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A Whisper To Arms

by Tommy Ebben

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1.
Ikarus 03:26
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Last night when you were sleeping I drove out to the lake Parked the car by the water’s edge And waited for the day to break Put my back against the windshield Laid my legs across the hood I realised that it must been years Yes, years since I felt this good Didn’t know what I was waiting for Didn’t know what I was wishing for Slow down, slow down Slow down, we’ve only just begun Drove up to the hills that morning In a rush of adrenaline Parked the car by the edge of the cliffs and threw my suitcase into the wind Never in my whole life Have I felt so free of care As I watched my former life Go sailing through the air Didn’t know what I was waiting for Didn’t know what I was wishing for Slow down, slow down Slow down, don’t fly into the sun Didn’t know what I was waiting for Didn’t know what I was wishing for
2.
All We Ever 03:04
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All we ever wanted is everything we couldn’t have All we ever had we threw away All we ever craved for Had to be here right now and all the time We couldn’t even wait for another day All we ever reached for Was always just a little more Without a single worry about the cost All we ever ran from where the places where we felt at home all we ever did was getting lost I go back to the bottom every now and again To know where I’m coming from and where I stand But I ain’t falling back into my old ways no more When we were young were injected With a dream straight into the heart If it don’t come true or fades away It’ll tear you apart And the greatest of expectations Were like wild wolves on our tracks And the fear of fading away Was a rope around our necks
3.
Brother Devil 02:54
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A devil walks among us And we call him our brother He rises like a ghost from the dust of the battlefield Guiding our swords, carrying our shield We feel a fire rising A devil walks among us And we call him our brother Hear the battle songs spread across the ranks From the top of the hills to the river banks And we feel a fire rising We feel a fire rising
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Selah 03:52
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Another summer spent in the rain Another season waiting in vain For a savoir of some kind To come from behind the blinds and make me see The escape route ahead of me Selah don’t get me the wrong way I have come a long way And I ain’t wasting no more precious time Selah don’t get me the wrong way I feel in such a strong way That somehow I’ve been left behind So tired of roaming the outskirts of town Waiting for a meteor or an angel to come down To crucify us all, or save us from the fall Well frankly I don’t care ‘Cause I’m just waiting on that call Selah don’t get me the wrong way I have come a long way And I ain’t wasting no more precious time Selah don’t get me the wrong way I feel in such a strong way That somehow I’ve been left behind I don’t feel like coming home I don’t feel like coming home I don’t feel like coming home Selah don’t get me the wrong way I have come a long way And I ain’t wasting no more precious time Selah don’t get me the wrong way I feel in such a strong way That somehow I’ve been left behind
5.
Lakeside Bench 02:34
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Meet me again By that lakeside bench Make it tonight Or the afterlife Time is in your mind Don’t mind being on time Gave it all you got Still not enough You can rest your head in these two hands Time is in your mind Don’t mind being on time Lay it down Your heavy crown Cause we’ve got days To waste away
6.
Raynie, My Son 02:46
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Raynie, my son Don’t you ever do what your father has done Just pick it up and run if you see the chance Many will try To tell you otherwise but know it’s all lies Just to justify their own ways I know it may seem far away But you’ll have a son of your own some day You will tell him what I tell you now If I don’t get this clear to you somehow Raynie, my dear The one and only thing that may keep you here Is just an aching fear of the consequences And years will flow and you will grow You’ll be older before you know And one morning when you open up your eyes You’ll realise your right time has past you by Raynie, my son Don’t you ever do what your father has done Just pick it up and run if you see the chance
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A Whisper To Arms 03:47
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Her engine broke down in the middle of her flight Just when he met her on a Saturday night She was standing in the rain on the side of the road Stuck between boredom and an overload She said: ‘I know this is kind of a silly situation But I think there’s a disease running through our generation The problem ain’t that we got too much to lose It’s just that we got too much too choose’ Can you hear it Through everyday’s false alarms A Whisper To Arms He left his childhood pictures shattered across the floor Said ‘I used to be a promising kid, but I ain’t a kid anymore There’s supposed to be a golden future waiting for me But I’m not even half way and all out of energy’ Maybe we’re part of a dying breed We can shovel away until our hands bleed But either this engine is all out of steam Or just runs on coal, and not on dreams Can you hear it Through everyday’s false alarms A Whisper To Arms I lay awake at night ‘cause I hear voices Saying my life’s been nothing but a chain of wrong choices I’m so tired in the morning and I sleep the day away I went to the doctor and he gave me some pills Just to hold a job so I can pay my bills But I threw ‘em away and I ain’t gonna take ‘em no more ‘Cause I can hear it Through everyday’s false alarms Yes I can hear it Through fake problems and false alarms A Whisper To Arms
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Show Me The City 03:11
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Show me the city Where the stealing is easy Where I can lie to faces And they’d still believe me It’s all been laid out for me Show me the city Where the police can’t get you Where the law don’t affect you And the radar can’t detect you It’s all been laid out for you I’ll only see what you let me see and you know how to tell a lie I’ll only see what I wanna see And I know how to close my eyes Show me the city With the radio blasting Old songs broadcasting So loud they seem everlasting They’ve been put out just for me Show me the city Where the signs are misleading When we’re heavily speeding With our hands all a-bleeding It’s all been laid out for me I’ll only see what you let me see and you know how to tell a lie I’ll only see what I wanna see And I know how to close my eyes Show me the city Where I can be forgetful Of choices that I made That seem se regretful It’s all been laid out for me I’ll only see what you let me see and you know how to tell a lie I’ll only see what I wanna see And I know how to close my eyes
9.
Louisiana 04:38
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At a tender age she fled her small town cage Looking for a bigger stage for her to shine on She headed for the city lights with stars in her pretty eyes And hopes as high as the skyline After a week or two, or maybe three, or maybe four She woke up lying on the floor of a motel room Her clothes lay scattered like her shattered hopes and dreams And she felt her spirit fading with the sun in the late afternoon Lost everything I had to lose Except for these big city blues Take me to Louisiana Lord, can you carry me to Louisiana And you will never ever see me shed a tear again She started out drinking Champagne at parties on rooftops But now it’s hard liquor out of an old coffee cup And the neon lights just hurt her eyes And her soul’s as dark as the starless sky she sees when she looks up Now every time it starts to rain she starts to cry Saying this can’t be the way it’s supposed to be She can’t help thinking of the time when she was young And spent her summers at the banks of the mighty Mississippi So tired of being alone But I can feel something calling me home Take me to Louisiana Lord, can you carry me to Louisiana And you will never ever see me shed a tear again You will never ever see me shed a tear again You will never ever see me shed a tear, Never ever see me shed a tear, You will never ever see me shed a tear again Take me to Louisiana Lord, can you carry me to Louisiana And you will never ever see me shed a tear again You will never ever see me shed a tear again
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Lucky One (Odds & Gods) 02:56
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You once said we’re dead before we’re born And our clothes been torn before they’re worn You even state we’re too late to even start We just play our parts with empty hearts Hey my lucky one We’ll move dancing through the streets tonight Gonna let our hearts align With stars and city lights You like to analyse we rise just to fall We all stand up tall and wait for the wrecking ball You cringe my hand as if to make me understand If we go right now our house will burn down Hey my lucky one We’ll move dancing through the streets tonight Gonna let our hearts align With stars and city lights We’ve got odds and gods to defy And we both know that the time is right
11.
This Is The Way 03:52
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A new day shows its poison teeth Crystals crumbling underneath Emptiness beating down like a desert sun We’ll only make it worse if we run Blue blood is running through her veins Her life tastes just like candy cane I’m Jack with no life And I’ve got nothing to hide This is the way the world will end This is the way the world will end Candy cane nurses Patch me up with their curses Hard body blondes with broken nails Talk about the escape Sex sells a malady When you’re looking for sympathy Dancing the can-can on a dead road Waiting for my ticket to explode This is the way the world will end This is the way the world will end I hear it coming but I ain’t stepping aside I’m gonna greet it with my arms wide open And my eyes open wide Shopping for a spot in the shade to watch dead horses on parade Looking for a meaning in past lives chasing dragons and trophy wives Give me just a blindfold And light me one last cigarette And on your brand new dream kitchen floor I will make my dying bed This is the way the world will end This is the way the world will end It will end It will end It will end
12.
Hell's Not Red 01:36
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Lately I’ve been thinking Hell’s not red, no it is grey And you’re leaving home for a job you hate Until the end of days I may be a sinner Well I sure ain’t no saint But I know I never did anything To deserve this cruel fate Now I know what I’ve been waiting for Now I know what I’ve been wishing for

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released October 10, 2011

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