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Questions Are Like The Knocks Of A Beggar Man

by Strong Waves Kill Weak Swimmers

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Wolves 03:46
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I couldn't wait to wrap this up Spring melts the winter off I'll show what I've been hiding beneath Take these words and write them down You can't forget what you don't miss and Miss I hope you remember me I fell asleep and you fell for me But it was only a dream, only a dream I was with a wolf with broken teeth But it was only a dream, only a dream If we dive in too deep could I pantomime your dreams? Even if we share this bed We're always alone in sleep I know I can't forget your face or the three words you said I fell asleep and you fell for me But it was only a dream, only a dream I was with a wolf with broken teeth But it was only a dream, only a dream We count the minutes on broken digits the hours fill our mouths and we breath the days the years fill our lungs and we drown in decades the years fill our lungs and we drown in decades
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There's Something In The Sea 04:22
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She caught a breeze and sailed away I didn't try to ask her to stay I should have screamed "you're making a mistake" It died as the tide took her away, don't go away There’s something in the sea It’s the secrets between you and me It’s behind my broken teeth the tongue attached to my cheek It’s all that we could be Horrible thing’s you’ll never see Beneath the waves, you’ll soon know Where these secrets between us grow Catch my breath, close my eyes Watch the bubbles rise and sigh Remember when we had said We’ll meet here when we are dead Cross your heart, hope to die Aren’t we all fucked inside? These thoughts, I know you know I’ll go where you’re afraid to go I'll lay awake and count the stars 'Cause they're all I have to count on tonight This town my jail, this coast my bars Is it a lie to say everything's all right, it's all right
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Nothing To Write Home About 02:50
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I want to know where you lay your head at night With your dress to the floor and your hair pulled tight You’ve got these gorgeous eyes for everyone but me You’ve got these gorgeous eyes that I can’t see You dress to kill and that’s what you do You’ve killed us all without a clue Just don’t give a fuck about me Because I love you And I want to do What I want to do And even if we bite our tongues Till the blood fills our lungs Well I’m gona do What I’m gona do You lie with a grin, your pearly whites Like old ivory piano keys that play tones That break my heart in the key of bullshit I want to know what keeps you up at night Bring down the stars, an orchestra of moans I’d hate you all if I could only deny it
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Composites 03:35
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I always loved this season With my long sleeves and auburn leaves I would compare it all to the color of your hair But that fall metaphor is so played out We made homes of parking lots and park benches Waiting for the sun to die and Waiting for the stars to rise I’d head out west; I’ll make you pay I’d write your name in every state But the rain would just wash it away I count my steps, they grow with age I miss those nights, under streetlights We’d smoke and sip and bitch about change We said we’d marry young It never happened, but I’m still game Waiting for the sun to die, waiting for the stars to rise Hey Max, we liked it better when you were pissy and witty And I was okay when Holly Hox made me feel shitty Before Kenny found his island, when I woke up in a car How many times can we sing Lucky Denver Mint before we’ve left? Gabe became what we’ve always hated, and Ace made a mess Kris was right, being grown up isn’t half as fun as growing up
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Let The Right One In 04:04
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We’ll remove our hearts with flower pedal grins And bury them in Misery’s garden Feel them grow beneath our feet And reminisce on what we could have been We’ll water them with broken glass and sin Wordlessly, with open arms Your ribcage, my jaws of life Dissecting my shadow, you whispered This is the end And this is me happy You can say what you want I know that’s not what you believe They’ll breath you in just to spit you out They’ll breath you in just to spit you out you were an imposter in my Eden I only scream to drown you out And only drown to let you in You’ll forget me before we even meet You were those malicious butterflies That slowly rose in my stomach And chewed away my insides Dissecting my shadow, you whispered Can you see me from the high horse we’ve fashioned? out of broken branches and comatose families Metaphors bring us closer but only in theory Put into practice and you’ll never see me clearly

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Self-produced December 2009-January 2010.

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released January 15, 2009

All music and lyrics written, performed and recorded by Strong Waves Kill Weak Swimmers.
Artwork: Jack Gazdik
Strong Waves Kill Weak Swimmers is: Jack Gazdik, Mick Malone

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