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I Shall Not Be Moved

from Mainland by The Waxwings

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Floodlights and fireworks
Don't hold a candle to the spark
Of sunrise in open eyes
Guiding my way in the dark
But long shadows fall
Sad sirens call
The flickering streetlight shines through
The stain glass at midnight mass
But the light never goes out in you
Never goes out in you

Costumes and card tricks
They don't do nothing for me
It's a mean trade
A cheap charade
I'd pull back the curtain if I cared
On the lies that they spoke
The mirrors and smoke
They seem to be there but they are not
We can't hide
Surrounded on all sides
But believe me we'll never be caught
Never be caught

We're gonna drown it our with a whisper

Parchment and pavement
Lines that connect and dissolve
And lead to what we always knew
You gotta split the atom
If you wanna blow up the sky
All the wild seas and distant centuries
Strung through the eye of the needle
To sew the tear and clear the air
And we'll start all over again

Freight trains and hurricanes
That carry the world away
On mad winds and engines
ButI shall not be moved
Long will I stay
On firm feet of clay
This moment frozen in time
Round the bend
And in the end
I'll be singin your songs in my mind
Your songs in my mind

I'm gonna drown it out with a whisper

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from Mainland, released December 1, 2016
written by eric schopmeyer

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The Waxwings Portland, Oregon

The Waxwings is a band of friends from Portland, OR. We take our diverse musical influences (classical, rock, folk, what have you) and channel them through acoustic instruments to unearth themes of love, loss and the pursuit of soul-searching redemption. ... more

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