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Fall of the Tin Can Empire

by Fall of the Tin Can Empire

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1.
The girl I love, when she was five said you’re a cloud after you die and born from a wheel spun of gold in my arms made by god and built with yarn but once underground, we will darkly decay with singing needles threading all our days over and over and over again, holding close the light to prove that you’re only just beginning now to move The girl I love, she sails a ship That she cant leave, where she will die and all i can do is simply sweetly taste her wake and watch her ship as it sinks to the sky But once frozen over in the belly of the snow we’ll find our souls some place we couldn’t have known where I’ll hold you dear, like a motherless child and I will find a home for you cause you’re only just beginning now to move
2.
I’ve got nothing to give up but somehow, everything is giving in while I’m unsure how today will end tomorrow’s no time to begin Away…. Gravity pulls me down to square one and if I keep going back to where I’m from I would be nothing more than what I am today this trash heap builds up in my hands I’ll throw it away… The top is not somewhere I can go and love is not something I will know the damage is done and I’ve got nothing left to throw away
3.
Know the cephalized seeing Smelling blood and wet lead Hear the human foot stepping on the telluric head Hear the leaves’ crackle, sounds just like the chewing of burnt bread Beneath the microwave’s handle, that makes the door to our bed And we’ll all fly We’re winged souls and we’re tired of the floor A pinwheel unceasing it’s cycle, and for The bridging of light that hides all behind All that we know and love, that bandages our lives I wish I was medicine you would swallow and then While perched on your bones I would hasten your mend Re-attaching those feet which you no longer own You would shine just like a diamond And I would have a home So hold me Before you’re dead and old The TV haunts me and it kills And I feel strings attaching to my spine They’re dragged by jets They’re coming for our lives
4.
Rescue Radio 05:04
This candle lighting the city belongs inside of me pregnant and silent, crawling, its rays like horoscopes of steam machines flew by, minds went dry and they all dissolved and now could it be? a giant face noone can see peering out, open mouthed conveyer belt eyes These days I’m pulled by signals meant for someone elses sky when the rescue radio sings
5.
Here I am, waiting out the hours as they pass, slowly Home isn’t quite the same without familiar things your memories; growing old, you let them slip away and when you are alone up in your room you think about anything that ever made you feel at home I remember when I spoke with you over the phone you said such wonderful things to my head now I look forward to every day I have I know I won’t always be alone
6.
Dustmite 03:46
Well I am a dust mite with no bed to roam And I might just die next time the wind comes to blow It’s rocky and freezing and I’m all alone Would you give up your hygiene to leave me my home? And I am an ant so please step on my hill And there’s so much of me so you’ll see me still It’s fun but you don’t see how I’m left alone Would you never change a thing to leave me my home? Oh darling if I was a star you’d look up at me And I would look back to you We’d never change anything So bring all your blankets cause heaven is high And hold yourself sitting all on top of the sky It’s cold and I know where clouds cannot climb Would you bring all your breathing to pump and inflate all our lives? Cause we’re all collected fibrous flesh We’re flowing like juice through a perpetual nest So bring yourself backwards where all is your home Silver trickling stars where you’ve always been known
7.
Walking Away 04:26
I was the bad boy at school I never thought too much through It was all in good fun, I’m done Noone could point me in the right direction I know it’s early, but I’m ready I’m gonna do this for myself I dont want to change and I dont want to stay and I dont care so I’m walking away Live fast, die young leave a beautiful stain on the hearts of everyone Time goes on There’s nothing left here for me Get me out of this town I take everything back, glad I made you all laugh but I’m walking away Makes me sick, makes me sad This is mine, I’m gonna do what I want with it I fucked up, I was right I’ll see you soon
8.
Well you cant feed babies on just clouds and unhear all unjust mouths pretend that squares are round but flowers are growing on tops of trees and Greenland’s frost melts to the sea Where I blinked without words my head was so heavy and evidently a Jack o Lanterns face that’s never been carved won’t shine very far I slept without sound and woke like an engine I was surprised to wake with such sight a lantern’s face was glowing like stars
9.
Harrison 02:15
Every smile I made and every child (that) complained conversations with those I can only remember and taking everything for granted May you find the love you’re owed I’ve grown ashamed of things in my past and grown apart from the love I had Arguments that don’t matter and those I left alone I hope you like the life you chose Dont know when we’ll end
10.
You’re not here with me You’re the freest of the world that I see So open your eyes and hear the clouds disguise And touch its windy face before you die Hello, you I’ll see you someday soon When I don’t raise my head the morning after I know it’s odd I was born without a half my sun is sad and my hurt is full of laughter A single toe Pawing at the grass Like timid lightning taking years to pass So learn to know True love when it’s true And glide across all tombs that I have shoveled Cause on the day when you die When your eyes start their climb You’ll become a baby again And if I’m left here alive: I will seek here to slide On glowing rings in a baby’s dream Where every cloud to pass your window is me Where I’ll turn all my reeling To rapturous heat cause when I sing, I sing To a girl whose mouth is a trumpet With the mind of a trampoline Ta da!
11.
Ice smashed windows and jigsaws arranged by ash and seafoam they are fractured this day so I’m swallowing the glass going insane what once was ours is now turning blue from strangulation, it’s fracturing the glue so I’m breaking through the glass yep, going insane Silently from all the world that we dont see Savvy tongues unfurl their secrecy faucet of a face that cries and drips some more you are born and then again youre born ten thousand times, again you’re born and then there are blinking cameras catching rain calisthenics caught frame by frame so I’m calling out to you The borders make a mess where lightning forks the frame Like pale bark before a breathing flame listen to the memories held inside of sand for I am a lady seahorse and I love my pregnant man….
12.
Overture 03:47
A life, a face, a time: Gigantic reactions, attractions, contraptions Terrified me Help me out with this one Entertain me please If you’re going backwards Sing my soul to sleep It’s not the same She’s gone, you’ve changed I find myself in ruins I should not have stayed Help me out with this one Entertain my brain Take me back to where my heart still beats and hide me from today

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All songs written, arranged, recorded, mixed, and engineered by Fall of the Tin Can Empire. This album was recorded and produced in bedrooms, living rooms, basements, churches, garages, and classrooms throughout New England.

Mastered by Drew Daniels & Fall of the Tin Can Empire at CDIA in Waltham, MA.

Album artwork by Rosemary Le Beau & Felisia Sainz

Photography & design by Sam Le Beau

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released August 25, 2012

Paul Conant
Sam Le Beau
Amber Fetik
Brit Peters
Bill Schwab
Mark Schiffer
Erik Brown
Charles Geer

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With an eclectic and unique sound, Fall of the Tin Can Empire takes folk music to another level but returns it to its pleasing sing-songy roots through songs that go from light to heavy, psychedelic to classical and grandiose to minimalist, making use of instruments like viola, accordion, banjo, and horns. Fronted by Paul Conant and Sam LeBeau. ... more

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