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1. |
The Ides Pt. III
01:32
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The warning came by the wire and hand
it said hold the train boys
this is the end
I never waited
or ever thought the rails would bend
pull the engines full stop
they’re dead
when the coast is clearer
and the fire’s out ahead
we will search in the dark for
the wire and hand
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2. |
The Ides Pt. IV
05:14
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you stood in the wreckage you found
the shapes and patterns
and comb the remains to raise a cause
but under guise
there are holes in your defences
tampered and in dust
oh when the evidence comes out
we all stare across
and we're a stone's throw out
how does it end? we'll know
caught in a ransom note
you held in your hands tight
I look forward to the answer
It treads along
or so it seems
without an end
though our hearts
form without
a splinter of doubt
veils it all
but the times are gone
we all stare across
and we're a stone's throw out
how does it end? we'll know.
caught in a ransom note
you held in your hands tight
we all stand trial, barely awake
it was there in the moment
held in place
all my crimes have earned their place
this fear of the void
seldom breaks
all the lights turned dark and carried away
was there in the moment
held in place
all my time's been robbed
buried away
a fear of the void
stare straight
oh my Sun's burned out
and carried away
and caught in a ransom
held in place
when there was time
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3. |
Bones
03:48
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Oh what plagues us now
we're crawling out of frame
on trial we all
uphold nothing
for our sake
get sorted in and out
what makes it end before the last call?
they’re holding
holding their hostages that fold our cause
Our bones weighed down
in shells, in numbers
filed away
and our bones weighed down
thin lines and over crowds
a ways out
Oh what plagues us now
we’re rolling out of phase
we sold our trials
and now we owe nothing
they told me
but i’ve already lent my hands
to another cause
and this time
by the wayside
and it's held to the floor
but I kept my faith
in a jar by the wolves
I swear they don't know where
the fire remains
but what fire remains below
all of us?
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4. |
Bath Salts
04:10
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If I survive
they called the rapture
we felt no trace
it went on and on
if there's a blame
(the rise and fall)
we'll point it after
(and on and on)
there's no place
for our sake
that we’ll come back for
on and on
a constant edge
where constants matter
and still no place
oh our sake
that we'll come back for
a cause to die for
on and on
it holds me
fuels my legs
won't become the others
and on the way down
they still won't pull us through
shield your eyes
there's strength in numbers
and still no place
for our sake
that we’ll come back for
a cause to die for
on and on
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5. |
Sheep Overboard
04:02
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our homes and manors
all tombs of another time
I found us a hole to live down
noone expects to find
we're all these things
then none
well our poems and patterns
just texts of another time
they built us a road to walk down
pulling strings til
we're all these things that want
doubt
will you hold tight?
we'll find a new name for
where souls crowd’s
left burning down
our faiths
no better
just out for another dime
they bound us in rope and I'll buy in
call it off is it
obvious at all?
doubt
will you hold tight?
we'll find a new name for
where souls crowd
this left turn
now this whole card house
fell burning down
arm, fear, cause
a needless thought but
what thoughts prevail?
you won't ever see me along the way there
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6. |
Dime/Dozen
04:24
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the hours and minutes
froze in a broken wake
and held up by the ropes that we tied
down to another
a stroke less fateful
and these days are no better
I told myself
this cold black ink well's
all run dry
Well I should know by now
go with grace
for a thousand eyes
before the embers die
and though we make
one dime a dozen
it's all they ever buy
the times I've fled
since I should know better
but they pierce my focus
with eyes like torches, fire and wine
Well I should know by now
go with grace
for a thousand eyes
before the embers die
and though we make
one dime a dozen
it's all they ever
the hours they turn to days and hold the time
it comes in circles
we hold on blind, and move in tempos
you're just so much colder now, inside
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old blood Halifax, Nova Scotia
Relentless in the pursuit of crafting the soundtrack for the thinking person, Old Blood delivers a body of work steeped in
both agony and grace.
Blacklights is the first single from the long-awaited third release, Reckless Calm, coming May 11, 2020.
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