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NORTH CAROLINA

by TWELVE THOUSAND ARMIES

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1.
A SWIM 01:00
Lady what do you say why don't we go for a swim It's hot out here deep in the south one hundred degrees blowing in Forget all your worries jump in in a hurry don't let them sink in The winter brings flurries the spring just brings fury for the waiting to end... So lady what do you say why don't we go for a swim.
2.
darling let's breathe Carolina skies glorious and high they approach us we fall to our knees bow our heads and pray so much love it aches it's just great man i want to thank the world for giving away every breath i take and i don't know a way in hell i'm gonna reciprocate with our heads in the breeze i just close my eyes how wonderful life is to me it's hard to believe people can't realize beauty inside it's just great man and i want to thank the world for giving away every breath i take and i don't know a way in hell i'm gonna reciprocate i want to thank the lord for letting me live each and every day the only thing i know to do is bow my head and give thanks every thing i owe to this world i want to thank you...
3.
take me back sweet Virginia Will you comfort me the way you used to please take me back the Carolina's feel the only way i ever want to cause when i'm back i am so close to you but for now Silver Lake's in bloom on crowded paths sidewalk breakfast with booze i'm getting drunk though i don't want to cause it takes me back back before i moved to the only place that i feel brand new and i'm going back i'm going back there real soon but for now Silver Lake's in bloom there's so much for me to do now so what am i gonna do i'm chasing the dreams of a child that never will that never will come true...
4.
I heard she was a biter and likes many boys inside her she likes laying down but i like laying too so when i start a choir i'll invite every good sire who's done laid her down and we'll all sing the blues LALALALALALALALALALALA it broke my heart to hear them say her love and her affection led to deep and dark depression no hearts were saved she claims to be a writer yet pronounces it bon iver and she's back in town we must evacuate this room but many boys get tired and succumb to her desires then she lays them down but most all leave well bruised LALALALALALALALALALALA it broke my heart to hear them say her love and her affection led to deep and dark depression it choked me up for fourteen days a suicide injection of farewells and bad rejections no hearts were saved
5.
life is wonderful when you've always got someone to meet people blowing around in the breeze oh yeah but my life is pitiful because i always have someone that leaves what i should really fucking do is realize that my life's impaired and this seems so unfair i'm low and goodbyes are too literal it's not a place that i like to be i tend to fall to the ground with the leaves oh yeah so don't taunt don't ridicule man i know you're talking shit about me all i really want to do is survive but my heart you held now i'll see you in hell i'm sure
6.
this coast always follows in the footsteps of a ghost not all of us will drown but some say most we're ready to be found and make a toast see much has fallen down around the post after all we're people after all we're people now you call this home? it's just a tidal wave of basements made of foam i guess your rock and roll's on fire check the ohms evangelistic choirs of wax papered combs after all we're people after all we're people now
7.
i never meant to make you sad i made you sad i left you all alone just waiting there at home i know it hurt so bad you sounded bad when talked on the phone now i'm just waiting for the storm the storm the storm i never meant to make you mad i know you're mad just waiting there at home i just had to be alone you know i think you're rad i suck so bad for hanging up the phone now i'm just waiting for the storm the storm the storm why should i even be with you if i can't even make the truth be known when all i do is sit and lie i can't ever be that guy when i'm just waiting for the storm the storm the storm
8.
MY BAG 03:12
there's just one person that i have a need for and she sure don't like that alcohol she's totally convinced me it's bad but i love to run wild down by the earth's core man i sure do love that alcohol but it totally ruins my rad some drink top-shelf, some drink the middle me i black out, drink till i'm crippled i just wanna not be belittled no more 'cause nobody likes when i'm bored there's just one circle that I have a need for sort of like this record store totally obscure it's my bag now i'm just drunk loud strumming the same chord reflecting on the years before and wondering where it all went bad some drink top-shelf, some drink the middle me i black out, drink till i'm crippled i just wanna not be belittled no more 'cause nobody likes when i'm bored
9.
SHIT STORM 01:34
i rode so many years on a shit storm for a steed held my breath i threw some lefts an asshole yes indeed i was angry i was arrogant i only thought of me i was dying over here like Italians in the heat i hid from fear beer after beer not once i did my best i was stuck in ruts and fucking sluts refused to leave the nest i was judging it was pitiful you should have seen the mess if you did i'm fucking sorry you can stab me in the chest oh yeah
10.
you can't wait long for people some never come back just a few of us can truly call this place home and i never understood why they never came back i guess they're craving something else on this stone and i don't really mind that i'll always see that big silver dome but i ain't gonna lie 'cause i've tried but i always found myself so alone when i roam so i'm staying home so many groups of people that i've met through the years some they love me, some can't take me for long but i've always liked the people that i've met living here and i pray one day we'll all get along and i ain't gonna lie i ain't always been a man of this tone but lord knows i'm tryin to stay away from cuts to the bone because it sucks being alone especially at home cause i've been feeling like loving and living please start with forgiving at home
11.
SKATE OR DIE 03:43
Since I ain't ever gonna relate I might as well go out and skate Cause that's what I belong to And even if i leave with some fines At least I got to get in some grinds If I'm lucky a line too Cause there ain't nothing else even girls That I'd rather do in this world Than roll around making turns And there aint nowhere i'd rather be Than rolling down my street Cut me loose and set me free Cut me loose and set me free Cut me loose and set me free
12.
i'm so loud you will awake pardon the earthquake it's just a modern dance for the middle aged it brings me joy to make some noise i'm a 30 year old boy hanging out with dudes in silver lake i call it quits just to begin starting over with new friends it's enough to make a pain reliever ache i hold my breath four times a day just to see if i can swim away i watch the clock i check my watch i kneel and pray it's just the same old shit every day no matter where i let my bullshit out to play i'll write a song i'll sing along i'll pull my weight with a fascist wrist that always strums it's way yeah i have a fascist wrist that never strums my way i could count a tear for every mile i could drink a beer for every smile see my happiness is way to fucking fake with every goal a story told and every ego's made of gold is it worth all this for just a little fame and for some change there was a must and since i'm always in a rush there was no logic in this move out to L.A. so in a van with a bike rack and a friend cooking up some crack with left town the morning after christmas day and now i'm stuck here on my own calling everyone back home convincing all my boys that i will be o.k. i left a lady there as well putting both of us through hell so i guess we'll have to take it day by day it's just the same old shit every day no matter where i let my bullshit out to play i'll write a song i'll sing along i'll pull my weight no matter how much i think all this shit is fake there's just no getting over floating here in space it's just the same old shit every day flaunting smarts breaking hearts making waves writing down every word i say throwing darts for a brand new start just to get away there's just no getting over floating here in space yes there's no getting over floating here in space there's just no getting over floating here in space...

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released April 20, 2010

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