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21 Layers

by Kyle Shevlin

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    Hey folks! The self-produced, solo-project debut album you have been waiting for is here! You get 8 new tracks and 2 alternative mixes all written and performed by yours truly. You also get the album artwork and lyric liner as a bonus! Get yourself a copy and make a donation.

    Thanks so much for being a great fan!

    -Kyle
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A canopy of autumn leaves Above your bed, beneath that tree Hangs over you like a golden crown 'Til the winter winds come knock 'em down So every fall you are the queen A pleasant change from your peasantry And near the solstice time each year I sing this prayer hoping you can hear I pray that God keeps the frost from your bones, from your bones I hope that now your carried cross becomes your clothes, becomes your clothes Like a brand new dress that finds its rest upon your skin May the lilies envy you when you bloom again Kneeling down next to your stone I still hear your sighs and feel your groans I watched you earn your majesty Purified by your tragedy I place some flowers at your side And water them with the tears I cry I taste the dirt and give you a kiss I moved on but you're always missed I pray that God keeps the frost from your bones, from your bones I hope that now your carried cross becomes your clothes, becomes your clothes Like a brand new dress that finds its rest upon your skin May the lilies envy you when you bloom again
2.
I felt your face last night Lying on the pillow case next to mine I reached for you but I Only found what once you occupied So long since you were here Gathered my thoughts to see The empty space that lied beneath our sheets Then came back my memories Seven years of withheld amnesty So long since you were here And though the time has faded how I can still feel you right now with me The residue of our great love Still lingers on when I can't fall asleep And seven years have passed since we Last held our hands beneath that painted sky And in that time I've only learned That a eulogy is no way to say goodbye
3.
21 04:51
21 hundred miles separate me from my home, put 21 borders between me and all I have known, there's 21 seasons of sadness that I'm running from, left 21 scars of the damage under my lungs It's hard to believe there's a heart inside my chest How does it beat underneath each one of my breaths When portions are all that I have These broken bits of glass All of these pieces My 21 reasons To be who I am 21 suns burning brightly upon the East sky, reveal 21 layers of shadows between you and I 21 hours ago, I came undone, as the 21 angels that found me fired off their guns It's hard to believe there's a heart inside my chest How does it beat underneath each one of my breaths When portions are all that I have These broken bits of glass All of these pieces My 21 reasons To be who I am Shattered is how I will stay Unless love can find a way To melt down these shards Make 21 scars Go away Go away Go away Go away 21 exit wounds exist inside of my heart, like 21 valleys low and desperately trapped in the dark, now 21 gravities drag me unto the floor, feels like 21 years of war It's hard to believe there's a heart inside my chest How does it beat underneath each one of my breaths When portions are all that I have These broken bits of glass All of these pieces My 21 reasons To be who I am Shattered is how I will stay Unless love can find a way To melt down these shards Make 21 scars Go away
4.
Carolina 04:00
Sunset hangs over my head Its amber rays light up the West And drown beneath the ocean tides I turn my back and say good bye As Carolina calls my name She woos my heart return again And beckons me with mountain drawls An Appalachian siren call Oh, oh, oh, oh, Oh Carolina, my darling I am Coming home And on that morning, I’ll be holding Your hands once more The Angelino lights now fade Like ancient, crumbling colonnades And disappear in my rearview Oh 40 East, it’s me and you Till once again I meet her eyes Her reddened clay and azure sky From western edge to eastern coast Unsure which part I’ve missed the most Oh, oh, oh, oh, Oh Carolina, my darling I am Coming home And on that morning, I’ll be holding Your hands once more
5.
Over the mountains, where the sun meets the sea Is that where I'll find you, I'll find you? Ten million miles from where I seem to be Is that where I'll find you, I'll find you? Out where the wind has carried my feet Is that where I'll find you, I'll find you? The last place I look and the first place we meet Is that where I'll find you, I'll find you? When I stared into the Eastern sky The morning light was blinding to both my eyes So I search where the shadows will allow And say a prayer that you're not behind me now Over the waters of the river's divide Is that where I'll find you, I'll find you? Across all the fields of the wheat and the rye Is that where I'll find you, I'll find you? Out past the hillsides and the fertile plains Is that where I'll find you, I'll find you? Beyond my loss, my fears and my pains Is that where I'll find you, I'll find you? When I stared into the Eastern sky The morning light was blinding to both my eyes So I search where the shadows will allow And say a prayer that you're not behind me now Oh, I know that the East was more than kind But niceties were not what I hoped to find No, I need something more than I came across while in these parts Maybe the West will have what's missing of my heart When I stared into the Eastern sky The morning light was blinding to both my eyes So I search where the shadows will allow And say a prayer that you're not behind me now
6.
Every Boy 03:59
There was once a boy I used to know And every day I 'd watch the way he'd grow I've seen him age since the days when he was a child And saw how pain replaced the tender and mild Every boy wants to become a man But there are things about men that a boy does not yet understand Oh that boy he had his hopes and dreams To be stronger than mountains and taller than all of the trees One by one those dreams would fade away As his burden grew heavy and buried him under the weight Every boy wants to become a man But there are things about men that a boy does not yet understand Like how to be brave when the going gets tough Like how to be strong when your best's not enough Like how to stand tall when the world starts dragging you down Like how to fight fear when your frozen inside Like how to find hope in the dark of the night Like how to hold on when you're seemingly losing your ground There was once a boy I used to know And every day I'd watch the way he'd grow And as the years went by I came to see How shades of the child now make up the man that is me
7.
I watch the ocean swallow up the rays of sun Watch the waves open their mouths and eat the day that’s almost done I say good bye To another moment of my feeble life I feel the sand inside the holes between my toes And feel it penetrate the deepest regions of my soul I feel alive If only for a moment ‘fore I die This life is just a breath Of wind inside Your chest There’s more than what you see to you and me We’re more than momentary I gaze at needles poking holes into the sky And think about the thousand years between the light that shines and I I realize I’m so much younger than I feel inside I follow clouds as they crawl across the air And wonder how it is that water finds a way to stay up there I feel so dry Like something has been missing from my life This life is just a breath Of wind inside Your chest There’s more than what you see to you and me We’re more than momentary What of me will last forever? I don’t know Will it be my last endeavor growing old? Will my thoughts mean a thing centuries from now? Will I leave anything more than bones inside the ground? This life is just a breath Of wind inside Your chest There’s more than what you see to you and me We’re more than momentary, yeah This life is just a breath Of wind inside Your chest There’s more than what you see to you and me We’re more than momentary Oh we’re more than momentary Oh we’re more than momentary
8.
It's You 03:56
What do I say to you when Every time you look at me I Simply lose my words? What do I say to you when Every time I see you my heart aches It longs so much it hurts? And I've been told this world Is more than shades of gray But there's only one girl Who makes the colors seem to stay It's you, It's you You're the one I'm waiting for You're the one I'm singing to It's you, It's you You're the one I'm praying for That my heart just can't ignore It's you I remember when we met You and that flowered dress Room full of people and all I saw was you I remember how you smiled Innocent and infantile Never had I ever seen eyes so blue And I've been told this world Is more than shades of gray But there's only one girl Who makes the colors seem to stay It's you, It's you You're the one I'm waiting for You're the one I'm singing to It's you, It's you You're the one I'm praying for That my heart just can't ignore It's you It always has, it always will I won't give up on you until I have you It's you, It's you You're the one I'm waiting for You're the one I'm singing to It's you, It's you You're the one I'm praying for That my heart just can't ignore It's you
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This album was the composition my heart poured out from a series of difficult, personal struggles. I'm sure you can relate.

-Kyle

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released March 1, 2012

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Kyle Shevlin Portland, Oregon

While other bands and musicians waste their time writing songs about breakups, Kyle Shevlin is dedicated to writing songs of substance.

Singing with the aching heart of a man battered by time, Shevlin delivers with refreshing honesty.

His latest work, Your Lies Will Dig Your Grave, is a musical trek through the book of Job, and should not be listened to lightly.
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