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The Flood(intro)
01:20
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2. |
Concerning the Hotel
02:51
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we found that abandoned hotel off the highway
wandered the halls uncovering forgotten trash
gathered all dust and debris from the corners, and set fire to it in the lobby
sat into the small hours telling ghost stories
& you asked me do I know what I forgot I'm not
& I told you in the firelight I'm everything I've got
weeds pouring up through the cracked concrete
like convicts stretching their arms out on work release
flickering flames reflecting in your eyes, dancing like shadows in the graveyard images of your past lives
& you asked me, do I think that ghosts would steal our breath
& I told you it don't matter if we willingly give it to them
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3. |
Atom Bombs
03:10
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burned out on late nights smoked down like cigarettes
surviving on the ash and debris from the cities burning out in the west
all of my past lives, they've hollowed out my chest
and my regrets have made a home in the hollow of it
i have visions brighter than atom bombs
behind my eyelids when i dream and i want them to stop
and i feel the weight of the world pressing down on my lungs
but i will go on, uncomfortably numb
it's an odd sharp feeling when we start learning
when we stop running
transfiguration starts burning
i feel growth like a flower drenched in blood
and this won't solve all of my problems but it will solve some
i have visions brighter than atom bombs
behind my eyelids when i dream and i want them to stop
and i feel the weight of the world pressing down on my lungs
but i will go on, uncomfortably numb
we're not sure what should be done
howling in the small hours for the prey that we hunt
we're not quite sure if we're free or we're not
but we will go on until our hearts start to rot
i have visions brighter than atom bombs
behind my eyelids when i dream and i want them to stop
and i feel the weight of the world pressing down on my lungs
but i will go on, uncomfortably numb
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4. |
Egalitarian Ego Death
03:26
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i spend more time than is acceptable or healthy trying to connect the dots between the strings that i press
with my fingers and the ideas that have successfully tied themselves inside my troubled head
like it shouldn't matter if you wear black and bandanas or if you go to work everyday in a suit and tie
as long as you are screaming at the top of your lungs
as long as you know we all eventually wither and die
lets pretend that we've got better things to do than just lay down and ignore the urge to resist
please don't go so quietly into that night because the loudest protest we'll ever sing is our own right to exist
and are we taking back our freedoms or are we standing around just holding our dicks
pissing off our soapboxes about who's the better activist it's distracting and we don't have time for it
i don't wanna hear another motherfucker in this scene
say that we don't need police
if the first words out yr mouth when one of our friends is assaulted is 'why didn't you call the authorities'
& i will absolutely snap if one more motherfucker says how we proudly don't need police
if the first words out yr mouth when one of our friends is assaulted is 'well why didn't you just call the authorities'
and are we taking back our freedom or are we being led by the hand like screaming kids down the path to mediocrity
please dont go so quietly into that because the loudest sound in your head will be what will happen if you quit
and are we taking back our freedoms or are we standing around just holding our dicks
pissing off our soapboxes about who's the better activist it's distracting and we don't have time for it
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5. |
Vanishing Light
03:49
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do you remember the day all the stars fell down
all the animals under the sun ran from the burning in the south
and you fell to yr knees and you clawed yr own eyes out
at the top of yr lungs you screamed 'hallelujah hail satan praise the lord, our time is now'
holy water water won't save yr soul now
we are falling, falling down
it's as quiet as a whisper, it's as loud as a shout
no one goes down that way anymore, the track has been burned out
it is full dark up ahead, you will lose yr way there's no doubt
oh twisting into the darkness you'll be sure to not come out
and oh my god we have seen the end today
there is no escaping this way
and oh my god we are doomed today
there is no escaping this way
and oh my god
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6. |
Full Dark, No Stars
01:23
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7. |
Time Capsule
02:50
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8. |
Little Brother
03:24
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indifference isn't bred but i feel it in my bones
three decades feels like ninety and this body is an unfamiliar home
i laid down my family name, gave its corpse and unmarked grave
and i lay under the new one like a snake in the summer sun
cause my father's blood is the noose i cannot shake
it is toxic like his love
and i never had a little brother to pay his debts
but i've been one
open fields and skies going on for days
i will open my mouth wide, and swallow my mistakes
and there's no train you can catch to run from this pain
some things will find a home within yr bones
and that's where they'll stay
and my mother's blood is the river i will drown in
with cement shoes on
and i only know the little brother always runs first
cause i was one
and i only know the little brother always runs first
cause i was one
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9. |
After the War
04:46
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10. |
Petty Thieves
02:47
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god bless all petty thieves
god bless all the saints i won't meet
god bless all the people lying down in the street
like road flares or fluorescent yellow paint
for us to see
god bless all the sinners who mean everything to me
god bless all of the monsters who drink from the night
shun the light of day
in favor for sleep
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