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El Heroic

by Defense

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At last my heart lays dormant And drunk inside my chest. At Last my mind is lawless, At rest and careless. Now what else? Ah, what else? You couldn’t know it. Couldn’t know what, for everything, I would do. Who might cry a mountain of you? And who might die a 1000 of you? And who might live a lifetime of you? I can. So now my soul is hopeless, So I take to hopelessness. Don’t waste your time with me, my dear. Don’t waste your time. Now the sky outside is frozen And the weight of the air hangs me down. Says you who laid your heart at the distant edge? See the sunlight move upon. But I’m staving and I’m freezing and I’m longing And its bright glare only limbers me still. Then watch the hordes of men and woman, Who know nothing of you. But to my top, to my toes, I’m hungry And I’ve no one to call on to. No, no, no you have everything What else could you use? Don’t waste your life longing. Don’t waste your life. Lord, Lord, Lord I’m calling For you to be by my side. Now to the east I see rains fall harshly And in the west the ground shakes. But here I find a rare blue sky, The earth is calm, the wind is dry, Until I turn my eyes to the side, lord And see a rumblin’ train go by. I turn my eyes the other way And see a towering highway sign. Lord, Lord, Lord I’m calling For you to be by my side. So when your family and friends, they ask of me, Tell them that I am lost. And if your woman, if she should ask of me, Tell her I am lost. Don’t Waste your life looking For A better time. Don’t waste your time looking for A better life.
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Old Dusty grows Like from glowing soil Seems we ain’t got much For anything See red drops drip Down from your sleeve And see bright white powder On a jewel case Keep on the grind Hey, are you’re lonely tonight? Bit a brace of bridge bark To carry me on Just the way it goes No other way it could be Be it on a dusty road Or a city street. But it’s all the same to me I go straight, straight line Like a heartless thing Cause I aint got you She keep on the move Says she’s ready to die She don’t criticize She don’t boast or lie If you got time And a little peace of mind Well, I got love And a little money to spend Put a howling moan Out to the starving wind Such sound to my ears Like touch to my skin Got force of rope And deep red ground Got arms of gold But I aint got you Old Dusty sing Like a growling beast Now he ain’t got much But a word to speak My baby lock and load Yeah she ready to die She aint got no pride She got no pride She say it don’t take long To get bread and things I ain’t got it all Cause I ain’t got you
3.
Leave it on the floor I've left for more And even in my brightest light I want more Joshia leaves me staring back for more Love no woman now, no need to care for As cold as I, I've got nothing to offer But Joshia leaves me staring back for more Love no woman now Won't ever will But Joshia your my heart your my desire.
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Joshia, don't you see it?
5.
My life I don't remember much these days I saw my mother and turned away I saw my sister and turned away I want to see my brothers today I swore to my father as I turned away I said I will remember today When that woman comes to my bedside I will turn her away.
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El Eroica 02:01
When she speaks to me I think, I am the lucky one If she should ever know the fear I know. Fall to me My love, there’s so much I’ll never know Not of the rusty feet we move upon Nor the dirty ground I that we live on. And woe is you For you will never know The feeling of your form The feeling when you are near And sorrow when you disappear.

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released September 13, 2011

Cover Art By Bryan Thomas Daly
Mastered By Brian Flynn

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