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Our Nights

by Shields Up

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1.
'The door was locked tight But through the cracks, the faintest hint of daylight Or maybe the flood coming to pull me out of this Drought of affection I'd forgotten what it felt like, the last time Someone said those words to me Words so kind, that I felt worse for never taking chances It's nothing new, except to you, but I live for those fleeting glances And second guessing, that leaves me scared to move But all the while, I know exactly what to say to you It's staring us in the face, I know we'll never change So what hope do we have? Our nights feel so long Our days take too long to come Trying to smash those preconceptions Trying to live solely on good intentions And second guessing that leaves me scared to move But all the while, I know exactly what to say to you It's staring us in the face, I know we'll never change So what hope do we have? I could have proved my worth to you This flood will run us through This could be a mistake, but it's one I'll gladly make No time to think about tomorrow, I've barely got time for today Last nights and pointless fights seem so far away You can surround yourself with the best firends you've ever known Or you can accept being alone'
2.
'We're too caught up in ourselves to place the blame on someone else If you try to please everybody you'll never please yourself This has been a weight on your shoulders so far No matter how hard you try they always raise the bar To a level so unreachable you'll curse the day you tried Day one we gather fuel, we gather friends Day two we look to the sky and hope the rain will end Day three we cross those fields, we walk that stone Day four we storm the castle and make our way back home If you squander chances you only hurt the ones you love'
3.
'You know it's coming, it's snapping at your heels It can sink its teeth in but you've forgotten how to feel Anything but indignation, anger and regret Surrounded by the these people you wish you'd never met They break your will without even trying You pander to their needs just to stop them crying But don't follow them back down Jump this ship before it runs aground Cut them loose without a thought Betray them all without the fear of being caught The message that they push, it never gets over Still they try, conveniently undercover I know you've lost all hope of this coming correct Wasting time, wasting life, what did you expect? But don't follow them back down Jump this ship before it runs aground Cut them loose without a thought Betray them all without the fear of being caught This ship has sunk'
4.
'Everything I've never wanted is about to come to pass Trying hard not to resent the path we chose to walk But the road is so long and weve come too far to stop As I take a step back into a world I thought I'd left Avoiding truth, discarded youth, emotionally bereft Preparing ourselves for the shock as two sides collide Under this blanket of mediocrity is the safest place to hide What happened to my patience? What happened to your passion? Such wanton self destruction, and no amount of action Can save us from destroying everything we built A bond once forged by trust now held together by guilt As I take a step back into a world I thought I'd left Avoiding truth, discarded youth, emotionally bereft Preparing ourselves for the shock as two sides collide Under this blanket of mediocrity is the safest place to hide I held the hand of a dying man who didn't even know I was there You can't replace past event, but I would try if I had some sense Every memory I wanted to leave always stays, there has to be an easier way There's never been strength in numbers, never been much strength at all We're giving up, we're giving in, still we continue to crawl You can't replace past event, but I would try if I had some sense Every memory I wanted to leave always stays, there has to be an easier way The only hope is to seperate, ourselves from the things we hate But they're too many, we're too few What the fuck are we supposed to do?'

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released June 3, 2011

All songs by Shields Up.
Recorded, mixed and mastered by Jak Camoletto, April 2011.
Artwork by Steve Cardno.

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Shields Up was a four-piece hardcore band from Edinburgh formed in March 2009. Drawing influence from classic old school hardcore as well as the more modern and melodic side of the genre

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