The Fremonts EP
Released January 31, 2015
Stephanie Dodd (Fremont, NE): vocals, piano, flute and glockenspiel
Justin Badger (Fremont, CA): vocals, guitar and percussion
John McVey: bass, additional guitar, eggs and toe taps
Produced by John McVey and The Fremonts
Recorded, mixed and mastered at Coupe Studios in Boulder, CO
Album artwork by Bootleg Cooperative in Lyons, CO
1 - how often
Stephanie Dodd: music & lyrics
Justin Badger: music
You were wearing a yellow dress when I first met you
And the sun made you light up a fire
We were gathered there to celebrate the love of our friends
But I was the one who left there inspired
How often do you meet someone you actually love?
Never and every day.
It was not the first time that I had felt true love
Oh no, I had been there before
It was like I knew you from another lifetime
You might have been my daughter or my mom
How often do you meet someone you actually love?
Never and every day.
We are unknown and absolutely known.
2 - The Flying Daughter
Justin Badger: music & lyrics
Her mother sang a lullaby
Before she closed her lids to die
Her voice was soft and honey sweet
The tune was low from deep down beneath
Tis the song wakes her now
Trembling out of her sleep
Her father looked to her with scorn
His love was hate. His heart was torn.
“Oh daughter why when you were young
Did my wife die? Why did she run?
She was never the same
Since the day you were born”
The daughter prayed to every moon
Hoping the ghost would hear her soon
“Oh mother please, please let me rest.
Remove this stone from my aching breast.
There is only so far
I can bend till I break
Oh mother you know
It’s my heart that’s at steak
Blow me a kiss, watch me fly away.”
Beware how quickly the key is thrown
The cage stays the same no matter how you’ve grown
It digs. It burrows. Gets under your skin.
Only one way out once you’ve been locked in.
The daughter swore upon her soul
She’d soon escape, she’d soon be whole
She’d fly away. She’d touch the sky.
The fire burns behind her eyes.
“Oh daughter forgive me,”
She heard the ghost weep.
“I can only release you
When you lie asleep.”
3 - Howl
Justin Badger: music & lyrics
I was a granite statue
I was an iron fortress
But now it seems it’s weathered down
I was wrong. I was misused
I earned my right to be stubborn
But now there’s not a soul around
You may see how this world goes with no eyes
To replace what I’ve see I would tear out mine
I may stand broken, naked and bruised
On this great stage of fools
Though it rains down on me
Though backs may have turned you see
Blow winds, come and crack your cheeks
I’m every inch a king that I was
I’m every inch a king that I was
You were a subtle honest
You were a silent truth
But angry I turned you away
You were my one and only
You were the pieces of me
But this I realized to late
You and I may sing two birds of a cage
Don’t you fall before me you’re not my age
I’d still carry you on my withered spine
Your voice, ever soft, teaching mine.
Though it rains down on me
Though backs may have turned you see
Blow winds, come and crack your cheeks
I’m every inch a king that I was
I’m every inch a king that I was
Howl!
Howl!
Howl!
Howl!
4 - echo
Justin Badger: music & lyrics
Once I looked into the sky
I saw a beam of light beyond the stars
It sang a love song to my eyes
A gentle tune that put me fast asleep
Once an echo, twice alive
(Who carries on?)
Once an echo, twice alive
(After we die?)
I heard a voice come from afar
A brilliant sunrise over fields of grey
It longed to lay it’s hand in mine
And show me all there was beyond these dreams
Once an echo, twice alive
(Who carries on?)
Once an echo, twice alive
(When you cry..)
Dust to dust, we carry on
I smelled the thyme blown by the wind
It told a story of a love so strong
It carried mountains on it’s back
And cut a valley to repeat these words
Once an echo, twice alive
(Who carries on?)
Once an echo, twice alive
(After we die?)
Once an echo, twice alive
(Who carries on?)
Once an echo, twice alive
