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Send Out The Creatures

by The Quelle Source

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1.
I’m just a toothbrush A bent back machete Until fire consumes everything that I touch I’ll just disappear into the trees I can’t promote the quiet, zippered and shoeless in soot There are pins in my knees when I kneel, and my feet are quietly burning me The last of the calls to you The end of the work for me And when I hung up, she asked, “Who was that?” “That was just someone who I used to know”
2.
You say you’re the architect of this high-rise The conductor of beams and ceilings But I’ve seen your apartment, tuneless in the basement And you’re just a tenant, and you’re just a tenant, and you’re just a tenant So you’ve stacked to the moon your feelings then you’re out in the yard hand-holding But these paper-thin walls are much worse than you think, cousin You’re just a tenant, and you’re just a tenant, and you’re just a tenant You’re just a tenant, and you’re just a tenant, and you’re just a tenant
3.
Hot Metal Coverage (free) 02:08
Did I make a mistake? The record now is spinning in the most peculiar fashion as the offers come to a close and I bid a fond goodbye to everyone It’s awful cozy way up here (though I crave that look) but your Hot Metal Coverage is tight Raving mad and extreme Checked into the sun, a shadowed ghost of what’s supposed to be just so perfect and right So I curse my eyes and store the sad idea It’s awful cozy way up here (though I crave that look) but your Hot Metal Coverage is tight Paint the walls white No names ’Cause I was low on decorations fit for creeping around Highlight your science trips the real ones and the fake And author a monument guide and file it underneath
4.
Middle Name 05:19
So should I fall, head first and all? Well, who are you to refuse? Let’s drink a toast. Liked you the most And there are lives we could save but I bet none of them will know your middle name So we'll concede -- not make believe -- that there are plenty other ones who'd do the same Is this our fate? You took the bait And there’s the line that’s pulling you away and I don't wanna hear your name ever again and I don't ever wanna hear that name again
5.
Holidays in bed sheets You and me entertain thoughts on how the future works and how to turn each other on And though green hearts bloom in the winter, something is stirring Can I re-pave the streets I’ve built and fold our love into itself? ‘Cause you can’t be responsible for my mistakes and I take pride in what you’ve earned And I’m in the way So you’ll never catch me up in outer space I’m just floating away, merchandise in hand And so long to all those days I’m moving up but not moving out So I’ll drown in lists and blank pages clutching my heart What a strange mistake to make to get your head caught in that particular way But now there’s blood in the water stemmed from the sleep that just grew I shook awake I shook awake I shook awake ‘Cause you can’t be responsible for my mistakes and I take pride in what you’ve earned And I’m in the way So you’ll never catch me up in outer space I’m just floating away, merchandise in hand And so long to all those days I’m moving up but not moving out So you’ll never catch me I’m just floating away And so long to all those days I’m moving up but not moving out
6.
I salute The Phantom Members and the waterfalls they’ve left in their wake But the growing number is getting hard to take You’re all that I see and that’s not the best thing for me So I’m taking off my glasses and writing down the names of the afflicted But the constant bombardment is just too damn much to keep up with So I’m joining the ranks and seeing it all in degrading glory ‘Cause this is what happens when you see what you’re not supposed to see And this is what happens when you see what you’re not supposed to see
7.
The Flu 02:35
I was 17 years old when The Flu came I was damn near perfect and dull with no one left to blame You were the quiet one -- the only one -- not crying into her beer and I thought, “How nice -- one more beautiful thing to fear” Pull the shades down when you go so I can’t see that look on your face ’cause I’m forgetting your name...I’m forgetting your ghost and your presence Now you’ve given me something to feel, but I swear I’ve been shot in the head And I’ll lie down in the street and try to forget what you said: “It’s never who you think … it’s never who you think it is” “It’s never who you think … it’s never who you think it is” “It’s never who you think … it’s never who you think it is” “It’s never who you think … it’s never who you think it is” “It’s never who you think … it’s never who you think it is” (I was 17 years old when The Flu came) “It’s never who you think … it’s never who you think it is” (I was 17 years old when The Flu came) “It’s never who you think … it’s never who you think it is” (I was alone) “It’s never who you think … it’s never who you think it is” (I was alone)
8.
Creatures 00:49
Send out the creatures who lie in your bed contemplating ruin and hopelessly defying me You’re the only one who’s never coming home Crouched upon a pedestal, defiant and alone Ba da dum Ba da dum da dum Ba da dum Ba da dum da dum
9.
I alone bring forth the weight of the stone A cosmic split Put your head somewhere else Put your head somewhere else Put your head somewhere else I wait for the boredom though I can’t afford it I walk ’round in circles and come home frustrated My arguments weak and it’s buried in substance Abuse at the hands of The Firefight Crew But the quickly eroding soapbox collapses The Satellite Rapiers are flown at full mast The Mechanic he stands, gasoline on his hands saying, “I can’t rev up what’s already been worn down.” A tattooed dream of a forgotten ghost And it sits on my brain on its own private stoop and One day I’ll believe everything that I say but I’m holding my breath and I’m counting the days to put My head somewhere else Another private hell For now it’s what I know So baby I’m coming home
10.
Mr. Car Crash, he’s here to stay Brought his yellow amplifier and stand Setting off balloons in the park Trying to remove himself from your heart heart heart
11.
Crisp Waiter 03:42
Well, you think you’re crisp I think you’re shit Just a tiny smear of spit inside a mouth so full of it I don’t care I don’t You’re selling yourself and your ideas Praying no one sees what your quick capture reeks of I don’t care I don’t You never even knew You never even knew You never even knew You never even knew You’re telling yourself no one will know But how much longer can this bullshit go on for? I don’t care I don’t You never even knew You never even knew You never even knew You never even knew When I used to drink too much I’d have this silly dream where I would be spiraling down and down and down and down into this warehouse full of so much garbage and trash but it was the most wonderful garbage and trash that you could ever think of But now when I dream I don’t ever think of that shit anymore And that makes me sad Why does that make me so sad? Persecute me in a foreign land Please forgive if I never had a plan Now I’m an agent in a foreign war And that’s exactly where I was before You never even knew You never even knew You never even knew You never even knew Persecute me in a foreign land Please forgive if I never had a plan Now I’m an agent in a foreign war And that’s exactly where I was before
12.
From two-and-a-half years of radio silence to then out of nowhere go sound sudden sirens as all of my ashes and all of my demons arise They slink from the shadows other places well hidden a photo of the two of us, a letter handwritten by somebody different, who seems to have up and died But I won't tear the pieces and pictures of it out of my head And I'll rip through my memories try and find a heart that bled every drop and every possible beat ’fore the white flag and the swift retreat I just can't tear the pieces and pictures of it out of my head So take all your enemies and storm the Aleutians And I won't be anything but another contusion on a heart as empty that you could just see it fry Trap all the members and burn down the parish just purge me of anything that makes you embarrassed and don't you act happy till I have up and died And I won't tear the pieces and pictures of you out of my head and I'll rip through my memories try and find a heart that bled every drop and every possible beat, ’fore the white flag and the swift I just won’t tear the pieces and pictures of you out of my head...
13.
The cracks were plastered over and we started all again and the ringing in my ears, oh we made sure that it was dead But now there’s been a noise and emptiness and furrowed brows and who’s to save you from me now? And when I put my arms around you like you’re the pillar in my wall You would then go talk to him but now him, oh, he is gone And the others at a distance, they care for you somehow but still who’s left to save you from me now? Because all our friends are gone and I’ve kicked my crutches off And I’m warming to the idea that only irrational fears are what are keeping us apart Oh, I took you in my mind last night and it just made me sad to see you sink into the bed sheets clinging lonely with your hands And you weren’t smiling and we weren’t happy and there was a quiet in the house but still I can save you from you now But I get the feeling I am only the power line beneath the leaves the one tiny surrogate and the apartment subletee And you’ve been perched up on high subtlely for years now Come on, come down and be safe now Because all our friends are gone and you’re sleeping all alone And you’d be happy for a time between his legs instead of mine but could that possibly ever be your home? But now we know how much you love him and how I can only make you sad and how we’ve been singing the same songs just to different people in our heads But we can’t shake ourselves from each other and I do care where you lay You think it wrong but there’s somewhere you can stay ’Cause if you’re open to the idea of displacing all your fears We could save each other from ourselves somehow I feel we would be happy now
14.
And I can’t, yet settle down yet ’cause I’m still breathing And I won’t get what I want, yet until I leave it That’s the one thing keeping me down And that’s the one thing keeping me down Another stroke and I’m a wreck and I don’t believe it Better men can break away, so where’s that leave me? That’s the one thing keeping me down That’s the one thing keeping me down That’s the one thing keeping me down That’s the one thing keeping me down

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The Quelle Source
Dan Comly: Hammond B3, keyboards, piano, Fender Rhodes, Wurlitzer
Kevin Comly: bass
Mark Rybaltowski: drums, percussion
Kevin Ryan: lead and rhythm guitars, vocals
Dan Wisniewski: lead and rhythm guitars, vocals

Special thanks to Chris Wafer and Brendan Lafferty for laying the foundation for many of the bass and drum tracks, respectively, for this record during their time with the band.

All songs written by Dan Wisniewski except "You're Just A Tenant", written by Karrin Randle and Dan Wisniewski, and "Middle Name" and "Rainbow Grout", written by Kevin Ryan. All songs arranged by The Quelle Source.

Recorded at Milkboy The Studio in Philadelphia, PA, by Cody Cichowski and Wayne Hsu from December 2012 to June 2013. Mixed and mastered by Wayne Hsu. Artwork by Samskrits (samskrits.com).

Thanks to our family, friends and fans over the years for their continued support. It's been an honor and a privilege.

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released July 30, 2013

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