Smoke Around the Lamps
from Plates of Ether by Terrible Buttons
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lyrics
There's a snake in my ear
Growing fingernails and hair
There's a fairytale
Going off the rails
The smoke around the lamps
Performs a slow suppressing dance
Stifling the lights advance
So hungry dogs will lead my way
I'll feed them only if they stay
And keep me safe until the light of day
There's a snake in my ear
Growing fingernails and hair
There's a fairytale
Going off the rails
Stumbling through the haze
I come upon an empty grave
And it meets my empty gaze
That grave one question asks:
"Which one will the other outlast,
The body or the lash?"
Black-blue eyes
(Yeah I've seen the light)
Black-blue eyes
(And it's no tunnel bright)
You said that death was gunna come
And that it comes for everyone
So I stopped listening to your album
Because I'm afraid of all that dark
That end impending from the start
My enemy cannot be fought
There's a snake in my ear
Growing fingernails and hair
There's a fairytale
Going off the rails
The smoke around the lamps
Performs a slow suppressing dance
Stifling the lights advance
So hungry dogs will lead my way
I'll feed them only if they stay
And keep me safe until the light of day
There's a snake in my ear
Growing fingernails and hair
There's a fairytale
Going off the rails
Stumbling through the haze
I come upon an empty grave
And it meets my empty gaze
That grave one question asks:
"Which one will the other outlast,
The body or the lash?"
Black-blue eyes
(Yeah I've seen the light)
Black-blue eyes
(And it's no tunnel bright)
You said that death was gunna come
And that it comes for everyone
So I stopped listening to your album
Because I'm afraid of all that dark
That end impending from the start
My enemy cannot be fought
There's a snake in my ear
credits
from Plates of Ether,
track released May 20, 2011
Written and performed by Terrible Buttons.
Produced and Engineered by Pete Stewart @ Orbit Audio, Seattle
(c) & (p) Plastic Horse Records 2011.
Written and performed by Terrible Buttons.
Produced and Engineered by Pete Stewart @ Orbit Audio, Seattle
(c) & (p) Plastic Horse Records 2011.
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Terrible Buttons Spokane, Washington
Terrible Buttons, a seven piece outfit from Spokane, have been playing their brand of spooky blues rock for roughly 3 years
now. They have released two EP's, 2010's Brute Neighbors and 2011's Plates of Ether.
The band’s debut-full length record, 'RUNT', is slated for release on July 12, and showcases Terrible Buttons ability to go from bayou blues to downright psychedelic.
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