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All this time that slips through our hands
Paints a surface that we don't understand
So take a walk in the ocean
And dip your hands in the sky
but don't tell me what it's like
to live out our wonder
It's all in good time
It's all in good time
Son of mine won't you rest your eyes?
(I hear your questions but my tongue stays tied)
Love of mine won't you hold me tight?
(My body's shaking but it's warmer than most nights)
Friends of mine won't you hold your heads up high?
(And shake the fear from your eyes)
We have no home, but only for tonight
And all of this time we lived our lives on string and twine
(On string and twine)
And lay our heads down on the floor
(for one more night)
and when the morning brings us where we all belong
Our hearts will fail to beat if only by design
We're falling down, we're falling down
We'll take our chances to the ground
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Don't You Dare Die!
03:08
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We’ve got to get out of here quick
Before we let ourselves sink into the abyss
How much more of that rope can you spare?
I can’t hold on to this any longer
And we’re falling faster
To the place where this story began
Who is to blame for these handcuffs and chains on our wrists?
Bred, born and raised, on bleeding heart clichés
We are the ones (we are the ones)
We are the ones that hold the blame!
Love and lies
The dogmatic disguise
We’ll wear until we die
I see right through you, no mercy for your lies
I see right through you, I’m gonna skin you alive!
This is the allegory of a broken home
Your Sunday morning sermon won’t cure Mondays spent alone
Love and lies
the dogmatic disguise
We’ll wear until we
die and break
Just like the ropes we’re holding as the fibers start to fray
die and break
Just like the ropes we’re holding as the fibers start to fray
This is the allegory of a broken home
Your Sunday morning sermon won’t cure Mondays spent alone
This is truth behind the stories never told
The sudden realization that you’re out here all alone
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Hunting/Haunting
04:10
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Fires seem to fade when I decide
I’ve never been so cold
I’ve never lived my life on string or twine
(Come away my child)
We don’t belong here
You didn’t know
You didn’t see
How many homes would shelter me
You live every word
Watch them change over time
They made up their minds when they drew the lines
It’s not how we lived it
(We’re falling down)
If I had to choose between the worst of all the things I never knew
Would I even have the strength to say
We’re falling down
I’ve come to terms and
I’ve come to learn exactly where we all came from
Trust me my son, you can’t believe a word they say
(There’s no place for you)
We’ve spent our shooting stars
Trying to get back all we have lost
I confess I couldn’t tell you when the world
got so fucking lost in time
Oh no, no, don’t even try
(Tonight, and all of this time)
(That’s the sound of freedom calling)
(Reload the guns)
(We hold our fate within ourselves)
We like to make ourselves believe we know the truth
Deny the truth that’s growing deep inside of you
So we’ll cast away our doubts along the way
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Grey
05:33
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I couldn't fly away
With this city tied around my sorry neck
Where would I find shame
Now that I've got all this time on my hands?
I've dreamt of holes
In the ceiling when I'm still awake
Because we all have had
We all have had our share of broken wings
Would you believe me if I said I told the truth?
Would you condemn me for the wrongs I did not do?
You have been given a chance to save an innocent life.
No one's holding my hand, yeah
I'm as good as dead (I'm as good as dead)
Every dream is my getaway
(but you're not ready yet, so I'll just keep my head down)
From the hands that hold me, hands that hold me down.
And I never asked for this place
Never asked for this cell
Never asked for these chains
All I want is a reason to breathe
And a chance to feel the breeze on my skin
Could you grant me this one wish?
Because I'm not your man
No, I am not your man
I'm not your man, I'm not your man
I won't forget, you won't forget
I'm not your man
Will I become the man they told you I was?
On paper cuts from paperwork they solemnly swore on
The cries and echoes that curse my heavy head are just
Mud to fill the cracks on the streets of my cell block
A cut in the wall, another riot incentive
Another part of me that I've watched get hanged with consequences
I can feel the color leaving my face through my eyes
Who are they creating? Who's the real murderer now?
A long steady gaze, might bring these walls down in a blaze
While all the world gladly smears my judgment
Like they never will again
(Make up a story and bury the lies
Keep a straight face as he's torn from his life
Look him in the eyes, for the last time)
You thought you had the right to hunt me down
You thought you had the right to hunt me down
You're not the warden
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If I could say what we’ve all been thinking
We’re better off in the streets
Be better off if we never saw a dime from them
(The bigger picture, the bloody secrets)
We fail to understand
How is it my fault?
If I’ve got the keys and I’m right outside?
(We’ve all played a part)
A waste of my time
And 75 for the cost of life
Can I live with myself?
I’m only reaching to six or seven tall
They’re falling out of the sky
They’re fuckin’ dropping like flies
Only concrete can slow them down
Those evergreens have never looked so good to me
Forget the nine! Forget their lives!
There’s plenty more standing in line!
Hang our tongues at the door,
Making less and working more
It’s cold without my crown
I can’t be bothered now
Wish I could save some wasted time
Quicker moves won’t change the dime
For me, I can’t believe
They take the worst of me
I’ve paid my dues,
Expect nothing more
Than cigarettes crushed on the floor
We are the hypocrites
We are, we are (nothing more)
Liar! Look what you’ve done to me
Don’t ask me to be grateful That I’m on your side
This is no way to your life
This fire burns from a broken machine
we’ll turn to ash and drift away
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We’re falling down, we’re falling down
We’ll take our chances to the ground
This is where we all belong
And we’ll hold our hearts together
And dissolve into the air
Let you breathe in that part of me
That’s so desperate to start again
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This my friends, is a voluntary call to arms
Obligation: A choice, no illusion of order
No contracts, no oaths, just promise and honor
So our children won't bear our dead weight on their shoulders
This is where we stand, This is where we belong, where we belong!
Let the games begin! Doom is here, and the mad men have come!
My money is on the pack, no question about that!
Are you insane? Their murder masks are coming
I won't regret the soldier I've become
It’s time for change, before we all wind up dead
From the times we fight and the times we die
I'll try to notice how it's warmer than most nights
(And we still believe)
Are you ready? The time has come to steady your aim
Jet-jockeys are on the path!
their bombs are primed, get ready to die!
We’ll stack up the bodies to block out the sun
Hide in the shadows and reload the guns (Reload the guns!)
Blood soaks the ground where they fought on that day,
ready your rifles and sharpen your blades!
From the times we fight and the times we die
I'll try to notice how it's warmer than most nights
We're falling down and we'll take our chances to the ground
This is where we all belong
My heart has grown heavy from the things I’ve seen
I just can't believe anymore
We hold our fate within ourselves
This is where we belong, this is where we belong
If you don’t think you’ll make it, then do your best to fake it
This war must end, so our children won't bear our dead weight
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The True Meaning of Hope
05:18
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Just give me one more chance to fix this state
And rectify this hell they’ve made
Please trust me dear, there’s not much Time
This time I won’t refuse to fight
This is the anthem of a heavy heart
given the strength to tear this world apart
this is the anthem of a heavy heart
Boys, stand your ground, we’ll bury bodies and claim our land
Now don’t you hide your scars, the lives we lead are now secondary routine
I’m paralyzed by pain and fear, unworthy of the scum’s revere
Take the sword out of my hand, no such strength to save this land
Like hands around my throat their prayers are choking me
Give me one more chance to fix this state
And rectify this hell they’ve made
Please trust me dear, there’s not much time to make this right
You say that I’m divine, for this burden what’s my crime?
I’ve sold my pride, for a moment of silence
at the cost of a gift that’s now been lost
Move one inch at a time, it will be fine
you have been chosen to restore love in life
You have been chosen to restore love in life
Bore a hole in my heart
Let the blood inside of me pour out
I possess the gift to save us all
Like heads off the axe they will fall
(Like Heads off the axe they will fall)
Like heads off the axe they will fall
(Like Heads off the axe they will fall)
I will not be buried by you
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Victims
05:00
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I never wanted for our lives to end up this way
Mayday! I guess we're never going home
but I feel alright cause I see the fear that covers their eyes
Today there's nothing left to do but pray
but I don't know who will save you
From the fear that lives inside
It's so bright and so clear
(One breath in frame, one beating heart)
In this distance I will live my life again
I won't hesitate to do it all the same
And every second chance I had to have to learn from my mistakes
Just another flaw in my getaway so
Mayday (mayday!), mayday, I feel we're too far to save
And we're never going home
It feels wrong, feels wrong like a rabid dog inside you
and I'm not sure how I got this way but I'm this close to digging your grave
I never wanted for our lives to end up this way
There's only so much time, one can feed off common lies
before you lie with the dogs and you can't shake it off, I lost it (all)
It's so bright and so clear
In this distance I will live my life again
I won't hesitate to do it all the same
and I have lived in subtle fear
of every loss that separates the lines between reality
and solid memory
Try to make me believe that these walls have kept their distance from me now
and I would leave if I had someplace else I could writhe
(I am a sinking stone, I am the air you're meant to breathe,
I am a broken bone, crushed by the burden of deceit)
We will hang on the edge of this eternity
and beg for the symptoms of the mannered men
We used to be so brave
I will not be broken by this earth
I won’t break another heart
I will not succumb to this nightmare
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10. |
Short Tigers (04401)
04:40
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Am I the only one who thinks this world owes him a favor?
Like a gun to the back of my head
Her summer eyes burn through my door
Oh maybe I won’t feel a thing, or maybe I can’t feel anymore
So sit me down, tell me how the world works
When it’s not what you expected or what you prepared for
Yeah I know just what you are saying and your words are so serrating
If I left my thoughts outside would they dig me any deeper?
I was a different man before you
I fell in love with my mistakes
This couldn’t be, how could this be any worse from where I’m standing?
So prove me wrong, Universe.
Rain on my parade, burn my spirit to the ground
And I tried to leave you to the city limits now
You’re that voice inside my head, half as strong as I pretend you to be.
You run your mouth a lot for a girl with empty words
So don’t tell me I was a better man before
I fell in love with my mistakes
This couldn’t be, how could this be any worse from where I’m standing?
So prove me wrong, Universe
Rain on my parade, burn my spirit to the ground
Am I the only one who thinks this world owes him a favor?
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Darkness
A dying light creeps into my eyes
Don’t give up, I need you by my side
I won’t regret who we’ve become
(You could have been somebody else)
You could have seen a face that would forgive you
So sell me reason over rhetoric
I’ll ask the questions
But there’s no answer
Right in front of my eyes
So speak softly
When I give the word
We’ll stand our ground
and we'll take our chances to the ground
We'll stand our ground
(but there's just so many of them)
we'll stand here proud
Fire! That’s the sound of freedom calling
As the streets are stained with blood
The colors of our flag fly on
We'll stand so tall and fight for our friends
and die together
The pack has come to claim the beating of our hearts
This war won't end if the fighting never starts
All that we could say
Is woven deep into our bones
a second shadow cast from every word we know
We have our stories, we have our dreams
We have the lies we've heard about the world we have barely seen
(So we'll sing:
Oh I can't keep my soul alive, with all these demons haunting me
I can't draw scars where I would like them to be)
We're in over our heads, the life that we've sacrificed
The right words with no right time
The shrapnel that dances across our backs
We wouldn't think to have it any other way
So we'll raise our hands (we'll raise our hands)
and we'll make our voices heard (make our voices heard)
and we'll keep our heads held high
and we won't let up, we won't let up
We won't give up now that we all believe
This is where we all belong.
And all of this time
I felt it slowly sinking through to my design
Don't give up on me my love, I need you by my side
We lived our lives on string and twine (cross our hearts and hope to die)
when we say “It’s only for tonight”
We lived our lives on string and twine (On string and twine)
And lay our heads down on the floor (for one more night)
and when the morning brings us where we all belong
Our hearts will fail to beat and we’ll burn this to the ground
And we’ll hold our hearts together
And dissolve into the air
Let you breathe in that part of me
That’s so desperate to start again
We’re falling down, we’re falling down
We’ll take our chances to the ground
This is where we all belong.
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PushFire Clifton Springs, New York
Over the span of nearly a decade, the core of PushFire has been ceaselessly in pursuit of two goals: to make music that is raw, emotional, honest; and to put on a live show that shakes up even the most tentative concert goer.
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