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13. Nothing is Beyond Our Reach feat. Helias

by Tucker Booth and Helias

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    Conceived in 2005 these beats by Helias (aka Michael Schaefermeyer, R.I.P.) were supposed to be the original backdrop for 'Ex Boyfriend' an album not-so-loosely based on our recent break ups with our respective squeezes. Later, after a string of cop outs and near miss recording sessions I drunk dialed him one night and gave him a piece of my mind for 'hijacking my album.' Helias then proceeded to pull the plug on our project, give the beats away to my competitors, and declare Ex Boyfriend dead.

    About a month later Helias had a major computer meltdown and managed to lose all the wav files to the songs he had given away. He then went and ate the requisite amount of humble pie that accompanies telling everyone that the beats they had been given were unusable because there were no files to master them with.

    In the interim 932 producer/dj Splitface and I made the Ex Boyfriend album with beats Split made as an ode to the lost project. They can be listened to and purchased at www.tuckerbooth.bandcamp.com

    The Boyfriend beats were officially declared dead in 2006 and remained so until 2009 when J-Toth uncovered a long forgotten spool of wav file cds that included an early burn of what were now being called 'The Ex Files.' Much rejoicing ensued from St. Louis to Redondo Beach.

    In essence this is the sequel to Ex Boyfriend featuring the beats which originally inspired the album. Hence the sequel is the prequel.

    Sadly Helias passed away last May at age 31. ExFiles is made to honor Helias and the original Ex Boyfriend project we never got make long ago.     ... more
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Incorporated from Helias's 'Halo Of Vultures' EP which he was working on at the time of his death, 'Nothing Is Beyond Our Reach' features a beat from the original ExBoyfriend project.

Intended as a political rally cry for the world to think again and redefine our existence this song bustles with even more life now that Michael is gone. As he commands in the song "act like life's about living life right now!"

The breakdown in the middle is my last fumbling attempt to tell the Doc how much his friends and family love him and clearly stating our intent to shine the light on what made Helias the tragic muse he was to those who knew him best.

lyrics

HELIAS:
STAY AWAKE!!! When you don't see the ways
the mundane locks up your brain
and halts the chain towards overpowering fate
that's when the damn thing gets intense as camping trips...
So picture this: choices is opening doors
to other points in Space and Time which applies
Infinite lies behind whichever one you decide
to intertwine, split and divide then precisely align...
You better level up your mind
You're level with the fire, with a blade of grass...
it's a nice try to be a planet not a satellite act like
Life's about living Life right now

Don't be afraid of the depths...
The tide can't pull you under if you ride the wave's crest
for the rest of the days on this Earth
that you draw breath
and live out every second as if it's your last left...

Nothing Is Beyond Our Reach...
Unload what they teach...
Whatever you conceive you can achieve!
It's not about getting kicked in the teeth...
it's about how you bounce back from defeat!
I'd rather be deceased than live life linked to a leash
of greed and deceit...that steals the very air that I breath
I was blind but now I see...
Nothing Is Beyond Our Reach...
You've just got to BELIEVE!!!

TDB:
Well, here I am...'trapped in my glass case of emotion'...
Yeah, with my Zach Galifinakis t-shirt on...
And I miss you...but I know this...
Anyone who could hold a Doctorate in
being the most UNFUCKWITABLE person I know
is probably having fun wherever they're at now...
All the yellow journalism pisses me off, Mike...
and I wish I could have done more to fix it...
but in the interim we're going to make this album...
and it's going to kick unholy ass...
and everyone is going to remember your name...
for more than 'shoe bombs' and 'drug overdose'...
So Help Me God!
I Love You...
We All Miss You...
So Much...
God Bless....

HELIAS:
Nothing Is Beyond Our Reach...
Unload what they teach...
Whatever you conceive you can achieve!
It's not about getting kicked in the teeth...
it's about how you bounce back from defeat!
I'd rather be deceased than live life linked to a leash
of greed and deceit...that steals the very air that I breath
I was blind but now I see...
Nothing Is Beyond Our Reach...
You've just got to BELIEVE!!!

credits

released November 30, 2010
The Ex Files, written by Tucker Booth and Jonathan Toth from Hoth, Beats by Helias, Recorded and Arranged by J-Toth at The Cooler in St. Louis, MO for TheFrozenFoodSection.com.

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