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Never Better

by Downturns

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1.
Testimony 04:46
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Like a cold snap, sometimes I break my own heart The engines on, I’m far gone I see my breath billowing and the tears on my face freeze This was a lost case I start out for nowhere Leave everything behind I’ve never been better I’ve never been better It breaks down in the middle of the road Then there’s the moon laughing at me in my folly It’s sickening how easy it was to leave This was all for not I start out for nowhere Leave everything behind I’ve never been better I’ve never been better Don’t follow me I said don’t follow me I need out I need out Stop the suffering I said stop the suffering I need out I need out
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False Throne 05:46
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You can’t sleep without her velvet bones The writing is clear across the wall Enriched with sin but still you throw the first stone With no cause of rhyme “I just wanted to you know?” We start to crawl with no resolve On the sacrificial altar there are no morals involved Use me speak gently Speak slowly I can’t feel it Harsh words are frightful They mean nothing to me You can feel it for what it is Never leave from inside their narrows For fifteen years we stay hidden With well made plans to stay inside the catacombs But you tore them up “I just wanted you to know?” It’s safer here in the squalor We can be heroes or we can be martyrs Shipbuilders hands start building I can’t see it Upgrades and downgrades that mean nothing to me At least it is something You can see it for what it’s worth “If you love something let it free” “That’s a lie” “It will come back so they say” “Thats a lie” I’ve fallen off of my throne and it feels so good
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Mad Dog 05:35
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From the slums of Montreal Tied to your back gate all night long Barking from the fog I won’t bite the hand that feeds But I will beg for scraps of meat Could you feed me? I’m not the butchers son As I walk up Saint-Laurent Would you sing me a song? When I get the title shot I can hear the bones crush You can beat me With bottles of residue She said she always knew I’d grow up to be just like you Bite through flesh and skin The Fighting never ends Tomorrow night were are doing it again You can’t and you wont save me You can’t and you wont save me You can’t and you wont save me Just leave me behind I’m already dead I froth at the mouth like a mad dog You can’t sleep at night with your eyes open, with your eyes open I froth at the mouth like a mad dog You can’t sleep at night when you are paranoid, I am paranoid You can’t sleep at night when you are terrified, utterly terrified You can’t sleep at night when you are nothing, I am nothing
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Mother Superior 04:23
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Turn off the lights Turn off the lights and pretend That you can even stand the sight of me You only like me when you’re drunk And even then you’re violent And I’m looking for some guidance Oh mother superior There are no lights on in the darkness of this town Seldom are the sounds But there is a crime in your silence My bleeding heart has been bled dry By the shyness of this tyrant If you’re waiting for the right time You might not get another like this Oh mother superior
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Exodus 06:57
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I walked with mad men through a clockwork jungle Slumbering minds limp picking through the rubble I followed a funeral drum through and absent tunnel My bones are breaking and I doubt I’ll see tomorrow All your scars show that you fought and lost the battle You’re so quick to speak but you’re too weak to even follow Madmen speak to me in dreams that conquer reality If you would only listen to me Would you listen to me? Your face was lifeless as we walked into exodus I was naive when I believed that you still loved me We dismantled ourselves on the grounds of the badlands You can ignore your guilt but there is still blood on your hands Blood, blood in the badlands Blood, blood on your hands I know, I’m not normal But love, love isn’t natual

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released November 28, 2015

James Murray - Lead vocals, Guitars
Cody Wright - Guitars
Alex Linton - Bass Guitar
Matthew Spence - Drums, Synthesizer

Lyrics by James Murray
Music by Downturns
Artwork by Matthew Spence

Produced by Downturns
Recorded & Mixed by Cody Wright

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Downturns Toronto, Ontario

Downturns is an Indie Rock band from the Toronto area.

Beginning in 2014 Downturns has created a fresh sound using depressing and harsh structures with upbeat dance elements blended with raw theatrical on stage performances. ... more

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