Scratch The Night
from We Were Kids by The Ames
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lyrics
We’ll start with the knife and cut down to your
toes
The blade’s a bit dull but we’ll push hard and see
how it goes
It’s just the pain that’s got you down
It’s just the way these holes
In my heart, tend to bleed
For that sweet serenade
And the golden dreams of faded days
Well I remember, early mornings
When you would wake up
Crying just to share our love
And we would go out
Into the garden
Just starin’ at the dirt
In between our toes
But the glass, still cuts even when I’m cold
And we’ll both wash away in the oceans of old
And the ghosts will come to scratch at the night
So I kick and scream
I pry and pull
Chiseling out my human frame
‘till I finally come to know
I must breathe and breathe
till the whites of my eyes
break the shadows of the veins
to clearly live this life
So, let them come
Leave them be
Let them do
What they may
I only wish I had something more
I could have gave
We’ll start with the knife and we’ll cut down to
your toes
toes
The blade’s a bit dull but we’ll push hard and see
how it goes
It’s just the pain that’s got you down
It’s just the way these holes
In my heart, tend to bleed
For that sweet serenade
And the golden dreams of faded days
Well I remember, early mornings
When you would wake up
Crying just to share our love
And we would go out
Into the garden
Just starin’ at the dirt
In between our toes
But the glass, still cuts even when I’m cold
And we’ll both wash away in the oceans of old
And the ghosts will come to scratch at the night
So I kick and scream
I pry and pull
Chiseling out my human frame
‘till I finally come to know
I must breathe and breathe
till the whites of my eyes
break the shadows of the veins
to clearly live this life
So, let them come
Leave them be
Let them do
What they may
I only wish I had something more
I could have gave
We’ll start with the knife and we’ll cut down to
your toes
credits
from We Were Kids,
released April 20, 2013
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The Ames Bellingham, Washington
"Three-piece collective The Ames - drummer Michael Lanz, bassist Dan Swan, and multi-instrumentalist Sam Carlton, who
contributes lead vocals, keys, banjo, guitar, harmonica, and the occasional kazoo - make a type of music that fits their hometown of Bellingham: quaint, charming, and a little off-kilter...
Erin K. Thompson - Seattle Weekly
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discography
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Apr 2013 -
Aug 2011
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