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The Thief
03:46
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Come, some desolate love.
One hand stayed, in waiting for another.
Chance slipped through the cracks.
Undone, delicate, spun down.
Light, light, casting shadows, shadows all around.
The thief crept in through the back.
And we'll lie and say we tried.
Same song, time collects the weary.
Hold on, find some faith in me.
Let go, clever adversary.
Oh no, in the mirror you finally meet.
High tide temporary sight, eyes gaze
Calming, longing, further in the maze.
Tied tight to all we lack.
Bright side, slight and airy, lines fade.
Fine fight, lithe and able, able bodies bathed in shade.
The thief slipped into the black.
One day the flame will rise,
And we'll lie and say we tried.
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2. |
From the Earth
03:10
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Swing the rope round.
I'm in control, if just for now.
(Tear the mask from the madness.)
Crack the code,
Buried in the sound.
Every lie you told
Is on display now.
(Filthy hands to water.)
Into night, from the earth.
Feed the lie, for what it's worth.
Young as time, back to dirt.
Into night, from the earth.
Stop the show,
Bleed it out.
It's bought and sold,
I'm for sale now.
(Can't you see from the mountain?)
Blow to blow,
Pound for pound,
Kill the glow,
Play it loud.
(Trade the fuel for fire,
And the flames climb higher.)
Flames climb higher (outro chant)
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3. |
That Familiar Feeling
03:28
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I refuse to pretend.
I'm a victim to the evidence.
It's your weight that I'm under,
Warm regards and indifference.
And that familiar feeling is back again.
Through the days I await
Your embrace in the city by the lake.
But I'm still just as lost as I've ever been.
(But) If you were there,
I'd be your fool.
If you were there,
Tempered and true.
If you were there,
I'd rewrite the rule.
If you were there, if you were there.
You get used to the bends.
To and fro, now the spin never ends.
You roll through like thunder,
Took these waiting wings back to the wind.
And that familiar feeling is back again.
All the nights I waste,
When I'm without you it's trouble I chase.
And I might be as cold as I've ever been.
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4. |
Breathless
03:10
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Breath with me, river to sea. (last chorus)
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5. |
Annie Falls
03:07
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Follow me down to the river,
Show you something 'bout the way we are.
Don't you talk to me about what if,
Don't you know I can't see that far?
I swear I can see the bones on the shore.
Oh, Annie, I want some more.
Take the mattress from our bed.
Pray the Lord to keep your pretty head.
And if you go down, bury me in the ground singing...
Follow me down to the river,
Show you something 'bout the way we are.
Don't you talk to me about what if,
Don't you know I can't see that far?
You know you can't bend this to your will.
Oh, Annie, I want you still.
Kiss me one last time before you go
Give yourself, reckless, to the foam.
And if you stay down, bury me in the ground singing...
I guess it ain't enough to just be here.
I guess it ain't enough to just be here.
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6. |
Kaleidoscope
02:44
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Stay now, lover, let's face the day.
My dark is fading, you must have wished it away.
I think I love you.
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7. |
Dark Star
03:46
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Blood on the branch,
The night unfolded.
I held her hand,
But still kept falling.
Somewhere in your eyes.
Came to, day was breaking.
The shape of you,
Etched in clay, interred in rain.
I found something
In your eyes,
Shine like atom bombs.
Swift as a dark star,
Consuming on and on.
Is this who you (we) are?
A slow decay,
Ashes strewn on the wind.
Night and day,
May we forever spin?
In your, somewhere in your eyes.
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8. |
Surrender
02:58
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Back to the pouring rain,
Brimstone and birch couldn't feed the flame.
You carved your claws in the cross but couldn't bear the shame.
Cautious and crippled again,
Back when the dam caved in.
And I just wanted to see
A little piece of your heart
Coming down the mountain.
Both near and far,
Surrender.
Drawn through dark and depth,
Forgotten kiss, a barrows breath.
If faith fails the fragile flesh,
Free of form and fractureless,
Just free your form and
Surrender.
Back to the pouring rain,
Lilac and ash couldn't lift the stain.
I caught my claws in your cross-hairs, now I'm taking aim.
With just myself to blame.
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9. |
Whispered Words
03:07
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Shaking, the dirty ground,
And the sun beat down, sun beat down.
Shaking, have you the nerve?
And have you heard a single word?
And I believe in the kingdom come
And the damage done, what I done.
And I believe in whispered words and your company.
I believe in borrowed (cruel) time and your harmony.
Tightrope beneath your feet
Is under siege, suddenly.
Pulling, is it for show?
For what I know,
That pale shadow?
I can see right and wrong
the side I'm on, on your side.
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10. |
Dark Side of Town
03:21
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Cold, wild wind's been blowing me down,
From the city lights to the dark side of town.
And her idol, stripped of titles,
Met his rival, and couldn't make a sound.
Moon came to rise in her blank eyes.
She said, 'Leave the sun for another's disguise.'
In my idle, a calm denial,
Yet all the while, couldn't make a sound.
Last to love yet always falling (down).
Crossed state lines from her desert to the sea.
Found myself singing her broken melody.
For every mile, another trial,
Words compiled, but couldn't make a sound.
Cold, wild wind's been blowing me down...
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11. |
Spinning Wheel
03:32
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Shake the shadows back to black.
One last look, now there's no turning back.
Yet did we stare?
What's worth the trouble back there?
Wait, I heard you call my name
From far away.
But didn't sound the same.
Funny, it didn't sound the same.
Catching glimpses of the sky,
Are we just bodies floating by?
Broke like the lock on our back gate
And the flaws we demonstrate.
Spirit me far from far away.
Now, with winter settled in,
I'd strike a match but I'm strung out on the wind.
And I just stare
At all the trouble back there.
You came back for me once,
But not to stay.
I heart you mention someday,
Can't wait around for someday.
Spinning wheel's been tried and turned,
Aren't we tired of getting hurt?
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12. |
Lost to the Horizon
05:26
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It's too soon for celebration.
Try my best to hide my elation.
The tides come and go, fingertips upon my skin.
And did you know, did you know?
Our differing paths lead us down the same road.
Carry us to and fro, become a puff of smoke
Lost to the Horizon.
I was misplaced as the army marched on.
I was complacent, with the curtains drawn,
To fill in the spaces left by your arms.
Was too proud to crawl, it's easier to fall.
It feels like a coronation.
King of my sorrows, crowned by my contagion.
Mistaken revelry, destruction of my own design.
But don't ask me why, ask me why,
The rains will never cease, the water always rises.
At home within my breast, the spark of light for my unrest.
Lost to the horizon, I lost to the horizon.
I was misplaced as the army marched on.
I was complacent, with the curtains drawn,
To fill in the spaces left by your arms.
I was still wasted in the wreckage of your charms.
There was a light that I chased but I lingered too long.
It's time that I faced it, again replies the dawn.
I still can taste it, your tincture on my tongue.
My love was encased in anger all along.
Was too proud to crawl, it's easier to fall.
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13. |
Days Gone By
01:19
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Days Gone By
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The Alibis Chicago, Illinois
The Alibis are Chicago singer/songwriters Daniel Robbins & Eric Quigley. The project developed naturally after years of both playing and working with one another in different capacities. The aim was to create music that reflected our influences, as well as broadened our capabilities as both singers & songwriters individually, who are used to being the sole creative input. ... more
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