1. |
After The Lights Failed
01:51
|
|||
Suddenly you wake up with a start
and your head is sore
Rememberin' what day it is too late
Did you even mourn?
There's no point askin' why
Reaffirm your alibi
Oh those lies you tell
about the ones you left behind
the ones you left behind
After the lights failed
|
||||
2. |
Instant Gratification
03:52
|
|||
Instant Gratification
We built up these barricades like it was nothin'
With a mouse and a keyboard; a passport to never leave our seats
The moment you realize you don't even know your neighbor's first name
It pains when it changes, so sudden
Now
We all live for someone else
We all live for someone else
A time you thought could never be
you point, you click, you wait and see
blatant misinformation
Selling you innovation
It's well you'd see you'd never be
you point you click you wait and see
Instant Gratification
Instant Gratification
I know
It's a part of me now
I know
it's a part of me now
Where were you when everthing started to break down?
Remember the wind in your hair, was it all you'd hope for dear?
This time that we live in is somethin' you prayed and dreamed for every night
A selfish repentance won't end it
now
We all live for someone else
We all live for someone else
A time you thought could never be
you point, you click, you wait and see
blatant misinformation
selling you a vacation
A policy you'd never be
you point you click you wait and see
Instant Gratification
Instant Gratification
I know
It's a part of me now
I know
It's a part of me now
When
They'e done
We're still breakin' down these walls
cuz when
they're done
We're not
When
They'e done
We're still breakin' down these walls
and when
they're done
We're not
We all live for someone else
We all live for someone else
A time you thought could never be
you point, you click, you wait and see
blatant misinformation
Sellin' you innovation
You promised me it'd never be
you point you click you wait and see
Instant Gratification
Instant Gratification
|
||||
3. |
Moon + Stars
04:03
|
|||
Smashed in the dirt again
Breakin my bones? That's fine
Cuz they'll mend
Me and you
Don't stay down long
We won't be erased
here
We've got work to do
We always get up
but it won't be our place
here
If we
Live a little
build a little
heal a little
what's this all gonna mean for us?
We don't have a clue
Live a little
Build a little
Deal a little
What's this all gonna mean for us?
It's time
We can believe
Everything we have is beautiful
Despite
All that we've seen
Everything we have is beautiful
Spit in their face again
Holdin' you close, one arm
not our end
Moon and Stars
Always get up
We won't lose our home here
we've got work to do
we always get up
and we won't be alone
here
If we
Live a little
build a little
heal a little
what's this all gonna mean for us?
We don't have a clue
Live a little
Build a little
Deal a little
What's this all gonna mean for us?
It's time
We can believe
Everything we have is beautiful
Despite
All that we've seen
Everything we have is beautiful
If we
Live a little
Build a little
Heal a little
What's it all gonna mean for me?
I don't have a clue
Live together
Die together
On our own terms
There's no place I'd rather be
|
||||
4. |
Braid
04:38
|
|||
All in like the places that I lied
Nothing in comes in close to bein' "right"
Lookin back, it's something that we had
but this face is gettin older, and I'm glad
and there's a place
we know
to go
and there's a place
we know
to go
Well
It's all goin' down, boys
We're
off the rails now, boys
we're all
Sons of Bitches now, boys
We've
angered her now, boys
and this world
is gonna tear us limb from limb
and this place
as backwards as is
it's finding all our sins
it makes us whole again
and we're not damned
the possibility
of findin what we seek
is to great for us to bare
What matters most is how to pass the time
and every time he looks at me, I'm right
foldin' back the places that we meant
her braid is lashing at me with contempt
and there's a place
we choose
to go
it's a place
we choose
to go
Well
It's all goin' down, boys
We're
off the rails now, boys
we're all
Sons of Bitches now, boys
We've
angered her now, boys
and this world
is gonna tear us limb from limb
and this place
as backwards as is
finding all our sins
makes us whole again
since we're damned
the possibility
of findin what we seek
is to great for us to bare
|
||||
5. |
The Villain
03:12
|
|||
Waitin for the news
to hold on to pieces of hope and
It could be such a relief
but nothin' good ever comes out
They're waitin in the reeds
to choke all the pieces you deal in
but I'm healin' like a demon
"it takes one to know one" he said
And though you're gone
Your war has already begun
the shots have fired and you're
gone
Your war has already begun
and I'm the villain now
Waitin for this new day
the book never closes it our way
they will rage on like it's easy
but nothin' good ever comes out
And though you're gone
Your war has already begun
they're out there fightin' for you,
Long gone
your war has already begun
And I'm the villain now
I'm the villain now
Nothin good ever comes out
And though you're gone
Your war has already begun
The skies have darkened and you're
gone
But the war had already begun
And I'm the villain now
I'm the villain now
|
||||
6. |
Apart We Are Together
03:58
|
|||
How Long has
It been since we could
raise our glass
To the finer things
Dream of the past
Instead of waiting for a
Leap-back
What will change this time?
On and on it goes
while we stand aside
No
We really don't
and somethin' in us brings
with it a light that won't be colored out
Open up our eyes
and what it means for me
to let it be?
What could he say
to be lead here?
Apart we are together.
Together.
Time it falls
it erases me
and opens doors
where the best lies are
ones we choose t'believe
I just wait for my
Leap-back
What will end this time?
On and on it grows
like our cancer and
No
We really don't
and somethin' in us brings
with a time that won't be colored out
Open up our eyes
and what it means for me
to let it be
what could we say
to feel better?
Apart we are together.
Together.
|
||||
7. |
Heavy Rain
03:28
|
|||
Who are we
To be in this place?
What is this
A license to breathe
What is done
When you can't even see
You're timin' out
whatever it takes
you
to
believe
Talk about the weather right now
And hope it distracts him from all the blood
Talk about weather right now
and hope he believes you when
all is done
Who are we
to be in this scene?
What is this?
We're burnin' red sheets
What is done
when you can't even see
there's nothing left
but origami figurines
Talk about the weather right now
And hope it distracts him from all the blood
Talk about weather right now
and hope he believes you when
all is done
talk about the weather right now
and hope it distracts him from all your fears
keep a straight face right now
and hope he believes these are your real tears
your tears
|
||||
8. |
Refugee Camp
03:57
|
|||
Meal bells
Soundin' off in the bitter cold her
heart swells
how long it's been it's
hard to tell
in this city of tents
Estranged
Many more arrivin'
each day
when you wake up there're more
mouths to feed
city of regrets
and the moment my heart breaks
at the height of our mistakes
the form that it now takes
is a little girl
asking her father
"When
are we
going home?"
but never lies he tells to her
the truth and fear that swells in her
kills me
he says
"this tent's our house for now
we'll leave as soon as we know how
you'll see
even if it's not easy
you gotta believe me
that meal bell
should be finding comfort in the food's smell
but it straight up drags me back to hell
this city of regrets
and the moment my heart breaks
at the height of our mistakes
this form that it now takes
is a little girl
asking politely
"When
are we
going home?"
but never lies he tells to her
the truth and fear that swells in her
kills me
he says
"this tent's our house for now
we'll leave as soon as we know how
you'll see
even if it's not easy
you gotta believe me
Standin here at the end of the world and his
tone is so reassured and I though should not
I believe him
One more day with no glimmer of hope in this
Mess full of spirits so broken, I should not
but I believe him
Foolishly
I believed him
|
||||
9. |
Giraffes
02:57
|
|||
Walkin
along this path
With the stakes so high
I just can't look back
but I'll see it through
Try to bury
what led me here
all the choices made
all these cold dark years
but I'll see it through
I'll see this through
and who
are we?
who are we?
To feed
this unending burden of
hope that always leads
nowhere
Sign after sign I go
Through the endless night
all this fallin' snow
But I'll see it through
Relive when it went black
since the day they died
I've been to hell and back
But I'll see it through
I'll see this through
Try to bury
what led me here
all the choices made
all these cold dark years
but I'll see it through
I'll see this through
I Relive when it went black
since the day they died
I've been to hell and back
But I'll see it through
I'll see this through
|
||||
10. |
||||
In one voice now we sing
Even though we number few
We were forsaken
But not defeated
and we either learn
from our mistakes
or fall apart
Either learn
from our mistakes
or fall apart
and all this time we've been
livin' in glass houses
for too long
And are we brave enough to admit that we got it wrong?
livin' in glass houses
for too long
are we brave enough to admit that we got it wrong?
We honor those we've lost
And today we build anew
But what would they say if
they were still with us?
"You either learn
from our mistakes
or fall apart.
Either learn
from our mistakes
or fall apart"
we tried so hard but we were
livin' in glass houses
for too long
now we're brave enough to admit that we got it wrong
livin' in glass houses
for too long
now we're brave enough to admit that we got it wrong
Are we givin' up?
Can you feel it?
Can you feel it in your bones?
Are we givin' up?
Can you feel it?
Can you feel it?
|
Curious Quail New Haven, Connecticut
We're an orchestral + chiptune indie collective with members in the San Francisco Bay Area, the Pacific Northwest and New England that mix fuzzy guitar rock, orchestral instrumentation and music made with Nintendo Gameboys.
Streaming and Download help
If you like Curious Quail, you may also like:
Bandcamp Daily your guide to the world of Bandcamp