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Lawless

by Thom LaFond

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1.
Lawless 04:29
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I’ve got a wild imagination baby But I can’t make this shit up You’ve been making all arrangements for me Packed up my stuff Lights overhead Feeling my body go numb Oh let me pretend Fearless in the face of the sun All my friends are ghosts And I’m losing my mind out here Heaven only hopes That I could survive you Your eyes I could see there was a side That could throw it all away And Incinerate blindly You want to stand me beside me Love like that is blinding On me if I thought I understood With the highest hope ante deepest oceans Standing in the wreckage Like nothing good was broken When you find love You really gotta know for sure It’s just a mindfuck Leave you different than you were before You can’t unwind this It was lawless before your time When you find it You really gotta know, no? You’re staring into something vacant from the edge of your crown If all i had for you is patience I’d break the vein to entertain you now If I’m good as dead What does that make you my love Is the gun to my head Held by the wings of a dove All my friends are ghosts And I’m losing my mind out here Heaven only hopes That I could survive you Your eyes I could see there was a side That could throw it all away And Incinerate blindly You want to stand me beside me Love like that is blinding On me if I thought I understood With the highest hope ante deepest oceans Standing in the wreckage Like nothing good was broken When you find love You really gotta know for sure It’s just a mind-fuck Leave you different than you were before You can’t unwind this It was lawless before your time When you find it You really gotta know, no?
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I Will Love You 04:10
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I will love you Never control you I’m just a comet Aiming at the sun You might be the only one I will love you Never betray you Lay in the waves Come find me when your done You might be the only one You walk the path in armor Never Saw your bootlace come undone Tell me you were stronger Told me not to wait on anyone I knew I saw it coming It fell through your hands Everything around you Shaken into sand I’m suddenly in danger But I could be your man I’d love to If I could just sway The end of my days And I’m gone In the right light We all make a wreck Am I wrong? I will love you Never control you I’m just a comet Aiming at the sun You might be the only one I will love you Never betray you Lay in the waves Come find me when your done You might be the only one Standing in the shadows Everyone will try to take your place in death It wasn’t really habit I think a change of scenery would do you best I know I’ve see it coming You idolize the sun Everyone around you So terrified of love In the eyes of strangers if what we do is wrong I’d love to If I could just sway The end of my days And I’m gone In the right light We all make a wreck Am I wrong? I will love you Never control you I’m just a comet Aiming at the sun You might be the only one I will love you Never betray you Lay in the waves Come find me when your done You might be the only one
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Survival Chimes 04:26
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I tried to speak my first words Listening to the birds Keeping every thought under a page Is that really what you heard? The sounds I tried to form Folding all my words right into to place I was on the phone With a real good friend Heaven only knows if I could recognize myself If you mean it No needing to pretend This season's got me weak again Soft eyes, spotlights Hope you have a real good time Out there on the island Why do I always need to be one to hide it Come around and you bring everything to silence Is my soul surviving? Could you excuse me I just need to be awake at dawn Am I really gonna follow everywhere you want Is my soul surviving? There you were just like a visionary danger I know life is far to short to be a stranger Invisible unwanted Physical but haunted You walk a tightrope in your mind Are you running out of time? On a fresh new thought with a renegade twitch Everyone you knew was onboard Some extra thought when we shade it in Clear away the dirt Why do I always need to be one to hide it Come around and you bring everything to silence Is my soul surviving? Could you excuse me I just need to be awake at dawn Am I really gonna follow everywhere you want Is my soul surviving? Could you excuse me I just need to be awake at dawn Am I really gonna follow everywhere you want Is my soul surviving?
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How To Outlive the Sun 04:15
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How to outlive the sun Feed your blood to the vitamins Excuse me, I'm away from my love Excuse me, I'm away from my oxygen All invited to some dizzy air You lose your half of the argument On the point of making small repairs Lose yourself and laugh again Take me Where the center of the earth is Stranger My memory is worthless And when I need to crawl How could you even say that Ever since you killed the owl The melody's a payback I stepped out in the snow The sound it was repeating I chased it through the trees Some things you don't know Quick to leave you bored Kill you to the core Another loss Left trailing at your step Tripping on the size of the plague and what it left Room was only full as it felt when you were scared I was only there Taken out of context Take me Where the center of the earth is Stranger My memory is worthless And when I need to crawl How could you even say that Ever since you killed the owl The melody's a payback Take me Where the center of the earth is Stranger My memory is worthless And when I need to crawl How could you even say that Ever since you killed the owl The melody's a payback
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So Criminal 05:13
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I don't know if there's a way out of this one Every thought is getting lost on a regret Looking for an honest reaction Cold stare and a mouth full of secrets I can overflow with words til i'm crazy I can talk myself into a wreck I can promise that I don't want to hurt you I'm just ready to trade it all back Make the plan so criminal You can't even look me in the eye The fade to black was minimal Thought I'd have more time to say goodbye Then some lights overhead started beaming Like a rabbit I tried to be still I fell through some distant dimension Saw a face, but it didn't seem real Every word was carried full of intention Though I was only hearing the sound Understood everything she had mentioned Suddenly I'd forgotten the ground Make the plan so criminal You can't even look me in the eye The fade to black was minimal Thought I'd have more time to say goodbye
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No Waves 03:55
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Oh how every moment slows I try to take it easy Easy never knows Shame The lion in the rain Think I know a hide-out Follow me this way Tried to get sick of the sun You really had a good thing If I understand You moved out to the desert Working from the phone now Heaven raise an eye-brow If I'm in good hands How the hell I got here This is everything I know Sheep in human clothes No form to follow I get drunk and wander Through the bookshelf of my mind Everything all of the time Until we go Out on the Island Where there's no waves I thought I'd try this On an empty page It trimmed the silence Cleared the stage Turned to violence It turned away I could take you All you need to do is handle it Careful with the truth If only I could just remember shit I was so lost I was looking for Los Angeles You were offline You'll be looking for a lifetime Be as it may Running in place Every you go they resemble your lifestyle People on street would remember your face How the hell I got here This is everything I know Sheep in human clothes No form to follow I get drunk and wander Through the bookshelf of my mind Everything all of the time Until we go Out on the Island Where there's no waves I thought I'd try this On an empty page It trimmed the silence Cleared the stage Turned to violence It turned away I don't have to meet death I'll be busy sleeping Let me go Let me go You can hold my hair back Find me every evening Let me notice Let me know As I try to fall away from the sun You really had a good thing If I understand You moved out to the desert Working from the phone now Heaven raise an eye-brow If I'm in good hands
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Folding the Universe 01:49
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Something so sweet Your'e good on your feet Holding the universe up While you dance Something so sweet Good on your feet Holding the universe up While you dance Something so sweet Back on my feet Folding the universe up In your hands Something so sweet Back on your feet Holding the universe up While you dance
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53 Portals to the Soul 03:18
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INSTRUMENTAL
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I Thought You Died 04:03
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What a mess I made All the beautiful things that you said To get ahead of your shadow What a timeless shame All the beauty of love was reframed To be unraveled You had me at hysterical Something like a miracle History was made to be ironic The shimmer the ivory The falling of the stars You went too far I made the best of everything I just wanted to be song Love ain't like it used to be It will never do you wrong I was only half asleep When I heard that battle-cry I thought you died But you're just gone What a life I've made All the beautiful places I've stayed All I need is at home in my bed No familiar place Just somewhere to hide for sometime To forget what you did Nothing can remind me of the pain you left behind We go trailing in your wake I thought you died I made the best of everything I just wanted to be song Love ain't like it used to be It will never do you wrong I was only half asleep When I heard that battle-cry I thought you died But you're just gone

about

Thom LaFond and Chris Duffy started conceptualizing this record in May of 2022. The core elements were tracked live that summer. After the groundwork was laid out, LaFond and Duffy filled out the arrangements with synthesizers, drum machines, and other instruments. LaFond’s lyrics were re-written several times over, as the story solidified. LaFond created Lawless around a cohesive storyline, with an intention to take listeners on journey.

A note from the artist:

This album tells the story of a romance between human and alien.
While walking through the forest at night, the human encounters a magnificent shimmering creature. The human's immediate infatuation intrigues the visitor, and the two make a pact to love and protect each other. The initiation phase is blindingly beautiful. The toils and tribulations of an unconventional love begin to haunt the characters, as the world casts shadows on them. The time spent together in hiding offers a glimpse into the alien’s violent side. In a swift decision, the alien abducts the human, promising eternal life in space.

The trust is now broken. The human obsessively looks over their shoulder, constantly questioning their sense of safety. Life on the spacecraft is cold, mechanical, and lifeless. Newfound immortality feels more like a curse than a blessing, as lifetimes on earth pass by. Transfixed by grief, the human mourns for friends and family they left behind. Jealousy overtakes the alien, and they direct their anger to the place that has stolen their lover’s attention. In a fit of rage, the alien obliterates the earth, silencing the heartbeat of the planet. The human is left floating in the nothingness of space eternal. When the smoke clears, there is a bright light trailing off into the distance. The alien is not dead, they have just moved on. 

credits

released February 1, 2024

Thom LaFond: Vocals (1,2,3,4,5,6,7,9) Synthesizers(, Electric Guitar (1,2,3,4,6,7,9) Piano (1,3,6,7) Wurlitzer (8,9),Drums (5, 9), Percussion (1,3,8,9) Chimes (3), Acoustic Guitar (9), Kalimba (2) Backing Vocals (2,3,4,9)

Chris Duffy: 5-String Electric Bass, Synth (1,2,3,6,7),
Drum Machine (2,7) Shaker (1,3,8,9)

Enion Pelta-Tiller: 6-String Fadolin (5)
Katie Mintle: Backing Vocals (Track 1,2,3,5,9)
Emily Lutz: Backing Vocals (Track 6,7)
Forrest Kelly: Drums (1,2,3,4,6,)
Michelle Pietrafitta: Drums (Track 8)
Tom Amend: Organ (4,9)
Jay Elliott: Drum Synth (Track 1,5)
Jonathan Galle: Shaker (Track 3)

Produced by Thom LaFond
Co-Produced by Chris Duffy
Mixed by Jay Elliott & Thom LaFond
All Lyrics by Thom LaFond
Music by Thom LaFond, with the exception of:
(1,8) Music by Thom LaFond & Chris Duffy
String Arrangement by Enion Pelta-Tiller (5)

Gwen Parysek: Cover Art
Special thanks to Rori Wootan for the alien love story concept.

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Thom Lafond, currently based in Colorado, is known for his distinctive spoken style of lyrics and full-spectrum sonic arrangements. As a multi-instrumentalist and producer, he weaves compelling narratives through music, adding a fresh dimension to the broader musical scene. LaFond delivers pure, unbridled emotion, backed with impressive playing. ... more

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