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The Guest House

by Looksy

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1.
I can’t stand to watch You curse the ground on which I build my baby’s throne You can tie my hands and feet Knock me clean out And drive me down to Auburn But I’d hate for you to have to choose sides Have your fill and run Cause you’re born with it Inside your soul Tried our best to kill Thank the G.I. bill to let you out from under Ol’ Ralph and Galilee A threat in mind the coming spring A field of red legionnaires But I’d hate for you to have to choose sides Have your fill and run Cause you’re born with it Inside your soul We’re the natural blood Have your fill and run Drag you from the shed and seal your future with a gun Hell is at the end of a long highway, south I was never one to turn anything around What is the good if you sow your seed at night Somebody told me that true roots grow in fields of sky When I find a seat at the devils left-hand side I’ll call in all my debts and I’ll live again inside Hell is at the end of a long highway, south I was never one to turn anything around
2.
Morning 03:39
You don’t want it in the morning Why so good out in the evening light? The one you had, the one that we got Chalk it up to living the life Took a sip from the maker Playing bass down in the basement Maybe had a little too much Tap for the changes The life and the changes Loot buried under pavement And not a think that I could use in sight I wonder what your face meant Chalk it up to living the life Took a sip from the maker Laying face down in the basement Nothing like a little too much Tap me when it changes The life and the changes
3.
Orleans 03:30
I’ll always love Alabama That’s where I’ve spent most of my years But I want to move off to Austin, Texas Just based on what I hear Well I’m always looking for the perfect time And I try with all my might There was a time down in sweet Orleans I just know I got it right Go down in the blood of the lamb Wont you please, please take me as I am I can’t trust myself when the lights come on I start throwing fits as far as they can be thrown I don’t really know what Dixie means But what a paradise he did make How come you want to go and whip me out of the dirt Setting rules that you know I’ll break? Well I hate it with my heart You know I really do I only want to see the ending if it starts with you Take me to the ark and we’ll go two by two Cause there aint a single think I wouldn’t do to you darlin Go down in the blood of the lamb Wont you please, please take me as I am I can’t trust myself when the lights come on I start throwing fits as far as they can be thrown Well I remember the day that I figured it out Liked to shot up through the roof Now I just need a shoulder to lean on Til the day that I can finally handle the truth I couldn’t line them up, there are so many of them And in a way I guess that makes me sad But I hear it like a record spinning everyday You better do your homework if you think y’all bad I don’t think I’m right it’s just my interpretation Won’t be surprised if it spreads across the nation
4.
Steady Gait 04:37
Two better halves, you stay where you fall All by yourself, you stand in the wrong Love, fill my cup, hate, leave me alone Good to be back, when sure you were gone But you Yes I’m talking to you Holding on for your life Steady gait torn asunder Bravery Yes I’m looking for you Holding on for your life Ain’t it the truth I see you throw your hands up And give up for the day Come back, we’ll get it right now In so many ways, don’t make A habit of your worries Or say its all the same We’re gone for years Before the day That death learns your name It’s 7:30, forget this early But on you go Please put down your weapon Give me you helping hand I need a third opinion I think I see land And we both need to feel the earth while We stretch our legs a bit We’re burning up the ocean Fading out on a ship It’s 7:30, forget this early But on you go Bravery Yes I’m looking for you Holding on for your life Ain’t it the truth Please put down your weapon Give me you helping hand I need a third opinion I think I see land And we both need to feel the earth while We strict out legs a bit We’re burning up the ocean Fading out on a ship
5.
Phoenix 03:56
You’ve gotta know Some people want to derail your train Tell them no phoenix is gonna rise from this flame This land is ours if his manifest is real You’ve gotta know Some people want to make you feel pain You’ve gotta know I ain’t playing with the white man Or his games This land is ours if his manifest is real You’ve gotta know Some people want to derail your train Tell them no phoenix is gonna rise from this flame
6.
Sweet sonnet prayers they keep away the evil things Little mystic jokes we like to play before the reckoning And it all comes like a rolling stone to press me down Can’t fight this coke, Can’t find no dope Get the run around But I hope to find Whatever the hell we’re looking for Whatever you’re going on about I can’t take too much more More sleepless nights that you will find thanks to little things A blur in my mind, your curvy thighs among other things Dirty city jokes, them streets so old, never swaying in So many grimy nights you were a little light among other things And I hope to find Whatever the hell we’re looking for Whatever you’re going on about I can’t take too much more Empty bottles set beside clean glasses slightly in the morning gleam It’s the working crowd and we’re fading out among other things End of the rope so he’s going home but he’s gotta sing Man he’ll be right back, no seeing black, if he’ll just stay clean And I hope to find Whatever the hell we’re looking for Whatever you’re going on about I can’t take too much more
7.
Dark Matter 04:46
Link the lazy Take it from a piece of whats mine never phase me I remember all the nights up and dreaming Salutations to all the magic friends in the wood Everlasting Hills of white and blue through time withstood Stones roll straight down the line Knocks them all down but nine Fell a new oak Let the water pour from the rock Turn your hands in Time with mother earths old grand father clock Come on, do it Feel you losing grip on the knife Twenty paces When linen hits the ground you turn and fire Stones fly straight down the line Knocks us all down but nine I took aim at the river that flows beside then feel the warmth of the sparks and the blood fly Some men kill but they never will know why
8.
The Old Firm 04:08
Out in the midst of commotion One said “Lo, and get thee from me” They seemed like old enemies Save for the talk within earshot How brothers will be All in streets of Glasgow It’s victory or defeat Rivalry might, darling I feel alright The old firm tonight, and bless the goal Pay us the price of a headline It’s victory or defeat Rivalry might, darling I feel alright The old firm tonight, and bless the goal There is still peace in the valley But its forgotten for what its between The same kind of danger That Celtic and Rangers Put on for the Pope and the Queen All in streets of Glasgow It’s victory or defeat Rivalry might, darling I feel alright The old firm tonight, and bless the goal Pay us the price of a headline It’s victory or defeat Rivalry might, darling I feel alright The old firm tonight, and bless the goal
9.
Jimberly 04:03
Called to the line Wasting no time Blessed as you speak With lights at your feet Lines they draw in the sand will just fade away Holding on to your fate like some kind of balloon on a string Placelessness, these conditions created by enmity All are starving for something It’s just that way Hold back not a thing They come to play All in, ain’t no wash man Don’t look away So find whomever you love Dig in deep man and move to stay The world’s so big with so many places To make a name Throw your fear to the wind baby Don’t hesitate Hold back not a thing They come to play All in, ain’t no wash man, Don’t look away
10.
You know that Samson brought the temple down To the floor singing What could be sweeter than honey I know that’s right And he knows that I… There is just something About a diligent man I know that’s right And he know’s that I… This is for the woman who turned my power off This one is for the Philistine that cut my seven locks
11.
By and By 04:11
I met a spy From the sweet by and by I asked him for credentials And he said, man no lie “Better get hip while you can, got no clue about a new plan being hatched up yonder” Pulled the wool from my eyes Took to shaking me side to side to side Said “I only want to do whats right” You know some of us Slip away into the night Said you never would but not quite Everybody’s looking for peace And one day you’re gonna find it is to say the least Standing right by my mountain Gonna climb it alone The summit is an empty room but it’s home
12.
That Wave 05:05
Caught up in the crooked night Bodies going shaking home Tailspin is all he’s got It passes you unmoved at all That road’s the alibi It’s everything you fear the most Cracked under streetlights To wander from coast to coast Ain’t it all the same old show? They’re leaving when I say don’t go Time and time again It’s the pieces you need the most I light the signal fires The bruises have healed just so Her skin like painted eyes Tattoos that twist and grow It wanders through a grin Flowers that fade in snow His canvas empty like The sun in mid November Ain’t it all the same old show? They’re leaving when I say don’t go Time and time again It’s the pieces you need the most And that wave comes crashing down And that wave comes crashing down

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"The Guest House" is the culmination of all our creative endeavors over the last two years as Looksy.


Looksy is:

Daniel Ingram - guitar, vocals, keys
John Laing - drums, vocals, bass guitar
Rob Keating - guitar, vocals
Kyle Posten - bass guitar, amateur tape op


Recorded at Magnetic Audio in Birmingham, AL
All songs written and performed by Looksy
Mixed by Emanual Ellinas and Looksy
Mastered by Jason Hamric

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released January 2, 2016

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Four hard working young men from the lovely state of Alabama attempt to captivate your soul in the form of loud indie rock and roll.

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