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Valley Maker

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1.
The First 03:13
So there’s the world Under the sea So there’s your man Under the tree Who put you there, who put you there? Oh open eyes Oh wicked hands Oh crooked tree Oh fallen man Understand, understand Who put you there, who put you there So now we can kill Tangled in our weeds Watch them grow All around the tree Oh wicked thirst from the first Who put you there, who put you there? Oh smell of death over the earth Taste of curse over the ground Evil sprouts, oh wash them out A blessed sign in the sky Who put you there, who put you there? Who put you there? Who called you fair? Who judged you fair?
2.
Babel 03:35
Pulled you out of the ocean The new world is in motion Noah, look at your sons now Look, what did they find out? Take two bricks and some mortar Chaos into order Making their name now With one mind and one mouth Tower to the heavens Babel, you have threatened He who doth sustain you He who entertains you Now is jealous of the steeple Jealous for his people Worshiping their own hands Worshiping their progress Now, city, did you make it? So tall but so vacant Where did you come from? Where will you go to? Where did you come from? Where will you go to? Now the Lord has come down To see your work is confused So you can talk, talk, talk, talk, talk, talk…….. Now you must walk, walk, walk, walk, walk……..
3.
Yes and there shall come a time Like the stars in the sky you shall multiply And I know that you are of untimely age And your barren wife has a better way Sarai came to set things right Threw the husband in the room and then closed her eyes A servant of the lord came to give her womb A servant of the lord has her own mind too But now that time is moving on Sarai fights it For the plans of the Lord that were slighted Have they given you with a house divided? Does this put you in a hole? Does your house feel like a home? Now servant you should run We find you by the riverside A servant of the Lord came to ease your mind He knows you had a long road to find your way But the fruit of your womb is a horse untamed For he will set to nothing right And the works of his hands they shall multiply A servant of the Lord though you cannot see A servant of the Lord will you always be But now that time is moving on Sarai likes it For the plans of the Lord are decided That the promise is alive for Isaac He will come to rule this home He will come to take his own Well servant you should run And take with you your son For he is A donkey of a man, who could understand why He’s laughing his head off A donkey of a man, still within the plan Running through the land with his head off A donkey of a man, Sarai understands why He’s laughing his head off Well servant you should run And take with you your son Until the day is come Now we know the time is right To put you out of mind and out of sight Servants of the Lord do you now feel true? Servants of the Lord have a dark mind too Now you walk the desert line He will lead you to the well; he will stay your life Oh mother of a nation you cannot see The ways of the Lord are a mystery
4.
Sodom 02:10
The land was it hard on you Was it only right to let you choose? Sodom was an evil root Now your family tree is proof They did what they’ve done what they’ll do City there’s a prayer for you We didn’t want to see your future doomed If only there were forty true If only there were ten, My Lord, please move You moved and you’ll move and you move Lot was I cruel to you? I didn’t want to turn your wife into A pile of sand all around your shoes When you see death now will you move? I did what I’ve done what I’ll do The morning was it kind to you? The fire light and the sulfur fumes Sodom was a poison root The Lord has moved to cut you loose Oh can you go where you’ve been can you move? I did what I’ve done what I’ll do
5.
Let the right one in Here we find you Giving out the blessed gift You were dying on a bed of lies Here before you is a compromise May the right one win One was favored You were naked and red And I was holding right on to your heel Always eager to make you a deal Let the right one in Now you’ve come home Always with a hunter’s scent Let me trade you for a pot of stew Let me trade you for the right to lose Oh silent mother in the back room Now listen close to what she tells you Go change your skin, she will prepare your food Isaac’s got his eyes rolled back in his head Now the smell of my son it is a good smell The voice is strange but these hands I have felt Now take my name you shall take my wealth I put your brother right under your heel Well I ran, I couldn’t beat it I grew fat off my deceiving Until I was maimed by a meeting With an angel in a hotel Now my brother’s running and he’s mad as hell Well I made it, I couldn’t keep it Eye contact with our defeated Brother from a foreign land Oh servant of the Lord do you understand A brand new name for a brand new man A brand new name for the same old land
6.
Jacob 04:08
You were an off-white Heading east and on the loose What of your old life? Does it bear consequence to you You met a good wife In seven years she would come true Flesh of my own flesh Blood of my blood what did you do? What did you do? You met a dark night When you had earned your right to move Was it your own right? Or was it chosen there for you? Behold the morning The light came shining in the room Your bride of weak eyes Now is your turn to play the fool Play the fool You did some hard time Seven nights for seven years A man with two wives The youngest one has gained your ear The Lord has chosen One is able one is tied A man with two lives Neither one is satisfied Neither one is satisfied You led a hard life Work your hands until they bleed Until the time’s right To take your wives and sheep and leave But your deceiver’s Household gods are standing by Fear of Isaac Of Abraham is on your side On your side Heap and pillar Put it there before you leave A pillar So that everyone can see The pillar Where you went west and he went east The pillar Put it there before you leave As if to show Neither one of you can lead As if to show Either one of you deceives As if you know For now the tribes are of your seed And yes you hope The Fear of Isaac does not leave Yes you hope
7.
Joseph 04:32
Man of dreams Are you as you seem? Are you the chosen one The beloved son? Binding sheaves You were released And you were lifted high Above your brother’s eyes But oh, no, they don’t want to give you that They know you are of a mind to act The favor of old Is like a robe of gold And you’ll learn how to lose what you hold Another dream This time you’ve seen That you’re the king of the sky The sun and moon know why Eleven stars Know who they are But they will not comply With hatred in their eyes They’ll throw you down into a well to die Jealous, they were carrying their line Covered your robe in the blood of a goat And you’ll learn that you reap what you sow Sold as a slave Well on your way To the good life Handsome and stayed You caught the eye Of a good wife You ran away But you left your clothes For a good lie Who are your friends And what are your sins That you should die? Back in the hole You have been told Of a budding vine Grapes are in supply Another friend The baker has dreamt Of cakes piled on his head But then the birds flew in In three days Pharaoh now is gonna lift you high But you’ll hang Birds will eat you alive In due time, he will need your mind And you’ll learn what you hold is a gift Out of the Nile Seven cows They are in their prime Food is in supply Seven again Hungry and thin To eat the fat alive To eat a troubled mind Pharaoh now is gonna pull you out He hopes you are of a magic mouth The story you told is worth a ring of gold And you know that you are not your own The one who was sold is in the promise of old Though you have not a home, you abide
8.
Abel What you hold in your hands It is a good gift It is the first of your land You have a brother He has his own gift too And it is murder Upon the land, upon you You don’t know why The people do what they do It is a fading light Though it once felt so new Did he call you brother? Did it once ring true? It is a violent order You were place into And it isn’t through Cain look You’ve got his blood on your hands It spilled out And kissed a dry land That was thirsty And begging for a drink With an open mouth You didn’t know could speak It’s saying Right on, the earth is spinning You thought that you were winning You crawl just like a serpent You fall just like the first did and the last will So would you listen To the voice from above Because it calls out It’s thirsty for the blood But you broke down You could not provide You cursed the ground Your mark will take time Your saying Hold on, let’s be patient Abel just couldn’t make it Am I my brother’s keeper? Or am I a new deceiver? I don’t know, I don’t know, I don’t know Where to go, Where to go, Where to go You don’t know why The hands do what they do Was it a split decision? Or was it laid out for you Within your composition Were you only true? You were a violent man Were you the first to choose? Are you forgiven? He put a mark on you And He’s saying Come on, it’s time to face this You thought that you were wasted You fall just like your parents You walk in new awareness With a mark on you To see you through He put a mark on you He will see you through Oh, it is not through
9.
Oh great teacher Are you a promise keeper? It’s time to go son The work must be done Oh great father Would you call for slaughter? We waited so long I waited so long Oh great provider Have we made you tired? Am I to blame now? Am I to blame somehow? Burning torches Is this how I worship? It’s on the way now The lamb is on the way now Am I to say how? All that you hope All that you know All that you thought was yours to hold Burn it alive Learn to set fire Learn to fear what you sacrifice Oh great servant You have served your purpose Put your hand down Put your hand down Oh great promise To finish what I started Is not too much now To spread our son out You will not see how But I swear by myself I swear to your health Just as I saw you lay him down Ram you come out Ram you come out Ram would you lay your body down Oh my father I see the wood and fire But where’s your lamb now? Where’s our lamb now?
10.
Names 03:08
You Go out from your parents I give you a nation If you could only see it I don’t want to call you what I used to call you Everybody, everybody’s changing so just let me change you Abraham You Will you not be fruitful? Mother of a nation You got tired of waiting I don’t want to call you what I used to call you Everybody, everybody’s changing So just let me change you Sarah You You were born of struggle Do you hate your nation? Are you tired of fighting? I don’t want to call you what I used to call you Everybody, everybody’s fading So just let me name you Israel

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Ten songs on narratives from the Book of Genesis. Written and recorded in 2010 for Austin Crane's senior thesis project at the University of South Carolina.

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released May 21, 2010

Austin Crane: vocals, nylon, acoustic, electric guitar
Amy Godwin: vocals
Nathan Poole: electric guitar, vocals
Kenny McWilliams: electric guitar, bass, percussion
Caleb Weathersby: percussion

Recorded at Archer Avenue Studios in Columbia, SC, Spring 2010
Produced by Kenny McWilliams, Austin Crane, and Nathan Poole
Mixed and mastered by Kenny McWilliams

Artwork by Bryce Wilner

All music and lyrics written by Austin Crane

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