Swim, by The Duskwhales

Swim

by The Duskwhales

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1.	Lemmingway 03:27	lyrics	buy track
I’m in the here You’re in the now Follow your fear Follow the sound I got the call You said to come Take them away That’s what I’ve done I can’t stop them You can’t make me I can’t take them from this city I can’t stop them You can’t make me I can take them from this city Who we are is not who we want to Drown for what? We know all the reasons Follow me like lemmings to the sea Follow me like rats through the hedge Your children call They know where they want to go Over the edge I can’t stop them You can’t make me I can’t take them from this city I can’t stop them You can’t make me I can take them from this city
2.	New Soldier 04:14	lyrics	buy track
Say you’re searching for me somehow but you don’t have the time Say you’re looking for me everywhere but nowhere to find Aint got time for my body Aint gon’ stop a new soldier Aint got time for my ages Aint gon’ stop a new order Say you’re looking for me everywhere but nowhere to find Say you’re searching for the answer in a bottle of rinds Aint got time for my body Aint gon’ stop a new soldier Aint got time for my ages Aint gon’ stop a new order
3.	Communist Now 02:12	lyrics	buy track
I fall in line, I cross my eyes I am the madness They’ll eat you up, they’ll tear you down Like you’re contagious You follow me, you follow them You follow all the people (who are the communists now?) Who threaten you, who threaten you To take away your freedom (who are the communists now?) I won’t abide, you won’t subside You slaughter all my children (who are the communists now?) I cannot stand, will not stand for you now I try to find, I sympathize I am the last one They look at me, I look at them I’m not the problem You follow me, you follow them You follow all the people (who are the communists now?) Who threaten you, who threaten you To take away your freedom (who are the communists now?) I won’t abide, you won’t subside You slaughter all my children (who are the communists now?) I cannot stand, will not stand for you now Who are the communists now?
4.	Dance for the Spiders 05:00	lyrics	buy track
You can’t take me for a refuge Spiders scuttle at my call I can make them see me when I want I can make them sting inside All my friends have gone away to meet their Maker Now they hang like gardens with their minds all torn up I won’t dance for the spiders I won’t dance for the spiders All my friends have gone away to meet their Maker Now they stand like statues with their mouths all open I won’t dance for the spiders I won’t dance for the spiders I won’t dance for the spiders You take me as you ought I appear from out of the dark Now they spin their webs all around you All my friends have gone away to meet their Maker Now they hang like gardens with their minds all torn up I won’t dance for the spiders I won’t dance for the spiders All my friends have gone away to meet their Maker Now they stand like statues with their mouths all open I won’t dance for the spiders I won’t dance for the spiders I won’t dance for the spiders
5.	Swim 02:46	lyrics	buy track
When I was a little boy I was a mermaid Said I wanna take a walk by the seashore I don’t want to go Mother says you gotta get out of the water Your fingers turn to raisins then no one will bother Taking you back home I just want to swim I just want to swim I don’t wanna take a walk by the seashore I just wanna go swimming out by the sandbar Something’s calling me Mother said ok but just don’t go out too far Said I would just go swimming out by the sandbar Something’s got my leg I just want to swim I just want to swim Hope it’s not too late for a swim Hope it’s not too late for a swim I just want to swim I just want to swim
6.	Sleep Girl 03:20	lyrics	buy track
She deserves to listen to her own case Though what’s the point if she’s only bound to lose Does she feel? Does she even care? It doesn’t matter much, I never knew her anyways I don’t need no regret ‘cause I’m happy to death And everybody here is sadder than me So why do I stay? You’re not me so you know you’re not I goes to show You never knew your place before you met me So don’t you go write it in yourself You’re not needed anyways I can feel his breath whistling down my back I can smell his smoke, begging God for death She deserves to look back at her scars Been trying to, trying to, to feel sorry for her loss I don’t need no regret ‘cause I’m happy to death And everybody here is sadder than me So why do I stay? You’re not me so you know you’re not I goes to show You never knew your place before you met me So don’t you go write it in yourself You’re not needed anyways Sleep girl, don’t wake up in the mire Sleep girl, don’t wake up in the mire
7.	Painted Hero 04:57	lyrics	buy track
When the winter’s coming down, the game is up A painted hero without supper for a year And all the tribes have risen on the totem While I stay right at the bottom waiting for the moment to come Do it make you sick? (Alright, it’s alright, it’s alright now) Does it make you sick? (Alright, it’s alright, it’s alright now) Does it make you sick? Tomahawk in hand, I walk the forest when I see A fawn emerge and stare right at me With those eyes that beg forgiveness I just cannot do this I just cannot do this Do it make you sick? (Alright, it’s alright, it’s alright now) Does it make you sick? (Alright, it’s alright, it’s alright now) Does it make you sick? Rolling winds and trampled leaves will cover up the blanket of my body While my spirit lingers on the doe I didn’t slaughter in my hunger Now my moccasins will walk the fields of glory Walk the fields of glory now Do it make you sick? (Alright, it’s alright, it’s alright now) Does it make you sick? (Alright, it’s alright, it’s alright now) Does it make you sick?
8.	Cold But No Snowfall 03:17	lyrics	buy track
Cold but no snowfall You were never ever there You were never ever there Someday I’m gonna make you proud I’ll be the son that you wish you had And if it’s love I guess I must be she you should know that by now What seasons are for Filled with tears and apologies, well Cold but no snowfall You were never ever there You were never ever there So tell me nothing I’d prefer To watch the weather vane just twist and turn And all the pages that I didn’t write are catching up to me If time is a trap Can you dig us a tunnel to it? Cold but no snowfall You were never ever there You were never ever there

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released February 4, 2014

Written and performed by Chris Baker, Seth Flynn, Brian Majewski, and Austin Mee

Recorded at Blue Sofa Studios in Greensburg, PA

Produced, mixed, and mastered by RJ Dietrich

Cover art by Nicolas Hall

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