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Riff City Demons

by The Subtanks

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Fields blaze And shoulders crazed From the war you’ve waged Against Seraphim and seventh stage But none shall claim victory for…. I never did quite understand what it was that you said before you set fire to the ones who loved you and walked into my bedroom door. What were the words that would carry over? What would we find fit to sing? When would the angel beckon at your doorstep, and what were the blessings she would bring? And I’ll miss you As I kiss you goodnight. With this fist I can name any price to be right. And I will twist you until I’m in sight. In this bliss, you won’t find the strength to fight back. I’m sorry, I didn’t mean to condescend to you dear. But I know that you couldn’t comprehend both of our fears. I never really did understand what it was that you said before I immersed the ones I loved and set foot in your bathroom door. What were the words that chanted like poison, what were the words that we would sing? When would the devil darken the doorstep and what were the damnations he would bring? And I’ll kiss you, But I miss you tonight. And I know that this fist will direct my right. And I’ll twist you into believing that I was right. In this bliss, you won’t find the strength to fight back.
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Birth Cry 06:09
Catastrophic wisdom casts the dead skin away Tunnel visions and deep incisions dictate decisions led astray and still the rainbow stains my wall and ties me up inside my bed the lustful evenings so deceiving ricochet inside my head and each picture is a factor of a story I continually regret each letter in each word, on each line something I wish I hadn’t said/read recession plagues oblivious subversion enraged, syncopated inversions Forgotten, relapse Infinity passes them here Valence, shelter Lost on this sacrificial cue Hanging on the tripwire Auras pull the cord and we fall too Mirrored bloodlines Breakthrough Everything. So spin back the prism And let refractions play Because with this retraction you get the same reaction No matter what you say And will I answer when you call As my chest drowns in mounting dread City and county roads that won’t ever let go Of those lines that you spoon-fed And was that really your post? Did you really love me the most? Or were you really just that ghost That couldn’t accept the fact that you were long since dead? And we’ll divide up the provisions for invasion That provide the tides of the derivations And I let out this birth cry. And from my lips escape this birth cry.
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Tau De Jing 03:11
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Fait(ed) 03:10
(hook) A casual glance back toward the earthly curve, and the oceans fling their gravity up at the ends of our nerves. Inversion lights the warnings on a fuel-propelled machine, and my dreamboat descends like a dust cloud but is not a submarine. (hook) Racing toward collision, a muted blue expanse floods the field of vision in the roar of the downward trance absent eyes placid in a tranquil sun-drenched face one small point collapsing bracing for impact's warm embrace Chorus: return to a misery deep down inside of me behind my face the horrors confined I'm treading again and going nowhere fast as the tides come up and pull me in again (hook) A rock unto water; Walls spiral from the plunge. The water's high and the blood is hot, rushing through my lungs. The taste of the wire's copper and the smell of the circuits' spark The core's final explosive light flashes my shadow and goes dark Chorus: return to a misery deep down inside of me behind my face the horrors confined I'm treading again and going nowhere fast as the tides come up and pull me in again There is no deeper meaning in such murky depths Nor a greater purpose grasped between fitful gasps for breath Weighted down with the stones. Pulled heavenward toward unmade homes. (outro)
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Level Six 00:35
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Sushi Notes 08:14
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GRUDGEFUCK!! 02:49
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Quakers' Oatmeal Square Wave
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Fuck You 03:57

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The entire Subtanks catalog spanning "Adventures In Riff City," "A Grand Exit," and "No Choice, No Decision"

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released April 8, 2010

Asher Mendel: Guitar, Vocals; Josh King: Guitar, Vocals

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