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The War on Sparrows

by BREAK TO BROKEN

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1.
Safe Space 03:14
Break down the reason. Take down the reasons. You can't say that. I need to you remind you that you can't speak now. Stand down. Your opinion is not real. Our safe space has formed now. And it's real. And I choose to ignore all around me or else I might be triggered again. To claim a mistreatment is something I'll be doing again. So I'm tuned to ignore all around me or else I might be triggered again. To claim a mistreatment is something I'll be doing again. Your thoughts, your opinions, are terrors you can never defend. Your speech, nothing more than an illusion that has come to an end. Shut up. Safe space surround me. Break down the reason.
2.
Pyrite 03:04
Deny. Lost and unraveling. Defy value or dignity. You’re smoldering now and melting in the flames. It’s so sad how you’re indifferent to disdain. Do you want allegiance? Do you need it now? Just let them bleat and drown. You gave nothing. Do as you’re told. Take the fools and turn them to gold When this is done and you call off the attack be sure to count all the arrows in your back. Guilty.
3.
On The Beat 03:56
You’re telling me that it’s complicated. Now I see we’re becoming jaded. We’re dying now, but this is about you. A beat cop on patrol relaying a point of view that we’re all displaying. You’re trying now, to reason above you. Push and bleed and show us we fear them. Sell more violence. Insomniac, try to settle down. Because the truth is biting back and they can see you now. The blue set to attack. Try to settle down. Because the truth is biting back and they can see you now. You’re telling me that I overstated the giant wound that we all created. We’re crying out, and now this is on you. Click. Post. Eyes are glued. Relating raw skin primed for mutilating. You’re lying now, but this never was true. You’re telling me that it’s complicated. Now I know that we’re satiated. It’s over now.
4.
Shut In 03:07
Rename this feeling. It’s coming now. It’s gone. It’s coming around. Eyes to the ceiling. Please come on down. It’s gone. It’s coming around. No one letting us in. Only letting me down. Cold out so I shut in. No more moving around. I know I should stay put. I know I should stand down. They told me not to move but my head’s spinning around. Replete with feeling. This quiet sound. It’s gone. I took it down. I’ve seen the lie. I’ve lived the lie. I am the lie. I’m gone. Have you seen me? I’ll come around. Hope you don’t need me. I’ll let you down. It’s gone. That quiet sound. It’s gone. It’s over now. The right is gone.
5.
We've got this feeling, we think we've got it down. They can't be thinking this way, they can't be leaning that way. They're not appealing, expel them from our town. They can't be thinking this way, they can't be leaning that way. Slay those dragons. We've got them this time, corpses in a line. Acclaim is coming, revel in it now. Dragons are running, word's gotten round. We've kept on killing, there's nothing left. We'll keep on swinging, our sword with heft. Mark and kill them, repeat it now. Stab and slay them, repeat it now No one can save them, we're coming. They'll never come back now, we're heroes for life. With nothing to attack now. We're left crying. We need them this time, so we can feel fine. We've kept on killing, there's nothing left. We'll keep on swinging, our sword with heft. We've got to erode the demons, we've got to remove the pests. Then we can display our medals upon our chests. We've got this feeling, we think we've got it down. They're not appealing, expel them from our town. credits
6.
They’ve got you feeling it. You've got me breathing it. There's parts they're demanding should stay. While the excesses are thrown away. They're not proposing it. A brute demand for it. Disappear the toxic displays and replace with insipid plays. For forgiveness or to impress and remove the parts they detest now. Guess how? Like morning frost will be just cleansed from history. Phase out. Wipe out. Sort out. Strip down. A fake play to infer omnipotence Brought down by a vast intransigence. Group sins tangled up in consequence. They'll pick and choose your role now. They've got you feeling it. There's no appealing it. You are.. a shadow of a man!
7.
Off My Mark 02:41
Yes I see it now that I’m off my mark again. Will it ever end? Will we ever win? Doesn’t feel right so I push it all away. Like every other day. As far as it allows. I hear you screaming your truth and now I believe. And now they’re feeding your rules. Nightmare in a dream. Never knew it but we fell so far behind. Wounded our own kind. And now we’re buried in. Yes I see it now that I’m off my mark again. Will it ever end? Will we ever win? Wake me. Break me.
8.
Try. Try again. Signals not sent. You can't tell me to walk along your petrified birthright. You can’t tell me how to perceive your discontent foresight. Stand me up and knock me down. That word does not mean what you think it does. I know you’ll never get to where I’m from. So since this is where we draw the fake lines, you can have it back. Could I ever make you so happy? No? I didn’t think so. Build up your stage of performance rage. You said that I had to try to keep this face on but I won’t. You said that I had to try to feel the anger but I don’t. You said that I said. I said what you said. Makes you want to show it’s the same again. It takes a new one to know it won’t change again.
9.
Woken Up 03:47
People don't have ideas, Ideas have people.* Take it back. Rescind what you say. My sensibilities betrayed. A movement teething and I'm just seething. Repeat it again. We've got you now. Feed me again. Educate now. We're all seething because you're breathing. You can turn it around by ceasing all your sounds. We'll fight against your reason and drag you down now. We've got a problem. It's bad for me and you. You're gone and we're comin' through. By ceasing all your sounds you can turn it around. We’re all seething, but you're not seeing. We're woken and then we're virtue bound. We're just dreaming about your demons. You can turn it around by cleansing all your towns. We're marching on our rounds to dissipate your sounds. Wake up. Bereavement embeds into our souls. Only group death can fill those holes. People don't have ideas, Ideas have people.*
10.
Ampathy 03:13
Send more thoughts. We’ll need them to break down entitled walls. Because we’re too smug to see that’s you through the camouflage. You’re not me. She’s not me. He’s not me. Ego Theory. You shot them down and figured out how to so willingly embrace apathy. Truth sees all things. The version you bring turns out to be void of empathy. Struggle your way to the middle. Who hears it anyway? Now am I lost or found? What difference does it make? I try. You’ve got it made. The focus is on looking inward until it’s gone. We make mistakes. It’s all part of this. Until it's gonna bake inside until it’s right. You gotta shake it.
11.
Older 03:35
Let down by fate. Letting go my hate. You took it down now I’m bringin’ it back. The best escape from the things I lack. You tore me down now I’m coming back. Again and again until the next attack. Run off. Just set it down. I’ll get it back somehow. Run off. Just set it down. I’ll get you back somehow. I look around and I look away. What will I see today? Same look staring at my face. Same warning, same old case. A nomad taking it all in. Isolation wearing thin. A last try with an open book. I seek up for one last look. Nevermind the way it’s been. Nevermind your next of kin. In the way it’s written out. No more to speak about. I tell you it’s just not right. A dagger or a pocket knife. An arrow for a target past. There’s no way that it can last. By the time that I’m older I won’t care much about this anymore. I gave up but I told her that it’s burned up and fallen to the floor.
12.
Tell me how you kneel suspended by the thought of healing. Up is down. The spiral descending up to combat ceiling. If I fail I won’t pretend I’m feeling. If you cared you wouldn’t defend a hand that’s always stealing. Distort the stated to fit translated hate. You see, their breath is baited. Do you need an affirmation when what you want is a crown? It’s Distraction of Division. So the wallets come out Believe the lights are off. Refuse and you are wrong. If what you need is meaning, how much will you cede for a sacred cow? Tell me I need it all the time. Fuck you. You’re eating all the lies. Tell me I need it every day. Virtue is not good enough, you want it all. Distraction of Division is designed to cause collision. They're counting your provisions. You should leave. You won’t leave. You can’t leave.

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The War on Sparrows delivers 12 songs ranging from ripping post punk/hardcore to introspective, almost dreamy, indie rock. The individual style, vocals, and lyrics of each member merge throughout the album, creating a unique sonic connection through their virtual collaboration.

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released August 19, 2022

Clinton Maher - Guitar/Vocals
Eli Nowak - Vocals/Drums/Guitar
Justin Rauschkolb - Bass/Guitar/Vocals

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BREAK TO BROKEN Richmond, Virginia

BREAK TO BROKEN formed in October 2020. Eli Nowak and Justin Rauschkolb of New Jersey and Virginia, respectively, were brought together by Clinton Maher, an Aussie looking for like-minded collaborators to help pull through his vision for a virtual music project. ... more

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