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Excrescent Persona

by The Lance Daily Project

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Desperate Scrapes 07:03
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You hadn't danced so badly In life's strange ballet Everyone falls sometimes Trips, missteps and a lack of grace Are all commonplace Not all play with fire Mistakes are made But your dance was dire And for it you paid With your life It ain't right You're gone Cradled by a grave In death's ebony embrace So long Connected by grief We wander in this sad place They're wrong Confusing the lack of will with a lack of grace Your song Elegy for one who can never be replaced You tried hard to abstain, Desperate scrapes It's not going to be the same, Desperate scrapes Angry hands that stray Desperate Scrapes I thought we had more time to play, Desperate Scrapes Too long Searching for nectar of an elevated taste Move on ballet will play on And we must keep up the pace We must move on You're music won't die with you We'll sing your songs Love more And judge less Because of you Struggle, Desperately scraping Angel crushed by a needle
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Love Song 02:25
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I've Written Hundreds of verses all wrong I've Tried for years to write your song Why is it so hard to find a way to say "I love you" I woke up this morning After you left for work And thought I'd start anew I love you This is far from perfect poetry But it's hard to quantify What you mean to me And how wonderful you are I think the world's a better place For having been graced With your presence I love you Overthinking Over analyzing Words for one Who's never done surprising me You are the all attractive honey A Greek goddess My best friend And what more can I say After "I do"? As Yeats said: "I love the pilgrim soul in you " Three words every day 'till time takes us away I bet you know what they are
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Fading Grey Paint 03:22
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Fading Grey Paint Felt the good Felt the bad Always been Somewhere in between Never knew What I had When it was Right in front of me Wasn't here To judge but did Hurt and helped plenty Wasn't fair The lives we lived Heart and mind empty You're just a memory Like Fading grey paint I've conquered my enemy A Sinner turned saint I wasn't meant to be Just Fading grey paint A dreary prophecy Won't be my constraint Managing My shadow side My decay Will end today A habit broke A promise kept One more step Further away We all have A cross to bear Not all weigh the same Cosmic time Blink of an eye One among many You're just a memory Like Fading grey paint I've conquered my enemy A Sinner turned saint I wasn't meant to be Just Fading grey paint A dreary prophecy Won't be my constraint Misery Inside of me I won't be It's patron saint Gonna strive To survive I have the drive A will to thrive Everyone Is born to lose What we do Before we die Is what counts And it amounts To everything If we try
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Insomniac 02:57
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Insomniac She sleeps so much Not soundly though Restlessly her slumber goes As I, insomniac, awake Drink and think too much Unpleasant things She seems to dream At their crescendo: she screams As I, insomniac, awake Drink and think too much Her night terrors made manifest The worries of her days Because of the man she is with And his self destructive ways As I, Insomniac, awake Drink and think too much The dichotomy of past pain And present life Is strikingly shocking Old scars on my heart Haunt the modern day Which is far from perfect But is being worsened As past pain morphs to present The gift I give to her As I, Insomniac, awake Think and drink too much Fermented in depression I can't believe Her love and thoughtfulness Make me genuinely blessed I can't believe That it is real I can't believe That it could last That I, Insomniac, asleep Am dreaming her That she will vanish And reality come knocking On my poor Soul's door, mocking My deluded foolishness
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The Man Who Tried To Live 03:20
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no one sings like you anymore you gave us a garden and a temple with a voice so monumental you were the man who tried to live depression's hands all over you you fought the best anyone could do you were the man who tried to live and we say goodbye we say goodbye to the man who tried to live no euphoria in our mourning you left us without warning you were the man who tried to live all alone in your hotel room with the drugs prescribed to you oh how we wish you would've lived and we say goodbye we say goodbye to the man who tried to live we dry our eyes and say goodbye
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Phoenix 05:05
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Phoenix I've gone from job to job Trying to find the best deal I've been a drunken slob Trying to deny what's real I'm burning out I've never been good at saying goodbye Or letting things go Obsessed with control Not knowing why It's always been hard to accept that I'm wrong I know I'm not whole Because I sold my soul You all moved on Maybe I'm just bad Scar tissue in my brain A hardened heart can't heal Slowly I grow insane I can't ignore what I feel I've never been good at saying goodbye Or letting things go Obsessed with control Not knowing why It's always been hard to accept that I'm wrong I know I'm not whole Because I sold my soul You all moved on Broken I'm so sad (GUITAR SOLO) An ocean of beers Became only tears Getting much worse over the years Burning bright Burning out Hitting Rock Bottom You want demons? I got 'em I think it's time I fought 'em! Ashen Sprout Taking flight Life has both joy and pain Give and take kindness I choose to light a flame Not curse the darkness From the ashes I'll rise, I'll look into your eyes And won't tell no more lies I'll have no more disguise Someone who tries You're depending on me and you're gonna see What beauty can be a.s.a.p. You can trust me Maybe I ain't so bad Burning bright Taking Flight Rise!

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My 2nd solo album.
I'm grateful to all that were involved:
Performers (in order of appearance):
Lance Daily- guitar, vocals, duduk, flute, sounds
Luke Perry- brass
Troy Olmstead- drums
Jesse Halstead- bass, vocals
Scott Ostrowski- drum machine
Shaun Jones- guitar, bass, drums, vocals
Partially recorded, fully mixed & mastered by Doug White at Watchmen Studios

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released September 14, 2017

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The Lance Daily Project Rochester, New York

I'm a musician who has collaborated with many better musicians over the years, but due to struggles with mental illness I have devolved & decided to not release anything else to the public. This page is a document of what I created before and during my decline.

The Drone of Arc releases can be found here:

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