Points in Parallel

Released March 1, 2024

Written & performed by the Rough Edges

Additional performances by Ryan Mahoney, Tom Yerinides, and Stephen Vermilyea

Recorded by Brian Eldridge at West Center Studios

Mixed by Chris Yerinides

Produced by Chris Yerinides & Brian Eldridge

Mastered by Bryan Shortell

Art by Adrian Francis

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Liner Notes & Lyrics

Life Before

Released March 4, 2022

Performed by Chris Yerinides, Brian Eldridge, Tim Leffingwell, Mitch Igneri

Recorded at West Center Studios in Manchester, CT

Engineered by Brian Eldridge

Mixed by Chris Yerinides

Artwork by Adrian Francis

Hate

Ain’t a cure for me

But I don’t know that I’ve ever really tried before

Drained

And under weight

And I don’t know if I’ve ever been alive before

I’ve been alive before

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Hey

I’m losing faith

Fake

Your security

But I don’t know that I’ve ever felt the sun before

Pain

Beyond the shade

And I don’t know if I’ve ever been alive before

I’ve been alive before

Hey

I’m losing faith

Fairweather Beggar

Released December 4, 2020

Performed by Chris Yerinides, Brian Eldridge, Tim Leffingwell, Mitch Igneri

Recorded at Basement 153 in Manchester, CT

Engineered by Brian Eldridge

Mixed by Chris Yerinides

Artwork by Adrian Francis

Haloed

While I watch you

Wither in your drought

‘Cause I never saw you standing outside

Begging in the rain

I won’t save you

Hollow

You wanted charity

To fill your overflowing hand

So you prayed for rain to build stronger waves in the oceans

Ignore the desert’s burning land

I won’t save you

You’re hollow

You’re hollow

Club & Spade

Released January, 27, 2023

Performed by Chris Yerinides, Brian Eldridge, Tim Leffingwell, Mitch Igneri

Recorded at West Center Studios in Manchester, CT

Engineered by Brian Eldridge

Mixed by Chris Yerinides

Artwork by Adrian Francis

You play the spade

I hold the club and I’ll play your charade

And I tried but I’m still too late

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And I don’t wanna be just a frame for your memory

And I don’t wanna be found to blame for your misery

And I don’t wanna be just a frame for your memory

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End the debate

I live alone but I live in your shade

And I tried but I’m still afraid

Impatiently waiting for one false move

Because the moment that I’m given a break from indecision you can bet that I’m chasing you down

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And I don’t wanna be just a frame for your memory

And I don’t wanna be found to blame for your misery

And I don’t wanna be just a frame for your memory

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You play the spade

I hold the club and I’ll play your charade

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And I don’t wanna be just a frame for your memory

And I don’t wanna be found to blame for your misery

Serpentine

Released May 12, 2022

Performed by Chris Yerinides, Brian Eldridge, Tim Leffingwell, Mitch Igneri

Recorded at West Center Studios in Manchester, CT

Engineered by Brian Eldridge

Mixed by Chris Yerinides

Artwork by Adrian Francis

Open jaw

I’m immobile and you’re slithering

Serpentine

Open claws

I’m immobile and you’re circling

Like a hawk

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I don’t mind

Just don’t take me alive

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Pat me down

I’m a servant and you’re royalty

Where’s your crown?

Chained and bound

I’m a servant and I’m suffering

Serves me right

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I don’t mind

Just don’t take me alive

I don’t mind

Take me alive

Treason

Released March 1, 2024

Performed by Chris Yerinides, Brian Eldridge, Tim Leffingwell, Mitch Igneri, Tom Yerinides

Recorded at West Center Studios in Manchester, CT

Engineered by Brian Eldridge

Mixed by Chris Yerinides

Artwork by Adrian Francis

I’ve been waiting for another chance at silence

You’ve been praying for a way out of your disguises

So I’d see you

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Sell your treason but you can’t deceive the blind

Without running your mouth

Spare me from your plea bargain with the divine

Your guilt is punishment for your crime

The peace you found was stolen from me

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Spare me this time from

Another one of your lies

I’ve already fallen

For it once in my life

Just to have you

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Sell your treason but you can’t deceive the blind

Without running your mouth

Spare me from your plea bargain with the divine

Your guilt is punishment for your crime

The peace you found was stolen from me

My Broken Wings

Released March 1, 2024

Performed by Chris Yerinides, Brian Eldridge, Tim Leffingwell, Mitch Igneri

Recorded at West Center Studios in Manchester, CT

Engineered by Brian Eldridge

Mixed by Chris Yerinides

Artwork by Adrian Francis

I’d break my bones with sticks and stones

Just to prove I have a spine

But did I even really have to try?

So put me up and hear me out

While I can still make out your song

Anything just to prove you wrong

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Ooh I don’t know why I ever left the nest

Ooh I don’t know why I left the nest for you

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On my broken wings

You armed yourself and locked me out

Like I’m a thief within the night

I couldn’t steal from you if I tried

With everything you ever had

You never had enough

I’m the fool for sharing all my trust

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Ooh I don’t know why I ever left the nest

Ooh I don’t know why I left the nest for you

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On my broken wings

Over You

Released April 8, 2022

Performed by Chris Yerinides, Brian Eldridge, Tim Leffingwell, Mitch Igneri

Recorded at West Center Studios in Manchester, CT

Engineered by Brian Eldridge

Mixed by Chris Yerinides

Artwork by Adrian Francis

I ran to you

Now I’m out of breath

And you’re at ease

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I fell for you

Now I can’t get up

Without your hand

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Save me

I can’t keep fading away

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I’m onto you

So I’ll throw in the towel

Then throw it away

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I’m over you

So I’ll get you back

And get you away

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Save me

I can’t keep fading away

Red & White

Released March 1, 2024

Performed by Chris Yerinides, Brian Eldridge, Tim Leffingwell, Mitch Igneri

Recorded at West Center Studios in Manchester, CT

Engineered by Brian Eldridge

Mixed by Chris Yerinides

Artwork by Adrian Francis

N/A

Remedy

Released February, 24, 2023

Performed by Chris Yerinides, Brian Eldridge, Tim Leffingwell, Mitch Igneri

Recorded at West Center Studios in Manchester, CT

Engineered by Brian Eldridge

Mixed by Chris Yerinides

Artwork by Adrian Francis

It’s fleeting, never to return

Did I fight to fossilize a breathing life

So I ran away

-

Receding, points in parallel

We’re perfectly rehearsed in disconnection

I have a way, yeah I had a way

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Broken down and bruised up without the charm

No one around to rip the bandage off

If I knew before that this is how it all would end

I wouldn’t have put so much into what it meant

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Yeah, I don’t need a prescription

I just need your remedy

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Counterweight is all that’s on my side

And the magic’s faded like it was a shine

If the morning sun wasn’t proof that yesterday has died

It’d be so much easier to watch it rise

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Yeah, I don’t need a prescription

I just need your remedy

War Sirens

Released March 1, 2023

Performed by Chris Yerinides, Brian Eldridge, Tim Leffingwell, Mitch Igneri, Stephen Vermilyea

Recorded at West Center Studios in Manchester, CT

Engineered by Brian Eldridge

Mixed by Chris Yerinides

Artwork by Adrian Francis

You tried to shield me from the world

With your blankets made of steel

Where I was safe

And resentful

‘Cause you never stopped to ask

If I could

Breathe beneath the weight

Of what you called protection

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I’ll be holding on with all I got while you reach for more

And I’ll be standing guard in front of you ‘til the very end

You’re sounding your war sirens

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You’re sounding off your war sirens

And tearing up all of your silver linings

And now I know that if you ever  gave me my very own

That it could

Only mean one thing

That you already donned the gold

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I’ll be holding on with all I got while you reach for more

And I’ll be standing guard in front of you ‘til the very end

You’re sounding your war sirens

Heaven Never Knew Me

Released January, 26, 2024

Performed by Chris Yerinides, Brian Eldridge, Tim Leffingwell, Mitch Igneri

Recorded at West Center Studios in Manchester, CT

Engineered by Brian Eldridge

Mixed by Chris Yerinides

Artwork by Adrian Francis

I don’t know if I’m ever gonna be much

I don’t know if I’m ever gonna look up

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Heaven never knew me

Heaven’s only looking down

If heaven only knew me

Heaven would have fallen down

I don’t know what I’m fighting, but I’m fighting for control

I don’t know why I’m fighting against my own soul

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Doubt within myself

Knock me down with your narratives and your arrogance aloud

I don’t know if I’m ever gonna find l***

I don’t know if I’m ever gonna give up

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Heaven never knew me

Heaven’s only looking down

If heaven only knew me

Heaven would have fallen down

I don’t know what I’m fighting, but I’m fighting for control

I don’t know why I’m fighting against my own soul

Erosion

Released March 1, 2024

Performed by Chris Yerinides, Brian Eldridge, Tim Leffingwell, Mitch Igneri, Ryan Mahoney

Recorded at West Center Studios in Manchester, CT

Engineered by Brian Eldridge

Mixed by Chris Yerinides

Artwork by Adrian Francis

Memories come crashing down into your head again

You never know what could have been

Fighting so that every part of you won’t atrophy

You’re losing steam again

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But when all is said and done and the dust settles without you

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Yeah it’s not too late to think about what you want to be

Erode the past and float away

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I’m all alone and feeling distant

But I’m never free - Why should I be?

And you said I couldn’t live without your blessings

But waited till I was gone

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Yeah it’s not too late to think about what you want to be

Erode the past and float away

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But when all is said and done and the dust settles without you

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Yeah it’s not too late to think about what you want to be

Erode the past and float away