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Incendiary

by From The Ashes

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1.
Wave Goodbye 03:45
Wave Goodbye Come on, rise and shine You know you’ve got to wake the dead For your strength knows no equal in this lifetime Look around this place, nothing left to chase In plenty of time You know you can produce the line That can lay to rest all of those Bad dreams and nightmares But it’s so slow Just go slow with me When I feel parts of life that don’t fit well I think Second place is first loser and I Wave goodbye to my philosophy on everything Wave goodbye to me now Wake in time, got to use your charm And overlook what you took from those who went before you I’m up a rung from where you hung On your way to save the day from all those little demons For the rest of time, searching for the lines To the song you carried on in all of your collections Hold on to the song you carried on
2.
Incendiary (The Trial) Let them in quietly You know you’re not supposed to have any visitors When the lesson’s learned You’re not supposed to fear And your soul shouldn’t make a fuss Because it’s fair enough that you try And convict yourself in absentia For mercy you begged on your knees, to no avail Got to find another reason not to fail All the evidence is there You’re feeding the fire with incendiary tears All the evidence is there Swept away by your guilt-ridden smokescreen Your defence must’ve fallen on deaf ears All your judges are drowning in your tears My appeals have run dry for you And the hold that it had on you strengthens I should mention I could’ve told But you won’t allow hearsay And you cry Innocent, you cry in your pillow Innocent, you fall into hell And you cry alone
3.
Said and Done (free) 04:38
Said & Done When all was said & done with us I lied to make you think I didn’t care It was ordinary, just like drinking water Second nature to believe the best was possible The overtures of loving admiration Dissolved and just evaporated When our truest worlds collided Beautiful despite our worst intention Beautiful until the storm was coming When all was said and done with us I lied to make you think I didn’t miss you I always missed you Such an ordinary thing like sharing everything Just doesn’t leave you I always missed you I went for you just when I was naked Defenceless and in need of something To keep myself afloat But all the times we were inside each other More like you were inside of me to find a place to hide When all was said & done I always denied feeling oh so ordinary Time and life were never on our side But we still fooled ourselves and made all those vows together
4.
Both Hands 03:33
Both Hands No time to wait and speculate, a crucial meeting Say something nice for someone’s sake, feels like we’re drowning Behind the good intentions lie a lie Designed to obfuscate, confuse and hide All for expressions of intent because we’re honest I said we’re fighting for a lie this time The world’s turned into something I despise Aside from everything in your eyes Today because I’m not impressed I punish strangers Seems petty but I feel so alive, so alive Ritual addictions begin days, my world’s in motion Keep up those fences man, you can hide Build up your defences man, you’ll survive Hold on, before you decide my sentence, I’ve got a defence Hold on, before you decide it for me, I’ve got a story Grab anything you can with both hands Grab anything in case you lose your way Won’t be like last time Your plan holds water like it never did before Won’t bleed much this time And I’ll be at your back to catch you if you fall
5.
Channel X 07:16
Channel X I catch your signal from heavens above And I wanna hear nothing but you forever I’ll tell you that you’re still the one And I’ll even stick with you through summer They may say you’re a waste of my time I won’t listen because I’ll have you louder They might see it one day What I see on you And I need you every night, all to myself if I can Got to have you every night, all to myself If you get them young enough they’ll follow you to the end of time If you get them strong enough they’ll follow you to the grave And we can all believe and all be forgiven via satellite They’ll worship you just like the god you are So confused by your illusions Just clarify – who’s the master and who’s the slave Does a halo come with a warranty or Must I rely on the strength of your faith in me I see your acolytes with papers and passwords who Beckon to me, saying “fifteen minutes awaits” I’m feeling okay, I’ve got you today But I need you every night, all to myself if I can Got to have you in my sight. Can’t sleep alone Critical thinking suspended for a very short break Watching them line up, watching them sign up to you for life And they’re holding you in the palm of their hand As they’re born, breathe and die They worship you just like the god you are, satellite
6.
7.
On My Way 04:50
On My Way I can read all the lines between your thoughts I can almost taste what’s behind your eyes There’s a light above your halo tonight Is there something you don’t want me to know Always the smile then the question If we were to bide our time just right This could be worth waiting for, for you Always the smile, then the question Always the same room I’m on my way just to say this to you Not just some line to impress you If I were to thank you for your love Is that going too far for you I’m on my way just to say this to you Not just some line to impress you I’m on my way, got to mean this to you Not just some trick to confuse you, no Don’t want anything but you want me to taste it Don’t have anything but you need me to waste it Don’t care anymore, you can even the score
8.
Project For A New Century Run like a rabbit, hide like a fox You can’t outrun yourself but you’re welcome to try Lie like a ruler, fly like a bird You won’t get past the sun – your waxen wings won’t hold you You’re all right, so you think Impotent hypocrite Wail about terror as you rain it down upon Innocent citizens Cowering down in their cellars as they know that your Arrogance has blinded you All your followers line up to join in the Massacre of truth of life You’re in denial, such a war criminal Cry like the persecuted, it can justify everything All right, but they’ll remember you Wallow in your victimhood Nothing can stop you as long as you play on the Bigotries of gullible Fundamentalist apocalyptic Evangelist psychopaths Bent on bringing us the Final Battle between Good & Bad, Us & Them Is it your Project for a New Century Enjoy it while you can because everyone’s onto you All right, but they’ll remember you For so long For life, they cry
9.
Through The Looking Glass Alone in your crying place You’re an island, a fortress Floating on a sea of choice, all alone Are you telling me truly I have no reason to doubt you All alone I thought I’d leave you with nothing, all alone But if that scared you, know there’s nothing to fear You can hold me down in here Open your sighing eyes May an answer present itself on its own It’s all you need to know There’s a sign on your door And a hole in your sky If you feel it, it’s ‘cause you are alone I can drive you home from here When you say “is that all there is” Does something fall into place? Every time you’re looking in at me through the same old glass If something breaks can you fix (me) What are you waiting for – an easy way out you can live with Now you’re praying for strength Just to fight your way through the thick of it In time you can call me a friend, (I swear) you won’t have to thank me again All I want is to look at you in peace If something breaks can you fix all the holes in me
10.
Candlelight 06:09
Candlelight Wake me in a dream of your own design, one you can get inside Where you and I exist outside of time, just for a little while You think it'll all work out like a picture I'll smile if it just works out ok   Send me on a quest for your grail, I'll be your Fisher King Guide me past the traps on the trail, I'll be your everything You think it should all work out like a picture I'll smile if I just get you in the frame   Consider my love, enduring like a fable That we'd have heard when we were young and wide-eyed And when the dark clouds, are gathering I know your Dalai Lama smile will be my candlelight   Wake me in a dream we can both fit into Show me that side, the one that's never seen You still think it should just work out like a picture I'll smile if I just keep you in the frame   Who believes in me when I'm agnostic Who keeps me on track when I derail

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released May 25, 2009

From The Ashes

Guitars, keyboards & arrangements: Jeremy Spencer
Vocals & lyrics: Harry Probert
Drums: Michael Saunders
Bass: Lachlan Macrae

FTA Horns
Trumpet: Dan Heskett
Trombone: Andy Serpell
Saxophones: Than Poynter

FTA Strings
Violin I: Rob John
Violin II: Aaron Barnden
Viola: Shani Williams
Cello: Alison Both

FTA Keys
Rhodes: Terry Hart
Hammond: Nicholas Roy

All songs (c) From The Ashes

Produced, engineered, mixed & mastered by Forrester Savell
Recorded at The Base Studios, Armstring Studios & Tom Larkin's studio
Additional enginerring & editing by Malcolm Besley

Artwork by Shannon Trottman

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