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We’re rabid
A spectacle
We’re ones you wanna know
Unrivaled
Consecutive
We’re always ones to show
And while we’re cause celebre (CELEBRE)
With all others in our wake
(WE ARE) never ones to gloat
At the evenings end (THE END)
With all others in our wake
(YOU’LL LEAVE) a different kind of stoked
No blindfolds
No baffles
No one in line
To wait for drinks
While we roll
Connection
Is visceral
We ain’t no average joes
And while we know we’re fresh (SO FRESH)
With all others in our wake
(WE ARE) never ones to gloat
And at the evenings end (THE END)
With all others in our wake
(YOU’LL LEAVE) a different kind of smoked
And when we walk away (AWAY)
With all others in our wake
(WE ARE) never ones to gloat
And at the evenings end (THE END)
With all your money in our hands
(YOU’LL LEAVE) a different kind of broke
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The Sound Remains
02:27
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Did you dig?
Did you do your search?
Did you find the cure?
Did you shill?
Did you propagate all the lies that I’d heard before?
Did you piss?
Did you moan aloud?
Did you troll the boards?
Did you torch
Every bridge in town
And realize th-th-th-th-th-the sound remains!
The Sound Remains!
The Sound Remains!
Through the cracks in your faded doors
The Sound Remains!
Rest your head on the bitter bark
Of a liar’s oak
Quench you thirst from the thunderclouds
Forming fast from the frauds you spoke
Train your eyes on a setting sun
As you wince in pain
Dim the light from your field of view
But realize th-th-th-th-th-the sound remains!
The Sound Remains!
The Sound Remains!
Through the cracks in your faded doors
The Sound Remains!
Now as sure as the bone in your arm is true
Or as real as the blade pushed through
The absolutes in life won’t change
And the sound remains
The Sound Remains!
The Sound Remains!
Through the cracks in your faded doors (right through)
The Sound Remains!
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Past My Prime
02:32
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I will never
Be a slave to time
I don’t honor
Sand that falls inside
I’ll keep churning
Till the day I die...
Cuz it wasn’t just for your pride
I KEEP ON PUSHING PAST MY PRIME
THEY KEEP ON SAYING THERE’S NO TIME
I KEEP ON PUSHING PAST MY PRIME
Or should I just lay
(DOWN)
Or just realize
That some line was
(DRAWN)
By the dead inside
No, I can’t take
(ADVICE)
From the hollow eyed
You’ve only ever graced the sidelines
I KEEP ON PUSHING PAST MY PRIME
THEY KEEP ON SAYING THERE’S NO TIME
I KEEP ON PUSHING PAST MY PRIME
I KEEP ON PUSHING PAST MY PRIME
I keep on pushing, I keep on pushing on
I KEEP ON PUSHING PAST MY PRIME
I won’t sit waiting, I won’t sit waiting, drawn
I KEEP ON PUSHING PAST MY PRIME
Just keep on pushing, just keep on pushing on
I KEEP ON PUSHING PAST MY PRIME
Can’t sit here waiting, won’t sit here waiting long...
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I saw you standing there
You had bloodshot eyes
And you were digging out
From another time
I saw you standing there
With your bloodshot eyes
And you were digging up
Bones from another time
I can’t let you in my life
The time for restful sleep’s gone by
I can’t let in you in my life
What the hell is caution?
Being sound of mind
Really takes its time
And if I wait it out
Will you toe the line
Being sound of mind
Really takes its time
And if I stay too long
Will you rewrite fine
I can’t let you in my life
The time for restful sleep’s gone by
I can’t let in you in my life
What the hell is caution?
What if I don’t get it, I don’t get it right
Get it right!
I can’t let you in my life
The time for restful sleep’s gone by
I can’t let in you in my life
What the hell is caution?
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A Life Worth Living
03:09
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Let me start by saying that
I’ve got it all
A roof over my head
Surrounded by four walls
My heart is really full
My mouth is too
I’ve got a perfect life
On paper, this is true
My sinews ache
My brainwaves too
But my will to live a life worth living shines right through
Not gonna break
For sure I’ll bend
Cuz I’ll live a life worth living til the very end
We’ve all got certain things
We must endure
Some challenges we face
And struggles that are pure
But it’s how we choose to fight
Our will to win
And not just for ourselves
But for others more broken
My sinews ache
My brainwaves too
But my will to live a life worth living shines right through
Not gonna break
For sure I’ll bend
Cuz I’ll live a life worth living til the very end
Sometimes I’m down
But never out
If you don’t see me
You can hear me scream and shout
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The Tempest
03:08
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That night upon the sea
We met no entities
It held no majesty
The tempest
Roiled our dreams
It tore through sleep
But still we clung to beams
And kept our heading trained
No retreat...
We may find this treasure
But who will mend our sails?
If in the end we measure
All our gains by loss and yield
Then burn this keel
We’re feeble...
You got your never
You got your clouds
You’ve got your end times abound
Half bunks adorned with fleas
We touched despondency
And spoke of mutiny
Detesting
Fealty
To unbound gluttony
We shined our sabres clean
Then fell to apathy
Infested...
We’ll never know true pleasure
While hugging splintered rails
This conquest without measure
Batters at our mast
And wales
Our faces pale
Unpeople
You got your never
You got your clouds
You’ve got your end times abound
Around
Come ‘round
And let us on firm ground
Or let us all just drown
You got your never
You got your clouds
You’ve got your end times abound
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Lost Summer
02:33
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Everyday off
Typical gone
Shelves are stripped bare
Some remain calm
Some are now dead
Suffer the loss
Tolerate blight
But the silence of roads
At a week’s end
Burdens my head
Halt enough
You start to hear the whole truth
Hand to God
I thought I needed less you
Now you’re gone
It’s made me doubt my own use
And the call
Oh, Friday nights are lonely
But these Saturdays are killing me
What of the fall
Stiffs in the lot
A Cannery Row
But no party for Doc
Eddie is mayor
Bury my head
Pretend like I can
Until the week’s end
The silence of roads
Burdens my head
Halt enough
You start to hear the whole truth
Hand to God
I thought I needed less you
Now you’re gone
It’s made me doubt my own use
And the call
Oh, Friday nights are lonely
But these Saturdays are killing me
Lost summer
High tides
We’re all just drowning in our hope for better
It’s time to lick and seal then burn this letter
Writing me off
Cutting me down
What’s this about
Only one car
Out on the town
Halt enough
You start to hear the whole truth
Hand to God
I thought I needed less you
Now you’re gone
It’s made me doubt my own use
And the call
Oh, Friday nights are lonely
But these Saturdays are killing me
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Some would say I should’ve seen this coming
Some would say I tend to write my own demise
Some would say I should’ve taken my own advice
Some would say I should’ve seen this coming
Some would say I should’ve lit my hands on fire
Some would say that, craving warmth, I built a pyre
Cause I’m…
Rotting
Out my head
Rotting
Out my mind
Rotting
Out my brain
Tonight!
Some would say I should have seen this coming
Some would say I can delight in my demise
Some would I say I’ve never heard my own advice
But if you think I could’ve seen this coming
If you think that in my head I win some prize
Then you’ve never really been slave to desire
Cause I’m…
Rotting
Out my head
Rotting
Out my mind
Rotting
Out my brain
Tonight!
It may be all just due to boredom
But it’s mine
It may be all just due to boredom
But I’m fine
Rotting
Out my head
Out my mind
Rotting
Out my brain
Tonight
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Nightmares
03:01
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White light
No one can see it
Shrill cries
No one can hear ‘em
Inside
I turn the TV down
Oh-Oh-Oh
Those eyes
Peer from the darkness
Cracked claws
Flail out to harness
A low growl
Rattles loose the blinds
And the creature spells out why...
You weren’t that strong
That’s why you’re lost
You kept your head down
Now your nightmares follow you around
White lies...
All my deceivin’
Tin vows
Carried no meaning
Deep down
I knew I’d never change
Oh-Oh-Oh-Oh
Black flies
Cling to the ceiling
In time
They’ll sense my reeling
And dine
Upon my open frame
As the creature spells out why
You weren’t that strong
And now you’re alone
You kept your head down
Now your nightmares follow you around
Time
No time
There’s no time
You weren’t that strong
And now you’re gone
You kept your head down
Now your nightmares follow you around
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Stay Strong
02:45
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Lay there waiting
For the braying
Of his insults to be through
Tears blessed by blankets
A moment fated
By a monster we’ve set loose
And in this state of violence
Aided by the cowards and the fools
Just know that I’m beside you
When it’s raining on you
It’s raining on me too
Stay Strong
See the weight upon you
And all you’ve gone through
Questioning your truth
Lust cloaked in anger
And insight’s failure
The modern era’s noose
But in this state of violence
Aided by the damaged and the bruised
Just know that I’m beside you
What’s draining on you
Is draining on me too
Stay strong
Cause they’re wrong
How to tell you, I don’t know
Stay strong
Cause they’re wrong
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Salt
01:35
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There’s this cure for all
It’s not even illegal
but it’s a ball
It ain’t blow it ain’t weed
We think it’s even better
than trucker speed
We want some
S-A-L-T for our brains
We take a whiff once
and then we do it again
We need that
S-A-L-T for our heads
You can do it all night
but still go to bed
We live for that smell
If we don’t get it
we won’t do so well
That snap ooh that scent
We know that you can’t buy it
you just pay rent
We want some
S-A-L-T for our brains
We take a whiff once
and then we do it again
We need that
S-A-L-T for our heads
You can do it all night
but still go to bed
Smelling salts yeah!
Smell some smelling salts yeah!
Smell some salts uh-huh!
We want some
S-A-L-T for our brains
We take a whiff once
and then we do it again
We need that
S-A-L-T for our heads
You can do it all night
but still go to bed
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SPELLS Denver, Colorado
SPELLS is a five-piece juggernaut from Denver, CO. They are vacation rock to be exact. They produce short blasts of intense
melody and driving rhythms that are custom made to entertain the band members themselves and serve as an excuse to go play shows in cities that have beaches nearby. If your city's best offers include said beach and a good breakfast joint, count them in.
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