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Street Wars/Exotic Foxholes Lyrics
Brass boots, where has your gaunt
gown gone?
Whose streets have you walked on?
Who did you meet?
What did they say?
Is the world just a foxhole you watch
from?
Brass boots saw the war we're
winning dramatized on leering tv
screens, brittle moons breaking,
giant swans pecking at all the free
flesh.
C'mon, c'mon, let's run to the cracked
open sun.
C'mon, c'mon, let's run to the
ten-story gun.
Brass boots saw those trench-eyed
preteens spraypainting fangs onto
sanitized dreams; rich, rich,
blackbirds falling asleep in broken
bottle hot tubs.
Brass boots saw everybody
laughing, saw everybody sleeping;
and death's grin grown men cleaving million dollar debts from
the bank of their own skin.
C'mon, c'mon, let's run to the cracked
open sun.
C'mon, c'mon, let's run.
The birds are burning down.
gown gone?
Whose streets have you walked on?
Who did you meet?
What did they say?
Is the world just a foxhole you watch
from?
winning dramatized on leering tv
screens, brittle moons breaking,
giant swans pecking at all the free
flesh.
open sun.
C'mon, c'mon, let's run to the
ten-story gun.
preteens spraypainting fangs onto
sanitized dreams; rich, rich,
blackbirds falling asleep in broken
bottle hot tubs.
Brass boots saw everybody
laughing, saw everybody sleeping;
and death's grin grown men cleaving million dollar debts from
the bank of their own skin.
open sun.
C'mon, c'mon, let's run.
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Weakest track on the album, it never goes anywhere...Still decent.
Great song.
Hykinix: It /does/ go somewhere; It's just a calm song by them. They're allowed to do calm songs, too. >_>
agreed it does go somewhere, just wish it was longer
i agree with hykinix. i don't feel it does go anywhere interesting.
Has anyone noticed that exactly halfway through the song, it sounds like a completely different song?
Its the exotic foxholes :]
Has anyone noticed that exactly halfway through the song, it sounds like a completely different song?
Its the exotic foxholes :]
WTF. its liek my favorite off the new record! its the best one. it shows that Blood brothers have [had] skill to do more than screaming hardcore fantasies.
This song truly shows their versatility. I shows that not only can they write lyrically fantastic hardcore songs, but also apply that same lyrical ability in more of a pop song. I love the gospel-esqe swoons that come in the second chorus.
"and death's grin grown men cleaving million dollar debts from the band of their own skin"
Wait band? it sounds like "The bank of their own skin" This song is beautiful- This song leads perfectly into Giant swan.
Brass Boots - Political Figure? Since Giant Swan is about the death of a corrupt political figure