1. |
Maelstrom
04:36
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If you try to understand
But you have never had to lose
If you try to lift the weight on your own
But you have never had the gentle touch
To calm your lover's heart
If you try to find your way in the dark
But you have never closed your eyes
To see through your own beliefs
To truth and all she bleeds
Take my hand
And float with me
Onward to
That wild, cleansing sea
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2. |
Rabbitoir
04:27
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Wait, I'm going up and down in waves
Faster than a bleating train
Charging towards a spray-on cave
Spread, like your rumor said,
Across the floor and bed
Fills my gums with dread
Ooh, you're charming all my snakes now
Ooh, so wild but who needs rest anyhow?
Fog for your fattest hog,
Twenty-thousand leagues of bog,
And the feeling that all is lost
Face such reputed waste,
Visceral in its taste
And gone before your praise
Ooh, you're charming all my snakes now
Ooh, so wild but who needs peace anyhow?
When all we are is burning down and fading out?
We can't survive this
But we can't deny this
Don't know where the line was
But it's way behind us
Ooh, you're charming all my snakes now
Ooh, moon to wolves trying to eat me alive
Ooh, so wild but who needs grace anyhow?
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3. |
Kyzer Sosa
04:10
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Hold your dead horses now
Keep it with the secret I let out
Save it all for stock and share
Not a dime left; call it while it's in the heir
Find all the difference in you
And I hang our hangups dry
Give the devil's discredit due,
Read the womb and call it like it sees you
Cuz everything feels so wrong
Beside the right that I carry all along
But I've been alone so long
I swear that I never needed anyone
For nothing/learn to trust
/No one/'s there for us
/Beggars/ choose too much/
For thei're good/for just
One more, I'm beautiful
One more, I'm capable
Of keeping all of this mess together
Never mind the pit just say what's easiest
No one's hanging on a jury's
Every last word like it's a spell
Said to set us free
Cuz everything feels so wrong
Beside the right that I carry all along
But I've been alone so long
I swear that I never needed anyone
For nothing/learn to trust
/No one/'s there for us
/Beggars/ choose too much/
For thei're good/for just
One more, I'm beautiful
One more, I'm capable/
Of keeping all of this mess together
May they...
May they...
May they find me...
One more
Cuz everything feels so wrong...
I've been alone so long...
I'm fine
One more, I'm beautiful
One more, I'm capable/
Of keeping all of this mess together
Somebody...
Anybody...
I'm fine.
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4. |
Cokelogic
03:49
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I wanna face this sullen world
With gritted teeth and smiling eyes
To find the wall where the dead can scrawl
The fitted grief that plagued their lives
To find my name amongst the blamed
And constant strange
And read the laundry list of my complaints
Lord, help me now
I'm coming down
Am I coming around?
Cuz I've been broken before,
Am I broken now?
No, I'm not yours anymore
No, I'm not yours anymore
You're mine
With the last bit of coal in the furnace now,
The engine sputters around the bend
To meet your wall with the fetid tunnel
And a look that says I'm your only friend
I wanna wear astronaut white
And pastel war paint
And speak of a life to which
I can't relate
In all this smoke
I'll leave a hope
Just beyond your reach
In all this human we share,
That some was me
No, I'm not yours anymore
No, I'm not yours anymore
I.
Oh, you think you know
More than you've been shown
You don't know where I've been
Where do I begin
The tale of constant gnashing jaws?
They took my pride,
Bloodied my tide
Just wait til you see my claws
Creep down the walls
Like shadows fall around you
Wait til I dress you down
In front of your friends
In front of your kin
Your eyes screaming...
II.
Poor, sweet beasty
Come in from the rain
Let me clean you
And give you a name
All these scratches,
How did you survive?
Oh, my darling,
Not so tight.
Is that my blood
On the ground?
Filthy creature,
I should have
Known to put you down
No, I'm not yours anymore
You're mine
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5. |
Home
05:37
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And all it takes
Is just one breeze
And you will find me
Lying 'mongst the trees
And all I know
Of the way it grows
It takes over of my body
And my soul follows
But, honestly,
I've made myself a home of apology
Well, river, and ocean drought
I can't see another way out
Everything is so fucked now
All I hear are siren sounds
And of the shame
And her lover, blame
Well, they know my name
And, like a bridge to the flame,
Out I crawl
The moment called
Covered in my failings
Grasping shortest straws
But, honestly,
I've found myself a home in this sick misery
Well, river, and ocean drought
I can't see another way out
And everything is so fucked now
All I hear are siren sounds
Home, where they shut the lights out on you
Every time
But I'm coming clean
I turned those lights out on myself
Long ago
Well, river, and ocean drought
I can't see another way out
And everything is so fucked now
Well, river, and ocean drought
I can't see another way out
And everything is so fucked now
That all I hear are sirens sound
And everything is so fucked now
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6. |
Ghost
03:39
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Everywhere I go is haunted
Like a liquid plague
On a desert tongue
Every smile burns to a grin
And for a moment I see
What we've become and, well,
It's every ghost for them self
Every time I run to your side
I feel that burning slowly subdside
It's gonna cause a hole right in my heart
It's gonna cut it out
To lit on me to question
Why does every ghost have to die?
If the only one to be is who I've been
Then I've already failed
Just use this white flag
To light a Molotov cocktail
But a calling out
Points me out
And it finds the drought
And it pours it out
To drown the doubt
And open my mouth
For a greater sound
To come tumbling out
If the universe ain't giving me
Direction and the timing when to go
Then what's with all this
Psychedelic contraband and innuendo
That pulls me and speaks my language?
Open eyes open arms.
Open minds open hearts.
It won't come from expectation
Born from the bottom's foundation
Far too personal to name
But the call-to-arms has changed
It says,
"Brothers and sisters, pick up your swords
And haunt the ghosts
Of all that we were"
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7. |
Piaget
05:18
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Well, we belong to all of it
But where do we go from here
But right back to all our wicked ways?
Wait and distract for joy to find us
While the mouthpiece of God defines us
But all I know of the holy ghost
Is the rising sun
In you
Well, we belong to all of it
But where do we go from here?
When all I know of the holy ghost
Is the rising sun
In you
Eyes look to the sky
As the night-time starts to rise
But I'm not blind
I know the day may have just slipped by
Eyes over the side
As the water starts to rise
But I won't lie
I think my boat might just be sinking
We're so scared of being alone
And I can understand
To see all of this beauty
And think this must be planned
But God just laughs at our fears
And disappears
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8. |
Foul Weather Friend
04:17
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When the lights go out
And you're all strung out
From this world of doubt
I know all about the dark
When the shadows play
With what your demons say
And the only way
You could ever stay sane is break down
Call me
I just want you to feel safe
It won't offend
I don't mind being your
Foul weather friend
If the Autumn stays
Through the season change
And the winter rays
Stick around through the spring delay
If it's all too clear
And the only thing you hear
Are the constant fears, so sincere,
Right between your ears
Call me
I just want you to feel safe
It's not the end
It's just that shit that we share in
My foul weather friend
If you gotta let it all out
Let it all out
You're not alone now
There, there
Let it all out
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9. |
Bruised Fruit
04:48
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We will make it through
If it's all that we do
Dropped and so bruised
You're so bent and broken
Can't but narrowly see
In every way that matters
You're exactly like me
As we groan and twist away
From every moment of growth
Placing face in the tide
Of gutter swells to justify
The drowning we do
Filling mouth and nose
With shallow, trickling blue
If you can't stand
Just get your shakey knees under you
And I'll kneel by your side
Cuz I've been trying
Crawling on all fours
In the wind and the rain
Keeps coming down
We will make it through
It may be all that we do
Cuz even blood will dry up soon
You're so bent and broken
Can't but narrowly see
In every way that matters
You're exactly like me
As we groan and twist away
From every moment of growth
I won't be unkind
Cuz even with this ringing
Rattling 'round in my head
Calling out for more
Than just the bones and the bread
That we break each day
To make it through the struggle alone
I won't be a liar
Cuz I've been trying
Crawling on all fours
In the wind and the rain
Cuz even with all of this hollering out
From graves, and bottoms,
And bottomless gold
We know
The rain keeps coming down
We will make it through
It may be all that we do
Cuz time knows its truth, bruised fruit
Someone call a firing squad?
We have ways of making you talk
Secrets sold with expression props
Oh, what a dirty mind you've got
We will make it through
It may be all that we do
No body or soul too bruised
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10. |
Stay Ugly
03:32
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Son, sun shown sunset sunshine
In your eyes
Nothing quite as cold as your
Warmest disguise
From the golden child
To the golden God in your mind
Matchstick masks mask
Matched mirrors own denials inside
Never judge a spy by his cover
When our betrayals only come from brothers,
My brother
But you never meant any harm
Well, let me stop you right there
Dead in your tracks
Just how long did you search
For space in my back
Cuz the only one
Who ever knew for sure
Stands with land on sand
Commanding the shore
I'm sure
Open waters open old wounds
With open minds comes open season on you
We need more than
Precious, planned words to be said
We need your most righteous red
Turn your arms out
Let us see did you
Strut 'cross the road or march up the street
Pour your guts out
On the table we'll sew them right back
But you won't do that,
Baby boy
Cross-hairs crossed mind
Cross lines crossed out every time
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11. |
Start A War
04:07
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It's my family or yours
I never meant to start a war
If I need a fix
Well, I'm broken for sure
Put my feet under the table
Find myself another cure
Where I burdened before
I cannot be sure
If it's my family or yours
I never meant to start a war
I've forgotten what all this fighting is for
Where you dropped the gloves
Is where I dropped the gun
I don't want to do this anymore
I never meant to start a war
Where I burned before
I cannot be sure
If it's my family or yours
I never meant to start a war
I've forgotten what all this fighting is for
Where you dropped the gloves
Is where I dropped the gun
I don't want to do this anymore
I never meant to start a war
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12. |
Little I. Phantom Limb
05:41
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Well, I can't just let you go
You're so goddamn beautiful
Little girl, loving you
Is all I know
Well, I feel your words shake my bones
To splinters on the ground
Even with years and miles
Between us now
But even the purest of hope
Eats us alive, eventually
Even with outstretched arms
We can't quite reach
Well, I'd trade my eyes, arm and leg,
And life as I know it
For one chance to ruin you
All over again
This phantom limb claws my soul
Til nothing is left
I can't just let you go
You're so goddamn beautiful
But even the purest of hope
Eats us alive, eventually
Even with outstretched arms
Limbs far beyond the trees
To lovely memories
We danced barefoot
In your mother's garden
And on a frozen lake in Michigan
Under two moons
While ink spots and Etta
Drew us closer
Until we moved as one
In each other
Gone, before the memory fades,
The warmth I crave
From bodies holding place
Such masquerades can't imitate
The ineffable but ever-present grace
I remember full but can't hold
Only coming back for everything I owe
But could never pay, replace or explain
I know I can't hide
Oh but I tried
We'd never find a place
Where we can escape
We'd just run for the rest of our days
And bury ourselves more
Like so many have done before
Until there's nothing left to hold or erase
Before it's gone, let's call this for what it is
We'd never stand a chance, would we
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We've been saved by factioned platoons
Cut us loose from colored balloons
Everything is changed by the light in this room
We have all of the answers
We're waiting for the right questions
And they'll come
Just don't reach us we'll reach you
Who gave you those scars?
And who do you think you are?
Just how long are you to blame, my friend?
What must be lost to be forgiven?
Ain't it time to try and love again?
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hold fire Columbia, South Carolina
hold fire is a three-piece band from Columbia, SC formed in the fall of 2016. Combining elements of various genres and drawing on the combined experience of its members, hold fire embodies a sound entirely it's own and personally meaningful to all involved. We are unapologetically who we are, and our music is whatever it means to you. ... more
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