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The Digital Age of Rome

by T. Hardy Morris

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1.
DirtRocker 04:00
DirtRocker Bad Timing, Silver Lining. No one’s worth their salt No one’s ever taught him better It ain’t all his fault Where they took him, I keep looking. Was shown but don’t recall It’s no shocker, the dirt rocker went missing after all It’s no shocker, the dirt rocker went missing after all.. Moving faster, towards disaster. I’m not afraid to fall No one’s ever taught me better Just silence on the call Where they led me and where they left me, the same place as lost It’s no shocker, the dirt rocker went missing after all It’s no shocker, the dirt rocker went missing after all.. Bad Timing, Silver Lining. It ain’t no one’s fault. It’s no shocker, the dirt rocker went missing after all It’s no shocker, the dirt rocker went missing after all
2.
New New New… Next Next Next New new new, next next next all that’s ever sold was money & sex And I’ve never cared for either one. Want to stay as naked as the day that I was born. How many ways can it go? How do the physics have to unfold? New new new, next next next all that’s ever sold was money & sex And I’ve never cared for either one. Celestial bodies floating around the sun How many ways can it go? Turning an emerald into a black hole. New new new, next next next all that’s ever sold was money & sex.
3.
The Digital Age of Rome The coldest shoulder is mine. I sign up to resign. Torn out chapters of truth History rigging the rules The digital age of Rome Subliminal views of home The digital age of Rome Criminals on our thrones The digital age of Rome Back when nobody cared And a smoky bar was fresh air Well enough left alone Capital eating its own The digital age of Rome Subliminal views of home The digital age of Rome Criminals on our thrones The digital age of Rome The digital age of Rome Subliminal views of home The digital age of Rome Criminals on our thrones The digital age of Rome
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Shopping Center Sunsets Shopping center sunsets Electronic cigarettes Car title cash regrets Shopping center sunsets Shopping center sunsets Hair supply outlets Bad gringo Tex-Mex Shopping center sunsets I head for the liquor store My bedside table’s dry I find what I’ve been looking for Under God’s neon sign Nature sees my need to believe. And sends me Shopping center sunsets Discount aquatic pets Layaway dinet sets Shopping center sunsets Shopping center sunsets Tribal tattoo concepts You better watch your wallet Shopping center sunsets I should play the lotto more There’s no luck if you don’t try The sign that I’ve been searching for Deep magenta sky Nature sees my need to believe And sends me Shopping center sunsets Electronic cigarettes Car title cash regrets Shopping center sunsets Shopping center sunsets Hair supply outlets Bad gringo Tex-Mex Shopping center sunsets
5.
Down & Out 04:46
Down & Out What will the neighbors say? When they see my freak flag flyin’? Will they move away? Leave in the night without even tryin’? I heard a voice that said we’re trending Into a void with no one steering I heard a voice that said we’re trending down And out. Down and out & over the hill Down and out & over the hill Down & out What will the children think? When they see our lack of effort? Will they need to believe In our hearts we knew no different? I heard a voice that said we’re trending Into a void with no one steering I heard a voice that said we’re trending down And out. Down and out & over the hill Down and out & over the hill Down & out Down & out
6.
Love Takes 02:53
Love Takes Live out your easy dreams Live in the wild with me Live like the names you know Live up, there’s no tomorrow Love takes you anywhere you wanna go Love takes everything you’ve ever known Love takes you anywhere you wanna go Give in and make your luck Give up and give a fuck Give me some of what you got Give out most every night Love takes you anywhere you wanna go Love takes everything you’ve ever known Love takes you anywhere you wanna go Love takes everything you’ve ever known Love takes you anywhere you wanna go You anywhere you wanna go You anywhere you wanna go
7.
First World Problems Let’s have a talk upon the philosopher’s stone We can drone on and on, together Clean up stand up straight, in the morning don’t be late Put the money in the plate, all together. Love letters to ourselves Scratch the surface till you’re someone else When all these first world problems When Goddamn first world problems hit.. All arrows pointing down, there’s only noise, no more sound Nothings gonna miss us around, not ever Fall for lust, hope for fate, fight to live another day. Half written, half erased. gone forever. Love letters to ourselves Scratch the surface till you’re someone else When all these first world problems When Goddamn first world problems hit.
8.
Fake Gold 04:10
Fake Gold I don’t keep the lights low no more I want to see who I keep around Hang around destinations door Walk in when everyone walks out I don’t keep the light low no more I want you all to see what’s in my mind I’m a wide open second hand store True beauty for half the price Full of fake gold Fake gold. I don’t waste nobody’s time no more Fill it up with what the world forgot You can never be quite too sure you’re not Giving out more than you’ve got I don’t waste nobody’s time no more I wanna see what’s selling in my mind I’m a wide open second hand store Good stories but bad advice Full of fake gold Fake gold I don’t waste nobody’s time no more I wanna see what’s selling in my mind I’m a wide open second hand store True beauty for half the price Full of fake gold Fake gold
9.
I Assure You (an ode) Sailing alone around the room Touching everything that reminds me of you. I won’t be landing no time soon Till my hand falls in the trap you use. I assure you I adore you I even bless your heart But when it comes down to what are we supposed to do? It’s probably better is we never start. I close the door and take your hand I keep my slow mind as quiet as I can The final chapters are writing me A simple moral setting us free I assure you I adore you I even bless your heart But when it comes down to what are we supposed to do? It’s probably better if we never start.
10.
Just Pretend Everything is Fine The sun is not shining, it’s burning twice as bright The flowers keep color if you adjust your eyes Just pretend everything is fine Just pretend everything is fine. Drop it in the river, send it down the line Make it disfigure all the beauty trapped in time Just pretend everything is fine Just pretend everything is fine. Daddy said there ain’t no use in cryin’ Just pretend everything is fine. Just pretend everything is fine Just pretend everything is fine. Never let the truth invade your mind Just pretend everything is fine.

about

Heading into the spring of 2020, T. Hardy Morris had 12 demos that he thought would make-up his next album, then, everything changed. The world took a break and so his plans to record did as well. As we all watched and waited out the storms; viral and societal, we seemed to wake up scrolling through a whole new century, a time Morris began to refer to as The Digital Age of Rome.

He scrapped the demos and began a collection of songs in quarantine where the unprecedented times and topics were unavoidable. He wanted to document the era sonically and lyrically in some way.

“I wanted it to sound like how the world felt to me in the second half of 2020. Uncomfortable and chaotic, dystopian but still beautiful.”

The Digital Age of Rome was recorded in a deserted downtown Athens, Ga. With long-time collaborator / producer Adam Landry.

credits

released June 25, 2021

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Lead Vocals: T. Hardy Morris
Additional Vocals: Faye Webster, Shelly Colvin, Adam Landry
Drums: Brad Morgan (Drive-by Truckers), Adam Landry
Bass: Vaughn Lamb, Adam Landry
Electric Guitar: Charlton Eugene Woolfolk III, Adam Landry, T. Hardy Morris
Acoustic Guitar: T. Hardy Morris, Adam Landry
Steel Guitar: Matt “Pistol” Stoessel
Keys: Adam Landry
Percussion: Adam Landry, T. Hardy Morris
Programming: Adam Landry, T. Hardy Morris, Nate Nelson

Faye Webster appears courtesy of Secretly Canadian





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All songs written by T. Hardy Morris
T Hardy Morris Music (BMI)
except
“Shopping Center Sunsets” written by T. Hardy Morris and Adam Landry
T Hardy Morris Music / One Riot Music (BMI)


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Recorded and Mixed at Tweed Recording, Athens GA
Produced by Adam Landry
Engineered and Mixed by Nate Nelson
Additional Engineering by Charlie Chastain
Mastered by John Baldwin at John Baldwin Mastering, Nashville TN

Management: Dawson Morris with Red Light Management
Photography: Alec Stanley
Art Direction: T. Hardy Morris
Layout: Matt Etgen


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Thank you to my family: Erin, Valley & Amos. Thank you for loving me and reminding me daily of what real love is and is all about. My parents, my brother, and my bands of other brothers all through the years. Thanks for all the songs and noises that led me to the ones here. And thanks to Adam Landry for jumping on board for another trip! You rule!



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