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A Carpe Noctem exclusive. A four-part mini rock opera / murder ballad depicting a man getting away with the crime and framing his friends. Throughout the epic, the man experiences several different emotional states regarding the murder. Our story begins with part one which sets up the scene in which the narrator gloats "They'll never make the connection..." but in Part Two, his guilt begins to set in as he nervously second guesses his freedom from the crime. He makes a mad dash to the bordering state in a final escape hoping to "get away" and find mercy. In Part Three, the killer attempts spiritual bargaining in hopes of washing his sins away on a clean slate perspective. Part Four is where the paranoia sets in, and our protagonist (antagonist?) has expectations of being found out, driving himself crazy in isolation.
lyrics
MANCHESTER SUITE
PART ONE
There's a chill in the wind here
Winter's dawn, coming on, I fear
Like anyone who's anyone, I've made mistakes
Packing up, leaving town, my escape
They'll never make the connection
No they'll never know I was there
The night it all went down
In that Manchester town
Line em up against the wall
Make em pay, set em straight, see em crawl
Found each one out in the sticks
All but one, headin out, ninety o' six
They'll never make the connection
No they'll never know the shot was mine
The night it all went down
In that Manchester town
PART TWO
Southbound on the interstate
Tennessee I'm coming for ya
What's done is done and I'm on the run
It's too late to turn this thing around
Tennessee I'm desperate for ya
What's done is done, I don't trust anyone
Darkness on the edge of Knoxville
Tennessee, I'm counting on ya
Peacemaker buried out in Daniel Boone
Mountains left, mountains right
Find a place to hide, just one more night
Tennessee, I too will be buried soon
Tennessee, have mercy on me Tennessee
PART THREE
Glory hallelujah
I know I never knew ya
But Lord, I need your help tonight
I shot in man back in Kentucky
Watched him die, and somehow got lucky
Enough to make it out alive and out of sight
My friends all up there doing time
Hardly made the news for the crime
After all I was the one who fired the gun
They just helped this selfish killer out
Oh Lord forgive me, and let them out
Free them for they're not the guilty ones
Glory Glory Hallelujah
I must admit I never knew ya
But Lord, I need your help tonight
Forgive me for I know not what I do
But I know exactly what I did
On desperate knees I come to you...
PART FOUR
Police and hellhounds behind me
Probably not too far now behind me
Pretty soon you know they'll find me
Abandoned cabin up on the hillside
Half the highway took in a landslide
Nobody but me on my side
Somehow they made the connection
One of them guys spilled, I just know
I can feel them out tonight
Searching the forest left and right
For the 45 I buried low
I don't know how they could have found out
Unless one of those thugs ratted me out
They have to be after me, I have no doubt
Could you even get a truck up here?
What's that? Is that them I hear?
Are they already out there? WHO'S OUT THERE?!?!
I just know, I just know they made the connection
It's not even been 12 hours but I know they're on their way
Tonight's the night it all goes down
From Tennessee to Manchester Town
I can feel the trees breathing down my neck
I'm like all the compromised rays of light from every sun that's ever set
I know, I know, I know they're gonna find me here
Or no, no, no, I'm stuck growing old here
or no, no, no, I'm gonna die here
Glory Glory Hallelujah
Lord I know I never knew ya
I just know, I just know, I'm gonna die here
I'm gonna die here...
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from Carpe Noctem,
released April 21, 2017
Written, recorded, and performed by Ryan Garrett.
Produced by Ryan Garrett.
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