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Weight Of Line And Intersection

by The Riffbrokers

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TOLD YOU TO GO Were you willing to bet you could out run those cells? You’ve lost the race I saw you wasting away Saw you lying in bed i learned that it doesn’t get much prettier You know i fell to my knees I told you to go, i told you to go I have never felt strange about that No time to prepare or remain unaware I have my strengths, I can put it away My crying is done, I can help everyone Just form a line, you know we comfort this way I told you to go, i told you to go I have never felt strange about that I dont miss you anymore than i did then If i forget you it will trouble me no end Solo My crying is done, I can help everyone Just form a line, you know we comfort this way Saw you lying in bed i learned that it doesn’t get much prettier You know i fell to my knees I told you to go, i told you to go I have never felt strange about that I dont miss you anymore than i did then If i forget you it will trouble me no end
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Evaporate 02:59
never thought id see the jealous coach in me you got your crowd on hold they all do what they’re told how would it be? she takes your picture for free she and your webhost don’t agree ch hey, careful what you say they'll evaporate, they'll evaporate your charming currency is wearing thin with me so good at blowing smoke your fire's needing stoked she tires of you you lament and rue at least the songs you write come true rpt. ch--- solo stickers on our car tell us just how far we think apart that's not my fault ill try to be open to a degree today it just doesn’t feel like me rpt ch 2x
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MYTH TO STRUGGLE WITH you said go ahead and get it over with is it a myth that I struggle with? how on earth could I juggle all of this? seems so petty now I’m ashamed I’m like a little kid crying over cake you can’t take me anywhere my eyes are everywhere it’s punitive sometimes the talks don’t work I can’t get rid of it the moon looks the same in other time zones A luxury I can’t afford to miss I don’t often get myself mixed up in other worldliness have you seen the deus ex machina? is that what you want for your dénouement words can’t measure out the time we drifted miles speak only to the tires tread success has always been a hidden metric slung on wired fallout that the hurtful said headlamps light the interstate Taillights fall away to outer space.
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I don’t burn out the lampposts like I used to do I don’t paint the town any other hue I don’t bring the seasons any kind of joy Don’t kung fu grip me like your other toys took my chucks for a walk and kicked a can or two need a friend right now to kick the time change blues I’m like the Yukon not a province yet you're my Alaska now the sun won't set Last Sunday I fired a flare toward you it read: Do you find me in any private thoughts? instead of the one who makes you happy? the one good reason to keep this to myself
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NOTHING DOING TODAY Nothing doing today needs done Unplugging the ocean, unplugging the sun You're gonna die trying It's still trying to wake It's too icy a season to be comfortably safe Barricaded by the past It's a naked jib across your mast You answer to no one You're accomplice to none You're the worst kept secret on everyone's tongue days are brighter now than they ever had to be Sometimes forgotten scenes are the best part of the scenery Like snowflakes in the sand, they drift away Tortured tourist in the cracking storm Tattered cases weathered, worn Guitars are tougher than guns, and nothing's tougher than drums I can feel the new season on the tips of my thumbs
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Apology 04:30
APOLOGY Sorry we fought--how are your injuries? I know that you got a face full of inquiries I know that it’s not a good apology accepting day I’d buy you a bike so you could ride away and get us some smokes but that was Saturday and Sundays need strokes and Monday just needs some encouraging ch1: but if you see to it that I am paroled I’ll see you to your easy chair when we're old now I'm out of work let me boss you around there’s pictures of us there on the window sill I’m taller than you -your heart is bigger still apartments outside pink in the morning sun there's hardly a tree in Ballard ch2: now I’m out of work let me boss you around now you need some time and you’re kicking me out but if you see to it that I am paroled I am paroled--- I am paroled
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Roy Orbison 02:37
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The Riffbrokers have gilded the lily on their third full length release entitled Weight of Line and Intersection . The husband and wife team of Nick and Heather Millward have gathered a fine crop of musical fellows from such bands as The Young Sportsmen, North Twin and The Doll Test to stack heaps of whip crack guitar and pure pop harmonies all over the ten songs on this outing. The sound is rootsy Americana without slipping into affectation. There’s also plenty of driving rock and roll front loaded into this third offering. Check out the snarling guitars and barroom-throated singing on “Evaporate” or the strident chime of “Nothing Doing Today”. Thoughtful and full of road map, indie band mythos, Weight of Line and Intersection is a lovingly crafted valentine to the DIY rock and roll people traversing the black rivers girdling the lower forty-eight..

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released October 11, 2008

Nick Millward- guitar vocals, organ
Heather Millward- bass, vocals
Scott Sutherland- guitar, vocals
Rick Cranford- drums
Dustin Miller- drums
John Troutman- ac. guitar
Johnny Sangster- farfisa

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The Riffbrokers Seattle, Washington

Northwest powerpop twang outfit formed 1999, Boise Idaho. Band nucleus Nick and Heather Millward moved to Seattle the following year. They've traveled the land since and released over five full length albums on their homemade label Unsmashable Records.

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