1. |
Carpet Hearts
03:40
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[Verse 1]
This year went by so fast, another holiday
But I was kind of hoping somehow in some way
That last time would be the last time
And this time you would stay
But once again I'm grounded here
While you flew away
[Chorus]
I feel a numbness in my legs
I feel my heart skip every day
And I forgot how to believe that this was happening to me
Flying from another state
You said "Ccome find me if I wait"
And I think I found the place that you were waiting
[Verse 2]
Everybody looks like you from far away
And in everything I do I'm reminded of the day
We closed our eyes
At the same time for the first time
We realized we'll go a long, long way
[Chorus]
[Bridge]
Seasons change and I was frozen
The leaves changed and I was buried underneath the tree
I'll stay buried here, I'll stay asleep
For a little while longer I can wait
‘Til you wake me
[Chorus]
You are crossing borders
And my compass is broken
Still I know I will find you
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2. |
Amputations
04:07
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[Verse 1]
I read the doctor's story late last night in bed
Of the preacher and the teacher and the prostitute
I never would've seen myself in her shoes
But the list of all the things she's done rang so true
[Pre Chorus]
I am the luckiest one
I've faced no fire and I've faced no gun
So why do I still feel like I'm so far gone?
[Chorus]
A cleansing fire, a cleansing rain
We all need to start over again
Without a past but with an amputation
[Verse 2]
It's hate, deceit, and cancer, it's the spreading of disease
Past and present, thieves and liars, now and formerly
It's the greatest lie ever told in the greatest story ever told
And it makes my soul sick, but my body is weak, so it's killing me
[Pre Chorus]
I thought I was bulletproof once
so I tried the taste of sin on my tongue
just a little bit, then a little more, and I was gone
[Chorus]
A cleansing fire, a cleansing rain
We all need to start over again
Without a past but with an amputation
A cleansing fire, a cleansing flood
To wash both of my hands of your blood
I need to see what forgiveness really means
Another sun, another day
A chance to start all over again
So awake my soul with the sunrise
(Awake, awake, rise up!)
[Bridge]
There's no way I understand completely
I'm streets-behind even knowing one percent of it
About birth and death and birth again and all these earthly things
I've bought into lies with my life not well spent
[Chorus]
A cleansing fire, a cleansing rain
We all need to start over again
Without a past but with an amputation
A cleansing fire, a cleansing rain
We all need to start over again
Without a past but with an amputation
A cleansing fire, a cleansing rain
We all need to start over again
Without these past lives, without these limbs
Without these past lives, without these limbs
(Hallelujah, hallelu)
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3. |
Back To The Basics
02:37
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[Verse 1]
Let's get back to the basics now
Back to when we knew how
To do things right (the first time)
Let's cut off all the excess talk
Because weekends gone and writer's block
Will slow us down enough
[Chorus]
Do you know why we do this?
It's not for us
Do you know why we do this?
It's not for anybody else because
The flame inside my heart ignites in my lungs
So you know to look up
[Verse 2]
Let's get back to the way things were
Because I don't know what you'd do for her
You know I think you’re crazy
Let's get back to the way it was
This doesn't start or end with us
There's more to this story
[Chorus]
[Bridge]
Let’s get back to the basics
Let’s get back to the basics
Some things didn't matter when
I know that we've all changed since then
Some things didn't matter when
I know we'll probably change again
But I'm asking this to stay
I’m asking this to stay
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4. |
US Hwy 30
04:17
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[Verse 1]
I could have crashed, I should have burned
I'm off the track that's what I am
And this road ran me just short of empty
And it seems I've lost my way
[Chorus]
I am only half the man
I should have been one full year ago
I hold in my hands all the things I should be proud of
So nearly nothing at all
[Verse 2]
I could have died, I should have died tonight
From what I lack, from what I am
But I plowed forward and the road turned
With lessons I drowned in but never learned
[Chorus]
I am only half the man
I should have been one full year ago
I hold in my hands all the things I should be proud of
So nearly nothing at all
I am only half the man
I should have been one full year ago
I don't clearly see all the things that should be working
So nearly blind to it all
[Bridge]
I've faced my fears a million times before
But every time I seem to come up short
I come up short but I see a light
Ahead me every time night falls
And I am glad to see anything at all
Anything
Anything at all
I am only half the man
I am only half the
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5. |
Sinkhole
03:57
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[Verse 1]
I've slept on every side of this God-forsaken town
I've watched it flood, I've seen it burn down
I've felt a thousand cold winds roll in from north of here
I've felt the heat of the August sun, it burned me this year
[Verse 2]
I've been down every road, every sidewalk, every street
They felt the pressure of my wandering feet
I've seen through every window of this old midwestern town
It always looks the same but we swear its changing
[Chorus]
The winds came to pick me up
The waters rose to pull me down
And all I did each time was run
But I never ran quite far enough
[Verse 3]
And now I feel the need to sail to new lands
I'm no Columbus but I think you'll understand
Because here I don't ask questions and here I'm sitting still
When I return I'll love this place for different reasons
[Chorus]
[Bridge]
There is a sinkhole and it's swallowing
And every day I tie another link to this chain
And every word I write is a chance taken away
You know I'm asking for a compass and some clarity
[Chorus]
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6. |
Night Guard
05:05
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[Verse 1]
Who will sing the guard to sleep?
The one who takes the late watch
He hears their breath grow heavy
When he’s awake, the camp is still
[Verse 2]
But who will watch over the guard?
The guard who loves each one
And would give his life as the price
Who keeps him in their embrace?
[Chorus]
I am weaker than I appear
I still hold all those fears
[Verse 3]
Who will stay with the guard
When all the girls grow up?
They find new boys and leave
As the good ones are left here to die
Where are you now?
He's bleeding for this empty camp
He keeps the ghosts underground
So when is his work done?
[Chorus]
I am weaker than I appear
I still hold all those fears
I feel smaller than I appear
I still hold all those fears
[Bridge]
I'm tired and I'm losing sleep
I'm up all night and I'm praying
That angels come and keep you
Breathe in deeply
Don't think or dream the wrong way of me
I'm only here to watch you count sheep
Praying angels come down
And keep you safe
Breathe in deeply
(Angels, come down)
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7. |
Great Lakes
04:16
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[Verse 1]
A man walks on the beach
He stops to think, closes his eyes
Waves touch his feet, his well worn feet
At sixty years walked many miles
[Pre Chorus]
And as I watch I try to read his mind
How many days does he have left to live this life?
[Chorus]
Time, what is time to us?
You could live for twenty years
Fighting without a cause
Time, it's simple enough
These years that we have
Could become a lifetime for us
In time
[Verse 2]
The minutes pass, another man
Lost in thought and walking by
Waves touch his feet, his well worn feet
At sixteen years walked many miles
[Pre Chorus]
And as I watch I try to read his mind
How many days does he wake up from sleepless nights?
[Bridge]
And when the storms come
The crashing waves come
You might get thrown around
So find a place now
Something to hold on
So you won't drown
And I was there once
I felt the waves come
And I got thrown around
But I know now
I found a place to stand
My constant, my solid ground
[Chorus]
Time, what is time to us?
You could live for twenty years
Fighting without a cause
Time, it's simple enough
These years that we have
Could become a lifetime for us
In time
It's simple enough
We're all running out of time
But we still have a pulse
And time is all we have
So don't waste your given hours
Don't waste yourself
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8. |
Curse My Metal Body
03:58
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[Verse 1]
Every word I spoke just seemed so empty
Every conversation came out wrong
Everything is better without sympathy
But everything that's beautiful is gone
All the days I wasted built my burden
I haven't felt like living in so long
All of your sweet innocence lost influence
Now everything that's beautiful is gone
[Chorus]
So far, it's gone away
It's gone away so far
[Verse 2]
I used to stay awake to watch the sunrise
I used to find some comfort in the dawn
I used to feel the magnetic pull that's in your eyes
Now everything that's beautiful is gone
I used to dream of better days and believed in them
I used to wake with my head singing a song
Now all I hear is emptiness and dissonance
Now everything that's beautiful is gone
We didn't need constant examinations
Of our working parts, our pumping hearts
We didn't need constant examinations
But everything that's beautiful is gone
[Chorus]
[Bridge]
There's not an ounce of courage in our battery cells
And we could change the world if we could change ourselves
[Chorus]
[Outro]
Late last night I heard a faint but clear voice
A transmission of someone else's song
And when I woke up I still heard it's echoes
Something that was miserable was gone
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9. |
Stick To The Script
04:29
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[Verse 1]
I'll join you on the road to Chicago
(It's not quite Chicago)
The perfect choice for the scenery change in my mind
The story's written out, so quiet on the set
For the scene where you reject me
[Chorus]
Stick to the script
Read me your lines
And I promise I'll stop wasting your time
[Verse 2]
And it’s good to know we're going back soon
Even if things don't work out as we planned
I didn't think I'd play a part in your Act II
Between towers, near the lake of this city
I hope you feel the height & depth of my love for you
[Chorus]
You didn't stick to the script
You wrote your own lines
I never thought you would break the rules this time
Stick to the script
Read me your lines
I didn't think I'd be yours and you'd be mine
All mine
[Outro]
Faint hearts never won fairest maidens
This will be my greatest performance
(You made my poor heart rich again)
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10. |
Weight & Sea
03:56
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[Verse 1]
I wrote you this song to get you off my back
Talking of my wrongs and asking for some slack
And I was shipwrecked and sunk but I am back to hoisting sails
With my attention on intention and the direction of the storms and gales
[Prechorus]
Life is too short to shut up, too long to suffer through
And I have to admit it that I am guilty too
But I am past that point now, though not by my own strength
Thank God for shattered glass and reflection
[Chorus]
Weight & sea
Your time is coming
When you'll be
Brought to your knees
You will never see me running
Away from my purpose and into the sea
[Verse 2]
This song is for you and for your doubts and your fears
I know why you're scared, you've known loss in your years
What’s your waking life meant while I have been asleep?
There's weight on my mind and a sea at my feet
The curse of this world our strength alone cannot meet
But when I'm broken down, like iron into rust
I am carried on by The Author of Brokenness
[Prechorus]
Life is too short to sit out, too black and white to see as gray
Too long to close my eyes on and try to wish away
But I am past that point now, thank God I’m past that point now!
Thank God for shattered glass and reflection
[Chorus]
[Bridge]
And I'm waiting for the world to change
While the world waits for me
[Chorus]
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11. |
Ad Astra Per Aspera
07:28
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[Verse 1]
I've been running for miles, I've run for days
I've been here before, I know I've seen this place
And I can't see the forest for the trees surrounding
I can't comprehend how they could end for me
[Verse 2]
I have no directions but I want out
Each wind could blow me over with the weight of my doubt
Poor of heart and lacking in the things I should have known
I've heard the ache that says "you've made yourself alone"
[False Chorus]
No searchlights
No ravens
No sirens singing siren songs
I still can't hear the voice of providence
[Verse 3]
A darkness hangs over my head
Do you remember when life was simpler, was brighter?
There is a raincloud and it's hanging overhead
Do you remember when the skies were clearer?
My eyes are open but I can't see anything
Do you remember when the sun shone brighter?
I always thought the brightest lights blinded
But tonight I'm rendered blind by the dark
[Chorus]
My body's aching
So close to giving up on trying
Fears and follies
Measured by our own device
If someone's out there
I'm sorry that I'm still so sightless
So take me by the hand and lead me home
[Verse 4]
It was easy to think I have to find my way
I forgot your grace (if "blessed be the weak")
And I fell to my knees, nothing left in me
The roaring winds carried my prayers around and away
I knew somehow that you were listening
And I remembered what lies just past this darkness
Because I believed, you took everything
The scales fell and I could see the stars
[Chorus]
My body's aching
So close to giving up on trying
Fears and follies
Measured by our own device
If someone's out there
I'm sorry that I'm still so sightless
So take me by the hand and lead me home
We will take back
Everything we've lost in fighting
Hills and valleys
We will make it back to glory
I know you're out there
And I'm sorry that I'm still so sightless
Take me by the hand and lead me home
Lead me home
[Bridge]
I will find my way if I follow the brightest star!
[Outro]
You are the constellations
You are the hope for everyone
You are the song
You are the constellations
You are the hope for everyone
You are the song we sing
The song that's always been sung
You are the song that always was and is and is to come
You are!
(Take us by the hands and lead us home
We were once broken, you made us whole)
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Atombender Ames, Iowa
Atombender is a group of six close friends from Ames, IA who came together as a band because of their love of
music.
Known for their energetic, chaotic live shows and catchy yet hard-hitting punk style with the unique sounds of trumpet, trombone, and keyboards, Atombender puts as much energy and joy as they possibly can into their music and hope to evoke those same feelings in you.
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