Animals/Monsters/Thieves

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I feel this is the truth
And this is my answer to every move
I’ve made
I’ve sown every stitch to an attitude

I’ve been here so long it feels like lying if I’m honest with you
Bad intentions haunting dreams
It’s pouring the tears and the guts right out of me

Hand over hand we ride
Toward the funeral pyre tonight
I could die in your arms and go cold
In the blink of an eye

When did we ever decide
This is what we would always be?
Animals, or monsters, or thieves?
Or something in between?

Did we lose our way?
Now constantly stumbling all the way
Did you leave our hearts in the arms of our yesterdays?

‘ Cause I’ve been here so long it feels like lying if I’m honest with you
Bad intentions haunting dreams
It’s pouring the tears and the guts right out of me

Hand over hand we ride
Toward the funeral pyre tonight
I could die in your arms and go cold
In the blink of an eye

When did we ever decide
This is what we would always be?
Animals, or monsters, or thieves?
Or something in between?

Deceit laid low
You gotta find a way out of here
The feeling’s gone
I thought I’d let you know

Deceit laid low
You gotta find a way out of here
Half lost, drifting off to misery

Hand over hand we ride
Toward the funeral pyre tonight
I could die in your arms and go cold
In the blink of an eye

When did we ever decide
This is what we would always be?
Animals, or monsters, or thieves?
Or something in between?
Animals, or monsters, or thieves?
Or something in between?

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released July 18, 2023
Written by Kody Stieve & Tom Conran | Instrumentation performed by Kody Stieve | Produced, Engineered, and Mixed by Tom Conran at True Level Studios | Percussion Engineered by Matt Weber at The Gradwell House | Mastered by Dave Downham at The Gradwell House | Album Photography & Artwork by Matthew Gruver | 2023 | All Rights Reserved |

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