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Initiate

by Sounds Like Winter

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AS I LAY HERE AT NIGHT I FIND MANY WAYS I COULD LOSE MY MIND TAKE A WALK DOWN THE PATH LESS TROD TO A PLACE WHERE I LOSE MY GOD CAN I SOMEHOW RELAX AND SAVE A LIFE ABOUT TO SLIP AWAY WHEN THE BONEMAN COMES YOU WILL SHAKE IN YOUR BONES AND YOUR EYES SQUEEZED TIGHT WHEN YOU'RE IN BED ALONE THE COLD FINGERS CREEP UP THE SIDE OF YOUR BED AND THE COLD SWEAT FEAR BUILDS UNTIL YOU ARE DEAD A SHADOW FOLLOWS ME DOWN THE HALL LIKE A STAIN ON THE BATHROOM WALL A PALE MAN IN THE CORNER OF MY EYE A FREEZING BREATH OR A LONELY SIGH NOW THERE'S NOTHING ON EARTH TO SAVE A LIFE ABOUT TO SLIP AWAY
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DROWNING IN A WARM EMBRACE MY SENSES RISE IN A WAVE SO OVERWHELMING I TOUCH YOUR FACE I KISS YOUR EYES THE SCENT OF FLESH ALIVE TWO BODIES MERGING YOUR SOUL IS PORCELAIN SAVE ME I'M FALLING IN LOOK IN YOUR EYES I CANNOT DISGUISE I'M HELPLESS AS A CALLOW INFANT YOUR SOUL IS PORCELAIN MY OWN IS BLACK AS SIN HEART FULL OF LIES I CANNOT DISGUISE I'M HELPLESS AS A CALLOW INFANT DROWNING IN A WARM EMBRACE MY SKINS ALIVE YOUR HANDS YOUR TOUCH ELECTRIC PORCELAIN, SO SHARP IT CUTS MY SKIN AND NOW IT BREAKS WE DIE TWO BODIES BLEEDING
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He scanned the horizon and he said with a smile You see that boy? I’m going to map out every mile. Then he rolled up his sleeves and fastened his boots And every beast of burden knew just what they had to do. Everybody’s got their urge to collide With the men who would die over a matter of pride So wave them off with flags and parades maybe then Wait for the postcard, you’ll never see them again. The Hunger, The Lice, The Cold and Disease The Sodomy, The Dysentery, The Amputees Heroic prose enunciates the plunder and the blunder So hold the front page, it’s a voyage of wonder. ‘Perhaps we’ll have to winter here’ the rumour goes round But how to camp upon the ever shifting ground? So with his rickety voice and his eyes of blue The cabin boys shin bones will become my stew. The Hunger, The Lice, The Cold and Disease The Sodomy, The Dysentery, The Amputees Heroic prose enunciates the plunder and the blunder So hold the front page, it’s a voyage of wonder. Scurvied gums sup on the bones of the dead Perhaps they ought have should have stuck to farming instead So dream of home and hearth and let it never be said That glory fills the belly like a barrel of bread.
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WHENEVER YOU’RE HERE, WHENEVER YOUR HURT AS OUR LOVE DISAPPEARS FOR WHAT IT IS WORTH AND THE DISTANCE BETWEEN US SEEMS SO CLOSE WHATEVER YOU SAY, WHATEVER YOU DO I BELIEVE IT WAS FATE THAT BROUGHT ME TO YOU AND THE DISTANCE BETWEEN US SEEMS SO CLOSE WHENEVER WE FALL STANDING WITH A KNIFE IN YOUR HAND WHERE DO WE STAND SCREAMING AT THE SKY FOR CONTROL OH WHERE DO WE GO WHEREVER WE FALL WHEREVER WE FEEL BELIEVE WHAT YOU MUST FOR THE PAIN ISN’T REAL AND THE DISTANCE BETWEEN US SEEMS SO CLOSE WHATEVER ITS WORTH, WHATEVER WE SAY IT’S THE ANSWER WE SEEK IN A TREACHEROUS WAY AND THE DISTANCE BETWEEN US SEEMS SO FAR FOREVER WE FALL
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WORK ALL DAY, DEAD ALL NIGHT WONDER HOW, I’M GONNA GET IT RIGHT SOLD MY SOUL ANOTHER DAY DEAD AGAIN ANOTHER NIGHT WONDER HOW I’M GONNA GET IT RIGHT LOST MY WAY, AND I LOST THE FIGHT NOW I KNOW, I’LL NEVER GET IT RIGHT SOLD MY SOUL ANOTHER DAY DEAD AGAIN ANOTHER NIGHT WONDER HOW I’LL GET IT RIGHT HOLLOW HOLLOW HOLLOW ANOTHER DAY ANOTHER NIGHT HOLLOW HOLLOW HOLLOW, ANOTHER DAY YEAH WORK ALL DAY, DEAD ALL NIGHT WONDER HOW, I’M GONNA GET IT RIGHT SOLD MY SOUL ANOTHER DAY DEAD AGAIN ANOTHER NIGHT WONDER HOW I’LL GET IT RIGHT HOLLOW HOLLOW HOLLOW, ANOTHER DAY YEAH
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ON MY WAY BACK HOME THE STREETS ARE EMPTY AND I AM ALL ALONE BUT I'M LOST IN THE CROWD HAD A DREAM LAST NIGHT THE CLOCKS WERE MELTING THE SUN WAS WAY TOO BRIGHT THEN THE CLOUDS CAME DOWN I SEE THE LIGHTS GO OUT I SEE THE WALLS COME DOWN UPON US ALL SUDDENLY I SEE DISASTER IS LOOMING CRUSHING US ALL FOLLOW THE SOUND OF MY VOICE SANITY IS CALLING TO DROWN US ALL LIFE GOES UP AND DOWN IT'S LIKE A ROLLER COASTER TOO FAR OFF THE GROUND AND YOU CAN'T MAKE IT STOP LAY IN BED AT NIGHT MY MIND IS REELING I'M HOLDING ON TOO TIGHT I JUST WANT TO SLOW DOWN
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UNDER THE STARS WE LAY THERE HAND IN HAND HOLD ME CLOSE AND LET THE DARK WASH OVER ME ITS COLD AS STONE YOU’LL NEVER TURN AWAY FILL ME WITH HOPE A LOVE LOST IN ETERNITY THIS IS HOW I SEE THE NATION, LIVING WITHOUT SELF EXAMINATION, LOOKING OUT ON THE SAD AND LONELY, NOW ENACT REJUVENATION THIS IS THE WAY, THE WAY WE MOVE AGAIN THIS IS THE WAY, WE CANNOT JUST, WE CANNOT JUST PRETEND/BE FRIENDS YOU SEND ME BACK TO DARKENED DAYS AGAIN STARK REMINDER OF WHAT IT WAS YOU MEANT TO ME YOUR EYES THEY FLICKER IN THE LIGHT AGAIN THEY DANCE AWAY I MELT WITHIN YOUR EFFIGY
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WIN OR LOSE IT’S ALL THE SAME DIG TIL IT HURTS IS THE NAME OF THE GAME ALL FALL DOWN ALL FALL DOWN ALL THE LADIES IN THE LOUNGE SHARPEN THEIR DAGGERS AND TOPPLE CROWNS ALL SO VAIN, WIN OR LOSE IT’S ALL THE SAME ELEPHANT GUN AND THE VENTRICLES BURST I SWEAR MY DEAR WELL I WASN’T TO KNOW IT’S BUCKSHOT LOVE RIGHT TO THE CHEST FLUNG TO THE GROUND BY THE DOUBLE BARREL SCORPIO WIN OR LOSE IT’S ALL THE SAME SCORPIO LOVE IT’S A VICIOUS GAME ALL FALL DOWN ALL FALL DOWN ALL THE PEOPLE IN THE TOWN DISMISSIVE EYES JUDGMENTAL FROWNS ALL SO VAIN, WIN OR LOSE IT’S ALL THE SAME
10.
I FEEL IT ON MY LEFT HAND SIDE BENEATH MY RIBS AND IN MY BELLY TWO STEPS BACK BUT I'LL TAKE IT IN MY STRIDE AND IF I TOLD YOU TWICE I'M SURE YOU COULD BELIEVE ME I DON'T WANNA SEE YOU WALK IN BLACK STANDING ALL ALONE IT'S OVER THIS SOULS ALL ALONE I DON'T WANNA SEE YOU WALK IN BLACK STANDING ON YOUR OWN IT'S OVER THIS SOULS ALL I KNOW IT FLOWS LIKE THE TIDE WITH THE WEIGHT OF THE SEA FOAMING AS IT RECEDES THEN RIPPLING BACK AGAIN CAN WE FOLD THE PAGE ON ANOTHER DREARY DAY? MY RUIN SITS CHILLED IN A FRIDGE DOOR RATTLING SO CLENCH YOUR FISTS AND GRIND YOUR TEETH ARTHRITIC STANCE, YOUR FRAME BENT DOUBLE RED EYED SHAKES AS THE RADIO BLEEDS AND AT A TIME LIKE THIS, IT'S FAINTLY EVANGELICAL
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HAD IT ALL YOU WANTED MORE BUT YOU WERE FAR TOO SAD END WAS NEAR YOU THOUGHT I WOULDN'T LEAVE YOU HIGH AND DRY HAD IT ALL YOU WANTED MORE BUT WITH NO COMPROMISE IN THE END I HAD NO CHOICE BUT TO STAND AND SEE YOU CRY VOICES FAR TOO HEATED FEELINGS ARE BEING TORN ASIDE FEELING THAT YOU NEEDED FORCING BRINGS THAT DEEP DIVIDE LEAVING YOU JUST WASN'T EASY TOR ME UP INSIDE SEEING HOW YOU WERE NOT COPING PLEASE JUST STAND ASIDE AND I DON'T WANT TO SEE YOU FALLING FOR THAT OLD TRICK AGAIN I DON'T WANT TO SEE YOU FALLING AND I DON'T WANT TO HEAR YOU CALLING YOU FELL FOR IT AGAIN I DON'T WANT TO SEE YOU FALL
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YOU KNOW IT SOUNDS LIKE WINTER WHEN THE COLD GETS IN YOUR BONES THE COLOUR OF THE SUNLIGHT IN MUTED HUES AND TONES THE SLOWING OF YOUR HEARTBEAT WHEN YOU KNOW ITS NEAR THE END WHEN YOUR BREATH ESCAPES WITH A SIGH WHEN YOU KNOW YOU'VE LOST A FRIEND ALL I WANTED YOU HERE NOW NOW I'M ON MY OWN JUST NEED YOU HERE NOW YOU KNOW IT SOUNDS LIKE WINTER WHEN YOU DIDN'T STAND A CHANCE WHEN THE DRUMBEAT OF YOUR FAVOURITE SONG CAN NO LONGER MAKE YOU DANCE WHEN YOU DROWN YOURSELF IN VICES THAT ONLY MAKE THINGS WORSE YOU KNOW IT SOUNDS LIKE WINTER WHEN THE WIND WHISPERS A CURSE

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Welcome to our debut release. This digital album can also be purchased as a CD and there is a limited four track vinyl EP called Ossuary with four selected tracks from this album. Come visit us at www.facebook.com/soundslikewinter

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released January 27, 2016

Ant Banister (vocals/songwriting/production/mastering/video), Andi Lennon (guitar/vocals/artwork)
Jamie Pajuczok (bass), Leticia Olhaberry (drums),
Tommy Webster (guitar/artwork) Guest artists and collaborators: Ash Rothschild (Guitar/bass/songwriting), Ryan Mortimer (bass/bassVI)

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Sounds Like Winter Sydney, Australia

Please note, Vinyl copies of both albums are now being sold on soundslikewinter.com Emerging from the verdant undergrowth of Sydney Australia, Sounds Like Winter continue the antipodean tradition of putting a convict’s twist on traditional shapes. From loping bass to scything guitars, they are ferried atop a dervish of tribal drums. ... more

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