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Old Country

by Swords and Horns

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People were like pebbles on the beach Maggie, she cheered from the front seat They watched her zoom over the waves Her daddy worried about the speed But she never cared Will you reach with me? Will you reach with me? Everything I do just fades away Maggie's boat, it flipped and hit the fence Everybody screamed and cried Maggie tumbled through the sky Her daddy held her on the shore But her lungs would pull no more, more Will you reach with me? Will you reach with me? Everything I do just fades away Oh Maggie, what have we done? Will there be darkness or sun? Had you managed to walk away Where would you be? And where would I be? So will you reach with me? Will you reach with me? When I sat right there and opened up the newspaper Oh, lordy lord what did I see? I saw you there I saw you there right on page three Oh Maggie, oh lordy lord
2.
Mirror Zone 02:49
I'm afraid You're afraid Everyone's out there burning in their graves Let us go Let's go out I'll find you out Everyone we've told I don't care What we do We will just slide away And then we'll all be in the mirror zone Oh, oh, the mirror zone You will run I will chase I will burn You will find every little piece of you ... Down inside In your heart You will pull it up And then we'll start From the beginning of your ... Life is hard You don't care But you will find your way When you're older I promise you Oh, oh, the mirror zone
3.
Meatgrinder 04:08
Welcome to the meatgrinder You're in for the long haul Hop up up on the conveyor belt And wag that tail I am burning like a fossil whale I surely care When this time comes I want blood And I need it now I tan your hide And tie your pieces to the sky Let the meat drip down And kiss everyone upon the cheek Welcome to the meatgrinder I found my next meal I found you lying on the road So I took you home Headaches and heart attacks They burn like fireflies But I will just make it on 'Til next July Full will be my freezer Full will be my frying pan You'll be my lovely little Lovely little lamb Welcome to the meatgrinder You're in for the long haul Hop up up on the conveyor belt And wag that tail
4.
Solitary 03:24
Well I got my pennies in an old suitcase And I got a hand on my hat I'm gonna keep on movin' before my heart sinks And before I fall right back Don't you keep on movin' You gotta stay right where you are Cause this moon don't hang for everyone When you die Just wait for me to go solitary Just wait for me to come back home I got one hand on the trigger I got another hand in the flame I'm gonna keep on walkin' till the tempo stops And the heart bursts open with rain I got no more dealins with you You got no more dealins with me I'm gonna walk back home I'm gonna disappear I'm gonna put my head in my hands Just wait for me to go solitary Just wait for me to come back home I got one hand on the trigger I got another hand in the flame I'm gonna move right back I'm gonna walk back home You'll never hear from me again Cause I'm so so so solitary This old world just keeps on beatin' me down Down down, oooh so so so solitary Cause if you don't need me Then I don't need you And the path is calling me Cause I'm so so far gone Cause I'm so so far gone I got one hand on the trigger I got another one in the flame Babe you don't need me And I don't need you So I'm walking away
5.
Heart String 04:16
Let's go out to the country Let's go out and see some friends We can dance with the fireflies We can stay up all night And you walked away So I dug a grave For to lay me down to rest To hang our hearts on a tree For to keep my love strong My love strong You said my bit rate is too low And my song's not gettin' through So I'll just sing loud Cause I know You'll come around But you walked away So I dug a grave For to lay me down to rest To hang our hearts on a tree For to keep my love strong My love strong And maybe you're not the one Who I've been waitin' for You never could pick me up You never could cut to my core And I'm not a character From a book you may have read No I am flesh and blood and soul So you can't give me what I need Now I walk away I've climbed right out of my grave For to live my life I had to leave your heart behind For to keep my love strong My love strong
6.
Raindrop 02:29
They say your plane's wheels have touched down And I will see you stride coming soon But the things I see shall all turn to dust When I look at you I feel the dark Cause it will all be gone soon Like a raindrop in the afternoon sun Revel hard in this deep nothing Hold your chest before you when you fly Slink with me down all the dark alleys To places where the brink won't know our names Chorus I just took your hand I walked away I never steered to that old street again There won't be no rainbow today If there ain't no rain Chorus
7.
45 03:45
Yesterday I was back at home Never knew what you were gonna do You gripped that gun in your hand That sparkle in your eye I saw you there Pointing at the sky How 'bout we just go You think you can fly? Let's all drive off The 45 Got no time No time to burn on last regrets Yesterday you were still too fast Never knew that curb was coming soon You gripped that wheel in your hand That glimmer in your eye I saw you there Swervin' soon to cry How bout we just go You too will fly Why don't you just load Up your 45 Chorus Solo Chorus
8.
No Return 03:26
You will take your armor I will take my hat We'll slip into the country Never turn our backs And the willow tree will shade Though we don't really need And the rain will fall down And roll into town The point of no return is where I want to be
9.
Hard Road 02:54
How about we take a trip away How about we get up into space How about we dress our love in rags How about we count the stars It's an old idea but I would like to try Cause it's a hard, hard road And then you die Cause it's a hard, hard road And then you, then you die I made a pillow out of gossamer I tied it up to the tree I tried to pray to god But he never heard my words No, he never heard my words And it's a hard, hard road And then you die Cause it's a hard, hard road And then you, then you die And then you, then you're gone
10.
Cause life ain't like that sometimes You cannot give your grief onto another man And you live and you love by the ones you need And you keep them near you like the air you breathe Cause life ain't like that sometimes You cannot pile all your stones to the sky But you live and you love by the ones you need And you keep them near you like the air you breathe Because my heart won't beat My heart won't beat My heart won't for you No, my heart won't beat My heart won't beat My heart won't without you Because we're all in this together Cause life ain't like that sometimes You cannot give your grief onto another man And that old country rises from the west and greets the east And your dark days precede you like you leave em And life and like that sometimes You cannot give your grief onto another But you try, you try, but you fall down And you love like the air you breathe Chorus
11.
Mirror's Own 03:23
I'm afraid You're afraid Everyone's out there burning in their graves Let us go Let's go out I'll find you out Everyone we've told I don't care What we do We will just slide away And then we'll all be in the mirror zone Oh, oh, the mirror's own You will run I will chase I will burn You will find every little piece of you ... Down inside In your heart You will pull it up And then we'll start From the beginning of your ... Life is hard You don't care But you will find your way When you're older I promise you Oh, oh, the mirror's own

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released January 6, 2011

All songs written, recorded, and performed by Will Kyle and Nick Watt
Produced by Nick Watt
Album artwork done by Peggy Dietz (www.peggydietz.com)
All songs mastered by 48hourmasters.com
Sound clips and poetry excerpts taken from the public domain at www.freesound.org

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