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Quarters & Wax

by Aphids

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Total Refill Styles vary across the album, from post to math to indie rock, keeping them tracks tasty fresh the whole way along. Favorite track: When I Go.
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1.
Tired 03:23
Was it worth it To see me falling down Was it worth it To see me hit the ground Was it worth it Was it better than you'd ever known Was it worth it Did he make you feel at home Something I could never do I'm lost I need your love, your heart again I need to feel it beat under skin I need your love, your heart again I need to feel it beat under skin I'm so, so, so, so tired I'm done I need some air, I need some space I need a place where I can waste my days I need some air, I need some space I need to watch the light cast shadows on your face I'm so, so, so, so tired
2.
The Hot Wax 02:51
I took the long way home, because, I could These days never, turn out, the way, they should Stuck at a red light Caught in a fire fight I never saw you this way before Almost broke my hand, when you slammed the door Always was passive The fall out was massive Our grip is slipping The hot wax is dripping, On to my hand This will never be the same This can never go away
3.
If I planted a flower in pavement, do you think it would grow? I don’t know There’s a variable, in the movement of nature Like feet on hot pavement They dance, they dance, around They barely touch the ground We march, we march along Day by day And all I see Are the patterns around me At the top of the hill, lies a tree Seen it all before me Studying progress, one might conclude That often the old, reflects the new And it’s sad to say, that we don’t learn As much as we could But sometimes we’ll see What’s around the bend behind the trees We create technology To make it be And all I see Are the patterns around me If it happened before, it will happen again If it happened before
4.
Stone Harbor 03:24
I came to you broken Eyes shut but opened Up when you carried me You followed my motion Sand and the ocean Swelled up to bury me You stepped in my footprints Became what I meant When I said I was home But you have made your choice You have made your voice Clear, I'll leave it alone And I know, I know Now it is empty Just sand beneath me And I have lost my way The beach is endless Dark, cold and senseless Now that you've turned away But I've been dreaming And I've been keeping Warm with the words you left Said you were worried Feelings were blurry You haven't turned back yet And I know, I know And I wish that I could hate you But I just hate myself And I wish that I could change you But I can't change myself
5.
She swears, she swore she loved him But she seems more or less confused Every night they'll fight like cats and dogs But it always the same, was it always this way You, need to open your eyes girl He treats you right girl Don't take him for granted She says he's free of ball and chain But the scars on his ankles don't say the same He tries so hard to smile But it's tough, when she's hanging off his face You, need to open your eyes girl He treats you right girl Don't take him for granted I could never do the same as him I could never be the same as him
6.
Meet me at coca cola drive We'll pretend everything's alright We'll watch the airplanes flying up all night And at the end of some old street We'll watch the traffic in the heat We'll feel the asphalt melting under feet And on an empty open road Get lost and find a new way home It's always better when we're not alone And in a darkened alleyway We'll figure out to make this stay I will not rest until the light of day Oh, my love, I'd die for you now even still I'm not ready just yet Here I stand alone You rattle through my bones And in the middle of the page I find that i have been replaced A simple sentence that has been erased And at the ending of the book I find you gone and i am shook I fill my head with all the words you took And in the middle of a dream As I turn in restless sleep I see you holding on somebody's sleeve And at my best I have seen you at your worst I won't run, not anymore My feet are so sore Here I stand alone You rattle through my bones Now I know my place It's written on your face
7.
I Always Do 04:34
I've been lost, I've been lost you know I have But I found, found my way back to you I always do I am not, I am not better yet But I will, I will see better ends I always do And I hold, and I hold you out What I'm told, what I'm told I doubt I always do I've been lost, I've been lost you know I have But I found, found my way back to you I always do I've been waiting, I've been taken in But that's not who I am now
8.
Vivid Scene 02:44
I found sight Lying in the backyard Staring at the stars And the grass was wet And we end up Back at square one I found thought Lying on the pavement Wondering where the days went Making a mess And you can listen But can you learn Take what you can, don’t leave so soon Every second, electric bloom Tripping in triplets, the vivid scene Seeing the world, from inside a dream I found sound Sitting on the back porch Candle as a torch And I’m covered in wax Take care now But we’re gonna lose it anyway I found life In every waking moment Holding onto something That’s holding back Open up Take what you can, don’t leave so soon Every second, electric bloom Tripping in triplets, the vivid scene Seeing the world, from inside a dream
9.
Go out on a limb, you’ve got nothing to lose Except for maybe a broken bone or two Where the thought of the fall, is worse than the fall itself Or sit, souvenir on the shelf You always got your way But not today You never took the blame But not today Lost for the sake of learning the way I fell awake Dream like in sequence the places we frequent all melted like clay Then I awake to a scarier state, a perfect array You always got your way But not today You never took the blame But not today
10.
When I Go 05:29
When I go I’ll go my own way I will feel the wind on my face I will see the ground approaching Finally I will be free now Free to face the night on my own When I leave I’ll leave my own way I will look up to the surface I will feel the water on me Finally I will be free then Free to face the night on my own When I go I’ll find my own way I will taste the cold, hard metal I will feel its warmth in my mouth Finally I will be free then Free to face the night on my own When I leave I’ll make my own way I will leave behind my body When I go I’ll do it my way I will be free from my body
11.
My crooked spine's a winding staircase And it twists its way through me It used to hold my bones all in place Now it's crumbling, can't you see I can feel you climbing up it Kicking my nerves as you embark Then you reach the top where you sit And make your home there in the dark Between my ears, behind my forehead The only place I know you now You will reside there until I'm dead Or I've forgotten you somehow Haven't had much luck lately, I'm giving up

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Recorded in 45 hours over a 4 day span at WMUC radio station at the University of Maryland.
Includes 9 brand new tracks, and 2 remastered tracks from "A Broken Bone Or Two"

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released October 7, 2012

Aphids is:

Trevor Nierendorf (guitar, lead vocals)
John Stackpole (bass, guitar)
Robby Bowen (drums, vocals)
Thomas Lardner (trumpet)
Nick Calvitt (guitar, mandolin)

Special thanks to Alex Bohn for backup vocals on "I Always Do"

Produced by Aphids
Recorded and mixed by Trevor Nierendorf at the University of Maryland WMUC studio
Mastered by Steve Corrao at Sage Audio
Artwork by Hugh Boyd

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