Life and Death on the Sea

from American Lies Demo 2010 by American Lies

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This whole sea is a ghost town, the life has left long ago.
We could never have been here and not a soul would have known.
When the waves become unrelenting and the pangs of hunger strike in,
the scale tips in the favor of jumpng off into the swim.

I can see lighting in the rain.
I see the ship and it is going down the drain,
and it's depressing to know it all will wash away.
But that's all right, I know we mattered anyway.

I still have the splinters in my knees
from too many nights of humility
spent praying to god-knos-who
from god-knows-where for god to do
something to ease my mind in wayward times
and show me a purpose for this life.
What are we giving ourselves to
more than a shark-infested tomb?

I'll miss the roungh and stormy air.
I'll miss daydreaming that a life existed where
the ocean had no beaches
and just went on, and on, and on.
But tha's all right because it might
when we're all gone.

This was a lost cause
the ship was bound to drown
to the ocean floor.
This was a setup.
We were the last of our kind
and there won't be any more.

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from American Lies Demo 2010, track released November 4, 2010

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Casey - Bass, Vocals
Ryan - Guitar, Vocals
Gabe - Guitar, Vocals
Mike - Drums

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