Raven Wings

by The Consolation Project

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Originally recorded in 2009

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released 01 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: Poison
you know i've got something deep inside
and i asked myself
"how will i know, if i do not try?"
i have nothing left to lose
and the night is open wide

has my crooked soul got it all wrong?
and the night is far too, far too long
i am bursting at the seams
leaning against four walls
could you hook my heart
could you suck my heart
and splatter it against the wall?
my eyes are blown open wide
to the darkness that lingers outside
from the trails of the gnashing fangs
and the curses and wells beneath me

you are safe
oh my god
you make sense to me
make sense to me

by my side, underground
the nocturnal howls cry out
to the tick tick tock, tick tick tock
of my poisoned veins

things make more sense
things make more sense
when you call out
when you call out
Track Name: Solemn Willow
guide me, my electric hands
every footstep could show me

what have i left to climb?
when will i feel safe?
in the moonlight
my blood turns white, white, white

darkened words
they slowly slip from my tongue
i'm in love
with clear, sunstreaked skies

my, my
how slow
slowly

my, my
how slow
slowly
we rise

solemn willow, rise
solemn willow, rise

it can be too much
to take it all in

i can't forget
how to breathe
Track Name: We Can
all that you have dreamt of
and all that you show
gives me this light inside

please don't hide, no
please don't hide, no

we think when we want to leave
we think we should be running
but everything we need is in front of our eyes

we cover our wounds and
we hide all of our progress
we hurt ourselves in the process

let me wipe your tears off now
and you may wipe mine
how it makes your pale skin shine
and how it makes my pale skin shine
and how it makes your pale skin shine
and how it makes my pale skin shine

this world is full of pain and misery
and heartache and deceit
and greed and war
and regret and suffering

but this world
this world
we can create something in this world

we can create something new
Track Name: A Reason
if all i am is good enough
if i could look once in the mirror and say
"there is nothing wrong"

if you could sit up straight
and not feel like you could break
into a million pieces

if i took

a piece of myself
that has been through hell
i could show you light

an empty chair
show yourself in to your old cell
and tell you what your father couldn't tell

ribbons knit on your coat,
papers on the curls,
visions so old

it might only settle you in right well
if only

the cold sound of a bell
the cutthroats are on your tail
you've got to cut free

listen to me
the cuts will heal
the birds conceal the secret about you

listen up, listen up

you are alive for a reason
Track Name: I Can Dream
i am broken
and nothing will ever change that

i can not drag any one beautiful
in to my misery
not any more
not any more

i will let this go
to a crowd

i want out

the cocoon has fallen onto the ice
and no one stops to look twice
passersby have even stared

so i will sing
in my broken voice
from my broken heart

this time it's twisting
it's twisting real hard
it's twisted too far

i can dream
Track Name: Living On The Outside
i arrived here
walking on the edge of a paper
living on the outside for a minute

the weight crushed my heart
feel a little safe
feel a little safety
then its gone

the charcoal on the fire
is dying
the winds that have shown me the way
have broken my back

time is
time is space

living on the outside
could have killed my heart

it made me sick
i couldn't hold on

living on the outside
raised a red flag
living on the outside
Track Name: Turn
my fingers are all around my head
the things i've seen
the world i have protected myself from

the feathers falling in the dark
in slow motion
are not there

i can not save the world
i can not save a person
i can not save myself
where do i belong?
in the ocean?

like you said
somewhere near the bottom
with shades of light
gliding across my forehead

it feels like no one
can save the world
can not save a person
can not save myself

i will turn the next page

there are no lines
there are no canvases
there is no hope
that i will be truly found
Track Name: In Hell
in hell i welcomed in the ghost
love is no longer a dying riddle
and i thank you for helping keep my eyes raised

hey, anybody is just anybody
but wait
you find a voice inside
you find a light inside you
you'll find it will not quit
you'll find the pieces fit

if i could i would somehow
give you my blood

through the spiralling gates
towards light we will rise
surround me rain
darling
surround me in rain
surround me in rain

lie in wait
it takes no effort
lie awake
i know how i feel
lie awake

you find a voice inside
you find the river
you turn the music on
and you become forever
Track Name: Silver Wing
i don't see a way to get
the time and space to figure out now

sunlight, come alive
moonlight show me eyes
ash and dust, let me through
frozen heart, thaw my soul

i carry with me a curse
with the light comes the dark
with the light comes the dark

i could be anyone or anything
and no one would know the difference

i carry with me a curse
i carry with me a curse
with the light comes the dark

you could be anyone or anything
and no one would know the difference

i am losing control
of the things that i thought were pure
of the dreams i thought were true
of the sickness that has overtaken me

silver wing
Track Name: Control
walk outside calmly
open your briefcase
let the papers fall where they may

lose your plans there is nothing you have
that you control
not even if it is cold in the summertime

you can not buy or sell what you lack within you

forget where you work
forget what you have to do

home is not pieces of wood
or walls to close you in
the illusion can fool anyone

stand still while the world dances around the sun
Track Name: The Brick Wall
once i stopped fighting the brick wall

it's a lovely night for a sad soul
to see what went wrong inside of me

you see i used to be able to pray
and every word came out right
and i felt an instant levity
from my current situation

but now i see that i've been wrong so
i'm sorry that i was foolish
i'm so sorry that i put my heart out
to a situation that i was not strong enough to handle

it felt like a nightmare
like a million pieces of glass
that dragged against my skin

but despite all of this hardship
and struggle to get back on track
i know there is a light around me
and i know i can get back to a state of peace

and that it's not very hard to
try to make myself feel happy
but its been so long that i have really felt
a shred of substance and beauty to share

in this scarred broken heart of mine
Track Name: You Sing Among The Colorful Brave
you sing among the colorful brave
stand upon your throne and dive headfirst into my embrace
millions of white sheets float around your glorious grasp
for what is truly real is but a breath away

there lies within a silhouette of regrets
that the breeze is destined to blow
like ashes from the surface of a house fire
that was set years ago

years ago

you are a new creature every waking second
i can see it in your eyes
see it on your cloak
threads of twine unravelling
into the shadows of your past

keep reaching forward
through the illusions
through the mirror
they told you lies
they told you lies

i am lost in the haze of the most beautiful things
and my eyes are blinded
my ears are deafened
my hands are numb
and my thoughts are clouded
i cannot keep up with my soul

it has driven us together
they told you lies

you sing among the colorful brave
stand upon your throne and dive headfirst into my embrace
what is truly real is but a breath away
what is truly real
Track Name: I Am A Raven
"angels by my side
the fire is burning
in my heart"
she said

"i'll see you tomorrow
but tomorrow won't come
go out and bury your dead

and if jesus christ can carry the cross
my blood can be spilled
across the floor"
she said

"give away your silver and gold
and shut me down"
she said

"drown your lungs and lay on the floor
and suck the marrow out of my bones"
she said

i will not be dragged back into the wall
and i will not be shutting down, no

i am a raven
Track Name: Unsettled
i am unsettled
in the dirt and ashen wasteland
over the clouds and coal smoke

i am unsettled inside
the things that have unraveled before my eyes
my untrained eyes
have thrust a thorn in to my heart

i am not dead
but my grave is freshly drawn
and every second counts towards it

i am not alive
the shadows are growing longer
with every passing minute

i will sing but there is no water in the fountain

oh heaven
i've cursed enough

i've had all that i can take