Faunts - Ostalgia Volume 1: Thirty-Three (Official)

PART I (Departure) 0:00-4:30
PART II (Remembered) 4:31-7:56
PART III (Trauma) 7:57-10:55
PART IV (Forgotten) 10:56-14:31
PART V (Arrival) 14:32-17:28

released August 12, 2016
Engineered and mixed by Faunts with Brock Tyler
Mastered by Dan Coutant at Sun Room Audio
Oracle design by Concrete Cat
Layout by T + L Batke

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- PART I (Departure) -

Forced out 
Emptied
Quiet hands
Quick feet 

Lay down
Plans dreams
Fears starve
Hope feeds

Wake up 
Sleep breathes
Set sail 
Dead seas

Cold hands 
Wet feet
Fear starves
Hope feeds

I've always known the world 
was out there 
I feel the sun at my feet
But cold are the waves that roll in
Are we floating?

Now you want to pull the weights off
Untied to the sea
The wind blows with howling terror
The sirens warning

Hold on 
Dear father and son

- PART II (Remembered) -

We were the children 
Born son of man
We were the soldiers
Called home again

I can never remember the words 
To this story
But I'll never forget the doubts 
we had
That a long time ago 
we fought for glory
A long time ago we fought ourselves 

So we gave up and surrendered 
Threw down arms with raised hands
There was no one left to defend here
This place was not home 

So we left all our things on the floor
All our treasures
Ran out the door with the clothes on 
Our backs
But run to from yourself 
well it brings no pleasure
We veered off the road we 
saw ahead

Still I lay my head in the bed I make
Rest arms from the arms we take
But I don't sleep well with the souls 
I wake 
Oh Lord, my soul do not forsake 

- PART III (Trauma)

You can ask and you can try
To drag it out of me
Please don't read between the lines
I'm not a book you'll see 

Pages you've been sifting through
Stare blankly on the floor
They're not to be returned to me 
The author's closed the door 

Please close the door 

Clear the path for honest men
Face down on the shore 
I want to rest my weary head 
And speak of it no more

Time had passed but 
wounds won't heal
The damage isn't clear
I'm in my darkest hour now 
And suddenly he appears

I'm not alone, oh no 

- PART IV (Forgotten) -

Gather the ones you love 
Hold them tightly 
Say what you want 
I know for sure
Come all you weak and wounded you've burned brightly
Untie your sins 
throw them overboard

Oh lord my hands may be frozen
But my mind was as clear as a bell
And these legs still feel the ocean 
Through the cracks of the floor where our stories fell...

Where we fell

- PART V (Arrival) -

We sailed across the oceans
We swam from the sea
Will open arms welcome 
The enemy?

I've always known the world was out there 
I see the stars in your eyes
Save me from my nightmare
Awake and alive
Hold on

for Heinrich, Lydia, Irwin & Elizabeth

[dreambiscuits]

I've been waiting near 7 years for this.. I'm. So happy to hear this masterpiece! I remember listening to feel.love.thinking.of in the morning before school and just getting blown away on the bus ride. Every day I would listen to the Faunts. You guys are a huge influence on my life and I have beautiful nostalgia now so this album definitely hits a good spot in my heart :)

[Level_Eleven]

*”I’ve always known the world was out there*
*I see the stars in your eyes*
*Save me from my nightmare*
*Awake and alive*
*Hold on…”*

🗿🗿🗿

[HarryBillyBobGeorge]

Thirty-three, a call back to Twenty-three. "Come back to me before too long, come back to me in summertime." Good one.

[onurubu]

Faunts is still my favourite band of all time. I will always be looking forward to and waiting to enjoy a new project if you guys ever make another one. If not, thanks for all the memories and getting me through tough times.

[DylanDekk]

Oh my god, Faunts is alive. I wasn't expecting these feelings this evening. So excited.

Your music is more important to me than you know. Damn, it's honestly bringing a little mist to my eyes. I wasn't prepared for this onslaught of memories tonight. I've been a fan since around 2010ish, and the experiences I've had in my life since then are really too hard to describe. This takes me back to six years ago and it's very powerful to experience.

Really appreciate all you guys do. Please keep up the great work. This is utterly fantastic.

Edit: And now I see it's called "ostalgia." Nostalgia minus the "N." Oh boy this hits me hard.

[davigarou]

And I still hope that someday Volume 2 will come...

[StefansZZ]

Just the best. And, in true Faunts fashion, a tease as always.

[dudewithhair]

Where are you guys at? Missing yall. When can we expect the next volume? Hope you're doing well!

[DefectiveRhythm]

I cannot wait for the other 4 volumes. I love you guys!

[pricture]

I wonder what the inspiration was behind the title "Thirty-Three".