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[NATIVE​/​TONGUE]

by [NATIVE/TONGUE]

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1.
We lost the fight before awakening We're the children of a fear undying We're made to be what you don't wanna see We're the children We're the children The tempered teeth On the horizon Swallowed all that we slaved for The taste of tin The maw it widens Who could ask for more Feast in Famine I knew that we needed war All but barren Can't give anymore We lost the fight before awakening We're the children of a fear undying We're made to be what you don't wanna see We're the children We're the children The blatant stare How they confide in That you get what you paid for Nose in the air We're trampled by them Yet they ask for more Can't give anymore We lost the fight before awakening We're the children of a fear undying We're made to be what you don't wanna see We're the children We're the children Feast in famine All but barren We lost the fight before awakening We're the children of a fear undying We're made to be what you don't wanna see We're the children We're the children Feast in famine We're the children of a fear undying All but barren We're the children We're the children
2.
Our Hands 03:36
Carrying the weight of resentment Marrying the idea we can be... Saved from it We built our walls inside All our homes and our lives But with our hands we can scale this wall Bridge divides Burying our minds in a chamber Harmony can't be without each other We built our walls inside All our homes and our lives But with our hands we can scale this wall Bridge divides We built our walls inside All our homes and our lives But with our hands we can scale this wall Bridge divides Scale this wall, bridge divides Scale this wall, bridge divides We built our walls inside All our homes and our lives But with our hands we can scale this wall Bridge divides We built our walls inside All our homes and our lives But with our hands we can scale this wall Bridge divides
3.
Dissolve 03:59
The sand is seeping in Your half an hour glass You had to know you weren't meant to last Your thread is spreading thin It's fraying at the ends You can only prolong, but never mend Time is on your side But its not our design Like your life its meant to run out Ignore the end you face Though your time is small In a moment We all dissolve The hands are ticking on They're inching ever close Tentatively wrapped around your throat The arms you won't escape Just when you think you know The clock you watch will gladly watch you choke Time is on your side But its not our design Like your life its meant to run out Ignore the end you face Though your time is small In a moment We all dissolve We all dissolve We all dissolve We all dissolve We all dissolve We all dissolve Your time is small We all dissolve In a moment We all dissolve Your time is small We all dissolve We all dissolve Your time, your time is small
4.
Needles nick my naked veins And you thought me sane for a time, girl Holding onto smoke and flames Leaving my body behind, girl I just can't make the time for A life or a plan or a love or a home You'll be the death of me But neither of us seem to mind girl Overtake me I'm sedated past the brink If I never wake my mind will be at ease Overtake me In my head my eyes will sink I'll be chasing highs till nothing's left to bleed It just seems to numb my brain If for but a moment in time girl Sight is distant and delayed I'm chasing a dream that has died girl Overtake me I'm sedated past the brink If I never wake my mind will be at ease Overtake me In my head my eyes will sink I'll be chasing highs till nothing's left to bleed Lights fading out on me I'm slipping in and out of ecstasy If I never wake my mind will be at ease Lights fading out on me I'm slipping in and out of ecstasy I'll be chasing highs till nothing's left to bleed Girl, you might be wondering Are you my cure Or were you my personal hell? I know you might be missing me But girl... I did this to my... Overtake me I'm sedated past the brink If I never wake my mind will be at ease Overtake me In my head my eyes will sink I'll be chasing highs till nothing's left to bleed Lights fading out on me I'm slipping in and out of ecstasy If I never wake my mind will be at ease Lights fading out on me I'm slipping in and out of ecstasy I'll be chasing highs till nothing's left to bleed
5.
Rest Assured 03:14
Back to familiar walls They hold my head straight to view the outside world The heroes thieves and fools I prefer my piece of mind that all I know is known We're always taught it's better still To lie in bed with your ears ringing Of glory days of holding still While better men will die for meaning Back by a window's warmth Felt from my head turned on all the outside world From deep inside a home I divorced all risk and fear so I'd be safe alone We're always taught it's better still To lie in bed with your ears ringing Of glory days of holding still While better men will die for meaning There's no prize for last year's honor We're always taught it's better still To lie in bed with your ears ringing Of glory days of holding still While better men will die for meaning better men will die for meaning better men will die for meaning
6.
Minding my ghosts makes for much more mediation Better them than my friends End up a disappearing act Minding my ghosts makes for much more mediation Better them than my friends End up a disappearing act Tempted to tame open flame To burn what is left Who said we're sane Made a claim For our escape Crack the bruise in my head Never meddled with my mouth Much too loud in my mind Voices never settle down Hear the holes in my head Serenading to the sound Much too loud in my mind Voices never settle down Mending my mind makes for much more meditation Better it than just me Thinks me a hypochondriac Mending my mind makes for much more meditation Better it than just me Thinks me a hypochondriac A hypochondriac Tempted to tame open flame To burn what is left Who said we're sane Made a claim For our escape Crack the bruise in my head Never meddled with my mouth Much too loud in my mind Voices never settle down Hear the holes in my head Serenading to the sound Much too loud in my mind Voices never settle down All memories seem subject Scrutinized to all degrees, but Never mind the certainty Sanity has less honesty Crack the bruise in my head Never meddled with my mouth Much too loud in my mind Voices never settle down Hear the holes in my head Serenading to the sound Much too loud in my mind Voices never settle down Voices never settle down Voices never settle down
7.
Branching In 04:21
Every clinging root Kept all it's grip on ash and soot Ignored for ages Left to the pages Grasping for breath and thirsting song Of a familiar face long gone The garden's image of a god But holding out on Better times to come Deafened the wind and blocked the sun But shining down on the sand I couldn't be more glad To feel the warmth of the sky I know we had a peace that can't be but... My limbs and feet Are grounded beneath the clouded But before we meet We'll have shared the air and earth and though, My limbs and feet Are grounded beneath the clouded But before we meet We'll have shared the air and earth and though, Every moment gone Is but another branch that's lost Swept by the ages Birds from their cages Carried on winds that cared for none but Of a familiar face long gone The garden's image of a god But holding out on Better times to come Deafened the wind and blocked the sun But shining down on the sand I couldn't be more glad To feel the warmth of the sky I know we had a peace that can't be but... My limbs and feet Are grounded beneath the clouded But before we meet We'll have shared the air and earth and though, My limbs and feet Are grounded beneath the clouded But before we meet We'll have shared the air and earth and sea My limbs and feet Are grounded beneath the clouded But before we meet We'll have shared the air and earth and though, My limbs and feet Are grounded beneath the clouded But before we meet We'll have shared the air and earth and sea
8.
Samaritan 03:58
Chilling wind, choking cold, choking hold on him Parka closed, buttoned up holding onto little heat Little heat he needs Shivering, freezing feet, fainted far from him As she clings to the street she is faced with all she needs His own willingness to freeze If we could hold off forever Then we would spend all our time Guessing what happened to the... Good nature of all our kind If we could hold off forever Then we would spend all our time Guessing what happened to the... Good nature of all our kind Chilling wind, choking cold, choking hold on her Little shirt, shallow lungs, she can only barely breathe Little breath she needs Shivering, freezing feet, fainted far from him Hangs a coat on her frame, shivering, he happily Makes his way to his own street If we could hold off forever Then we would spend all our time Guessing what happened to the... Good nature of all our kind If we could hold off forever Then we would spend all our time Guessing what happened to the... Good nature of all our kind So I guess I'll start by making more of this life Could hold off Hold off forever Could hold off Hold off forever Could hold off Hold off forever Could hold off Hold off forever If we could hold off forever Then we would spend all our time Guessing what happened to the... Good nature of all our kind If we could hold off forever Then we would spend all our time Guessing what happened to the... Good nature of all our kind So I guess I'll start by making more of this life
9.
I try and let it all go Can we pay for our mistakes With scars and beatings Can we leave behind my skin Unwillingly Pour me out and let me drain My mind is stinging Your nestled in my pain From when We were young and alive But I left with a husk of grief and ties I still feel you in my bones A broken body with no soul I understand you never knew The stain you're leaving Forever branded a mistake Unwillingly You're never gone and never fade My mind is stinging Why can't I just forget That when We were young and alive But I left with a husk of grief and ties I still feel you in my bones A broken body with no soul Give me back the life you stole I try and let it all go But you still control me You still control me Pay for our mistakes Leave behind my skin We were young and alive But I left with a husk of grief and ties I still feel you in my bones A broken body with no soul Give me back the life you stole I try and let it all go You won't control me
10.
Conscript 03:22
Don't breathe, don't misbelieve, don't misinterpret me Their lives will leave behind a hole in our minds Don't breathe, don't misbelieve, don't misinterpret me We find that we can lie when we're all but blind But I can see That you're bleeding out on me And you won't be here by the morning And we're losing time to speak, but we can't stay here I will shut your eyes as you leave Don't leave, don't die on me, don't let the fear succeed It's time, we are alive if with fading eyes But I can see That you're bleeding out on me And you won't be here by the morning And we're losing time to speak, but we can't stay here I will shut your eyes as you leave You're bleeding out on me And you won't be here by the morning And we're losing time to speak, but we can't stay here I will shut your eyes as you leave I will shut your eyes as you leave

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released February 24, 2017

All songs written by [NATIVE/TONGUE]

Produced and mixed by Dan Whittaker except for Conscript, Feast In Famine, Eyes Will Sink; produced and mixed by Stetson Whitworth

Recorded at High Vibe Recordings, Salt Lake City, UT

Album design and photography by Haley Hoover, Haley Hoover Photography. www.haleyhooverphotography.com

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[NATIVE/TONGUE] Utah

[NATIVE/TONGUE] cranks out music with influences from 'Of Mice & Men' to 'Seether'; 'Linkin Park' and 'The 1975'. Throughout the songs are micro-anthems that embody the best of arena-sized rock that tell a story while making heads bang, and feet tap.

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