiar flannel I wished your twitches had torn,
If chances were given, sentiments were exchanged,
This sinking ship of a life and strife would seem sane

How have I been waiting so long,
For a chance to play the prince or stay the pawn,
Late at night I start to regret,
All the hours I had wasted to reset

How can you rest assure that the seas are calm,
And how can you push forward when the will is gone,
It's been a couple years and I've never found fun,
In learning how, to become undone

Walked into you like a broken home,
The portraits were cracked while siblings fought for the phone,
And you were that diamond in the rough,
Your eyes were so tired but desired more than enough

And I could have been your candidate,
But instead our conflicting mental states,
Fucked the story and trashed the fate,
It's a beautiful life when the mind's sedate

In the great beyond we were as far gone,
But the blind see more than a fleeting dawn,
Now we're out of love and we're filled with rage,
We could start so fresh, but you'd rather stay

How could I be so late for,
My chance to shake you to your core,
Lust is just a blessing and a curse,
But ends up as a chorus and a verse

How can you rest assure that the seas are calm,
And how can you push forward when the will is gone,
It's been a couple years and I've never found fun,
In learning how, to become undone

How can you find a cure for the time you lost,
Those days always fade with all the dreams you toss,
And what made you so pure to forget the cost,
Of everyone, you have loved and lost
Track Name: One Last Step
These are the worst times in a while,
Realizing our fate is single-file, but your smile,
Weak and innocent it moves me out of my body,
And stops me in my tracks

This is the best life I'll be having,
One and the same but it's gone crashing, and you asking,
Restores my respect for humanity and my sanity,
Is back right in a flash,
And you thought it polite to ask

Am I a man that could break the mold,
Release all the demons that my body can hold,
Become content at the end of the day,
Will finding the answers always lead to dismay?

I was found but now I'm lost,
Into the heap my hopes were tossed, but the cost,
Had been recognized by your open mind so satisfied,
With all my moral debt

It's safe to say the more I change,
The more my existence grows strange, disarranged,
With a word I'm sure of my future, the path is pure,
And all it takes is one last step,
To release the words you kept

I spent a lifetime down in the doubt,
Of if I would ever find out,
If I could influence my young,
To stay so strong or twist the tongue

Am I a man that could break the mold,
Release all the demons that my body can hold,
Become content at the end of the day,
Will finding the answers always lead to dismay?
Track Name: A Different Kind
Fill me up cause I feel empty,
In body and soul and heart and mind,
Ask me if I still feel working,
Make me be a different kind

In a million different different ways,
I've gone blind,
In wishing I had saved time,
Even though I want to stay,
I can't describe,
How far I have strayed

On sad nights,
Words take flight,
I accept,
Consequence

The sun is up your heart's still beating,
The rate is growing close to mine,
If I could believe in perfect,
This would be a perfect night

In a million different different ways,
I've gone blind,
In wishing I had saved time,
Even though I want to stay,
I can't describe,
How far I have strayed

On sad nights,
Words take flight,
I accept,
Consequence

Line by line,
Through tight winds,
The dream's dead,
Our hope's shred
Track Name: It's Alright If You Can't Breathe
Surrounded by thoughtlessness,
Drowning in the fatigue,
Manufactured, vapid kids
Dying to live serene

I'll overthink the compliments,
I've yet to receive,
And never try to make sense,
Of my low self-esteem

Godspeed your bitterness,
We're repeating the same old dream,
I'll send a messenger,
To say the typical things,
Bring her to me

Leave hope for another day,
Let the cynics run wild,
No one has ever wanted more,
Bad news than tonight

My fears are becoming more real,
Every time I half-wake,
Expectations are a bad deal,
But that's what I like and I like what I fake

Godspeed your bitterness,
We're repeating the same old dream,
I'll send a messenger,
To say the typical things

Leave out making sense,
It's alright if you can't breathe,
It's just what we feel,
The pointless anxiety,
Bring her to me
Track Name: Wander
Send me a lock of your golden hair,
It's all I need to breathe in,
And while you're sleeping let me stop and stare,
When eyes are closed it begins

The clock is busted and the arms are switched,
But pay no mind, it's pointless,
To think of artificial concepts,
As right and true, as your kiss

I've never felt so sure of anything,
And trust me, I've let,
My mind wander into the songs you sing,
Into my ear, like safe bets

It's hard to tell if you're a siren,
A temptress, or the cure,
To all of my failed attempts at finding,
Something as pure