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City 9

by The Otto Modest

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1.
Night of Sin 04:03
Night of Sin Here we are in hell again Autumn leaves don't know how to pretend The time is right for a night of sin Bones will break but will heal again I lost a lot of blood making friends I made a lot of friends making enemies It's either this or the flood There's blood on your brush and that doesn't paint a pretty picture Do you want to get dark? You can't trust what you can't kill Do you want to get dark? If red is murder than what color is dead? And we will wait until the sun comes up Do you want to get dark? You can't trust what you can't kill Do you want to get dark? If red is murder than what color is dead? And we will wait until the sun comes up to go to sleep
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Harp 03:01
Harp Everywhere, Everywhere Love, love, love, love Is possible At the last empty place on earth Conniving, convincing, and up to the good that only the devil enjoys History will burn our names and the black around your eyes is a healthy gray And the harp it plays on and on and on and on You didn't hear it from me, you never heard this from me But they told me to hush, hush, hush, hush Love is possible
3.
The Killer Came Home for Dinner Can I wake you up? Can I pull you down? You felt the overwhelming urge to tell me you didn't love me, when I didn't ask My hair was longer way back then And yours was so much shorter than mine Just like the killer invents new ways to not feel remorse You are still dead of course Can I let you down? Can I lift you up? You felt the overwhelming urge to tell me you didn't trust me, when I didn't ask And you told me to write you song about love When I did you said it didn't sound sincere and you wanted me to take it back Just like the devil who writes new lies to gather our souls Yours is still mine of course But I'm not like the coward who runs and hides to never face his fears You know, when mine comes I'll be right here
4.
Never Caught but Never Free I'm never caught but I'm never free I lied too much for the both of us but she doesn't care She doesn't care Got my ear to the ground I don't know who is coming Their footsteps are light She's sleeping on top She doesn't believe me I'm never caught but I'm never free I lied too much for the both of us But she doesn't care She doesn't care When I call for her, she never comes When I held her down, she never stays Her love is like the feeling that you're going to die And I'll never give that up, no I'll never give that up
5.
Smiles (free) 04:03
Smiles Folding back my layers like an onion you were surprised at what you saw My heart was bloody and red and not black at all I can understand why you're scared but not why you cry I'm wise but ungrateful and I steal my best lines from poets in the gutter Curse the day I became aware of my own power it was a hefty lie I'm a very bad man I'm a very bad man She was the one I could never keep in bed She never had a friend that didn't end up dead And I wait for her soul to reveal itself But it never will, it never will, but I hope it will Rickety, rickety, rickety rhymes I had more ideas than I ever had time And she's so happy that my armies march to her beat With soldiers shining smiles to the corpses beneath their feet I'm a very bad man I'm a very bad man
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Bloody Knuckles Robot arms and soggy skin Is this the town that I grew up in or did it grow in me? She only loves me when I talk about death I only love her when I know I can't have her And no you can't have her Junkie arms and alcohol swabs It came in threes and left in twos And shake until your head comes off Will you be there for me? Will you be there for me? Black fields and bloody knuckles If I can't make you want me, then I'll make you hate me And I saw the devil today He had four eyes and a head of curls And if the lord calls you home Tell him you can't go And if the lord calls you home Tell him you can't go Are you still here with me? Are you still here with me? What are you waiting for? What are you waiting for?

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released March 18, 2011

Produced by Jason Gregory and The Otto Modest.
Recorded in homes and at Avatar in St. Louis, MO.
Songs written by Josh Evans and The Otto Modest

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Some guys in South City St. Louis trying to make interesting rock music.

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