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Hearts of the Terminus

by Picture One

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Oh Terminus, my love, oh can’t you see? When life was on fire you were there for me You gave me silence, so I could breath A place to trust because only you know me Oh Terminus, Oh Terminus, Oh Terminus Oh Terminus, Oh Terminus, Oh Terminus Oh now can’t you see, can’t you see? Oh Terminus, Oh Terminus, Oh Terminus Oh Terminus, Oh Terminus, Oh Terminus Oh now can’t you see, can’t you see? You’re born from fire, and ashes, and shame and dust You’re the smokestack on the wreckage of greed and lust But Terminus, your heart was true And when you kept on living we found something new Oh Terminus, Oh Terminus, Oh Terminus Oh Terminus, Oh Terminus, Oh Terminus Oh now can’t you see, can’t you see? Oh Terminus, Oh Terminus, Oh Terminus Oh Terminus, Oh Terminus, Oh Terminus Oh now can’t you see, can’t you see? Oh Terminus, when we were out at sea To fight the demons and creatures in the name of lost and free But to make legends of ourselves would bring a fool to their knees Because in spite of what I thought it was never about me I came home broken, my spirit in need And Terminus, dear Terminus, you were there for me, there for me Oh Terminus, my love Oh Terminus, my love Oh Terminus, my love Oh now can’t you see, can’t you see? Oh Terminus, my love Oh Terminus, my love Oh Terminus, my love Oh now can’t you see, can’t you see?
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The Wanderer 03:30
A hatred lives far below And emotions bled it was terminal To only know what you know Deceived by instincts decided long ago Our hatred lives in these catacombs Where we fight for death, fight for what you know Oh to see through clear eyes And what is so? When all is fogged by the years So how can we know? Our hatred lives in these catacombs Where we fight for death, fight for what you know Because, lights ablaze in this cold Because these patterns are frail and old Uphold this fire with your heart of gold And onto stories unforetold Because, lights ablaze in this cold Because these patterns are frail and old Uphold this fire with your heart of gold And onto stories unforetold And down in craters far below When love burns hot, the infection grows And we’re destroyed by what we know I want to erased these instincts decided long ago Our hatred lives in these catacombs Where we fight for death, fight for what you know Because, lights ablaze in this cold Because these patterns are frail and old Uphold this fire with your heart of gold And onto stories unforetold Because, lights ablaze in this cold Because these patterns are frail and old Uphold this fire with your heart of gold And onto stories unforetold
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For all we want For all we need For all we lust and all we see For all we aren’t For all we weren’t For all that we will never be For all that we ever want For all that we ever want For all we’re not For all we were For all the things that were never sure And to pine And to seek For all the things that we want to be And in darkness and in loss I give myself to thee An injection to the heart And to fall to darkness beneath our needs For white wings will ride the dark And I’m tortured by what deceives me A call for love and light But I’m plagued by demons To fight the demons For all that we ever want For all that we ever want For all that we ever want For all that we ever want I want to fly across the trees Where I’d burn my heart in effigy For to long, is to taunt For all the things that we ever want And in darkness and in loss I give myself to thee An injection to the heart And to fall to darkness beneath our needs For white wings will ride the dark And I’m tortured by what deceives me A call for love and light But I’m plagued by demons To fight the demons For all that we ever want For all that we ever want For all that we ever want For all that we ever want
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Transponder 03:45
Hearts! Terminus! Hearts! Terminus! Hearts! Terminus! Hearts! Terminus! And it is death, that makes our hearts grow old And the writing of our hand and the final stories told And just one shot, for it all to unfold For the fruit of our live in just seconds can be told For there is life, in the city that we know Across the urban sky in the essence of our homes Forgotten times, in the brightness of the tomes And the fading of the tales of the history and the thrones And what is breath, but the meter that we hold? And a counter of our lives that expires when untold And it’s love, that are the stories that glow But not the passing of the days Or the dregs of the unknown For there is life in the city that we know Across the urban sky in the essence of our homes Forgotten times in the brightness of the tomes And the fading of the tales of the history and the thrones Hearts! Terminus! Hearts! Terminus! Hearts! Terminus! Hearts! Terminus! And what are thoughts, but the connecting of the dots? And the glue of the passing of the stories that were not And just one drop, in the mixing of the lot And the passing of the time in the tales that we were taught For there is life, in the city that we know Across the urban sky in the essence of our homes Forgotten times, in the brightness of the tomes And the fading of the tales of the history and the thrones Hearts! Terminus! Hearts! Terminus! Hearts! Terminus! Hearts! Terminus! Hearts! Terminus! Hearts! Terminus! Hearts! Terminus! Hearts! Terminus! Hearts! Terminus! Hearts! Terminus! Hearts! Terminus! Hearts! Terminus!
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I took a walk, I took a walk today And forces strong on Piedmont Way And in the park, it knows my name Because I took a walk, I took a walk today And I’ve felt fluorescent greens In the tunnel of a Buckhead sheen And I drowned my heart in a Southwest dream And I came through dark as West End gleamed I took a drive, I took a drive today And feelings broke on Ponce Towne Way And to know the path is to know the way Because I took a drive, I took a drive today And I’ve felt fluorescent greens In the tunnel of a Buckhead sheen And I drowned my heart in a Southwest dream And I came through dark as West End gleamed And candle dreams and shadows play I want to trip the light in dark today And what I learned in séance lay Is to leave this path to signals way Intuition- love betrays I want to dance in hands in life today To taste light in the night of may Trust only signals, connect the ways I took a walk, I took a walk today And forces strong on Piedmont Way And in the park, it knows my name Because I took a walk, I took a walk today And I’ve felt fluorescent greens In the tunnel of a Buckhead sheen And I drowned my heart in a Southwest dream And I came through dark as West End gleamed And I’ve felt fluorescent greens In the tunnel of a Buckhead sheen And I drowned my heart in a Southwest dream And I came through dark as West End gleamed I took a walk, I took a walk today And forces strong on Piedmont Way And in the park, it knows my name Because I took a walk, I took a walk today
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Monolith 04:14
And the things that break When we forge deep And these razors cut To the bones beneath And this giant’s proud We serve at it’s feet And we bow down And claim defeat Collect our hearts and thought and speak We say All hail the monolith And all the things that have come to be For all is bright in the new day And to know that spite is love we cannot see To walk as evil’s son With no light upon my feet To envision darkness name I traverse the streets A hunter of the night That projects a light complete For I am the ghost of puzzles bleak And this chain of song and forces lost beneath They cried! All hail the monolith And all the things that have come to be For all is bright in the new day And to know that spite is love we cannot see And we sing the songs We lay within it’s leap And I’m the eyes of solemn Ripped from birth complete And this Comrade’s faith When vibrations shadow bleak And surfaces crumble to a dark retreat When things are gone and done and incomplete We cry All hail the monolith And all the things that have come to be For all is bright in the new day And to know that spite is love we cannot see
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Was it ever was? When it’s what’s felt in absence of it And is it really gone? It’s only lost because we longed And did it ever shine? Perhaps what’s dulled is just a moment of this time And in our breath, our lives We only understand just the pieces of the parts of it Was it ever calm? Only for the atonement of it? And are we ever done? For only constant actions can rise the heights above And did it ever shine? Perhaps what’s dulled is just a moment of this time And in our breath, our lives We only understand just the pieces of the parts of it In the absence of our live, and the blood of our hearts We are shells And in born lies have swum All systems fail Breakpoints set to zero And to know what’s left I only see a mirror I only see a mirror I only see a mirror And did it ever shine? Perhaps what’s dulled is just a moment of this time And in our breath, our lives We only understand just the pieces of the parts of it
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And to love And to need Is everything We just need to feel it And to squeeze The last drops Until there’s nothing And to bleed until our hearts can’t heal it Thoughts and love Miles above Fades away Things every change And what we saw And what we mean Are two different things And yet still we see it And to know A certainty Is nothing When meaning change to those that see it Thoughts and love Miles above Fades away Things every change Thoughts and love an emotions bomb Cuts and bruise but the path is strong Our minds grow old but our life is long And play the strings to the black heart song My poem of jest Of my unrest And we’re falling And we play dead because we want to feel this death A final breath And it’s fogging Put in homage in a glass and seal it Thoughts and love Miles above Fades away Things every change Thoughts and love an emotions bomb Cuts and bruise but the path is strong Our minds grow old but our life is long And play the strings to the black heart song Black heart song Black heart song

about

Atlanta based cold-wave act Picture One (musician Thomas Barnwell), returns with the brief and pointed goth-dance full length Hearts of the Terminus. A guitar-less and solely synthesized departure from 2020’s post-punk outing Across The Depths of Seven Lakes, Hearts of the Terminus was inspired by Barnwell’s experiences living under COVID, attending anti-police brutality protests and exploring abandoned spaces within the city of Atlanta.


Not being able to tour due to COVID following the release of 2020’s Across The Depths of Seven Lakes, Picture One returned to the studio with a positive vengeance, resulting in a record full of passionate dance floor bangers to help exorcise the listener’s personal demons—at least for a little while. Full of booming floor toms, LinnDrum kicks, synthesized arrangements and a commanding voice reminiscent of Andrew Eldritch, Hearts of the Terminus demands to be played at maximum volume in your home, headphones, or wherever you can find.


Hearts of the Terminus among other things is a personal love letter to the city of Atlanta (established as “Terminus” in 1837) and a diary of powerful emotional catharsis for the bizarre sci-fi film that we now all live in. There is no way back to the cities and neighborhoods we once knew and dancing our asses off and singing as we try to find a more humane and sustainable way to live is the least we can do to stay sane. Hearts of the Terminus takes stock of this moment in time, the sudden shift in reality, and the places we find ourselves unexpectedly.


“I wrote a lot of the lyrics for this record while going on long walks around the city during these surreal and isolated times. It’s an album about reconnecting in a new way with the city I love, blemishes and all.” - Thomas Barnwell, aka Picture One

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released January 7, 2022

Written and performed by Thomas Barnwell. Mixing assistance by Ian Deaton. Front cover painting by Jessica Jean Kauzmann. Graphic layout by Todd Briner. Mastered by Jessica Thompson.

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