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Sail On (Raise The Anchor)

from Nightly In Aspiration by Revisionists

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lyrics

Please tell my friends I've
gone away for awhile.
I tried to make it work in Austin
but for now I can't stay.
Tell 'em about my 6th street dreams,
being a part of that punk rock scene.
With the faithful one by my side,
maybe next year I'll get it right.

But for now I find myself
back in my teenage room.
And the walls are bare,
there's no posters anywhere;
It's hard to see this house
as home.

Oh when I was seventeen
sleeping in-between these walls
I never dreamed
I'd be singing this song at 24
but that's okay, yeah that's alright
because I'm still fighting this war.

I'm gonna sit by the moon
and the stars in the cold.
And I'll purge from my head
all those nights that I said
that I can't go on, I'm gonna
set 'em to the sun
with those ghosts
from my past
and let em burn, let em burn
until they're gone.

Please tell the one whose
name I can't bring myself to say.
I still think about her sometimes,
sometimes every single day.
Tell here the anger's left my blood,
all that's left is concern and love.
I'd rather see my 'ships float than
let small cracks sink them below.

'Cause if our last encounter
will be our last encounter
then peace won't come easy
to my mind.
I would rather make her smile
than wake up in her bed.
Oh tell her that's what I said.
Yeah tell her that's what I said.

'Cause when I'm taking
my last few breaths
I'd rather not see sunken ships
come to surface in my head.
So while I'm young, I'll patch the holes
that endanger our wild hearts.
I don't expect to sail together
but I hope that you and I and
everyone that I love
will sail, will sail, will sail on.

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from Nightly In Aspiration, released June 20, 2013
Ben on drums

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Revisionists Austin, Texas

I wear my influences on my sleeve and I hope it comes out in the music. I know what I like and aspire to write like the bands and songwriters that inspire me while at the same time putting my own personal stamp on the music. In the words of Frank Turner, "I know I don't break new ground, many have travelled this sound, but I try to make it sound like home..." ... more

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