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North By Nor'easter
01:16
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We studied the Kill Van Kull
We labeled distance and trajectory
Set our compass by side with the turnpike
Now we packed our bags up to leave
I'm not Lewis or Clark, but I can start a life out west
We may not leave blood in California
but we'll try our best to keep it all inside our heads
Last night I slept like I had something worth waking up for
With our eyes wide, we've all realized that home is where the heart is
No matter what the distance, but I digress
I left postcards in the bathroom of the venue in Tennessee
Waiting for someone to pick me up
And remind me that everything has a meaning
When everything here is all so different, it magnifies the distance
When everything here is heartless, you lose your sense of where your home is
I can't keep my heart from wandering
I can't keep myself intact
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There's no sense in subscribing to only bitterness
I'd hate to see gall in beauty such as this
There's no treaty, accord, or pact
That demands their undivided attention
Between each chorus, refrain, or act
So I let every verse go
I let every single verse that left my lips go exactly how I intended
When you said that everyone left
they'd all come running back, begging for forgiveness
So where are they now?
I'd hate to see you sweat
I'd hate to see you tremble
Cause I'd hate to see you sweat
And I'd hate to see you trailing off again
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Knew not a mother's love
I was a title fighter's son
Grew up on dissonance
Held on with Elmer's glue and handshakes
I fought every inch back to bed
Tooth and nail and tears I had wept
I was brought into this world for something
More than creating conflict
This is something that I've always known
Give up, give up, like it's all you ever knew
Like it's everything you wanted
Like it's everything you needed to embody, always
You've impeded your own way
You say that love is blind and requires no conditions
But every dial tone and callus voice build and insurmountable argument
This is how we all lay
This is how we all decay
This is how we sleep nightly, safe and warm
Without a stir, without a fucking sound
Give up, give up like it's the only thing you're here for
Settle down and dig your grave
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Southern Tea
02:09
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Place your self doubt on the shelf
In the back of your walk-in closet
There's empty space askew
It's sick of feeling alone
You could tell stories of your past transgressions
Of regretting your actions or avoiding questions
How you're tired of being transient
How you're ready for some consistence
If you'd only meet me half way
Take your big plans and let them all out
Of your glove compartment
There's not enough time for guilt
When your sins have all been absolved
You could tell everyone that you meet
What you left back home
I could brag to kids on the road
You're the first something that meant anything
And you're absolutely stunning
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Wearing Thin
04:05
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I felt the floorboards shake and tremble
From the stench of paint and thinner
I watched the leaves pick up and walk away
From the very thought of winter
I watched the ocean's floor retreat
At the notion of being seen
You see it's not that I hate change
It's just that I doubt I have it in me
I saw your ghost on the cross street
Of Huguenot and Drumgoole East
And I haven't come to terms yet
You set your sights across the pond
Now you're never coming back
I left everything I ever swore
I just could never part with
We took the bookmarks out of place
and rearranged the pages back accordingly
I swore the context is wearing thin
The space between the pages
Starts to blur like the lines within them
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Backslashes New York
Founded in 2010 between friends in other prominent bands in the local scene they self-released their debut EP “Nothing Left To Give" in October 2012. After DIY touring the group followed up with their sophomore effort “There’s No Place Like Home” in November 2013. Recently the band announced their signing with Imminence Records and their upcoming 7" 'Sad Is The New Black', available Sep, 9th 2014. ... more
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