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Released November 5, 2021.
All songs written and performed by The Bandolier Brigade, except "Don't Wanna Be The One" originally by Midnight Oil. Mixed and Mastered by Casey Lewis at Echo Base Studio in Calgary, Alberta. Additional Vocals on 'Desert Dunes' performed by Chandra Baeuchle. Band photography by Keoputhy Bunny, Riggs Vergara, and Alex Luong. Album artwork by The Bandolier Brigade. All music and lyrics © 2021 The Bandolier Brigade. |
Mark Ferguson - Lead Guitar, Keyboards, Lead Vocals
Brett Halland - Bass Guitar, Backing Vocals, Lead Vocals on "Kiss You Again".
Johnny Handsome - Drums, Backing Vocals, Lead Vocals on "Desert Dunes, Kiss You Again, and Infatuation".
Additional Vocals on "Desert Dunes" performed by Chandra Baeuchle.
Brett Halland - Bass Guitar, Backing Vocals, Lead Vocals on "Kiss You Again".
Johnny Handsome - Drums, Backing Vocals, Lead Vocals on "Desert Dunes, Kiss You Again, and Infatuation".
Additional Vocals on "Desert Dunes" performed by Chandra Baeuchle.
KOMMISSAR
Kommissar // Well there's a stagger in his step // This goose has come to roost // So stand up and salute // You're messing with the best // Yeah bright eyes learn to shoot // He's coming back for you // The reaper of a harvest overdue // Kommissar // To stand before the Tsar // Kommissar // Kiev to Krasnodar // The treads and teeth of terror come to town // They meet his eyes and wisely turn around // Well there's nothing like it yet // Impassioned hearts despise // The fervor in his eyes // You better just forget // The life you used to lead // Cause mercy's for the weak // And those of you who cower when he speaks // Kommissar // He knows just who you are // Kommissar // Rain hell down from afar // Kommissar
THE NEW JULY
When we met in autumns end // Winter fell you were my friend // And In the spring romanticized // Through it all I could see in your eyes that mid July would be the summer of love // Oh what a summer it would have been // Oh snow falls in summertime // Oh and the fields are crystalline // Never going back in time // This is now the new July // Oh this summer's over // August lies in the unknown // Looking back I should have known // That love made in sunlight // Would never withstand the test of night // And the turning of the leaves at autumn's end // Oh what a summer it could've been
DESERT DUNES
Let's go for a drive // I'll hold your hand and you'll hold mine // It'll be alright // I'll hold you close 'til it feels right // Just open road // No one to see nowhere to go // We'll run away // Just promise me we will someday // Desert dunes between me and you // In distant lands I wait for you // I heard you love me is that true // Like rolling sands I'm passing through // Let's go for a drive // No sleep no dreams, right through the night // It's real life // And all the world is left behind // It's who we are // I just want to sing in the back of my car // And gaze at the stars // I'd meet you there but it's just too far // Let's go for a drive // I miss your smile I miss your eyes // It burns inside // These desert dunes that do divide // I miss your voice // We had no say, you had no choice // This cruel earth // Is for too big for what it's worth // Let's go for a drive
KISS YOU AGAIN
First I saw you changed your hair // Well I never forget a face, and I caught you unaware // Couldn't speak I just stopped and stared // But when you looked at me, I knew that you still cared // Thought love was dead // But then you said I never thought I'd see you again // That day of dread // Your face was red // I never thought I'd kiss you again // I never thought // I never thought I needed you // This way // You were talking like you gave up hope // Yet here in bed we lay, and you're not letting go // You were saying that you just don't know // How long it would take, but that was years ago //
SCORN MY LOVER
Red eyes, short of breath // Try to speak but few words left // My heart is now bereft of love // Dead skies start to snow //
I can't let these memories go // They're everything I wanted most // And I want to break this heart again // And I want to fight
you 'til the end // And I want to let each word offend // And I want to tell you // Your love, your guilt // I want to thrust my
sword to the hilt // Let the blood spill over to the quilt // This love you killed // Tears fill me eyes // I want to weep but I won't
cry // With you lying there // And I want to scorn my lover
ROMEO (IN RETROSPECT)
I could blame it on the way I was raised but I'm getting sick of lying to myself these days // Society never made you this cruel // Now it seems like a memory but those things I did are still a part of me // Run away but you'll always be the fool // I've got this feeling and I feel like I feel the shame // The sniper's watching and I know she's slowly fixing her aim // The seconds ticking and my stomach starts to sicken // want to get this over quick // I never said I was a chicken // And I know you know a lie // I tell you deep inside I know // Romeo // Your color's really starting to show // Romeo // Tell us all your tales of woe // Romeo // Romeo // What happens at the end of the show // I know // And those words that I shouldn't have said forever found a place to burn a hole in my head // On and on, round and round they go // And I know it was long ago but the statute holds and I'm guilty so // Where it stops no one ever knows // It was a slap on the ass // A crevasse no longer mine to grasp // Attempts to purge the urge met a surge I simply couldn't surpass //
DON'T WANNA BE THE ONE
I'm an innocent victim // I'm just like you // We end up in home units with a brick wall view // I can't believe the perfect families on my color TV // If I don't make it to the top it'll never bother me // And I don't want to be the one // I don't want to be the one // I'm an innocent bystander caught in the path // Waiting out the back while the corporate attack // Assaults the senses with relentless scenes of passion and delight // I cut up all the options and went running for my life // I don't want to, want to be the one // Not now // Not then // I will never, never be the one //
INFATUATION
The canvas can't cut itself // You left me with an empty shelf // The muse is dead // The books all read // No sense in wasting
paper now // But in the dark the raven calls // It's painted on the bedroom walls // The echo of a clock that's ticking's really got me thinking how // But I don't know I'm just the artist // Nothing but a forgery // I spread the paint to ease the pain // The altar to my misery // You cracked the glass, you broke the mold // Impressive still but truth be told // You fill my pen with ammunition// Roll me over to sleep alone // Like the chapters on a page // When the actors leave the stage // It's over, you stole the art // When you give your final wave // When you leave my open grave // It's over, you stole the art // Infatuation// My easel aches, my brushes break // No pension for Picasso now // Been feeling like an understudy // Tell Macbeth his hands are bloody now
THE SECOND CHAPTER
The book was found beside his body // Leatherbound and penned by hand // Will history recall it's author or // An unknown tome by another man // The words within were wrought with sorrow // A story told through so much pain // My heavy heart could not continue so // The book was closed and never touched again // The second chapter and all that comes after // Never looked upon again // Ephemeral writing that strikes like lightning // A sudden flash amidst the rain // The sacred heart where love began // The inner voice we turn away // Those final words still haunt me // And I don't dare turn the page // What lies inside these leather bindings // Shall remain forevermore within its cage // Now it rests among the novels // To await my children when I die // The truth within remains a burden // To be read by a braver soul than I
COVER TO COVER
Like every story // It's hard to know where it ends, and those of your closest friends // Will always worry // To make sure you're alright // The truth is written // Forever in the past, but memories just don't last // They're always hidden //
Just beyond our sight // Oh in the city lights // I feel a little closer // To that perfect life // Oh and in that place //
Lines my heart can trace // To that perfect life // It's all around you // The choices that we make, and some lead to mistakes //
That always haunt you // Forgiveness sets you free // Cover to cover // Life is just like that book, that taunts you to take a look //
And to discover // How to be who you'll be
Kommissar // Well there's a stagger in his step // This goose has come to roost // So stand up and salute // You're messing with the best // Yeah bright eyes learn to shoot // He's coming back for you // The reaper of a harvest overdue // Kommissar // To stand before the Tsar // Kommissar // Kiev to Krasnodar // The treads and teeth of terror come to town // They meet his eyes and wisely turn around // Well there's nothing like it yet // Impassioned hearts despise // The fervor in his eyes // You better just forget // The life you used to lead // Cause mercy's for the weak // And those of you who cower when he speaks // Kommissar // He knows just who you are // Kommissar // Rain hell down from afar // Kommissar
THE NEW JULY
When we met in autumns end // Winter fell you were my friend // And In the spring romanticized // Through it all I could see in your eyes that mid July would be the summer of love // Oh what a summer it would have been // Oh snow falls in summertime // Oh and the fields are crystalline // Never going back in time // This is now the new July // Oh this summer's over // August lies in the unknown // Looking back I should have known // That love made in sunlight // Would never withstand the test of night // And the turning of the leaves at autumn's end // Oh what a summer it could've been
DESERT DUNES
Let's go for a drive // I'll hold your hand and you'll hold mine // It'll be alright // I'll hold you close 'til it feels right // Just open road // No one to see nowhere to go // We'll run away // Just promise me we will someday // Desert dunes between me and you // In distant lands I wait for you // I heard you love me is that true // Like rolling sands I'm passing through // Let's go for a drive // No sleep no dreams, right through the night // It's real life // And all the world is left behind // It's who we are // I just want to sing in the back of my car // And gaze at the stars // I'd meet you there but it's just too far // Let's go for a drive // I miss your smile I miss your eyes // It burns inside // These desert dunes that do divide // I miss your voice // We had no say, you had no choice // This cruel earth // Is for too big for what it's worth // Let's go for a drive
KISS YOU AGAIN
First I saw you changed your hair // Well I never forget a face, and I caught you unaware // Couldn't speak I just stopped and stared // But when you looked at me, I knew that you still cared // Thought love was dead // But then you said I never thought I'd see you again // That day of dread // Your face was red // I never thought I'd kiss you again // I never thought // I never thought I needed you // This way // You were talking like you gave up hope // Yet here in bed we lay, and you're not letting go // You were saying that you just don't know // How long it would take, but that was years ago //
SCORN MY LOVER
Red eyes, short of breath // Try to speak but few words left // My heart is now bereft of love // Dead skies start to snow //
I can't let these memories go // They're everything I wanted most // And I want to break this heart again // And I want to fight
you 'til the end // And I want to let each word offend // And I want to tell you // Your love, your guilt // I want to thrust my
sword to the hilt // Let the blood spill over to the quilt // This love you killed // Tears fill me eyes // I want to weep but I won't
cry // With you lying there // And I want to scorn my lover
ROMEO (IN RETROSPECT)
I could blame it on the way I was raised but I'm getting sick of lying to myself these days // Society never made you this cruel // Now it seems like a memory but those things I did are still a part of me // Run away but you'll always be the fool // I've got this feeling and I feel like I feel the shame // The sniper's watching and I know she's slowly fixing her aim // The seconds ticking and my stomach starts to sicken // want to get this over quick // I never said I was a chicken // And I know you know a lie // I tell you deep inside I know // Romeo // Your color's really starting to show // Romeo // Tell us all your tales of woe // Romeo // Romeo // What happens at the end of the show // I know // And those words that I shouldn't have said forever found a place to burn a hole in my head // On and on, round and round they go // And I know it was long ago but the statute holds and I'm guilty so // Where it stops no one ever knows // It was a slap on the ass // A crevasse no longer mine to grasp // Attempts to purge the urge met a surge I simply couldn't surpass //
DON'T WANNA BE THE ONE
I'm an innocent victim // I'm just like you // We end up in home units with a brick wall view // I can't believe the perfect families on my color TV // If I don't make it to the top it'll never bother me // And I don't want to be the one // I don't want to be the one // I'm an innocent bystander caught in the path // Waiting out the back while the corporate attack // Assaults the senses with relentless scenes of passion and delight // I cut up all the options and went running for my life // I don't want to, want to be the one // Not now // Not then // I will never, never be the one //
INFATUATION
The canvas can't cut itself // You left me with an empty shelf // The muse is dead // The books all read // No sense in wasting
paper now // But in the dark the raven calls // It's painted on the bedroom walls // The echo of a clock that's ticking's really got me thinking how // But I don't know I'm just the artist // Nothing but a forgery // I spread the paint to ease the pain // The altar to my misery // You cracked the glass, you broke the mold // Impressive still but truth be told // You fill my pen with ammunition// Roll me over to sleep alone // Like the chapters on a page // When the actors leave the stage // It's over, you stole the art // When you give your final wave // When you leave my open grave // It's over, you stole the art // Infatuation// My easel aches, my brushes break // No pension for Picasso now // Been feeling like an understudy // Tell Macbeth his hands are bloody now
THE SECOND CHAPTER
The book was found beside his body // Leatherbound and penned by hand // Will history recall it's author or // An unknown tome by another man // The words within were wrought with sorrow // A story told through so much pain // My heavy heart could not continue so // The book was closed and never touched again // The second chapter and all that comes after // Never looked upon again // Ephemeral writing that strikes like lightning // A sudden flash amidst the rain // The sacred heart where love began // The inner voice we turn away // Those final words still haunt me // And I don't dare turn the page // What lies inside these leather bindings // Shall remain forevermore within its cage // Now it rests among the novels // To await my children when I die // The truth within remains a burden // To be read by a braver soul than I
COVER TO COVER
Like every story // It's hard to know where it ends, and those of your closest friends // Will always worry // To make sure you're alright // The truth is written // Forever in the past, but memories just don't last // They're always hidden //
Just beyond our sight // Oh in the city lights // I feel a little closer // To that perfect life // Oh and in that place //
Lines my heart can trace // To that perfect life // It's all around you // The choices that we make, and some lead to mistakes //
That always haunt you // Forgiveness sets you free // Cover to cover // Life is just like that book, that taunts you to take a look //
And to discover // How to be who you'll be
