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Skyward

by Skyward

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Shimmy This is why I say support your indie artists! I sat through the entire album and I haven't done that since Tribe's last album and before that, it was Morisette's first album! Favorite track: Burn.
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1.
Daily 01:29
A little given, little lost away A little glimpse into the void of pain This is my, this is my daily A little slip, a little casual rage A little red covered with black in case This is my, this is my daily
2.
Casualty 03:14
My heart is a gun that I’ll point at anyone frozen steel and oiled slick My words are bullets that I’ll shoot all over town hollow point and counterfeit Can you see what you did to me? Thought I could keep control I can't keep control Cause every time I make you bleed Thought I could only hurt myself But everyone is now my casualty My eyes are daggers that could slice through anything Razor-edged and spotless I am a weapon. I am a danger to everything that I love I am brutal and I am callous Thought I could keep control I can't keep control Cause every time I make you bleed Thought I could only hurt myself But everyone is now my casualty Can you see what you did to me? Thought I could keep control I can't keep control Cause every time I make you bleed Thought I could only hurt myself But everyone is now my casualty
3.
The Floor 02:59
I don't have the smile that came so easily, a long long time ago One that my mother used to love so much before I let it go I'm taking back my life today, I'll be ruler of my thoughts today I'll be taking back my life today, I'll be ruler of my thoughts before my body hits the floor You thought that I made something of myself, I’ll show you empty hands It’s like the sun climbing into my eyes, too bright to understand I'm taking back my life today, I'll be ruler of my thoughts today I'll be taking back my life today, I'll be ruler of my thoughts before my body hits the floor body hits the floor my body hits the floor body hits the floor I'm taking back my life today, I'll be ruler of my thoughts today I'll be taking back my life today, I'll be ruler of my thoughts before my body hits the floor body hits the floor my body hits the floor body hits the floor
4.
Animal 03:34
I’ve got, I’ve got, I’ve got This hunger Eating me from inside From inside But, You’ve got, you’ve got, you’ve got my number And you will call me out Call me out And I thought you’d caught me Left me in a dirty cage Turns out you love me Wish I hadn't got my way You’re cutting through these wires These branches and these briars Walking through my wildfire Even though I’m an animal I'm not, I'm not, I'm not That lover, I’m nobody’s way home I am, I am, I am That fighter, And I’ll take this on alone On alone And I thought you’d caught me Left me in a dirty cage Turns out you love me Wish I hadn't got my way You’re cutting through these wires These branches and these briars Walking through my wildfire Even though I’m an animal And I thought you’d caught me Left me in a dirty cage Turns out you love me Wish I hadn't got my way You’re cutting through these wires These branches and these briars Walking through my wildfire Even though I’m an animal
5.
Stand-Ins 03:50
I trace the walls breaking all her picture frames Hammer to the glass can’t have her trapped that way Can’t keep the things I love distanced by a windowpane My heart’s got a body; oh my heart’s got a name Why do I, feel so crazy Why do I, feel so alive I don’t want to leave you again I can’t let you vanish I need your breath on my neck, your head on my chest I can’t keep loving stand-ins I pace the floor dreaming of her hair let down Pen to the paper how can I draw her out? Can't take the one I love and turn her into something more My heart can't be contained; no my heart's more than words Why do I, feel so crazy Why do I, feel so alive I don’t want to leave you again I can’t let you vanish I need your breath on my neck, your head on my chest I can’t keep loving stand-ins Why do I, feel so crazy Why do I, feel so alive I don’t want to leave you again I can’t let you vanish I need your breath on my neck, your head on my chest I can’t keep loving stand-ins I don’t want to leave you again I can’t let you vanish I need your breath on my neck, your head on my chest I can’t keep loving stand-ins
6.
Burn 03:44
If I am the sea, she set fire to my depths Plumbing the deep, igniting the abyss If I am the sun, she inhaled my light Leaving me to decay, until I lit up I lit up So the fire burns, yes we let it burn Everything we have to say, every word is kerosene And so the fire burns, oh we watch it burn Everything we have away, every move is a mistake If I am the rose, he blistered my roots Ripping my petals onto the pyre If I am the moon, he drowned me in firelight Eclipsing my radiance, until it faded, until it faded away So the fire burns, yes we let it burn Everything we have to say, every word is kerosene And so the fire burns, oh we watch it burn Everything we have away, every move is a mistake Bring the Rain So the fire burns, yes we let it burn Everything we have to say, every word is kerosene And so the fire burns, oh we watch it burn Everything we have away, every move is a mistake So the fire burns, yes we let it burn Everything we have to say, every word is kerosene And so the fire burns, oh we watch it burn Everything we have away, every move is a mistake Our hands bound by flame, our crimes are the same
7.
Now 03:28
Tell me a little about your daily grind Baby do you love it, oh oh, do you love it, oh oh Some days never seem to end in time, but You never panic? oh no, you never panic, oh no You have what you want now Do you know what you need? Don't wait another second please Make excuses and apologize You’re still sick of every moment that’s been passing by You held your tongue, you were scared because Every punch in was a punch out where does that leave us now? I see the venom flowing through your veins Baby do you feel it, oh oh, do you feel it oh oh These days you know your problems by name, but You play the victim, oh no, still a victim, oh no You have what you want now Do you know what you need? Don't wait another second please Make excuses and apologize You’re still sick of every moment that’s been passing by You held your tongue, you were scared because Every punch in was a punch out where does that leave us now? You have what you want now Do you know what you need? Don't wait another second please Make excuses and apologize You’re still sick of every moment that’s been passing by You held your tongue, you were scared because Every punch in was a punch out where does that leave us? Make excuses and apologize You’re still sick of every moment that’s been passing by You held your tongue, you were scared because Every punch in was a punch out where does that leave us now?
8.
I see my life written out in stone, a picture and memories of heavy chains My mind’s been trapped inside my home, the smallest room is where I wake I’m haunted by a constant dream, stories of glory fill my head But suddenly both of my knees feel weak, and I’m forced back to my bed The crows, and the wolves, are ready for the show But I’ll be endless miles away I’ll be endless miles away So far they’ll never know I’m so far they’ll never know That I'm endless, miles away My heart’s been waiting here so long, it’s starting to break itself apart I fear my soul’s been getting restless, a slave to sitting in the dark I tell myself someday I’ll leave, I’ll leave to fight for all my dreams I’ve always known how it will be, In my future I see The crows, and the wolves, are ready for the show But I’ll be endless miles away I’ll be endless miles away So far they’ll never know I’m so far they’ll never know That I'm endless, miles away Finally walking through the door, today’s the day that I escape But quickly I fell to the floor, a symptom of many mistakes And then I felt you take my hand, and pull me up past all the pain You looked straight at me and said, today’s the day we run away So far they’ll never know I’m so far they’ll never know That I'm endless, miles away
9.
(m)arrow 03:00
I used to spend all my time Writing countless wishful rhymes I used to waste my breath To sing to those I thought were mine I’ve been giving cold shoulders Telling lovers that it’s over I’m making room for you inside I’ve been waiting for the moment Trying to keep my dry composure I’m not hunting for a silver prize Shot down by an arrow Straight to the marrow With one fatal motion, focus, lethal in your eyes Arrow, shot down by an arrow I gave up chasing names Giving numbers away, unpaid I gave up chasing doors But I didn’t even notice you at mine Shot down by an arrow Straight to the marrow With one fatal motion, focus, lethal in your eyes Arrow, shot down by an arrow I’ve been giving cold shoulders Telling others that it’s over I’m making room for you inside I’ve been waiting for the moment Trying to keep my dry composure I’m not hunting for a silver prize Shot down by an arrow Straight to the marrow With one fatal motion, focus, lethal in your eyes Arrow, shot down by an arrow
10.
Giving Tree 03:38
Tipping over my lonely throne Ripping fruit and growing gold I’ll give it all to you. Twisting bark to form your crown Spinning leaves into your royal gown I’ll give it all to you. I gave you my all, but it was not mine to give I gave you my all, but it was not mine I gave you my all, but it was not mine to give I gave you my all, but it was not mine Cut down my trunk and sail away Leave me here a shade of grey I’ll give it all to you I gave you my all, but it was not mine to give I gave you my all, but it was not mine I gave you my all, but it was not mine to give I gave you my all, but it was not mine Could I plant myself? Can a forest grow without water, without seed? Do I own myself? I belong only to those, who ask nothing of me I gave you my all, but it was not mine to give I gave you my all, but it was not mine I gave you my all, but it was not mine to give I gave you my all, but it was not mine I gave you my all, but it was not mine to give I gave you my all, but it was not mine I gave you my all, but it was not mine to give I gave you my all, but it was not mine
11.
Drag me up the edge, up to the ledge, up the crumbling precipice Drag me up to the water, up to the altar, up to the broken promises Drag me down to the beaten, down to the weakened, down to the shattered hopefulness Drag me through, so I can see Drag me through, so I can breathe Drag me under the light, under the night, under the stars burning out Drag me under the fall, under the call, under the stones crying out drag me over the pain, over the shame, I’m crying over the crying in the dark crying Drag me through, so I can see Drag me through, so I can breathe I'm crying Drag me over the pain I'm crying Drag me through, so I can see Drag me through, so I can breathe Drag me through, so I can see Drag me through, so I can breathe
12.
Tennessee is calling from a Payphone in Raleigh and she wants, this car turned around But she's hard like the winter and she Hides like a sinner But could I please make this thing work out I said all I need is just a piece of you a sliver I can see Of who you are and where you’ve been Say say, say something will let me in Say say, say something that i can forgive Cause I know know know, cause I know what you’ve become I know what you’ve become I know what you’ve become Frozen rain is falling as I Stutter and I’m stalling can we please, not bring up the past But he smashes through my armor and he lights up every corner but I don’t want my mold brought to the sun He says all I need is just a piece of you a sliver I can see Of who you are and where you’ve been Say say, say something will let me in Say say, say something that i can forgive Cause I know know know, cause I know what you’ve become I know what you’ve become I know what you’ve become I catch my reflection Glittering glass He don’t need anything, he already knows You don’t have to... Say say, say something will let me in Say say, say something that i can forgive Cause I know know know, cause I know what you’ve become I know what you’ve become I know what you’ve become

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released September 30, 2016

All lyrics by Jordan Breeding except
“Daily”, “The Floor”, “Now”, “Crows and Wolves”, and “Arrow” by Jonathan Huang
All music by Skyward

Anna Breeding / Synths/Vocals
Jordan Breeding / Guitars
Caleb Gritsko / Drums
Jeremy Hashiguchi / Bass
Jonathan Huang / Vocals

Additional programming by James McCurley
Additional vocals by Spencer and Frankie Holleman

Produced by James McCurley
Additional production by Jerry Guidroz
Recorded and Engineered by Jerry Guidroz at Radiant Studios and The Basement
Mixed by Jerry Guidroz at The Basement
Mastered by Dan Shike at Tone and Volume Mastering

"What You've Become" mixed by Ken Barnum and mastered by Mike Monseur at Bias Studios

Cover Design by Greg Breeding
Photograph by Paul B. Jones

Skyward would like to thank: God for being our inspiration, motivation, and salvation; James for putting in more effort than any human reasonably should (go to sleep!); Jerry for making our music come to life; Dan Shike for putting the final, magical touches on the songs; Greg for making incredible artwork four straight releases and counting; Spencer, Frankie, Liz, and Charlie for helping us stay off the street while recording; Paul for the time, photos, and videos; Moriah and Laura for the love and support; our kickstarter backers without whom this album would be impossible; and finally to our parents, friends, and fans who have supported us every step of the way. This album is for you.

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Skyward Charlottesville, Virginia

Skyward is a big band. With music built around powerful, driving rhythms and soaring lead lines and melodies, Skyward’s sound would not be out of place in large venues. With lyrics written to challenge and inspire listeners, Skyward works to write and perform engaging music that challenges audiences to search out their purpose and discover their worth. And as they always say, “Go big…” ... more

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