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This Engine

by Hereticks

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1.
Intro 00:25
2.
Alone Again 03:29
Hold me for a moment, just until I catch my second wind. My bones aren't what they used to be Submission without defiance, I'm always told that silence is my sin. I know I'll be alone again But not today, not today Concussions usurp discussion, and only lonely shadows hide your grin. Its not the way it used to be At night though the air is ringing, open up your arms and breathe it in! I know I'll be alone again But not today, not today. not today, not today not today, not today. Perspective unleashes panic, don't let the threats unravel your cocoon I think its where you like to stay But maybe its just your instinct, to just sit back and let us lead the way! And hope we take you home again But not today, not today. not today, not today not today, not today. You were upstream, lost in a dream, floating away Can't even see, the forest for trees, the night and the day the white and the grey you just lead the way, till it leads you astray.
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I can't sleep can't sit still they tell me I'm ill and though I dream I lack the will to climb up the hills to soak up the spills and disappointment sobers me like oceans in the spring and I drift on currents strong if I could take you along if I could break your heart then mine would lift its skin would heal the earth would peel and underneath reveal all the happy drinkers climb up mountains of their own and we're basically alone but at last I feet grown while everyone is dancing in the snow, dancing in the snow
4.
Once when we were young, we left a home and ended up stoned, and laying prone and waiting for the bed to swallow hole all the endings of what we were told Yeah you can see, I've come a long way since. I couldn't help but flinch at all the existential things I would let take over all my dreams. If there's anything that I can do just let me know 'cause I'm standing here with my feet on the floor and my head in the sand Though the endless slog of life can take its toll when you are sifting through the endless droll excuses people like to make for what causes them to fake their love For what is real, when no one seems to buy what they can steal, and as for me I try to give it back, but I end up on the rack If there's anything that I can do just let me know 'cause I'm standing here with my feet on the floor and my head in the clouds and we all shout Save us! Save us all! from the scary monsters hiding, under our beds. When we, were young, we left a home and ended up stoned and trying to recapture what we had, when the endings didn't seem so sad.
5.
Eliot 01:57
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Disco Stu 03:30
Some people think that the struggle's what keeps us in sync say good by to your neighbors Lost in a drink we follow our friends to the brink and get lost in the kitchen sink and we spin round the basin ooh ooh ooh, and our eyeballs'll sink to the floorboards all the bickering bubbles beneath as the smoke fills my head Dance in the dark let the slinkers slip into the dark she'll be shredding your aching heart and there's nothing to do but take part ooh ooh ooh, and our eyeballs'll sink to the floorboards all the obstacles fall from my way as the smoke fills my head why has all the light in my eyes turned to dread why have all the tunes in my brain turned to lead what have you been thinking my dear, when I disappeared and did you start to hear me tunelessly singing and living in fear while you blow air in my ears
7.
The Cause 04:17
Sometimes the future makes me sick when melodies come fast and thick sometimes the anger drops its script I wish I wouldn't sink so quick Though I can fight the symptoms I cant fight the cause I feel the urge to wring its neck and break its jaw It took me time to learn I'm not just some weirdo but though I know the causes I can't make it stop Yeah it seems others think I've got the things they seek yet it seems others get what I can't even dream but let me tell you something I'm not a wizard this booming voice your hearing's just a microphone And in the end, all I know's, I've been tied to a role, though it makes no sense at all no it makes no sense at all though it makes no sense at all Sometimes the future makes me sick when melodies come fast and thick though maybe you don't care one bit I wish I wouldn't sink so quick
8.
This Engine 04:37
Flickering lights dark and sometimes bright lighten the mood Fast fall the kites cut from the sky into the woods Your poisoned bite will not hurt me even though you let the whole world focus on your fetters Can't hurt to try and though it hurts me I've noticed that some things are hard to follow to the letter I have to assume that if I wait my engine will fail in just the right place with someone Oh other me when we disagree I can't sleep Sometimes defeat tastes just like red meat the blood stains my teeth Though my useless scorn will not hurt me I can't help but realize when something isn't for me I love you all, I love you all, though you know that I can't help but love some more than others I can't help but wish that I had years to fight my brothers I can't help but wish I could get back beneath the covers I have to assume that if I wait my engine will fail in just the right place with someone
9.
To tell the truth I've got no clue. I feel a turning point and it starts with you ah ah ah ah, sometimes the moment overwhelms me There's no excuse in this elation 'cause my friends are here and the end is near ah ah ah ah, sometimes the moment overwhelms me ooh ooh ooooh And if you stare across the room, you'll notice all the boys and girls in yellow curls have just unfurled another plan to save the world! Save the world!
10.
Let's get another to go to keep our eyes peeled on the road all of us kids all grown up end up in the same hole where all conversations collide like atoms deflected end over end you lost your direction my forgotten friend Where have the years gone? yeah look what the times done you've taken the freeway and soon you'll be home and dry these long preparations, paid dividends and no hesitations until the end All that missed, has ended like fingers of frost in sunlight. Over the dust we treaded where footsteps get lost and paths split and dancing in rust we remember all the costs of giving up and forgetting to leave marks along the way the dust has long since been replaced My palpitations are gone been tears in my eyes far too long I'm drying my tears in the sun climbing up mountains, we run burning down forests, we run drying our tears in the sun drying our tears in the sun drying our tears in the sun drying our tears in the sun

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released July 12, 2013

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Hereticks Austin, Texas

Hereticks are a eclectic quintet from Austin, Texas.

Waldo Wittenmeyer
William Johnson
Wesley Maffly-Kipp
Ofer Shouval
Peter Farago

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