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1.
ECHO 01:03
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2.
COLD NIGHT 02:12
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Well, it's a cold, cold night I think the time is right Thought I knew the place where I belonged Guess I was wrong Thought I knew the faces all around But I'm surrounded on all sides Got nowhere else to hide If Jesus wants me here he's gonna have to try And change my mind Well, it's a cold, cold night I think the time is right
3.
NOT YOU 03:54
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I've stayed all this time For the one who would save my life And it's not you Afraid of what may hide In the dark and empty corners I need someone who'll defend this heart of mine And it's not you Whoa, it's not you And though this all is said and done There's only more But I'll stay true Yeah, I'll make it through, whoa Guess I'm still waiting for the one Worth waiting for 'Cause it's not you It's not you, whoa Whoa Whoa, no Whoa, no, no
4.
SETS 03:15
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Stay Stay, please As the sun sets down The sun sets far away from me Grays And green Are the colours that remain From all the ones I used to see And this effervescent age cannot supply An answer to the ones who question "why?" And no longer have a home to come to Hopes And dreams Are the first to be contained And cast aside so recklessly Snow Cold freeze On the fields we used to play And set our captive spirits free And the disconnected kings remain inside Content to know the streets are occupied As we set ourselves alight to warm you
5.
DISINCARNATE 01:22
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They say the world is on the Brink of devastation They say the way to go is Just to wait and see An apathetic sigh, Another inhalation Another breath of fresh air Wasted on me Oh, it's all coming Tumbling down Won't wanna be here when the stones Hit the ground
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VANISHING ACT 04:00
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One day I'll wake up With long hair, and make up My mind, maybe go outside again Turn up the blast beats Commit to the last, sweet reminder Of my inner child again Three times denied, this Divine misalignment Survives, like a song without an end And free time's a lie, yet The lie gets me by Tonight, sitting down to try again Wasting the daylight Alone on a summer night I write, maybe get things right again But God knows it's never right The clock strikes at midnight Apologize, maybe say "I tried" again And one day I'll wake up With short hair, to shake it up A new start, a whole new life again The one thing I can control While going down this rabbit hole At least I'm not afraid to cry again But I don't feel alive I don't feel alive I don't feel alive I don't feel alive I don't feel alive I don't feel alive Don't wanna die But I don't feel alive And one day I'll wake up With long hair, and make up My mind, maybe go outside again But I can't remember why It feels like a waste of time Apologize, just stay inside again And one day I'll wake up With heavy eyes, and take up My time, try to feel alive again Try to play my favourite song But it all just feels so wrong Worth a try, but desensitized again And one day I feel like I'm alright, I'm just fine Another lie, I can feel it call again Fourth time's the charm Disincarnate, disarm and Decide that it's time to take revenge 'Cause one day I'll wake up And no one will give a fuck that I tried So I guess that'll be the end Forget the sins of yesterday Close my eyes and float away Maybe I'll come back one day Until then, I can only pray That one day I'll wake up
7.
DOWN 06:47
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Won't you tell me how you're feelin'? I hear you're feelin' pretty low It doesn't help to keep it all to yourself, you know In this house we keep no secrets There's no secrets to be known 'Cause this house isn't just a house, it's a home And you're falling down Falling down for nothing 'Cause you've been looking down Well heaven knows what I've been seekin' Seems like the trail's going cold It's a sign of the times, I suppose And all these dreams that I've been keepin' Have kept me blind to what I hold And kept me blind to this fortunate life, and it shows Whoa, yeah I'm falling down Falling down for nothing 'Cause I've been looking down Looking down on everything And everyone Falling down 'Cause I've been looking down on everything Yeah I know you think you're helping But don't tell me how I feel 'Cause to you it's all delusion But to me, it's all so real It's been prowling at the doorway A Satan in the wait And the second I let my guard It begins to infiltrate Turning pain into compulsion Turning sadness into rage Making useless all my discipline Until my body is a cage And I'm helpless to the havoc I feel it ripping me apart Devastation as the devil dances To the beating of my heart And the void it leaves inside me Is so perfectly designed That when I look into myself There's nothing there for me to find No more love, no motivation No more joy, or even fear And every night I ask myself, "Hey, why the hell am I still here?" Just get out! Get out! Get out! Get out! It's just a bit of blood Hey, what the hell was I so worried about? Just get out! Get out! Get out! Get out! Let it wash away the anger With the last of all my doubts And if I stand before the Lord my God At the tolling of the bell Would He welcome me into his arms Or throw me down to Hell? If I sing a hallelujah As I watch the world go grey Would He punish me for acting out When He made me this way? Well I don't care, I don't care! I just want to go away And I've been saying this would happen In a million different ways But you don't give a fuck about me No, you never did at all So don't pretend you always had my back Now my back's against the wall I'm falling down Falling down for nothing I'm falling...
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WITNESS 06:54
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Hold tight Step into the light In spite of everything You're still alive And you You know it wasn't right To wait for someone else To save your life But we were listening We were listening We were listening We are your witness I find myself untethered Could this be Hell or is this Heaven? No fear, no anger, only love in every known direction How could I be in this place This empty hall, this sacred space When all I ever knew was how to hate? (It's never too late) I heard it call my name I felt its gaze, I felt the shame For what it's worth I tried my best But I never was good at this game And now I hear them call again The same voice that I heard back then But now I recognize it as my friends While I was waiting for someone to comprehend I was always good enough for them (It's never too late) I know you're listening I know you're listening I know you're listening I know you're listening I know you're asking Is someone listening? I know you're asking Is someone listening? But somebody out there knows Somebody out there loves you Somebody out there knows Somebody out there cares if you wake up tomorrow And they are listening 'Cause I am listening Because I know Because I've been there And I hope you know That I can't wait to see you tomorrow And they will listen God as my witness
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ELEGY 03:46
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Can you smell the ashes Hanging in the air? Do you remember The world on fire? I still see flashes Of the colour of your hair In the dying embers Of a world on fire When it all collapses And you're still waiting there Will you remember The world on fire? When our world was on fire
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CONTACT 04:04
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Though we made contact in the shadow of the Devil's Tower My regrets were simply more than I could bear So take the heading and make way toward the final hour Where you said that maybe I will see you there There's no denying it's a mystery where we came from A stolen whisper from the edges of a storm Sometimes I wish that this existence was a simple one But it will never quell the fear of something more Though I heard tell since I was little of the Holy Father Since I've set out on my own, the voyage has shown No signs of a soul And when I gaze at the oblivion of open water It rears a terrible maw, a terminal draw To swallow me whole So when I find in my periphery a spectral one Another vessel in the spiral of the sea I know that prison in the palace of a demagogue Is ever better than the curse of being free
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HARLEQUIN 02:52
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Expend yourself The way you used to For your health Is nothing but a tool Your God is laughing Your God is laughing, now So drink your pain Like a poison in your wine Play your strains As you steadily decline Your God is laughing Your God is laughing Your God is laughing He's laughing as you cry Embrace the hate 'Cause the story's almost over now And you Haven't found a way to end It's your fate You were written like this, Harlequin And you Keep on trying to pretend
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GOODBYE 02:17
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The third full release from The Evan Williams Project -- 3 years in the making. "Willpower" delves headfirst into a downward spiral - an imagined future devoid of hope - to paint a self-portrait of an unfulfilled life.

24 30 asked: "what is my life worth?"
Metamortality asked: "can I escape my past?"
Willpower asks: "is my future worth the pain?"

This album is dedicated to my wife, K, and to three of my best friends: C, R, and E; without whom I would not be here today.

...and to you, Dad.

credits

released April 14, 2023

Vocals, Bass, Guitars, Keys, Orchestra and Drum Programming - Scott McGowan
Vocals, Percussion, Drums - Allayne McGowan
Keys - Isaac Robinson
Additional Vocals - Jaxon Russell
Tenor Ukulele, Chrysler Pacifica - Evan Williams
Additional voice on Track 8 - Bill McGowan

All music written by Scott McGowan with the exception of Track 8, "WITNESS", which is written by Scott McGowan and Isaac Robinson.

All music performed by The Evan Williams Project.
Recorded at ZeroΣ and Diamond Dick's.
Mixed and mastered by Scott McGowan at ZeroΣ.

Album art by Chris Jono.

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The Evan Williams Project Vancouver, British Columbia

Genre-bending heavy stuff from YVR.

Members:
Scott McGowan
Allayne McGowan
Isaac Robinson
Jaxon Russell

"Revolutionary rock n' roll" - Permanent Rain Press

"Unconventional and inventive" - Divide and Conquer

"Pretty stand up guy... pretty stand up music." - D. Hess

"Narcissistic, cacophonic rubbish" - J. Horne

"Kind of like Ghost?" - Cassie ... more

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