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Bridges and Empires

by The Little Books

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1.
Waltz 02:22
I listen close to your mouth's opening lines as they close the curtains of your eyes the script it took us by surprise we curtsied early there were no dry eyes am I right you're right if there are others then I'm blind from all the ones I've known I'll keep you separate
2.
Bridges 03:05
there was something in that weather when the fire ran wild all her dreams had locked her out until she left the window sill ginger heart of the old sailor home is in your pocket when the offer came to place the blame nobody threw the dice was it to much for you to come home is it to much for you to leave me alone instead of pretending your a ghost there's a girl you used to know she had golden curls oh and she did love but she did hold a grudge she'd never show seldom you look this way and I cannot be blameless now the tide has turned the sea it churns up relics of the war was it to much for you to come home is it to much for you to leave me alone instead of pretending your a ghost i don't owe you anything you don't owe me anything what is done is all done we are empty in the sun
3.
Empire 03:52
well the day ran away with me now and I buried my eyes in a cloud she spoke through the noise and the horde removed arrows I didn't know I wore but I wanted to need and your room always smelt so sweet but the blisters I never recall as we paint our own gods on the wall call me a fool for loving you when I'm not trying to I haven't been sleeping for obvious reasons save all your goodness for one worth receiving I hope you sleep well when you get there did I play a similar part in the phrase we both spoke with our hearts I don't care but please whisper now was that city I saw just a town did the lights sing a bloody roar with the songs of all the lovers from before or did I compose this dream out of something you've never seen call me a fool for loving you when I'm not trying to I haven't been sleeping for obvious reasons save all your goodness for one worth receiving I hope you sleep well when you get there
4.
Failed Sun 03:52
I see it in your eyes I hear it in the words that fall out of your mouth I wonder what you think about before you sleep and why you set alarms the space between us is a quiet avalanche I can feel its weight like all we've ever known and all we've never owned added up the same way I'll meet you there in the space between not quite strangers where our eyes meet time is a pious rogue that steals all you can show no need to wave goodbye my failed sun I'll meet you there in the space between not quite strangers where our eyes meet
5.
Centimeter 02:49
morning lifts her heavy head and questions where her night just went it's no good the way she treats herself all the sheets turned from the bed in piles neither one of them read it's no good the story writes itself we're shuffling about in centimeters perpetuating no one gives an inch he walks on the balance beam of her spine beneath his feet it's no good the way she placed herself I don't wanna play your game I win I come out just the same it's no good I'll just please myself are we writing to remember (the stories always stay the same) are we writing to erase (we only change the dates and names) was it really worth remembering forget as soon as soon as I lay down my pen the stories always stay the same we only change the dates and names
6.
she said you were no answer just a ball and just a tether we had our rounds and now the schoolyard game well it is over it was grand really but the feeling it is fleeting and I don't recall if it had meaning promises are best with blood no one ever calls this our time so I learned to draw these models and clock in late for the hero remedies for hungry kings the queen wants a new unicorn while the bridge lies quiet and halfway built I am drunk on guilt he said we'd find the answer if we just kept searching as he sifted out the words that fit each sermon you can tailor readings but the truth is fleeting and this leaves me wondering if it ran off long ago
7.
Ulysses 02:49
I'm not alone I found this whisper of you underneath my skin see your reflection living in my wild eyes naked courage send for my soul when the doctor rolled you in I lost my coat and I can't stand to see Ulysses on his knees please don't let me bleed leave that for our enemies walk to the beach on the windy morning 5th of July we made a game of looking through the treasure trash I've been trying to get back you gave me gold the kind of gold that no one ever gave to you the gold that echoes back a million years ago there's voices in our blood that only speak to us
8.
Boring 02:34
somethin' stuck in my eye and I'm feeling lost it must be something that I ate I eat my shadow now I'm trashed you tell me something else explain why I can't see a damn thing now I'm OK everything starts to clear up spent the night drinking gas out of paper bags now i got a job pays for something pays for nothing well I'm boring don't have nothing to do yeah I'm boring I'll come and sit around with you yeah I'm boring don't have nothing to do yeah I'm boring I'll come and sit around with you yeah with you

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released June 24, 2014

songs written by Robin Rütenberg and Richard Colado

recorded at The Green Shed studio in Jacksonville Beach, FL

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