Sometimes You Win, Sometimes You Lose

from Breathless by The Jet Age

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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."

credits

from Breathless, released September 12, 2006
Eric Tischler - guitars, keyboards, vocals
Pete Nuwayser - drums
Greg Bennett - bass

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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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