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Dwellers
04:52
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Irrational fears cloud your mind
and all hope is left behind
for the dwellers to feed on
so see the world through my eyes
and you'll finally recognize
the fires that lay burden on my soul
breathe the air deeper now
you're finally finding out
the choirs sing brighter songs outside
and bring the noises in your head
to a screeching stop instead
of sirens following you home
so come out in the open
find comfort in the way you're not
simple and softly spoken
when you're alive and you're on top
of the world
breathe the air deeper now
you're finally finding out
what it's like to not feel insecure
bring the noises in your head
to a screeching stop instead
hear my voice and follow every word
so come out in the open
find comfort in the way you're not
simple and softly spoken
when you're alive and you're on top
of the world
well this house is burning
and i know you're learning to accept that it is gone
along with it's bridges
to unhappy places that you go when you're alone
so dance in the embers
and unwrite the letters to this melancholy rhyme
irate with the thought of
that you were once caught up in the irrational for some time
so come out in the open
find comfort in the way you're not
simple and softly spoken
when you're alive and you're on top
of the world
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2. |
Glass Bottom Boat
04:03
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There’s a glass bottom boat
passing by over my head
people stare but
they don’t care what
they don’t care what happens, what happens
and there’s a school swimming by
silver tails caught my eye
so I stare but
I don’t care what
I don’t care what happens, what happens
and “oh my god” I scream out to the water
save my soul
take me now
as I go up for air
all the silver tails scatter and scare
there’s a shark in our midst
comin’ by to steal her a kiss
“oh, my god” I scream out to the water
save my soul
take me now
and bring me home
where I came from nothing
let all my hopes
slowly drown here
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3. |
Child's Play
03:23
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Well I hardly care what they think of me now
been gone for a while I’m lost in the sound
don’t bring me back I’m happy this way
asking my heart if I’ll come out to play
I see life through the eyes of a child
and I let my mind run wild
‘cause sometimes it’s as simple as it seems
and I abandon everything in pursuit of a dream
well what a relief to finally say it out loud
no longer ashamed that I’m riddled with doubt
they say you only live once and that’s what I believe
so I’ll wear out this guitar with the heart on my sleeve
I see life through the eyes of a child
and I let my mind run wild
‘cause sometimes it’s as simple as it seems
and I abandon everything in pursuit of a dream
If only my name
lives on when I’m gone
a life went to waste
only then can you tell me I’m wrong
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4. |
Familiar Dark
03:26
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are we growing up or just growing apart
from each other in this familiar dark place
i hardly know you anymore
and it seems we’ve lost the things I most adored about you
I wanna feel the earth shake again
feel a pulse beat through my skin
but I, I swear that I can’t find that here with you
I wanna see the waves crashing in
to the shoreline as I spin around
to rhythmic sounds with someone far less miserable than you
are we giving up or just giving in
to tragic memories of our sins
the story always reads the same
and I’m so tired of playing games with you
I wanna feel the earth shake again
feel a pulse beat through my skin
but I, I swear that I can’t find that here with you
I wanna see the waves crashing in
to the shoreline as I spin around
to rhythmic sounds with someone far less miserable than you
it’s love and loss, these things happen
say all you want, I’ll speak with actions
‘cause I am gone before you can catch your breath
and nothing you have said can change it
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5. |
Faintly, I Recall
04:15
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you were there
you're still around
thought I'd lost what I had found
looking back I never should have strayed
but come again, come alive
never fill my apetite
lying in this bed that I have made
but you know...
that maybe you're not ready for this yet
and lately I've got a stomach full of regret
but faintly I recall something you said
you said "baby, I'd follow you 'til the end"
you'd shut me out
change the locks
if you only knew the kinds of thoughts
running through my mind when you leave
she'll say a prayer for my soul
mother, she can make me whole
'fore I leave my wounds at your feet
but you know...
that maybe you're not ready for this yet
and lately I've got a stomach full of regret
but faintly I recall something you said
you said "baby I'd follow you 'til the end"
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6. |
Vain
03:47
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I'd fall off the end of the earth for your love
clutching my pride in my hands understand this
I'm falling, falling, falling faster than gravity
hoping, wishing, praying you will come after me
come now I'm bound to leave this place
somehow love found one of our veins
as time burns I've learned I'll get by okay
as long as I don't rely on you for anything
I'll call off the search it is all over now
it's useless, you're just nowhere to be found
I'm racing, pacing, wasting precious reality
wanting, wishing, waiting for you to value me
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7. |
Above the Earth
03:36
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you're pulling teeth from a vampire
we both know the fangs aren't coming out
to be quite honest I'm getting tired
of all the people sleeping safe and sound
well i'm out here
above the earth
looking for blood to end my thirst
I can't be saved
'cause I'm already dead
should've sold my soul instead
at least then
I'd have something to show
for the life that I let go
for my own selfish reasons
you're pulling teeth from a vampire
but don't think you've got me figured out
well go ahead, set my lungs on fire
see if I will make a sound
well i'm out here
above the earth
looking for blood to end my thirst
I can't be saved
'cause I'm already dead
should've sold my soul instead
at least then
I'd have something to show
for the life that I let go
for my own selfish reasons
pulling teeth from vampires now
you don't have me figured out
you don't have me figured out
god damn I'm lost in the sound
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8. |
Better Half
05:25
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I try to speak but the words won’t come
and it’s frightening as a loaded gun
and it’s mine to keep
but it’s mine to run from
and silently
some day it will catch up
and finally
it takes the better half of me
from the ones that I love
and it’s sad you see
just how i’ve given up
happily
I betrayed all your trust
tactfully
so be mad if you must
just remember me as I once was
well half a drink
it turns into one
unraveling
of all that I’ve done
and I start to think
it’s about time that I give up
this tragedy
of a life that don’t live up
and finally
it takes the better half of me
from the ones that I love
and it’s sad you see
just how I’ve given up
happily
I betrayed all your trust
tactfully
so be mad if you must
just remember me as I once was
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9. |
Haste
03:17
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so make haste slowly
and see it to the end
the one and only
promise you pretend
to keep
a loss that you won’t weep
still you send
your grief
while you grin straight through you teeth
and this i know
and this i know
so bring my only
love back to my arms
but you can’t hold me
back from doing harm
to me
can hardly stand to eat
ripping apart
at the seems
so you can watch me bleed
and so this goes
and so this goes
well this is hopeless
no I can’t change my stars
and lets be honest
these temporary scars
will be
forever there for me to see
and the part
of me
torn off between your sheets
and how are you so cold?
how are you so cold?
How are you so...
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Aviation and the War Chicago, Illinois
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