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They shook them free your girlish chains
Like black clouds drop their sheets of rain
They woke up one day free
To become something that was yet to be
And it hurt so fucking bad
Until it was just something that they had killed
A cold absence of migraine flashes
Celebrating glasses of champagne spilled
And now I can go walk underneath the canopy
Listen to the grass as it grows up over me
Cuz people like you will do it better than me
They saw the limits of our creations
They saw the borders of the bankrupt nations
Walls and horizons that would trap a soul in amber
Until they smashed the tyrant and abandoned her
They set the churches to crack and rust
And left us all just gasping in the dust
Dancing lightly over rainbow oceans
Coloring the sky new with their angel paint brushes
And now I can go walk underneath the canopy
Listen to the grass as it grows up over me
Cuz people like you will do it better than me
Words and instruments by Paul Roessler
Music by Paul Roessler and Rowan Roessler
lyrics
They
They shook them free your girlish chains
Like black clouds drop their sheets of rain
They woke up one day free
To become something that was yet to be
And it hurt so fucking bad
Until it was just something that they had killed
A cold absence of migraine flashes
Celebrating glasses of champagne spilled
And now I can go walk underneath the canopy
Listen to the grass as it grows up over me
Cuz people like you will do it better than me
They saw the limits of our creations
They saw the borders of the bankrupt nations
Walls and horizons that would trap a soul in amber
Until they smashed the tyrant and abandoned her
They set the churches to crack and rust
And left us all just gasping in the dust
Dancing lightly over rainbow oceans
Coloring the sky new with their angel paint brushes
And now I can go walk underneath the canopy
Listen to the grass as it grows up over me
Cuz people like you will do it better than me
A fantastic album. I can see why they didn't continue under the name The Evens, as it's a different sound with the bass added. Coriky is the Evens + Joe Lally from Fugazi on bass. If you can imagine The Evens with a slightly more funky, aggressive sound like Fugazi... that's what you get! And there's no way that can ever go wrong. What a great debut album!! smiledozer
For me this is a wonderful break up album. It’s not all sullen because these things in life are always emotionally mixed and the album reflects the mood swings all done without clobbering you over the head or overly forcing the subjects to fit specific places in the listeners consciousness Tommy Dog
Noise pop at its finest from this rambunctious Melbourne group that thrives on louder-than-loud guitars and belted-out vocals. Bandcamp New & Notable Mar 4, 2024
It’s hard to choose just one favorite song from this album. I said “Risk It” but Alice Bag’s third solo album is great end-to-end; every song is a fav. My only complaint is that it all goes by too quickly. You’ll tap your feet, and nod your head all through it and too soon you are at the end. I usually just start it over then though :) Jayson Lorenzen