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Maybe the only way to avoid being responsible is to run away from everything?
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lyrics
Went and dropped it all
Didn't need much reason to escape;
To track that better way
Headed for the hills
Rode the rails from end to end
And now it's time to disappear
That much is clear
The mote that tipped the scales:
Dawning comprehension of complicity;
Can't be party to this any more
How do you reconcile?
How do you go back?
While they've been screaming, you've been dreaming
Sleeping like a baby in a cot
They've been dreaming, you've been scheming
Drain them dry and wring the final drop
Within your sights there's higher heights
Had it up to here with all the rot
If the rising tide can't be defied
And you're undermined and dissatisfied
Easier to give it up, let the devil take us all
Running far from here
Is the only chance to make things right
Hidden from the fight
Winner takes it all
Winner takes the best of us and slams it right into a wall
So it's not your fault
Cutting out and running loose, no further use,
won't be a target to be found or to be run to ground
How do you reconcile?
What is there we could've done?
There is no way back
Hide behind your crooked smile
There's no need to reconcile
Let the devil take us all
While they've been screaming you've been dreaming
Sleeping like a baby in a cot
While they've been dreaming you've been scheming
Drain them dry and wring the final drop
Within your sights there's higher heights
Had it up to here with all the rot
Why take a stand if they're underhand
And there's a chance to turn your tail and flee?
No resolution but no collusion
Never be the one left on your knees
If this rising tide can't be defied
And you're undermined and dissatisfied
Easier to give it up, let the devil take us all
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credits
from Tales from an Age of Mistrust,
released October 2, 2018
Written by Toby Hawkins
with additional music and arrangement by Paul West, Alastair Goss, Phil James, Hannah Goslett & Simon Fawcett
Musicians
Drums - Paul West
Bass - Alastair Goss
Electric guitars - Phil James
Acoustic guitars and vocals - Toby Hawkins
Vocals - Hannah Goslett
Production
Engineered, produced & mixed by Paul West at Awesome Source
Mastered by Pete Maher at Pete Maher Mastering
Artwork by Eleanor Hawkins and Sam Hickman
The new punk/ska album from Call Me Malcolm hits all the right spots for me. It's lyrically and musically wonderful and I love it when an album is so much more than just a collection of tracks. pedestrian zero
Good golly miss molly this EP rocks. This debut release from the Sprinkle brothers new band quickly became a firm favourite of mine and hopefully you'll agree with me. pedestrian zero
I always enjoy a good instrumental album and the guys from Survive have created some beautiful music for the Stranger Things series. How do you make music that is both modern and nostalgic?! pedestrian zero
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