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Light From A Dying Star EP

by The Enigmatic Foe

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    Last remaining physical copies out of storage. Still sealed mint CD with occasional scuffing on cellophane. Case may have minor cracking. Contains the songs Awkward Social Graces, People I Try To Forget, Light From A Dying Star, Hoarse Child, Shame Shame Shame, Favourite Hallucination (Lagomorph Mix), Shame Shame Shame (Joy Electric Mix), Light From A Dying Star (Anaphylaxis Mix), and Hoarse Child (Home Demo).

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There’s a lingering remnant of events passed The regret I feel is genuine From who we are and how we act A first & lasting impression My awkward social graces are preventing me from getting close to you and I’m so afraid so I say nothing There’s a part of me that I cannot face and it keeps me distant from others But the safety net and the masks I wear are becoming more of a burden My awkward social graces are separating me Everyone else is fine Still I’m standing here contemplating my place in life My awkward social graces I never get it right
2.
I remember everything like it was yesterday and the people that we meet standing still in a picture In a moment of time they come back to life starting with the words we said, the remarks that we made and the things that we did burn a hole in my brain but you just can’t erase that smile on their face No matter how hard I try they will still be there in the back of my mind The people I try to forget Dwelling on the time and place I first saw you there and the way that you looked told me that you cared I couldn’t foresee the ending of things Distance brought the Great Divide, still I kept in touch and it was a waste of time, “it’s temporal, just” But we weren’t o.k. your lack of communiqué Still I regret that moment of time you crossed my mind Now leave me alone, my life was fine without you around Try to move on, but you’re weighing me down You are weighing me down, you are weighing me down When I’m in the brightest place you come back to me If only as a passing glance, it still is a set-back I keep getting burned every time you return The people I try to forget, the people I try to forget I just can’t seem to forget the people I try to forget
3.
You said you had nothing left to give 
but I know you just said it to retreat 
That your love is some flickering filament 
that's too tender, so you just admit defeat Don't you want something beautiful, your body so celestial Growing dim, going out The light from a dying star You had your moment to shine Don't let your past rule over you You are brighter than to be filled with regret 
if you'd only make connection and let yourself feel 
we might form a constellation Don't you want something beautiful, your body so celestial Growing dim, going out The light from a dying star You had your moment to shine We had a moment to shine The distance is killing me gazing up through the telescope I watch as you fade away (you're making a big mistake)
4.
Hoarse Child 03:49
We've given you everything
: the needle & the fear
 A global distaste for life
, and all who live within 
Oh, hoarse child
 you want to make it better 
Still you are 
uneducated & reeling Shredding your throat just for a chance at being noticed Spewing the garbled truth fed by the news of the screws Combining the old & new from guardian & the modern into a freakish display of zeal But do you know what you are saying? 
Oh, hoarse child
 you're spending your 
time & effort
 on the things 
you don't understand or believe
 what's trendy to bitch & bother
 something to bark & bay at Oh, hoarse child Hybrid evolutionary Oh, hoarse child You want to make it better I want to make you better Hoarse child
5.
I thought I would give it one more try Seems the time was right to give my heart You fell in love, then you changed your mind It’s such a shame shame shame You said you would give it one more try That you'd give your heart just to find the one Simply put, you don't know what you want It's such a shame shame shame It's darker now, black and blue set in Vinegar and piss, all the bitterness I feel consumed who did what to who Christ, please change my heart
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about

I had been wanting to record with Jason Martin for years but I had this nervous fanboy reverence and fear that I never approached him. Once I discovered how easy it was to talk with Frank Lenz, my fears were swayed and selected a batch of songs geared towards Jason's production. It was an edgier, guitar-laden, more focused attempt at defining my style. The songs on Favourite Hallucination sounded like 6 different styles because I love most genres and didn't want to pigeon-hole myself. I love the freedom Elvis Costello has to make a country album, then do a rocking angsty one, then compose an opera, then a collaboration with Burt Bacharach. My former manager urged me to decide on one particular sound, so I hunkered down and cranked out some of my best pop songs.

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released August 24, 2007

Jared Colinger - vox, guitar, keys
Jason Martin - drums, percussion, keys
Steve Dail - bass

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The Enigmatic Foe Knoxville, Tennessee

With sharp lyrics, the playful pop bite of the best of the 70s and 80s, and the kind of self-deprecation usually reserved for a Woody Allen movie, Jared Colinger's lyrics run the gamut from the joy of new love to disillusionment with the old, from wanting to like yourself to being afraid of what we have in our minds.

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