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Empire of Whales (Remastered)

by Empire of Whales

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1.
Sleeping On Straw 04:12
lyrics
Lost in the rush of progress Our sense of touch abandoned How could this be failure We are accustomed to the comfort that we live We were born and bred to be so much more than this Sleeping on straw, filling our lungs with dust Digging our graves, burying those we’ve lost Answers in our bodies Contrast to your treason How could this be failure We are accustomed to the comfort that we live We were born and bred to be so much more than this Sleeping on straw, filling our lungs with dust Digging our graves, burying those we’ve lost
2.
Willow Tree 03:39
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Live before it’s gone Some won’t see the dawn It’s alright we have hope that it’s temporary In your arms, no regrets if it’s temporary You will know our names Not our broken bodies This is no test, this is our blood line We will never make our way back home Silent when you need I will be your willow tree It’s alright we have hope that it’s temporary In your arms, no regrets if it’s temporary You will know our names Not our broken bodies This is no test, this is our blood line We will never make our way back home We are still standing here alone
3.
Ritual And Shape 04:54
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Peeling your eyes back from the scene We all return the way we came In a fire when we break In a moment we escape With an empty hand we’re letting on It’s cold enough under different skin You’ll never find what you’re living in The question answered without a sound Your fractured bones and your body found We would be better off alone Touching so delicate your face Trusting in ritual and shape In a child we embrace Our existence and our faith With an empty hand we’re letting on It’s cold enough under different skin You’ll never find what you’re living in The question answered without a sound Your fractured bones and your body found We would be better off alone Play in the snow there my son and wait for the doctors to come Just stay in the snow there my son and wait for the doctors to come Afraid of the future, ashamed of my past Lost out in orbit, a dinner for rats A third of a century with fear of my eyes The ship I was born on is creaking to capsize Follow the sun away from the shadows A bird in the hand is two in the shallows
4.
Love 05:07
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There’s no science telling us that we should be alone They deny us based upon a love they’d never know We are in love deep in our skin We’ll never hide ourselves from those we love again We are in love, we’re no disease It’s only natural, the child that you conceive So contagious, sharing love, a privilege bought by birth How you made us, a mother should accept without a curse We are in love deep in our skin We’ll never hide ourselves from those we love again We are in love, we’re no disease It’s only natural, the child that you conceive

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released July 5, 2023

Lead vocals, rhythm guitar, and bass guitar by Joseph Mecham
Lead guitar and backup vocals by Michael Carter
Drums by Ben Olsen

Additional vocals on Willow Tree by Rayna Mecham
Recorded and mixed by Joseph Mecham
Remastered at Empire Mastering

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