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Continents Were Made To Sink

by Quiet Arrows

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Amanda Riegel Just as brilliant as The Woodlands, the lyrics, symbolism and piercing gentleness of this music is highly resonating. The name Quiet Arrows is extremely apt because the impression it makes is swift and penetrating. Favorite track: Heaviness.
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DARE THE NIGHT V1 Would you mind if I set fire To the time long acquired Dare the night and close my eyes To remind me where you hide CH When all of this is gone And I move on Could you have been the one To make me strong V2 Slow it seems that you recede Steadily and less to keep Subtleties of memory In retreat they soon will flee CH When all of this is gone And I move on Could you have been the one To make me strong (2x) B And I tried to chase you But I couldn’t find the place you fled I tried to catch you But there were frays that broke my net If I could face you I’d put your hand into my chest You’d be mistaken To think that anything was left Left, left, left, left CH When all of this is gone And I move on Could you have been the one To make me strong (2x)
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The Moment 03:32
THE MOMENT V1 Sometimes a nevermind is The limelight where the power lines bend And other times that otherwise end Well sometimes when V2 And who am I to wonder what it meant to decide the candlelight's glint Tonight as the underside spins Well who am I when CH Once in awhile the moment requires So everyone says A bitter denial and shoving aside Of all the pretense We seldom decide to acknowledge the quiet And it might as well pass 'Cause once in awhile the moment requires all of this V3 Somehow we figured out when To cry out and tumble down dead Anyhow its a roundabout end Well somehow when CH Once in awhile the moment requires So everyone says A bitter denial and shoving aside Of all the pretense We seldom decide to acknowledge the quiet And it might as well pass 'Cause once in awhile the moment requires all of this
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COWARD I IGNORED V1 When my confidence grows dull And the sentences you've scribbled On the plaster of my skull Crack and groan Through the alleyways and passages That tunnel through my soul The alleyways and passages That tunnel through my soul V2 And when the siren sings her spell By whisperings of discord I have been compelled To know her well Means calamity and consequence These have I travailed Calamity and consequence These have I travailed CH I have peered at the hesitance that roars Seated here with my back against the door I've been detained for years by the coward I ignored Oooooooh V3 When the eloquence falls dumb A broken voice in bandages Of stutters that become Frail and so numb The silhouettes and shatterings Which I must overcome The silhouettes and shatterings Which I must overcome CH I have peered at the hesitance that roars Seated here with my back against the door I've been detained for years by the coward I ignored Oooooooh (2x)
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Guest vocals by my wife Hannah Hear her sing more at our other band THE WOODLANDS: www.thewoodlands.bandcamp.com YOU ARE MY PLANET V1 Every time I hear your voice It pulls me through the silent noise Through the layers that collapsed Circle back I circle back V2 Everywhere I see your face Shifting constellations gaze On the orbit of my path Circle back I circle back V3 Every place I know your heart I feel it ache from here afar Hold the memory hold it fast Circle back I circle back CH Ohhhhhhhhhh Ohhhhhhhhhh You are my planet I am your space (5x) (Verses round during choruses) V1 Every time I hear your voice It pulls me through the silent noise Through the layers that collapsed Circle back I circle back V2 Everywhere I see your face Shifting constellations gaze On the orbit of my path Circle back I circle back
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INSTRUMENTAL
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SHARP IS THE STRAIN V1 I shook hands with my thoughts today We agreed to go our separate ways Set aside all the differences Mine were yellow, theirs were grey V2 I don't know where the balance lies Today i wish that it would open its eyes Glance around at the indifferences Yawn and turn upon a sleepy sigh CH Sharp is the strain so am I to blame For changing the subject and forgetting names Shove them away as I hesitate Steadily spilling all that still remains (2x) V3 I suspect that there is more debris Splintered pieces left inside of me Thinking through what the difference is Between extracting the sting and remedy CH Sharp is the strain so am I to blame For changing the subject and forgetting names Shove them away as I hesitate Steadily spilling all that still remains B Ohh Ohh (2x) CH Sharp is the strain so am I to blame For changing the subject and forgetting names Shove them away as I hesitate Steadily spilling all that still remains (2x)
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CONSEQUENCE OF CALCULATION V1 If I tonight decide I've got the guts to tell you Behind these eyes the tide Is capable of swelling This time despite the quiet The sounds are overwhelming V2 And if you so soon reprove Of all the good intentions Preclude the brutal, brutal truth From causing intervention Then fools conclude with the proof They find in indecision They find in indecision CH Well now you and I have known that Carelessness of complication You and I have know that Consequence of calculation V3 If then pretense depends Upon an implication We can defend against What we contaminated Intent to mend up the rift And seam the separation And seam the separation CH Well now you and I have known that Carelessness of complication You and I have know that Consequence of calculation B When the thread pulls apart All the pieces scattered afar And the fragments shattered to shards That cling to the heart CH You and I have known that Carelessness of complication You and I have know that Consequence of calculation (2x)
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FILLING UP OUR LUNGS V1 I heard you whisper low and to yourself I heard you telling nearly no one else I heard you crying on your knees But I lost you in a scattering of leaves Leaves that CH Move in the shadow of the sun Stood barely there begun And you, you were filling up your lungs With who you knew we would become V2 I felt you frown upon your silent fear I felt you quiver like an autumn, dear I felt you examining my hands Where I lost you before the hour passed It passed and CH Moves in the shadow of the sun Stood barely there begun And you, you were filling up your lungs With who you knew we would become B Oooh V3 I found you seated with a steady stare I found you holding what you could not dare I found you buried in my chest Now I have you tonight and all the rest The rest has CH Moved in the shadow of the sun Stood barely yet begun And soon, we were filling up our lungs With who we knew we would become B Oooh
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CONTINENTS WERE MADE TO SINK V1 Your sentiment swarmed my heart like sleep, like sleep So tentative I held your voice to breath, to breathe A liniment floating hushed and sweet, so sweet My hesitance you understood to mean, to mean CH I'm right here now I feel the bleeding You might as well let me grieve You're right here now I won't be leaving You fight so well I can't retreat V2 Your diligence calmed my heart, unease at ease Irrelevance of all my fears relieved, relieved Like sediment they fell away piece by piece And continents you said were made to sink, to sink CH And I'm right here now I don't feel the bleeding You might as well stay with me You're right here now I won't be leaving You fight so well I can't retreat B Ooh oh CH And I'm right here now I don't feel the bleeding You might as well stay with me You're right here now I won't be leaving You fight so well I can't retreat
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Heaviness 04:32
HEAVINESS CH1 Your eyes wear the heaviness Like a dream, like a dream Your eyes bear the heaviness Of a dream, of a dream Tonight spare the heaviness For me, for me CH2 Your eyes wear the heaviness Like a dream, like a dream Your eyes bear the heaviness Of a dream, of a dream Tonight with a weariness To believe, to believe B Ahhh Ahhh

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Quiet Arrows is the name of songs that soar gently but pierce deeply. They are the songs of Samuel Robertson, a wordsmith and melodist who tells stories of love, heartbreak, introspection and wonder. They are stories told with hushed and intimate voice, undulating on the rhythmic fingerpicking of an acoustic guitar. They are lifted by the spacious sound of an aged upright piano, vintage analog warmth of electric keys, and flourishes of cello, trumpet, glockenspiel, and omnichord. They are stories told with a whole lot of heart.

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released September 7, 2012

Written, recorded and produced by Samuel Robertson
Mixed by Victor Nash
Mastered by Gus Elg at Sky Onion
Art Design by Samuel Robertson and Kyle Wilhelm

Samuel Robertson: vocals, guitars, piano, organ, omnichord, synth
Victor Nash: trumpet, french horn, piccolo
Nate Agenbroad: cello
Hannah Robertson: vocals

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