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Ghosts Best Left Alone EP

by Brightwire

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1.
Better Off Gone 03:44
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This old town, it knows exactly where we’ve been Street corner reminders of all our conquests and our sins Now, the storefronts, they all sit empty and decayed While our memories, they rest here just the same Because these streets are filled with ghosts best left alone You know I think we’d be better off gone Let these wheels turn, the horizon will be our home You know I think we’d be better off gone Streetlights all busted, they got us living in the dark I know there’s a light out there, we just gotta find the spark And there’s no future when we’re dwelling on the past There’s a whole world’s out there, let’s go and make our path These streets are filled with ghosts best left alone You know I think we’d be better off gone Let these wheels turn, the horizon will be our home Yeah, I think we’d be better off gone Better off gone from these streets that hold the memories Of everyone who left before, left us all behind These streets where our dreams crashed and burned Lessons we had to learn to make it out alive These streets are filled with ghosts best left alone You know I think we’d be better off gone Let these wheels turn, the horizon will be our home Yeah, I think we’d be better off gone
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Out the Door 03:44
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This is driving me crazy ‘cause I know that something’s off What’s up with you lately? I can’t put my finger on it This ain’t gonna break me, this is how I live my life Not the girl that you lied to, and you only get one strike Well, I’m listening now, you’re gonna say it outloud Don’t do me no favors by hanging around Just tell me it’s over, don’t want to do this back and forth When this ain’t no fun for us no more Yeah, I’ll go Just watch me go Yeah, watch me walk right out the door Because I’m good at go Just watch me go You should know this about me I can flip my emotions like a switch Wasn’t stopping you baby If you need to scratch that itch Don’t take me the wrong way I liked having you around but you take me for stupid and I’m half way out of town Smart girl’s always got her bags packed and ready Yeah, it’s better to leave than to get left I’m just telling you now that you ain’t gonna stop me Because I’m only looking out for myself like my grandma taught me Yeah, I’ll go Just watch me go Yeah, watch me walk right out the door Because I’m good at go Just watch me go
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Crystal Beach 05:02
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They're paving all the dirt roads, but they left this one alone My trailer's at the dead end, but it's no place to call home Shrimp boats and oil fields, the only jobs still around When tourists all pack up and forget this little town The winter months bring boredom until the sun shines again I'm cooking up distraction until the payday ends Yeah, it's just another small town Where the edges get so hard to reach I'm wasting away all my best years Just living out here on this Crystal Beach Cough syrup and matchbooks, coffee filters, starter spray It takes a special kind of poison to survive this day to day At the end of my dirt road, the heat never gets too high The sheriff has bigger problems like that run off this July And mama keeps the children, you know they want or need She just hides behind her bible to block the things she shouldn't see Yeah, it's just another small town Where the edges get so hard to reach I'm wasting away all my best years Just living out here on this Crystal Beach When a man gets greedy, that's when it all goes wrong A zig when you should zag, one spark and it's all gone The flames lit the night sky, if there was maker, we would've met Ma just told the children that I fell asleep with a cigarette Yeah, it's just another small town Where the edges get so hard to reach I'm wasting away all my best years Just living out here on this Crystal Beach
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Edge of the World 02:52
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This beach has never felt like home My dreams have never landed here and my heart, it wants to roam Nothing but loneliness remains in this town that I’ve outgrown I think it’s time that I move Well, I’m standing here at the edge of the world Waves crashing down on my feet Screaming curses into the warm summer breeze Wondering if I’ll ever feel free Night sweats in the salt air Got me searching through the darkness for a peace that’s never there Trying to find an exit while I’ve got the mind to care You know fate’s never worried over fair Well, I’m standing here at the edge of the world Waves crashing down on my feet Screaming curses into the warm summer breeze Wondering if I’ll ever feel free These summer winds call me to go Pack up all I hold dear and just move on down the road Try to find some joy in all the dreams I’ll follow Find a new place to call home Well, I’m standing here at the edge of the world Waves crashing down on my feet Screaming curses into the warm summer breeze Wondering if I’ll ever feel free Will I ever learn to feel free? Does anyone ever feel free?
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Better Off Gone (Single Version) 03:45
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In the wake of the acclaim and exposure from their latest LP: Cracked, Flawed and Frayed (named as one of the top Houston albums of 2021 by the Houston Chronicle), Brightwire came up with the concept of releasing a couple of EPs a year to keep their momentum moving forward…or that’s the story we would like to tell you.

While keeping up the momentum from Cracked… was a major motivation for the EP series, the downtime during the pandemic saw the band with no shows from the completion of Cracked, Flawed and Frayed into the latter half of 2021. The lack of performances left Brightwire writing new songs and working them out until they were ready to be recorded.

Finally, once they were able to play live again, the setlists were filled with new, yet-to-be-recorded songs in equal numbers to the songs from the ‘new’ album Brightwire was finally able to promote. This led to the idea of an EP series to get the songs out, but to also give Cracked... the breathing room and exposure it deserved.

Much the same way Cracked… was recorded, Samuel Barker recorded guitars, bass and drums, then the rest of the band came in to create the entire work once the groundwork had been laid. Kim Barker added organ while Michael Helfenstein brought electric steel and dobro to the songs. Finally, vocals were laid down and the first EP was born.

Ghosts… includes 3 brand new songs with a re-imaging of Crystal Beach from the first Brightwire album, A Place to Call Home, which was recorded as an acoustic duo album. Future EPs will follow the same format of new songs combined with re-imaginings of songs from Home…

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released June 3, 2022

Samuel Barker - Vocals, Acoustic & Electric Guitars, Bass and Drums
Kimberly Barker - Vocals & Organ
Michael Helfenstein - Electric Steel Guitar and Dobro

Recorded and Mixed by Samuel Barker
Mastered by John Stoll

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Brightwire is an Americana band born from a household of musicians and hailing from southeast Texas. Combining elements of folk, rock, country, punk and whatever else they happen to get interested in, they weave tales of lives lived in our world today. For them, music is about inclusion and letting others know they are not alone in their struggles. ... more

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