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1.
The halls are empty, dead, and eerie. We gotta get out. The elevator is barely breathing. We gotta get out. At night it comes alive. The floor is shaking. The walls are screaming. We gotta get out. The fire is hiding. The ice is falling. We gotta get out. It feels I'm always stuck in South Bend. It feels I'm always stuck on the 13th floor.
2.
Spotlights 03:26
It used to be calm in this part of town. Then came the bright lights when you come around. You can have it all. Leave me alone. I don't want no part of it at all. It used to be quiet. It used to be quaint. You signed on the red line and you sold it away. When the spotlights shine on this part of town, I'll be in the shadows doing fine. The rest of us here, we don't beg and plead. We grind out our living and we don't make a scene.
3.
Downtown 02:37
I don't really wanna go to work. I don't care about it all that much. I can't take getting on that bus. I don't want no boardroom jocks I don't need no warehouse loft. I can't take the segway cops. I don't wanna go downtown. Take away the hunger pains. I don't want no crying shames. End every rain delay. I wanna grind every war plane down. Protest abortion protest crowds. Devour every sacred cow. I've got gas in the bottle. Got a rag and a lighter. Now I wanna go. We're gonna party.
4.
Dying to Fly 03:56
Calm down my darling. Now's not the time. Just cause you flap your wings don't mean you're meant to fly. Come on down and sit here with me. I don't want to explain this to your family. We don't dare and we don't try. If you never leap you never learn how to fly. All you see is glory that never fades. All I see is broken limbs and your bloody face. Come on down. I'm begging please. I don't want to explain this to no EMT. I know you're dying to fly. Think of all the questions that you could spare Your friends and family before you careen down the stairs. I know you're dying to feel alive Who am I to clip your wings and tell you not to fly?
5.
I've got the whole world in my fingers I'll never be bored again I'll never have to wait for nothing No more wondering I've got the whole world in my fingers I'll never be bored again.
6.
Tidal Wave 02:31
Tidal Wave Rollin' in gonna rip right through this town Gonna change everything I know But I don't wanna lose my gun God help me, save me from the roar Help everyone I can swim, but I just can't let go. Tidal wave Gonna strip the dirt right from this town Gonna clean everything I know But I don't wanna lose my gun God help me, save me from the roar. Help everyone. I could swim, but I just can't let go.
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We're holding our hats just waiting for the crash. Biting at our nails when you're not around. You've been staring at the sun and won't turn around. Got a shovel and bucket. I hope we don't need it to pick up the pieces. Biting off our tongues when you come around. You've been staring at the sun and won't turn around. We're anxiously waiting. We're breathlessly waiting. We're hopelessly hoping To extinguish the flames, Your true colors fade, And you come around.
8.
When your days get darker and your sun won't shine any longer You gotta go You just can't stay home, but your friends won't pick up the telephone You gotta go and Blame it on the drugs Blame it on your job Blame it on the gods Blame it on the cops Blame it on your Pops Blame it on the law You're lacking romance and they always pass on your advancin' You gotta go It just takes a little money. When it don't come very easy You gotta go It's not your fault life's never easy You're always holding the shortest straw Your Vanzetti, Mother Teresa, you're Joan of Ark You're destined for the pinnacle When you're stuck smack dab in the middle You gotta go If you see me crying loud, you let me know. When shit don't quite shake out, I don't want to go and Blame it on the drugs Blame it on your job Blame it on the gods Blame it on the cops Blame it on your Pops Blame it on the law. It's not your fault life's never easy You're always holding the shortest straw. Always the victim Ever the martyr.

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released January 4, 2017

Justin Francis / vocals, guitar
Jub Hauser / guitar
Johnny Paradise / bass
Chris Zugschwert / drums

Engineered, mixed, and mastered / Cole Leonard
@Mindsculpture Recording

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Tight Whips (formerly Apocalypse Meow) Minneapolis, Minnesota

We used to be called Apocalypse Meow, but we called it quits. We tried to do something else, but just ended up back together, slightly rearranged.

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