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The Wars at Home

by Carbon Tigers

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1.
On the first day All of this got started Got the last name Of my father's father This riddle gets too hard to solve so I leave it on the shelf But I am just like everybody else Pen to paper This wish of mine Filled an ocean And I dive inside Then the waves get darker And they take me on a ride But I'd be floating on my back If I could only find the tide When this riddle gets too hard to solve I leave it on the shelf I am just like everybody else
2.
On a hill in the middle of nowhere It's a lot like your home, you say Where the green grass grows a little higher In the bonfires on hot nights It's not like we did not share that. You said, "What you gonna do when everybody goes away? 'cause im so afraid of that" When the war was at home I needed more I didn't know different before In September, or early November It's so long ago But I still remember The way up was straight through Burrow deeper to the middle Take the sides out, I like how it's bright now It's beautiful that way When the war came back home We needed more We didn't know different before We'll line 'em up in little rows Plant our marigolds Dig 'em in and clean our hands And oh, they get tall, see them grow Swim the orange and yellow Send a picture to all our friends And then begin again
3.
Ishmael 03:25
This mountain where we stand Can be carved by our hands We'll dig it deep, we'll dig it deep ourselves To let go of our plans Fall hard to start again We'll drain the lake to let the river flow Ohhhh let the river flow You'll be the last one standing You'll see it all too right and then Then you'll stand there waiving goodbye This canyon where we stand Your graveyard is our land There's nothing left to take We're gonna make some more So we stack the glass And now we're home at last We built a gate made of mountain stones And everybody knows We were gonna change the world With no ride and no time
4.
Queen 04:49
Don't shy away I can hear what you say but it's muffled I'm caught in the shuffle Speak loud my ears are Goin' deaf from the midnight moons out here Cause I've been hearin' old news Your bright voice is turning blue I'm fadin' Bring my body over to Lie here with you You could be the queen Come on, get just a little bit closer Reelin' in the city rollin over Twist my body Now we're in your world I'm fadin' Bring my body over to Lie here with you Don't shy away That crown is glimmerin' goldin' You got the magic it's so good Touch me Turn me To your own gold Cause I'm faded Bring my body over to Shine here with you
5.
The Harvest 04:24
Here we are In paradise my Queen The sun, the moon We train the birds and the bees To carve out our names on The side of the road to our kingdom This is our pathway, we never forget Where we came from But I did it for you Cause I wanna be first to the harvest I heard somebody creepin' in It's the good old get ahead Red golden apple Hangs from the joker's tree The one, it's the only Fruit we shall never eat But we've grown so thirsty That dragon's holy water so clever We're gonna burn dead Just tryin to live forever But I did it for you

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Carbon Tigers consists of Chris Wienke (singer/keys/guitar), Nick Cudone (guitar/keys/vox), Aaron Sweatt (bass/guitar/vox), and Darien Williams (drums/vox). After the band’s 2010 release of The Burrows, the band snuggled into their concrete cocoon to write their newest record. The Wars At Home, musically speaking, pushes the contrast of pop and art-rock with its catchy vocal hooks over odd time signatures and melodic guitar lines. Written between 2012-2013 and recorded in July of 2013, producer Jonathan Alvin (Bailiff, Archie Powell and the Exports) helped the band shape the sound of the EP with vocal producer Gabe Liebowitz at Chrome Attic Studios in Crystal Lake, IL.

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released November 19, 2013

Chris Wienke - vocals and guitars
Nick Cudone - guitars
Matt Irizarry - guitars and keyboards
Aaron Sweatt - bass, guitars, and keyboards
Charlie Dresser - drums

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