Tin Fist EP

The Acorn Tin Fist EP Lyrics
1.Heirlooms

Sometimes treasures found are treasures best left hidden
Like petty crimes that shouldn't be forgiven
And the shadow cast by the towers you left standing
Listen to the ringing in your ears
You belmont mouth and drinking paint the water
Pillow aches and eyes burn for tomorrow
Wedding seasons to temporary reasons
Nothing but the ringing in your ears
A trumpet tales you heard ad infinitum
Parting words and how we might divide them
No holy wars or drunk high school reunions
Nothing but the ringing in our ears

The paper bag film version of your life
The family jewels you put under the knife
And heirlooms mark the stunts you can't get rid of
Branded in your backside for you to sit on
Sunlight paints the poles with dusk and plaster
These days the waves lap the sidewalks so much faster
I fall asleep in the valley between your shoulders
Listen to the ringing in my ears (x4)

See the way that you fall back to the back of the line (x6)


2.Brokered Heart

Your head is full of fire
With words and false desires
Oh, you signed and sealed it
My brokered heart believed it

Your head's above the water
The land ahead has caught you
I've already signed and sealed it
My brokered hand believed it

Again, my heart is caving in
My eye is turning into dim

Your head is full of fire
With words and false desires
Oh, you signed and sealed it
My brokered heart believed it


3.Ferile Chile

It started with a seed
It formed the worst of me
Marked by tongues and seeds
Of cold tranquility
But things are getting better

With lust and spoonfuls of pity
You turned this heart into a city
Pirates in the streets
Your loves kept underneath
Things are getting better
Things are getting better

Of all the sails you said you carry by your sides
It didn't miss the wind or the daily dice
And everything you did
Couldn't keep me any further from the truth
No, everything you did
Couldn't keep me any further from the proof
Things are getting better
Things are getting better
Yeah, things are getting better
Curse the love you left in this city
Curse the love you left in this city
Curse the love you left in this city
Curse the love you left in this city
Curse the love you left in this city
curse the love you left in this city
Curse the love you left in this city
Oh curse the love you left in this city


4.Spring Thaw

A thousand points of light
Are flowing through the streets
Painting streaks and streams
Of light upon our feet

You cannot take a single step
Without these colors covering our cheeks
And all these fading dreams
Are coral in the trees

The slumber town is smoked
The capital's on fire
The slumber town is smoked
The capital's on fire

We cannot take a single step
Without these ashes covering our feet
And all these failing dreams
Are burning in the streets

So take the hand that guides your shoulder
And walk into the wall
All this town is underwater
Are hearts are finally thawed


5.Maple Bees

Lost in colors
Painted with silver dice
Printed on fading sheets
With yellows, greys and whites

Harmonies couldn't get you to say
Your voice always carrying
You further from my own

Think of me
I know you'll always feed
The buoy that's out to sea
Guiding me to your deep deep deep

Maplebees
Kept them from stinging me
They hovered around my tree
And about your trembling leaves

But oh, oh, oh you kept the door open
Your long dark silouette
Flushed to the frame
The flattery of young women
Can keep a man hoping
But nothing could compare to you calling my name

Think of me
Gaslights and silver streams
Shadows and arteries
That bleed from your heart back to me


6.Dents

I can see your years in my reflection,
dents and cracks embedded in my skin
Maywood bloom in fireworks and fury
for all the times I didn't let you win.

(Oooh, Oooh woo ooh. x2)

As I make my way through your convictions,
let me pick the best fruit from your tree
And all the miles that we have put between us
have been filled with loving blisters and sour truths.

One by one the seasons change you
Maybe once but not for all
Time can't paint the picture for you
Dying leaves need time to fall

Let me be the one you're running to

One by one the seasons change you
Maybe once but not for all
Time can't paint the picture for you
Dying leaves need time to fall