Before the War - Alameda

from Split EP by Alameda & Hip Hatchet

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lyrics

Moments before the war
You were starting toward the old lights across the kitchen floor
It came in ringing
Wake to a hospital ceiling
Came through while silently singing
Straining for a chance to see
Until you came back to me

Before this war

You move around like no one can tell
Until the time when you finally swell out the door into sight
In humid daylight
“I’ve had my fill” you swore, speaking out in indelible chords
You say what you can’t take back
Cheers to what comes next
Before this war

credits

from Split EP, track released September 3, 2013
Guitar/Vox - Stirling Myles
Electric Guitar Loops/Saxaphone - Philippe Bronchtein
Drums - Barra Brown

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Alameda & Hip Hatchet Portland, Oregon

Hip Hatchet and Alameda are excited to announce the release of a Split EP. The collaborative effort was recorded over the course of 2012 and 2013 in various home studios, basements, and living rooms in Portland, Oregon.

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