Isa Carini of The Scarring Party played tuba for us on this song!
lyrics
The future seems to follow us into the distant past.
We try to hide from instances that plague us to the last.
Gag the sirens thouroughly, but tie me to the mast.
Let creeping chaos break the bonds, although they are tied fast.
Sitting silent on the porch the doorstep of a heart,
the entrance to a warm safe place, where something new can start
put the pieces back again climb on the apple cart.
Pick up sticks and lock a key then watch it fall apart.
Whipped and dragged through streets of glass and scenes of ancient lust.
The cities slowly reach the sky, then quickly start to rust.
recaptured glories shine again through centuries of dust.
We rail against all certainty, the fates to which we're thrust.
And here we come around again, again again again.
Never that much different, but never quite the same.
I stand in stoic fury hold my hand against the flame,
and dream a tiny action may commit some epic change.
credits
from These Bubbles come from Ants,
released October 6, 2010
Written by Andrew Benjamin
Andrew Benjamin - Vocals, Accordion, Drums
Valerie Meiss - Vocals
Brad Lunsford - Bass, Synth
Isa Carini - Tuba
Recorded at ValleyBass Studios in Hurricane, WV by Rodney Chrifeild; at The Trailer in Candler,NC by Andrew Benjamin; and by Will Smith in Milwaukee, WI.
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