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TRAINWRECKS AND SPILLED MILK

by RISE OF THE HUMBUG

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1.
GOOD JOE 03:02
// AND EVERYONE IS SO EXITED / AND EVERYONE HERE LOVES TO DANCE / AND EVEN THOUGH THEY WOULD ALL DENY IT / YOU COULD SEE AT SECOND GLANCE / SO BETTER BE GOOD / BETTER BE GOOD / AND EVERYONE HERE ISN'T FRIGHTENED / WHEN EVERYONE HERE IS SO IN TRANCE / AND EVEN THOUGH THEY SEEM SO DELIGHTED / ONE COULD SEE AT SECOND GLANCE THAT THEY BLEW THEIR SECOND CHANCE //
2.
ON A TREE 03:22
// SITTING ON A TREE / I MYSELF AND ME / HAVING A GREAT VIEW / THINKING ABOUT ANYTHING BUT YOU / DO WHATEVER YOU DO / WHEN I DO THINK OF YOU I THINK THAT SHOULD DO / COME ON DO IT ALL BUT PLEASE DON'T CALL ME ON THE PHONE / 'CAUSE THERE'S NO ONE HOME / ON THE TREE UP HIGH / BIRDS COME PASSING BY / AND SINCE AUTUMN IS NEAR / SOON THEY’LL DISAPPEAR / STILL UP ON THE TREE / I MYSELF AND ME / LOOKING AT THE SKY / THINKING ABOUT... //
3.
// MAKE YOUR MOVE NOW, THE WHOLE WORLD IS WAITING FOR YOU //
4.
// ON THE FIRST DAY IT STARTED TO RAIN / PEOPLE THOUGHT IT WAS THE SAME AS ALL THE TIME BEFORE / BUT WHEN IT DIDN'T STOP THEY DIDN'T THINK THAT ANYMORE / WHEN THE OCEANS BEGAN TO GROW / DUE TO THE ENORMOUS WATER FLOW / FROM THE RIVERS AND LAKES THAT ATE UP THE LAND / PEOPLE STARTED TO WORRY BUT I ALREADY HAD A PLAN / I'LL JUST USE MY BED AS A BOAT / I'LL CURL UP INSIDE FOR I'M SURE THAT IT FLOATS / AND I'LL BE CARRIED FAR AWAY BY THE TIDE / AND WHERE EVER THE TIDE WILL TAKE ME WILL BE ALRIGHT / SLOWLY THE TIDE FLOODED THE WHOLE NATION / WHO DIDN'T DROWN IN WATER DROWNED IN DESPERATION / FOR EVERYTHING THE HELD SO CLOSE BECAME EVENTUALLY / A SUNKEN TREASURE OUT OF REACH ON THE BOTTOM OF THE SEA / AND WHEN THEY DIVE THEY DROWN / AND WHEN THEY FIGHT THE WAVES / WHICH ARE DESTROYING THERE HOMES / YOU SEE THEY CAN'T BE SAVED / AND SOON THEY'RE ALL ALONE / AND THEY FORGOT TO BUILD BOATS FOR THEMSELVES //
5.
// OH WHAT A BEAUTIFUL DAY / AND IT'S BEEN A WHILE / SINCE THE SUN SMILED ON ME / WHAT A VICIOUS SMILE / NO MISERY I WOULD MIND / LEAVING BURNING FOOTPRINTS BEHIND / SO DON'T COME NEAR PLEASE DON'T TOUCH ME / I REALLY DON'T WANNA HURT YOU BUT I'LL HAVE TO IF IT MUST BE / AND I APPRECIATE YOUR EFFORT AND YOUR TIME / BUT KEEP YOUR INDEPENDENCE FOR ALL I SEEK IS VENGEANCE / AND I WOULDN'T WANNA PIN THAT ON SUCH A GOOD FRIEND OF MINE / I'M PRETTY GOOD ON MY OWN / AS YOU CAN SEE / I DON'T NEED NO ONE AROUND / SO LET ME BE / NO SYMPATHY I WOULD MIND / LEAVING BURNING FOOTPRINTS BEHIND / SAY WHAT YOU WANT NOW //
6.
WALKING 02:22
// IT'S GOING DOWN YOU KNOW / TAKE A LOOK JUST DOWN YOUR STREET / FROM THE TRASH PLOWING POOR / WHO ARE GATHERED ON THE FLOOR / TO WHERE THE DIAMONDS AND THE DEMONS MEET / AND YES WE LOST THIS TOWN‚ CAUSE THE KNOCKED US OFF OUR FEET / YEAH, THE WORST ALWAYS WIN / WITH A SELF-ASSURING GRIN / WHILE THE WEAK AND THE NAIVE BLEED / MUST BE A REASON WHY I KEEP ON WALKING, WALKING / TOWARDS THE SUNRISE WHEN I KNOW IT MIGHT JUST BURN ME DOWN / FOR ALL THE INNOCENCE I'VE KNOWN, ALL THE KINDNESS THAT IT HAS SHOWN / THEY JUST WON'T TURN MY SMILE INTO A FROWN / WE'LL BE FALLING DOWN YOU KNOW / SO YOU BETTER WATCH YOUR FEET / FOR THE GROUND THAT WE DRAINED / FOR AS LONG AS WE REIGNED / WILL NOW SWALLOW US FROM BENEATH / TUMORS INSIDE US GROWING / RIGHT NOW AS WE SPEAK / FROM THE POISON THAT WE THINK, THE POISON THAT WE EAT 'N DRINK / AND THE POISON THAT WE BREATHE //
7.
ANYTHING 04:26
// WHEN YOU TURN OF THE LIGHT / YOU START TURNING ALL NIGHT / BEING AFRAID OF THE DAY / YOU THINK IT DON'T MATTER / AND THAT YOU KNOW BETTER / AND KEEP IT TO YOURSELF - ALL ALONE / I'D MUCH RATHER HAVE A TALK WITH YOU / I HAVE SOME GOOD NEWS / OH CAN'T YOU SEE HOW ALL THEM FEARS THEY'RE IRRELEVANT / THEY SURE DON'T MEAN ANYTHING TO THE WORLD / AND IF YOU KNOW HOW ALL THEM FEARS, THEY'RE IRRELEVANT / THEY SURE DON'T MEAN ANYTHING TO THE WORLD / FEELING SCREWED OVER AND TOO OFTEN BLUE / AND YOU WONDER IF IT'S ALL BECAUSE OF YOU / I SWEAR THAT YOU DID NOTHING TO DESERVE THIS / SO JUST TAKE A DEEP BREATH OR TWO / TIME FOR SOMETHING NEW //
8.
THE FEELING 04:41
// YOU MIGHT SAY THERE WASN'T ANYTHING LIKE IT / ALL I KNOW IS I CLEARLY DON'T LIKE IT / I'M NOT GOING TO BE ONLY A SIDEKICK / TO SOMEONE AS STUPID AND SELF-RIGHTEOUS / YOU MIGHT SAY THERE WASN'T ANYTHING LIKE IT / ALL I KNOW TO ME IT JUST SMELLS LIKE SHIT / I'M NOT GOING TO BE ONLY A SIDEKICK / DO I LOOK TO YOU AS IF I'M FRIGHTENED / AND YOU WERE WRONG 'CAUSE THE FEELING IS GONE / YEAH, THE FEELING IS GONE YEAH, THE FEELING IS GONE AWAY / AND YOU WERE WRONG 'CAUSE THE FEELING IS GONE AWAY / YOU MIGHT SAY THERE WASN'T ANYTHING LIKE IT / ALL I KNOW IS I CLEARLY DON'T LIKE IT / I'M NOT STAYING TO HOPE SOMEDAY IT MIGHT FIT / AND I'M SICK AND TIRED TO FIGHT IT / YOU MIGHT SAY THAT I'M NOT GOING ANYWHERE / YOU SHOULD KNOW THAT I DON'T EVEN REALLY CARE / AND I'LL BE GOING PLACES THAT YOU NEVER WERE //

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released July 1, 2017

MUSIC / LYRICS : RISE OF THE HUMBUG
RECORDED / MIXED : JAN RASEHORN
ARTWORK / DESIGN : YLK.DK

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RISE OF THE HUMBUG Germany

We’re a three-piece group from Hamburg Germany and we like to play unconventional, interesting and yet catchy songs, that bend the expectations which come with the territory of genre.

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