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2 a​.​m.

by The Curl and Drag

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1.
I want to be the chalk outline In the middle of your neighbor's lawn I want to thrash and flail indiscreetly With no consequence Tonight we're gonna turn it up Rip cuts we loved at twenty one Three fingers of somethin' cheap and rough We can curse the sun when she wakes us Oh yeah Douse the rag ignite the spark in your voice In the end It's not the fire but what’s made from the noise Call the college girls on the corner Buy another round for the boys It's not the fire Now we're turned up It's hard on the heart yet soft to the touch yeah nights like these are never enough Oh yeah Douse the rag ignite the spark in your voice In the end It's not the fire but what’s made from the noise Call the college girls on the corner Buy another round for the boys It's not the fire
2.
Empty Coffin 02:06
Skipped town, one suitcase Packed up his mistakes Left a letter on the bed as she slept late (so peacefully) Headed south to rearrange Saw god in a drifters face Said "Son repent your sins to me it's not too late to change and be saved" Empty coffin, no faith Countless promises he made but couldn't keep She said, "you'll be back one day, you'll see." Spent months in New Orleans Cheap love, drugged reverie "This needle is just fine. This needle does me right." Send in the cavalry, the beauty that burns with tragedy Make love to the pavement Make love to the pavement In drunken speak Empty coffin, no faith Countless promises he made but couldn't keep She said, "you'll be back one day, you'll see."
3.
She's ready for a Kennedy Up for taking anything Enough beer to last the weekend And a pocket full of remedies Natalie's known to walk on water Mostly public pools in winter Chasing poppers with December She's out to make believers of them all Sixteen and a virgin You never made him earn it When your priest asked of your innocence You told him you burnt it When they met it was in a parking lot He was jacking cars and looking pretty tough She thought it was love He just wanted to fuck She had herself a Kennedy First time and high on some amphetamines She said, "The clinic's not an option, I'll have it when I'm seventeen." Sixteen and a virgin Never made him earn it You said "Father can you help me?" "No, you fucking deserve it." Now you're alone
4.
I've got a fistful Of Queen Anne's lace And it's wilting away The thin stems Are bent out of shape And starting to gray I'll keep tending a love overgrown with weeds As if there's something left to reap And if you're waiting on a sign from me Baby, don't forget to breathe I've got a mind full Of broken scenes No plot, no speech The camera is rolling The film overheats And the colors they bleed Keep on acting like love is all you need As if there's something left to reap And if you're waiting on a sign from me Baby, don't forget to breathe There are voids that we learn to live with And if you're waiting on a sign from me Baby, don't forget to breathe
5.
Bernard 02:31
Where were your kids Too busy with life To call or to write? They left you to die In that hospital bed No one by your side What got you through those years? Was it your faith left in God? Was the loneliness just too much to take Which finally broke your heart? Can you hear me? I am sorry I said I'd visit but I couldn't find the time Now you're gone Please forgive me This is my final goodbye What got you through those years? Was it your faith left in God? Was the loneliness just too much to take Which finally broke your heart? Was the loneliness just too much to take Which finally broke your heart? Was the loneliness just too much to take?
6.
There is love in her eyes As she stares down the barrel of his gun "We're not making it to Panama, baby. There's no way outta this one." This isn't a Hollywood ending "Now close your eyes my beautiful darling." Two dead in the sunshine state Hearts filled with reckless intentions A bloody suburb in the sunshine state Two bullets, no sign of the ocean She swore they'd be happy Livin' life on the run Sail down the coast to Panama A new life in the same sun We are nothing more than animals (As one dies so does the other) Exploding into white wilderness (As one dies so does the other) Two dead in the sunshine state With plans on starting it over A bloody suburb in the sunshine state Two bullets for delusional lovers We are nothing more than animals "Close your eyes, can you feel the wind on your face?"
7.
2 A.M. and the block is silent Just the hum of haloed lights Curse your name to the skyline St. Catherine, you're mine tonight Goddamn I need a hammer Cuz that dress of brick you wear so well Tunnel in, confess my sins Of being a drunk disaster No I won't remember The song that played in me The dawn is always darkest After it sees the youth that stayed Smoke the early till the moon quits Blistered vision twenty cigarettes Repeating lines off the track list They're all so tired and boring Cuz pouring drinks it never suited me Violent visions making livers bleed Now I can't escape No I can't escape No I won't remember The song that played in me The dawn is always darkest After it sees the youth that stayed

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Recorded at 1809 Studios in Macedon, NY during the Spring of 2014.

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released November 1, 2014

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