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Everything is a Weapon

by Where Sails Meet Rails

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1.
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
2.
Ashes 03:06
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
3.
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
4.
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
5.
Dawn 03:23
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
6.
Wolves! 03:51
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
7.
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
8.
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?
9.
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
10.
Redemption 02:42
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
11.
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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released February 20, 2013

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Where Sails Meet Rails Tacoma, Washington

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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