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The Cat of Nine Tails: Part I

by Riley

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It was a long winter where the last of us broke our breaths When the hull hung low and droned It was the first and last days of innocence What happened here And as we walked the halls and scale the rooms I Wonder what horrors happened here We wont leave until we figure this out I won't forget this house I remember the mold thickening in my lungs filling me with misery I remember the brothers mending into one
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With our feet in the snow cold cotton grabbing ankles We knew not where where to go but why we needed to leave here I could stand in the snow forever but if I don't shake this feeling soon I'll be dead within the hour Snow angels carry us away Father come back to me someday I'd like to live a life worth living, But I don't think its quite for me Fumbling through the years The rocks on our backs tell tales of escapes and virtues Of what we could and couldn't have So why am I still breathing?
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Street ten finds a man alone in a bar drowning the site of his Future wife laying with another man Jesus christ! alone couldn't comfort him so he went to a hole and Found himself a bowl of whiskey And had shots for seconds Four years apparently wasted As well as the money for that ring When did together forever wear off I would assume after that last sip of alcohol And couple of smooth words from a fitter man After tonight I think I'd rather die than have to think about living life After this betrayal Have you seen my brother? He's in a bad place, in a bad state of mind I've gotta find him before he looses the rest of it I've gotta find him before he finds a bridge Two sons in an automobile Two sons a frantic mess Two sons chasing the tail of death Two sons will soon find the meaning In an unfortunate twist of fates Their cars brought them both to the same place Both speeding around the street ten ridge Both speeding around the street ten bridge With the strength of emotions they each felt But only one forgot to wear a seat belt And at the moment Jonah vaguely laid eyes on Something over this abridged horizon When the headlights came over the hill They burnt his eyes like seeing the sun for the first time And when the cars collided a body bridged the gap It was his brothers head that broke through the windshield and into his lap And in a drunken attempt to hold him close to his chest Like his brother had done for him when they were kids Oh how his brother had cared for him He screamed and he cried as tears welled in his eyes As his older brother released his last breath of life So he left the corpse of what was once his kin And ran into the night so no one would see him again So no one would know he killed the last thing that cared for him So no one would know the sin he committed that night on street ten

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Written and recorded by:
Eric Bluebaum
Christopher Warman
Joey Kirby
Colin Pauley
Alex Grace

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released May 2, 2012

Recorded and Mixed by: Brian Whitten at Centre City Studios
Mastered by: Eric Tuffensam at Moonlight Studios
Album Photo: Amanda Jasnowski
Album Design: Eric Bluebaum

Thanks to these people for contributing to this band:
Brian Whitten, Jake Smith, Alex Grace, Hunter Reed, Eric Tuffendsam, Amanda Jasnowski, Mark Eshleman, Max Spang, Ryan Baum, Daniel Prince, Brian Chesser, Devinn Jones, Joe Burns, Alex Swift, Jake Hauser

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Riley is a four piece band based in Dayton, Ohio.

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