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define & defy

by city of thieves

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1.
i divide 03:22
One more song for the broken men with tired hearts and restlessness. I fell down all of dante’s rings. We separate – burn the memories – build a new foundation Out of ash and broken bones. I lost my strength. When I divide there’s too much suffering I need a break from a woman’s ways. A silent thought for the hallowed years A violent storm – the wake – the reckoning. I harbored rivers of resentment. Hold me up – I’m falling faster than a deadweight anchor & having trouble letting go. I lost my strength. When I divide there’s too much suffering I need a break from a woman’s ways. One more verse for the old souls who never bend or break convictions. Against the stream in their own direction I know myself – bleeding heart with a poet’s penance. This is a song for us all. I lost my strength. When I divide there’s too much suffering I need a break from a woman’s ways.
2.
hollow 02:07
this is the song the widow sings as she's torn apart from the mourning it wasn't her fault, it was mine i was a hollow man, grey as the river they did the best with what they had hollow/hollow these are the words of a dying man i do not exist, i do not exist i am nothing but sad songs and brittle bones extended into this world, known by none these are the words of a mourning son i am lost in this world without a father all he left behind were scattered poems and diatribes a reflection of his pain and the hollow
3.
sick rose 02:35
Bury you in the yard When I’m done with you I’ll plant a row of seeds So I don’t forget She was a sick rose, sick rose A withered winter rose Arrange you in a vase To watch you bloom Sometimes I need to see What you won’t become
4.
I’ll carry this weight Your disappointments I’ll hold your head above the waves Someone help me carry this weight The weight of this world is love This weight we carry I’ll help you out along the way Someone help me carry this weight I’ll carry this weight Your disappointments I’ll help you out along the way Someone help me carry this weight
5.
feeling alone in this city of thieves transient men with no shred of dignity complacent and stagnant with dying ideas i'm alone here city sky's red like a beacon of fear my hands are all bloody from breaking the line again the whispering silence thats shared between thieves i'm alone here we live in a city of thieves without a solution
6.
ghost house 02:08
faint traces of a ghost house lost anonymity we hid out in the orchard talking about god and discussing our mortality you said that you're scared to die but me, i'll fade away, like a passing storm trace memories of the haunting and our families that've passed we all dance with demons battle our mistakes, regrets and disappointments.
7.
My redemption for the past & all of my mistakes It takes the strength of a weathered hand/ I am a sane man If I fall, burn me up & wallow in the sound that’s made as I fade away(as I fade away) there is a broken side of me that always leans upon the will of a better man there is a darker side of I that I define & defy. My distaste of single-minded wayward righteousness It takes a man to admit his faults/ the liar/ deceives me. In the wake, suffering I built up walls to keep my fears all locked away(all locked away) I, will define & defy.
8.
caustic 02:26
There’s a cold deceiving air Responsive quelling wind That breaks us all apart It’s a harsh reminder Of where we all stand We slip away and break! I know its strange to see me act in a vicious way It was an ebullient response to some caustic dissonance She lost control Shallow words from a sinking ship She lost control, she lost control.... We’re battling in a senseless verbal match We have ourselves to blame You set the mood with incendiary rants I’ll defend with prose that’s deafening I know its strange to see me act in a vicious way It was an ebullient response to some caustic dissonance She lost control Shallow words from a sinking ship She lost control, she lost control....

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released March 11, 2013

recorded by grace royse @ switchblade sound
mixed by vince ratti @ skylight studios

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