Cities of Sand

from The Thaw by The Wine-Dark Sea

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The debut album from The Wine-Dark Sea. Self-produced and released. Full-color album with booklet and lyrics.

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lyrics

A city shines
gleaming lights and gold

Our city bright
The envy of our world

Replaced all curves
With lines from our design

Paved our fields
With pipes and silver wire

You watch the ticking hand
Instead of the sun
When the storm comes
Where will the water run

See the towers grow
Your words mean nothing
They never stop
We’ll build them to the sun

Our plans dictate this
See page Eleven
We follow the lines
Of our design

You channelled your waters
As they scour the land
Tore the tops off mountains
Built cities of sand

The silence between you
The concrete above

The river is charging
Breaking the banks

In perfect straight lines
Hear the churn and grind
Will your towers stay standing
When your foundation gives up

Here we stand
Towers Fall
Here we stand
At our ruins

Here we fall
From all grace
Here we fall
Waters Rise

Wake Up
The River
Water
Always Wins

credits

from The Thaw, released November 11, 2012
Guitar, bass, drums, vocals, tuned gongs, percussion (samples courtesy of Atif Khan).

Photography by Vincent Verweij