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Blue Light City

by Turbine

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1.
Inside the city waits Outside the gates now The wind began to blow for days The sun was black with smoke The time was close now All was silent down below The news they did bring Told of thunder And the madness of a distant king On the Seventh day They lit candles As towns began to burn away It was a night so long While some remained Others knew they'd soon be gone Where the women waited They were whispering "The men have surely been betrayed." Their cries made lightening freeze And scattered rocks The wind it shook the mighty trees Before first light A caravan Escaped into the raging night I pledge myself to you And you can trust me With the news it's true Take good care With luck my friends There's hope that we could soon be there But the way is dark And it signifies You'll find the truth there in your heart And this you must believe For it comes from nothing The world that you can never see
2.
You know you're only wasting And it's someone else's time When you're gonna get there, well Your guess is good as mine You know the higher up you go The farther down you fall What you tried to sell me, well It wasn't no good at all It's all part of the situation It's all part of the show It's all part of the explanation That you don't want us to know You've got your hammer working and You're looking for some glass Careful what you wish kid 'cause You might just get what you ask You know you tried to bring me down with Another sinking spell That's the risk you're taking when You keep going down to that well It's all part of the situation It's all part of the show It's all part of the information That you don't want us to know When I wake up I'm not mistaken It's time for the information When I wake up I'm not mistaken It's time for the education When I wake up I'm not mistaken No time for investigation When I wake up I'm not mistaken It's time for the explanation It's time for the explanation It's time for the explanation It's time for the explanation
3.
Members Only 05:32
If there’s something I could’ve said, I would’ve said it You can tell me what to do, and I would it for you Every time I turn around you keep on slippin’ What am I supposed to do, if you leave me standing in the cold Members Only Everytime I turn around, its Members Only All your crazy friends, down in the city Falling on the floor, seems like you’re having fun Like the time you stole my car, and went to Cancun I tell my self again, I don’t need it anymore never mind what you're doing to me in the end well I'm never gonna see you again i used to see you from time to time i'm never gonna see you again i'm never gonna do it again i used to be there from time to time i'm never gonna see you again i still hear about it from time to time i'm never gonna do it again cause it's the end, and in the end what will be will be then I remember, I remember, I remember only I remember, I remember, I remember only I remember, I remember, I remember what you always told me I remember, I remember, I remember only Members Only Every time I turn around, its Members Only never mind what you're doing to me in the end well I'm never gonna see you again i used to see you from time to time i'm never gonna see you again i'm never gonna do it again i used to be there from time to time i'm never gonna see you again i still hear about it from time to time never gonna see you again i'm never gonna do it again oh no, oh no never gonna see you again oh no, oh no never gonna do it again oh no, oh no never gonna see you again Don’t need you’re alibis From time to time im never gonna see you again never gonna do it again oh would you be my friend Don’t crash the Party
4.
Eddy the Sea (free) 03:46
Eddy, Eddy the Sea Just got back and now he's ready to leave It's been easy as you want it to be 'Till he comes back on his hands and knees Fruit was ripe on the vine When he lived down in the Mississippi pines It was never so good, but nothing's for sure I can't even say what he's doing it for Eddy, Eddy the Sea Just got back and now he can't believe It's sunny and seventy-three And he can kick back in the evening breeze To tell you, tell you the truth I think he bet on nothing to lose 'Cause he threw it all up in the air When it comes down he doesn't even care Eddy, Eddy the Sea Since he got back everything is green His honey, sweet Angelene She was the best that he's ever seen It's funny, but take it from me I still don't know how this came to be But I'm lucky he set me free I was caught between the land and the stars and the sea
5.
Dark clouds over the hill There's a high pass You'll see it on your way into town You're searching Looking around As the headlights Through the night rain Cover the ground They're coming through miles of darkness They're coming from very far But this all happened before In the flash of an eye Of a violin woman highway riding child Riding on They're coming from miles around this place Looking for what can fill that space Still searching What will they find as time goes by? And they're wishing The answer's in the town that's down the road awhile Past the crossroads Where they're coming from town To town to town to town . . . They're coming For the special of the day Bright lights blind their eyes Between what's wrong and right there's a fine line They're distracting troubled minds Pedaling fool's gold It's hollow inside but polished to shine Down the back streets The session is closed In the dark rooms They're stashing the votes And they don't care what the truth is If you don't buy it they'll still get rich Selling lies And the prophets Preaching the end Say it's close now Time to repent And they don't know But you don't care They can't all be right But we're too scared To deny The wind it wails as darkness swallows light They're looking around and there is no proof in sight They just keep wishing It's over in the town that's down the road awhile Past the crossroads Where they're coming from town To town to town to town . . . They're coming For the special of the day I've got to say It's a matter of time now It's like a puzzle, you'll figure it out someday You're gonna find out In the end it's gonna go down that way To find the way I'll tell you the truth now Don't believe it when they say there's an easy way Don't be the fool now You'll regret it when you find out you've been betrayed Special of the day What will it be today? What will it be today?
6.
Take these hands from me I don't need these eyes to see There's nothing that can't stay waiting Driving the wide lanes back We'd seen the future come to pass It was a dream someone was saving As sunlight and rain collide Rainbows poured from your eyes There was no sorrow on that strange day We're falling backwards through the haze Bound for the dawn of a distant day Where a new song is rising And I know you've got the heart And they can't break it apart I think you've come too far To go back from where you are Sometimes it gets so hard But you will be just like these wheels They're moving on I saw the mountains turn to sand Blue sky stretching across the land If you're willing I will follow That's how the story goes You can only get so close The moment is fading but it's not hollow And I know you've got the heart No they can't break that apart I think you've come too far To go back from where you are Sometimes it gets so hard But you will be just like these wheels They're moving, they're moving They moving on, they're moving on . . .
7.
Behind these walls and backlit screens We can't hear ourselves There's no way to tell how high they rise 'Till you're standing underneath There's no going back There's no going back There's no going back So take what you may need Behind these mirrors and strobe-light screams The connection's lost But there's sounds in the hall, they bounce back again And we can hear them now There's sounds in the hall There's sounds in the hall There's sounds in the hall And when they bounce back that's the echoing It takes me to a place High above the lights I've always known There's a feeling I can't shake If you push me off the ledge I'll fall below Now I'm bound to stay If I stay too long you know I'll turn to stone Even stones can break But I won't be around long enough to know Behind this veil the shadows fall They're displacing light But there's no way to tell which way is true Until we make it through There's signs up ahead There's signs up ahead There's sounds up ahead And when they bounce back that's the echoing It takes me to a place High above the lights I've always known There's a feeling I can't shake If you push me off the ledge I'll fall below Now I'm bound to stay If I stay too long you know I'll turn to stone Even stones can break But I won't be around long enough to know long enough to know Behind these walls, behind these walls. . . .
8.
Teleport (free) 05:13
I'm sitting here Wishing you were near The bridge is high Under the morning sky And I promise you That I'll be true For when the night is dark The shooting stars Are like fireworks And it makes me sure That you're too far I can't take a car Couldn't catch a plane No fuck the train And this driving rain Doesn't help the pain Wish I could teleport I'd be at your door If I could teleport I'd be there before You thought I could The night is long So I sing this song As the year grows old Leaves turn to gold They fall to the ground But they don't make a sound They float silently Like distant galaxies That will fall from dust And it's the same for us Can't make nothin' last Time moves too fast Baby it's not fair I'm here and you are there With this dream we share I'd meet you anywhere If I could teleport I'd be at your door Wish I could teleport I'd be there before You thought I could
9.
Temperture's rising and now it is starting (now it is starting) White river's running under skies parting (under skies parting) Sounds of confusion, the body is helpless (everybody is helpless) It's all illusion, now i'm feeling reckless (I'm feeling reckless) I don't care (I don't care) I'm floating in mid-air (in mid-air) Suspended there (suspended there) And I'm not scared (I'm so scared) You are alone now and you don't need us (you don't need us) Who stole my bible? I'm telling Jesus (would you believe us?) I don't care (I don't care) I'm floating in mid-air (in mid-air) Suspended there (suspended there) And I'm not scared (I'm so scared) I can't stop dreaming and then it hits me (and then it hits me) We've all been sleeping in this Blue Light City (in this Blue Light City . . .)
10.
Set Me Free 04:47
The river runs wild beneath the stars at night The darkness is deep and the wind is high As I restlessly sleep you're always on my mind I'll be gone in the new morning light Well the winter winds came about a month ago They came sweeping down plains and the fields are cold Now when the sun goes down I need someone to hold On this road filled with dark rain and snow Somewhere the moon it shines bright on the empty streets I know tomorrow we're gone like the falling leaves And as you walk the high hill will you think of me? This love will kill me or set me free This love will kill me or set me free

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Executive Producer: Ryan Dembinsky
Recorded and Mixed by John Davis at The Bunker Studio, Brooklyn, NY
Mastered by Scott Hull at Masterdisk, New York, NY
Artwork by Linda Joy

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released June 21, 2011

Jeremy Hilliard: Guitar, Vocals
Ryan Rightmire: Harmonica, Guitar, Vocals
Justin Kimmel: Bass, Vocals
Octavio Salman: Drums
Produced by: John Davis

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"Their sound is exhilarating, with flurries of melodic guitars and wailing harp propelling complex improvisations." -Relix

"Their music wails, whispers and directs our thoughts to the deeper mysteries of life." -Americana UK

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