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Midnight Parade EP

by Midnight Parade

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1.
Stowaway 02:40
STOWAWAY You’ve placed a thousand pennies on those rust-reddened tracks Just to hide the flattened copper in your pockets You watch the caboose fade to dark horizon Bound for places so far from your own Cause that black sky has the answers Spreading over miles and miles of buildings, faces, cars, and railroad tracks Old smoke stack and pilot tear the air Across acres of desert sage Cities rise and glow beyond flat mesas And in your mind you too are moving fast Well you know those wheels can snap your limbs like hallow bird bones But that doesn’t dim the promise of flight Still you stay earthbound, flapping against this dry town While the vagabond rolls unseen through the night Cause that black sky had the answers Back when trains held more than freight and stowaways could ride out the stars
2.
FAVOR OF MY DAUGHTER There’s no promise of a future in my last view Still I know someday you’ll lift what I must set down When my darkness falls Remember sunlight And look for me towards something beautiful For you will be my eyes
3.
Haley 02:15
HALEY Haley can you hear me? I’ve lost you in the snow Your long coat, so pretty Your yellow paws are cold I shoveled powder to you You jumped and snapped and glowed Then ran away from me My dog, your bones are old But you’re too soft to be so still Beside the porch, the icicles Fur frozen, nose frozen, eyes closed and... Your bed beneath the table Rawhide in my hand The porch, sagging steeply My shovel, buried low
4.
SONG YOU WON'T HEAR Lie awake in bed next to sobs and tears As mother waits for father at the front door I can hear your keys open locks and years You started this family, left it torn Well our father-son blood ties I would give them up If I had a choice Brother and sister try to make you a dad But we know we're just pictures in your wallet As for you and I, our deepest bonds are dead So go on with your life, I don't need your regret Well our father-son blood ties I would give them up If I had a choice
5.
Right Hand 03:57
RIGHT HAND Lend me your ears and I’ll fill them With all the years gone by Take our right hands and align them Talk through the end of the night As we lie down in this grass field The sprinklers around send us home Take our right hands and align them It’s better with you than alone Streets are calling for morning There’s no ounce of sleep in our eyes Take our right hands and align them I’ll walk with you for miles I’ll search you inside Search you inside Search you inside
6.
Summer Peak 02:47
SUMMER PEAK Dirty boots in the mudroom Climb summer peaks in his mountain home From Wheeler to Crystal and Morrison And his children went away But with his bike and skis he stays And the big house is lonely only some Though he has seen sorrow He can still find joy Like a season that knows its time to change So he practices trombone On winter nights after clearing snow From the driveways of neighbors and old friends Fire burns the fallen pine The warmth takes him to a different time When a family chopped kindling at day’s end Though he’s spread her ashes Beauty he can see Like a season that knows its time to turn Though he has seen sorrow He can still find joy Like a season that knows its time to change
7.
Snow Line 04:15
SNOW LINE Swallow falls in the first snow Too late for south, too small, too light for storm The mountain flank is muffled white Over creatures buried safe and deep To know peace like this cloud covered sleep Feathered wings grow cold Beating breast grows still Accepts, as truly wild things will The tender violence of winter death Lets the ghosts out of frozen rivers We don’t wait for spring here We don’t wait for spring
8.
For Sure 04:06
FOR SURE Well this morning I read the news and it made me Feel small and untrue and I wonder Here on my hill, like a fool So I walked out Under the sun and I saw the Fox and the wren and the cougar Watched me where I couldn’t see Is there one thing I know for sure? No God, nowhere to hide anymore Well my family Is mostly okay and we work but Also we play so we’re lucky Even if only to breathe But it’s cold and I am alone with my boots, here Buried in snow and I wonder Can I just go under the ice? Skin blue, unscrew the world from my eyes There is nothing I know for sure For sure
9.
Boy 04:32
BOY Hey old friend, they called me in the middle of the night Your parents, panicked, crying, saying look at New York Times They beat you and dragged you through city streets—tied you on the ground Police baton above your head—your fist raised higher, proud Boy, we’re on your side We’ve seen worse—will we see better? Boy they might break your stride But we’ll get up all bruised and violet Boy they’re taking names They won’t get yours—they won’t get mine Hey old friend, I heard your back there in Zuccotti Park Camping, dancing, canvassing—our generations mark Now, I’ll never see a more beautiful site, than that human chain Hands and elbows, arms and legs, beneath the city’s towering frame Boy, we’re on your side We’ve seen worse—will we see better? Boy they might break your stride But we’ll get up all bruised and violet Boy they’re taking names They won’t get yours—they won’t get mine

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released January 19, 2013

Andrew Nino: Vocals, Guitar, Piano
David Frandsen: Violin, Group Vocals
Kendra Atleework: Accordion, Bass, Melodica, Flute, Group Vocals
Krista Coppedge: Trumpet, Keyboards, Glockenspiel, Harmony Vocals
Pete Chase: Drums, Percussion, Group Vocals
Troy Kokkinis: Bass, Melodica, Glockenspiel

Additional guitars, bass, and vocals performed by Jerry Lee Melton

Produced, engineered, and mixed by Jerry Lee Melton in Los Angeles
Also produced and engineered by Clay Schmitt in Los Angeles
Mastered by Alex Estrada at The Earth Capital in Los Angeles

Artwork by Midnight Parade

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