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SEVEN

by The Manimals

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1.
Mother 03:29
They told me stories of my father And I followed where they wanted I was soft and I feared them all Will I ever be a mother? Every girl is bound to wonder Or will you pull me the other way? Sometimes I dream of home But the memory’s quickly fading A HOUSE WITH A RED DOOR Or was it just my imagination Written in the constellations I’ll stand alone with my creations Isn’t that what a mother does? Still I feel as though I made ya You were just a hand grenade, but Soon you could be an atom bomb All of those I’ve loved Into the past they keep disappearing Dark and twisted ghosts Things I’ll never hold while I’m living Sometimes it seems like I can see so far Following a bleeding star And I’ve been tracing all the miles you’ve flown How you’ve grown, how you’ve grown Rage of the world on my shoulders It has made me a soldier I can hear their voices in my veins Burning skies raining on me Scorched earth like Nagasaki I have learned how to scream my name Sometimes I feel so young Why can’t I have all we were made for? A woman of the world And a bullet safe in the chamber All of those I’ve loved Into the past they keep disappearing Dark and twisted ghosts Things I’ll never hold while I’m living I was the dragon’s daughter My blood’s still got that fire I’ll turn back just to watch them burn
2.
Teeth 03:56
A girl should be in the kitchen Or maybe cross-stitching Like if a man should cross me I would make a pin cushion of him But not today, not today, not today Who’s gonna pay the price? I serve it cold as ice A needle’s eye could make the whole world blind But not today, not today, not today Riding with the devil, something feral I’m living for the metal And I’ve known I could be no one since they left me alone I won’t weep, I’ll just repeat Soon I’m gonna show em my teeth My t-t-t-teeth You wonder why I pray When they’ll all die anyway Can’t let this picture of my home just fade away Not today, not today, not today Howling at the moon’s phases A girl with many faces Time blurs, you know, but can’t erase it Not today, not today, not today Chorus Let me be a wild thing The kind without the fear Dark wings, dark words Turn me to steel Is it true that summer’s over? I thought this would go much slower Can’t you hear my brothers laughing? Running, gasping, and I pass them Yeah I’m the wolf bitch You wanna be on my list? You motherfuckers give my life purpose Whatchu say? Make my day, make my day Riding with the devil, something feral I’m living for the metal And I’ve known I could be no one since they left me alone I won’t weep, I’ll just repeat Soon I’m gonna show em my teeth Climbing from the ashes Got the passion A rock n roll assassin And I’ve known I could be no one since they left me alone My pack dies, I survive Gotta be some reason I’m still alive If I can’t sleep, I’ll just repeat Soon I’m gonna show em my teeth Soon I’m gonna show em my teeth Soon I’m gonna show em my teeth My t-t-t-teeth Teeth Teeth
3.
Lone 04:14
End of summer and I think about you And the delicious pain that you put me through Smell of your hair, how your rough hands felt How I forgot every single thing about myself Can we go some place to shed these skins I’ve been wondering about the shape of things I’ve always tried to do what’s right But I’m feeling really alone tonight I’ve always stood alone like this I’ve always had to be serious Now words I’ve sworn just turn to wind I would stay with you until the dead roll in I’ve got to know the taste of you And get sick with it like you want me to Blue roses and titian red Letting all of the thoughts run right out of my head Now I’ve got your scent How will I ever get home again I was better off alone When I was lone, lone, lone, lone… I can’t lose your scent Now I’ll never get home again I found her in the snow Oh lone, lone, lone, lone… Was I wrong to love you? Was I wrong to leave you? Lone. Lone. Lone. Lone.
4.
Talk 04:37
In this light, I could be anyone The hero that you wanted all along A giant’s shadow looming up the wall But smaller now than I ever was Oh my kindness is a lie Wicked tongue and wicked eyes She was shy and I was just a boy I wonder where a girl like that would go The hollow ring of silver on the floor Bought your company, but not your love Here we are, my mercenary friends We can drink and talk and play pretend All the words that hurt you Wear them now like armor They will never harm or burden you again I won’t fight like a lion of the rock But damn it if I don’t give good talk Talk, talk, talk… A cliché of a broken thing A ruin filling up on wine and skin Leave this city, go across the sea Forget the ashes of my family We are all still puppets on their strings Truth an ever-buried, bitter thing Chorus [Sing "talk" forever.]
5.
Half 03:36
I’ve always had this nightmare I think it’s coming true Have I ever told you the things that I fear Or did I always mirror you? Love is poison, we were bigger Two halves of a whole In the beginning, I saw daylight You had grabbed ahold Yeah, you grabbed ahold I need you more than ever now No one will ever love you how I do Does distance make us older? I will drink their youth Are we really so much older? Give me all of you Give me all of you I remember you. A golden hero. Why’d you get all the good stuff? I know you once loved my wildfire Why isn’t that enough? What did you imagine? In a lifetime I was bound to cause you pain Come on baby, where’s my lifeline? I’ll forgive how you’ve changed Why’d you have to change? Chorus I won’t bury em, bury em No I won’t bury us And I’m not paranoid, paranoid She saw it in my blood Beautiful and younger They will know my wrath But where is my pride now? I need my other half
6.
Good 03:03
My father tried to make a girl of me They came to me, suitors three I had the fire, held the old stories like they were gospel Yeah, honor’s not impossible But you’d rather have me be docile Is this life just a dry run? Mailed fist reaching out to touch someone Not enough daughter, not enough son Someday I’m gonna make good I am gonna make good I am gonna make good on my promises On my promises First one, a child like I was then It was a chill that would kill him The second was red as the rose that he carried He said we’d never be married You know I’d rather be buried Is this life just a dry run? Mailed fist reaching out to touch someone Not enough daughter, not enough son Chorus The third would have me in dresses and A lady like the tradition says I fought him then for that privilege, he suffered Three broken bones, I discovered I’d never know any others Is this life just a dry run? Mailed fist reaching out to touch someone Not enough daughter, not enough son Chorus I’m good if I just wear white til I die I’m good if I just keep what’s right on my side I’ll always hold how your eyes looked so kind So come on, let’s ride Chorus
7.
Summer 08:01
Ravens have flown from tower and parapet My mother below, shouting out epithets I would risk a branch’s snap And I would leap the widest gap To see the world laid out like a map But I didn’t know a thing until I fell Far enough to see their seven hells And if I didn’t die I surely set the clock to ticking Summer child Who couldn’t know what song they all were singing Stories they told, where the names were songs But different down south, they get the words all wrong I could look deeper still And wonder why blood was spilled All along was I meant to build? In my dreams I saw it all Scrawled across a cannonball Chorus Is this falling? Is this flight? Must it be from a great height? Will we sing that sweet reprise Will I see through different eyes Oh will I be old and wise? Is it true that summer’s over? I thought this would go much slower Can’t you feel the weirwoods weeping Where the past was always sleeping? Sometimes you’ll dream of home And you’ll look to all of your idols But we all are grey We can do great good or great evil All of those you’ve loved In the dust they will be waiting To teach you where to go When the future’s accelerating What will chase the cold away? Is it games that rich men play? Will we sing that sweet reprise Will I see it for the trees Strength lies in the darkest roots Not every story is true Not every story is true

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Downloads of this album come with a digital liner notes booklet that includes all lyrics as well as art for each track, and The Manimals' cover of "The Bear and the Maiden Fair".

SEVEN is a concept album inspired by George R. R. Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire series, with each song told from the point-of-view of a different character. Thanks to George for creating a world in which to get lost!

Check out the "enhanced" lyrics at genius.com/albums/The-manimals/Seven where we can geek out together.

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released April 24, 2016

Music & Lyrics by Haley Bowery
Engineered & Mixed by Nate Jasensky and Tommy Cormier
Mastered by Focus Mastering
Produced by Magical Times Productions
Produced by Matthew Pop

Haley Bowery- vocals
Jack Breslin- bass, cello
Michael Jayne- lead guitar
Chris Norwood- rhythm guitar
Matt O'Koren- drums

with keyboards by Matthew Pop
additional vocals by Jack Breslin, Michael Jayne, and Chris Norwood

Album art by Haley Bowery
(c) (p) Sick and Pretty Music/BMI

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The Manimals are Haley Bowery, Jack Breslin, Michael Jayne, Chris Sayre, and Trevor Walker.

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