About the Album
Recklessly Entertaining & An Exciting Music Statement
Released this summer, Temperatures Rise houses ten songs that colorfully cycle through the best and most interesting sounds of Rock music. This album has been years in the making. Chris began the songwriting process at age sixteen followed by the recording of the album by age twenty-two. Over the course of a year, Chris has devoted an extensive amount of time and effort in fine-tuning each song to effectively convey what he wants to present to his audience. The result is an album that is both recklessly entertaining and an important music statement that you won’t want to miss.
Download the Albums lead single, Perpetual Slip
Tracklist
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Aardvarks -Intro
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Aardvarks -Intro
Keep your eyes to the stars
And your ear to the radio
You’ve got to get your kicks however you can
When fighting against this life on loanTemperatures rise
It’s just a fact of life
You already know
Half of the time
It’s hard to tell where our intentions lie
Could they be deep inside
All burrowed lowHeroes stay grounded
While the beasts can roam
Every single step
Marking their new home
Those that do no wrong
Do not runBut what about you and me?
When the dollar scratchers have all run empty
And the aardvarks
The aardvarks all walk free -
Perpetual Slip
Chris Reiswig
Song Lyrics: Perpetual Slip
Perpetual slip
A fall and a trip
And you were gone away
If you’d settled the score
By strumming a chord
Then you’d’ve gone away nowWho stole your life in the sun
In a quest for the Great Rebirth
And now you just sit up there and wander
Off the face of the earth
But did you ever really walk it anyway?Fall off the face of the earth
Let the fabric slip away
Fall off the face of the earth
When you fall out of line
Is when you fall out of mindSo were you tripped or were you thrown?
To where the sky will catch your bones
Fall off the face of the earth
When you fall out of line
You fall out of mindAll the parts that you left here are
All hooked to machines
Removing ghosts from your mirrors now, baby
You gotta keep ‘em looking cleanYou thought your kings would have sold for more
More than they’re worth
One snap decision
To fall off of the earth
But you never really walked it anywayFall off the face of the earth
Let the fabric slip away
Fall off the face of the earth
When you fall out of line
Is when you fall out of mindSo were you tripped or were you thrown?
To where the sky will catch your bones
Fall off the face of the earth
When you fall out of line
You fall out of mindFall off the face of the earth
Let the fabric slip away
Fall off the face of the earth
When you fall out of line
Is when you fall out of mindSo were you tripped or were you thrown?
To where the sky will catch your bones
Fall off the face of the earth
When you fall out of line
You fall out of mind -
Anhedonia
(I‘m Not In Love) Chris Reiswig
Song Lyrics: Anhedonia
My heart’s in my middle
And it pumps blood in between ads for dinero
And a shotgun wedding machine
And you’re the shotgun wedding queenI know you can’t stand it
I pump blood that just ain’t clean
A landlocked bandit
And I’ll take down anybody
Said I’ll take down anybody
With or without my sealegsBut oh No Woah No
This love we have is just a mirage
It’s lust disguised in ovarian camouflage
I ain’t got faith in the stars above
Cause I can’t be yours
And this just can’t be loveWoah This can’t be love No No
Woah This can’t be love
Cuz I’m not in love
This isn’t real love
I’m not in love with youThis isn’t really love
This isn’t really love
This isn’t really loveFalling in love is like
Falling down a flight of stairs
That’s not something I want to share, it’s true
And I ain’t gonna share it with youCuz there’s sharks and there’s minnows
And I’m a shark, baby
Won’t swim in circles
And I’ll take down anybody
Said I’ll take down anybodyBut oh No Woah No
This love we have is just a mirage
It’s lust disguised in ovarian camouflage
I ain’t got faith in the stars above
Cause I can’t be yours
And this just can’t be
No this just can’t be loveWoah This can’t be love No No
Woah This can’t be love
Cuz I’m not in love
This isn’t real love
I’m not in love with youThis isn’t really love
This isn’t really love
This isn’t really loveSay what you want but don’t forget
I’ll rip you off like nicorette
Say what you want but don’t forget
I’ll rip you off like nicoretteSay what you want but don’t forget
I’ll rip you off like nicorette
Say what you want but don’t forget
I’ll rip you off like nicorette
Say what you want but don’t forget
I’ll rip you off like nicorette
Say what you want but don’t forget
I’ll rip you off like nicoretteYeah yeah!
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The Fever Age
Chris Reiswig
Song Lyrics: The Fever Age
I am the self-fulfilling prophecy
That you hold in too tight
Cause everybody’s got something that’s waiting to be seen
Is it drawn to the light?
Is it drawn to the light…Out where the Ambien Animatronics
All come out to march
Is where we play circle-the-drain
Or an existence that’s penciled in ash
To me it’s all the same
To me it’s all the same . . .Charlie hears the angels sing
He cuts his teeth in marketing
It’s all for sale
Yes it’s all for sale
It’s all for sale
Yes it’s all for saleThe runners will stay in shape
The legless one will just shake their chains
AgainBitter Alice lives her life
With a heart on hold
She won’t be bought or sold
Cause she ain’t getting old
She won’t be bought or sold
Cause we ain’t growing oldShe’s in love with steel kisses, silver tongues,
And promises of hearts of goldAre you worn out?
Cut down to size?
Having fun now?
The Fever Age clings to the aliveThe Radiating Woman soon finds herself
Falling into a sort of hedonistic bliss
Fed only on malnutritioned lullabies of yesterday
She holds on to this wildfire
This flame she held was an immediate sensation
One both novel and pure
“No more burden to burn” she told herself
“No more burden to burn”
This was a pride that refused to be burnt down to the floor
A hole was made but an ember empire soon surfasedPick and scrape
The sickly shapes
Til the dusted teardrops
They all melted awayTake me home
That’s where I want to stay
That’s where I should be can you take me there
Please take me homeYour next great escape is hiding from you
Out in the Great Plains
A pained paradise stands still
So find a bulletproof vest
That you can call your own
I’ll wait for you
If you’ll wait for me in the Fever Ageplease take me home
please take me home
please take me home
please take me home
please take me home
please take me home
please take me home
please take me home -
Shimmer
Chris Reiswig
Song Lyrics: Shimmer
I’ve only been as good as my last rhyme
Can you tell you’re what’s on my mind?Down where the lights cry out
Between gates of the countless
Weightless nightbirds
How they
Hide the stars that have fallen apart
The brightest glow is where the darkness grows
Yeah they cherish their new hope
They carry the echoEndlessly
Plain enough to seeUntil my voice is broken
These will be my words
I want a light to shine down
This feeling inside can’t wait to be heardThese are the days where you age as fast as you can run
You used to say
“What falls under the sun
Just always ends up becoming the prey”And I know you laughed about it
But I know you think about it, you still
Run your gums about catching up with old chums
When they don’t even think about you anywayYou can either stay here or go back to the home
Where pictures get torn up
But I don’t think
That’s your place to stayUntil my voice is broken
These will be my words
I want a light to shine down
This feeling inside can’t wait to be heardYour body breathes loud
But your lips they move a whisper
I promise you
I’m still right here
Your body breathes loud
But your lips they move a whisper
I promise you
I’m still right here -
Paper Trails
Chris Reiswig
Song Lyrics: Paper Trails
Saturday night
Marked the end of our spell
The notes were all scripted
If you couldn’t tell
The newspaper’s always ready and true
The paper cuts both me and youI’m standing here
Could you spare me a light?
Cut me some slack
Don’t make me ask twiceI’ll trace it back
All to no avail
I’m folding in to your paper trailsSketch me in and cut me out
Sketch me in and cut me out
Cash a check and spiral out
Sketch me in and cut me outThe pen spins and cries tears of rage
The pen spins and cries tears of rage
Leave a little room for the ink to creep in
Leave a little room for the ink to creep inBetween the cut marks
Where the river flows
I’ll follow it down
To where your daydream goesAll I collect at the end of the month
Is your vast collection of papercutsSo sketch me in and cut me out
Sketch me in and cut me out
Cash that check
Spiral out
Sketch me
Sketch meA hole in the wallet
Is a hole in the heart
A hole in the wallet
Is a hole in the heartNever gave me anything
That I could keep
All that you gave to me
Was a kick in the fucking teethSketch me in and cut me out
Sketch me in and cut me out
Sketch me in and cut me out
Sketch me in and cut me out
(Why can’t money be forever)
(Why can’t money be forever)
Money printer
Stuff your pockets with pride
Money printer
Take your profits and hide
Sketch me in and cut me out
Sketch me in and cut me out -
Travel Sequence
Chris Reiswig
Song Lyrics: Travel Sequence
I know it’s seamless
But I’m having some second thoughts
I know it’s seamless
But I’m having some second thoughtsAll our colors
Tilting soft and
Fading
All bleed into one
With Romanal love affairs
And rose coloured effigiesWrapping all around
In Stereophonic sound
ForeverThere’s importance to a man
Who’s all self-made
But the car crash still
Separates the waves
There’s something to the man
Who always finds himself delayedIn spite of
This fire
‘Til we get our endless satisfactions
This fireIt sings
Like a bird without wings
It’s no use complaining
If we all
Return as ghostsI know I’ve seen this
But I’ll give it another shot
I know I’ve seen this
But I’ll give it another shotAll our colors
Tilting soft and
Fading
All bleed into one
With Romanal love affairs
And rose coloured effigiesWrapping all around
In stereophonic sound
ForeverIn spite of
This fire
In spite of
This fireIt sings
Like a bird without wings
It’s no use complaining
If we all go -
Idle Mind
Chris Reiswig
Song Lyrics: Idle Mind
I’ve got an idle mind
An idle mind
But I don’t mindI heard a word about
Some shelter singing
“Wouldn’t you rather trade
A headful of thoughts for a heavy cup of change?”I have seen the seasons roll out
Under the sky upon my windshield fading
But my clouds are standing stillCause I have seen them
Come a little closer
I left them behind
Yeah I left them all behindThis body holds me
Not for very much longer
All compartmentalized
Girl, you need a change of mindI don’t mind
An idle mind
Yes, I don’t mindBaby, I don’t mind
That I’ll waste my time with you
If you want me to
I’ll waste my time with youGot me some lazy luck
That’s floating me along
With liquid confidence
I’ve looked to the skies and seen crumbling stars
I’ve seen broken men who’ve travelled far
Give a victory marchSo let out the rabid dogs and you can see them
All burn a little brighter
Destroying themselves in their own suns
All just walking atom bombsOr else filed in
Like Terracotta soldiers
But in the back of the line
There was one they could not findAnd I
I’d rather be, I’d rather be
I’d rather be
The soil left growing
Underneath the stoneI’ve got an idle mind
An idle mind
But I don’t mindBaby, I don’t mind
That I’ll waste my time with you
If you want me to
I’ll waste my time with you -
The Joy of Ulterior Motives
Chris Reiswig
Song Lyrics: The Joy of Ulterior Motives
If I held you into the dark
Would it be a compliment?
If this is with me
Please tell me it’s getting you tooCheck your front door
And lock it
Hide your jugular in your back pocket
I’ve got this feeling I just cannot shake
That I’m being fed like a rat to a snakeSo you can run, you can hide
You can run your mouth and lie
You’ll meet your maker in the endPonzi schemes and mondegreens
Won’t keep you sheltered from your stormy weatherWe’re tied to these blood red handcuffs
We’re bound by this bright red chain
One of us can try to look so tough
When we’re both blinded by these chainsThis one started off as a duet
But a few pages got lost along the way
This heat here’s getting a little heavier now
But remember these shackles
They give off a rattleA sneaking suspicion
Might give you a God-on-Demand
To justify your singing
About coming undone
Silver hides the lying tongue
But even the Rio Grande
Can’t hide shaking handsSo you can run, you can hide
You can run your mouth and lie
You’ll meet your maker in the endForgotten kings and frilly things
Are all left lying naked in the sandWe’re tied to these blood red handcuffs
We’re bound by this bright red chain
One of us can try and look so tough
When we’re both blinded by chainsWe’re tied to these blood red handcuffs
We’re bound by that bright red chain
One of us can try and look so tough
We’re blinded
We’re blindedI know that you know pride comes before the fall
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This Must Be The End
Chris Reiswig
Song Lyrics: This Must Be The End
The sun lowers down
On my city that sleeps
Pack it in a box
Your thoughts are going homeA full tank of gas
On an empty heart
Let’s leave our shadows
Underneath the freewayOh, those folk back home
They hide their smiles from the cold
It’s getting old
So I think I’m going where
Clouds won’t hang in the air"And I looked!"
He’s nowhere to be found
“Yeah he was gone!
"He was gone!"
"He was gone!”No more
No more pushing my heart aroundAll the sullen maids
Faces wet with rain
They’re all clutching on
Onto their hand-grenadesThe hometown heroes
Are all left to theorize
What will happen
After the sunriseIf there’s a heaven
I’ll stand exactly where I am
When this song’s over
Will it just happen again?I’m telling you my friend
That by now there’s no time to make amends
More than a passing trend
This must be the endCuz it’s chocolate bars or sashimi
Or else it’s caffeine trips and misery
And it gets so oldThis fuel I’ve held was meant to burn
Even the waves that are made of Ether
Will crash back into the sea
Eventually"And I looked!"
He’s nowhere to be found
“Yeah he was gone!
"He was gone!"
I was goneNo more
No more pushing me ‘roundAll the sullen maids
Faces wet with rain
They’re all clutching on
Onto their hand-grenadesThe hometown heroes
Are all left to theorize
What will happen
After the sunriseIf there’s a heaven
I’ll stand exactly where I am
When this song’s over
Will it just happen again?I’m telling you my friend
That by now there’s no time to make amends
More than a passing trendIf the pathway narrows
You might get flowers in your hairYou have to shout through the city
Pushing echoes cross the hall
Shout through the city
Pushing echoes cross the hall
Shout through the city
Pushing echoes cross the hall
THESE ARE THE SOUNDS OF THE LIVING!!You have to shout through the city
Pushing echoes cross the hall
Shout through the city
Pushing echoes cross the hall
Shout through the city
Pushing echoes cross the hall
THESE ARE THE SOUNDS OF THE LIVING!!So what do you wanna be?
All the sullen maids
Faces wet with rain
They’re all clutching on
Onto their hand-grenadesThe hometown heroes
Are all left to theorize
What will happen
After the sunriseIf there’s a heaven
I’ll stand exactly where I am
I will help myself
If it’ll happen againI’m telling you my friend
That by now there’s no time to make amends
More than a passing trend
This must be the end