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*Feast of Wire Lyrics*

*01. Sunken Waltz*

washed my face in the rivers of empire
made my bed from a cardboard crate
down in the city of quartz

no news, no new regrets
tossed a Susan B. over my shoulder
and prayed it would rain and rain
submerge the whole western states
call it a last fair deal
With an American seal
and corporate hand shake

take the story of carpenter Mike
dropped his tools and his keys and left
and headed out as far as he could
past the cities and gated neighborhoods
he slept 'neath the stars
wrote down what he dreamt
and he built a machine
for no one to see
then took flight, first light
of new morning

*02. Quattro*

love the run but not the race
all alone in a silent way
world drifts in and the world's a stranger

in a light, eclipsed and alienated
in a time, occupied and invaded
can't tell what's right, better hit the ground running

in the hills where the tall weed grows
hands are tied and won't let go
can't escape this place without leaving the world behind

in a light, ashamed and humiliated
in a time, sacrificed for the sake of trade
the soul is bent, feels the weight of truth
falling through
left behind, no choice but to run to the mountains
where no poppies grow, you have to hit the ground running

in a light, paralyzed and spirits fading
out of time, must decide to fall or run
into the eye, of the storm no sign or omen
make it right, or fall to the other side
where fields are burning
from the day you're born
you'll always hit the ground running

*04. Black Heart*

spring is frozen now I'm stuck in low
wrapped with wire, tapped to the heart
can't find no poison, now I've got no cure
(the) fangs are stuck inside my skin

payne county line
watching unjust claims
one man's righteousness is another man's
long haul, sentence carried out
long haul, counting the miles
to the four corners of the world

spring is rusted shut, (faith's) coiled and cracked
apparitions worth their weight in gold
scratched in metal, name erodes away
hands are scarred, heart is charred
burnt though, and ashen

trip on fence post line
sifting through the remains
one man's close pursuit is another man's
last chance, make it through the divide
last chance, suffer the weight or get buried by this
black heart, sweeping over the land
black heart, crawling its way
to the four corners of the world

*06. Not Even Stevie Nicks*

with a head like a vulture
and heart full of hornets
he drives off the cliff
and into the blue

not even the priestess
with her wrenches and
secret powers
could save (steer) him
from danger for a little while

not even she could save him

*07. Close Behind*

high atop radio towers
sky darkens in the final hours
marie, wrings her praying hands
don't see why the spirit won't understand

while lines are crossed
hope's broken at the knees
and at a loss
the world's made of dust
and dust it will return

sniper surveys the scene
angel chorus won't intervene
takes her child to the river's edge
and let's her-go to the depths
where dark waters flow

a singing tide
pulls her to the edge and hypnotize
samn any fool willing to believe
there's no hand behind any of this

what's it gonna take, force the cycle to break
and skut it down before it makes another round

sworn in on an oath the lies
swat away a halo of flies
fast track vision deceives
the storm on the horizon
close behind

*08. Woven Birds*

the plaza in the village
where mission bells used to ring
is now crumbled to a pile of stench and ruin
even the swallows have spring
all the blossoms are burried
'neath the waste

out of the shadows grow hatred
along the corrider crawls fear
crushed by the promise of hope
that never returned

watched with a hawk's trained eye
trees grow silent fruit
'neath a suffering sky

those who have stayed, keep a flame
in memory of the fallen
and pass on the old rites despite the risk
but many more have left here
on mended broken wings

turning to see your reaction
a tear drop fills your eye
but you protest not to give up as give in
heading straight for the wreckage
picking up a shovel and a hoe
start putting back the bricks one by one

numbers come out of the woodwork
corious to see the rebirth
above the swollen clouds
a strange sound fills the air
a silence never heard
falling like blessed rain
and the swallows return
as the mission bells ring

*11. Across The Wire*

alberto hits his brother on the
back of the head, looks to the north
as he starts to get up
his brothers still sleepy
grumbles "it's not light yet,"
"if you want a new life, what's
a few minutes wait?"

darkness on the road and over the land
into the laws and out of the hands
from those with so much
and no show of heart
you'd think it'd be crazy
to ask for a small part

spotted an eagle in the middle of a lake
resting on cactus, feasting on snakes
but the waters recede as the
dump closes in, revealing a whole lake
of sleeping children

poison in the stream that flows to the sea
out on the waves that crash within reach
of those with so much
and so little to fear
you'd think it'd be crazy
to be so far away yet so near

some say a new day will shine here
over these catastrophes and horrors
of misfortune, all across the wire

Alberto y Hermano on the coyote's trail
and dodging the shadows of the border patrol
out in the wastelands wandering for days
the future looks bleak with
no sign of change

darkness in the eye and down
in the soul
all across the wire to those in control
holding so much
with no show of heart
you think it'd be crazy
to watch it all fall apart
watch it all fall apart

*Sirena*

along the coast shrouded by fog
a voice hovers so sweet and soft
the pile of bones hidden from sight

to save this sad, lonesome cry
sorrow fills the oceans wide
calling you close, promising love
letting passion navigate you

into the arms of "sirena"
into the eyes of "sirena"
into the heart of "sirena"
dancing like ghosts, haunting the shore

the old ones warn, stay away
her love is sweet, but sorrow too great
dreams of leaving her curse for good
rise from the sea as flesh and blood

still the wind carries her voice
fills all thoughts, sways your choice
drawn the fear, capsize the heart
till all passion navigates you

into the arms of "sirena"
into the eyes of "sirena"
into the haert of "sirena"
dancing like ghosts over the waves
safe in the harber of her embrace

"Bebe mi vino de amor
besos de kerosina
volvierdo el mar en infierno!"

to save this sad, tragic soul
sorrow's worse than the tide's pull
sinking deeper, gasping for love
till desire navigates you

into the arms of "sirena"
into the eyes of "sirena"
into the heart of "sirena"
dancing with ghosts under the waves

and into the arms of "sirena"
into the eyes of "sirena"
into the heart of "sirena"
caught in the rip tide, smashed on the reef
joining the mass of bones underneath
falling deeper in love's illusion of Sirena

*Recalling Regatta (raised by wolves)*

late night streets all alone
no one's here, no one's here
watch the faces come and go

always spinning around
drifting further away

she is young, dressed in white
like a cloud, spins in the sky
not sure if it'll sun or rain

always spinning around
drifting further away
not sure if she will run or stay
or follow the holes leading underground

watching from across the road, she's older now
than her picture (poster) shows

some stay lost, some get found
ohters drift from town to town

always spinning around
drifting further away
always hear the lonesome cry frail away
far off in the cold and distant night