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Fight With Monsters

by Fight With Monsters

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I haven’t seen the sunrise in a while Pretty as it is, I wish I were still sleeping Cause for some reason it reminds me of you Silly as it is, these thoughts are not worth keeping The distance makes it hard and I’m sure that you can vouch And I wish that some half naked dude had not commandeered the couch That had done such a job of helping me escape From missing you, it makes me want to seal my eyes with tape Oh but I know I’ll make it back to you woe I know I’ll make it back to you So I went and walked down to the lake Then I played Rainbow Connection until my fingers ached Not a single jogger threw a single dollar in my case Because it wasn’t open Then I remembered that I had a train to catch Sprinting down Chicago streets, my breathing slightly stressed Oh but breathing is the one thing that I should’ve done from the start I began to realise running sleep deprived down lake shore drive That it’s important to oxidise a lonely troubled heart Oh but I know I’ll make it back to you Oh but I know I’ll make it back to you In the meantime I don’t know what I’m supposed to do Oh but I know we’ll find some way to make it through
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Your hand grips the steering wheel like the remote of a VCR Both feet planted firmly on the rug, cruze control means you’re going far Your eyes are on the road but your mind is on the track That is blaring out of the front door speakers cause you blew the ones in the back Now you’re out of control You spun out on some ice and now you’re frame is in a roll You’re upside down, you’re eating glass Put your head between your legs and kiss your ass goodbye When the metal meets the road When the metal meets the road When the metal meets the road When the metal meets the road When the metal meets the Christmas lights strobe on top of a black and white sedan There’s a crushed beer can lying on the road that used to be a van Gapers block now he’s home too late but not too late for the news His good wifes name and that messed up van, you know everybody's got to lose Now you’re out of control You spun out on some ice and now you’re frame is in a roll You’re upside down, You’re eating glass Put your head between your legs When the metal meets the When the metal meets the When the metal meets the When the metal meets the When the metal meets the When the metal meets the When the metal meets the When the metal meets the When the metal meets the and kiss your ass goodbye road road road road road road road road
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Eight wasted years, a life made of glass Now all my fears welcome me at last A celtic knot of bodies and scrap Blood and road salt, a mixture of love and asphalt Just another cosmic insult, one more gift from god A sickly house, an empty bed Drinking on the couch, pass out here instead Burn the plans, shred the hopes Like a snake falling backwards down my spine Like an image scraped into my mind Like a future wagered on a game With casino odds it all ends the same A streetlights shadow on your face Just a rotting life that’s gone to waste It’s a one way door you can’t go back Roll the credits, Fade to black Is this it, Is there something more Than chasing love and hate and who’s keeping score Imagine life is pointless, there is no master plan You get one century of moments to spend the best that you can Well I won’t take that lying down Because I need a moment I’m going to find a moment I’m going to seize a moment by the neck Because the world owes me something It’s one debt I can’t ignore And if I feel one thing it’s the handle of a door With a brush of fire in my soul I will escape this hole If this is control If this is control If this is control Then I like it
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No one really wins a war No Matter what you’re fighting for Cause once you give your soul to the fight It belongs to the fight for the rest of your life So Johnny get your gun, the bullets are on the table So fire at will if you’re not able Then I hope you’re kane from that dumb fable No one knows what you are capable of Oh yes we know you’re still fighting But you’re kids are dead and your wife is in hiding So let’s get those bastards and ride like lightning Through the night as the stars are falling down Are you alright son, you look like you just woke from the dead And you’re standing like a corpse right over my bed Have you heard a word that I said, I think you threw a rod inside your head You’ve been home from the war for three long years So put down the gun cause your mother’s in tears The world's not the battle that it appears But those scars in your brain they aren’t just souvenirs There is no war, there is no fight There is no more but try as you might They can take you out of the war but they can’t shade the light From his muzzle flares oh what a sight Cause you’re a prisoner of war, a hero in a cage Strapped to a bed, teeth bore in rage This is your reward for the people that you saved Your country owes you dearly for the sacrifice you made
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Escape 02:38
I’ve got to find a way out, it has to be here somewhere A crevice a trapdoor or a spot on the floor But the whole place is bare I just talk to myself, defeated on the floor I would kill for a day outside, cause I can’t take it anymore Just give me escape A hole in the wall I can’t spend my life this way Counting the sands of time as they fall Iron windows every day I cannot spend my life this way Oh won’t you pipe down, we’re trying to get some sleep We’ve been here for a long long time And rest is the only way to keep from losing your mind Or at least what’s left Cause your mind is the only escape and struggle merely wastes your strength Just give me escape A hole in the wall I can’t spend my life this way Counting the sands of time as they fall Iron windows every day I cannot spend my life this way You’re free to go but know if you do You will leave all of your friends behind And everything that you’ve been through How will you do on the outside, ten bucks says you won’t survive Cause in here you’re not living but you're at least alive Time is up, what did you decide
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True Freedom 02:20
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As the waves of our chords drift across these dark shore We were stranded from ourselves As the sky starts to fade from a blood red to gray We stayed stranded from ourselves I cannot see clearly in the dust I can bury, do you think you can help From the teeth of the beast comes the flight or the feast And I can’t find my way out As we carry away we indulge and decay with clues to get back to ourselves And as night turns to day we come together and pray And together we start to shout out Please lul us to sleep and please take us away To a place where we won’t need to stress We’re finding ourselves to be hating ourselves So please take us away from our mess Please lul us to sleep and please take us away To a place where we won’t need to stress We’re finding ourselves to be hating ourselves So please take us away from our mess Please lul us to sleep and please take us away To a place where we won’t need to stress We’re finding ourselves to be hating ourselves So please take us away from our mess Mirages of light, at least that’s what it seems like to me And I cannot seem to be able to see thought my strings And their hold on me keep my actions in check I can’t think Because everything just keeps coming there’s no running from the beast Because everything just keeps coming there’s no running from the beast Because everything just keeps coming there’s no running from the beast Because everything just keeps coming there’s no running from the beast Because everything just keeps coming there’s no running from the beast Because everything just keeps coming there’s no running from the
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Smile For Me 02:19
Smile for me but smile slowly like the sun swan dives into the horizon Smile for me and linger longingly like the neon colored cotton balls he leaves behind Smile for me, smile for me, smile for me Walk with me but walk slowly To feel the ground shift beneath our footsteps Walk with me but saunter mildly Like the seasons change and float through time Walk with me, walk with me, walk for me Talk to me but talk slowly So we can savor every single syllable Talk to me but speak clearly So I can hear you above this cacophony yeah Wait for me, please wait kindly Like the moon waits for every single night Wait for me and eventually I’ll be by your side
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City on Fire 03:06
Just a spark can make the world turn on it’s ear Can make the whole world turn in fear Of attack, anticipation before the bombs come tumbling down We’ll see it then, so nice and neat, no ugly protests in the streets Filled with cars that have finally stopped City on fire, burning to the ground Boston's burning to the ground come on it’s all falling City on fire, burning to the ground Boston's burning to the ground come on it’s all falling down Just a spark, a travesty Why do they get paid for something i’d do for free Is it a crime to think that embers look positively sublime Such a pity they’re so pretty City on fire, burning to the ground Boston's burning to the ground come on it’s all falling City on fire, burning to the ground Boston's burning to the ground come on it’s all falling down I am just the same as them in a league of mortal men I am just the same as them even with my soul to mend I am just the same as them in a league of evil men I am just the same as them City on fire, city on fire, city on fire, city on fire And I am just the same as them and I am just the same as them and I am just the same as them and I am just the same as them City on fire, city on fire, city on fire, city on fire
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Vote Batman 03:08
His fingernails are slipping on the onyx that has petrified his heart The warning signs have rusted and the guide rails have all fallen apart He’s clinging to the edge right now and every single flex is fueled with rage And when you’re on the edge like that you’re just a beast that cornered in it’s cage You’re in the corner on the wall, you're on the edge waiting to fall He has the rage to kill us all, oh but he waits, why does he stall It could be something in his soul, the one he sold to reach his goal He grits his teeth and plays his role and wishes he was never cast to begin with Elect to choose abstain to vote our hero doesn't care either way When he was young that was his dream but now they have both faded into gray Years of that dream has worn out all of the elastic in his face When every smile covers a frown connect the dots he hardly has the will to trace We join him now in his back room, his smile is dead inside this tomb It’s like a huge postpartum womb, the girl comes in, there’s fighting soon As he says to his wife so kind, you wouldn’t get it, never mind I’m the happiest man you’ll ever find, the happiest man you’ll ever find
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released February 20, 2016

All songs written by Fight With Monsters
Ryan Caldwell - Vocals, Keyboards, Vibraphone, Ukulele, Backing Guitar
Ryan Worthy - Electric/Acoustic Guitar, Banjo, Vocals
Brian Sutton - Bass
Zack Darce - Drums, Backing Vocals

Additional Performances by
Derek Allen - Engineering and composition (Chopped and Screwed).
Ty Staehlin - Trombone
Kai Harney - Tenor Sax, Alto Sax
Aaron Cada - Drums (Vote Batman)

Recorded and Mixed at Wonder Pit Studios
Producer and Engineer - Ryan Caldwell
Mastered at 7Sided Studios
Mastering Engineer - Justin Birchard

Photography - Chuck Bennorth
Picture Editing & Layout - Michael Pottle

Special Thanks to:
Fine Line Creative Arts Center
Instrument Exchange in Batavia
Everyone who has helped us get this far.
... ask us if you're not sure if you've helped or not and we'll let you know.

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Fight With Monsters Illinois

Fight With Monsters was a progressive indie rock band out of the western Chicago burbs. Their musical reign lasted from 2010 to 2016 and contained countless shows, 2 singles, and 3 albums. In 2016 the band disbanded for various reasons but we still encourage you to look up what the members are doing and keep following their happenings. and if you ask nicely they might play a FWM song for you. ... more

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