Rise of the Giant King

by HAMSTANK

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1.	Rise 01:28	info	buy track
2.	Ode 02:16	lyrics	buy track

3.	Drown 03:59	lyrics	buy track

4.	Hark 01:48	lyrics	buy track

5.	Float 03:23	lyrics	buy track

6.	Sleep/Dream 02:48	lyrics	buy track

7.	Wonder 01:48	lyrics	buy track

8.	Wander 00:41	info	buy track
9.	Smile 03:56	lyrics	buy track

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1000 years ago existed an evil force bent on destroying the human race. Through divine intervention and the heroes of old, the evil was banished to eternal slumber. The seals imprisoning this foul beast begin to weaken. An introspective tale of loneliness, mental illness, and depression; the Giant King will rise once more.

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released January 9, 2018

Album Cover by Sarah Fenerty
Visual Direction by Nick Martin
Recorded by Tony Hamoui at the Stank Factory and Pink Noise Studios in Somerville

Mastered by Jeff Lipton from Peerless Mastering
Assistant Mastered by Maria Rice from Peerless Mastering

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Track Name: Ode: A thousand years he slumbered
Sealed within he lived through myth
The glyphs are quickly fading
The horns will blow he'll live once more

Oh the Giant King Will Rise

My queen you must believe me
Send word to all your men
Kholesh will fall, the dead will crawl
Oh gods don't let them in

Oh the Giant King Will Rise
Track Name: Drown: Sunday night, here I am
Coherently wasted again, my friend
Tuesday night, nothing’s changed
On the edge of a great mental breakdown, my friend

I can’t think straight anymore
I can’t think the same as I once used to

Used to believe in evil, no place for an errant good, my dear
You’re too good, my dear
Once had pride so deep inside where nobody could break me down
I’m breaking down, my dear
Don’t let me drown, my dear

I can’t think straight anymore
I can’t think the same as I once used to
Track Name: Hark: Listen close, gather round
It's the very last night
Hold your children all the tighter
Make amends with all the neghbors that you've wronged

He died, He's risen, He's come again
So rest you weary heads and save your prayers the gods are all but dead
Track Name: Float: Sunday night, still all alone again my love
Yeah I'm breaking, slowly wasting
Headed north, fighting for control
I can't take it, I'm escaping

I'm leaving town
How can I explain when we're a thousand miles apart?
I'm skipping out
Nobody's listening and you're never around

I can't think straight anymore
Track Name: Sleep/Dream: Oh, Queen of Dreams
Why do you haunt my sleep?
Please wake me from this dream, oh queen

Oh King of Sleep,
Why do you haunt my dreams,
Please wake me from this sleep, oh king
Track Name: Wonder: When you needed a friend
Someone to depend on
Someone to confide in

When you needed me most, you should've known
I'm nothing
I'm no one worth knowing
Just helpless and selfish
And sorry for myself

Remember that day they took you away
Remember that feeling so helpless still helpless
And sorry for myself
You should've known

I'm nothing
I'm no one worth knowing
Just helpless and selfish
And sorry for myself
Track Name: Smile: (John Shakespeare)
On the streets of downtown Burlington, Vermont
I saw a homeless man
I tried my very hardest not to look

"Look, listen, hey, buddy"
I managed to say
When he pulled out a sign
I shit you not it read "just fucking smile"

(John E. Funk)
If you have access to clean water and a meal inside your belly
If you can shower every week or so or even if you're smelly
If you've never had to wonder if you'll make it through the winter
If you've never gone to war and seen your buddy's helmet splinter
Fucking smile

(Cliff Notez)
So when you're angry at the man for yelling at you through the TV screen
Angry at your friends for typing at you through computer screens
Telling you just what to think
Telling you what not to think
No one's ever listening

(Forte Pops)
Don't ever let them think for you
Or think that you can't straight
Don't ever let them break you down
Just go and write a song about the Giant King or something
I don't know, just fucking smile

(Oompa)
Don't ever let them taint your mind
Or look to them for safety
In the end you'll surely drown
Just go and write a song about the Giant King or something
I don't know, just fucking smile

(All)
Oh the Giant King will rise

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