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FRONZ ARP IS A TINY CROOKED ORCHESTRA

by Fronz Arp

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1.
Monsters Inside 04:10
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I couldn't tell us apart Where I end and we start I don't see it I don't see it An antibiotic hole The cracks that go through my skull I don't see it I don't see it I pinch a sciatic nerve My feet scatter on the floor I don't see it I don't see it I itch and my stomach burns Depending on what we learn I don't see it I don't see it A found myself at another great divide Where lonely is just another place to hide From the Monsters Inside Who can tell by the way you comb your hair That you're tongue tied
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33 04:02
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Found out today when I turned 33 Even though I'm getting older I keep fucking up And time flies away from old guarantees I was a different person then, I'm no longer myself I pulled my chest apart to find an answer in my heart Now not a day goes by that I don't question my own worth So leave me in the doorway with my skeleton exposed I don't want to live without it Even if we have to go insane If I cannot live without it I only have myself to blame Found out the day that I turned 33 Though I think I'm getting smarter I keep fucking up Sweeping up with the history I've shattered on the floor I've taken on the shapes of these remaining broken things It all seems to exist around the corners of my eyes and Disappear like chaos when I turn to see its face I don't want to live without it Even if we have to go insane If I cannot live without it I only have myself to blame Though I wanted it it seems It came as no surprise Tough I wanted it, it seems It is so hard to find I don't want to live without it Even if we have to go insane If I cannot live without it I only have myself to blame
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Mind Games 03:12
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Found out today when I turned 33 Even though I'm getting older I keep fucking up And time flies away from old guarantees I was a different person then, I'm no longer myself I pulled my chest apart to find an answer in my heart Now not a day goes by that I don't question my own worth So leave me in the doorway with my skeleton exposed I don't want to live without it Even if we have to go insane If I cannot live without it I only have myself to blame Found out the day that I turned 33 Though I think I'm getting smarter I keep fucking up Sweeping up with the history I've shattered on the floor I've taken on the shapes of these remaining broken things It all seems to exist around the corners of my eyes and Disappear like chaos when I turn to see its face I don't want to live without it Even if we have to go insane If I cannot live without it I only have myself to blame Though I wanted it it seems It came as no surprise Tough I wanted it, it seems It is so hard to find I don't want to live without it Even if we have to go insane If I cannot live without it I only have myself to blame
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Gravity (What it Feels Like) 03:28
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Well my instincts burn And my head is full As we climbed until the street lost its faces We stood our ground From the grandest height And threw our secrets out to the sky Where they hung like crows So black against the clouds I could hear them whispering on and on Is this what it feels like dying Is it fast and cold And I can't be with a man like you When we cried our names into the atmosphere We could hear our voices echo back again From the suns and stars The sattelites and years So we won't get lost we won't get lost Is this what it feels like dying Is it fast and cold And I can't be with a love like you And as the darkness drew closer The haze fell from our eyes So I can see where we're going too We imagine what our bones would feel In the weigthless pull of gravity
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Just Because You Want it All 04:13
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Look at us love, unraveling Everything frayed like burning Tangled and tied by a spider And just because you want it all On your shoulders And just because you want it all I won't screw you over Look at us fall from our great height Tumbling down, crashing down We litter the ground like broken bones And just because you want it all On your shoulders And just because you want it all I won't screw you over Though we're locked inside There is no place to hide How I want you I was angry I was scared But covered in blood of our mistakes And just because you want it all On your shoulders And just because you want it all I won't fuck you over Though we're locked inside There is no place to hide How I want you And just because I want it all I won't fuck you over And just because it shines like gold In the morning I would not abandon you I would not abandon you Just because we're unraveling
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Magnolia 03:27
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Magnolia Don't go outside alone Because I'm afraid you'll be In mortal danger There are monsters, freaks and whores Who pray on lonely souls And I'm afraid you'll be In mortal danger Because creeping around where us ordinary people live Are men with knives and guns in hand Who stand at the windows looking in from the outside On our mothers, lovers, sisters, brothers, daughters, sons and me Magnolia If you sneak away tonight I'm afraid you'll need A guardian angel Because intentions wrapped in words That slide from devils tongue And I'm afraid you'll need A guardian angel I'm afraid you'll be In mortal danger Because creeping around where us ordinary people live Are men with knives and guns in hand Who stand at the windows looking in from the outside On our mothers, lovers, sisters, brothers, daughters, sons and me I know that your worried That you want the things you haven't got To be the things that you are not Well I've been in that place before If I could wear your skin around my neck And take you walking in my shoes Magnolia you'd see its all a trick To catch you when your Down and out falling down When you don't want to know
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Traffic 03:56
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The traffic in the morning drives you crazy The radio drones like a poet They found a baby in a dumpster In the backstreets of Harlem Now they're playing your favorite songs A police car screams by like a banshee And I just about remember Little China How we woke up in our clothes Wrapped around each other Doesn't make it easier to get up No were else to hide I keep coming back o the same places Like the Zombies that ride the subway end to end Their eyes deep and dark Like the tunnels the disappear down And I can't help thinking I'm looking at myself With nowhere left to hide
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On My Side 04:10
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Be yourself like no one else Is looking on Is staring down I've been there alone before I know you want to disappear To start again Well arm yourself I've been there alone before But stay on my side I'll be what you've needed Stay on my side The bandage while I'm bleeding Be yourself like no one else Is listening Can hear you sing I've been there alone before I don't know where you go When trouble comes and beats at your door I've been there before But stay on my side I'll be what you've needed Stay on my side The bandage while I'm bleeding You itch in your sleep And you toss and turn In your twisted sheets Your skin still burns And you can't switch off To the chaos around It drags you down There's a fire in your head And you're drowning for water Its stolen your bed why don't you stay
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Love in Animation 04:07
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I am a stranger I am too thin I am a spirit out of skin So ride me through the dark I am a burden I am a sin I am a demon tied up within So free me in time Wait, give me love in animation That crashes like lightning to the ground I found it but took it all for granted Wrapped it up in gauze When can I see you again I am a hero with brittle bones I am a star but shining alone I am a rich man I am too poor I had it all but I wanted more So free me, take me all apart Wait, give me love in animation That crashes like lightning to the ground I found it but took it all for granted Wrapped it up in gauze When can I see you again I am a stranger I am too thin I am a spirit out of skin I am a burden I am a sin I am a demon tied up within Wait, give me love in animation That crashes like lightning to the ground I found it but took it all for granted Wrapped it up in gauze When can I see you again
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Won't Back Down (Reckless) 03:25
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Reckless heart Oh my god what will we do when fear catches up My reckless heart Turns us upside down and tears us piece by piece apart My reckless heart Waiting on a fairytale a story told There's But I won't back down Or lose control I won't back down From anything that stands in my our way Until I know what I want Until I know what I want Could is tear us apart Could it tear If it found us in the dark With cruel intent to prove Could it tear us apart Could it tear Now with weapons in or hands And fire in our ribs Could it tear us apart Could it tear Reckless heart Oh my god what will we do when fear creeps up I won't back down
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All of the Money in the World 03:56
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If I had all the money in the world Could I buy your heart if you became another girl Could you hold me for no other reason then the reason for our love Would we be any better off If I had all of the money in the world Would I talk of peace among the quiet men of war Would I build a wall to keep the shadows of my enemies away Would we be any better off If I had it all Is it what I needed? Just throw it all away If I had all the money in the world I'd buy the tallest building just to see the city turn And from my cloudy perch I'd watch the people as they run about their days But would we be any better off If I had it all Is it what I needed? Just throw it all away Are we starving are we late With a baby on the way Is it falling around our eyes Are the walls about to cave Are we standing on our own Is there help upon the way Is there hope upon the way Is it all about it change If I had it all Is it what I needed? Just throw it all away
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Never Let Me Go 03:52
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Never let me go Even when you're hanging by our nails And our bloodied hands might fail Never let me go Even when the tide is too strong And you cannot hang on I searched the whole town for what I needed I searched the whole town but couldn't see it Now I know we're enough Never let me go Even when the stars collide And threaten to explode Never let me go Even when god reaches down from heaven And steals you from my arms And leaves you with the devil As he whispers... whispers... I searched the whole world for what I needed I searched the whole world but couldn't see it Now I know we're enough

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"... a complex and original singer with a vocal palette of exceptional range and intensity, from the purist sophisticated falsetto to the most plaintive heart-rending tones. He has a truly amazing voice. New York and then America will discover him I am sure..." Sam Cutler (former tour manager for the Rolling Stones and manager of the Grateful Dead)

"It’s easy to figure out where the David Bowie comparisons come from after hearing just a few notes from Fronz Arp. The poppy sound and catchy beats certainly bring to mind one of Britain’s finest" - The Indie Mine, 2013

Throughout 2012, I began a songwriting project designed to push my capabilities as a songwriter, producer and musician. In Fronz Arp is a Tiny Crooked Orchestra, I released a song every two weeks, produced in as high a quality as possible on my minimal home studio (mostly based around Protools and a Shure Beta58 microphone) and distributed to Itunes, Amazon, Bandcamp and all good online stores.

In the end there were 27 songs released for the project. The rest appear in VOLUME 2

Visit my website, fronzarp.com

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released January 25, 2013

All songs written, produced and performed by Fronz Arp. Except "Won't Back Down (Reckless)" additional vocals by Emma Dean
All graphic design by Fronz Arp

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Fronz Arp Brisbane, Australia

The strange machine which is Fronz Arp grinds like a tattered, angry little hurdy gurdy. With dramatic jaunt and seesawing melodies that have been compared to weird-pop wonders, such as David Bowie and Tom Waits

“...songs full of drama and action, designed to get pulses racing and yet still sounding both intricate and adventurous” Rave Magazine ... more

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