It Hurts But It Remains Beautiful

by The Consolation Project

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All Songs originally recorded from '07-'09

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released 09 March 2011
Everything you hear composed, performed, and produced by Ron Cavagnaro. There were no pre-made loops or presets used.

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The Consolation Project consists of the relatively unknown solo musician Ron Cavagnaro from Rochester, NY. Ron has been making underground album releases all on his own in his personal and constantly-evolving studio since 1993.

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Track Name: Kissed
i will see past it
i will call and ask you
"how d'you do"

well no, not really
no, i couldn't really
think about doing something
so obvious

i will see past this
this time will be longer lasting
in my dreams
in my dreams

still you
kiss kiss kiss kissed
kissed my lips

and now you're leaving it all

i held you tightly
and my heart was racing
your eyes embraced me

and it wasn't that feeling of chasing
that had me running
it wasn't that note you wrote me
that had me weeping
you see, i speak in lyrics

still you
kiss kiss kiss kissed
kissed my lips

and now you're leaving it all
Track Name: Damage
heels on the tick of the clock hit my body
so i closed my eyes in slow motion
i set down

in this box i will treasure myself
as if it could play gently into my ear

"heaven" i said, "heaven" i said
"heaven comes too gently"

it's nice, it's nice
to play the part
it's nice
to hide in the dark
it's nice
but nice can only go so far

can i bring myself to uncover my head?
can i never lose hope when i am misunderstood?
can i sever myself from those who cut me down?

maybe, maybe not

if you could hear your own voice for once
could the liars of the world come clean?
do they know the damage they have done?

could you set down your own crowns?
do you know the damage you have done?
you can see it in the weeping willows
look out of your window for once
outside yourself, outside yourself

maybe you could feel the damage you have done
Track Name: With This Broken Voice
there are great evils being committed
all the time
i can feel it with every breath
and every beat in my heart
but i wish i didn't
but i do

i've felt all of these things
people tearing out their souls
and hiding it from each other
from themselves
living under fear and social control

do you remember?
life is precious and fragile
what made you forget
the damage that has been done
to this world
to nature
to silence
to peace
to all living things

thrust a knife into my chest
every single day

and all i am capable of
is writing
and singing

with this broken voice
Track Name: Don't You Stop
i'm fine
it's just a cut

wounds will heal
in time, in time

like folding hell
in to a piece of paper

come inside
the shelter is nice

i will raise a glass
to meaning

the fire's died
but the ancient tree
always finds that sunlight

you see yourself
through illusions
through the veil of shadow
through the ghostly shallows

won't you stop fighting?
don't you stop fighting?
Track Name: Give Us All
give in what you take
believe in what you make

give us all a symphony of sorrow
and you'll pay the toll
sit me down alone tonight
and i'll tell you things i never tell anyone else

give me not a sound
so i will hear no voices
calling out for warmth
calling out for changes
i'm giving all i've got
but there's nothing left to hold on to
let me take a breath
let me take a rest i will
spiral out away
spiral out away from you
talking out of phase
taking my place towards you
i am searching in the dark
i am searching in the dark

give in what you take
believe in what you make

give us all a dream where you're not dying
and you'll save my lost soul
lay me down alone tonight
and i'll tell you things i never tell anyone else

give me not a sound
so i will hear no voices
calling out for warmth
calling out for changes
i'm giving all i've got
but there's nothing left to hold on to
let me take a breath
let me take a rest i will
spiral out away
spiral out away from you
talking out of phase
taking my place towards you
i am searching in the dark
i am searching in the dark
Track Name: Drop
we're here
our eyes are black
open up your forehead
let me see your fists

i am wandering
the accident
i am walking overhead

float through me like water
look straight ahead
dig in the dirt
to find what is left

they ruined me
dig through stones

look, inside every house
is a doorway

fall through the wreckage
it's hands down
the biggest drop you've ever made
Track Name: Miles Of Dust
come close to me, my love, my thorns
the rose of blood has twisted to shadows
in to my fading marrow
"cover me" she spoke from tired lips
her clinging claws tore my skin

if i let this darkness consume me...
my light, my curse
my lips have kissed the bleeding raven
darkened by coals and barely breathing

yet we still breathe
our faces to the floor
our faces to the floor
covered in thorns
covered in thorns
buried under miles of dust

we're married to the grave
each ashen page will turn
underneath the leaves we curl
our throats unfurled
the beauty of the light we grasp
we never touch it's face
we never touch her face

if i let this lightness consume me...
my darkness, my curse
my lips have kissed the porcelain angel
lit by stars and endlessly giving
my world is everything
my world is everything

buried under miles of dust
Track Name: What You Are
you are a part of something beautiful
it hurts but it remains beautiful

you can try life
you can try it all

you can try life
you can try it all

heal in time
all yourself
all yourself

heal in time
heal yourself

be filled with knowing
you are a part of your skin
sink in

it's okay to be what you are

love is inside of you
please don't let it go
don't let it go
Track Name: Thrill
i can see you in my dreams
my eyes thirst for you
i can't catch my breath
my face is turning red

be still, my bell
your breath, it gives me the chills
shiver-shiver, my lungs
please break my sleep
and show me that thrill

you know, all those things
i have seen
on the movie screen

catch my tongue you sweet, sweet clove
when it rains i will feel you
against the window
beside my room

but you're a stranger
Track Name: Hope
hey, this begins
that sucking feeling
it's pulling you down
it's worse than gravity

when you're feeling life
and you're feeling empty
and you're feeling light
and you don't know what to do
and we don't know what to do

don't you ever feel like it will ever change?
out of nowhere

something beyond amazing
from out of nowhere

so silently i sit
and hoping there's something beyond this
what is in front of me

you sit down and the oceans of your soul collide
the wind is rising
in the darkness and the light

it swirls deep down inside
i'll come lose it for you
and you can take a breath
Track Name: All Night Shiver
electricity
is a part of me
is a part of you

it's what i see
something watches over me
it watches over us

every tear is stored up
and every leaf has fallen

we are gaining strength
feeling light on every side
within you, within me

listen, you listen
let it go, just let it go

hours and the hours
roll onwards
listen, you listen
and hold on to these things

a long time, a long time
ago
things were different

the rainiest dream
the lightest thing
the brightness can be blinding
the rainiest dream
the lightest thing
the brightness can be blinding
a long, long time

all night shiver
Track Name: Too Soon
stay back
for tears
will fall

get on the way for something new
cause i'm not here fighting

i am here too soon for you
it goes on and
feathers falling tears for two
it goes on and
finders keep their fears for you
it goes on and
i am here too soon for you
it goes on and on

stay close
for tears
will fall

get on the way for something new
cause i'm not here to fight

i am here too soon for you
it goes on and
feathers falling tears for two
it goes on and
finders keep their fears for you
it goes on and on
I will go through the night with you

it goes on and on
all my life
it goes on and on
I am here too soon for you
Track Name: My Darkest Times
when it all crashes down
when you say i have lost
when there is nothing left to be abused
there is only time for healing

because there were so many hours
of laying on the floor, left all alone
i have felt this before, my head spinning
no hands to hold, my dreams turned to torture
torture, drowning in my ocean
my hands empty and tired

i finally found the words i had to find
it was a few simple words, something i won't repeat
no matter how far down i had broken
the ashes on my fingertips and face
could have reminded me of the time i was lifted out

i had visited so many rooms in this house
so many times, too many tears
sprawled out on that floor
and on that floor
i found strength
in my darkest times
in my darkest hour
Track Name: Glowing
i could let the entire world collapse
cave in around me i can stand up tall
my spirit has not died
it is getting stronger

and i encourage you in all that you do
create the light out of the darkness
rise up and smother the ashes
with wintertime flashes
until your frozen blood is filled
with summery warm lashes

sing a little song
before it dies
oh, serenade yourself for a while

listen, please listen
my lucid dreams
my lucid, lucid dreams

rise above
conquer all
of those things you think you can't

they're glowing, glowing
the scars you thought were dark
translucent, beautiful
the scars you thought were dark

the lightness is breathing, breathing
through the rain
be ready, ready
for those thorns to fade to blossoms
for those claws to turn to feathers
for those walls to turn to the ghosts of your past
who will never haunt you again