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Summertime Tombstones III (​*​Demo​*​)

by The Slums

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Lavender Lava 06:03
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[Verse 1] Laughing out loud When they shame you Find skeletons in your closet Hid from view Face the fears Hold them dearly near The pain so beautiful Burning Lavender Lava [Chorus 1] We lurk for colors To paint our auras A bloody red sword Spills your true colors Keep your red eyes So open my fellows We’ll die one day So peacefully mellow [Verse 2] Too many voices ruling A foolish weak mind Laughing when I cry Truly choking inside Don’t hold your tears Shed them with your pride They’ll bring you down Till you’re six feet out of sight [Chorus 2] We’re lost for love When it’s already inside This is the meaning of life Keep your eyes red So open my fellows We’ll die one day So peacefully mellow [Coda] "Life's too hard" But mistakes are lessons Crying isn’t weak Toughness won't prove strength "It’s too tough" This only shows How much you could hold Till you break down and explode Living in a world so blind We take eye for an eye So when the moon rises It’s a sign to keep on fighting
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Journey 02:36
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[Verse 1] Are we really gonna make it? Is it worth is to give it a shot? Snakes strike the sleeping Twisted up, head in a knot Words you take are yours to keep This Journey ain't for the week [Bridge 1] Listen and hear The Ballad of Crete [Instrumental Break] [Verse 2] Wake up from your sleep Lamenting fades the vision No way out of your fears Preaching love, no division I think we found what we've come to find Ancient wisdom, sacred visions, & knowledge divine [Bridge 2] The truth you seek is yours to reap The Journey is for all to speak
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Hang the Jib 01:58
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[Verse 1] In troubled waters She's my harbor But nowadays She's there no longer And I Oh, how I cry [Verse 2] She's lied I've cried But don't pity me If fate says it's so I'll be swallowed by the sea [Instrumental Break] [Verse 3] In troubled waters She was my harbor On shallow days I drown in sorrow No fear of the waves A curse sent from sea To sail with no love Is a death soon to be
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Rainbow Warriors 01:38
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[Instrumental}
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Crimson Moon 01:07
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[Verse 1} Go on your way For the souls of the living Can no longer stay The dusk frees you from a mortal tomb The damned pay their dues Under a Crimson Moon
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Big Ship 02:54
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[Verse 1] Washed up or dried out We'll go out with the fish Catch you on the flip When the polarities shift Cosmic radiation Frying cells and circuits Flying high is your cessation Navigation is dead [Bridge 1] Trek miles to Mars Pollute & park cars Inhabit another planet Screw it all to watch it fall Then DO IT AGAIN! Cuz we can't learn the lesson [Verse 2] Nights in the southern sky A peak from the sun Different color tones Sight so beautiful It's the end of us Underground is where we're bound Micro waves emit; civil war, superstorms The ship gon' take a hit [Bridge 2] From the sun hot heat So good, the last thing we'll see It's love hun Don't keep your lips shut C'mon speak I've hit the crux Please give me what I need [Chorus] Way down is where the town will be Away from this world Lost in eternity [Instrumental Break] [Verse 3] The air that we breathe is ceasing to be Crops and wild life going extinct 'Lites falling from the sky Bad boy, no more t.v Head outside, an endless walk With the girl of your dreams [Coda] Way down is where the town will be Away from the world Lost in eternity Way down is where the town will be Away from the world Lost in eternity
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Strange Truth 04:00
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[Verse 1] I can't stand to be alone anymore I need your help to get me up off the floor Gimme your love Learn the ways to live for two Love & Happiness Don't prepare For hate and sadness [Chorus 1] The traits of self change Is taught with progress Harm in habits Peace unto you The need for self change In the void of comfort Harm in habits Peace unto you [Verse 2] Time has passed I feel stuck in a rut Thoughts of "Freedom At Last" I've missed out on sum fun Forbidden love It's not right, but meant to be Expect the worst Being in love and happy [Chorus 2] The traits of self change Is known as wisdom Harm in habits Peace unto you The need for self change In the void of comfort Harm in habits Peace unto you [Verse 3] I can't stand to be alone anymore Time has passed I feel stuck in a rut Gimme your love Learn the ways to live for two
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Change is Gonna Come 03:07
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[Verse 1] Not allowed to strum the same chord A blooming rose in moonlight Torn from thorn to thorn Ties that bonded me Have got me quite mis-screwed Sounds of happiness Withered and misused [Bridge] No time to cry The days are brand new An all-time high Our path has been skewed Change is gonna do you good [Chorus] Forever love is all I hold To keep these tunes in bloom For me and you So stomp your heart out Let's push on through Give sounds that groove & Move you to the truth [Coda] Change is gonna do you good Change is gonna do you good You need some change in your life You're gonna feel alright
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Saharan Riptide 03:45
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[Verse 1] Mama knows best Water not getting better Spewing out Blacker than pollution in the weather Every summer Drying faster than Sahara No meat, no milk Animals relying on the weather [Bridge 1] High emissions Of cold lead In the veins and brains Of many children left dead Waiting for the truck of life To pass on by Comes travelling down like a pharaoh Cash in tears falling from your eyes [Verse 2] You don't bat an eye To see the terror Happening miles & miles away from your own hood Lands of sand & Not a drop of water Starving families with mothers, sons, and daughters [Bridge 2] Whatever you do to the earth You're doing to your children The world works in cycles & So is the life of man [Verse 3] You don't bat an eye To see the terror Happening miles & miles away from your own hood Lands of sand & Not a drop of water Starving families with mothers, sons, and daughters [Instrumental Break] [Coda] The heart of man turns away from nature; Will quickly harden to stone The heart of man turns away from nature; We'll quickly harden to stone
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Bad Decisions 03:38
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[Verse 1] Foolish young man Hung up again Unlucky sunuva gun The man is on the run Out on the midnight To sin until the end You better watch out for him my friend [Chorus 1] Cuz he acts like a dirty old man With his raggedy hands drinking his gin No one likes a dirty old man With no good intentions [Verse 2] You're hand to hand Behind your back Grip on to the blade It's your life you've got to save No other choice C'mon & listen to the voices Creeping around your brain [Chorus 2] Cuz he acts like a dirty old man With his raggedy hands drinking his gin No one likes a dirty old man With no good intentions [Instrumental Break] [Verse 3] It's all the same Every spoken language Slither, crackle, sparkle Tensions get hotter & hotter Love is a game Put a fool to shame N' it's so much worse When no one knows your name [Chorus 3] Cuz he acts like a dirty old man With his raggedy hands drinking his gin No one likes a dirty old man With no good intentions [Coda]

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released April 1, 2021

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