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Everything is a Weapon
03:19
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Victory by the new rules of war
Measured by how far we cut others down
Pre-emptive strikes are how we settle the score
Daisy cutters drop on unready towns
I gotta kill you, sweetheart
Before you tear me apart
We hold our weapons so close
Because it makes us feel like
We haven’t lost control
But we have lost it
Lines in the sand and you’ll feel it tonight
Our weapons have already been drawn
Cities of ash were our spoils of war
From the battles that we already won
I’ve got a thousand paper cuts from the notes that you wrote
My words are bullets loaded into a gun
If you’re looking for a fight, you’ll get one tonight
Our weapons have already been drawn
Remembering all the treacherous things
You gotta keep that shit in the past
If you’re taking of on treacherous wings
You can’t make anything that will last
I gotta kill you, sweetheart
Before you tear me apart
We hold our weapons so close
Because it makes us feel like
We haven’t lost control
But we have lost it
Lines in the sand and you’ll feel it tonight
Our weapons have already been drawn
Cities of ash were our spoils of war
From the battles that we already won
I’ve got a thousand paper cuts from the notes that you wrote
My words are bullets loaded into a gun
If you’re looking for a fight, you’ll get one tonight
Our weapons have already been drawn
We hold our weapons so close
Because it makes us feel like
We haven’t lost control
But we have lost it
Lines in the sand and you’ll feel it tonight
Our weapons have already been drawn
Cities of ash were our spoils of war
From the battles that we already won
I’ve got a thousand paper cuts from the notes that you wrote
My words are bullets loaded into a gun
If you’re looking for a fight, you’ll get one tonight
Our weapons have already been drawn
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2. |
Ashes
03:06
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The things you captured
And flags you raised up
Lay in ashes
At your doorstep
The things you held up over your head
Are burning now
The things you held up over your head
Are burning now
The painful sting of your memory
Is the weight that keeps you down
The painful sting of your memory
Is the weight that keeps you down
Circular thoughts
And walls you raise up
Form the framework
of your prison
The things you held up over your head
Are burning now
The things you held up over your head
Are burning now
The painful sting of your memory
Is the weight that keeps you down
The painful sting of your memory
Is the weight that keeps you
There is nothing left but ashes
There is nothing left but ashes
There is nothing left but ashes
There is nothing left but ashes
There is nothing left but ashes
There is nothing left but ashes
The painful sting of your memory
Is the weight that keeps you down
The painful sting of your memory
Is the weight that keeps you down
It’s the weight that keeps you down
It’s the weight that keeps you down
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3. |
Rocks & Birds
03:47
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I’m watching the rocks
You’re watching the birds
I’m moving geology
You’re functioning verbs
You’re capturing motion
I’m thick as a brick
You’re developing notions
But I’m making them stick
Oh, I was petrified by the moments in my life
I became fossilized, tectonic pressure in my mind
But I won’t be a stone from now on
You fly south for winter
Passing over my hills
You chase down the summer
I’ll last longer than the sunrise will
It must be so nice
To see things from the air
You’re free to cast glances
All I can do is stare
Scattered by the wind, a rolling stone’s the only home you’ve known
Once you have your roots, you’re finally free to grow
And you won’t won’t need a stone from now on
Oh, I was petrified by the moments in my life
I became fossilized, tectonic pressure in my mind
But I won’t be a stone from now on
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4. |
A private war.
03:57
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A private war is natural, like a hurricane
Natural like mudslides, volcanoes, and freezing rain
I know you’re frightened, I see you fighting hard
And even though it’s normal, it’s bound to leave you scarred
The tidal waves rage
But I’m willing to be brave,
Committed to stay by your side
While you fight a private war
A private war’s relentless, like a rising flood
Relentless like lahar floes, burning hot lava, and mud
I’ve fought these battles, seen what they can do
A private loss of innocence you knew was overdue
The tidal waves rage
But I’m willing to be brave,
Committed to stay by your side
While you fight a private war
The battle is yours
It’s yours alone, yours alone
The battle is yours
It’s yours alone, yours alone
A private war is natural, like a cleansing rain
Natural like forest fires, letting evergreen trees grow again
And though it tests you, it’s best to see it through
A private loss of innocence you knew was overdue
You do it to yourself
And you’re going through hell
But I’ll be right here
While you fight a private war
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5. |
Dawn
03:23
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Dawn, and the solar panels
Start their work for the day
No more surfing channels
Trust me, you’re better off this way
And there’s a word that’s hot to handle
But you can will your hand to stay
And the golden town
Can lay you down, above the fray
I was never on the ocean, but somehow I capsized
Lost in some plans I had not yet devised
I recognize everything you vocalize with your eyes
And the night that came to kill us
Rolled away and let us free
Free to roam where our own minds will us
Closer still to what Olympus might be
Free from the night, always trying to best us
Will you lay down and agree?
Beauty never fell for Haephestus
But the best has yet to come for me
I was never on the ocean, but somehow I capsized
Lost in some plans I had not yet devised
I recognize everything you vocalize with your eyes
I was never on the ocean, but somehow I capsized
Lost in some plans I had not yet devised
I recognize everything you vocalize with your eyes
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6. |
Wolves!
03:51
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Breathe in deep
As if it were your last breath
Then exhale your words
I haven’t heard them yet
But I would place a bet
You could stir up a storm with the motion of air
Cover your face child. Cover your face, child.
Cover you face, child. The sky is raining stone.
Softly now,
Sing us a song to keep the wolves in the walls
Take away the butterflies’ homes
Sing us a song to keep the wolves in the walls
Scream away, and let it be known
Set them free
Your words are more than holy
With what they represent
But if you keep them in
You’ll never see a love begin
You’ll never stir up a storm with the motion of air
Cover your face child. Cover your face, child.
Cover you face, child. The sky is raining stone.
Softly now,
Sing us a song to keep the wolves in the walls
Take away the butterflies’ homes
Sing us a song to keep the wolves in the walls
Scream away, and let it be known
Softly now,
Sing us a song to keep the wolves in the walls
Take away the butterflies’ homes
Sing us a song to keep the wolves in the walls
Scream away, and let it be known
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7. |
Biological Imperative
03:44
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You are the bitter taste of failure
And the little bit of laughter on my lips
You gave the best ever given
And I said, “Baby, I’ll take what I can get.”
‘Cuz there’s so much more to life
Than going out and getting drunk on a Tuesday night
But when I’m dancing next to you, looking like a fool
I’m not so concerned with what’s right
Oh, baby
Oh, we are both so god damn lonely
Oh, let’s see what we can do with our bodies
Oh, we are both so god damn lonely
Oh, but there’s a ghost in your eyes
And it won’t let you see
When we leave it up to fate
We ask, “Can we create our dreams in time?”
I don’t care if it’s fake
Our bodies seem to make dreams flow like wine
‘Cuz there is so much more to life
Than going out and getting drunk again on a Wednesday night
But when I’m lying next to you, looking like a fool
I’m not so concerned with what’s right
Oh, baby
Oh, we are both so god damn lonely
Oh, let’s see what we can do with our bodies
Oh, we are both so god damn lonely
Oh, but there’s a ghost in your eyes
And it won’t let you see
And there’s something about your eyes
I feel love burning through them
And there’s something about your smiles
I feel love burning through them
And there’s something about your eyes
I feel love burning through them
And there’s something about your smiles
I feel love burning through them
Oh, we are both so god damn lonely
Oh, let’s see what we can do with our bodies
Oh, we are both so god damn lonely
Oh, but there’s a ghost in your eyes
And it won’t let you see
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8. |
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This is the door that we locked
And this is why we keep it closed
We believed it until it was real
It felt natural like our clothes
But what if we unlocked the door?
Would we be shy and naked and freeze?
Or could we embrace in the doorway
And be stronger and warmer and free?
I’m trying to understand
How I can, how I can
Learn to be a better man
I’m trying to understand
How I can, how I can
Learn to be a better man
Do you remember when?
I played a sad song about you and then
I missed you so much that it hurt
Beneath my ribs, beneath my shirt
We could have learned to be good
We could have held blue skies in our hands
I’m about to knock on your door
Don’t let me fall through your fingers like sand
Help me understand
How I can, how I can
Learn to be a better man
Will you help me understand
How I can, how I can
Learn to be a better man?
Will you ever know? Will you ever know?
Will you ever know? Will you ever know?
Will you ever know how much I miss you?
Will you ever know how much I care?
Will you ever know that I’m there for you?
Will you ever know, ever know I’m there?
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9. |
The Price of Progress
03:33
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When values have a price tag
It’s slightly less than blood
We’re selling out our hearts
We’re trading our spines for mud
Freeways trace our latitudes
They parallel our attitudes
The thirteenth piece of silver comes
At the price of everything you love
That’s the price of progress
We knew that the price was high
But still we paid it
Thinking we could reach the sky
We haven’t made it
We knew that the price was high
But still we paid it
Thinking we could reach the sky
We haven’t made it
We all have bought the farm
We put up condos on the land
On hallowed ground
That might as well be sand
We gather up the wealth now
Find peace in our minds somehow
As businessmen we’re glorified
I want to be horrified
But that’s the price of progress
We knew that the price was high
But still we paid it
Thinking we could reach the sky
We haven’t made it
We knew that the price was high
But still we paid it
Thinking we could reach the sky
We haven’t made it
The price of progress
That shit ain’t free
The price of progress
The price of greed
We knew that the price was high
But still we paid it
Thinking we could reach the sky
We haven’t made it
We knew that the price was high
But still we paid it
Thinking we could reach the sky
We haven’t made it
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10. |
Redemption
02:42
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You’ve got a chance to make your life a little better
But that’s not the story you tell
You just victimize yourself to you can hide inside yourself
I can’t help you break free from your cell
I am not your redemption
I’m not how you save yourself from a life without love
Pay attention
You’ve got to give it up
You’ve got to give it up, give it up
You always knew that there was something deep inside of you
That was worth showing the world
But you gave no love and instead you lied
And it left you so empty inside
Like an oyster with no pearl
I am not your redemption
I’m not how you save yourself from a life without love
Pay attention
You’ve got to give it up
You’ve got to give it up
Oh, I hope that you find it, I hope that you find it
Oh, but I’m not how you find it
I am not your redemption
I’m not how you save yourself from a life without love
Pay attention
You’ve got to give it up, You’ve got to give it up
Your redemption
You gotta save yourself from a life without love
Pay attention
You’ve got to give it up
You’ve got to give it up
Oh, no
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11. |
Bracing For Impact
04:03
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I lost my balance, couldn’t keep an even keel
Something has got to be done, that’s just how I feel
Gravity won’t let me go, so I stumble and fall back
My stomach tightens, I’m bracing for impact
But there’s a moment when I’m falling
When my plans are far and few
It makes me feel the way I felt
When I first saw you
And there’s a moment when you’re leaving
And my plans are falling through
It makes me feel the way I felt
When I first saw you
There is heaven and hell in the moments
When rationality’s gone
When it’s all up to instinct, you learn who you are
When you’re up on top, making sweet, adoring eye contact
I’m learning of failure, I’m bracing for impact
But there’s a righteous complication
That delays our love tonight
I just want to feel the way I felt
When I first gained sight
And there’s a quiet desperation
behind every line I sing
And I want a way to take it back
But there is no such thing
So give me delicate emotions
So I can crush them like I do
The things you heard about me
Well, they might all be true
But at the final destination
We’ll hold each other so god damned tight
That in the chaos and the darkness
There will be a ray of hope and light
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An indie rock group of proud Pacific Northwest natives. A tight three piece with intelligent arrangement and exceptional musicianship. A dynamic singer with a focus on lyrics, poetry, and meaning. An open love letter to rock music.
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