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The Honey and the Hiss

by Helicopters

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1.
Our scene unfolds On a storm at sea To a love that should know where the corners are As opposed to where there's paths that flow The last temptation, the greatest treason To do the right deed for the wrong reason Tear at my heart But I believe that I Have been true to my words and They’re only white lies It was nothing more than what I told you It was exactly as I said Why don't you believe a fucking word I say
2.
Sugar 03:36
There is a point where support completely breaks down A disagreement over the meaning of the right words And I shut down Subtle seductions with word play And listeners lean in for the closed eye kiss So many great deceptions started just like this The wars that you start are devastating I’m trying to take the good with the bad But sugar is all I’ve ever had My skin’s so thin And will someone please tell me Who are all these talentless teens Does anyone know what it means to create like me The wars that you start are devastating And I can feel I’m forcing it Smashing emotions and memories into the pen I can see me recording my vocals Dry and warm in my favorite room I can sense my pre meditation my latent hesitation The wars that you start are devastating The wars that you start are devastating
3.
Heart 04:48
Its fine we can go back Did you leave it inside? We’ll get rolling when we get rolling There’s still time It’s borrowed not stolen Do you still believe we can fly? It’s fatigued, it’s not broken This is our night, our life But you believe it’s absurd (heart) Chain smoked our way through Indiana You said “you need to look me in the eye” Through the dull maize of dusk Into the watchful eye of the moonlight I bit back “I need to watch the road and keep an eye on the lines” You need to be cool You need to trust in me Have faith that I love you And we’ll be there But you believe its absurd (heart)
4.
jpns_pls 05:07
Here are the beats you requested Go beat your drum Be Japanese These aren't the beats you selected I stand corrected You riotous thieves It’s good to see you brought your baggage Your colored contacts Now I see We’re all together disconnected You riotous thieves You should be losing your mind You should be pumping your fist You should receive my telegraphs clearer than this And the speed of your heart Should set your ribcage in motion And the music is breaking (Your heart’s racing like a missile) And the fever is breaking It’s the chills we talk about Where’s the part of your brain that’s for? Scream and shout and let it out You should be losing your mind You should be pumping your fist You should receive my telegraphs clearer than this And the speed of your heart Should set your ribcage in motion And the music is breaking (Your heart’s racing like a missile) And the fever is breaking
5.
Not Enough 03:11
I'll tell you why you're not enough If you come clean on a few things yourself You've got time and I've got time Let's stay up late tonight and burn each other down X's and O's Not hugs and kisses, tic tac toes We play again and again and again and again We're not enough oh no We're not enough for sure Huddle up here and shut up I'm trying my best to apologize again But see bi polarity is a real disease for lovers like you and me We're not enough oh no We're not enough for sure We're not enough oh no We're not enough for sure Where we end I belong
6.
Enough 03:47
Now it’s the compliments we forget The shine, the honey Now we could make a mountain out of this But I’d rather recall the calm than the rattle and the hiss I’d rather recall the calm than the rattle and the hiss Who do you need? It was the beginning of the end in my mind But we built it up we build it up we build it up again
7.
Sleep Good, Sleep Well If you don't tell then I won't tell How many more shameful queasy couples lie in this hotel It's a motel? Oh well Sleep good, sleep well Fooling around in the dark, so I can pretend that it's you Sleep good, sleep well Thinking of you Sleep good, sleep well You're in between her and somebody else So as long as you've got no plans to hold hands Let's talk like truckers in the dark Walking around the porte-cochere Staring up at a ceiling of clouds Are there no stars in your Midwestern sky? Fooling around in the dark, so I can pretend that it's you Sleep good, sleep well Thinking of you
8.
The ghost of winter surgeries The Patron Saint of Paranoia I’ll destroy you Come and battle me The ghost of winter surgeries The Patron Saint of Paranoia Will destroy you If you don’t breathe The world’s longest surgery It’s a marathon of paranoia I’ve got a joke right here for you Come and sit next to me and breathe Come take me Winter please Come take me Winter please Flesh tones, plate glass, and platelets Hope I’m disturbing your restlessness Come take me Winter please
9.
Brianna 04:35
Brianna come down here and kiss me We'll live like newborn lovers In these moments so rare and fleeting Pine needles may have turned brown But your wrists and waist are only black and blue From the shrinking of your gown Brianna come down, come down. My Brianna, this cabin is a place for us to heal There's no salt in these wounds, these words I've only come to make a deal Just give me three days and two nights to make it right. Dear David I never planned to play the part of Eve We came here so unwillingly Now we can't will ourselves to leave From the beginning it's always been Just you and me This is right where we need to be You bring the sword And I'll bring the flowers We'll set a fire with the tea leaves And let it burn for hours And in the end we'll mend the broken With a hammer and a basket full of bees. Brianna come down Brianna come down
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11:11 04:47

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An exercise in the lush, layered interpolation of seemingly disparate sounds, organic textures and electrified glitch, all wrapped in a blanket of cozy pop songwriting.

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released May 17, 2011

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