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War Jacket

by War Jacket

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1.
Somewhere across the ocean there’s a current just for me And I will find the river that will bring be back to you Waiting on the outside or the inside of your door Forever and ever and ever more Ever more
2.
I took your words down to the letter I followed you like a child I left my heart out in the open and you took my spark and made it a fire It’s all Behind I’s all Behind Me Now Raising through the woods cold as the weather a rain washed figure with broken bones all of my ghosts are raising with the sunset I tore off my clothes and started a fire It’s all Behind I’s all Behind Me Now Broken Bones is my name Broken heart is my pain
3.
Time 04:18
Time is on your side if you wish do die or if you like to lie pretending you’ve got time When the sky breaks and opens wide and kings and men lose their pride when the earth stands still and give a sigh I thought we had more time To say you’ve been there but know you’re gone but i’ll be back with the rising sun There’s a sadness to beauty there’s a temperance to the sea when the earth stands still and gives a sigh I thought we had more time
4.
Walls 03:06
As I wait outside your door I hear you crying your throat is sore and the hole down the hall is the hole inside my heart just busting through the drywall just trying to break the dark I thought the walls were outside I thought the walls were outside I thought the walls were outside but you built them into my body I feel like a camera above the scene trying to find an angle trying to find a meaning I had a dream that you would die and I would live So I left my place of safety and held you like a kid I thought the walls were outside I thought the walls were outside I thought the walls were outside but you built them into my body We found our place in movie screens Where nothing can’t be solved in the final scene And I can’t go back Can’t escape All these walls
5.
Shake Loose 02:55
Battle-broken blue before I wake in a dark cocoon of dreams and chains that I can not shake loose Beating bones bear my head ache in a snare of sin my heart breaks but I can not shake loose Shake Loose Taker takes the one and breaks and two there’s a piece fore him and a piece for him too and i can not shake loose Empty eyes reflect and empty view with enough mistakes I’m bound to break through but I can not shake loose Shake Loose
6.
Fire 02:12
There’s a fire hidden in your heart there’s a cold wind tearing you apart beneath the hill and beneath the law there’s a fire hidden in your heart and I can’t put it out and I can’t put it out
7.
Black Water 04:32
Don’t be afraid my dear it took a while to get you hear but I’m going to guard your soul like it were my own my own And I can feel the water raising up but it can not contain my lungs I can feel the deep, deeper still the blackwater raises Look in the mirror dear the cracked glass is looking queer but I’m going to guard your soul even when you lose control control And I can feel the water raising up but it can not contain my lungs I can feel the deep, deeper still the blackwater raises rises to your soul rises to the window and it’s breaking down the door hide from the blackwater hide from the blackwater hide from the blackwater
8.
Lost 04:10
I woke up all alone I woke up lost at sea I woke up far from home I woke without you beside me I searched through endless days I vowed not to cease My heart burned in it's cage No key, no company Somebody's out there Something has got to change Look at the face of the moon And wait for a brand new day I'm going map out the oceans Then I want to sail away Look for the face of the moon And Wait for the brand new day The storm took my hope The wind stripped me clean The water filled my gaze And I woke without you beside me Somebody's out there Something has got to change Look at the face of the moon And wait for a brand new day I'm going map out the oceans Then I want to sail away Look for the face of the moon And Wait for the brand new day Somebody's out there
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10.
Names are starting to slip past me I know I know you I know I’ve seen you but don’t move any closer or I’ll scream Did you come from this ruddy rain I haven’t seen you In so many years but don’t move any closer or I’ll scream I wish I could change myself I wish I could change myself I wish I could change myself Will you help me change Father’s palming his rosary I forgot what it means I forgot what it means but if he moves any closer I swear I’ll scream Broken frameworks are my favorite things Like little mirrors of missing dreams Sometimes when I’m alone at night I scream I wish I could change myself I wish I could change myself I wish I could change myself Will you help me change So bring on the half-wits and bring on the Jesuits and bring all your commonsense And we’ll all scream I wish I could change myself I wish I could change myself I wish I could change myself Will you help me change
11.
I'm Ready 04:27
This year may be the last one that I see May be the last one where I bleed so come over to me And I can’t hear you when crying I can’t talk to you when you’re screaming so come over and tell me what you need Love cuts through stone like a staff struck heart Valley of bones becomes a work of art Water turns dry dry turns wet Hold me close ‘cause we’re not there yet This year may be the last one that I see May be the last news that I read so come over and read it with me And I can’t hear you when crying I can’t talk to you when you’re screaming so come over and tell me what you need Love cuts through stone like a staff struck heart Valley of bones becomes a work of art Water turns dry dry turns wet Hold me close ‘cause we’re not there yet
12.
thought I’d never forgive you not even if I tried I thought it would grow easier as time passed by But I grew older and I could never forget the way you made me hurt when I was a kid But I will cover your body I will cover your body with mine I built a house of my own I got a wife had kids I don’t remember much before and all’s fading even this ‘Cause I’m scared of my memories and I know my own skin It will do what it will until I am completely hid But I will cover your body I will cover your body with mine

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This album has been our heart for the last year and a half. It's major themes the human condition and the struggle of forgiveness. We hope you enjoy it, and it helps you in some way.

"Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle." - Unknown

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released September 25, 2015

War Jacket is

Caleb Chancey - Vocal, Baritone Ukulele
Lori Cheng - Cello
Joel Blount - Electric & Acoustic Guitar
Alex Hinson - Drums, Percussion

All Lyrics by Caleb Chancey
All Music by War Jacket
*except “Walls” by Brian T. Murphy & War Jacket

All Arrangements by Brian T. Murphy & War Jacket
Produced by Brian T. Murphy
Engineered by Brian T. Murphy (2,3,6,7,8) & Brad Timko (1,4,5,9,10,11,12)
Mixed by Chris Steffen
Mastered by Harris Newman
Artwork & Design by Sanders Bohlke

Recorded in Birmingham, AL & Williamsburg, Brooklyn

Alex Hinson performed Drums & Percussion - 2,6,8

Additional Vocal Performances by

Sanders Bohlke - 2,5,6,10
Andrea Tomasi - 3,7
Laura Pearson Hausen - 4,8,11

Additional Musical Performances by

Brian T. Murphy - Piano, Keys - 2,4,7,8,10
Brad Lyons - Bass - 2,3,4,5,6,7,8,10,11
Kaitlyn Ferry - Violin - 4,5,8,9,11
Jeff Koonce - Trombone - 8,11,12
Spencer Cohen - Drums, Percussion - 3,7
Brian Griffin - Drums, Percussion - 5
John-Mark Dorough - Drums, Percussion - 4,9,10,11

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War Jacket is a ambient folk quartet from Birmingham, Alabama.

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