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The House Hippos [EP]

by The House Hippos

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1.
Leaving 03:11
Fighting so hard not to cry Need somewhere to rest my head I see the days go by and by We're off the path that I have led So you are Leaving me by myself so alone If you can Send me a postcard I'll write right back Every battle we have won The spoils have gone to someone else We brought our rifles brought our guns The fact we live just kind of helps So you are Leaving me by myself so alone If you can Send me a postcard I'll write right back Solo Take my hand Let's not leave what we have behind We'll be fine Realize that it's not all bad
2.
Just found you out Your lies can no longer protect you Tell me about The plan you had for us oh no Slowly break our heart Creepin' through our skin It's not like we haven't done this Thrashin' through water fightin' 'gainst air Everthing's perfectly normal 'round here Yearning for something breaking all fear Taking the lessons we learned through the years Can you hear the sound Of the people screaming your name Take a look around So you know what they actually see A leader who leads A fighter who bleeds It's not like we haven't done this Thrashin' through water fightin' 'gainst air Everything's perfectly normal 'round here Yearning for something breaking all fear Taking the lessons we learned through the years We're breaking away from you We're takin' all we had We've broken your fortress Taken the keep And we will rise as your coporation weeps We've taken the fortress Grabbing a hold And we will ride to the sunset that we always knew Take it away Take it away Why can't you honestly just...
3.
Blue Skies 04:53
This dark cloud has covered itself on my life And distorted the view The rain's fallin' down and beginnin' to flood This once cherished fool It slips its way through my lungs and now I start to fall These words said will echo their way through time But you won't heed my call I think it's a real time now for a change Before your lies Make their way in the ears of the pure ones And make them realize The world isn't all smiles and rainbows and sometimes You need those blue skies, those blue skies The issue here is your failure to know What's right and wrong If only you could resist the temptation But you're not that strong Sometimes I think we're makin' progress But that's just a lie From now on for all of our inherent issues We should look to the sky I think it's a real time now for a change Before your lies Make their way in the ears of the pure ones And make them realize The world isn't all smiles and rainbows and sometimes You need those blue skies, those blue skies
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Conformity 04:19
Come at me now it's alright Why shy away from the fight You know it's all about you and your petty reputation Not just a simple little rule Come on you know I'm your fool Come on I'm just another tool Need to fight this somehow I no longer will bow I won't immerse in the crowd keep my heart alight Not everyone wants to be like you Not everyone wants to kneel like this We will be our own selves startin' now The next thing you'll see will be my fist I've found something that can stick Inside your head so quick My words will come haunt you with utter determination You're just scared of comin' out You're just scared of the sound Of people not liking the real you So come and join the true side where we do what we like Where we see the true light it'll be alright Not everyone wants to be like you Not everyone wants to kneel like this We will be our own selves startin' now The next thing you'll see will be my fist Solo Come rise up with me right now Turn it off and scream out loud I'm about to come and show you how To be more than just a normal proud Raise your fist straight in the air This is the first step to being free Run outside yellin' without a care Come on and be just like me
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Take my hand and break away The web that has crossed your face Open eyes so very wide Now you know just who has lied There are those who've disappeared Some may say it's very weird Those who spoke or gave a voice To people without any choice The news reels flash over again Saying we brought our own end The bombs fall upon our home Now you are truly alone What we did is sit and watch As they took our lives to torch What is this for what's the gain Only for some liquid grain Take my hand and break away The web that has crossed your face Take it back you know what I mean I see the desperate hands out What you lack is some sort of spine You need to find your dreams now Break away from the carnage Before you fall into pieces Less you know a way to be free You need to break away so We can find the glass that has impaired us Find the secrets through our pure lust Take down everyone that gets in our way Their lies no longer have a say So close to these secrets kept hidden Now the words will come unbidden Take it and begin to open up This scroll that's like any holy cup Wake up realize I've gone nowhere There's no true way to get out of here Cells line down the hallway to contain me Once was blind now I can see Take it back I know what I mean I see the desperate hands out What I lack is some sort of spine I need to find my dreams now I can see the open sore now It's so close but I can't close it Why have you forsaken me here Take me out of this indescribable hell Instrumental

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released December 16, 2012

All songs written by The House Hippos

All songs recorded and mastered by Hive Studios

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The House Hippos Hamilton, Ontario

The House Hippos is composed of McMaster University and Mohawk College students who came together to form a rock band in June of 2011. Their first EP is set for release on December 28, 2012.

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