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Fortress of Solid Tunes

by Facts!

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1.
Ocean City Windshield Punch Alex I apologize for the things I'm going to do tonight Must have been the bottle that we shared out in the cold moonlight I've been waiting so long... I'm not trying to start a fight, We all just want to know that we were right We just want to make it home Before those flashing lights I've been waiting too long... Every step I take is another step in to a waiting room And when I reach the end I'll wonder why Ocean City's sleeping As we walk from door to door When your family wakes up I'll be passed out on your floor When I arrived I was bloody, broke and sore But tomorrow I'll be coming back for more With knuckles bruised and a stupid grin I'll hit the floor again Wake up in a pile of melted ice Let another day begin Couple cups of coffee and we'll head down to the beach And maybe I can put these fucking demons all to sleep
2.
Cheesesteaks 03:28
A duffel bag and a handshake A couple months painting houses by the lake Screaming loud, using God's name Looking back for someone who felt the same I know you feel the same I always knew your name I'm still the one to blame Back home on the dry planes Through the wires I can see red letters fade I don't care what the books say I'll wait till we see the light of day I don't care about the odds, We're better than this And I swear this is permanent But the train's too damn expensive And the water's never been this cold In this long line I'm finding out They draw these lines on maps And we do just as we're told In this long line I'm growing old And I'm the only one without Your blood was never blue like mine Or my family tree I tried so hard to hide Never a drop with me, you looked so good with those Sweet leaves burning between your lips At your house down by the border We pretend there's a reason left to stay But I just can't see myself in your arms With so much debt to pay I see your face on the glowing screen and I swear It's the best that you'll ever get from me Wrap yourself up in your new arms And I'll start running free But the drinks are too damn expensive And the air has never been this cold In this long line I'm growing old The leaves still make me choke But they make the voices go It's been a long time And I'm still without
3.
Capo 03:12
We've been laying on the floor Staring at the table Who's walking through the door? This is the time for nothing more Than basements, bars and capos And drinking on the shore So pick this out and scream out loud The words your mother said Don't watch those planes fly overhead And take the time to make those lights As bright as they can be I want them bright enough to see All the promises they never kept All the mattresses on which we slept All the sidewalks we stumbled down at night Every cigarette and every fight All the history we never made All the records we never played All the ledges we tried to skate And the classrooms we'd learn to hate Tonight we'll run downstairs and hide Hold each others necks And watch the years go by And all the cuts and bruises, Racing hearts and sleepless nights All the late night bus trips Broken bottles and mismatched fights Oh God I need to fall apart and fall in line Still wasting my money Losing faith and losing time
4.
See the steel door sliding, sliding shut This metal box will lift me, lift me up I need to see the view from up above I need to see what life is like on top Acceleration shifting, shifting My weight shifts, I swallow, yawn and pop I need to see the view from up above I need to know what life is like on top As the cables lift me up I take the time to fill my cup Nineteen stories up from the ground No one can see me right now As the cables lift me up I take the time to fill my cup Nineteen stories up in the air No one can see, no one cares The cables lift me up Fill my cup No one can see my face right now I can feel my body rise and fall My God, I'm sorry I never called And all the promises unkept But I'm begging you please don't leave me yet You're all I have left I swear, I swear I'm trying But I fear, my dear, we're dying I'm just so tired of flying, So I fear my dear, we're dying I hear the cables snap I'm going down, I'm never coming back But my one regret is the time I spent The windows crack, I feel the cold running up my back The one thing I regret is the money I spent My body starts lifting, My life starts flashing by Now that I'm weightless I can finally close my eyes
5.
Time Enough At Last to see your face Following footsteps to your place Soaking feet in peeling paint Monsters Due now on your street But there's panic on the street of Carlisle In His Image you look the same And I find no joy in your smile And I can't smile at your pain A Penny For Your Thoughts just to keep you talking This coastal winter, you'll fly your feathers south Tending forever, hoping things get better now But I see monsters dancing on the wing This revolver, but you don't hear a thing And the alcohol still stings There's No Place Like The Past But you keep pretending The heat in Nashville,… I'm sure you'll play the part To Serve Someone The Eye Of The Beholder falls apart Walking Distance makes a world of difference With The Four Of Us Dying It's a Good Existence
6.
Cauterize and close it off, It's getting pretty hard to breathe and pretty hard to talk And if I ever want to shake this summer cough I need to sleep it off You dip those hips, the fabric slips And the air still stinks in the Red and Clover The Sun's down lower, I'm thanking God it's over A deadbeat summer in the city and now we're older But the calls keep coming and we try to keep it together With the windows down, I'm writing out these letters Your footsteps ringing and you keep on bringing it up It goes from green to brown It sinks in to this town As the cold comes back around Footsteps ringing and you keep on bringing it over You dip those hips, the fabric slips I hold her above my head and deconstruct A summer with the covers off the bed The time it takes to realize all the shitty things you said One more night well spent With a six pack and regret But this time I'll see the signs And even though it's cold, I'll dive right in To this dark, October water Waiting in these crooked lines, I pour my spice in to my wine and drink To broken wire and solder So light it up and smoke the pack, It's getting pretty hard to breath as a matter of fact And as I lay here on my back, I'll slip between the cracks of A summer with the covers off the bed The time it takes to realize all the selfish things you said One more night well spent With a six pack and regret But this time I'll see the signs And even though it's cold, I'll dive right in To this dark, October water Waiting in these crooked lines, I pour my spice in to my wine and drink To broken wire and solder
7.
Shake the day away Our nights will never be the same Coastlines erode and fade away The calls still come and we still pay Pile in the back of the Altima and drive away As long as that Third Eye Blind CD still plays Hanging on to the life that made us sick Gotta make your own kind of music I'll meet you out in front of Hicks and Snyder Talk over coffee and pie at the Melrose Diner We were setting off firecrackers but now we're burning brighter Friends on every corner and the malt could not taste finer So let's shoot these flares in to the sky Bottlerockets scream as they fly by The years pass by, we're asking why Bottlerockets scream Shake the night away Days will never be the same The calls still come and we still pay For all the nights we danced away
8.
I think last night I heard you crying It must have been in my head Because lately I have not been flying I've been laying alone in bed Two days after Christmas Two days up in Maine Sleeping at the airport But I can't feel the shame We're all chained down To the tethers of our towns We're all chained down Miracles are only stupid luck But God, I could use some Because this town just doesn't give a fuck And these chains, I wish I could lose them Well maybe our time is up When is enough enough? I guess our time is up I think tonight you'll be denying The things my friends have said But I'm too tired to keep on dying And I've got no time left to be dead Two months after New Year Green walls and pink sheets I'm not comparing notes So there's no need to compete I should be running to you But it's hard when you've got no shoes You couldn't catch me if I fell So I'll rely on leather boots I should be running away You know I never had much to say So pull me out by the roots And I'll start again on New Year's Day
9.
Jazz Odyssey 04:05
Look at those eyes in the bedroom By the closet when you turn the lights off I can never tell what they're saying But they tear the walls down You told me you could see them So I held my hand out Pull me up to the rooftop I want to see what brings you down And all these fake vibrations Won't help me understand So I'll keep checking these books And holding my hand out Black and red skin Black and blue I'll let you in Look at those dogs in the kitchen The commitment and the water on the floor I can still see your grey sweatpants With the bloodstains in my door I won't let my fingers do the talking anymore Pull me out to the West, I want to see what brings you down This town, these skies, This winter can't provide This heat, disguise Your window full of flies Coffee cups and shells Just can't hold your purple eyes Your disguise I still see those eyes On my ceiling and my floor I can feel them watching As I sit outside my door Disconnected and affected, I'm infected to the core When you're lost without your friends I want to see what brings you down So maybe I'll see you down South You know I'll always be around

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released July 20, 2012

Written and recorded by Facts! in Ruben's dining room
Vocals recorded by Kyle Pulley at Headroom Studios, Philadelphia

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