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Ocean Fell from the Sky

from Aleatorium by The Old Smugglers

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    This long awaited second printing of The Old Smugglers' first full length album, Aleatorium, is here! Recorded in the middle of the woods by the light of a gas burning lamp and heated by the fire of a cast iron stove, Aleatorium is a 17 track masterpiece of undeserved confidence and ill-conceived notions of grandeur. This album features fan favorites such as 'Salad Days', 'You've Got the Shimmys', and 'We All Walk the Plank Alone'.

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lyrics

Burning down to the ground with a trial by fire
As the eye of the storm sings like a Baptist choir
Just beyond all horizons lay the dead and gone
And the gods coax the smoke out from its timbered tomb.

Hammer to the anvil and a spear through my heart,
Spit a mouthful of blood like a waterspout,
I reach for the earth, my lungs fill with contempt
But my soul escapes away the body broken and bent.

The morning heavens weep when my pyre ignites
As I sail to the east toward the guiding light
'Cause brimstone disguises the smell of death.
And as the phoenix rises the charcoal laments.

I looked down from the steeple 'cause only angels fall
And devils well dressed motherfuck them all.
I got a head full of bombs and a briefcase of guile
I cut off my wings because madmen can't fly
And the ocean fell from the sky.

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from Aleatorium, released November 13, 2015
Cap'n Thunder - vocals, guitar, drums
Mr. December - lyrics, guitar, bass, percussion
The Old Smugglers - music

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Scotch and coffee, smelling like smoke and grandpa, truckload of soup cans falling from the sky, Americana shanty sounds of regret and revelation.

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