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So Sorry About North America

by POX

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1.
I fell, you fell... we fell hard conjoined at the heart to death us do part North America then one day you were not there... North America got to get away from here of change I’m in need cast my fate across the sea and uncertainty a second chance a distant sun shines upon roads less traveled lies unraveled possibilities seldom dreamed
2.
God/Child 04:59
Parisian skies the city’s ours for taking this life we shared a picture perfect postcard eternal love in the Eternal City Aegean sea we took them on in Corfu and then it happened and then you changed I guess I must have been blind! your touch, your feel you make me feel your own private reality you think that you’re God but you’re barely a child of this game I’ve grown tired (but then again...) so take me home my soul to heal deceive ourselves, your lies concealed you think you’re divine but you’re less than inspired now your flame has lost fire
3.
arrive dawn, Mumbai people wall to wall human aerosol lost in transit discomfort brings comforts unforeseen these endless rails each passing town these foreign sounds draw me in another mile a hidden smile each warm embrace brings me home three years, still searching trying to break the mold obsession and regret same old story exorcise these ever present ghosts spur line, head eastward try to make the coast what I’ll find there matters not as much as what I won’t
4.
endless days beneath the ground bombs are falling from the sky a madman schemes to end all time without a word he muses on a statuette I’ve been denied I guess I have to make amends ‘cause the king of the world is restless now I fear we’re very near the end I want to be a beautiful corpse I want to die without remorse I want to be... politics I cannot say ever mattered much to me a simple girl you cannot blame I’m just caught up in history a debutante across the sea perhaps a life I could have led but the king of the world now beacons me I see the path that I must tread I want to be a beautiful corpse I hope to die without remorse I want to be... I want to be a beautiful corpse
5.
Kolkata 06:22
floating toward an inland sea thriving dyed-humanity down the Ganges’ burning shore rise to greet us nevermore burning ashes, burning souls return to Ganga newly whole there she waits among the dead...
6.
everything I know about her tells me that I should stay away and all those things I’ve heard about her just draws me closer every day all of my friends have tried to warn me an admonition doomed to fail... ‘cause they don’t see what I see they don’t feel what I feel they don’t dream like I dream sleepless nights are killing me my anesthesia my sweet amnesia now everything revolves around her and everything falls into place hard to imagine life without her all of my fears lost without trace now all of my friends have tried to chide me if only they saw what these eyes see they don’t see what I see they don’t need like I need they don’t feel what I feel release this anxiety my anesthesia it’s synesthesia
7.
Matters Not 03:02
what do you believe matters not to me I only hope that you can see what it does to you, yes you and those who do love you... perhaps you disagree (tell me) is life-after what you seek when all awaits you is here and now immortality such a useless dream though your aim is sacrosanct for me it’s hard to see in conclusion, dear you matter much to me leave to others war and strife and come lay down with me
8.
I don’t know why you don’t know why what are they teaching you? why aren’t I reaching you? how can you be born not to be freedom is tyranny, such an absurdity now that you see what you must see how is it changing you? is life rearranging you?
9.
in my dream, you’re not there same old doubts, same old fears again I wake up, you’re not here in my heart, I not dare breaking news: “IBN, 14 dead”... and I know it’s true tell me it’s not true in the dark, no one’s there no more love, only tears for me if I had... if I could... if I just... understood if I had... if I could... if I had... misfortune follows me I cannot seem to shake this curse no matter where I go my situation seems to end up worse how could she take her life? how could she take so many more as well? if I could comprehend if only I had read her mind if I could empathize then I would be adrift inside there’s nothing I can do to right this wrong and start your life anew I got to get away, to get myself away from here of change I was in need, now I see clearly my fate across the sea, now I curse this uncertainty far eastern shores, they do intrigue (expectation!) the time has come to leave there’s nothing further for me here the eastern veil entices me, but still I wonder... how could she?
10.
Departures 04:11
pull the throttle back open skies, auger in end of game you can’t save a suicide if you can’t change a mind you can’t kill a suicide determined to die waiting on the tracks, train arrives dead man’s fare end of line coursing through your veins one last time, life sublime, life denied you can’t kill a suicide determined to die you can’t save a suicide, if you can’t change a mind
11.
breaking waves upon the shore ceaseless tide takes its toll how long, how long can we endure? we leave our mark and then we’re gone a memory, but for how long? how long, how long must we survive? each passing day unweaves the twine so cherish what we leave behind how long, how long until we die? how long until we live?
12.
she smiled, the rain, Rashomon step inside, it’s warm and dry it’s just the world you leave behind they can’t touch you now, you’ve come home
13.
Transistor 05:19
I see you at the market I'll meet you at the square transistor, resist her even if I could I would not dare with that jet black hair and those Asian eyes I could lose myself without compromise still, if all you leave me is a song a melody to carry on I will sing kirei desu ne believe me if you want to to you I wouldn't lie resist her? I kissed her or was it just within my mind? but those soft red lips and those silken thighs there's a history that we can't deny still, if all you send me is away I'll still return another day singing arigato shizukasa ya kiraretaru onna no ka no aki no yume

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produced, arranged, recorded and mixed by chris BLOCK

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released October 17, 2019

thymme JONES
doug ACKMAN
jim WIDLOWSKI
brad SCHLUETER
carmen ARMILLAS
jef BEK
todd RITTMANN
mike GREENLEES

c&p 2019 catsducksandcows music (BMI)

(My) Anesthesia was written in collaboration with dan BURKE

Special thanks to scot ASHLEY and mike HAGEDORN

Additional thanks and full acknowledgement is given to both freesound.org and soundbible.com for the inclusion of assorted auio samples and effects. For specific attributions under the creative commons lisenceing agreement, please view individual track credits or visit pox-america.com/americalinks for a more detailed listing.

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Pox Hoffman Estates, Illinois

Chris Block, is a founding member of Cheer-Accident, Dot Dot Dot as well as a frequent participant in Illusion Of Safety. In addition to POX, he has released a series of solo cassettes under the name BLOCK - and with Jane Bouzek under the name Girl Thirteen (a.k.a. Asa Nisi). He is an active photographer and graphic artist. So Sorry About North America is the third release from POX. ... more

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