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The Sun Stands Still

by Streetlight Fire

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1.
Thunder 03:16
Thunder (JC) So what if I'm just starved for attention There are far worse things to accuse me of Excuses derived from better times don't do you justice Exhaustion is no place to foster love Have I burned enough for the mistakes that I've made? Depends on who you ask, but I hope you say that I have These scars have made their mark but this skin won't shed quietly At whose expense do I forgo humility? You are the winter that I brave? I am just the soul that you couldn't save Let's chalk it up to youth and those petty things I couldn't do This is a bridge that I can't cross with you And I held on so long I could hear the bones in my hands crack Mocking the way I gave in to your petty fears and lacking sense of tact I'll take the pieces left with me I'll build something holy I'll build something clean By July I hope we find January didn't leave us stuck in time You are the winter that I braved I am just the soul that you could not save Let's chalk it up to youth and those petty things that I couldn't prove This is a bridge that I can't cross with you I fold, you win But the sun will shine over my world  with or without you in it Would you trade in this pain if it meant that you couldn't feel a thing?
2.
Healing 03:19
Healing (JC/KN) I fell asleep to the sound of my voice caving in and fell apart to the sight of my days dissolving beneath me I know I played the victim longer than I should have I'll shed all this dissonance and be something you couldn't get rid of I kissed the lips of a love I didn't love as much as I thought I thought this is what you meant by healing Heal me Didn't you believe me when I said this is worse than just giving in? I know my best intentions were awfully composed I dressed some sins up in some colors less belligerent Don't you tell me this is what it's like to be free I created some lies who ideals I've aligned my life by
3.
Rapture 03:45
Rapture (JC) I spent far too long facing at the sky  blaming you for all the disconnection in my life  The sun finally made me blind,  so I spent some time to look inside  i felt my honesty cross its petty fingers  when it said the fight was worth it toast to your steady hands and fearfulness of  misguided ambition and unstable conditions I won't let myself lose all the hope I had saved up  from last time i felt triumph my ego won't let me sink past the shoulders of lesser men,  but I can't help but relate to their circumstances i felt my honesty cross its petty fingers  when it said the fight was worth it toast to your steady hands and fearfulness of  misguided ambition and unstable conditions there is glory in this sadness  and holiness in its acceptance  I will not be a stranger to the warmth or an anchor to your world I've been staying up these nights with fear of the permanence  I know I shouldn't have left  but the words I spoke lacked the hope I held when this mattered to you clean up the wounds you left  let summer rain wash fear away my heart is no shipwreck  just a piece of me that needs you to stay I've been sleeping in hoping these days would pass fast let the season take its toll  until my perspective finds beauty in waking up alone
4.
Everest 04:08
Everest (JC/KN/QMK) Curse my eyes for they see far too clearly Were this lies I've died a thousand times for not good enough? Bless by father's heart for it loved to weakly Will what we find be worth the hunt? And I so lost for leaving an empty love? My mother said don't you dare start fires that you can't put out on your own You are my Everest, you own my patience I'm the sum of my decisions and my shortcomings and resentment I'm carving out pieces of my mind to erase the ghosts we left behind I won't chase false idols or a view of you more beautiful Bless your brittle heart for it held to tightly Wisdom comes in different tongues but your love lies too easily You are my Everest, you own my patience I'm the sum of my decisions and my shortcomings and resentment You are the Red Sea, and I am tearing at the seems I'm in progress and dependent, hopeful, blessed and rested You have taken so much from me
5.
Young Souls 04:33
Young Souls (KN/JC) Young souls need a place to vent. I haven't much experience so please consider this in desperate times, when I have nothing left to give: I only ask for patience. I am more anxious to be a friend, to surrender and give the way I was meant. In a world filled with folly and sin, love must cling where it can. I am fervent and tense, and awake in this moment. Forest fires don't burn brighter than the love I desire. So don't be shy in the handling of words, for they soon expire. The tide recedes along the shore of this creaky winter (Let me rest my laurels on the fact that I gave it my best I gave up you couldn't see I gave up you let it be) I won't go begging at a beggars door. I'm not the same as I was before my heart became seasoned. And I won't ever love without reason anymore, but I'll watch you beg to please just to grieve some more. I'll keep nothing from you, if you keep nothing from me, how could I keep a secret anyway? All the pain I've been through has only prepared me for the truth: we only get the love we give ourselves. Am I the sea or the monsters beneath? Am I the breeze or the leaves on the tree?
6.
Calvary 04:19
Calvary (JC/KN)
7.
Lost Cause 04:20
Lost Cause (KN) All these expectations and pressing questions of when and where and why and how but i never promised anyone anything and i never gave you a reason to think i expected anything from you so run off with your reasons, like you need them you'll do it all your way I lost a lot of blood breaking things i love over you was it worth your time? could you justify it all? is this how lost that you've become you were the start of this, my crucifix my mixed up thoughts, and my distraught ambition i can only hope you'll listen and after months that i spent making a blanket to wrap myself in you left me cold, resting on your south sailed soul I lost a lot of blood breaking things i love over you was it worth your time? could you justify it all? is this how lost that you've become you're a mirage, a lost cause, a cement block but you're not as dense as i once thought you're a short fuse, the weight in my feet (and i'm trying to breathe) i'm never gonna reach my potential if i can't rip out the skin that you touched and forgive myself for being so in lust you're a mirage, a lost cause, a cement block but you're not as dense as i once thought you're a short fuse, the weight in my feet and I'm trying to breathe
8.
Dent 03:56
Dent (JC/KN/QMK/SH) I crossed myself in this burning home and I prayed to God that these blackened doves still signal peace I closed my eyes through this wandering dream and kissed the cheek of a being drenched in glory and defeat I won't go away I'm stuck inside your head Just stuck inside your head There's something so simple about your voice that's weighing down my heavy head I cross out the words I let misdirect my patience I ripped apart everything, and buried my clarity I am yours until you spit me out But you won't, no you won't I can't tell the difference between what you need and me Aren't I what you need? I've got these fickle hands they reach for you
9.
Boundaries 04:16
Boundaries (KN/JC) I tried hard to understand, but stopped and accepted my ignorance as a being who can't see beyond his boundaries: time and the sky and the ocean that surrounds me. If you thought I was brave enough to face my fears, then that makes two of us. I've escaped death a few times. An apparition of some kind took took the fall, and said "everything will be all right" I sunk inside my soul, searching for compassion I hardly know. I realized that what I thought was faith was just a bravado. I sunk inside my soul and found a cancer that I let form. I bottled it in day-dreams, thinking that I could escape just by never coming home Life doesn't change if you don't, and life seems a waste if you're frozen. Don't tell me you're too sad to make the most, 'cause we all come from places that nobody knows. \ I fell in love with a bruise twisted and crude A reminder of all the things I gave up and all the things we gave it meaning just by finding out we could be brave I sunk inside my soul, searching for compassion I hardly know. I realized that what I thought was faith was just a bravado. I sunk inside my soul and found a cancer that I let form. I bottled it in day-dreams, thinking that I could escape just by never coming home Jealous love, you found me. You broke my chains and made clear my surroundings. If I escape I won't fall to far away. The sun stands still, time stays in it's place.
10.
Rest 04:40
Rest (JC) Was I ever as found as I thought? We paint ourselves of the time that we lost. Dissolve into snow, bending and locked Let the world sneak in, and cave in to what once was I was afraid of losing what never was Was I ever as lost as I thought? Curse these ghosts and the time we sowed Keep your fears tattered and low Leave your eyes unlocked Let the sun sneak in, and cave in to love This pain will lift This pain will wither away Rest your heart in me

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released June 5, 2013

Joshua Cosico (vocals, lyrics, guitar)
Keaton Nelson (vocals, lyrics, guitar)
Steven Hoang (bass)
Quynn Meyers-Keller (drums, vocals)

Produced, Engineered, Mixed, and Mastered by Dryw Owens
Recorded at Real Sound Studios

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