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Proof Of Past Lives

by Old Arrows

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1.
I don’t know where the time has gone I don’t know what happened to my luck But the daylight fades, and I’m afraid Cuz I can’t see in the dark I’ve got nowhere I can go I can’t say just where I’ve been But what I want and what I’ve lost Is written in the lines that cross my face It’s a big chance to take But I can’t see a better way I’ve tried my best and come up short Too many times before It’s a big chance to take But I can’t see a better way I’ve tried my best and come up short I don’t know where the time has gone I don’t know what happened to my luck But the daylight fades, and I’m afraid Cuz I can’t see in the dark
2.
Big Oak Tree 02:51
Out on the lawn Where the devil rains The only rain that falls And all along The yellow chains are keeping out the laws That you don’t follow So you grow hollow Don’t you wallow Then you won’t grow into the big oak tree In the place you should be for a thousand years Giving shade that hides the rivers of tears That fall from the soldiers onto their shoulders Everybody’s got a bulleted heart In a wall of stone the tallest home But you’re taller still by far And your leaves may land in the peaceful hand Pray the breeze may grant your limbs Some sweet reprieve You’ve been kind to me Out on the lawn Where the devil rains the only rain that falls And all along The yellow chains are keeping out the laws When the night falls down on this Northern town I will Run to you to find me
3.
These Ghosts 04:02
These ghosts of our martyrs carry Toast glasses to chartered lands freed Ain’t no hold on this hitchhike heartbreak So give it a go once again I’ve seen the honey drip from the source I’ve paid the money and ran the course Turned my back on the steady horse And opted for swollen skin But now the stage is changing The scenery’s giving way to the set The bow is broken and blazing But baby, don’t cry for me yet Ain’t got no one left to talk to My friends have demons and others walk through Born and raised in Philadelphia But learned to live life in hell So give up now and lay down your roses On the streets of a town that owes us Nothing more than its breath of fire That burns through the cracks of the bell But now the stage is changing The scenery’s giving way to the set The bow is broken and blazing But baby, don’t cry for me yet
4.
Every good thing I’ve done Don’t exist anymore In its place, oh, the hourglass Keeps sifting out the time left And the waitin’ is hard And the road is so long A white mare she walks me back We’re pacing out the miles left Of the few things I know I’ve learned most through my faults And with a hammer in my hand To take care of the trials left
5.
Hammers 03:36
I rise early and my hands are sore From working late the night before Just trying to get ahead There in the dark My wife and daughter sleeping I hardly even see them Before it all begins again Desperation don’t pay bills on time Keep the lights on and the bedroom warm It makes me wanna tear ‘em up now Get back what used to be Hammers of industry Don’t wanna feel like I’m being cheated everyday Get back what used to be Hammers of industry Can’t help but feel like I’m being cheated everyday On what condition should we expect more When starving or provided for? At any moment this could end Where is the spark To refuel the fire thats waning Restore how we relate and are willing to extend? I’ve been tracing someone else’s lines But I’m working on my own designs I think I’m gonna draw ‘em up now Get back what used to be Hammers of industry Don’t wanna feel like I’m being cheated everyday Get back what used to be Hammers of industry Can’t help but feel like I’m being cheated everyday I know nothing is easy And it all takes time If it was free it wouldn’t be worth keeping But it keeps getting harder And I see the great divide Is getting wide and wide and wide and wider Get back what used to be Hammers of industry Don’t wanna feel like I’m being cheated everyday Get back what used to be Hammers of industry Can’t help but feel like I’m being cheated everyday 
6.
This fire is firing on the bosses that were hiring All the security guards are just no use The breeze that bellows through the open window sill is blowing Coolly crumbling walls built around you It ain’t hard, it’s just happening It ain’t hard, it’s just happening You run your motor through the country open roads Where all the hills just seem to spread like blackbird wings And all the ghosts and all their hosts are holding posters saying Go go go go go you wild, wild thing It ain’t hard, it’s just happening It ain’t hard, it’s just happening This is only the first of many a verse I’m leaping largely but I’m keeping hidden hardly Cuz the outside is a mirror for my in And all the lush life And all the colors bite Bursting with the graciousness of this It ain’t hard, it’s just happening It ain’t hard, it’s just happening
7.
Useful 04:24
I am useless as a prophet I am useless as a lamb I am useless as the god fearing girl I am I am useless as a chariot I can’t carry no king I am useless as the caged bird that sings Make me useful I am useless a lawyer Laws of your land levy my lobes I am useless as a love that don’t grow I am useful as a lover I will steal your night blind I’m so useful with my hands, mouth and mind Make me useful
8.
Past Lives 03:51
This cold’s just like a knife That’s stuck between my ribs It’s freezing up my lungs With every breath I’m breathing in Running out of road Running out of time Will I make it home Or make it back alive? These boots used to fit just right But now the soles are wearing thin And they’ve changed the way I walk With every step I’m wavering I recognize the roads Don’t recognize the signs I call you on the phone No answer on the line The voice that haunts me in the night Calls my name out once again I remember whose it was Just can’t recall from where or when Claiming proof of past lives Retrace the sequence of events I never had the strength alone But you gave me confidence
9.
Wild Things 04:53
Leave me baby I need you to go I need to winter I need to snow I need to forage To find my feast Out here in the forest With all the beasts Where the wild things are walking their walk And the wild things are talking their talk Can we build in the mountain and move it around And then move on now I’ll be your valley You’ll be my peak Forever but now We need your peace Cuz the wild things are walking their walk And the wild things are talking their talk Can we build in the mountain and move it around And then move on now

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released February 27, 2015

PERFORMED BY:
Carin Beam- Keys, Vocals
Adrienne Robson- Bass
Dennis Prendergast- Guitar, Bass, Vocals
Scott Slomeana- Drums, Vocals
Chris Woodhead- Guitar, Vocals

ENGINEERED BY: Mike Bardzik at Noisy Little Critter
MASTERED BY: Scott Slomeana at The Laundry Room

DESIGN / LAYOUT: Chris Woodhead
PHOTOGRAPHY: Mark Likosky www.marklikosky.com
LOGO: Dan Gneiding www.grayhood.com

CONNECT: oldarrows@gmail.com
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