The Tower

from Deadmalls and Nightfalls by Frontier Ruckus

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I hope that this summer
Sweats through all my clothes so I can taste
Some sort of second-comer
Who'll blow the lilac-breath into my face

Now I know I've had three wives
The first was your ghost, the other was mine
The last comes when the day dies and then
Outside the trinity just cries

Frightened by the tower
Spiraled with the wild windy night
I only have one father and
I, his only child, fear is my birthright

And who has a redeemer
Towering above the summertime?
When sweat will make you cleaner
And spit is all I want instead of wine

We cannot stay broken
Or darken violently with summer storm
We will climb the tower
And in the burning morning be reborn

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from Deadmalls and Nightfalls, released July 20, 2010

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Frontier Ruckus Detroit, Michigan

Michigan band inviting you to enter a dense & dimming world.

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Apr 27

Grewal Hall at 224

Lansing, MI
May 10

The Stoller Hall

Manchester, UK
May 12

Leeds Irish Centre

Leeds, UK
May 16

The Gate Arts & Community Centre

Cardiff, UK
May 21

Union Chapel

London, UK
May 25

The Windmill, Brixton

Brixton, UK

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