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A History Of Houses

by The Siren Tower

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1.
You’ve got a hot right hand so settle down You’ve called him out and he’s coming ‘round, she says You’d better listen There’s so much trouble here looking for you He’ll cut you down if you don’t shoot through, she says You’d better listen My son, slow down, there’s so much hurting in this dead horse town My boy, leave now, there’s so much murder in this one cunt town If you don’t think that we’ll make it tonight, if you don’t think it’ll be alright, my son, leave now He killed him two Chinese in Bendigo They sent him north should the mine explode, she says You’d better listen The man will lose no sleep over killing you That dirty badge is more black than blue, she says You’d better listen My son, slow down, there’s so much hurting in this dead horse town My boy, leave now, there’s so much murder in this one cunt town If you don’t think that we’ll make it tonight, if you don’t think it’ll be alright, my son, leave now, my son, leave now Oh kid you’ll come undone, all my lessons forgotten Oh kid you are young and he feeds on the bottom My son, slow down, there’s so much hurting in this dead horse town My boy, leave now, there’s so much murder in this one cunt town If you don’t think that we’ll make it tonight, if you don’t think it’ll be alright, my son, leave now My son, take the horse and forget all except you were loved
2.
Floods 03:22
It’s a question of faith, not a question of breeding It’s one moment abstained in a lifetime of feeding Every night when I close my eyes there’s a feeling I can’t describe Floods, floods are coming But all questions will be answered; you’ll be left alone with time Floods, floods are coming But all questions will be answered; only character survives It’s not a question of want, it’s a question of needing It’s one moment of strength in a lifetime of kneeling Every night when I close my eyes there’s a feeling I can’t describe Floods, floods are coming But all questions will be answered; you’ll be left alone with time Floods, floods are coming But all questions will be answered; only character survives Have you been left all alone, have you been left on your own Have you been left all alone, have you been left on your own ‘Cause some people promise the sky, you gotta let ‘em go Floods, floods are coming But all questions will be answered; you’ll be left alone with time Floods, floods are coming But all questions will be answered; only character survives Have you been left all alone, have you been left on your own Have you been left on your
3.
King River 04:21
Edi smells sweet tonight, cradling me and I forgo the fight I know you’re awake tonight, waiting for a change to come King River sounds sweet tonight, bathing me here in this last ever light I know you’re awake tonight just waiting for a change to come I said, how long Edi can you hold the waves from crashing around you and me I can hardly breathe I said, how long Edi can you hold the waves from this thing between you and me Only so long The valley feels sweet tonight My fingers touch the air in this passage, this rite Thank gods for you tonight, ‘cause I’m dying for a change to come I said how long Edi can you hold the waves from crashing around you and me I can hardly breathe I said how long Edi can you hold the waves from this thing between you and me Only so We’ll wait for something here; we’ll wait too long Too scared to stay but more scared to move on This weight resonates like some lost song Broken we alone, we alone sing along I said how long Edi can you hold the waves from crashing around you and me I can hardly breathe I said how long Edi can you hold the waves from this thing between you and me Only so long
4.
She was closer to God in 1942, before Kokoda had lost her son, Baby Blue Now she’s left with a man who cashed out long ago in a farm house with land where nothing seems to grow She says I’m alone now, even though you’re here And he was closer to God in 1975 Before the cancer had come to visit with his wife He would cry by her side in those final nights Her last words broke the man, “Honey, will you be alright?” He says, I’m alone now, even though you’re here Can you feel it taking over Can you make this go away I feel younger, but I’m older, and I fear it’s gonna stay Can’t you feel this breaking my faith dear, in you We were closer to gods in mid 2001 Before the anger in man damn near scorched the sun And we were born of the kings who caused this to be done, Who gave us fire skies and a war that can never be won We’re alone now, even though you’re here Can you feel it taking over Can you make this go away I feel younger, but I’m older, and I fear it’s gonna stay Can’t you feel this breaking my faith dear, in you Why lay by the river when the river’s dry Can you feel this breaking my heart, dear Have I been away for too long Have I been away for too long, dear
5.
Dressed to nine stranger, no one would know you’re the loneliest heart in the room Baby wants nothing but the hunger remains like the grief of a bastard child might do And some people say you forget what you’ve got And take time to breathe, you can learn quite a lot ‘Cause over and over we cry from the top But you wouldn’t trade down for the common stock Drowning in precious the punch line just stares at the fat kid sat eating his hands Rest a while brother, I think I may know how I can resurrect us both And some people say you forget what you’ve got And take time to breathe, you can learn quite a lot ‘Cause over and over we cry from the top But you wouldn’t trade down for the common stock
6.
The Road 03:47
It was ’85, I was working North Mackay, pushing trucks through the night... I wanted to die Hallelujah for the drugs, they can cure ya, but ya gotta wait for a while Then I met this girl, had a two month whirlwind romance, it went down in flames Hallelujah, well a child will mature ya, I learnt that the hard way Baby don’t go Don’t leave your old man for a life on the road Don’t go, don’t leave your own story untold Daughter you say you don’t know me at all, before you came along there was nothing to know Bella don’t go Then by ’89 we were down near Jindabyne, I’d work, your mother drank, we started to fight Hallelujah for the bastard that screwed her probably saved my life She walked out the door turned and said, “She’s all yours,” God I’ve tried, I’ve made some mistakes Hallelujah for a love that can move you Don’t let that go Baby don’t go Don’t leave your old man for a life on the road Don’t go, don’t leave your own story untold Daughter you say you don’t know me at all, before you came along there was nothing to know Bella don’t go Baby before you go, it’s long hard road to walk alone Baby before you go, it’s long hard road to walk alone Baby don’t go Don’t leave your old man for a life on the road Don’t go, don’t leave your own story untold Daughter you say you don’t know me at all, before you came along there was nothing to know Bella don’t go
7.
La Rosa 01:25
He was a man who’d seen the world, loved a thousand girls, all while travelling in the one direction A rose adorned his arm, he said it kept him out of harm and it stopped one thousand men who would have killed him I believed that was what it meant to be free I believed La Rosa, he was truly free He would stare across the bar, his gaze so dead and far, trying to recall his lovers’ faces The rose upon his arm, it would blind him to their charms and keep each woman out of his good graces I believe that man wanted to be me I believe La Rosa wanted to be me
8.
Mother, ease your mind knowing your children are fed tonight He’s gone but he was gone when around It’s the same old fight except he’s in the ground And someday all things will change Until then things stay the same Everything’s moving, collapsing, improving Yeah someday all things will change Old man rest your feet, you’ve lived a life of unfair misery Each scar, a branch in time You’ll be repaid further down the line And someday all things will change Until then things stay the same Everything’s moving, collapsing, improving Yeah someday all things will change Don’t let them hold you back, don’t let them hold you down So calm down, broken little soul Soon you’ll have the answers, enough for this hole And stand fast, hold your nerve ‘Cause we will be here waiting You’ll always be a friend of mine And someday all things will change Until then things stay the same Everything’s moving, collapsing, improving Yeah someday all things will change
9.
Well it’s an amazing road to nowhere that I’m driving with you Such an amazing time to be anywhere, we’ve always been two Well I know you’re leaving but I no longer care It’s such an amazing time to be anywhere, anywhere with you We’ve only got ourselves to blame We’ve always been ahead of the game We’ve only got each other to tell We really put each other through hell And you, you know this will drag me in two but I, I know you’re leaving but I don’t care Well it’s an amazing road from somewhere that I’m crashing with you Such an amazing town that we’ve found ourselves, in which to fracture this two Well I know this city of lights, well it don’t care Well it’s an amazing town but I’m unaware of what I’m gonna do We’ve only got ourselves to blame We’ve always been ahead of the game We’ve only got each other to tell We really put each other through hell And you, you know this will drag me in two but I, I know you’re leaving but I don’t care We’ve only got ourselves to blame We’ve always been ahead of that game We’ve only got each other to tell We really put each other through hell And you, you know this will drag me in two but I, I know you’re leaving but I don’t care, No I don’t care, no I don’t care, no I don’t
10.
There’s something in the way that you move There’s something so unique about you I can’t stand this, having to walk away may be something I can’t do There’s something in the way that you move And now she cries a broken-hearted goodbye I touch her hair before the lions watch me die There’s something in the way that we choose to be without each other, but it’s no use And I can’t fight this, I can’t say her name, thoughts of her must be contained There’s madness in the thing that we choose And now she cries in the morning sunrise I touch her hair before I go back to the sky I’m singin’... I need these questions answered before we walk away There’s something in between lose and win A never ending cycle that spins and spins Understand that I only walked away so that you could do the same There’s something in the way you move I’m singin’... I need these questions answered before we walk away
11.
Alone with my only friend She can separate the oceans and raise new lands Frozen phoenix in my hand I would love her here forever if her heart would stand Alas we part again And you don’t know what it feels like, no you don’t know how this feels To spend your life believing in something unreal And you don’t know what it feels like, no you don’t know how this feels Not like I do Alone with my greatest foe We are deep beneath the cold white sheets and far from home Forlorn phoenix in my arms I would love her here forever and erase this harm Alas we part again And you don’t know what it feels like, no you don’t know how this feels To spend your life believing in something unreal And you don’t know what it feels like, no you don’t know how this feels Not like I do
12.
One more drink than needed and back to thoughts of life Contemplating 50 years, contemplating strife Will I find somebody, will my children be at my side, or will some stranger bag my cold body at the site This foothold feels uncertain, this view is low on light Never knowing what’s ahead keeps me awake at night That by which I define myself seems fragile now and old It feels like I could slip away and nobody would know How will I make my money if this nothing job it ends Would all my friends move right on If I had to start again Some days it feels I’m losing the ground on which I’ve built some bullshit inflated perception of myself I feel that’s hurt connections with loved ones throughout the years And now instead of a family I’m left with sand seizing the gears They say that nothing’s written and all will come to pass So I’ll carry on existing as I charge this lonely glass One more drink than needed and back to thoughts of life Contemplating 50 years, contemplating strife Will I find somebody, will my children be at my side, or will some stranger bag my cold body at the site One more drink than needed and back to thoughts of life Contemplating 50 years, contemplating strife One more drink than needed

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A History Of Houses is the debut album from Australian band, The Siren Tower.

Management/bookings: contact@thesirentower.com

Publicity: brooke.thomas@sarbmedia.com.au

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released June 29, 2012

Produced by Forrester Savell, Grant McCulloch & The Siren Tower

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The Siren Tower Perth, Australia

There hasn’t been a band like The Siren Tower in quite some time. That is, a band distinctly and unmistakably Australian. The country and culture that The Siren Tower celebrates in story and song has both dignity and conscience in tact. It is an Australia of Indigenous, convict and immigrant history alike, because that is the truth of things, and the truth always makes for a better story. ... more

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