Hell or High Water

As Cities Burn Hell or High Water Lyrics
1.84' Sheepdog

They fixed your brain when you were young.
They fixed your brain when you were young.
They fixed your brain, they fixed it...before you knew the
difference.

And if the Good Lord's good sheep do their jobs,
You would never see they were wolves underneath.
But Good Lord have you ever seen so many teeth marks?
That's right, those containers of light come with a kiss.
But they got quite a bite.

They fixed your brain when you were young.
They fixed your brain when you were young.
Fixed your brain, they fixed it...before you knew the
difference.
They fixed your brain, they fixed it...before you knew the
difference.
Come on!

We got our sidewalks.
We got all of our safely lit streets.
We got all of our light tested beliefs.
But when I find love so bright in the alleyway,
they throw her overboard, I watch her get lost in the wake.

They fixed your brain when you were young.
They fixed your brain when you were young.
They fixed your brain, they fixed it...before you knew the
difference.
They fixed your brain when you were young.
They fixed your brain when you were young.
They fixed your brain, they fixed it...before you knew it.
They fixed your brain when you were young.
They fixed your brain when you were young.
They fixed your brain, they fixed it...before you knew the
difference.


2.Errand Rum

No I won't play that song,
to hear you singing it back.
It is all wrong.

If I ever told the truth,
he was never dead, at least not to you.
But you still sing, you still do.

We are so young.
We are so young now.
Hold your head up for the world to spin around.

Old friend we used to talk.
What we used to say, I can't recall.

Was I really listening?
Was I just waiting for my turn to talk?
I got everything to say too.

We are so young.
We are so young now.
Hold your head up, baby soon I'll be around.

Round and round we go we go.
Round and round we go we go,
and round and round we go we go.
(I know you hate the sound but baby I can't stop)
Round and round we go.

We are so young.
We are so young now.
Hold your head up for the world to spin around.

We are so young.
We are so young now.
Hold your hands out for what we can't pull down.


3.Into the Sea

And it's alright, it's alright
And it's alright, it's alright
Everybody is a failure in this light

And it's okay, it's okay
And it's okay, it's okay
Underneath it nobody's back is straight

And I'll try to stop it when
I saw your posture start to bend
But honey it was not mine to lift

Go throw yourself into the sea
Go throw yourself into
Throw yourself into the sea

And it's alright, it's alright
And it's alright
I can't make it right
Somebody put a bad lens in your eye

And you try to shed your skin
when you saw yourself in it so thin
But you only shed your blood
When you climb out, you can't climb back in

Go throw yourself into the sea
Go you throw yourself into the sea
Though we don't need a mountain moved
We just want to move ourselves
Take us somewhere, take us somewhere
Anywhere else

Go throw yourself into the sea
Go throw yourself into the sea

It's alright, it's alright
It's alright, it's alright

Go throw yourself into the sea
Go throw yourself into the sea
Though we don't ever see you move,
slowly the wind turns you to sand
in the hands of children on the shore


4.Made Too Pretty

We bear your name, then you let us say
you are something that your not.
As if you were made after we saw our own faces,
and knew we were gods enough.

I think we were made too pretty.
We're caught up in a stare we cannot break.
We know nothing changes too slowly.
Someday we might come down,
but whose to really say?

And if we are the body,
how'd the pretty man get so ugly?
How'd he get all these spaces between each limb?
And if there is one thing bigger than my head,
that's the distance I've been mislead.

'Cause I think we were made too pretty.
We're caught up in a stare and we can't break.
We know nothing changes too slowly.
And someday I might come down,
oh, I don't wanna come down.
I think we became to petty.

We don't want a God we
don't see in ourselves
don't see we're in need.

We don't want a God we
don't see in ourselves
don't see we're in need.

I think we were made too pretty.
We're caught up in a stare and we can't break.
I think we were made too pretty.
Yeah, show us that we don't see it.
We don't see it.

We know nothing changes too slowly.


5.Lady Blue

I can explain why I cannot give my heart back.
I left it with my Lady Blue.
What was her name?
She flew in, I caught her.
I was a fool to let her go.

She goes, shes goes with her hollow bones, she goes.
Every year she's back for the season.
I have to keep my windows closed.
I couldn't shake what my mother warned me of.
Try to keep me safe between the pews.
I stepped away, saw that Love was outside.
She wore a name, just a different one.

They all say,
'I'm sorry boy, you shouldn't fly with her kind.
They found a way out of God's love.'

She goes, shes goes with her hollow bones.
Keepin it pretty is gettin pretty old.
Keepin it pretty is gettin pretty old.
It's getting pretty old.

Round and round we go, we go around.
Round and round we go, she wont stay dead.
Stay down.

There's an awful lot of holes I gotta dig,
when I know you're gonna climb back up again.
Stay dead. Stay down.

Stay dead. Stay down.
Stay across the sea, but I know where you'll be.
When I look around and round we go, we go around.
Round and round we go, she won't stay dead.
Stay down.

Lady you're a lure, dancing on the bar.
Oh-ho, you know you are.
You call em' to the door, hookem' in the jaw.
Just for tonight, right?

But maybe when you're bored with the easy caught,
and when I can't afford another empty touch,
maybe then we'll board our ships with a couple crashing hearts.

Round and round we go, we go around.
Round and round we go, she stay dead.
Stay down.
Round and round we go, we go around.
Round and round we go, she won't get out of my head.
Stay in the ground.
She won't get out of my head.
Stay in the ground.
She won't stay dead. She won't stay down.
She won't stay dead. She won't stay down.
She won't stay dead.(She goes.)
She won't stay down. (She goes.)
She won't stay.


6.Petty

Is this it at the top
I didn't know there was not a ceiling
Or that the air up here was so thin
I just want my wanting to stop
I know you warned us of drought
We didn't believe it
Now we can't keep water from freezing

You are just in time to move aside
No one ever comes here stays for long
You're gonna be dethroned
You're gonna shed your pride
Overgrown

There's a kid on the cover
And I know that he doesn't believe
In the misery that he sings
Yea it's just what he thinks he needs

If all the world's a stage then it's not mine
'Cause no eye ever stays on you for long
You're gonna be dethroned
You're gonna shed your pride
It keeps growing

And you are just in time to move aside
No one ever comes here stays for long
You're gonna be dethroned
You're gonna shed your pride
If all the world's a stage then it's not mine
'Cause no eye ever stays on you for long
Yea you're gonna be dethroned
You're gonna shed your pride
Overgrown


7.Daughter

It's a shame
What I thought of her
When I saw her
That way

It didn't change
What You thought of her
She's been Your daughter
Since she was made

Since I was made
I've been leaving
I'd say I'd change
But I wouldn't believe it

It's 'cause my legs
They don't forget
When they find a way out
They always take it

Oooh we don't
Oooh we don't
We don't know how we got here
The way is overgrown
Oooh we don't
Oooh we don't
We don't know how we became this

She has a name
But I don't have to know
'Cause all I'm after
Is all she has to show

We cannot save
We can't even slow
Our loss of innocence
Every little child has to grow

Oooh we don't
Oooh we don't
We don't know how we got here
The way is overgrown
Oooh we don't
Oooh we don't
We don't know how we became this


8.Pirate Blues

Before you, your mom and your dad used to
smoke in the texas sun.
They were young once too.
And your mom she found Jesus,
while your old man stepped out and drew up his veins.

It's quiet in the house of the old.
You can hear through grinding teeth,
clocks taking their tool.
'Cause time has a mind of its own,
like our sun spinning around.
It wont slow for you now.

Oh i wanna catch in a song,
notes i dont hear yet.
But i will when im gone.

I've been pouring my heart up,
up through the floor boards,
but you don't live here anymore.

Oh you wanna catch in a lens,
color your green eyes don't see just yet.

The horse man,
they all blow out their torches.
I can still see you shining out.

But you sleep in a bed for a giant,
while you wait for your love to come home.
But you dont know, she's not coming back.

Oh i wanna find out im wrong.
And every road leads us home.
Oh but i'll never know,
'cause i keep my eyes closed
and only go where i've been before

Oh say you dont know, if you dont.


9.Capover