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Take Them and Fail Them

by These Miles

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1.
Here's your discontent Don't pretend that all your ideas come through Don't pretend that all your ideas come through Welcome back to the fold Here's to saving ourselves, lovely though it seems Here's to saving ourselves, winter at the seams Fragile, little fools For all, leave these schools Futile, drop their tools Take them to the estuary Take them to the estuary Take them to the estuary Take them to the estuary And drown them I loathe what you've done with this fool Their life is shorter I love what you've done with this fool They could fail so much better Fragile, little fools For all, leave these schools Futile, drop their tools Take them to the estuary Take them to the estuary Take them to the estuary Take them to the estuary And drown them (Take them to the estuary) And drown them (Take them to the estuary) And drown them (Take them to the estuary) And drown them (Take them to) And drown
2.
Crispy blazer, trouser creases Careful, caring and clean shaven with a dash of aftershave All the boardgames you could win Before I got tall enough to shake your hand Make me laugh, once again Arguably we were always swimming against the tide Tom and Jerry in the afternoon Broke too soon and I'll never tell you All I wanted was for you to better Every illness they could throw at you I can't remember what I wore Miss your crosswords on my arrival, Miss you picking berries in photos in my diary Everything I missed when you weren't Relive everything I dreamed and tell me I'm mad To miss something I never saw Saw you fall to the lounge room floor If only I'd known to make you laugh All I wanted was for you to better Every illness they could throw at you 20 years too late and you'd say you missed something But really, I missed the best part of you Tell me I can't long for this Tell me I've held onto this It's all interwoven with your humble relief The only section that never came around for me To photosynethesise And reproduce your swell
3.
I drew fault lines of conflict in front of you Where errors made it hard to choose I drew failures of comms in spite of you Where conversation made it hard to lose I thought we forgot to heal Slower we travel to this Longer you wait, and I leave you cold At a beat you'll waiver with a calming affliction The further I'll hold on to make you feel my Rushing through your hotel I've forced An exit so bold I could almost feel air I thought I'd answered questions But errors came clear to me I thought I'd left to lose Failure was the largest fear I knew we forgot to heal I knew we forgot to heal Harder I resist with this The more we fail, and I draw fault lines I'll illustrate where this goes off I'll face my fears and forage I'll wait for you to respond I'll make peace with chemical courage I'll make peace with chemical courage I'll make peace with chemical courage At a beat you'll waiver with a calming affliction The further I'll hold on to make you feel my Rushing through your hotel I've forced An exit so bold I could almost feel air Rushing through
4.
You You draw this closer Cigarette burns through the lips Half past ten. It's half past ten. You, you're afraid of failing to reach It's never too long to wait Leave this. Leave this to them. Dealing cards until the morning comes You You saw this folder Forgetful gin and malleable heart Half past 10. It's half past ten. You, you're only eight waists short to this It's never rejection to them Your Your records have failed (Your) cigarette burns through the cheek Leave this. Leave this to them. Dealing cards until the morning comes Forgetful but not sure Shy but any clarity Begs to differ with me Until you... Faking it, they're faking it Faking it, they're faking it Faking it, they're faking it Faking it, they're faking it Now it's cost you some flaws to the back of the bar Cigarette burns, when you're rejection Dealing cards until the morning comes Winning applause for spending funds Shuffling through their plans they walk Until you explode Until you explode Until you explode
5.
Should it take the flow to fight frustration? Collapsed and fooled by the frightening stations Although there's trials for beliefs we're facing I'll fail again to help push against the flow Should it take to you like vignette to film? Obscured and narrowed through dark I'll... Confiscate anything that breaks Come home Come home, we'll fight this Come home, I'll show you Faithful collapses Should it take a show (of) beliefs we're facing? Followed and failed by the longing faces Although there's trials for beliefs we're facing I'll fail again to help push and I'll... Confiscate anything that breaks Come home Come home, we'll fight this Come home, I'll show you Faithful collapses Stay inside we'll write these miles punctuated with our plans Stay inside I'll set alight these onerous and futile demands Stay inside we'll write these miles punctuated with our plans Stay inside I'll make what's theirs devastated in their hands Come home Come home, we'll fight this Come home, I'll show you Faithful, Faithful collapses Stay inside we'll write these miles punctuated with our plans Stay inside we'll write these miles punctuated with our plans Stay inside we'll write these miles punctuated with our plans Let breath your heart
6.
There's little left there for you to destroy Drained of floods it's all been created Crumbling cities are your vice, you make yours What becomes of the doctors? Healing, healing's the only fighting left now For this, the only chance to resolve With a heavy heart in this one, I say you've missed the point With a heavy heart in this one, I say you're a ton of hate With a heavy heart in this one, I say you've failed again With a heavy heart With a heavy heart There's little left to love there Drained of love it's all manipulated Crumbling cities are your vice, you make yours What becomes of the doctors? Healing, healing's the only fighting left now For this, the only chance to resolve With a heavy heart in this one, I say you've missed the point With a heavy heart in this one, I say you're a ton of hate With a heavy heart in this one, I say you've failed again With a heavy heart With a heavy heart With a heavy heart in this one, I say you've missed the point With a heavy heart in this one, I say you've missed the point With a heavy heart in this one, I say you've missed the point With a heavy heart in this one, I say you've missed the point With a heavy heart in this one, I say you're a ton of hate With a heavy heart in this one, I say you've failed again With a heavy heart in this one, I say you've missed the point With a heavy heart in this one, I say you're a ton of hate With a heavy heart in this one, I say you've failed again With a heavy heart With a heavy heart With a heavy heart With a heavy heart With a heavy heart With a heavy heart With a heavy heart

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released December 20, 2012

Songs by These Miles
Artwork by Nicola Schwandner

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