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The Fledgling and The Little Calf

by The Welton Shipwreck

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Sick Feeling 05:02
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Been trying to convince you Think you're coming around I'm dying in the silence of an inaudible sound We're flying over the fences on untouchable ground And I saw you smiling at your notebook as you were writing it down All the time spent educating, self-directing, we're still waiting for a better system of anticipating when And we we're in two minds that it was of our making A frightened mouse in the corner shaking A soul that's healing and a heart that's breaking again And it goes on and on and on and on.. We set it in stone Ah, we set it in stone And we're never coming home Until we set it in stone Been trying to tell you I've not been feeling too well Been lying to protect you before the temperature fell Can you take me to somewhere that isn't so grey Can you make me put my trust in every word that you say Sick feeling, sick feeling, sick of feeling sick Feeling sick, feeling sick, feeling sick Sometimes in the evening my fears become uneven I start disbelieving the simple act of breathing keeps my feelings Reason, its coming for ya A twisted squirt of nausea It's gone beyond control and I'm feeling sick, feeling sick, feeling sick I'm feeling sick, ugh We set it in stone Ah, we set it in stone And we're never coming home Until we set it in stone And it goes on and on and on and on..
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Darkness Tonight - Part 1 (Lights On) 02:01
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For too long we've been telling the same old stories to our better selves in an attempt to hold back the night but it comes every time Another bad dream It's never easy to write it down in words The lights on and the memory fades away You gotta trust us The lights on and the memory fades The memory fades into dust Bring the darkness tonight So bring the darkness tonight
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Darkness Tonight - Part 2 (Lights Out) 03:26
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We fell into love on the final attempt And we came into focus at the edge of the frame You might say we've been working on getting to grips with the same old situation and living with it We're caught in the sights of the all-seeing eye So steer to the right side and say your goodbyes We're caught in the sights of the all-seeing eye So turn out the lights Bring the darkness tonight We fell into silence while all the others sang Mistaken for kindness we held on tight to their hands as they pulled us down to the depths of the sea We damn near drowned but we broke free We're caught in the sights of the all-seeing eye So steer to the right side and say your goodbyes We're caught in the sights of the all-seeing eye So turn out the lights Bring the darkness tonight
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Statues and Mannequins 03:41
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The present and the future are hollow They turn around, expect you to follow and turn away from who you are The expectations are just making you nervous They're paying you well for your service but the people that you're serving are all just statues and mannequins All statues and mannequins It's time to be a man again But now you're stripped naked like a statue You're a mannequin Shop-soiled and face blank Stiffen up, try to be a man again Stripped naked like a statue You're a mannequin Shop-soiled and face blank Stiffen up, try to be a man again One last song before I sleep It's all I got One last song before I sleep It's all I got
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Side Creature 05:15
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Forget my name Make me a side creature Just out of frame Never the main feature I'm always mostly out of view Mistaken for a separate part of you An old tattoo, unreadable But it meant what it always meant to those who knew A side creature A see-through wall A muted string In an empty hall An old tattoo, unreadable But it meant what it always meant to those who knew A side creature A see-through wall A muted string In an empty hall I'm a side creature Behind a see-through wall A muted string In an empty hall An empty hall
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Inherit the Hate 04:39
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Scrawled onto your cenotaph You're too old and you'll never laugh again Passed on to your better half The fledgling and the little calf are red with intent Inherit the hate Rifle in the cabinet It's an eyeful for another doe or buck Lifeblood of the motherland Our birth rights, on the other hand, are fucked You're shit out of luck Inherit the hate Inherit the hate You're late We already butchered the snake It's on your plate But in case you're wondering We're always looking for new recruits You seem the kind that we could use Inherit the hate You're late We already butchered the snake It's on your plate So make appropriate amends for straying from your faith You're late We already butchered the snake It's on your plate We'll burn you at the stake
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Polarities 04:07
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It's time we turned the corners of the lines we draw in sand We'll find another boundary for the mines we dug by hand Too far apart, the gravity's too weak to hold us down Two proximal polarities repel us back to ground Polar opposites attract it's a paradox in a magnetic unknown Are you coming home? You're in orbit around each other A binary star colliding with another and you're hiding under the covers from your brothers You're attracted to another It's an unknown force you're trying to discover but you're lying to your lover and you love her Polar opposites attract it's a paradox in a magnetic unknown Are you coming home? You're in orbit around each other A binary star colliding with another and you're hiding under the covers from your brothers You're attracted to another It's an unknown force you're trying to discover but you're lying to your lover and you love her
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Probably OK 03:32
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It's fine to fall apart for just a day You pour yourself another Chardonnay It's probably OK Your time is never worth enough to pay And the lines across your eyes will never fade away It's what they say It's probably OK if we're unable to communicate the trains of thought that brought us here today It's probably OK Take a stand where you can, boy You could be incredible You could find a steady voice with a heartbeat to match Give a ready dose of reality You're not the toy and you never were never, never were It's probably OK if we're unable to communicate the trains of thought that brought us here today It's probably OK
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Scars 04:09
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When the scars are covered over they're not gone And when the stars in the sky you're under are outshone by the sun That's when they'll come Oh, that's when they'll come There's a hole in the ground and it's where you are found with your heart hollowed-out and they've filled it with sound and when the blizzard has snowed you under you're not done You're not done You're not trying You're not trying at all You're not trying You're not trying at all You're not trying You're not trying at all So stop sighing You're not trying at all
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Forfeit 03:01
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Again we're starting over in another town The friends we made, they drift away like clouds on the wind I'm tired of waiting My body's aching and broken The separating This meditation is over and now I'm open to suggestions November brings a chill into our open minds It's when we'll take our pills so we can try to find some relief from it all You're always hating but it remains unspoken And you can stare at the painting but this conversation's over unless you're open to suggestions We can't ignore it We're gonna have to explore it And I'm gonna call it: This one's a forfeit We can't ignore it We're gonna have to explore it And I'm gonna call it: This one's a forfeit Nothing else for it..
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Arrested 05:04
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I'm too involved and too invested to help I threw it all away, Arrested myself I received a pardon in the mail The crimes that I'd commit in the future would fail to alarm them I fold it up and put it along with the rest You gotta ignore the warning Sunday morning's here again The end of another era creeping nearer when we sin and repent But I'm too involved and too invested to help I threw it all away, Arrested myself I put up a cordon around my home to keep out the ones that I love and to keep in the boredom It hangs on the wall like a portrait of death You gotta release the pressure built by measured restraint The end is a perfect pleasure A hidden treasure awaits in the flames But I'm too involved and too invested to help I threw it all away, Arrested myself I'm too involved and too invested to help I threw it all away, Arrested myself You knew it all along You got a lot of attention from your followers and all of us were fooled You called the words a song but all you wrote was a repeat of all the cautionary warnings you refute But I'm too involved and too invested to help I threw it all away, Arrested myself I'm too involved and too invested to help I threw it all away, Arrested myself
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Be Over Soon 04:34
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It was a given we'd fall ill And for a moment we are still In the thick of it With our guns and our love You can find some solace It'll all be over soon We've got a roof over our heads We've got four solid walls It could be worse than this You know it could be much worse You've lived a life of wonderful coincidences Far apart from anyone who meant to hurt you It's all we've got when we're on our own It's all we got when we're alone It will all be over soon It will all be over soon We've got a roof over our heads We've got four solid walls It could be worse than this You know it could be much worse You've lived a life of wonderful coincidences Far apart from anyone who meant to hurt you It's all we've got when we're on our own It's all we got when we're alone It will all be over soon
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Graveward Bound 02:46
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Got a suitcase full of broken bottles I've got my feet wrapped in chicken wire The only memory I need to keep is the one of your face as I lit the fire I got one thing to do before I'm graveward bound Sing through the shipwreck and inhale this sound I got a chainsaw without a throttle A getaway car I forgot to hire I'm dying on a hill, it's pretty steep but the Lord made it clear that He loves a trier I got one thing to do before I'm graveward bound Sing through this shipwreck and enjoy this sound Alright I got two left feet but I love to walk I got some four-legged friends made of beef and pork I got a new direction on the microphone but my banjo's only crafted out of skin and bone I got one thing to do before I'm graveward bound I'm gonna sing through this shipwreck and inhale this sound Well alright I got a suitcase full of broken bottles I've got my feet wrapped in chicken wire The only memory I need to keep is the one of your face as I lit the fire I got one thing to do before I'm graveward bound Sing through the shipwreck and inhale this sound

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Our seventh and final collection of original songs for this three-year project

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released September 8, 2022

Written, performed and produced by Stu Head & John Culkin

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TWS is an indie / shoegaze / folk-rock band based in the UK.
Long distance collaboration between Scotland and Yorkshire.
Members- Stu Head and John Culkin.
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