we are solid state

by peachfuzz

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1.
down to me 03:04
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I never thought that we could fake this I never thought we’d make it this far out to sea Now that the undertow has faded yeah And left us drifting Left us drifting I want you to believe Let me tell you when the ship goes down when the ship goes down it won’t be down to me Are you saying that the ship’s gone down that the ship’s gone down? Now it look as though the shit’s gone down yeah the shit’s gone down It wasn’t down to me down to me I never thought you’d pay attention I never thought you’d pin my heart onto your sleeve Now that the sudden glow is fading yeah It’s left us drinking Left us thinking So while I’m on my knees Let me tell you when the ship goes down when the ship goes down it won’t be down to me Are you saying that the ship’s gone down that the ship’s gone down? Now it look as though the shit’s gone down yeah the shit’s gone down It wasn’t down to me down to me I woke in my clothes A broken nose and shoulders aching From bearing the cross of drunken loss and numb flesh shaking Sick and alive at ten past five with grey dawn breaking She said we’re dead
2.
close enough 03:26
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Sick, sleepless and out of road far gone as we’re gonna go Powered up into overload with no direction home You were wearing a troubled frown as I was slamming the doubles down I can picture the moment now Back then you had soul And lost amid the neon, smoke and chrome I closed my eyes to speak then you said Hey this ain’t love but for a moment there we made it close enough That’s done – suffering’s no virtue Time and again to be told there is no glory without pain My shame is that I ever hurt you You know I’m useless at being friends self-obsessed to the bitter end Bleeding out ‘til there’s nothing left but empty broken sound Yeah I was always the sorry kind spitting curses into the sky Thinking that I could learn to fly forever falling down And busted on my knees on broken ground You pulled me to my feet and you said Hey this ain’t love but for a moment there we made it close enough That’s done – suffering’s no virtue Time and again to be told there is no glory without pain My shame is that I ever hurt you I’ve read the lines by the thwarted dreamers wrought in awkward rhyme They lied: suffering’s no virtue Darkness descends and given time girl even broken hearts will mend I swear I never meant to hurt you
3.
just give me something 02:52
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The lights are fading low and there’s a war on the horizon But I don’t mind the silence when the conversation slows Now that all our scars are shown and we’re too far gone for driving There’s nowhere that I really have to go So give me sign give me a word just give me something All that you know and all that you’ve heard counts for nothing for tonight The satellite’s down the signal is blurred in this silent frozen world So give me a sign give me a word I know down here it seems that we have no use for dreaming There’s empty talk of leaving though the time is never right But remember how it feels to have something to believe in Some precious flame to cradle through the night Give me a sign give me a word just give me something All that you know and all that you’ve heard counts for nothing for tonight Out in the fields the effigies burn for this cold and godless world So give me a sign give me a word This touching without feeling and speaking without meaning It leaves us numb and speechless in the end It’s a sermon to creation before a murdered congregation A ghost transmission tripping off the air Give me a sign give me a word just give me something All that you know and all that you’ve heard counts for nothing for tonight Sorrow will rise like ribbons of fern through this dirty fucked up world So give me a sign give me a word
4.
for your love 06:10
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So you make it known that you don’t like the way we’re living Because all my talk of breaking free has made our home a prison We’ve seen angels in the ceiling plaster spinning through infinity I’ve woken drunk too many times the smell of death all over me Now twenty years behind the plough you finally learned to shove I think it’s fair to say you’ve had enough but I would burn down heaven for your love Front row in a circus tent a crumpled ticket in my fist You were the contortionist locked in a box with swords through it Your father, the ringmaster, fearing innocence could never last Strapped you down and bust your knees and cut the tendons at your heels So from that moment forward you could bend but never run As Abraham laid down his only son your father burned down heaven for your love I remember afternoons spinning records in your room Lemon sunshine blasting through the half-light Cracked connections, melted keys, obsolete technologies We were born too late We’re solid state we’re solid state but….. Some nights on those weekend runs I swear I heard you speak in tongues Now looking back I have my doubts but sugar I won’t rule it out And if some day we must atone for all the evil we have done Then when I stand before the throne I’ll clench my fists and square my shoulders I’ll not bear the burden of sin passed down in the blood While some men plead for mercy from above I would burn down heaven for your love It’s August Bank Holiday they dammed the colliery river The kids are swimming naked on the banks the mothers smoke and shiver Upstairs in the welfare hall it’s turned into a free-for-all They looked the doors and closed the curtains Someone’s getting hurt for certain The strippers say ‘hey fuck it we’ll just pass around the bucket’ I’ve had my fill I’m taking off the gloves I would have burned down heaven for your love I would burn down heaven for your love

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released August 18, 2012

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