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Brakes Cut

from Atheist Grief by The Ready Aim Fire!

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Brakes Cut
These cement legs / spent all their nights just blacking out the days / with warehouse sex / where the echoes moaned and the shadows dripped with sweat / till the confetti drops / like fireworks in vacant parking lots, / so when we lit the wick, / my whiplash blood was begging me to quit. // But it starts slow / with a kiss outside the hospital, / the lip-gloss, the neck, and the undertow, / the fresh proud bruise art show. // Then you got me. I’m glad, but you got me. / The knots in my body all tell me you got me. / The fire’s out in my matchstick mouth / and you got me reeling. // So the brakes are cut now / from my armored car doubt, / from all the years / that you weren’t here. / So I spit the taste out / of every ghost town / and all the years / that I was barely here. // But our bad machines / are rusting out in sleepless violent sheets / and freezer-burn / where we used to ride those cold chemical cures, / and we’re bloodshot, / weighing sins against the years that they could cost / to pay off / and hide behind our two-way mirror thoughts. // And who we were / is coming back to you, / and who we were / is coming back to me, too. // So I am coming back to you. // And all at once, / oh, you got me. You got me. I’m glad, but you got me. / The knots in my body all tell me you got me. / I’m caving in around your skin / and you’ve got me reeling. // So the brakes are cut now / from my armored car doubt, / from all the years / that you weren’t here. / So I spit the taste out / of every ghost town, / yeah, I lost some years, / but I’m finally here, oh, / with my brakes cut / and my hands cuffed / to my bad thoughts / and to yours and your wars, / and with our brakes cut / and our hands cuffed / to my bad thoughts / and to yours and our wars.

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from Atheist Grief, track released February 21, 2012
All music written and performed by Dave Trautz (BMI) except for drums on tracks 1, 3, and 4, which were written by Dave Trautz and performed by Donavan Foy and Dave Trautz.
All lyrics written by Dave Trautz and performed by Dave Trautz and Pi De Leon.
Recorded, mixed, and produced by Dave Trautz.
Mastered by Pete Lyman.
Artwork and design by Alyssa Mees (www.alyssamees.com).
Special thanks to Justin Eanes, Wolfram Duenas, Vanessa Gonzalez, Jeff Li, Christian Trautz, Marisa Campos, Jeanine Campos, Abel Bravo, Eric Leon, Jimmy Majors, John Balli, Baldy Garza, Robert Eiker, Scott Trautz, Susan and Derrick Trautz.

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Synth-driven indie rock from Walnut, CA.

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