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Nuclear Years

by Things Behind The Sun

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1.
Bind our lives in melodies That stagger from our lips That catch our doubts and hold them fast Until they are dismissed Snare ourselves in silences The ones we knew so well The ones that spoke the truths of love Our bodies couldn't tell Scores that I've composed with you: There's not a note that I would ever change So let our voices resonate With harmonies that never fade away La la la la la Lock us where our voices crack From notes which ring too clear From symphonies in summer breeze And the times that we held dear Scores that I've composed with you: There's not a note that I would ever change So let our voices resonate With harmonies that never fade away La la la la la Find us in the harmonies We've hidden in our speech And grasp the words we think we've heard But lie just out of reach Scores that I've composed with you: There's not a note that I would ever change So let our voices resonate With harmonies that never fade away La la la la la
2.
Homeschool 03:42
Oh, we can spin around in circles Til the sky becomes the ground Until our feet betray our balance And our perception knocks us down Oh, we can argue til the rope we're tugging takes us to the ground And in the mud we ruin our blue jeans and our gowns Dying in this dim lit house - There's more that we're meant for So tell me what's out there You wanna tell me what's out there? Frankly I need more than this Oh, we can argue til our tongues turn blue And throats are dry and sore And still circumvent the questions to avoid what's at the core And if the heavens opened up we'd doubtless close and lock the door Saying "it's Monday, and I'd rather nothing more" Oh, and dying in this dim lit house - There's more that we're meant for So tell me what's out there You wanna tell me what's out there? Frankly I need more than this And you were homeschooled when I taught you how to read And afternoons we're lonely lovers on a leash In love with neighbor kids we'd name but never meet Someday we'd get away Someday we'll run away We'll steal the keys when we are tall enough to reach And dying in this dim lit house - There's more that we're meant for So tell me what's out there You wanna tell me what's out there? Frankly I need more than this I need more than this
3.
It was October, our leaves had changed Barren trees calling our names Summer was waning, sunshine and warmth Turned into autumnal rain Here's to November, bleak are your skies Cold frost at dawn is the sign Flurries that fall leave me wondering why You left us so high and so dry So tell me now: what am I fighting for? The same old song and dance is less than I'm longing for But don't let go my hands Please understand It's what this demands Bitter December, snow blanket white Our frost-bitten hearts torn from sight Now see to your pains and wrap yourself tight Steady your gaze to the new morning light So tell me now: what am I fighting for? The same old song and dance is less than I'm longing for But don't let go my hands Please understand It's what this demands I'm awaiting you You're awaiting me We're waiting for the sun To bring life to our cold hearts To make due with what we've done
4.
Tossing, turning, sleepless yearning I'm not good with goodbyes Coming, going, thoughts unknowing I can tell from your eyes I can wait for love Until I think it's mine Head still spinning, what's beginning? Am I seeing hints in your smile? And if you want me, just say it bluntly: "Can you stay for a while?" I can wait for love Until I think it's mine
5.
Tell me something I don't know Meet me here before you go in the morning Cause after sunrise I won't see you for some time And I think you ought to tell me everything Stay with me out in the summer breeze Stroke your hair as we watch the sun appear You and me, young and free In our hearts, though it's been 50 years Like a dream, babe you seem not a single day older All my secrets were yours to hear When we spent our better years growing older Our love was not a judge and never did I doubt That we made the best decision of our lives Stay with me out in the summer breeze Stroke your hair as we watch the sun appear You and me, young and free In our hearts, though it's been 50 years Like a dream, babe you seem not a single day older So tell me something I don't know Who's to care if what you share is unbecoming? Your buried bones are still alive when I'm asleep So I think in the morning I'll sleep in Or forever Stay with me out in the summer breeze Stroke your hair as we watch the sun appear You and me, young and free In our hearts, though it's been 50 years Like a dream, babe you seem not a single day older
6.
Old Advice 03:27
Pluck my roses from your garden So no longer shall they grow Timid and shy, troubled to find, I know Mind your tender little fingers Sensitive hands with leather adorning Cause they're armored and fierce Covered in piercing thorns Tiresome trellis, won't you let this vine climb? Warm spring breezes, take these seeds to new lives Now your bed is cracked and barren Love becomes a blanket of ice You're so lonely and cold, following old advice And there's shattered clay, so many pieces Biting our heels wherever we go Sharp and unkind, troubled to find, I know Tiresome trellis, won't you let this vine climb? Warm spring breezes, take these seeds to new lives
7.
The Cloud 02:49
You came a-tremblin, running scared, oh You were shaking, saying prayers to who knows Don't pretend it wasn't what it was I contend you're lost inside the buzz again You think they're out there, flashing lights in the sky You're looking round with your eyes as wide as the night Don't pretend you're usually at ease I contend this isn't what you need again Now we lay our nightmares down With a smoke cloud to hide them Fear fades out Overwhelmed with apathy Like we're drowning in silence Can't you see So apprehensive - locks the doors, close the blinds You're oh so pensive, you're coloring outside the lines They pretend the world is set just so Oh but we contend they're trapped by what they know What do they know? Now we lay our nightmares down With a smoke cloud to hide them Fear fades out Overwhelmed with apathy Like we're drowning in silence Can't you see that the way you divine Is deceived when you think you're fine
8.
The Road 04:49
It wasn't the first time I'd laughed But it'd been a long time coming Opened the cold can, and out flew the perfume of past something I will not bend or break and I feel that our happiness can wait I'll keep the fire burning strong as we move on across the waste Circles are spires round my hand But keeping the past is not fully living The valley implores below the bridge It falls from my finger and I keep going No sign of regret on her face As she walked out the door into the winter She left in the night, and the coldness of it was her final gift I will not bend or break and I feel that our happiness can wait I'll keep the fire burning strong as we move on across the waste Got a ghost in my head, to the coast is what she said Though the world is dark today, tomorrow is a new day My first cigarette was soon my last, as I felt the cold wind coming A solitary bullet is all we have I'll keep you from harm when we can't keep running The boy is the true word of god Can you do it when the time hits? If i were god, I would have made the world just the same and no different And so I have you I have you
9.
Castaway 05:33
There are ships on the horizon Bringing solace to your thoughts As the masts are slowly rising You think of all the scars you've got And as new life draws near, you stop and think of it Is it really what you want? Feel a twinge of fear as you stop and think of You light the fires in your soul Hoping the boats will see the smoke This small island has made you whole You want to hide but then you don't And as new life draws near, you stop and think of it Is it really what you want? Feel a twinge of fear as you stop and think of The things you used to know The loves you had and lost You've been to paradise But wondered at the cost It's been three years and now you're finally going home An outcast, a dead man Just one of the unknown Looking back you see the shore Palm trees swaying in the breeze Yeah, you had everything and more Now two worlds you're stuck between And when the sailors ask, you just can't answer them You've forgotten how to speak The cabin bed's a casket when you think of S.O.S The things you used to know The loves you had and lost You've been to paradise But wondered at the cost The water is warm here overboard, you're going home An outcast, a dead man Just one of the unknown
10.
The Adder 03:01
These lights keep flickering on and off They're strobing, counting down the hours When suddenly the hammer drops While sickles tear apart the flowers Those crimson curtains They set the stage What if they open? Does it close the book or turn the page? Or shall we tread upon the adder? The lions roar reverberates Will his claws be left in after? Those crimson curtains They set the stage What if they open? Does it close the book or turn the page? Wrath of angels falls from heaven Rock my soul to sleep forever
11.
Mud in our hair But who are we to care? Clothes dripping dry on the rocks Night now hiding our skin Your mother calls you in I'm watching you fade as you walk You say that the spring is changing everything But it is changing anything at all? Say what you wanted to, there's no one but us You know a lot about leaving, but not much about love And if you ask me where I want us to be I'll jump down to the river below, crying: "Oh, take me way down" Change in your eyes Now love is not implied You spoke of the spring And the changes that it brings But what changes need we make at all? Say what you wanted to, there's no one but us You know a lot about leaving, but not much about love And if you ask me where I want us to be I'll jump down to the river below, crying: "Oh, take me way down"

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released July 20, 2011

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