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Breathless

by The Jet Age

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1.
Breathe in the glow of a rose twilight you know it won't last long Rain is coming down to take you away back to where you belong See what you thought you would never see A home, a hearth, family A hundred feet below as you climb if you could just touch down before you die And I know that you've got a bleeding heart And I know that you've got the royal blues But I was straight with you from the start Sometimes you win, sometimes you lose Black clouds beating on a window pane make it easier to take the sounds that we don't make when there's nothing nothing left to say Is that the road singing you a sad, sad song or is it just laughing He said, "I've got just what you need you're gonna get it from me."
2.
Ride On 03:43
The way you drive, I dunno it's like you come alive and the weight of the world is just another burden that you leave behind But a trail of broken hearts makes a sad parade Why can't you just settle down Are you so afraid Well, I remember when the thunder struck your eyes were wild and your body shook And, after so many miles I wonder how you look and if you still value what you took from me Write 'em down another name, another one horse town They can't find you if you don't want to be found They can't find you but you've gotta go underground They can't find you but you can't make a sound (chorus) I wanted to give you needed to take You needed to sleep so I stayed awake You had a thirst I thought I could slake I had a heart didn't think it would break (chorus) So ride on.
3.
It's 4 a.m. and we're all alone The others have gone to bed I guess they got too stoned And the only sound is the sea 'gainst the sand It's calling out to me but I can't understand I always knew you'd be the death of me You drew me in and stole the breath from me I died alone and no one wept for me I'd do it again, my dear if you'd let me It's 4 a.m. and we're all alone The others have gone to bed I guess they got too stoned And the only sound is the sea 'gainst the sand It's calling out to me but I can't understand I thought I heard a warning then you took my hand You touch it to your skin so I would understand
4.
Slope 02:59
The summer nights grew longer before my eyes and suddenly it was fall and it was like I hadn't seen you at all and we can never go back The quiet life's the life for me I'll die quietly But that's a lie God knows I don't wanna die Don't let my boy see his old man cry If I can't change for you then I can't change at all My life defined by slope delineating a free fall The grass shrinks from cooler breeze and murmurs half-hearted pleas that it knows no one will hear kinda reminds me of me There was a spark in your eye only to find it can't be returned Have you resigned yourself to your loss Me, I can't forget how it burned.
5.
Dry 02:49
I'm dry as the desert and you're dry, too You can't quench me and I can't satisfy you Well, I called to the clouds and I howled at the moon I was calling for rain I was calling for you And all I got was sunshine on a cloudy day Well, I went to the yards took a walk on the tracks Wondered where you had gone and if you'd ever come back Well, I've bloodied these hands baby, digging for gold I'm getting tired, baby I'm getting old
6.
Don't tell me that there's no use in trying Don't tell me that you just can't go on Don't tell me that these trees didn't grow from no seeds Don't tell me that you're laying down and dying 'Cause I have seen a setting sun and a cold grey moon and a winter's frost And I will not leave you no matter what they say no matter what they do So I gave up on justice and reason and got drunk with hate on my mind 'Cause hate can't be stopped and hate can't be bought not I'm taking back what's yours and mine
7.
Out of Sight 03:43
She said "I think it's easier now or I'm too tired to fight The days are longer now that you're around and we still hunt at night" She said "You're not the only one trying to get it right." That's as close to a prayer as I'm gonna get baby, you're out of sight Well, you came on strong And you held me tight Said, "This is where you belong." Baby, you're out of sight One day you'll hear a silver creek call out your name call you to its banks to sing a song for you This song, well it's just the same it's just another way to give thanks for everything for everything you do (chorus) So come a little closer now that you're mine I'll be your four-leaf clover you'll be my valentine.
8.
Call My Name 04:29
The city sweats in the August heat and so do I as I slip from between your sheets Down on the street girls shake what they've got The boys are calling out for more I know just what they want Oh, does everybody know yours isn't the bed that I call home Oh, but it's not the same and I can't let you go I need to hear you call my name For tonight let's say you're mine and I'll pretend there's no one waiting in your line When we're through I'll wash you from my skin crawl back home, and pray she doesn't ask me where I've been.
9.
And when the wind calls you home leaving me alone I'll will try to do as you'd have me do But there's a midnight sea calling out to me sucking me in inexorably Are you at peace Is it a sweet release Are you cold, afraid still trying to breathe I see summer's bones in the barren trees Now you're gone does this world still hold a place for me So come on, come on, come on and set me free I love you, I'm dying I love you, you're killing me You're dying, I love you You're dying, I love you don't leave me Summer blooms in your room And I peel you slowly in the underwater afternoon You're a salty sea swallowing me sucking me in, inexorably You're a gold beach on which I recline you're on your back your embrace serpentine Such a quiet peace after a sweet release breathless from racing to reach the peak.
10.
You've got a restless heart and it beats, beats, beats in time to the summer storm Your skin is cold and your lips are warm and you kiss, kiss, kiss me hard and tell me that this time you will not let me go Please come home now Your hand rests on my thigh as we make our way south to meet the sea and sand I swore I wouldn't cry but your eyes are closed and I can tell that you've already gone and left me behind.

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released September 12, 2006

Greg Bennett: Bass
Pete Nuwayser: Drums, percussion
Eric Tischler: Guitars, vocals, keyboards

Recorded and mixed by Eric at Eric's Basement in Silver Spring, MD
Mastered by Bill Wolf

Speedometer by John Brodkin (www.johnbrodkin.com)
Airport by D. Wade
Design by Eric and Shane Bowie

Thanks to: Dave Meyer, Chuck Moss, John Brodkin, DLG and TWP, Tony Ross, Shira, Shane, and, of course, our patient, patient wives (and, where applicable, kids).
Contact us at info@thejetage.net

Sonic Boomerang Records SBR-07

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The Jet Age Washington, D.C.

Washington, DC's the Jet Age are a critically acclaimed power-trio about whom writers say things like, "[T]he Jet Age manages to mix the hyper jangle of the Wedding Present with the cruise-control melodies of Swervedriver and the heaven-scraping majesty of the Who circa 1970" (The Onion) and "a heart-pounding rocker … all of the riffs are stellar." (Pitchfork (8.0)) ... more

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