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As Far As Blindness Could See

by Androcles and the Lion

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1.
All We Were 04:00
When all we wore was the skin on our backs and knees We'd run through the yard as the wolves gathered round in the night The winter comes you call his name to hear the echoing In a house of leaves that we built with our hands from the trees in the backyard And the war that took you away didn't care to call or write The days into days a ring to hold the cancer of age The yard is burned the fangs have sunk into our backs And we have fallen to our knees A cold sets in a fire burns and it's true what you said That I have tried so hard to hold The wolves run wild the snow is red Falling to your knees as you wait for the others And inside the room where your sister cried out The memories have faded like the portraits that you hung on the wall
2.
Eulogy 04:54
Your head was warm But not as warm as your heart Now we fall apart That day we encircled your grave And each gave their own part Each gave their own part That night we slept beneath blankets in bed We were alone Now we are alone O Brother, we placed you in the ground next to another Taken by the hand that lulls our fate And reveals the instability of our state We took pleasure in your simple furry nature And your presence it will surely not be forgotten We held your dead body by the fire Wrapped in blankets and your presence It will not be forgotten O Brother, we placed you in the ground next to another Taken by the hand that lulls our fate And reveals the instability of our state
3.
We've forgotten all of our names In the streets we used to play in When our mothers called us back to sleep In the homes we used to pray in Where I would lay there at your feet Sometimes I think that I might can be the same Again We've worn out the heavy clothes That our fathers used to grieve in And left them in the empty tomb That my sister first believed in And what's worse is just to know What once was sweetest is now barren in the snow Again In the nights my thoughts have tried To return and then to reconcile That I have nothing to resist Just contentment of a life less lived And did you know Did you know that you're the only part To twist me by the arm And take me to an answer why It hurts more Everyday
4.
Forgiveness 06:00
You could ask for forgiveness You could call his name You could wait for the others You could walk away But oh, how the dead they rise with the morning And oh, how the dead they howl through the night And I want to call his name And I want to hold his place You laid down in the garden You laid down at the gates You did ask for forgiveness You cried out in vain But oh, how your voice did rise with the morning And oh, how the night did cover your shame And I want to hold his face And I want to cover his shame But Peter, don't cry You know I'll always be around Peter, don't cry Would you just wait here for a while
5.
Stop talking about leaving Don't bother the innocence we've known Bury me with the leaves in the backyard Children play in the leaves in the backyard Go tell your sister I'm not the one to keep you anymore Go tell your sister I'm gone I'm gone Bury me with the leaves in the backyard Children play in the leaves in the backyard I only dream about beautiful things
6.
Father what have you in hand A land that bore a child to wear upon your knee Moses went down to the Creek To wash our sins with hair that ran down to his feet To wash our sins as far as blindness can see Follow me out to the yard And I'll place my promise Upon your hand so we can be Father take me by the hand And lead me where you first fell down upon you knees And lead me where you first cried out upon your knees Give me another name Make me a brighter shirt Send me a flaming word in the garden next to Peter Where I wait and sleep And awake with fever Like a clawing child in the garden next to Peter Will you forgive who I am Or did you forsake who I am Did you foreknow how I am To give me another name Make me a brighter shirt Send me a flaming word in the garden next to Peter Where I wait for peace and for my Keeper But still I find I'm in the garden next to neither Where you forgive who I am Or did you forsake who I am Did you foreknow who I am Will you forget who I am Forget who I am
7.
Tired Voices 05:11
Tired voices echoing in the dark As you wait for the others Wolves gather round as you fall in the snow Would you know you were home Fading portraits that you hung so low Now your head hangs lower than the wall Inside the room where you wrote it all out Your poor sister lay down Running from the wolves inside of your head Your poor mother cried out Fading memories of echoing days When children would run through the yard Of all the things to put inside your hands To fill them up and pour them out again I have tried so hard to hold

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released August 15, 2011

All songs written by Androcles and the Lion

Produced by Androcles and the Lion and Drew Vandenberg

Recorded, Engineered, and Mixed by Drew Vandenberg at Chase Park Transduction in Athens, GA

Except for drums on "All We Were" recorded by Paul Hammock at Moog Studio in LaGrange, GA

Mastered by Alex Lowe at Red Tuxedo in Atlanta, GA

Androcles and the Lion is McKendrick Bearden, Austin Harris, Paul Stevens

Artwork by Ben Arnold

This album is dedicated to Griff Parrish

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