Bracing For Impact

from Everything is a Weapon by Where Sails Meet Rails

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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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from Everything is a Weapon, 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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