John Vanderslice - Emerald City

Hey everyone, this is a great album, he's streaming it from his site at : http://www.johnvanderslice.com/
I'll let the lyrics from some of the songs speak for themselves on this:

Tablespoon of Codeine

There’s a guy from the Sun Tribune
Staking out my house in a Chevy Impala since yesterday noon
Should I speak to him or just stay quiet?
They hear the whistle blow and out pours the blood of my child

Tablespoon of codeine
Put you right to bed
I don’t want any more codeine
Wanted to make it on my own tonight

So I said some things that can’t be said
About a ritual tower that uses of more American dead
And what happened in September was a fake
But they’re chasing demolition or remote control planes

Tablespoon of codeine
Will put you right to bed
I don’t want any more codeine
Wanted to make it on my own tonight

Whatever you do you have to commit
And whatever you do you have to put your blood into it
So I said some things that can’t be said
From the FAA the empty desk of Alan Armistead

Tablespoon of codeine
Will put you right to bed
I don’t want any more codeine
Wanted to make it on my own tonight

The Parade

Be calm, be quiet
As your mom walks by
Be calm, be quiet
When your mom walks by
And look at me
And follow my lead...

I'm combing my hair
Putting lotion on my skin
Waving to friends
Hey, it's me again

Be calm, be quiet
As the cop drives by
Stand right there like a poison well
When the cops drive by
And look at me
Leaning against the fence

Playing scratch and win
Lighting a smoke
Nodding to friends
Hey, it's me again

We ditched out the parade
And what was there to commemorate?
And what was left to remember?
Not sure what really happened on that day

Got steel dust in a vial
And anodized tiles
In my pocket
From Tower Two

Be calm, be quiet
As the drones fly by
Look at me, still as a Monterey pine
As the drones fly by
Look at me
And follow my lead...

I'm combing my hair
Lighting a smoke
Playing scratch and win
If they catch me, they catch me
But I'll be running...

We ditched out the parade
And what was there to commemorate?
And what was left to remember?
Not sure what really happened on that day

Got steel dust in a vial
And anodized tiles
In my pocket
From Tower Two

The Minaret

It’s the end of spring and light hangs on
Dripping over geraniums and humming bird wings
In the blaze of summer we’ll tap our weapons out to the cadence of a melody they sang at Normandy
It won’t be the same the again and we’ll just walk away it’s the end

We crossed on the ridge and cut their women down
I climbed up on the minaret and occupied the town
They scattered in the woods to gather up their strength
Dripping blood on the road and oh how the animals looked on
They all see how we’ve changed all the rules of the game

I can see both sides and it paralyzed me

An eye for an eye was a way to limit revenge
We’ve done away with all of that
Read how it all begins
It was written years before, same name, same war

I can see both sides and it paralyzed me inside


Enjoy.
 
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