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tiger at the gates

by tiger at the gates

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only human 04:03
i was wrong. i was wrong, i knew you well. from that gaze you turn away - i swallow words we'll never tell. but i can't be around to see how the cards just fell. and it's not all the same to me - it's every day from now. and though it's no retreat, moving on is bitter-sweet. i let the pavement hit my feet until the dawn breaks over me. but we were only human after all... i've no right to interfere, but i think you let it slip from the shadow of a tear - raise a glass to a bitter lip. fall in love? - or fall in fear - someone else will take the blame, 'cause when it all comes round again, everyone's the fucking same. we were only human after all...
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you led me down the tide was drifting out the clouds were shadows on the sand. you told me how we'd be by now and it all made such perfect sense. i tried to hold you, word for word, but somehow i lost your voice - the years between us drowned it out and happiness now has no sound. and as the shadows lengthened we lay in golden twilight the taste of salt upon your lips. you let me drown and even now a yearning, longing, to be found. in between the wrong and right our conscience fading with the light. a smile still plays upon your face as all around begins to fade. memories lost in broken dreams are washed out on the drifting seas.
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flight test 02:41
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and when the day breaks, it's not alright - still all these little thoughts, they weigh on your mind: of who was wrong? and who was right? but when it all came down, who took your side? and as the night creeps into that room your little emptiness - it comes home too. so i got up, and walked all night i held the gun, while she killed my pride.
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falling 03:22
remember the day that you found second hand turns around? marking time, but the years kept on marching then it all tumbled down. when you search back to the start, there was no bigger fear than of falling. such a delicate art - all those words that you lost went unspoken. as you held back the dark, and she held out the chance, the weight of days was just too many heartbreaks to carry back to the start.
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all the waves on the ocean, engineering emotion. and dreams of bullets gave you something to hold. and the gulls cry a promise - that their wings could take you home... how could you be so frozen to good souls? and lovers who've lost hope lie broken around you. the lives that we've been through are lines we scratched in sand. and the waves on the ocean dance like crystal in sunshine. your dreams of bullets will drift to a new head. you're the ghost of a promise. just the ghost of a promise.

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released August 1, 2011

all songs written and performed by christopher luke mcmahon

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