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The Black Bags

by The Black Bags

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1.
Kelowna Rocks at the annual general meeting they voted out the old board oh i wish i coulda seen them all shuffling out the door their quadrahedron model wasn't fooling anyone when it comes to the common interest four heads ain’t better than one and Kelowna rocks aw Jen you're an excellent friend i hate to see you lookin so sad head bent, texting in the corner oh, people can be downright bad let's go for a limo ride over the mountain to the other side we'll get Wirxli along the way into the desert for the rest of the day and Kelowna rocks what is the sound of one hand clapping the same sound as two hands clapping and if you need a few numbers call me anytime we're high now, we're getting higher hove off at then of the day Godskin is spinning fire Silverado Socrates and away and Kelowna rocks
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Worth Living 02:43
Worth Living what's that you were trying to say when i saw you the other day you looked so close, yet so far away and you didn't have anything left of your pay same glass, more ice gimme another shot of this life same glass, more ice gimme another shot of this life when you're lying face down in a pool of puke with your boots too big for you you didn't think this would get to you oh, did you brother same glass, more ice gimme another shot of this life same glass , more ice gimme another shot of this life it's worth living it's worth living it's worth living
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Raining Hammers when you're all alone looking behind he open door all the little pieces are scattered on the floor oh but i'm not afraid how could i be afraid of you i want you near me oh baby can you hear me i want you near me oh baby can you hear me give me a vision, an apparition oh the night is long it's long, it's dark, it's lonely are you on your own out there somewhere, wandering oh but i'm not afraid how could i be afraid of you i want you near me oh baby can you hear me the rain hammers against my window with fists abandoned by the wind the rain hammers it's raining hammers the rain hammers against my window i want you near me oh baby can you hear me give me a vision an apparition
4.
Held Down 03:35
Held Down when you come in sometimes you come in so unbelievably loathsome and feeling low when you come in contact with your reality and how time is tightening its grip and its becoming harder to breath my feet hit the pavement these streets are all wet and my dreams are getting washed down that drain again it's the same one they got washed down last and the year before that fuck i gotta get out of here and you feel so held down you feel so held cause it's piling up on top of you well i smoked two joints to try and grow wings and fly outta here but it's just made my ears ring with all this screaming that i gotta do about this stupid situation i find myself in with you when my feet hit the pavement remember it's not it's not about what you are it's about what you're not and you feel so held down you feel so held cause it's piling up on top of you
5.
Hate Me For It here i am and i'm waiting for it though it may never come and when i'm gone i know you'll hate me for it but that's the way that it's done i've been told oh so many times what i believe isn't practical but i got one thing baby they'll never take away no, you can't confine what's natural i don't even want those things you bring it home to me across the airwaves i don't mind i will find alternate means to be to work it out oh i've been burned i've been driven underground easy go easy come i got one thing baby they'll never take away and that's the way that it's done i don't even want those things you bring it home to me across the airwaves i don't mind i will find alternate means to be to work it out here i am and i'm waiting for it though it may never come but i got one thing baby they'll never take away and that's the way that it's done i don't even want those things you bring it home to me across the airwaves i don't mind i will find alternate means to be to work it out here i am and i'm waiting for it
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Secret 03:24
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Horizon 03:31
Horizon i wait for you i look along the horizon oh, i'm a little old fashioned it's the way i was raised to be aw come on, look alive now cuz there's no need to cry now i'm being given what's been promised me no need to explain it's always been always it's been this way i get down on, i get down on my knees and I believe aw come on, let's make it happen be my companion it'll be everything I wanted it to be aw come on, be alive now cuz there's no need to cry now i'm being given what's been promised me no need to explain it's always been, always it's been this way i get down on, i get down on my knees and I believe aw you didn't me coming rolling up along the horizon oh, your universe is hanging on the verge watch your universe it will be purged no need to explain it's always been, always it's been this way i get down on, i get down on my knees and I believe
8.
Never Get Enough well I'm tired of dreaming being too lazy to feed myself looking downward and screaming that i'll never get enough never get enough of you and believe me when i say it that i'm a downward spiral staircase to the basement oh i'll never get enough never get enough of you i will never get enough of you and i'm tired of screaming and not being heard by anyone but you when you're leaving and you're going out the door you're sick of all the things i do and believe me when i say it that i'm not gonna make it oh i'll never get enough never get enough of you i will never get enough of you well i'm tired of dreaming being too lazy to feed myself looking downward and screaming that i'll never get enough never get enough of you and believe me when i say it that i'm a downward spiral staircase to the basement oh i'll never get enough never get enough of you i will never get enough of you
9.
Everything is Leaking everything is leaking we are all defeated you can even hear it drip drip drop drop everything is leaking falling from the sky now/go ahead and drop your bombs bleached heaps on the beaches/if you think that you need to falling in their hundreds/we're gonna follow you along bleached heaps on the beaches/and make sure that you're bleeding too beyond the scope of your vision beyond all your petty division everything is leaking we are all depleted even the stars are bleeding drip drip drop drop everything is leaking falling from the sky now/go ahead and drop your bombs bleached heaps on the beaches/if you think that you need to falling in their thousands/we're gonna follow you along bleached heaps on the beaches/and make sure that you're bleeding too beyond the scope of your vision/we'll make sure that you're bleeding too beyond all your petty division/we'll make sure everything is leaking everything is leaking everything is leaking everything is leaking come gather round children there used to be a story it went something like.. like.. like.. like.. oh there used to be a story once upon a morning once upon an afternoon once there were people here all along the shoreline where Shanawdithit stood and Demasduit was Shanawdithit stood and Demasduit was and everything is leaking everything is leaking everything is leaking everything is leaking......
10.
Lullaby 02:53
Lullaby Go to sleep you know you wanna it's really late and there's nothing you can do about it now it's not like the perfect solution will come walking through that door go to sleep come you know you gotta yeah, it's bleak but there's just no cure to fix it now it's not like the perfect solution will come walking through that door it's not like anything is like was like it was before no no no no not like it was not like it was before got to sleep you sound like broken down record nothing left to drink you're scraping the bottom of the barrel it's not like the perfect solution will come walking through that door it's not like anything is like was like it was before no no no no not like it was not like it was before back when i belonged here back when we were all together wrong here now i just don't what it is i can't name it a sign of the times can you tell me what this is go to sleep come on it's morning dawn's breaking on this dirty dirty dirty little scene and it's not like the perfect solution will come walking through that door
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Lost and Leaning well you woke me up to say what the fuck is with these dangerous times now and we're running out of luck and it makes no sense why these accidents keep happening to us and every now and then i start wondering when we redefine the cost of lying and how we keep changing the line and these walls are thin in this box we're in but it keeps us in and out of time and every now and then i start wandering and now it's three a.m. and i'm lost and leaning on a Slowcoaster show poster that's been rained on and bleached out by the sun and i'm soaking wet i can't get over it just waiting for the light to come. but now it's three a.m. now it's three a.m. now it's three a.m. and I'm lost and leaning

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The Black Bags first full length album was released in 2013 released on both CD and Vinyl.
To order a hard copy on vinyl or cd please visit: www.freds.nf.ca

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released June 28, 2013

The Black Bags

The Black Bags:
Liz Solo (Drums/Vocals)
Marcel Levandier (Guitars/Vocals)
Mike Kean (Bass)

Recorded by Jody Richardson and Grant King
Mixed by Jody Richardson, Grant King and The Black Bags
Mastered by Ron Anonsen at The Goat Palace, Long Beach, CA
Produced by the Black Bag Media Collective, St. John's, Newfoundland, 2013

Guest artists:
Back-up vocals : Amy Joy, Jody Richardson
Keyboards, synthesizers: Grant King

photograph series “bird flies on” by Rhonda Pelley
design and layout: Sarah Hansen, Rhonda Pelley and Liz Solo

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"Raining Hammers" inspired by the poem "The Rain Hammers" by Michael Wade.

All songs by The Black Bags.

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