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The Western Front EP

by The Moonage Shine

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Wake 03:24
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River Hymn 02:32
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Two Weeks 02:05
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Rosetown 05:55
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western front // when i die i'll float to the sky and you'll burn away my density i'll float away on death's parade and you'll bury myself empty fallen gods and faded facades they crumble beneath our feet so i'll carry my weight on back home we're going to the western front boys we're going to the western front we're singin' songs about love and loss oh we're going to the western front we're goin' to the water's edge boys we're goin' to the water's edge we're singin' songs about love and loss oh we're goin' to the water's edge where did you go to Jesus where did you go off to i'm still singin' songs about love and loss oh where did you go off to 'cause i don't know where my soul is but i know it left with you i don't know where my soul went but i know it left with you oh they're putting me in the ground, boys they're putting me down below i'll be dead and gone by the break of dawn oh they're putting me down below i'm going up to heaven but my body's down below i'm still singing songs about love and loss but my body's down below i'm floatin' down the river the river oh so deep i'm singing songs about love and loss oh, i'm floatin' out to sea // wake // "what are they doin' in heaven today where sin and sorrow are all done away peace abounds like a river they say what are they doin' there now" heaven why'd you go away? did you see me knocking at your door 'cause i don't know about sunday no i don't know about soul and i've been down this river before and i'm goin' down this river alone but today it felt it felt like home oh, lord my, my will i wake up will i wake up // river hymn // and i wanted to be where i can't but i don't see it coming oh where did he go? and i wanted to go where I can't but i don't see it coming oh, where did he go? and all my days are gone // there's a man // there's a man with a hole in his head and he smiles and he lifts his thread he floats on by me and says son why are you dead and i say man you look kind of funny with that hole in your head and he says oh we don't know oh we don't know when it ends there's a man with a gun in his hand and he smiles and he lifts his bread he says take and eat son drink the vile of my blood i'm a ghost in the mornings and a prophet in the sun but he says oh we don't know oh we don't know when it ends i say, man, am I really dead and he smiles and he lifts his head but i've fired all my casings and i've burned all my souls i'm a ghost in the mornings and a doormat in the sun and he says oh we don't know oh we don't know when it ends // love, please, stay // they can burn down the highways and burn down the driveways that lead us home they can burn down the bridges and burn down the places we used to go so love please stay so love please stay 'cause i'm not gonna ride this one out on my own and the people they are singin' the people they are singin' the songs they know and the gods they are swimmin' the gods they are swimmin' to make it home so love please stay so love please stay 'cause 
i'm not gonna ride this one out on my own // two weeks // when we gonna die lord oh when we gonna sleep i'll give you my soul lord if you give her two weeks these times are gettin' tough lord these hills are gettin' steep i'd give you all my money, lord if you'd give her two weeks when we gonna die lord oh, when we gonna sleep i'll give you my money lord if you give her two weeks these times are gettin' tough lord these hills are gettin' steep don't take my Rose lord don't take her from me don't take my Rose don't take my home please take my soul instead when we gonna die lord oh when we gonna sleep i'd give you all my money lord if you give her two weeks // Rosetown // i went down to Rosetown where i laid my head we took your body and we put it in the ground your bones and your beads well they didn't make a sound time fell to its knees and heaven left with the band science came quickly as the weeds grabbed your hand and the clanging of the people the crashing of the drum like a gypsy running fast Rose a train come undone there is creaking in the hardwood of Jesus light and sun somewhere in those hills boy a joker he bit his tongue i went down to Rosetown where I laid my head i lost my home Rose i lost my home Rose // electric woods // we're goin' back home where the trees don't cry and the people know our names we're home but now our time has come ol' death he knows our name all the love in your tears and the blood and those years and all this space and all this fear and that flood of your tears we're goin' back home where the trees don't cry and the people know our names we're home but now our time has come ol' death he knows our name.

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released April 25, 2010

© The Moonage Shine 2010. Written, recorded & mixed by The Moonage Shine in various locations throughout Texas. Mastered by Distrophonix. "Wake" contains elements of “What Are They Doing In Heaven Today?” by Charles Albert Tindley (1901). "Electric Woods" contains elements of "Amazing Grace" (trad.) by John Henry Newton (1779). Special thanks to Deborah (oboe on "Rosetown") and Casey (cover photograph).

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The Moonage Shine Texas

We are a Texas trio crafting some homemade, ambient folk rock.

"A Minimal Plea"

With hands cupped, a lonely shout into the cold, Presidio night.

A simple question hurled into the
black.

Expecting no answer, but asking nonetheless.

Oh, the chill of the modern stings as
the mesquite burns.

These western winds have played architect to our emotions.

This is our humble search for the front.
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