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Recite All Recitals

from Headlines by Arbor Vitae

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Life in song
Letting us rise in chorus, mount up to the saddle of song
Sing along
the climax displayed in light’s array
Shoulder’s load set free
And when it’s over, where is this place, transcending?
Life in the song
Allowing us to dive. Hold breathe, tunes heard within confines
Swim along now, you hear?
the doldrums expressed amid adverse setting
the pull and the drag remain
And when the wine is poured let me be the first to drink

Oh retreat, oh retreat
by some gallant attempt
a stab at recreating the fight against the Dimness.
Stare into its unlit gems, and cry
When this is over, may I a reprise?

Who ever taught “Put smile where it’s blue
and everything that comfort can allow will crown you”?
So appealing, yeah, I spit on it!
If my face is hid while the candle has been lit
in the gem of those sitting there
well yes! yes, I’ve been there
Sitting inspired for a moment of greatness
and forged into an immortal me
who I do not ever, in the mirror see
Nor in store windows as I pass, cheating a glance
and at being approved, walk taller
chorus:
Oh retreat, oh retreat.....

But retreat, they retreat
to dress rooms, ‘ts like they’re thieves!
Taking us in for a ride in their sleep.
Seeming awake, don’t be fooled, lest get deep;
leaving us out of their loop, they retreat.

I keep telling myself I look like silver, then achieve a tarnished brass of a day.
The sort you get much done in, ‘least in an affirming sort of way
It’s in comparison to a guy off the street
t’s anyone I pick who I may never meet
I’d offer a seat, but I wasn’t planning on staying long
‘til this tourist in front whistled that damn song
Now the replay in my whitewashed head won’t go away,
keep rubbing at my temples, but the song here remains
At least it’s not that one that goes...oh, what have I done!?
was comparing this tune to an even stickier song
and now, it will pest me as a rat with no home
but makes home where it goes
and that just goes to show, if truth, I said if truth be told....

I’d retreat, I’d retreat....
But retreat, they retreat......
I’d retreat, I’d retreat.....
I’d retreat, I’d retreat
to some gallant attempt,
a stab ...................the fight.

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from Headlines, released August 26, 2006
Lyrics: Doug Chambers
song by: Joe Ranne, Chris Cantoya, Doug Chambers

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Arbor Vitae Omaha, Nebraska

After a few years of playing shows as The Atlas, we changed our name and recorded this set in 2006.

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