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Beyond the Ampwall
06:30
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There is no salvage here
Cut the anchor line, we're done
There's a crack in the bottle
it's just a model ship
Angry to the last
he died howling at the world
Void begets void, I suppose
I was at home, ready to close this chapter and move on
You know, I still believe in peace and love
born by the sea with thunderheads on the horizon
I lean into the wind
But I turn towards the light
As the last of the feedback fades
and the amp jewels go dark
I lock the door and turn in my keys
I walk on in defeat
Hearts were made to be broken
so soak mine in petroleum
and toss a match
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Ruin
03:00
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Remember Christmas 2004
how ice hung heavy on the pines
pulling their fragile crowns
in graceful arcs toward the ground
and me, my furnace broke that year
or probably the year before
and I slept like a drifter
in a sleeping bag and my clothes.
My brother came to visit, said
"Nobody should be alone on Christmas"
we found the only open restaurant in town
then he and I and our case of beer
settled into our routine
the night is long and I am so small
Remember that old husky mix of mine
how his mismatched eyes did shine
even as I saw my breath in the blue light of the morning
and chipped at the ice in the kitchen sink.
That dog's been dead for years
and I don't tell my kids how I used to live
our house is small and faded, but it's ours
sometimes they ask about
the years before they were born
the night is long and I am so small
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c. hill Pittsboro, North Carolina
My name is Corbie, but I don't like playing solo under my name.
So when I do sad songwriter stuff, I
use the name Land Is.
And when I do apocalyptic noise-pop, I use the name Battle Bridge.
And when I do freeform noise, I use the name peripherals.
It's unnecessarily complicated, I know.
If you wanna hear full-band stuff, look up Alpha Cop, Acid Cop and Where the Buffalo Roamed.
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