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Farewell Transmission

from We Might Fall Apart by The Halcyon Brothers

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A inadequate cover of the great Jason Molina born of true devotion.

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The whole place is dark
Every light on this side of the town
Suddenly it all went down
Now we’ll all be brothers of
The fossil fire of the sun
Now we’ll all be sisters of
The fossil blood of the moon

Someone must have set ‘em up
Now they’ll be working in the cold grey rock
Now they’ll be working in the hot mill stream
Now they’ll be working in the concrete
In the sirens and the silences now
All the great set up hearts
All at once they start to beat

After tonight, if you don’t want this to be
A secret out of the past
I will resurrect it
I’ll have a good go at it
I’ll streak his blood across my beak

I will try and you know whatever I try
I will be gone, but not forever
I will try and know whatever I try
I will be gone, but not forever

Real truth about it is
No one gets it right
Real truth about it is
We’re all supposed to try
There ain’t no end to the sands
I’ve been trying to cross
The real truth about it is
My kind of life’s no better off
It’s got the maps or if it’s lost

We will try and know whatever we try
We will be gone, but not forever
Come on, let’s try and know whatever we try
We will be gone, but not forever

Real truth about it is
There ain’t no end to the desert I cross
I’ve really known it all along

Mama, here comes midnight
With a dead moon in its jaw
Must be the big star about to fall

Mama, here comes midnight
With a dead moon in its jaw
Must be the big star about to fall

Mama, here comes midnight
With a dead moon in its jaw
Must be the big star about to fall

Long dark blues
Will-o-the-wisp
Long dark blues
The big star is falling
Long dark blues
Will-o-the-wisp
The big star is falling
Long dark blues
Through the static and the distance
Long dark blues
A farewell transmission
Long dark blues
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Long dark blues
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Long dark blues
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Long dark blues
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credits

from We Might Fall Apart, track released February 29, 2020
Björ6n Oranj: Vocals
Bosky Rumbluffer: Drums/Guitar/Bass/Banjo/Tambourine/Vocals

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The Halcyon Brothers Minneapolis, Minnesota

Halcyon is a poetic name for a Kingfisher. It is said that the floating nest of the Halcyon brings calm to the cruel sea. The Halcyon Brothers decorate the weight of the world in a charming and medicated disguise. The sound embraces with a clinched smile, and then stumbles and occasionally falls only to somehow prop itself back up for another round. ... more

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