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The Rise and Fall of Romeo Gultch

by Kerry Logan

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The Rise and Fall of Romeo Gultch 22:16
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THE RISE AND FALL OF ROMEO GULTCH THE RISE I. The Birth of Romeo Gultch My mother was opportunity My father; the Morning Star Although I am like him, I have her eyes… II. A Boy’s Gotta Eat I prefer the night Cultivating shadows Whet my appetite Feasting on my sickening host You won’t believe your eyes! Too much in the light Must create my own darkness Don’t put up a fight I’m a master of all this Breathe in now as I bite I’ll have you all in good time… III. Target Acquired I’ve picked you of all else out of a line Though we’re joined, I made sure I took my time To size you up, sus you out, to make you mine We’re gonna have such good times! Where we will go you won’t believe your eyes! I’ve made a study of how you move in time But research by itself just will not satisfy What we will do you won’t believe your eyes! IV. The Hostile Takeover All of these shares are mine 51% of you I own this space and time 49% won’t do Redecorate in blood Out with the old, in with new No sense in fighting it Do as I do unto you How do I bend your mind? To make you choose my new truth? Just one step at a time You’ll only see when you lose Covered from head to toe Redecorated in blood No sense in fighting it Take what I want from you My goal’s achieved when I Do as I do unto you V. I’m Going Outside to Stalk Lenny and Carl VI. Practice Makes Perfect Now I’m in the zone! Taking hold of this Make you choose the wrath over the gold Architect of death Pull you down with me I’m getting good at this, don’t you know! Succumb to me So succinctly Deflate until my air you breathe! VII. Relentless I have a request Be suitably impressed! You go to work from 8 till 5 and go to bed like all the rest But I never sleep at night Never allow myself respite My all is to diminish you complete! VIII. The King of All I Survey You are all but spent, I have won   THE FALL IX. So, Tell Me, How Can I Kill Hope? I – I want your hope to lie I feel something uncomfortable And feel you haven’t died Wait! It’s supposed to be too late! What selfish kind of host are you That doesn’t fully break? I’ve tried to take you into me To make you think as I But you still have the fight inside you Just hurry up and die! X. The Line is Drawn, The Teeth Are Set XI. The Battle of the Inch The more I see what I guess you’ll be The less I think I know You dig your heels and you come at me Like I’m the one who’s low! Succumb to me Maybe you’ll be The one that gets me in the end… XII. Riding Unto Doom I’m not so blind that I cannot see My back against the wall I will not die, not admit defeat Can never truly fall On shoulders, you stood above My poison round your knees! The only thing that can make me weak… XIII. Snatching Defeat from the Jaws of Victory It’s no fear! You had help!? How is that a fair fight? While I pulled down You looked up! A strength I can’t deny… XIV. Thus, I Die Your mother’s faith was new to me Your father was a star! Although you are like him, you have her eyes
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The Rise [Single Edit] 05:16
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I prefer the night Cultivating shadows Whet my appetite Feasting on my sickening host You won’t believe your eyes! Too much in the light Must create my own darkness Don’t put up a fight I’m a master of all this Breathe in now as I bite I’ll have you all in good time… I’ve picked you of all else out of a line Though we’re joined, I made sure I took my time To size you up, sus you out, to make you mine We’re gonna have such good times! Where we will go you won’t believe your eyes! I’ve made a study of how you move in time But research by itself just will not satisfy What we will do you won’t believe your eyes! All of these shares are mine 51% of you I own this space and time 49% won’t do Redecorate in blood Out with the old, in with new No sense in fighting it Do as I do unto you How do I bend your mind? To make you choose my new truth? Just one step at a time You’ll only see when you lose Covered from head to toe Redecorated in blood No sense in fighting it Take what I want from you My goal’s achieved when I Do as I do unto you
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The Fall [Single Edit] 04:45
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I – I want your hope to lie I feel something uncomfortable And feel you haven’t died Wait! It’s supposed to be too late! What selfish kind of host are you That doesn’t fully break? I’ve tried to take you into me To make you think as I But you still have the fight inside you Just hurry up and die! The more I see what I guess you’ll be The less I think I know You dig your heels and you come at me Like I’m the one who’s low! Succumb to me Maybe you’ll be The one that gets me in the end…
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Impossible [Bonus Track] 03:13
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So impossible - what is happening to me? Do you believe it? What is it that they see? We walked relentless, a little bullish in deed Became a question, and the answer was need We started something - A rush of blood - What's more, we were free In and out of love - its the thing that we do Draw a line from here to there - I will follow for you I recall so many moments, it is hard to begin We always would lose, but never not win Our special something That is ours to own Will be free In the end, all afraid In the space that's left between us, the choice that we've made For what end, did we save? Fill a gap that they created, or did we get paid? I never forget all the moments - what's this that you say?
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The Call [Bonus Track] 02:56
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I am losing, losing the battle A deadly opponent - how could I win? I dismissed you as being easy But overpowered, now it all sets in No matter what I say to resist you I am forced to watch your life Knowing your power, you seek to tease me Making me see you, my lip I bite If I tell you of my mind Do I think that you would mind? Yes, of course I do If I tempt you just to hear It would be my cross to bear Yes, it would You know how much I like it Mumble a dry line in hope of an edge Why won't you entertain me? 'Cos you know you can make me stretch All I want is one moment I want to feel its not a game Please could you succumb to me Its my plea and I won't call you by name When I had the chance I forgot to show the dance Now there's this I can see it in your eyes Before you refuse the prize What to do?

about

Back in 2008, at the height of my progressive song-writing powers, I began to piece together a mammoth song idea entitled 'The Rise and Fall of Romeo Gultch'. The idea itself was a huge concept song that followed a story (that was, at that stage, unwritten) about a character called Romeo Gultch, borrowing the title very loosely of Reginald Perrin. Taking some riffs that had been floating around in my head, and writing many others, I started to map out the course of the song which would someday become my progressive monster.

Fast forward to 2015 and the track had lain dormant for several years. As it was unfinished in 2009 when I decided to step back from songwriting to concentrate on recording, Romeo didn't receive any more attention. Indeed, as I drafted (and redrafted several times) my list of songs/albums to record, Romeo was always last and always thought of as a 'one day' project. Decemeber of 2015, however, provided a unique opportunity as Mark was back from England and, a few days after recording Triskadekaiphobia with the Gypsys, Afterm hurriedly completing a scaled-back version of the song, I kidnapped Mark and Bob and locked them in the Noiseworks studios for 4-hours straight as I taught them the song one minute at a time and recorded it in pieces. (Prior to its release, Mark and Bob had no idea what the song was supposed to sound like as we recorded it partially out of order and with no lyrics!)

Now, seven years after its conception and after two months of recording, the most ambitious project I have ever undertaken is here. I give you: The Rise and Fall of Romeo Gultch. Good luck - and enjoy!

Oh - and the cover artwork was done by my 8-year old daughter Natalie!

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released March 31, 2016

Guitars, Bass, Vocals and Keyboard Programming: Kerry Logan, Keyboards and Pianos: Mark Weir, and Drums by Bobby Logan.

Written and produced by Kerry Logan.

Drum and Keyboard/Piano tracks recorded at Noiseworks Studio on the 28th of December 2015, and at Opunake High School on the 7th February through to the 29th March 2016.

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