To download this free track (320 kbps MP3), right click & choose (save as): http://bit.ly/11_Poltergeist
We built these houses
On the bones of forgotten tribes
Sucked right in
By the pull of your rotten lies
Lost inside a labyrinth
Of your mind
I try to walk towards the light
I try
Have you seen the movie Poltergeist? The words follow the movie. I wanted to create something simple that told a story, and use that story to relate to the common human state of being.
We are built up from an early age on stories of our ancestors. We are then broken like horses, and rode into oblivion. Getting trampled by the ideas of cowboys, roped into living 9-5, and dying to get out.
I just want to live. I want to live simply. I simply want to live. Every time I sing this song, I feel a connection to everyone in the room. I think deep down, we all just want to live simply. There is a basic driving force in our heads. A little kid telling us "walk towards the light", and the big bad world keeps sucking us back in.
Download the last 10 weeks songs (320 kbps MP3), right click & choose (save as):
01 We Burn http://bit.ly/01_We_Burn
02 Aesthetics http://bit.ly/02_Aesthetics
03 Phoenix http://bit.ly/03_Phoenix
04 Silent Cries http://bit.ly/04_Silent_Cries
05 Low http://bit.ly/05_Low
06 Jade http://bit.ly/06_Jade
07 To Arms http://bit.ly/07_To_Arms
08 The Tank http://bit.ly/08_The_Tank
09 Take Down the Tyrant http://bit.ly/09_Take_Down_the_Tyrant
10 Patterns http://bit.ly/10_Patterns
WE DID IT!!!!! We made it through all 11 weeks and now the whole album is released. To keep up to date with concert dates and what's going on with TWIS, please join our mailing list. Thank you so much for your continued support!
Tuesday, October 25, 2011
Tuesday, October 18, 2011
"Patterns" - Track 10 off The Tank by The War I Survived
To download this free track (320 kbps MP3), right click & choose (save as): http://bit.ly/10_Patterns
I see your face and I see patterns
I hope your right and it won't matter
Our lives are defined by disaster
There is no happily ever after
We fight and we die
We laugh and we cry
We have and we deny
We love and we survive
There are no tickets to paradise
You take your chances here, roll the dye
It makes no difference to run and hide
We see right through your disguise
We fight and we die
We laugh and we cry
We have and we deny
We love and we survive
The closer we get to the end, we get more and more stuck in our ways. Some believe that it doesn't matter, that our lives are just an accident of the cosmos. I believe everything happens for a reason and this life is a test. Not everything is meant to be sunshine and happy.
We reap what we sow. I believe this to be one of the simplest universal truths. The pattern that balances the equation of life. And there is no cheating the system.
There is no free ride in this world, you have to endure this race all the way untill the end. Whatever truths you store in your heart, will be revealed in the end. So, store up plenty of love, and hope that it spills out into the world, evening out the odds, and making this race more bearable.
We have a saying as a band. We like to say "love you, love the band!” We do this because we've all been through many bands over the years, and been part of the patterns of destruction, but we endured and it leads us to this. Harmony and elation come out of each beat and chord when we play, every note pumped through our hearts to our fingers, to your eardrums. We love what we do, and that helps us survive.
Download the last 9 weeks songs (320 kbps MP3), right click & choose (save as):
01 We Burn http://bit.ly/01_We_Burn
02 Aesthetics http://bit.ly/02_Aesthetics
03 Phoenix http://bit.ly/03_Phoenix
04 Silent Cries http://bit.ly/04_Silent_Cries
05 Low http://bit.ly/05_Low
06 Jade http://bit.ly/06_Jade
07 To Arms http://bit.ly/07_To_Arms
08 The Tank http://bit.ly/08_The_Tank
09 Take Down the Tyrant http://bit.ly/09_Take_Down_the_Tyrant
Remember, each Tuesday for the next 2 weeks we'll be releasing another track, blog, & music video until October 25th. Check back each week or join our mailing list to get these tracks in your inbox. Thank you so much for your continued support!
I see your face and I see patterns
I hope your right and it won't matter
Our lives are defined by disaster
There is no happily ever after
We fight and we die
We laugh and we cry
We have and we deny
We love and we survive
There are no tickets to paradise
You take your chances here, roll the dye
It makes no difference to run and hide
We see right through your disguise
We fight and we die
We laugh and we cry
We have and we deny
We love and we survive
The closer we get to the end, we get more and more stuck in our ways. Some believe that it doesn't matter, that our lives are just an accident of the cosmos. I believe everything happens for a reason and this life is a test. Not everything is meant to be sunshine and happy.
We reap what we sow. I believe this to be one of the simplest universal truths. The pattern that balances the equation of life. And there is no cheating the system.
There is no free ride in this world, you have to endure this race all the way untill the end. Whatever truths you store in your heart, will be revealed in the end. So, store up plenty of love, and hope that it spills out into the world, evening out the odds, and making this race more bearable.
We have a saying as a band. We like to say "love you, love the band!” We do this because we've all been through many bands over the years, and been part of the patterns of destruction, but we endured and it leads us to this. Harmony and elation come out of each beat and chord when we play, every note pumped through our hearts to our fingers, to your eardrums. We love what we do, and that helps us survive.
Download the last 9 weeks songs (320 kbps MP3), right click & choose (save as):
01 We Burn http://bit.ly/01_We_Burn
02 Aesthetics http://bit.ly/02_Aesthetics
03 Phoenix http://bit.ly/03_Phoenix
04 Silent Cries http://bit.ly/04_Silent_Cries
05 Low http://bit.ly/05_Low
06 Jade http://bit.ly/06_Jade
07 To Arms http://bit.ly/07_To_Arms
08 The Tank http://bit.ly/08_The_Tank
09 Take Down the Tyrant http://bit.ly/09_Take_Down_the_Tyrant
Remember, each Tuesday for the next 2 weeks we'll be releasing another track, blog, & music video until October 25th. Check back each week or join our mailing list to get these tracks in your inbox. Thank you so much for your continued support!
Tuesday, October 11, 2011
"Take Down the Tyrant" - Track 9 off The Tank by The War I Survived
To download this free track (320 kbps MP3), right click & choose (save as): http://bit.ly/09_Take_Down_the_Tyrant
Take down the tyrant
Don't let him live
When things get violent
We won't forgive
Within these walls we shiver
Behind doors of confusion
When these walls all shatter
We lie down and cower
Take down the tyrant
Don't let him win
When things get violent
We can't forget
Within these walls we shiver
Behind doors of confusion
When these walls all shatter
We lie down and cower
We watch terror rise
We are terrified
We all turn and hide
We must turn and fight
When the war ends
We will be friends again
War and unrest, turmoil and strife. There is a wind sweeping the world right now, and it carries the faint call of change. As more of us recognize the call, the greater demand becomes to end all tyranny. As they strike out to supress rebellions, the more people gather to the cause.
For years we've hidden in our domesticated huts, protected from the big bad world spoon fed to us through our television sets. We scoff at anyone going against the grain, as we were trained to do at a very young age. We can't let this continue, we can't forget that history is filled with tyrannical leaders, who were toppled by the people they opressed.
As the stench of fear swells, we turn away from the fight. We watch the TV as if it's a different world happening outside of our plane of existence. Tyranny is all around, and we lay idle behind closed doors, untill those walls are broken down. What started as a faint wind is now a full force of nature to be reckoned with.
It's all happening, the cycle continues. Like any storm, destruction will ensue, but like after any big storm, we will rebuild. We will survive, and help each other for one reason... Love.
Download the last 8 weeks songs (320 kbps MP3), right click & choose (save as):
01 We Burn http://bit.ly/01_We_Burn
02 Aesthetics http://bit.ly/02_Aesthetics
03 Phoenix http://bit.ly/03_Phoenix
04 Silent Cries http://bit.ly/04_Silent_Cries
05 Low http://bit.ly/05_Low
06 Jade http://bit.ly/06_Jade
07 To Arms http://bit.ly/07_To_Arms
08 The Tank http://bit.ly/08_The_Tank
Remember, each Tuesday for the next 3 weeks we'll be releasing another track, blog, & music video until October 25th. Check back each week or join our mailing list to get these tracks in your inbox. Thank you so much for your continued support!
Take down the tyrant
Don't let him live
When things get violent
We won't forgive
Within these walls we shiver
Behind doors of confusion
When these walls all shatter
We lie down and cower
Take down the tyrant
Don't let him win
When things get violent
We can't forget
Within these walls we shiver
Behind doors of confusion
When these walls all shatter
We lie down and cower
We watch terror rise
We are terrified
We all turn and hide
We must turn and fight
When the war ends
We will be friends again
War and unrest, turmoil and strife. There is a wind sweeping the world right now, and it carries the faint call of change. As more of us recognize the call, the greater demand becomes to end all tyranny. As they strike out to supress rebellions, the more people gather to the cause.
For years we've hidden in our domesticated huts, protected from the big bad world spoon fed to us through our television sets. We scoff at anyone going against the grain, as we were trained to do at a very young age. We can't let this continue, we can't forget that history is filled with tyrannical leaders, who were toppled by the people they opressed.
As the stench of fear swells, we turn away from the fight. We watch the TV as if it's a different world happening outside of our plane of existence. Tyranny is all around, and we lay idle behind closed doors, untill those walls are broken down. What started as a faint wind is now a full force of nature to be reckoned with.
It's all happening, the cycle continues. Like any storm, destruction will ensue, but like after any big storm, we will rebuild. We will survive, and help each other for one reason... Love.
Download the last 8 weeks songs (320 kbps MP3), right click & choose (save as):
01 We Burn http://bit.ly/01_We_Burn
02 Aesthetics http://bit.ly/02_Aesthetics
03 Phoenix http://bit.ly/03_Phoenix
04 Silent Cries http://bit.ly/04_Silent_Cries
05 Low http://bit.ly/05_Low
06 Jade http://bit.ly/06_Jade
07 To Arms http://bit.ly/07_To_Arms
08 The Tank http://bit.ly/08_The_Tank
Remember, each Tuesday for the next 3 weeks we'll be releasing another track, blog, & music video until October 25th. Check back each week or join our mailing list to get these tracks in your inbox. Thank you so much for your continued support!
Tuesday, October 4, 2011
"The Tank" - Track 8 off The Tank by The War I Survived
To download this free track (320 kbps MP3), right click & choose (save as): http://bit.ly/08_The_Tank
High above the clouds in the sky
There is still sun
There is still light
Heal me up
Before we wipe
Heal me with
Your sun, your light
This place brings back memories
Before I saw the light
The night I fell to my enemies
Now I return to fight
As the world gets darker and darker, the older you get, it's easy to become bitter and angry. Your view of the world becomes more and more clouded. It's easy to forget that there is still good things in this world, and there is still hope for all the lost souls.
I feel like I'm running on empty sometimes, and I need refilled in order to make it any further. Sometimes we need a big dose of something to refuel our power cells. Sometimes we need light, hope, and inspiration, whatever you want to call it. We need something.
And we need it now.
I'm drawn back to a time when things seemed better. Life was simple. When you're young, you have it all figured out, or so you would believe. And now that I'm older, I'm trying to pinpoint why, and when, and where my story switched from day to night. Before I died, felled by my enemies hand, my own inner torment.
Then I remember there was no instant, no moment of defeat, where my soul was captured. This battle is still going on, and I need to wake up. And like that, I'm back in it. Ready to smile again, ready to take on heaps of trouble, with a light heart and joyful soul.
I can extend myself beyond my means, taking damage the whole way, because something is healing me up. My faith reminds me that on the darkest days of my life, though I can't see it, the sun is still shining. Remembering this, my spirit is renewed, and I am ready for more. I am smiling, ready for another round.
One more thing on a personal note. I hope you all are getting why I'm doing this. In my studio, there is an old painted two by four. It's missing chunks, bitten off by time and decay, and roughly painted army green. Four words are written across it in black letters, "Dispel negativity through creativity.", and these are a reminder of why I write music. It's how I keep my soul clean.
Download the last 7 weeks songs (320 kbps MP3), right click & choose (save as):
01 We Burn http://bit.ly/01_We_Burn
02 Aesthetics http://bit.ly/02_Aesthetics
03 Phoenix http://bit.ly/03_Phoenix
04 Silent Cries http://bit.ly/04_Silent_Cries
05 Low http://bit.ly/05_Low
06 Jade http://bit.ly/06_Jade
07 To Arms http://bit.ly/07_To_Arms
Remember, each Tuesday for the next 4 weeks we'll be releasing another track, blog, & music video until October 25th. Check back each week or join our mailing list to get these tracks in your inbox. Thank you so much for your continued support!
High above the clouds in the sky
There is still sun
There is still light
Heal me up
Before we wipe
Heal me with
Your sun, your light
This place brings back memories
Before I saw the light
The night I fell to my enemies
Now I return to fight
As the world gets darker and darker, the older you get, it's easy to become bitter and angry. Your view of the world becomes more and more clouded. It's easy to forget that there is still good things in this world, and there is still hope for all the lost souls.
I feel like I'm running on empty sometimes, and I need refilled in order to make it any further. Sometimes we need a big dose of something to refuel our power cells. Sometimes we need light, hope, and inspiration, whatever you want to call it. We need something.
And we need it now.
I'm drawn back to a time when things seemed better. Life was simple. When you're young, you have it all figured out, or so you would believe. And now that I'm older, I'm trying to pinpoint why, and when, and where my story switched from day to night. Before I died, felled by my enemies hand, my own inner torment.
Then I remember there was no instant, no moment of defeat, where my soul was captured. This battle is still going on, and I need to wake up. And like that, I'm back in it. Ready to smile again, ready to take on heaps of trouble, with a light heart and joyful soul.
I can extend myself beyond my means, taking damage the whole way, because something is healing me up. My faith reminds me that on the darkest days of my life, though I can't see it, the sun is still shining. Remembering this, my spirit is renewed, and I am ready for more. I am smiling, ready for another round.
One more thing on a personal note. I hope you all are getting why I'm doing this. In my studio, there is an old painted two by four. It's missing chunks, bitten off by time and decay, and roughly painted army green. Four words are written across it in black letters, "Dispel negativity through creativity.", and these are a reminder of why I write music. It's how I keep my soul clean.
Download the last 7 weeks songs (320 kbps MP3), right click & choose (save as):
01 We Burn http://bit.ly/01_We_Burn
02 Aesthetics http://bit.ly/02_Aesthetics
03 Phoenix http://bit.ly/03_Phoenix
04 Silent Cries http://bit.ly/04_Silent_Cries
05 Low http://bit.ly/05_Low
06 Jade http://bit.ly/06_Jade
07 To Arms http://bit.ly/07_To_Arms
Remember, each Tuesday for the next 4 weeks we'll be releasing another track, blog, & music video until October 25th. Check back each week or join our mailing list to get these tracks in your inbox. Thank you so much for your continued support!
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)
ORDER THE TANK CD NOW!!!
