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In a Box EP

by As the Sparrow

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1.
Creeper 03:32
Love fell around your face like snow on a winter day Now I’ve been doing a lot of thinking and I’m thinking that I’m here to stay Now write me if the seasons change and if your family moves away Well I will buy you flowers and expensive things life-long commitments and diamond rings When the air gets cold I’ll buy your coat you’ve got no place to go Creep through my window Oh honey, won’t you please, please come home I’ve burned our clothes and I’ve burned our bed out of sight and out of my head Now I can see where you got your anger from yeah your father used to be a drunk Now tell me does it make you sad to see your own sons grow up mad Now I never really liked your kids they have your nose and they have your mother’s wit When the air gets cold I’ll buy your coat you’ve got no place to go Creep through my window Oh honey, won’t you please, please come home I heard your secret prayer This weight on me is too much to bear I can fill your empty chair Your heart is tired it’s not used to all this wear So when the air gets cold I’ll buy your coat you’ve got no place to go Say I love you so Just to have a place to call my home.
2.
Emily 04:25
Darling could you hold my hand? It’s taken me now til I understand That it’s in me, it’s in my blood. I carried that weight, I carried it before the flood. Slow Down don’t drink it too fast, if you guzzle water it will never last And it will be gone in three days time, taken me back before I can unwind They say to play this as close to my chest, well that’s getting hard as you undress And it’s in me, it’s like a drug, steering me in directions I can only be dreaming of Slow down don’t drink it too fast, you’re holding the wall and shaking your glass I’ll be gone by the end of the night, by the end of the night, by the end of the... Emily, why so serious? You cannot believe that it’s all because a case of stairs Another bed I don’t belong in Could you ever cure my longing? For another one, for another another one Darling would you hold my hand, it’s taking so long I’m a mess of a man and The reflection of the flame your in, you are baring your skin and in that moment I felt more alone Slow down don’t drink it too fast, holding the wall and molding your mask, I’ll Be gone by the end of the night, by the end of the night, by the end of the... Emily, you don’t believe in us, you’re setting yourself up for Another case of stairs. Another bed I don’t belong in Could you ever sure my longing For another one, another another cigarette Another heart I don’t belong to have Could you ever cure my mind in half For anther one, for another another one All the boys crack their knuckles They want to dance with the belts and buckles They keep time as we wine and dine Our mouths, our moving parts
3.
White Flag 04:40
They raised up their flags and they laid down their hearts Call all of your cavalry right into the dark She returned all my letters and she changed her name Well I can’t return here ‘til he’s home again When the war has been won I’ll return to my wife Go home to your family stay out of my life And when you change your mind pray will you change this heart Because these bones you have broken they break me apart We’ll build a throne out of our bones for when this past comes tumbling down It’s okay. Don’t feel afraid. If you feel your fists hit the ground. Hoist up the flag and drag me under when all hope is lost you will be found I, I can’t take it back The wounds that you run so deep The thoughts I had when you feel asleep oh I Well I must be mad As I watch my men go up in smoke And you toss and turn in your bed alone May, maybe this will pass Out of guns and out of lead Well I know you’re sick in the head I gave, I gave you one last chance Well the captain goes down with the ship Well darling won’t you release your grip I’m leaving
4.
Moneylender 04:35
My face is boiling My face is a boiling My words are spoiling, roll on My vision is beginning to blur My speech is starting slur I’ve finally found my cure, roll on Roll on the moneylender, no need to mention that I can’t afford All the pills all the drugs the venders roll on, say roll on, roll on I’m hearing dogs howl in the back of that aisle like a screaming child It always sounds so familiar I’m slowly slipping in, maybe I can find myself a kin Give him this position I’ve been forced in roll on Hold in the waste, we long to be replaced By the mother, she is crying And her son is slowly shying away from the world Turn his back, well that is the same thing as calling the kettle black It’s on your tongue Let it slide down your throat And sweep it right under the rug
5.
In a Box 03:22
I’m a tree, I’m a tree My branches are bones and my leaves Are my hair, I am aware That every night two lie underneath me Their in love, I watch from above And it doesn’t hurt when they carve their names into me Because they lie, they keep me company And he said, “Maybe she oh maybe she will accept this ring from me and she will always be by my side. In times of war I can be sure how could I ever ask for more than for you to always be my side.” But the country took her man, gave him away to foreign land. Gave him back… In a box I’m a tree I’m a tree And I stand tall in a one-man cemetery I stretch my roots in his direction It takes time It takes time I need to feel this one connection It takes time Its takes time “I’m sorry for what I have done. I am sorry for the man I’ve become. I’m sorry I can only think of her name. I’m sorry for the world I have seen I’m sorry you have to share it with me, my memories of a could have been love story But the box will be tucked away. And as my body’s starting to decay. Now just a box… In a box Maybe she, oh, maybe she will reserve a plot next to me She’ll be always by my side ‘He would want you to move on’ oh tell me darling is that wrong? That was never my desire I would much rather you retire And underneath the Earth we will expire
6.

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released May 15, 2014

All Songs Composed, Arranged, and Performed by As the Sparrow

As the Sparrow are:
Mark Damon | Crystal Araiza | Leo Fonseca | Theresa Cleary |
Nathaniel Diamond-Jones | Dylan Sullivan | Steve Aliperta
Produced and Mixed by Steve Aliperta
Engineered by Steve Aliperta and Chris LaRocque
Recorded at Kennedy Studios in Billerica, MA
Mastered by Will Holland at Chill House

Additional Musicians:
Kenneth Mckeen (Upright Bass) | Rocco D’Angela (Electric Guitar)
Michael Coelho (Cello, Viola, Violin) | Chris LaRocque (Vocals on Track 1)

Artwork and Design by Crystal Araiza

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As the Sparrow Boston, Massachusetts

As the Sparrow is an indie-rock band based out of Boston, MA. The members of the band are; Mark Damon, Crystal Araiza, Leo Fonseca, Theresa Cleary, Nathaniel Diamond-Jones, Dylan Sullivan, Curtis Hartshorn, and Adam Amoroso.

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