id,slug,publish,publish_on,title,description,credits,lyrics,track,release_id,player_code 2,wave-backwards,1,2007-06-01 00:00:00,Wave Backwards To Massachusetts,,"

Written by Ryan Walsh, © 2007 Reverse The Tape Decks (ASCAP)

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a blizzard
a mallard
a stillborn Chinese baby speaking backwards
my peephole
in the cabin
keep an eye on loggers preparing for battle
and textbooks glow like they know where we're going
but it's just a guess they planted in the pages
and flags unfurl like they know why we're sewing
a certain kind of stars into the fabric

can't keep topping my count's bestsellers
pieced together in damp dark cellars
flipped out fury
it's a wigged out wish
so creep creep crawl your way into the heartland
when the clocks explode
we'll sing a crooked path back to our home

there is no context for this progress
a village epidemic reaches congress
an idea or a light bulb
smashed on concrete outside of the nightclub
a cat with a windchime skeleton
but it's not like he's in charge of city planning
greet the deep sea diver as he dives within
he hides secrets behind all of the paneling

we will find him before
the party resumes
treating cape houses like Egyptian tombs
tricked out tremors in my nervous system
don't sink sink sink sink sink into the pavement
when the clocks explode
we'll sing a crooked path back to our home

wave backwards to Massachusetts
we'll sing a crooked path back to our home

",2,1, 27,might-come-back-club,1,2009-07-01 00:00:00,The Might Come Back Club,,"

Written by Ryan Walsh, © 2009 Reverse The Tape Decks (ASCAP)

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collect your cobwebs
saw off your antlers
between blizzards we are free
the front lawn’s hosting the strangest vine growth
that will in time entangle all we see

devastating news-hype hand delivered
via secret hymns
the might come back club’s
rites of recall are etched out on the bones of these limbs

open your kimono you hassle magnet
let me see what all the kids are killing for
consulting the Fates from far northern states
with escape routes scrawled on their back doors

fanatics follow the freedom of fandom
hitting straw men with plastic swords
rip up the floor boards
find what you’ve come for
you’re a guest they’ll begrudgingly endure

I was in the kitchen with the grieving uncle
and a drinking game that only he played
so in tender spirits he went up on the rooftop
to chant for the flying chariot brigade

To our amazement
out came the horses
who’s commanding? hell if I know
the might come back club’s rules of order
tell us in this case we must row
so start rowing

",2,3, 42,country-before-kings,1,2013-05-07 20:00:00,Country Before Kings,,,"

Knock, knock here I am a civilian outpost
I’ve been dreaming for two
We look out for quicksand
Cuz we bottle and rebrand
and return nightly home to you
C’mon Ghost-o, is this your card?
I’ve been rehearsing this trick for weeks
Summoned and sunburned, enormously ticked off
I’d fade away if this wasn’t sweet

Last night I figured out how this will work
And it’s not some slight of hand
It’s a different way not to die
You could trust me and try it for awhile

Country Before Kings! And kings after:
1) This most pleasant evening
2) Your horoscope’s meaning
I finally figured it out

For Christ’s sake knock it off
The cameras are rolling
Let’s explore the least we could be Two tandem sleepers
Like twin engine heaters
Hold a light & carry this through
There is no song, there is no guide
To lend a clue where we ought to be
Exalted and poised to type out a paean
This isn’t for the king it’s for me

Country Before Kings! And kings after:
1) This most pleasant evening
2) Your horoscope’s meaning
I finally figured it out

",2,9, 47,nightingale-lightning,1,2012-04-01 21:11:40,Nightingale Lightning,,"","

Watch as this falls apart
Ballet in reverse
Revival of sins and critics who
You thought had moved on
To pastures of green
Or somewhere just as baroque

Nightingale Lightning!
Nightingale Lightning!
Hello! Hello! Hello!

This is somewhat unique
For a man of my class
And stance and stature
To stand and smoke down to the bone
My cigarette
And blow the smoke into the

FILMS
THE POPULAR SONGS
THE HEADLINE PARADES
THE STARS OF THE STAGE & TV
SO THAT
WHEN THEY REMEMBER
THEY WILL REMEMBER
IN A HAZE

Hello! Nightingale Lightning!
Nightingale Lightning!
Hello! Hello!

",2,7, 65,try-instead,1,2014-05-03 08:22:04,Try This Instead,,,"

Just read my rights
in the cadence we agreed on
crush every pill
wrap me in love
dig all the holes
try not to deceive your mind

it's hard to start again
in the shadow of malediction
rename the moons
tune up the bike
bust through the door
don't forget what's at stake

try this instead
i'll be here forever in weekly increments

what's behind the words
you've selected for me this evening
sing no regret
light up the board
open your heart
don’t forget not to die

Let's punch up the storylines
we'll show up covered in brine
yes, we come from the ocean you see that, we said so
we're all dressed up for someone to come home

try this instead
i'll be here forever in weekly increments

",2,10, 77,devil-level-zero,1,2015-04-06 21:20:50.023000,Devil Level Zero,,,,2,11, 81,we-have-the-perimeter-surrounded,1,2016-02-25 06:03:27,We Have The Perimeter Surrounded,,,"

real good
major
plotlines
coasting
building
danger
rescue
homelife
every single thing that I could think of
we have the perimeter surrounded

woody
guthrie
once had
a weird dream
he fronted
a punk band
called Exed Out
they were amazing
every single thing that I could think of
we have the perimeter surrounded

Twister!
Ouija!
Fault lines
freebies!
Stag films
my maps
bookmarks
& adoration
every single thing that I could think of
we have the perimeter surrounded

you see, we were part of the light brigade
dumping wattage on hate parades
getting dusked in the deep
the crew was me and marty and carol two
we didn't do what they told us to
which was part of the deal
but now, when I think back on those days
I can't believe we behaved that way
you know we could've been killed
love, l-o-v-e-y-o-u
could maybe do what it used to do
you wanna give it a chance?

real good
major
plotlines
coasting
building
danger
rescue
homelife
every single thing that I could think of
we have the perimeter surrounded

",2,12, 92,the-alphabet,1,2016-07-04 16:40:24.312000,The Alphabet,,,,2,13, 98,folk-music-is-insane,1,2019-09-24 00:13:55,Folk Music Is Insane,,,"

it started with contraband
wandering
the poet blinked twice
she can see
the deepest impossible sea
and we’re walking together
singing the songs of
some SOB stuck in a dream
with a dancer
and a praying monster
don’t you know
there’s a killer on the road?

Slam cut to present day
America
there’s weirdness in the woods
i’m alone
and I can’t stop looking at my phone
now we’re cheering on assassins
adjusting our glasses
pretending that a verse would set us free
or a bad joke
or a single helix
it’s all the same to a ghost with a guitar

folk music is insane
folk music is insane

we’re back in a different time
who knows where
i’ve been here before
hear those chimes
of the brand names washed out with the tide
and you’re better than ever
your mood like the weather
is overcast with a chance of regret
prepared piano
and tape loops
and the rarest of b-sides have absolutely ruined my life

folk music is insane
folk music is insane
folk music is insane
folk music is insane

it’s something to behold
but it’s out of reach
and you can’t explain
you’ll never get close
folk music is insane

I know it’s not nostalgia
won’t you meet me in the parlor
we can’t escape forever
and there’s something in the water
folk music is insane

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