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1.
be a prayer ten feet taller be the sweet scent be the wild one be the black son luminescent for every single drop for the very first kiss for the trembling to never stop for everything, for this be a prayer ten feet taller take their punches be the last one be unbroken be relentless for every single drop for the very first kiss for the trembling to never stop for everything, for this for the one who takes you down for the ground that meets you there for your single worst fear for the truth you cannot hear
2.
The Only One 04:36
I'm broken and dirty and lost all alone I came here the same way you showed me back home the people talk circles around me I'm invisible the streets run like corn rows remind me I don't belong I'm waiting I'm waiting I'm waiting for you I'm sinking without you I'm bleeding don't know what to do waiting sinking [repeat first half of first verse, repeat first chorus] I'm waiting retracing rethinking what I've done I'm sinking reliving regretting I'm the only one
3.
Siren 04:39
hear me speak hear me breathe hear me call to you hear me sing hear this song hear the ocean blue you’re coming to me you’re crashing free you’re drinking from me your soul-sea hear me think hear me blink hear me pray for your return hear my mind hear my heartbeat hear the gull – its throat burns you’re coming to me you’re crashing free you’re drinking from me your soul-sea your siren your shipwreck cannons firing all hands on deck you’re a firefly you’re a dancing buoy you have to try my siren boy skyward bright fading light you’re deep-sixed in my heart air escapes ocean takes they’ll never break us apart
4.
raven goes red blackbird to rust and the tree line turns to dust and it seems to me the only place to live is in the space of forgetting who I am horizon washed out blinding sun sea and the summer turns to leave and it seems to me the only place to heal is in the day that’s dying in me the golden hour we’ll never grow sour as long as you’re with me ooh, maybe we want to ooh, maybe we ought to ooh, maybe we whisper ooh, maybe we call out raven goes red a love I can trust and your memory turns to dust and it seems to me the only way to live is to make fear your passion, your grace horizon washed out blinding sun sea and the summer turns to leave and it seems to me the only place to heal is in the day that’s dying in me the golden hour we’ll never grow sour as long as you’re with me
5.
your love feels like Sunday Station slow coach pulling away broken rooftops, Father’s watch stops miles and miles to feel this way ooh, wish I was ooh, wish I could your love feels like Red Square Sunrise still life waiting to be born dizzy heartbeats, worried smile lines I’m ready to be torn ooh, wish I was ooh, wish I could your love changes everything your love makes me blind
6.
These are the best times These are the worst times This is the only time for you and me to get it right This is the long night This is the long war This is the tunnel with no merciful end in sight small men need fear This is the low ground This is the bloody sound This is the road to torture paved in legalese We are the sheep-lemmings They are the chicken-things This is the shit they want you to swallow on your knees small men need fear small men breathe fear [repeat of first verse, one octave up] small men pray fear small men tax fear small men vote fear small men hide fear All men need... mothers
7.
let me be your slave you can be my higher power I know it’s a dead end I know it’s the last stop I’ve been here a thousand times before hey, look—I’m still breathing who’s to keep me from myself? who’s to talk me off the ledge? who can whisper loud enough? one last time here...
8.
Go Down 07:22
I’ve seen better days in my dreams Two Legs says I don’t but I scream dirty blades are singing they’re coming for me I hear the others go down one, two, three go down hormones and antibodies dinner for none Two Legs forgets sometimes which way to run go down I can see four walls too close to touch but I know it’s out there somewhere brilliant sky
9.
Be a Prayer 05:03
for every last drop for the very first kiss for the trembling to never stop for everything, for this be a prayer for the one who takes you down for the ground that meets you there for your single worst fear for the truth you cannot bear be a prayer for the day that never ends for the one that never comes for the love I could return for the love...

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TWBA reunites with several former members, including three drummers, to record its 10th album.

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released May 1, 2013

Mary Beth Kite, vocals; Matt Kite, guitar, piano; Greg Strickland, bass, cello; Brenda Hazen, backing vocals on tracks 1, 5, 8, 9; Dan Hazen, drums on 1, 5, 8, 9; Roger Johnson, drums on 3, 4, 9; Dave Warburton, drums on 2, 6, 7, 9. Guest musicians: Gibson Kite (backing vocals on track 4); Soul Theory (backing vocals on track 4); Maryanne Regnier Ryan (hand claps on track 9). Produced by Scott Ross & TWBA. Recorded, mixed, and mastered by Scott Ross at Elliott Bay Recording Co. (Seattle, WA). Cover art courtesy of Michaela Eaves. Music by TWBA. Lyrics by Matt Kite. © 2013 Gargantuan Records/TWUBBA Music (ASCAP).

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The Whole Bolivian Army Tacoma, Washington

Co-ed indie rock fermented in the City of Destiny.

Mary Beth Kite, vocals
Matt Kite, guitar
Gibson Kite, drums

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