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The Lion EP

by Silverlode

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1.
Yes it is evening, it's always the evening. Out in the garden, I am freezing. Candle still burning, your coat on my arm, my breath in the air and the air is calm. The tiles in the bathroom, the paint on the door, the things that need mending, your clothes on the floor. You won't pick them up at all. You are the one that I've been waiting for You are the one that I've been waiting for You are the one that I've been waiting for I saw a serpent biting its tail and a host of angels drowning in flame. I've seen beauty lost, un-replaced --- all I know is that I have to wait. The sky is on fire if you look to the West where the fields burn black and the city is lost. There is nowhere safe for me anymore. You are the one that I've been waiting for You are the one that I've been waiting for You are the one that I've been waiting for Although I didn’t know I didn’t know How could I not know!? My friends are all scattered throughout time and space but we come together when the effort is made. I've been to more weddings than funerals to date, but I'm aware that one day that will change. Waited one Christmas for the birth of a boy in a hospital ward filled with women and noise. I'll write you your own song, until then be sure, you are the one that I've been waiting for You are the one that I've been waiting for You are the one that I've been waiting for You are the one that I've been waiting for
2.
Violence 02:38
Well, I guess that they finally caught me laying low abroad --- it’s time to face the music because someone’s been keeping score I never really got lazy, I guess that I just got bored of living like an outlaw, hiding from The Law And I’ve been gone so long, my son, I forgot what I was running for Violence and I --- two silhouettes against the sun, barely one step in front of Karma’s frosty touch The wagon pulls up to a stop, I keep my eyes fixed on the door --- tense my back in anticipation and stay close to the floor I’m ready to use my fists, my jaw, my teeth, my claws. Read all about it tomorrow --- it’s theatre --- and I fucking love applause! Oh, I’ve been gone so long, my son, I forgot what I was running for Violence and I --- two silhouettes against the sun, barely one step in front of Karma’s frosty touch I’ve been gone so long, my son, I forgot what I was running for I’ve been gone so long, my son, I forgot what I was running for I’ve been gone so long, my son, I forgot what I was running for I’ve been gone so long, my son, I forgot what I was running for Violence and I --- two silhouettes against the sun, barely one step in front of Karma’s frosty touch
3.
I heard that my mother was looking for me in the places where a young man may be when trouble has found him alone on the sea and washed him up where the tide’s lazy She tried the hospital, the jailhouse --- an ad in the paper but I am running from the safety, not any given danger The trick is to just disappear, completely Everything, everything, so sick of the sound, got sick of just waiting around for something to happen --- let chaos take a hold of me now I went to the cathedral and dropped to the floor. I was desperately seeking forgiveness, of sorts, for all my misdeeds and all my dark thoughts, but all I received was a sermon Mother tried the army, the graveyard --- all of our neighbours but I am running from the safety, not any given danger The trick is to just disappear, completely Spiraling, spiraling in discordant sound, got tired of waiting around for praise and attention --- let chaos take a hold of me now I heard that my mother was looking for me in the places where a young man may be when he’s swallowed a chestful and cannot breathe for the tide won’t care where he reaches
4.
So you're stuck here, polishing trinkets that you know will never sell While the sun goes down behind the shutters, this town is cold and, out of season, it's hell And all the lovers have left town The streets are empty now And you're stuck here. Once again, as the waves go out, you wonder if they'll return Just another doubt --- but of course they do, they always do and that's the only lesson you've learned And all the lovers have left town It's nearly Christmas now And you're stuck here All in all, a pretty bad year But you're here because they pay you, Dear, and I know your heart is dulling --- they say worse things happen at sea so strike up your courage and leave Because all the lovers have left town It's unrecognisable now And you're stuck here

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released March 4, 2021

All tracks taken from the extended album 'A Lion Walks Among Us'.

Recorded at Grain Division Studios, Leeds by Rob Rowley and Silverlode
Mixing, Mastering and Guidence by Mike Cockerham at Syke Lane

Cover Art by Scott Lee Crosby

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Silverlode Leeds, UK

Silverlode is a folksome indie rock band from Leeds.

A folk band in the broadest sense of the word; dogs of pop; self-taught musical ruffians who play to their own traditions. Reinventors of self and prone to playing their songs in a myriad of ways, join Silverlode on their mythological journey through history, future, fantasy and good times via their ever-evolving music.

DIY since 2001.
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