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The Escape Artist (Brothers Pt 1)

by Heart For A Tin Man

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1.
These are days we won’t live past We have the proof we have the facts Separate the wheat from chaff See what you have and what you lack Keep what you can’t stand to lose Tougher times they will ensue Sad to say your best won’t do We’re moving on without you Wake up, time to go Burn your halo No more time to think aloud We are versed in turmoil The chorus of the crowd It may not be the truth, you best believe it will be loud There is nothing offered No rewards remain The city holds an empty sound If it won’t talk we’ll tear it down Wake up, time to go Burn your halo See this to the end No chance now to make amends We’ll just break what won’t bend
2.
I answered, you called you left me there with nothing at all To escape,the fall and leave behind all that you've known I know how this ends, the approaching fade This city's falling in, under its own weight We cannot stay Decide what you need, what you'll leave behind go and make your peace, there is so little time the daylight fades "Its almost over" I hear you say It will come down, and decay "Its not worth saving" you barked and brayed Its so loud, but its too late You answered, I called It seems that I don't need at all I stayed through the fall and survive here with nothing at all
3.
Young? 04:24
Inside-side-side, We've waited for signals and signs Held up under siege and held out for relief and cursed the the concede It's time, time time, Forward through these barbwire ones Toward an enemy, terrible and unseen, and nothing like me Violence and vinegar, all that I ever had When I was young Strange it seems to be one to go out and kill a man Before you become one A sad surprise, to see this with my own two eyes First time overseas, and the scenery not what I thought it'd be Shots in the air, you can never prepare For seeing yourself bleed The face thats staring back from a barrel is all I see Violence and vinegar, all that I ever had When I was young Strange it seems to be one to go out and kill a man Before I became one It seems all too easy to just walk away Say I am, I am, I'm too young to blame All I recall is when they gave me a gun so when was I young? Not enough, its not enough to point ahead and give a shove won't make a man to give a boy a gun Never young, or old enough naiveté afforded us no chance to see no chance to look up
4.
Projector 02:48
I found myself face down in sand my eyes heavy with slumber i don't know how I found land after the waves pulled me under I remember teeth and then nothing a heartbeats lullabye oh my god am I dreaming oh my god am I still alive i hear a voice call my name we need to light a fire its easier just to lie here so I close my eyes tighter i remember praying for a way out i remember praying for a way out i remember praying for a way out I spit the salty taste feeling my fever break I raise my head, I'm awake
5.
Two thousand miles, too much at stake, to turn around Iron expectations, overboard, driven deep in the sound The moment is fleeting, a false dawn, misleading I cut the anchor, stayed at sea, until I ran aground an odd name, and an odd face the mission is misplaced ill- planned, the escape return and retake The waters sweet It sings to me, Come make a new home, here in the grey between the shore and the sea
6.
a light dimming slowly its time to be alone you should stay awake you should have stayed at home farther to forage to further the goal and rid yourself of summer clothes then raised your ragged face and opened up your thirst and drank until it hurt is this what you live for? the life you adore is it everything you wanted and more is this what you're all about? now that you found a way out too late to go back home now

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All songs written by Heart For a Tin Man.

This is the first release in what will likely be a 3-EP story arc, entitled "Brothers".

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released February 29, 2012

Wess Willis: Vocals, Guitar, Keys, Lyrics
Dan Christopher: Bass
Joe Greenetz: Drums
Hannah Glavor: Vocals on Tracks 2, 3
Sam Alexander: Vocals and Guitar on Track 2

Engineering/Mixing: Ian Watts at The Magic Closet
Mastering: Tony Lash

Cover Photography: Steve Wehrley

Special Thanks to Sebastian Rogers for his invaluable advice and guidance early in the process.

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