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Skeleton Birds

by Skeleton Birds

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  • Special offering for Bandcamp Day 12/3/2021! Purchase the limited edition Skeleton Birds 12" Clear Vinyl and The Silver Age CD for $20! Also includes a digital download of our new album "Skeleton Birds"

    Includes unlimited streaming of Skeleton Birds via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
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  • Record/Vinyl + Digital Album

    Limited edition 12 song clear vinyl LP (300 Copies) pressed by Archer Record Pressing of Detroit.

    Includes unlimited streaming of Skeleton Birds via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
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1.
COME DOWN I’LL SHOW YOU WHAT IT’S ALL ABOUT THE PEOPLE STARE AHEAD DON’T TALK TOO LOUD THE ROADS JUST FOLD RIGHT BACK ONTO THEMSELVES OUR VOICES ECHO THROUGH AN OPERA HOUSE WE’LL GO FLY INTO A DREAM IF I GET LOST DON’T LOOK FOR ME WITH ALL THE CURTAINS DRAWN WON’T CATCH AN EYE THEY PASS LIKE GHOSTS TO THE LEFT AND RIGHT YOU DON’T ASK QUESTIONS AND THE VEIL IS THIN AND IF YOU COME APART I’LL REEL YOU IN WE’LL GO FLY INTO A DREAM IF I GET LOST DON’T LOOK FOR ME WE SHOT UP WE’LL SINK DOWN GO FOR A RIDE IN THE SILENT TOWN WHEN THE TIME IS UP WE’LL START AGAIN OH MAN! DO YOU UNDERSTAND? (WE SHOT UP TO THE SKY AND LEFT THE FEELING) SOME PEOPLE SPIRAL DOWN WITH NO RELEASE SOME BREATHE AN EASY BREATH AND FEEL AT PEACE SOME SINK INTO THE DEPTHS AND DON’T SURVIVE SOME GET AN EASY THRILL TO FEEL ALIVE WE’LL GO BACK INTO A DREAM IF I GET LOST DON’T LOOK FOR ME WE SHOT UP WE’LL SINK DOWN GO FOR A RIDE IN THE SILENT TOWN WHEN THE TIME IS UP WE’LL START AGAIN OH MAN! DO YOU UNDERSTAND?
2.
SIT BACK YOUR MIND’S ERASED LET ALL THOSE IMAGES ESCAPE YOUR CHILDHOOD YOU HID YOUR FACE TOMORROW NEVER HELPED TO FORGET THEM IT’S ALL IN YOUR MIND IT’S ALL IN YOUR HEAD IT STILL KEEPS A HOLD STILL KEEPS A HOLD I WAS A SHELL THE WIND TOOK ITS TOLL WHEN YOU WEREN’T AROUND YOU WEREN’T AROUND GET BACK YOUR INNOCENCE THE CHANNEL IS SWITCHING IN YOUR BRAIN YOU’LL WAKE UP SOMEWHERE ELSE IT’S ALL SCIENCE FICTION ANYWAY IT’S ALL IN YOUR MIND IT’S ALL IN YOUR HEAD IT STILL KEEPS A HOLD STILL KEEPS A HOLD I WAS A SHELL THE WIND TOOK ITS TOLL WHEN YOU WEREN’T AROUND YOU WEREN’T AROUND IT’S ALL IN YOUR MIND IT’S ALL IN YOUR HEAD IT STILL KEEPS A HOLD STILL KEEPS ITS HOLD I WAS A SHELL THE WIND TOOK ITS TOLL WHEN YOU WEREN’T AROUND YOU WEREN’T AROUND
3.
In An Ocean 04:33
TIME I’VE LOST MYSELF I WANDER FREE I’M DRIFTING OUT INTO THE STREET CARS PASS WARP SPEED FOG IT LIFTS ITSELF AROUND MY EYES THE PEOPLE IN THEIR RAINCOATS PINE STARE AT THEIR FEET BURN MYSELF INTO YOUR MEMORY I FORGAVE YOU FOR EVERYTHING SLIP BACK TO SLEEP I AM FLOATING IN AN OCEAN IN A SHIPWRECK IN THE LIGHTNING I CAN’T SEE YOU EYES ARE BURNING YOU SEARCHED ALL THE WORLD I AM SINKING COLD THE WATER COMES UP TO MY THROAT REMEMBER EVERYTHING YOU WROTE SINK TO THE DEEP BURN (I AM FLOATING, IN AN OCEAN) MYSELF INTO YOUR MEMORY (IN A SHIPWRECK, IN THE LIGHTNING) I FORGAVE YOU FOR EVERYTHING (I CAN’T SEE YOU, EYES ARE BURNING) SLIP BACK TO SLEEP I AM FLOATING IN AN OCEAN IN A SHIPWRECK IN THE LIGHTNING I CAN’T SEE YOU EYES ARE BURNING YOU SEARCHED ALL THE WORLD I AM SINKING
4.
On Repeat 04:39
I WATCH THIS LIGHT IT BENDS ENDLESSLY SLOW BURN FOR THE WICKED THOUGHTS THAT RUN IN AND OUT OF MY MIND ON REPEAT I CAN’T FORGET ALL THE THINGS YOU SAID TO ME MY MIND IS STUCK LIKE A SILENT FILM THAT IS PLAYING YOUR PICTURE ON REPEAT I KEEP RUNNING THIS THROUGH MY HEAD I KEEP RUNNING THIS THROUGH MY HEAD I FORCE MY WAY THROUGH THE GARDEN WHERE YOU LIE I STUMBLE AND REGRESS IN THE THICK BRANCHES CUT MY CLOTHES MY SKIN STUCK IN A LIE I SHUFFLE PAST ALL THE PEOPLE IN THE STREET THE SIRENS ARE SINGING IN A PUBLIC DISPLAY AN ACCIDENT BLOOD IN THE STREET I KEEP RUNNING THIS THROUGH MY HEAD I KEEP RUNNING THIS THROUGH MY HEAD
5.
WE KEEP PUSHING ON IT’S OVER NOW WE TOOK MORE THE WAR WITHIN OVERSTRETCHED YOUR ARMS TO THE EAST AND WEST WE WANT MORE YOU’LL DROWN IN THE SEA WE LOST THE HIGH WE LOST THE HIGH GROUND AND YOU BLAME IT ON THE WAR WITHIN THE WALLS WITHIN THE WALLS HEAVY, HEAVY HEAD YOU IMBECILE YOU TOOK MORE THE WAR THE WAR YOU SCORCHED THE EARTH THAT’S THE PRICE YOU PAY YOU WANT MORE IT’S SINK OR SWIM WE LOST THE HIGH WE LOST THE HIGH GROUND AND YOU BLAME IT ON THE WAR WITHIN THE WALLS WE LOST THE HIGH WE LOST THE HIGH GROUND AND YOU BLAME IT ON THE WAR WITHIN THE WALLS WITHIN THE WALLS
6.
THIS LIFE STARES INTO THE SHADOWS FAMILIAL GLOW SHINE YOU ARE NOT ALONE WE STOOD IN A GALLERY OF LIARS FACES SPLIT CRACKED FALLING OFF THEIR PILLARS I WON’T WANT THIS FOR MY SON AND DAUGHTER WE STARE INTO EACH OTHER'S EYES DRIFT AWAY START ALL OVER GET UP SPEAK MAKE A NOISE IN THE STREETS FLY IN THE FACE OF A SHALLOW MIND WE’LL BOARD A SHIP ONE MILLION MILES AWAY THE BLOOD’S BEEN SPILLED STOOD BY ON THE SIDELINES THE GUILTY STARES I WON’T WANT THIS FOR MY SON AND DAUGHTER WE STARE INTO EACH OTHER’S EYES DRIFT AWAY START ALL OVER I WON’T WANT THIS FOR MY SON A DAUGHTER WE STARE INTO EACH OTHER’S EYES DRIFT AWAY START ALL OVER THIS LIFE STARES INTO THE SHADOWS FAMILIAL GLOW SHINE YOU ARE NOT ALONE
7.
The Wake 04:06
I REFUSE TO BE WHO YOU WANT ME TO BE PLEDGING THE TRUTH IN THE BURNING OIL SEA WE’RE SHIPS BETWEEN I MISS YOU BUT THE WAKE ALWAYS TUMBLES ME TUMBLES ME AND THE TERROR ALWAYS LEADS ME HERE LEADS ME HERE YOU SIT ACROSS THE ROOM IN YOUR ARMCHAIR THE GLARE I WADE THROUGH THE BLADES UNDER A FULL MOON THE GLOOM BUT THE WAKE ALWAYS TUMBLES ME TUMBLES ME AND THE TERROR ALWAYS LEADS ME HERE LEADS ME HERE
8.
Bitter End 03:41
WE COULD SIT HERE AND FIGHT ‘TIL THE BITTER END YOU CAN LET GO AND MAKE YOUR OWN MIND UP WHAT A WASTE OF THE CLOCK CUT THE STRINGS LET US DROP THROUGH THE FLOOR CATCH YOUR BREATH ONCE MORE FOLLOW YOU DOWN TO THE WELL BURIED DEEP WITHIN YOU I WILL LET GO OF THE WISH AND WATCH IT TUMBLE AT THE DOCKS IN THE DARK SEND YOU OFF YOU’LL EMBARK TO THE WIND CATCH MY BREATH AGAIN OUR THOUGHTS AND EYES ARE BOUND TOGETHER OUR HEARTS AND MINDS ARE BOUND TOGETHER I COULD HAVE SEEN THIS COMING I SHOULD HAVE SEEN THIS COMING WE COULD SIT HERE AND FIGHT ‘TIL THE BITTER END YOU CAN LET GO AND MAKE YOUR OWN MIND UP WHAT A WASTE OF THE CLOCK CUT THE STRINGS LET US DROP THROUGH THE FLOOR CATCH YOUR BREATH ONCE MORE
9.
Send Me Back 03:03
SEND ME BACK TO THAT DAYDREAM STATE WHEN THOSE PLACES FILLED MY EYES PLAY IT ALL AGAIN MOVE THROUGH FROZEN PICTURE FRAMES WHILE MY MEMORY WEARS THIN TAKE ME BACK SEND ME BACK AGAIN I’LL REMEMBER SILENT WINTER STATIC SUMMER AIR AND EVERYONE WAS THERE OFTEN THINKING HOW GOOD IT WOULD BE TO RUN WITH YOU ONCE MORE ANOTHER LIFE WE’LL BE AS ONE ANOTHER TIME WE’LL GET ALONG SEND ME BACK TO THAT DAYDREAM STATE WHEN THE CIRCUS FILLED MY EYES PLAY IT ALL AGAIN CAPTURED MOMENTS THEY’RE ALL SO FLEETING WHERE TO GO FROM HERE ANOTHER LIFE WE’LL BE AS ONE ANOTHER TIME WE’LL GET ALONG
10.
In Flight 02:42
IT DOESN’T MEAN MUCH IT DOESN’T MEAN MUCH I BURY MY HEAD IN THE SAND THERE’S BLOOD ON MY HANDS BLOOD ON MY HANDS I’M IN FLIGHT COLD STARE ONE DEEP BREATH LEFT THE HOUSE YOU WERE NEVER THERE SPARE ME THERE’S BLOOD ON MY HANDS BLOOD ON MY HANDS I’M IN FLIGHT COLD STARE IT DOESN’T MEAN MUCH IT DOESN’T MEAN MUCH I BURY MY HEAD IN THE SAND THERE’S BLOOD ON MY HANDS BLOOD ON MY HANDS I’M IN FLIGHT COLD STARE
11.
MOTU 07:00
YOUR POCKETS FULL HE SHAKES YOU DOWN A LOT GOES ON HERE WHEN YOU’RE NOT AROUND LONG LIVE THE KING HIS RIVERS RUN DRY HIS FIELDS ARE BURNED IN THE LAND OF THE ABSURD WHO’S TO BLAME? HE’S A LYIN’ THIEF A LYIN’ THIEF ALL CONTROL THE NIGHT FALLS HEAVY ON ME THE WAR’S BEEN WON THE DAMAGE DONE IT LEADS ME HERE THE WELL RAN DRY BODIES STACKED HIGH WHO’S TO BLAME? HE’S A LYIN’ THIEF A LYIN’ THIEF ALL CONTROL THE NIGHT FALLS HEAVY ON ME I CANNOT FIND YOU THROUGH THE SNOW I’M LOST OUT HERE I’M LOST OUT HERE I CANNOT FIND YOUR HEAVY GLOW IT LEADS ME HERE I’M LOST OUT HERE I CANNOT FIND YOU THROUGH THE SNOW I’M LOST OUT HERE I’M LOST OUT HERE
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Heavy Eyes 02:35
SLEPT THE DAY AWAY STREET LIGHTS STREAM IN IT’S ALL THE SAME FOUND YOUR COAT AND SHOES DOWNTOWN MAYHEM ELECTRIC MOON CITY LIGHTS AND HEAVY EYES THEY’RE DRINKIN’ IN THE NEWS I’VE NEVER FELT SO OUT OF TOUCH WITH YOU DISTANCE FROM YOUR FRIENDS YOU’RE BLOWIN’ OFF YOUR PLANS AGAIN THE LAST SEAT IN THE HOUSE TVS GLOWIN’ SHADOWS BOUNCE CITY LIGHTS AND HEAVY EYES THEY’RE DRINKIN’ IN THE NEWS I’VE NEVER FELT SO OUT OF TOUCH WITH YOU

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We are pleased to announce that "Skeleton Birds," our third album and first in nine years, will be released this Friday, July 3, on limited-edition clear vinyl and digital download! "Skeleton Birds" consists of 12 songs, including "In an Ocean" and "Bound Together." The vinyl was pressed at Detroit institution Archer Record Pressing.

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released July 3, 2020

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