Name: The Wizard (The Clown, & The Cryptid)
Duration: P00H03M11S
Description: This track was recorded at Wide Eyed Studios with Mark Wohl.

The Wizard (The Clown, & The Cryptid)

by The Cryptid

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This track was recorded at Wide Eyed Studios with Mark Wohl.

lyrics

We scan the atmosphere to find
Something that we all fear.
But we’re never prepared to come to face
Whatever cryptid may appear
“It’s a fantasy, you’re afraid to see”
A nightmare stemming from a dream

(Chorus)
How do people find beauty in things that I find so scripted?
Why don’t they see the beauty in this cryptid?

I use a Ouija board to summon entities and when they arrive I close my eyes
Well a part of me lives, and a part of me dies
“Yet again you’ve wasted time”
I’m grabbed in the dark by the shadow of a man
No fight, just flight, and I tell my friends
Like I fought off something grizzly
“No alien contact for being common ask Mr. Frisby”

(Chorus)

I’m waiting for a star to move
“You’ve got enough time to lose”
I’m waiting for that light
“You’ll be waiting all night”
I’m so tired of hearing stories
I won’t believe it unless it happens to me

“Tell a joke again, at a time you need a friend”
It’s getting harder to paint on a smile
I’m a dramatic actor who forgets his lines
When the scene is right and the people need a light
“The joke of the town”
“Such a silly little clown!”

It’s just easier to move along
Then to care about the situation
So I’ll go to sleep after writing this song
And hope tomorrow my mind will change

credits

released July 8, 2017
Nick Montini: guitar, synth, lead and backing vocals, megaphone, whispers

Ryan Witman: drums, backing vocals

M. Patrick Cadden: piano, backing vocals, whispers

BT: bass, whispers

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The Cryptid Scranton, Pennsylvania

We are an original, Indie/Alternative band from NEPA.

Nick Montini: Vocals/Guitar/Synth/Glockenspiel

Ryan Witman: Vocals/Drums/ Glockenspiel

Patrick Cadden: Vocals/Keyboard/ Synth/ Glockenspiel/ Clarinet

Keith Boone: Vocals/Bass/Guitar/ Keyboard/Synth ... more

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