we've posted the lyrics/art and tracklisting for our new full length 'RESOLVED TO DREAM' below. we've been hard at work the past months on the new record and are anxious to get it out. be sure to check out 'THE GREENFIELD SNEAK' and SUMMERS EYES on our player and be at the cd release on april11th to get the album FREE and before anyone else!

love,
MITCH, ROB, MATT, BRIAN, RORY
theapathyeulogy




RESOLVED TO DREAM



1.HOLD THE ONES YOU LOVE CLOSE
2.PLAY NICE
3.SUMMER’S EYES
4.OPENING THE PARLOR WINDOWS
5.I’D RATHER KISS A TARANTULA
6.DOVE SERPENT
7.THE GREENFIELD SNEAK
8.ALWAYS MEANS ALWAYS
9.I’VE ALREADY FOUGHT MY WARS
10.LIVING WITH THE SOUL OF A THOUSAND MEN
11.KEEP THE PEACE
12.LOOKING IN THE WRONG PLACE


1. HOLD THE ONES YOU LOVE CLOSE

we're all giving up our lives for a rare breed of friend
hold the ones you love close
keep your jealousy closer still
keep your mind
keep your heart
keep your will
but please let me in
let me inside
I need to feel alive

it's gotta be a flame if you want to feel the burn
it's time to get lost outside, and never go back home

I need to believe
the heart on my sleeve used to be bleeding but now the blood's run dry
if you'd only be the completion of me
I agree to try

I can't offer you anything more than myself
and I'm not even sure I can offer you that
I'm the closest a man can get to a disaster

some rules are made for breaking
some risks are worth the taking
don’t take more than I’m giving

but if you'd only be
the completion of me
I'd be the closest I can be to alive

to hold the affections of such as you is beyond my reach
your parents’ broken porcelain resounding heavily in your ears
don’t be a victim of them
the walls the damaged people build to hold the world at bay
this is who we are and how we’ll stay


2. PLAY NICE

I know just what to say
but I can't seem to get the words away
every time I ship an atom bomb
it comes right back to me
return to sender

I know just what to do
I need to try and take ahold of you
but to choke you, or stroke you, or stoke what glows inside of you
I can't decide

I’ll just tie a millstone tightly around my neck
and I’ll dive deep into the bottom of the sea

take my resistance
take my anything
erase this vendetta
I’ll wash you clean
here’s my wide-berth, sure-shot, self-taught exit plan


3. SUMMER’S EYES

I’ve met more than a few that mix my image with my name
it’s funny how, from here, they all just look the same as each other
buried in the memory of another jaded heart
trevor said-
hey man, you can’t trust your closest friends
who’s still standing right beside you
you won’t know until the end

but I’ve tried
please don’t tell me I didn’t try
I don’t know the first thing about how to save the world
I can’t even understand the patterns of a girl
I don’t claim to comprehend the first thing about love

but I know the sound of summer resonating off these nickel strings
will be a sweet elixir on the throat of him who’s suffering

summer’s eyes made it hard to say goodnight
she held me tightly beneath the stars
winter tried to tell her that it wasn’t right
but she held me tightly anyway beneath the stars

maybe this is destiny
maybe you’re the one for me
maybe all I really need is summer’s eyes

4. OPENING THE PARLOR WINDOWS


5. I’D RATHER KISS A TARANTULA

the apple fell small distance from the tree that it called mum
in those shadows it became what apples do become
a granny smith, from granny smith, so each stems from its kind
and that is how I should have known, how could I be so blind

your mother, though a charm at times, fell short of character
your mother went from man to man, and you were prone to flirt

now looking back it seems unfair to have expected more
from someone who my wiser friends identified a whore
and yes that word is strong, but true, and so is my resolve
to be the man that I should be and leave you with the dogs

we’ve been through this before


6. DOVE SERPENT

when words don't find me
sometimes it's because my tongue left my mouth when my jaw dropped open
when you aren't near me my memory does what it does
taking me where I need to be to fall asleep one more time

we’ve been so tried
we’ll be refined
we’re on this ride
we’ll make it out

we did what we had to do
kill it so it won’t kill you
make amends later
the devil can bargain with himself
we’ve been starting starving pieces of ourselves

I’ll never be the same
this has taken control
I guess I never had the right to sip this fountain of delight
now it’s starting to get hold of me


7. I’VE ALREADY FOUGHT MY WARS

I choose to live in victory and not defeat


8. THE GREENFIELD SNEAK

I'm gonna sneak into your heart
I'm gonna find out how to make you smile
I'm gonna make you want to stay awhile and try this life with me

I'm gonna listen to your soul
listen to the rhythm of your life
gleaming like a diamond born from strife
you set me off

slow the passing grains of time until I make this lover mine
the lady is a lily among thorns
the treasure of a sacred vow invested in each other
my lady is a lily among thorns

I'm gonna sneak inside your heart
I'm gonna make this girl my own
they will never dethrone our brand of spark
it's too strong

I'm gonna sneak into your heart
seems I've stumbled on a priceless gem
if I need to do some surgery to turn you onto me, I will


9. ALWAYS MEANS ALWAYS

I’m not fighting back
it's not my first heart attack
seems all my defenses are overrun
a table meant for two seemed most natural with you
but lately when they seat me I say one

I'd always drive your car to visit your grandma
you'd look out of the window like a kid
she won't be here for long
judging by this song she lasted longer with you than I did

sometimes you still call
though your picture's on my wall
I still can't seem to count you as a friend
I won't help you with your math
I won't find time to chat
I'll only help the conversation end

I can name the date, your outfit and the place
when we decided to let our worlds collide
if it were up to you, you'd throw that away to
you don't know what you had and now it's died


10. LIVING WITH THE SOUL OF A THOUSAND MEN

you proved your sincerity was genuine
this heart of mine can’t keep up
I should have known not to try
wasted phone calls are falling on deaf ears
I should have known to let this die
the same person that I used to want to be so close to
begs contempt and with terse breath I convey how I want to
remain the person that I used to be before I met you
I wish I could undo meeting you

bottle up your cares and throw them all away
tried to write it down but the words flew away
I tried and tried, but now that I know who you are I’m gone
everyone can see
so I know I’m not out of line


11. KEEP THE PEACE

she said "keep the peace" in a soft somber voice
as the sunset was dancing in her eyes
it's killing with kindness that sets the soul straight
it's weakness to antagonize


12. LOOKING IN THE WRONG PLACE

if this flutter was a weapon
and I think that it is
how quickly and firmly I'd fall
if this flutter was a weapon
you’d wield it with ease
how quickly and firmly I'd fall

and if falling were bad
then my night would be too
but strangely that's just not the case
I'm ok with falling
as long as it's with you
because when we fall, we fall into place

the brightest and the cutest and the mighty mighty cash
won’t ever fill the emptiness you hide behind your mask
happiness won’t find you when you can’t see past yourself
the only dreams that matter are your own

the dopest and the smartest and the fastest of the fast
won’t ever heal the hurt that you hide behind your mask
happiness won’t find you when you can’t see past yourself
the only dreams that matter are your own




All songs written, arranged, performed, and produced by Rob Kelly and
The Apathy Eulogy. Many genius improvements by (and additional
production credit to) John Cotter of Four Horseshoes Studios. Box,
guitars, bass, keys and auxiliary percussion engineered by Drew Lamond
of Wrightway Studios. Vocals, air ducts, additional keys, guitars and
percussion engineered by John Cotter of Four Horseshoes Studios.

Additional thanks to our hometown crew, our friends on the road, our
families, Drew Lamond, John Cotter, Dave Sheir, Junior Pucharelli,
Brian Wilson, Kyle J at Honest Music Alliance, Howard Hughes, Martin
Guitars, Seagull Guitars, Fat Congas, Natalie Aja, Will Mcrory, Radio
Raheem, Joe Bird at Quickstar Productions, Esteban, Jeff and Jamie
Kelly, MIKE D (still for making white), Bonecrusher, Ron Baldwin and
Ashland Presbyterian Church, Jim and Rachel Crouch, Tom and Melanie
Ryan, the one by whose grace we are sustained.