Special thank yous to family, sms for the artwork (seanswnsn.tumblr.com), KH, AJ, KM, AB, IY, AS, JF, KH, OL, LR, IL, TR, BKD, and JRL.The Shy Retirer is composed solely of San Antonio, TX resident and native Dillon Williams. Influenced by various artists\u002Fgroups such as Radiohead, Arab Strap, Flying Lotus, The National, Massive Attack, and more as well as the terrible world around him, he tends to make profoundly weird yet interesting music by himself a lot. Legend has it he was also raised by yetis. Of course, we all know that’s just a stupid lie he tells people merely to make him and his music sound cool. For more redundant and useless information on him, feel free to visit:https:\u002F\u002Ftheloneshyretirer.com\u002F https:\u002F\u002Fwww.facebook.com\u002Fthelonesomeshyretirerhttps:\u002F\u002Ftwitter.com\u002Faloneshyretirerhttps:\u002F\u002Fmyspace.com\u002Ftheshyretirer- - - - - - - - Charred Ashes:There's a way coming, there's a war coming!Amongst ourselves, amongst ourselvesBlood will be shed, our blood will be shedBetween ourselves, between ourselvesThere's a war coming, there's a war coming!Amongst themselves, amongst themselvesBlood will be shed, their blood will be shedBetween themselves, between themselvesHow will we be prepared?What all will be shared?Who will be running scared?Who all will be spared?What will be their plan of attack?How will we fight back?What will be our plan of attack?How will they fight back?Everyone will not flee from the torment inflictedThe damage will be immense and unprecedentedNot much will remain, there will be great painNot much will remain, there will be great painNot much will remain, there'll be charred ashesNot much will remain, there'll be charred ashesNot much will remainNot much will remainThere'll be charred ashesThere'll be charred ashes.- - - - - - - -Brash:Fanaticism lingering behind What is morally reprehensible?Fanaticism lingering behind What is morally reprehensible?Fanaticism lingering behind What is morally reprehensible?What is logically reprehensible?Why must you act brash to prove a point?You shouldn't be so daft when you've power to anoint?If you want to send a message, send one less radical that gives you leverageIf you want to send a message, send one less radical that gives you leverageYou've done something that's quite despicableWhy do you respond in ways so incorrigibleNothing that you do or say makes any goddamn senseAt the rate you're going, we'll pay your recompenseNever taking the time to map out your actionsAlways putting aside what can gain you tractionWhat solely matters is what legitimacy's accruedAnd it doesn't matter if anything's false or construedEvery decision is so cruelEvery decision paints you a toolEvery decision is so cruelEvery decision paints you a toolWhy must you act brash to prove a point?You shouldn't be so daft when you've power to anoint?If you want to send a message, send one less radical that gives you leverageIf you want to send a message, send one less radical that gives you leverageWhy must you act brash to prove a point?(Why must you so?)You shouldn't be so daft when you've power to anoint?(No, no, no)If you want to send a message, send one less radical that gives you leverageIf you want to send a message, send one less radical that gives you leverage- - - - - - - - Enemies of the State:Verbal persistenceBane of existenceChallenging ignorance with insolenceWe'll take it to the streets And preach and preach and preachOur cause will be heard until it's bequeathedWe're seen as a threat to securityAnd we're seen as the barons of impurityYet we don't mean to cause any harmWe don't mean to cause an alarmAs we proceed to propagateAnd we proceed to demonstratePeople will label us mongers of hateThey'll call us slanderous namesSetting out to shame and blameIn their debates, they'll call us enemies of the stateAs we proceed to propagateAnd we proceed to demonstratePeople will label us mongers of hateThey'll call us slanderous namesSetting out to shame and blameIn their debates, they'll call us enemies of the stateThere sets an obligation, for frequent abdicationThere sets an obligation, for frequent abdicationThere sets an obligation, for frequent abdicationThere sets an obligation, for frequent abdicationThere sets an obligation, for frequent abdicationThere sets an obligation, for frequent abdicationAs we proceed to propagateAnd we proceed to demonstratePeople will label us mongers of hateThey'll call us slanderous namesSetting out to shame and blameIn their debates, they'll call us enemies of the stateAs we proceed to propagateAnd we proceed to demonstratePeople will label us mongers of hateThey'll call us slanderous namesSetting out to shame and blameIn their debates, they'll call us enemies of the stateThey will call us enemies of the state, they will call us enemies of the stateThey will call us enemies of the state, they will call us enemies of the stateThey will call us enemies of the state, they will call us enemies of the stateDenigrated as terroristsEven though we're simply rationalistsWe're made out to be like monstersFrom the mouths of true hate mongersClassified as extremistsEven when our words are endemicIf they want to see what we're made of,They shall see what we're made of...- - - - - - - - Lurkers- - - - - - - - Waste Alive:Above the surface we've toiledSpreads toxicity maliciously beneath our foilsGrowing and growing without most of us knowingAnd showing no signs of stopping or showingAbove the surface we've toiledSpreads toxicity maliciously beneath our foilsGrowing and growing without most of us knowingAnd showing no signs of stopping or showingIt's a secondary prospectFrom a sedentary processIt will go to wasteShaped by present and past confusionAltered and weak from vast collusionIt will go to wasteAbove the surface we've toiledSpreads toxicity maliciously beneath our foilsGrowing and growing without most of us knowingAnd showing no signs of stopping or showingAbove the surface we've toiledSpreads toxicity maliciously beneath our foilsGrowing and growing without most of us knowingAnd showing no signs of stopping or showingTo make amends to end the ends upon endsWe'll have to reconcile and pay our titheOr so it may seemTo make amends to end the ends upon endsWe'll have to reconcile and pay our titheOr so it may seemIt's going nowhereYet it will go to waste too soonWhen we're least expecting it,It'll take the reigns and punish usAnd we'll only respond in utter silenceWhen we're least expecting it,It'll take the reigns and punish usAnd we'll only respond in utter silenceSalvaged for years and yearsThen consumed to engineerIt will wither away and bring forth our worst fearsSalvaged for years and yearsThen consumed to engineerIt will wither away and bring forth our worst fears- - - - - - - - Nomads:How many times will we be forced out?And how many times will we be beat down?All for speaking and expressing our beliefs and thoughtsIn the most innocuous way possibleWhat did we ever do to deserve any of this?What did we ever do to deserve any of this?We can rally and complain, but our words will go unheardAt the end of the day, only our peace will be disturbedPeople won't care whether or not we starve to deathAnd they won't care if we're face down and out of breathDon't we have a right to shield ourselvesFrom the brutalities that reveal themselvesThey want for us to leave and abandon our homesAnd they won't give us anything or leave us aloneIt always seems that we're merely just slavesPut on this Earth, we'll just live to be in gravesWhat little freedom granted is just a farceThat slowly yet surely will just fall apartWhat we'll have left is noneNothing at allWhat we'll have left is noneNothing at allWe shouldn't endure the marks and brut of intoleranceAll because we have a lack of opulenceWe don't deserve to be treated as subhumanWe don't deserve to be treated as subhumanWe don't deserve to be treated as subhumanWe don't deserve to be treated as subhumanNow we are all on our ownThrough these roads, deserts, and fields we roamCaravans holding scraps we've collectedCaravans holding relics we've protectedIf we hunger, we still can't go backIf we get sick, we still can't go backOut here as nomads,No one will save usOut here as nomads,No one will save usOut here as nomads,No one will save us.- - - - - - - - Spiral of Silence:Silence When we speakYou're silencedWhen you speakOut against the caliphateAnd out against the empireDecreed debasementStrangle your placementFurther estrangementFurthered estrangementDissent towards opinion will earn you a just lash or twoAnd there's little that you can change or ever really doAs you've spoken, you will be made an example ofYou will be held down and made sure that you can't get upWe will make you bleedWe will make you seeWe won't let you leaveBefore we make you pleadWe'll brand you with cuts and scratchesWe'll brand you with cuts and scratchesWe'll brand you with cuts and scratchesWe'll brand you with cuts and scratchesYour sentence is paramountWe're concise to carry out it a fair amount, a fair amountYou and everyone else that has grossly spoken outWill be executed, exiled, or routinely driven outNo need for outliers, no need for philistinesWe will reign pristine, we will rule supremeEvery citizen quick and swiftly will fall in lineAnd those who disobey will pay their fineThere will be silence, there will be silenceOr there'll be punishment, there'll be punishmentsThere'll be adherence, there'll be adherenceOr there'll be banishment, there'll be banishmentsThere will be silence, there will be silenceOr there'll be punishment, there'll be punishmentsThere'll be adherence, there'll be adherenceOr there'll be banishment, there'll be banishments- - - - - - - -Letter Two:I know what we have to doTonight, we must pull throughWe'll set sail beside all this madnessAnd we'll prevail in the midst of havoc- - - - - - - - Set Sail:Outside in the wildWe'll make an escapeFrom the everyday perilsThat hold us captiveWe'll be free and feel aliveJust you and IWe can run and go farAnd try to heal all of our scarsTogether, we'll be as oneUnder the moonlight and the sunWe'll leave our troubles behindBe at peace and unwindNo matter distance or trailTogether, we'll set sailWe will set sailWe will set sailWe will set sail.- - - - - - - -Madness:You've set out to make sure everyone lays under stoneAs the vastly numerous have made you feel aloneWanting to enact precedent and set a different toneYou plan to shake up their temple and riddle their bonesBlind the masses fast with the ease of a flash or stunAnd liberate them from behind the barrel of a gunNo need to weigh in the repercussions and then-someAt this point it's all over now that your work is doneMethods to madness and a madness to methodsEach premeditated step gets you closer to blissMethods to madness and a madness to methodsEach premeditated step gets you closer to blissBut will it be worth it, will it be worth itWill it be worth it, will it be worth it?But will it be worth it, will it be worth itWill it be worth it, will it be worth it?Methods to madness and a madness to methodsEach premeditated step gets you closer to blissMethods to madness and a madness to methodsEach premeditated step gets you closer to blissBut will it be worth it, will it be worth itWill it be worth it, will it be worth it?But will it be worth it, will it be worth itWill it be worth it, will it be worth it?Near anarchistic rebellion is what you hope comes throughFrom every act of your violence that such chaos ensuesWhether or not you live and die by your wrath,You'll be labeled a monster and a crazed psychopathHands behind your headAs you gaze off into the aurora blessed skyAppearing lost yet fulfilledWithin the compound of blood curdling criesWithin the compound of blood curdling criesWithin the compound of blood curdling cries.- - - - - - - -Tensions:Everyone has a fantasy, left unspoken and hidden down deepI'm gonna set your mind to find that keyTo let it out,To set you free.A stranger in a familiar locationSet adrift from scatterbrained contemplationGrown to break down from close yet distant vocationAnd left to fix or sever the ties to elationEscalation, self-mutilation, lie on the verge of imminenceWith months and months of evolving thoughtComes days and weeks of dissolving caughtThere grows a battle that's often now foughtAnd there shows a conflict never once soughtAll too traumatized, trying to surviveQuestion how everyone else is still aliveHeadaches oft the same, much tensions and painWould rather be dead than feel insaneMany dangers around, it's hard to make a soundWhen people brush it off and put it downFeelings of hope and dread, clashing beside the bedAnguish and fear spread to consume your head.- - - - - - - -All the Other Kids:I wish I was like all the other kidsSeemingly flawless as they can beTheir wonderful lives on displayFor everyone to seeI wish I wasn't who I wasConstantly filled with sorrow and regretI wish I was a better personSomeone who was more than perfectI wish I was like all the other kidsWith two parents instead of one,With a girlfriend who loved me,And many friends who wouldn't abandonAlways uncomfortable in the skin of myself,I envision myself as somebody elseWhen I walk or when I talk,I always act what I lackI wish I was like all the other kidsSo bold, dashing, and daringPaying no mind to how they lookOr to what their publicly wearingI wish I was like all the other kidsWho had made themselves knownWho were never once silentAnd were never once aloneI will never be remembered for all that I didI will be forgotten unlike all the other kidsI will never be remembered for all that I didI will be forgotten unlike all the other kids- - - - - - - -Always:Our time together has been quite funSuch a wonderful journey and then someWherever we decide to go from hereThere won't be much at all to fearSometimes you may think you're nothing, but worthlessYet in my eyes, you'll always be perfectYou deserve the best, yes, we both doI know peace and happiness for us will soon ensueSunrise through sunsetWe shall stand side by sideFor every storm that forms between usWe'll overcome the resulting tideSunrise through sunsetWe shall stand side by sideFor every storm that forms between usWe'll overcome the resulting tideSailing and drifting as we fall apartWondering how things went so well at the startWhat has happened in the past is done and can't be changedOnly the present and future's actions remainEverything will be fine, everything will be fineEverything will be fine, it will all be fineEverything will be fine, everything will be fineEverything will be fine, it will all be fineYes, I know we had our differences at timesAnd I know we had to choose to walk the lineDespite the trails we've chosen to take for days and daysWe'll be alright, I promise things will be okI will always try to guide you throughI will always try to protect youI will always be there for youI will always have love for youI will always try to guide you throughI will always try to protect youI will always be there for youI will always have love for youI will always try to guide you throughI will always try to protect youI will always be there for youI will always have love for you- - - - - - - -The Crescent Moon.- - - - - - - -