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“Oak Wood" was a song received a couple weeks following the Ghostship tragedy in Oakland.  The DAIS family lost one of it's most beloved members, Cash Askew, and its song title is a literal translation of her last name; In Old Norse being Eiki (oak) Skogr (wood) thus making Oak Wood.  I found the name to be symbolically poignant in light of the events and wanted this to be a tribute piece.  The lyrics grapple with the existence of a god in a time of such utter sadness, hopelessness, and confusion.

“Egress" is meant to serve as a faint departure or daydream; spaces I often find myself drifting to as a means of escape when disturbing thoughts cyclically plague my brain.  Side A confronts the issue and Side B acts as a mental respite.  Making instrumental guitar pieces has always been an act of meditation and I hope if only for a brief moment, the listener can wander and lose themselves within the sonic imagery offered in this piece. 

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YOU GOT US ALL TO BREAK THE SILENCE
MELDING HEARTS WHEN WE ALL WATCHED IT FROM AFAR
LATELY THIS LIFE'S AN INSANE ASYLUM
A BREAK IN SANITY WHEN VANITY IS MARRED

WHY
IN THE WORLD
WOULD A GOD
TAKE SOMEONE AS YOUNG AS A CHILD
WE REVILE
IN DENIAL
EVERY TIME YOU TRY AND SHOW US 
WE WON'T ACCEPT
WHAT CAN WE GLEAN NOW FROM A BAD DREAM
WHEN WE ALL WANT SOMEONE TO BLAME NOW FOR THE PAIN.
THIS LOSS OF LOVE AND LIFE SO SADDENING
EXTINGUISH HOPE, NO GOD I KNOW 
WHERE WAS THE RAIN
WE WONT FORGET