Seeing the Lie

by Book of Symbols

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Following 2016’s debut EP, the Pumpkin Boy and his band of merry misfits have risen from the grave for Songs of the Pumpkin Boy vol. II, a compilation LP of Halloween music by Grand Rapids artists.

This year’s release boasts contributions from Lazy Genius, Book of Symbols, Charlie Darling, Ben Weissenborn, Bilge, Anythings, Sleeping Timmy, and Bard.

So paint your fingernails black and take a stroll through your favorite graveyard – this is our gift to the season of the witch.

released October 9, 2017

lyrics

Pay no attention to the
unfolding narrative behind
the house with empty walls
Forgotten memories inside

You made it out safely this time
but still you can't ignore the cry
over your shoulder in the night
A distant fire without a light

No start. No end. No start. No...

No sign of life out there at all
No sign of death appeared too small
Scanned by imaginary eyes
while the illusions multiply

Carried by some familiar taste
away from ill impending fate
Grim voices from another life
dance on your palate like a knife

Don't go, come in. Don't go, come in.

Now through a dusty window pane
you see a host without a name
Sink when you realize his gaze
is your reflection in the haze

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released October 9, 2017
Mastered by Matt Ten Clay at Amber Lit Audio
Album art by Chris McClurken

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Book of Symbols Grand Rapids, Michigan

Describing its complex sound as a “collective vision of orchestrated sound,” Book of Symbols has taken a page or two from ’90s shoegaze, while bringing its eyes up to the new millennium’s shimmering horizon.
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