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Post Kingdoms

by The Angry Lisas

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1.
Intro 00:42
I used to fall in love with everything Now I see an easy way out I used to tell you that we’d make it out of here In the middle of the night and never turn around I was wrong about everything I was wrong about me I always thought if I could settle down long enough to breath I wouldn’t end up hanging in your heart in effigy
2.
14th Street 05:21
She left early Thursday morning before the sunlight broke the sky She said "Boy don't cry today, my grace will never leave your side" As quick as my eyes could see The empty sheets that lie here next to me Trumpets begged the painted scene while the beggar’s insults wonder why Love songs they break your heart, and tend to leave ‘em broken A crack through pavement ain't so hard to find Under the staircase of that old house off of Broadway Into the mirror my body went, but my reflection stayed inside I've got a hole in my chest that I used to breath in You've got a name that reminds me of the places I used to know There are no more words that I want to share with you I just want to let you know you might not see me 'round here anymore She said the night before she left "If we make it out alive, the other side looks more like a parking lot in hell" The first step is the hardest, but love is just a landslide So hold on tight, hold on tight Let the songs of the dead play all through the winter Let the hearts of the fallen go out with the wind We'll take one step forward and five steps backwards Let the songs of the living burn out with the speakers Let the songs of the dead play all through the winter Let the hearts of the living burn out with the speakers
3.
If I asked you a question, be sure to let me know I’ve been dying to know for a lifetime But never had the strength so here it goes Do you love me now, and did you ever love me then? Do you still count our lucky stars? When you think about the cradle we built it on Is it clear why it all fell apart? I’ve been trying to ask you About the times you left with nothing to say You’d just walk out without a quiver or a doubt A hesitation is why I would pray And your stories they would never add up at all The memories are bittersweet dust in my eyes all dried up If you need me, remember I got nothing to call my own If you see me, smile just turnaround and go I’ve been trying to lie my way out of this one, so just go
4.
I may not have been the best father, but I sure as hell was a good dad I provided more to this family than you ever could have Our hollow bones are left to wander beneath the shadows of our fathers My faded tattoos are all but memories as my grandfather clock is still ticking away My family is gone, and my stories are lost one by one Sitting on the back porch on an empty night just like I've done for years I watch the moon crying clouds of broken pride surrounded by all her pain I think back to a time, I'm at a crossroads in my mind Four broken hearts, four broken lives my guilty conscience sends her best regards If I say I'm sorry will you at least forgive me for leaving? The days pressed on, like falling rain The lines beneath my eyes were growing deeper The towers fell, and the moon collapsed The ocean parted to make room for my soul And I'm sinking now, after all these years I'm dreaming dreams about eternity with you With every step and every passing breath These last fifteen years fade to white I've got a lifetime of scars, covered up by all my stubborn pride I'm getting so damn tired Trying to watch this winding road with half shut eyes So let me be, just let me breath Just let the sun set over me and if someday I wake up all alone, will you be there to guide me?
5.
I’ve got a pocket full of nails, to keep my coffin shut To keep me out the cold, It’s going to be a rough one I’ve got this old cigar box, full of memories To keep me company, to keep me company The winter comes too soon, the summer never lasts Like a skin we’ve all outgrown just reminds us of the past I followed you to the crossroads But I must have got there late I saw your silhouette in the distance The golden girls escaped So walk on this evening And tell Mary, tell her not to wait I guess a lifetime ain't nothing more than a heartbeat But a heartbeat was far too much to waste The sirens echoed on, down the line and through the night We lit a fire in the yard that consumed the night’s disguise Our memories have forsaken us, I thought you were an angel That came to pick me up and away from all of this The getaway we planned was plagued with vultures dressed as men Like a cruel memory, take it all and set me free
6.
Sky Blue 03:44
I was on fire, when the waves came and doused out my flames I was too tired, to carry my bones to another shallow grave About to retire to a bed made of nails on another quiet evening Then I saw your eyes and I fell to my knees We'll close our eyes, drift away, letting go of nothing, holding on to dreams If we hold our heads up toward the breeze, we'll make a wish for wandering Can we be saved? Even with the poison dripping through my veins? Love might be all we've got left to guide us Here I am, a whisper in the wind, always here beside you Here I am, that feeling in your stomach, that fire in your heart Here I am, looking over your shoulder, holding your hand I'll be here to guide you through the cold days The reasons I stayed, were clear enough for liars And strong enough for thieves I won it all, digging through the sand, crawling through the dirt My only sin was missing out on evenings from so far away But I promise that two hundred miles is only for today
7.
I was alone standing in the kitchen I got the postcard back from home He says it's been a while since he's seen me Oh how much his boy has grown I was alone when I got the message The cool came racing through my veins Dads been sick now for quite a while It's funny how time can take our things I was alone sitting in my bedroom Trying to contemplate my day Thinking about why I should go home It's funny how life gets in the way So I got my paper, I said I miss you all the time I hope to see you before the summer You're in my prayers and then I signed And I'm here for the fallen And I pray for the scarred And I sing for every single person who ever touched my heart And I cry with the angels And I danced on the moon And the seconds I spend dreaming I only dream of you I said goodbye to my father in the early spring I was amazed how many clouds this town could bring I still kind of wonder, was he ever scared? Did he know somebody was watching? Did he know somebody was out there? My body is floating, and I'm still kind of cold That the world could take a spirit that I hardly got to know
8.
Lucky Coins 03:50
Now I can’t tell the difference between sinking ships And holding on for life She said I’m just another train wreck Speeding through the station, ripping through the tides And I wanted to believe with all my heart when I was young That the hero gets the girl, when the credits roll its done But everyone who’s walked out left my body where it hung Hanging here waiting for you to come back home I used to need you more then ever But when I look into your eyes I’d see another future, with us burning up inside That place was full of ghosts, the phantoms came to life I thought I could save us, but I had too much pride So wont you stitch my heart up with a piece of you inside We’ll forget about it all after tonight. I heard a screaming in the distance chasing ghosts up and down the 5 A conversation going nowhere, sinking anchors A thousand sleepless nights And who am I to sort the right turns from the wrong? I was always gone or leaving, I could never sit too long I heard it through the grapevine that our lucky coins were gone Just stupid souvenirs from a chapter I wrote wrong. I was always gone or leaving, a hundred miles past my patience All those nights we spent like children Going on and on and on and on and on Just going on and on and on and on and on Just going on
9.
I know its hard to let go, so I’ll let you float on home There’s no more love, there’s no hope where I’m going You’re better off not waiting up for me There’s more no left for beggars here There’s no dreams for miles My crooked eyes can’t see the horizon And my last drink was a couple hours ago And I stumble home after a long day of working And I stumble home to an empty bed tonight With a deep breath in you’ll find a reason With the curtain call and closing we’ll unite in harmony And This is the last dance, and it’ll crumble mountains The power of the ocean will raise the path beneath my feet So wont you dance with me? I know its hard to stay strong when the world is full of crooks The lights get dimmer everywhere we look Every time I see you stumble I want to hold you in And if I stay on-board and we’re sinking, let me go or let me swim And after all that we’ve been thinking That we might not make it through If I get caught up in the middle, was it good enough for you? Hold the match up to the window and let all the light shine in A flickering to calm you, in a world that seems so dim And I stumble home after a long day of working And I stumble home to an empty bed tonight

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released August 16, 2017

All Songs Written by Sean Taylor

Guitar/Vocals - Sean Taylor
Bass - Daniel Marcus
Lead Guitar - Cody French
Lead Guitar on tracks 8 & 9 - Vincent Bury
Drums - Barrett Rider

Engineered and Mixed by Daniel Marcus
Mastered by Stephan Hawkes at Interlace Audio
Artwork by Leeanna Mcgee

Stonewaller Records

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These songs are about fumbling through life, deciphering the ugly parts, and navigating the smoke.

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