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Dead Rose

by The Twin

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1.
Fall Away 05:59
The long high stakes back home I’ll try 'Til it's gone my way I'm sure You can't survive this pace The floor will fall away Again and again Until we find the right place For us all The long high stakes back home I'll shake 'Til it falls my way I'm sure I can't survive this fate All we love Will cave if we're shook
2.
Bend 04:36
Who am I to say that we can never win? Break you down with reasons That snuff out all last hope Who am I to say that we can't love again Force my indecision Yet I waste my time On a bend Sinking ever deeper But you will never waste my time You are not a waste of time You're head spinning Who am I to say you can't come home again? Force us into distance To stretch ou tmy time Hoping for the courage to release your mind Soaking my liver Oh sweet karma Your dare me to lose Hide away in my abuse Hide away the truth
3.
Ash and Grey 05:35
First you stare in my soul Then you bury my name Careful not to say no in words Instead you crush all that I've known Please put to bed Plans to invent A new sound to abuse It was never good enough Don't fight the truth How dare you say Why don't you feel safe First you stare in my soul Then you bury my name Never thought you would stoop so low Guess I will have to share the blame For this loss A dreamer's cost Is to watch it burn In your heart Knowing it won't return
4.
It's a fool's choice to let you leave So sweet with a mean streak It's a fool's choice to stay to see Our poison destroy our peace It's a fool's choice to let you steal My beauty with the bitter air It's a fool's choice to beg to feel The pull of a stranger's stare It's the need to touch The fights that draw the cops The sleep we lost In lust We bury the cost If what you say is true I’ll have to let you go We can't run Fast enough
5.
Howl 04:54
It's a sour deal for me To fan the fall out To bleed a good heart To steal alone Are you waiting for the final call? Before you breathe alone You are the truth And I gave you away One dim light Is all it takes to trade away For a fake A hoax of my design A sham for me to lose my gamble on I can hear it spin from me As I follow down a steep path Marked with sharp holds Am I waiting for the final blow? A violent peace A bruise to show And I know you will stay While I'm gone
6.
Guilt 03:38
You know I never feel nothing, Nothing but guilt You want to wind me up just to watch me fall Oh I can't blame you You know I never feel nothing, Nothing but guilt When our fuse runs down, we squeeze more time To hold, be still, embrace the calm Before we spill and ignite our hearts You want to feel as if nothing's wrong Well time heals you You always feel let down Oh I carry my part With a cold stare, crooked smile You end our time With a sweet "fuck you" You know I never feel nothing, Nothing but guilt When the sand runs out, there is no time To hold, be still, embrace the calm We end so swift no heart left to try Don't you worry I've been losing my mind Don't you worry I'll lose you in time
7.
Cherry 06:08
Time will never let us run From the weight The burden of this love Time will never make a sound As you strangle, stab, it will always come How can I make myself sharp So I can cut you off true Reset after each blow to the head The haze of memories clouded blue We don't change Keep pretending we're happy Happy for cameras Happy for what? We hide in cherry coloured shame Have we given up? Do we stop? Are we holding on until the last drop Cut loose, sleep around and watch us decay Our feet cemented in vain We hold on We're both to blame
8.
Stay 04:53
No one gives it away Trust me I've made my share of mistakes Empty promises Cold hard lies Haunting me 'til this day No one gives it away Trust me I've made my share of mistakes Empty bottles Cold white lines Haunting me 'til this day No one No one will find out No one No one will stay

about

Dead Rose, the debut album from NYC-based band The Twin, was born from the loss of the ever-so-addictive and wildly unpredictable drug called Love.

Singer/songwriter, Bryan Louie (Joshua Fit For Battle, Verses Narrow, Heavy Vessel), penned the eight tracks as he was going through a lengthy, drawn-out breakup from a long-term partner. The album reflects the emotions he felt and packages them into songs that resemble withdrawal.

Initially written as acoustic songs, Bryan quickly realized that in order to give the sentiment in the tracks justice, he would need a band. At a mutual friend's show in Brooklyn, Bryan ran into drummer Jeff Gensterblum (Small Brown Bike, Able Baker Fox, LaPeche) and he signed on to help flesh out the songs. A few practices and many pool games later, bassist Eric Odness (Ageist, Chariots, Primitive Weapons), was asked to join to round out the group.

In October 2019, the band traveled to the wonderful “liberal pour” city of Baltimore to record with legend J Robbins at his Magpie Cage studio. With J's expertise, the songs reached their full potential and the heartbreak was cemented into the album Dead Rose.

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released July 23, 2021

Recorded and produced by J. Robbins

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