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Slow Rise

by The Wax Birds

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1.
Tonight, tonight, tonight, tonight You watched me dance away the night We hide behind the liquor and the lights Sirens calling out The end of time Now you are mine And I am yours Ma Vie mon amour Tonight, tonight, tonight, tonight The dogs come out the dark to fight You took my hand And kept me safe inside You helped me to stand You’re my alibi Now you are mine And I am yours Ma vie mon amour So turn down the lights And watch as my heart burns like a wild fire for yours Tonight, tonight, tonight, tonight now I can’t get you off my mind You’re slowly taken over my memories When I close my eyes All I hear is this melody Now you are mine And I am yours Ma vie mon amour Tonight, tonight, tonight, tonight.
2.
Chase the Night I’d fly around the world Just to eat, just to eat with you. I’d sail around the world, Just to drink, Just to drink with you. I need to see moonrise, In unfamiliar skies. I’m dying to taste wine from rosy Parisian vines. I’d fly around the world Just to eat, just to eat with you. I feel the longing to roam To scale the matterhorn and pick her flowers For a moment it’ll home. I’d sail around the world, Just to drink, Just to drink with you. I want to feel the waves Crash through the sand in disgrace. I’m a God of Rome Hidden in tombs below. There’s nowhere we can’t go Sun or rain or Snow Forever we will chase the night
3.
When you took my heart x 2 You broke in like the morning Now everything has changed Without any given warning I’ll never be the same When you took my heart x 2 Now I know tomorrow Will be a better day I just want to thank you You made me this way X1 Instrumental When you took my heart x2 My cloudy days are over The sun is all I see You promised me with rainbows That you’ll be here with me When you took my heart x2 The world’s a little brighter For all that you have done I’m no longer lonely Nothing’s left unsung.
4.
Dover Cliffs 03:22
DOVER CLIFFS Hold me close till the morning When you go where they send Another endless summer wondering Will I ever see you again Take my hand for the evening We can dance the night away For tomorrow I’ll be leaving How I wish I could stay But the war, she is raging Like a storm off Dover cliff We must fight for king and country We must fight that we might live As we stare down the barrel Of a Black Country cave Fell the fear in my fingers Will I ever see you again I see your face in the darkness Broken backs, we pay to the man Made for more, puppets plunder Hold our strings so we can stand But the wheels they need turning A revolution of iron and steel We must grind our bones for progress If we’re to eat then we must bleed END – Behind the glass We lose connection On Plastic Seas We see our end
5.
Will you ever call my name again x2 You look back to a better day Seems so far, did you lose your way? A mark on the seal keeps our secret safe But now, we’re undone. Can it be the same? Will you ever call out my name again? It’s hard to dream when you’re hope it lost The life you choose, well, it has a cost Remember each nigh the stars sing their song Though they know they flicker until they’re gone Will you ever call my name again? Seasons fall into the cold Nothing hurts like growing old The cracks in his face, a warning call Don’t live a life not worth living for Will you ever call my name again?
6.
You said talk to me (a thousand times) I didn’t listen (you never do) I say don’t you leave (it’s too late) When you’re already gone (took the first train) Just like time, I think it’s best We move on You’ll start afresh (always do) And I’ll pick up the pieces (I’m better off) But my head’s a mess (it’s always you) Caught my heart in the door (and what you want) Just like time, I thinking it’s best We move on Soon we’ll reconcile to a point of difference Cause you, you and I, we’re just different The same old street (this town’s too small) Another Christmas (keep walking by) I see you and her (Pleasantries) You’re not the same man (what did you expect) And just like time, I think it's best, we move on. Soon we’ll reconcile to a point of difference Cause you, you and I, we’re just different Instrumental Soon we’ll reconcile to a point of difference, Cause you, you and I, we’re just different X2
7.
Honey Rain 02:54
HONEY RAIN I wrestle but you always win You help me forget my sins Of this life I swore to never live I’ve got so much to give Honey rain Honey rain Honey rain I can never resist your name When I’ve had one hell of a week And everything within me cries weary I get by with the help of a beautiful man And a whiskey in my hand Honey rain Honey rain Honey rain I’ll never resist your name I will dance in I will dance in the rain I will dance in I will dance in the rain Chorus x 2 to end
8.
CONSUMED BY YOU When you hold my hand my heart it can hardly stand That I’m so consumed by you When you pull me close my life begins to unfold Cos I’m so consumed by you We’ve been together so long Our lives entwined in a song that we’ll sing forever Cause I’m consumed by you When we’re all alone, I’m yours and yours alone, Cause I’m so consumed by you When you’re next to me, Your love is all I need, Cause I’m consumed by you We’ve been together so long Our lives entwined in a song that we’ll sing forever Cause I’m consumed by you
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Slow Rise 04:21
Slow rise x2 You are the salt, You are the salt and you are the light You are the salt, Don’t give it all to the devils disguise Slow rise x1 We will fold, Life is hard and we will fall sometimes We will fold but we will grow given time Slow rise x2 We are shaped, We are shaped from inside We are shaped by the pressure of the divide Slow rise x1 In the heat, in the heat we will thrive In the heat we will stand, we will rise Slow rise x3

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All songs written and recorded from our tiny house on wheels, in the middle of nowhere, where it's ALWAYS windy, in New Zealand.
Being a predominantly acoustic duo, all tracks have acoustic undertones with everything else acting as a playground around it.
Lyrically, the album is a cross section of love, life and liquor.

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released November 21, 2020

Peter Green, Joanna Green.
Guest Musicians - See individual tracks.

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The Wax Birds New Zealand

An Acoustic Duo based in South Island, New Zealand.

​The Wax Birds cover a range of easy listening songs, alongside their own material.

​Their drive comes from a passion for live music and a heart to support NZ Wildlife.

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