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TIGER BEAT

by TWELVE THOUSAND ARMIES

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1.
The Barista's out of control She'll take any boy that walks through the door Cause no one's watching out for their own She thinks she's made of gold And that she'll never ever go home alone But no one's walking nobody home When you see her do you need her? I guess there's certain things that never get old Listener when you kissed her Did you do everything that you have been told? He thinks she's all his own And that she doesn't mess around since they boned But they've all been talking he doesn't know The Barista's a taker of souls She maps out every one that she wants to own But no one's falling no one at all Mister she's a blister You just need to leave this alone You think you need her you can't feed her She'll just keep on leading you on I know you are a giving man But what you're giving man gets old So now it's time to take a stand Let go of her hand and roll The Barista's out on her own She's got nobody here left to control Cause no one's watching No one's walking No one's talking no more...
2.
Instant reminiscence has become a part of me So I don't need nobody just a mild lobotomy Stoned and go to places unknown So listen little lady when you popped that artery I didn't see a future just a loud apology blown Now you won't leave me alone You've known the debt despair agreed? The love affair the family tree Breathe in breathe out now you're in doubt and scared So no more hesitation no false starts no remedies Sedated and elongated in tonights longevity Thrown into a baby cyclone Excuse the misconception though at best an absentee Confusion just by using simple plans of strategy known But you know baby I'm prone Day in day out I crave I need The isolation helps be breathe To dream about chagrin and doubt compares To live a life beneath the heights in hell But all he wants is hell all he wants is hell all he wants is hell Til her shotgun brought me down to my knees But my ray guy had her fooled by it's notion Then she lays down postponing poverty And she plays dumb and I'm fooled by commotion...
3.
I was a mess inside of tangles She was the loveliest in Wales by far I should have left these thoughts less mangled I should have left and fought between the bars Got my one last scar So much for the least erotic tangos So what if the best you had wasn't dreamt in cars You would have seen me dawned in plain clothes You would have seen me here being swept by stars She's my one last scar Lovely Ms. Jane Doe driving through my heart If it's not the truth then why'd she lay low She said she had proof if she did it be here in a jar See we would have never caught her Anglos   And I would have never played this here guitar It's my one last scar Lovely Ms. Jane Doe driving through my heart Lovely Ms. Jane Doe driving through passing through Lovely Ms. Pain Growth driving through my heart
4.
Beverly B-side she had more on her plate than revenge She always knew someone who's out on the street looking forward She had many friends With pull from the inside she had torn from the steak at the ends She always seemed wired but mad no mistakes if she did she'd replace and re-mend With such highly hopes she was raised to win Fully dressed in taupe she was born to set trends All by the wayside get watch Beverly B-side begin Now she's definitely telling us something yes she's definitely telling us something yeah she's definitely telling me something again She lived by the seaside and at dawn she would race with the wind She never grew tired as long as they'd toast every mile getting close to the end She lived such a sweet life and they were much closer than friends She always made flyers for shows he would play by the coast being host by his twin With such highly hopes their names would blend And a brandy toast from a boy who calls him Ben Well then Benjamin Seaside got in to Beverly B-side's record bin Now they're definitely telling us something yeah they're definitely telling us something yeah they're definitely telling me something again But what does it matter for I'm still alone This scene and this chatter makes me want to grow Plus what would a boy be with nothing to own And it's definitely telling me something I've known all along Yeah it's definitely telling me something I've already known
5.
They all call him loose cause his stance He's living on talls burning the streets Til it hits the fan So he always calls truce in advance When he's breathing through straws going for weeks Til the kid can't stand These cemetery ways lead to cemetery days But you know now the moonbeam's rare But his room key is right back in place So they all call him Bruce in the band It's written on walls that he's covered in sheets He's a ladies man Til he cuts them all loose They understand that he's living on talls Burning the streets as a one man band Til those cemetery ways lead to cemetery days But you know that he loves despair And he'll through this back in their face His cemetery ways lead to cemetery gates And he loves that we know he's scared And we'll through him back in the grave Yeah they all call him loose Til the old man comes back on stage
6.
Complexions 02:39
Wake up don't fall asleep girl in your make up Get yourself dressed for this break up for it's bound to be You feel down got your feet stuck in your home town Hearts were abused now that they pound it's hard to breathe Cause I put too much in to us You settled down so I'm giving up Leaving town though the roads are rough Breaking ground for the both of us So I can breathe You falling has nothing to do with me parting I left so long ago darling still you write to me My heart aches here I was living out our fate Pretending our love wasn't at stake Please don't let me be Cause I've put too much in to us I settled down now you're giving up Leaving town when the times get tough You always said I would be enough Now I can't breathe This might be more than what it seems I love you but all this can wait My darling there's so much for us to create In spite of the whims and the tears and the aches over me And now that it's all on display We pick ourselves up and just move on our way In spite of the chills and the thrills and the shakes And just be free
7.
I just want to see the road the path the overview My life directs the whole pursuit Not a one night stand or an evil troop of ladies So I'll go about the night with days of dignity Half a heart expectantsy with a broom in hand And mouths to feed and babies So I don't want to hear one more last call I don't want to hit the bar at all All I want to do is sing this song And be lazy Just because the road the path might work for you All in all you're all just fooled With a drink in hand and minds to lose so hazy So I'll go about the night a say with dignity I killed this place you all know me Not a ruined man or a masterpiece just crazy So I don't want hear one more last call I don't want to hit the bar at all All I want to do is sing this song and be lazy And I don't want to fuck with you know who Or have nothing to ever do with you Any minute I'll be in pursuit of crazies So I don't want to hear one more last call I don't want to hit the bar at all All I want to do is sing this song and be lazy But I guess I'm going to call up Straws Tell him to meet me in the bathroom stall You had to know that I would blow it all And go crazy!!!
8.
Hey!!! Providence boy where'd your head go? I haven't seen that thing attached since two thousand and four You need to drop this shit boy let your hair grow You make the scene we've seen the act we've seen you play the whore And I've wept for this since nineteen ninety four I should have known you'd waste my time parading down the street You need to find you some peace of mind boy put this act to sleep Ohhhh you run a tight ship but boy where's your lifeboat You're gonna need some friends to help you row
9.
Ships that conjure pressure overbearing it's a state of mind Afterlife impressions of us angles on the centerline Grow, I'm told Triumph situations intermissions think I will decline Lithograph emissions turn to seizures when they're out of time Cold, so bold, I'm sold It's a one track mind taken straight up out the times I'm told Classic presentations centuries injecting truth and lies In plastic uniforms the children race right toward the finish line Poor, so bored Reading under lip sync finding Neverland a waste of time Howard Hughes & Gypsies pull the curtain they're the masterminds Torn, adorned, so scorned It's a rock and roll line taken straight up out the times be warned When is too much too much for whores? I thought it ended with the Doors Constant overbearing luxuries inside your heart of glass Meaning with no reasons infiltrate and put you on your ass Floored, ignored Singing expeditions observations here's the train at last Wilting pop sensations on a whole I think will never last Reborn, so torn, straight porn It's a rock and roll line lifted straight up off The Vines forewarned When is too much too much for more? I thought it ended with remorse I've waited too long now I'm bored So I thought I'd end this fast for sure Cause I have nothing to do And I want nothing to do And I need nothing to do with yours
10.
The Rise 03:48
And so... So what you're alive Just cause long legs do divide Don't mean people remain people Whatever that may mean Cause we're ghost And we've all said goodbye While all young children cry The sequels remain sequels Unless they're made of three Cause they're on the rise, they're on the rise, they're on the rise The people here have spoken Close... You're too close to the light Turn around and cling to life For the equal remain equals Unless it's you and me Cause we're on the rise, we're on the rise, we're on the rise Our spirits can't be broke And if you're in search big boy go open eyed I won't make you wait if you don't want me to Cause all I want is for the right road to roll on And quickly bring my heart home to you And simply grasp ahold to the truth The truth

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released March 25, 2014

'TIGER BEAT' by Twelve Thousand Armies

All songs written by Justin Williams.
Performed by Jeff Crawford, Carter Gaj, Ryan Gustafson, Sam Kossler, Jon Lindsay, Stu McLamb, Josh Moore, Mark Simonsen, Tommy "2Straws" Simpson, James Wallace and Justin Williams.
Recorded by Ryan Gustafson, Jeff Crawford and Justin Williams at Fidelitorium Recordings (Kernersville, NC) and Arbor Ridge Studios (Chapel Hill, NC).
Mixed by James Wallace.
Mastered by Nick Petersen.
Artwork by Andrew Jeffrey Wright.

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