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Metal Machines

by The Aglets

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1.
I’ve been sleeping on your floors Hoping I’d catch your joy That you’ve built out of Your metal machines Sound the sirens in the sky Cause this plane is about to dive While I’m stuck up here With your metal machines I don’t know where you went You got lost in this mess And I think you’ve grown cold From your metal machines I still feel your breath on my neck From when we lied in bed And your heart turned into A metal machine (3x) Now we’re long past the time Of my pining for you kind Since your heart turned into A metal machine (4x)
2.
I can't go home Rains grown my mistakes It fertilized their seeds and vines Until they overran my land I tried to lock them up Store them away So when I look back on my life I'll know what I did that day And when I'm old I’ll let it go And give you all my memories Until I've lost my hope And you'll hold back And we'll hold up the earth And I'll sing of tired men who can barely Find the will to live I'll do all the work If you'll just let me in I can't feel my feet They're numb from the concrete That I was walking on When I came to find you You were shivering Your bones were detaching And you placed your fragile limbs Inside of the casket And you buried yourself away To sleep among the roots You're so much better than me Yes you're so much better than me You called me in Shut the door Said "I'm chasing you through corridors" And cursing you conscious Don't misbehave Do as you're told You'll never be what you hope You're on your own Follow the weeds Trace back my sin Greet yourself in my wretched house There's pain in every panel Peel them back Burn them alive Build a fire out of it we have no need to reconcile I'll do all the work If you'll just let me in I can't feel my feet They're numb from the concrete That I was walking on When I came to find you You were shivering Your bones were detaching And you placed your fragile limbs Inside of the casket And you buried yourself away To sleep Among the roots Of trees standing so high Where your soul takes off to fly And it soars overhead Like roman candles But you never let me in Why didn't you let me in I would've done the work babe But you didn't want me You should've let me in I would've at least tried But you never opened up your doors So your light escaped you To where it fled into the caves And slept five hundred days It listened to the waves As they would lap its boat And they were beckoning you home as I Sung songs of your departure And I watched you slam out the door As you screamed inside the pasture You are so much better than me Yes you're so much better than me Our love sank like treasure hidden beneath the sea Yes you're so much better than me We faded like light from an old man's eyes When he realizes he has no life left In his bones And he'll look back on youth as rain fills his eyes Singing "you're so much better than me. Yes you're so much better than me. You are so much better than me You are so much better than me."
3.
June 11th 07:33
I know you say you’ve forgotten it all But I hope that that’s a bad joke And I know that this feels like a dream But if that’s all, please don’t wake me up ‘Cause I’ll go grab the fireworks If you’ll grab the lighters We’ll celebrate tonight Where we’re both all right I think I’ve blamed you for far, far too much So please don’t forgive me I’ll hide all the knives, try to make it right Because it’s not so wonderful to die We can take a cab back And you’ll get rocked to sleep We’ll talk in the morning You know, wait and see When I look back it gets All dark and twisted When the clouds clear I see how this still hurts me I mean, we’ve let some time pass Hoping sunlight fix the cracks in the glass But it’s just exposed them all And skewed my view Now I see it all turned upside down And I never left the city We’d still hit the town and were nowhere bound But I let in a little too much rain And we were drowned in that Vicious flood of My own pride and Self-sympathy I’ve tried to change, reinvent my name But you still can’t stand my voice Maybe one day I’ll cross the finish line Until then, let’s just try to forget about life I’ll go grab the fireworks If you’ll grab the lighters We’ll celebrate tonight Where we’re both alright I’ll go grab the fireworks We’ll light up the night sky Search for you memories ‘Cause if I can’t forget you You can’t forget me, too
4.
5.
Liquid Sound 02:28
We lit up the town Every night with our love As we set off fireworks From your back porch And the neighbors gathered ‘round To catch a glimpse of us We were always masked in light Like when we collide at where Where we’d fit and squeeze Between the sheets And let our drunken love Try to keep us warm While we bask beneath Fluorescent lights The fan was spinning And the clock’s hands counted down until I moved away with the ocean’s currents And I still hear your voice echo in the clouds When the opened up they poured out liquid sound Telling tales of the blind and how to find them You have to walk in the dark They hide their wise thoughts To make you stumble, alone Just like they did for years When you reach them they’ll say “Was the path too hard?” “No, no, you see, I just lost my way.” But I’m back with you now In this hell of a town Let’s tie anchors around our feet So we don’t drift when we sleep I don’t want to away I don’t want you to move on I still dream you voice is an engulfing choir Swallowing everything I love And when we wake we’re still high Off those pictures in our mind; A promise of a better life In a faraway land Where one year died It was killed by time And each thought still burns Inside my mind We’re still stuck in one place, resolutions far away Just like you’ve been since that winter where we lied in bed with one another And it scared me straight sober that tomorrow you’ll fly north With your love in tow, I should’ve said, “Don’t go.” So let’s pray for the morning Let’s pray for the spring Let’s pray for winter’s passing Let’s pray and let’s sing And I’ll pray every unkind word Was a lie and untrue I’m so scared about the future And what it’d be without you.
6.
The rain started coming Through the cracks in the window This time when I leave I’ll be washed clean When I was driving away I missed that turn like I always do I was stuck in the road Torn between the past And the waters of tomorrow It’s a race I’ll never win Our standard I’ll never meet I can see that you’re so close But still out of my reach I hear your voice in the clouds And see your face in the trees I wish I didn’t have to leave But you’re now my sorrow’s midnight queen I’ll just sit back, there’s nothing I can do And you should just accept that everything is not fine When you come in late, shut the door, climb in bed I know just, just what you did The rain started pouring down Leaking through the roof But I can’t feel my soul It’s too hard to move But can I ask you one question? Where’ve you been all night? (The rain started pouring down) Where’ve you been all night? (Leaking through the roof) Where’ve you been all night? (But I can’t feel my soul) Honey, where’ve you been? (It’s too hard to move) (2x)
7.
Sailing high above the trees You’re looking down and waving But you’re too far to see Stuck in your metal machine I know it’s not where you want to be A form foreign to your breed Your fortress walls too high to climb But even further to fall Each gear in place on your machine Let it enter the ravine And I witnessed a fiery scene When it all failed and came crashing down I rushed to the site to give you aid But you were lost in the haze I still hear the cracking of the steel As it all burst, as it all burst I can’t hear anything Over these steel walls But I can watch the scene Erupt around me And see the ash burn Sifting over land Now it blocks my way To your door The red sky filled with smoke But you could still see the gold Outlining your airship Of that machine you pilot You were once a dreamer in my bed Of fabled lands far away But now you’re trapped up there And I can’t get you out (2x) So please bring yourself back down (4x) So please bring yourself back down (The red sky filled with smoke, but you could still see the gold) Please bring yourself back down (Outlining your airship of that machine you pilot) Please bring yourself back down (You were once a dreamer in my bed of fabled lands far away) So please bring yourself back down (But now you’re trapped up there and I can’t get you out) (2x)
8.
Plans 05:03
I can hear the ocean Roaring in my dreams As I venture onto that meeting ground Of reality and sleep Where time is in a race With my mind But I can’t keep up So sleep still won’t hold me I remember light that’s now left your eyes And came in through the window just to caress you as you sleep And I’d sit up wide awake so I wouldn’t miss a beat You felt so far away from me I guess what did I expect So for a minute there I felt it all flood back But then just like that You were gone again in a flash We had plans to see that ocean Or even sail away on rafts But I’ll captain this ship alone And let the water win this war Next time you’re in town and need a place to stay I’m not sure if calling me is what you should’ve done “No, no it’s alright, come on by anytime” I guess what did I expect I guess what did expect I wish our plans hadn’t gone to waste I wish our plans hadn’t gone to waste I wish you wouldn’t say, “What a mistake.” Or at least I wish that I could say the same Maybe now we could to be friends Maybe now we can try to be friends ‘Cause I think that I’d really like that I think that I’d really like that I think I really like you I think I’d really like to be back with you I guess what did I expect I guess what did I expect I guess what did I expect
9.
Dear Elyse, I feel the distance in our words As they travel through our telephones and break up when they’re played I really do hope that you’re happy where you are And know that I miss you, oh, I miss your ways We used to drive for two hours to spend a weekend in Savannah Where our grandma baked us store bought food I always thought you to be a diamond in the rough So hard to find, but easy to love I’m gonna miss you and all that you are Cause the world steals you away from me But always know there’s no sea so great That I wouldn’t swiftly swim for you Whenever you’re around or lucks left you down My door remains open to you And that’s a promise I hope you abuse ‘Cause I wish things never had to change Dear Elyse, I’m off to college in the fall After that I’ll only see you once or twice a year So please keep creating all your beautiful art I’ll take some with me and watch you move mountains We used to play out in the clubhouse beneath the trees And slide down hills in the snow I want so badly for us both to come home But that’s a dream I think I have to let go I’m gonna miss you and all that you are Cause the world steals you away from me But always know there’s no sea so great That I wouldn’t swiftly swim for you Whenever you’re around or lucks left you down My door remains open to you And that’s a promise I hope you abuse ‘Cause I wish things never had to change And that’s a promise I hope you abuse ‘Cause I wish things never had to change That’s a promise I hope you abuse ‘Cause I wish things never had to change That’s a promise I hope you abuse ‘Cause I wish things never had to change I wish things never had to change I wish things never had to change I wish things never had to change
10.
This song is for the girl You know, the one who got away And I still love her to this day But I was too weak to keep her here And this is not for your pity But to recollect my life So much has happened And I fear I'll forget the rest Her soul was made of paper And every word stained her forever But she was stronger than she seemed Until she wilted and got cold You and I we were fleeting Like the stars run from our sun Until his light overthrew me And left me hidden beneath the snow I still get this feeling Whenever you are near me That you'll be soon coming home And now that I am older I can see that we're a lie So please forgive me I'll be on my way I once met this man Who had been blind since he was young And he had never seen the sunshine So he lived on faith alone And his warmth spilt over me When it ran off I was clean Like the river to the ocean I'll always run back into you And I'm still stuck in this town I can't seem to break from the ground Where all my nightmares surround me I guess I'll drink until I'm blind I told you that I was lonely And how badly all this hurts So you stayed the night with me Your love and heart kept me warm Please forgive my words They don't think before they speak Because these thoughts of us just bring back pain We had spent fifteen months Drinking each others' love Until I found my cup empty and yours still full This song was for the girl You know, that one who got away And they say there's more than just you out there But I'm too tired I'll just sleep

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released August 29, 2012

I'd like to give credit to my sister, Elyse Johnson, for doing the beautiful artwork.
Also, I'd like to thank my friends for critiquing me and putting up with my constant nagging of "HEY, on a scale of 1-10, what did you think of that track?"

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