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On Your Mark, Get Set, and Don't Let Go

by The Siege Perilous

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1.
Curtain 03:59
Don't bother leaving me out There's no other way I'd have it It's a simple rule of thumb you've turned into a subtle habit Well, you sound the same, but your words, they've changed Your mind's made up and locked in It's a picture perfect scene you've broken through and long forgotten If its a story for another time Don't bother telling it at all Oh, you've gone and set my world on fire On your mark, get set, and don't let go Time is running out, it's quiet, and the curtain's falling slowly How come no one told me, how come no one knows, no How come no one knows how the story goes On your mark, get set, and don't let go Time is running out, it's quiet, and the curtain's falling slowly How come no one told me, how come no one knows No, how come no one knows what's behind closed doors Sympathy won't get you far It's warped your destination It's an honest way to live when fairytales are your foundation Well, you're out of luck and you don't mind much No, it's all too much to take in You've grown so tired of hearing why that you've scraped one last confession On your mark, get set, and don't let go Time is running out, it's quiet, and the curtain's falling slowly How come no one told me, how come no one knows, no How come no one knows how the story goes On your mark, get set, and don't let go Time is running out, it's quiet, and the curtain's falling slowly How come no one told me, how come no one knows No, how come no one knows what's behind closed doors
2.
How much do you know? What's inside? Where's the love to spread the light? Never answer too soon You might just find yourself starting a fire You'd give up for a chance like this You'd burn out after just one hit Save yourself the trouble I already know what the answer is You make it look so easy Running from you shouldn't be this hard You make it look so easy Promise that you'll catch me when I fall Save a life or Or take the blame Someone's calling your name In the city of broken people In the city of broken people Save a life or Or take the blame Someone's calling your name In the city of broken people Someone tell me what we're living for again How far can you hear into the night? What's the closest thing in sight? Never bothered leaving Now I'm stuck here waiting all my life Fall apart after going down Come back up after breaking ground Save yourself from nothing I already know why the band plays on You make it look so easy Running from you shouldn't be this hard You make it look so easy Promise that you'll catch me when I fall Save a life or Or take the blame Someone's calling your name In the city of broken people In the city of broken people Save a life or Or take the blame Someone's calling your name In the city of broken people Someone tell me what we're living for again I feel like The last time Hit me harder than you hoped I feel like The last breath That leaves your lungs before you choke I feel like A victim Of your suicide's ambition Sell to me the lightning in your eyes We don't have that kind of time Save a life or Or take the blame Someone's calling your name In the city of broken people In the city of broken people Stand the test of time And I still know that we’ll collide And I still know that we’ll collide I’ve tipped the scales enough To say we’re safe, oh They could never find us here Anymore
3.
Drawing lines across a map Here's to hoping we can find you It's a different world without you Everything felt so much lighter then And here we are, two years too late Your name's still on the radio Your face is on the telephone pole Right outside my front door Holding hands and lighting candles No one else could understand those Nights we stood outside your porch And let the city lights define ourselves And here I am, without you, asking Who I'd be without the memories Of you and me Reality would bring me to my knees Love This is love, this is love This is tragedy This is losing you right When you're next to me This is holding you down To forget you know my name Love This is love, this is love This is overcast This is letting you go When you want me back But what do I know about Love A light polluted urban skyline It's impossible to feel fine When I know you're somewhere out there Looking for a way to get here And it might be like my dreams I see you coming back to me What goes up has gravity To bring it back down to diplomacy Love This is love, this is love This is tragedy This is losing you right When you're next to me This is holding you down To forget you know my name Love This is love, this is love This is overcast This is letting you go When you want me back But what do I know about love About love? You say you love me but its not enough You need something you can't take your eyes off Take your eyes off of me This is tragedy Love This is love, this is love Its a mystery When exactly you'll Fall to its ecstacy What do I know about love About love? About Love This is love, this is love This is tragedy This is much more work Than I thought it'd be Maybe I'm not cut out for love Maybe I'm not cut out for us Take your eyes off of me This is tragedy
4.
Stay Awake 02:49
It's not everyday you put your back against the wall And by the time you take the last shot to the heart the feeling's gone The black top held our feet up for as long as we could stand And I remember making faces, writing our future in the sand Sleep comes to those who won't stay awake Can you feel the pull of the ocean's waves Overlooking the horizon of a downcast day Cuz the future's always brighter than the road you pave I've been down and out and lost along the years But nothing gets me more than when I'm charting all my fears I tried to play the game, I bet my share, I spun the wheel And all I got from that was taking another chance at something real Sleep comes to those who won't stay awake You can feel the pull of the ocean's waves Overlooking the horizon of a downcast day Cuz the future's always brighter than the road you pave The road you pave The road you pave The road you pave A postcard to devotion, put your thoughts and words to motion Set your scarlet heart on fire and pray to God you've made it in Just because you don't find answers Doesn't mean you don't take chances Give a moment to remember what's been keeping you alive The future's always brighter than the road you pave It's a centralized reminder of the good old days A vicarious solution to the black and gray Cuz the future's always brighter than the road you pave Sleep comes to those who won't stay awake Can you feel the pull of the ocean's waves Overlooking the horizon of a downcast day Because the future's always brighter than the road you pave
5.
Waterfalls 03:54
You throw a rock into the waves and watch it swim Spiral down into the fade, so much like him Withered reflections find a way under your skin Now you want it all erased, you start to spin And where we are is not our fault It's only lies and waterfalls Away from the sun Encased in rust A tired bridge now has to fall Oh, we are... Given chances to remake; how do we end? Wishing that it wouldn't take, so much like him A new reflection finds a way under your skin Inhibition came too late, it starts within And where we are is not our fault It's only lies and waterfalls Away from the sun Encased in rust A tired bridge now has to fall Oh, we are... And where we are is not our fault It's only lies and waterfalls

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Tracks 1-5 recorded at Cherry Pit Studios in Menomonee Falls, WI between August 8-20, 2011.

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released September 13, 2011

Produced by Eric LaBrosse.
Additional production by Chris Newlin.
All songs written by The Siege Perilous.

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The Siege Perilous Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Formed in 2008, the Siege Perilous is a melodic Wisconsin alternative rock outfit that delivers an engaging live show that draws from three albums worth of original arena-style anthems in the vein of the Goo Goo Dolls, Jimmy Eat World, and Jack's Mannequin.

"A sound similar to some of the classic alternative albums of the 90's, with a updated influence of today's indie superstars."
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