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Today We're Believers

by Royal Canoe

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1.
Shoots of green creeping up above the winter's casualties Emblems of the force that through the green fuse drives the flowers to sing We get richer everyday by staying here, alright? The melodies that cue the leaves will pollinate with their refrain Today we're believers Come along to the river, swollen up The bridge has flooded again and spring is heaving See the little bird with a heavy wing Fly dead into the wind, still believing We hit the streets like fugitives Getting lucky in the park where your daddy lives Holding your hand just like a teenager From the cul de sac to the boulevard You'll be pushing on the pedals till you stop... Hard as you try you'll never be a stranger Today we're believers We're not leaving until at last a flower pushes up above the tiny garden Open petals filling bright with color as they wait to catch the collar of the wind Returning and then again a flower pushes up above the the tiny garden Open petals filling bright with color as they wait to catch the collar of the wind
2.
Don't forget to focus close on the air above your nose Let the watercolors bleed down the aisle of sandy feet And out across the sugarcane through the mountains' swelling veins All the earth is coming free - it's a river running to the sea Hold on to the metal Collide with the arms beside you Be afraid of what's behind you Get inside of what's inside you Roll out the thunder Let's fling some water at the ground No hesitation You got to push the air to make a sound Hold on to the metal Collide with the arms beside you Be afraid of what's behind you Get inside of what's inside you Don't you slip on the flatbed You'll wake up on a rooster shed Sweating every vibration Choking on your cries Bouncing baby is dancing To the rhythm of the rattling Had a conversation with the devil in his eye Had a revelation, you're never gonna die
3.
Just Enough 05:44
We've got nothing to hide Watch our skin lighten up Curious little ghosts You don't peek, no you don't Water washes off your back Everyone's reflective Need I mention We all knew it wasn't far away Cool cats standing looking fine your way Ooh, I found a way uh-huh Pay attention No one's really swimming anyway Someone's talking in a regular way And I'm forgetting what to say We show, show just enough Every tremble is a code We're not alone in the dark This is how we assemble Crawling back with the tide Shallow hands side-to-side Fingers burrowing below Who'll draw fire from the moon? Who's the first flash of white? How long can we put it off? Pay attention No one's really swimming anyway Someone's talking in a regular way And I'm forgetting what to say We show, show just enough Every tremble is a code We're not alone in the dark This is how we assemble You're too well adjusted Sure of what you just did Don't trust it You've done enough Man, you're never home You could stand to get on with it We show, show just enough Every tremble is a code We're not alone in the dark This is how we assemble
4.
Up in my room, working it out Trying not to make a sound Chasing another arrow of light It's always the same somehow Flat on my back, afraid to admit That I'm getting older now It's calling you out, calling you out Calling you out at night Shaking in the cold oh so gallantly The advantage of withholding your honesty Most of my friends got the fuck out In the exodus of the year It's just me and you in dim winterlight Straining ourselves to hear Those three stupid words, I haven't said While calling you out at night Shaking in the cold oh so gallantly The advantage of withholding your honesty Shaking in the cold oh so gallantly The advantage of withholding your honesty
5.
Bathtubs 05:51
Hot little rhymes shot off the wall Spitting on the ground, hoping for more than just a vibration We've had our time, yeah we've seen it all That's all just a lie 'cause there's still a degree of celebration Flavors of the mind flow sweetly but sour Softened by the touch of the fingers that rub up-up-up-upon it And all that remains is the feeling in your chest It's a phantom in the room and you can't get a grip unless you grab it The bathtubs in the hallway are here to stay The bathtubs in the hallway are here to stay One for every bedroom where the tenants used to bathe The bathtubs in the hallway are in the way I dreamt I dreamt we I dreamt we gave into the pulse I dreamt we gave into the pulse, my pulse, your pulse, pulse, pulse The bathtubs in the hallway are here to stay The bathtubs in the hallway are in the way A dusty organ keeps them company A dusty organ keeps them company One, two, three, four, five, six, seven missing keys Our dusty organs keep us company
6.
Rollin in the Corolla Only sipping the cola All your lonely friends They be making amends down in Espanola Gonna rip the seat off Even turn the heat off Backroads with roses on the mound Where your cousin veered off If we ever get through the rushing water I know, I know, I know we'll make it all the way Holy water in the tumbler Forgetting names like a mumbler I'm getting humbler Oh, she's a button fumbla Up above me soars a rumbler There's miles to stumbler Nobody ever took home a grumbler Your mother don't give a damn what your father bought her She know, she know, she knows that we went all the way There's the clatter of a king-can clanking the ground Twenty stories up, you still hear the sound And the sun's up on top of the world Touching our faces in all the delicate places And there's all this beauty just screaming out It's like a goddamn forest 'bout ready to sprout It's cracking them floors and the grout I feel my tongue making shapes in my mouth I couldn't help but look down At my feet rocking back beneath me I wonder if they know how My heels could crush the city How the feeling in your body fills you up With joy
7.
There's no doubt that you're in rotation Making pitch until you're spun dry The floor is shaking and I don't have a partner It's just a wonder how high you'll go You show me your eyes Show me your eyes Show me your eyes Show me your eyes Soft rockin to the tick-tock at the sockhop Time's crunching like a carnivore I see you see me sneaking javelin glances It almost feels like we've done this before Oh oh, don't try to catch it It can't last, won't last long enough Oh no, your only chance is To get close, get close and show me your eyes You show me your eyes Show me your eyes Show me your eyes Show me your eyes
8.
Birthday 03:44
Why you go on talking? You know how it'll end No one's really listening But we can all pretend There's movement in the water And we're all getting out You've been there while you're dreaming Haven't you? Don't you know it's inevitable But if you call it too soon you've got to both show, both show Where you go when you're closing your eyes on your birthday? It only comes true when you don't say, don't say It's not about you, it's gonna happen without you So careful when you smile A perfect little bend It's just a flexing of a muscle But we can all pretend Don't you know it's inevitable But if you call it too soon you've got to both show, both show Where you go when you're closing your eyes on your birthday? It only comes true when you don't say, don't say
9.
Nightcrawlin 05:44
Stay out of my shack Can't you see I'm busy? I got a lot to tackle I wanna fill up my deep freezer For ya My line, it ain't been taut In a long, long while But this is the spot Where I carve out a castle I'm a warrior Nightcrawlin And the way she goes Been holding me, holding me Down low There's a chill in my bones when the moon don't shine It's getting heavier The ranger, he roams and whines Like I'm rolling in confetti The destroyer I don't need science Don't wanna sift through a mountain For diamonds It's all a distraction From exploring ya Nightcrawlin And the way she goes Been holding me, holding me Down low Shadow on my shoulder nightly This could be a working holiday You don't say a word, you're dreaming Of something for our hands to do while we wait
10.
Stemming 04:40
Part your lips, let your tongue touch fresh air Feel it giving up and swirling down Grab the rain as it rolls from your wet hair Everything is slow, slowing down No words to say In the heavy light Our bodies shake Shifting weight with the drum on the rooftop And for once we're all, we're all alone Fussy clothes growing damp 'til they drip-drop Show my hands where, where they go No words to say In the heavy light Our bodies shake You lift your eyes Our fingers pace And move to take Oh, here we are On the rise Glowing white Close your eyes Let your body know you care Well she's already figured out Baby getting back here Steal some light Stemming Set your body on fire Baby getting back here Steal some light Stemming Let your body know you care Gone is the language We both knew so well We're standing on the wall now Listening to our sounds
11.
Light 02:59
Do we have time to learn The syllables born of our tongues And left for the air? Let's say them back enough Let's say them back enough Let's say them back Make them hold on Make them hold on Make them hold on Make them hold on Make them hold on Light
12.
If I had a house I'd board it up Shake it up now, shake it up now If I had a house I'd board it up Shake it up now, shake it up now I wrote a letter, but I tore it up Spit it out now, spit it out now I wrote a letter, but I tore it up Spit it out now, spit it out now Don't you think about, think about it Don't you think about, think about it Don't you ever think about, think about, think about it I'd rather carve it into my arm Serenade the poor boys at the disco Gonna rip the hands off of all the clocks Don't you ever think about, think about, think about it I wash my clothing in the evening Drip-drying, leather-sleeving I was warmer when the nights were younger Don't you ever think about, think about, think about it You had a chance, but you fucked it up Fuck it up now, fuck it up now I had a chance, but I fucked it up Fuck it up now, fuck it up now I wore a fire in the pouring rain Didn't stop, didn't drop, didn't roll with it I broke a sweat and then I broke it again Understand - no man's got a hand in controlling it Oh, oh no, oh no you don't You're so po-mo, you probably won't

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Produced by Royal Canoe and John Paul Peters
Engineered and Mixed by John Paul Peters, Matthew Peters and Royal Canoe Recorded at Private Ear Recording and The Shithole
Mastered by João Carvalho at João Carvalho Mastering
Cover art created with paintings by Danny O’Connor
Gatefold photo by Brendan Berg
Insert headshots by Valentin Mittelstet
Art design and layout by Christopher Samms with Royal Canoe

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released September 3, 2013

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