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Swarm

by Wax Wings

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1.
13th Floor 06:34
You wanted me to serve as sweetener in your tea to tame when bitter tannins soured to cheer you up in your dark hours For me you offered safe security said if I'd only have eyes for you then you would keep an eye on me You wanted me to serve as sweetener in your tea to tame when bitter tannins soured to cheer you up in your dark hours But your home had only windows and no doors located on the 13th floor you locked me up there like a whore More times than I can count on hands or toes I thought of leaping to the ground watching trees rise as I fell down Instead I swarmed when the summer weather warmed out the window a dark cloud I blocked the sun out like a shroud You wanted me to serve as sweetener in your tea to tame when bitter tannins soured to cheer you up in your dark hours
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Trying to grow up with some sort of dignity I'll warn you right now it aint always pretty There's times I have too much to drink There's nights when I can't even think and there's a low place where I sometimes sink I question my judgement I doubt my decisions Sometimes success is just a trick of the vision The writer has run out of ink The skater grows tired of circling the rink The writer has run out of ink The skater grows tired of circling the rink Sometimes the grass is greener wherever I'm not and there's a whole lot of answers that I haven't got Sometimes the answer is no Sometimes green doesn't mean go A kiss is as good as a fist, when its delivered like this A kiss is as good as a fist, when it's delivered like this It didn't work but I wanted it to Still worth the trouble from my point of view
4.
Don't go away so far I've got what you're searching for Put your head against my breast I'll show you a place to rest You haunt me like a ghost I loved you most The way you took my heart You tore that sucker apart Little children hide your eyes You won't witness our demise It was a terrible surprise to find you gone People go so soon We fell in love in June Was this all it's all about Just when it started to work out Your soul decided to move out and left you empty You left me empty
5.
Devil, please, get off my shoulder Rabble rousing when the party should be over and trouble is one friend that never leaves though I'm corrupted by what she says to me Then there's you, you're a champion unaffected by my afflicted companion and to you love is a river where you swim and you wonder why I'm too scared to get in To me time is a gravedigger's trowel and I pause it by remaining here and now but it's stuck in my throat like an unwritten love note and I prefer harvesting to pulling plow Go ahead pour us another We both know that we're awful for each other What the hell, now what's the use I know there's poison in this juice If it don't kill me maybe it'll make me stronger
6.
Poor Me 04:11
The beer tastes like piss The weed's full of seeds My stomach is growling and there's nothing to eat Poor me, poor me, poor me, poor me, poor me, poor me Poor me, poor me, poor me, poor me, poor me, poor me There's a good show tonight but I've got no money My apartment is trashed and I've got no honey. Poor me, poor me, poor me, poor me, poor me, poor me Poor me, poor me, poor me, poor me, poor me, poor me The only cup that runneth over is a beer If mistakes paid I'd have a career Yet I rage into the night and it's clear that my life is going nowhere Poor me, poor me, poor me, poor me, poor me, poor me Poor me, poor me, poor me, poor me, poor me, poor me I'm in love with a girl She's in love with another She don't call me back I don't know why I bother Poor me, poor me, poor me, poor me, poor me, poor me Poor me, poor me, poor me, poor me, poor me, poor me I'm at the bar and I know that it's bad Cause it's happy hour and I just feel sad Poor me, poor me, poor me, poor me, poor me, poor me Poor me, poor me, poor me, poor me, poor me, poor me
7.
Yodel Song 05:42
Get your finger out of my face Don't tell me how to behave I'm a big girl I can do it myself My life is mine not no one else's Don't you judge me Don't you worry I don't need your help You scrutinize, well you can go to hell Sailors threat and huff and curse but they can't force the breeze to blow their way But if you adjust your own sails You can work with the wind to get on your way Judgement written all over your face It's disappointing when you glare that way You had a light heart now it's full of cynicism You had kind words now all you got is criticism Don't you judge me Don't you worry I don't need your help You scrutinize, well you can go to hell You can yell at a seed but you can't force it to grow But show it kindness, soil, sun, water, give it room and it might just decide to bloom Get your finger out of my face Don't tell me how to behave I'm a big girl I can do it myself My life is mine not no one else's
8.
Happy 05:44
I wish she was as happy as she seemed in the picture I wish she was as happy as she looked back then Had her head on my shoulder and my arm was wrapped around her We were glowing like we'd both swallowed sun Someone said smile, so we did Shit-eatin' grins, two silly kids As if nothing could go wrong Two young girls with eye-liner on and her voice was like a poem and we'd just danced for hours I loved her mind and I was hers and she was mine Said she's not afraid of dying cause she's got a lot of friends there And if one thing is for certain is that we'll all be there soon And her calm when she talks about god waiting up in heaven makes me wish I could believe in that too I wish she was as happy as she seemed in the picture I wish she was as happy as she looked back then

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released January 25, 2018

Chelsea Carnes (guitar, vocals, banjo, trumpet)
Brian Turk (upright bass)
Andrew Cook (violin, vocals)
Mike Dorsey (drums, vocals)
Ernie Williams (sousaphone, vocals)
Nicholas Caputo (accordion, vocals)
Guest vocals on track 6 by Kentucky Costellow, Samantha Jones, and Kara Smith of GUTS

Tracks 1 - 7 Recorded by Rob McGregor at Goldentone Studio and mixed by Mike Dorsey
Track 8 recorded and mixed by Thomas Deaton at Supermoon Studio
Special thanks for support from Heartwood Soundstage and John David Eriksen
Produced in Gainesville, Florida, 2017

Album art by Alma Elaine Shoaf (almaelaineshoaf.com)
All songs written by Chelsea Carnes and arranged by Wax Wings
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An original compositional folk quartet featuring Brian Turk on upright bass, Andrew Cook on fiddle, Mike Dorsey on drums, & multi-instrumentalist & vocalist Chelsea Carnes.

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