Bells & Whistles

by WINDMILLS

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released as part of the compilation Crashing the Heirship Vol III, available for download here:
store.heirshiprecords.com/album/crashing-the-heirship-volume-iii

lyrics

i am a love
ankles deep into the sea
it's a sugar-tempered ring
that you can't help believe in
sucker up, pucker up
and bandage up your bleeding knees
the words will tangle up and
they'll obscure your meaning

and the words ring out
the words ring out
the words ring
out into the sea
bent bells forced from crooked teeth

i'm turning toward
tangled mess of arms and feet
pulling hands full of weeds
could have sworn that they were lilies
sucker up, pucker up
and bandage up your bleeding knees
the words will tangle up and
they'll obscure your meaning

and the words ring out
the words ring out
the words ring
out into the sea
bent bells forced from crooked teeth

and when we grow too old for love songs
our bones brittle and hollow
we'll sing out all our best cliches
and throw our own voice
as far as we can take them

i am a love
ankles deep into the sea
it's a sugar-tempered ring
that you can't help believe in
sucker up, pucker up
and bandage up your bleeding knees
close your shoes, close your room
til they obscure your meaning

and the words ring out
the words ring out
the words ring
out into the sea
bent bells forced from crooked teeth

bells
and whistles
a mouth full of thistles
bells
and whistles
a mouth full of thistles
and we all fall back to sleep
we all fall back to sleep
bells
and whistles
a mouth full of thistles
bells
and whistles
a mouth full of thistles
and we all fall back to sleep
we all fall back to sleep

credits

released November 23, 2018
written and performed by Windmills:
n.m. garcia, vocals, guitar
nick yeates: bass, guitar
matt yeates: drums

engineered by james treichler at Wave Upon Wave in March 2016
mixed by dereck blackburn at Quiethouse Recording in the fall of 2018

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WINDMILLS Champaign, Illinois

someone buried a melody in this unspeakable racket. someone buried an unspeakable racket in this melody.
m.y. + n.g. + n.y.= windmills

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