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Dark City Streets

from "Secret Weapon" by The Qualia

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Hold close onto my coat.
Try not to make a sound.
Hold close onto my coat
or we’ll be found.
Stay near to the wall as they pass.
Time for one final breath –
try to make it last.

The rumors chill my bones
(about the ones they’ve trapped).
The rumors chill my bones,
but we’ll adapt.
Always be prepared to retreat.
There are worse things than monsters slipping through our dark city streets.

Grab every knife you see.
You better hold them close.
Grab every knife you see.
Let’s make some ghosts.
I always foresaw this bleak day.
If you want to survive,
you have to claim some prey.

One pellet in the brain
when they’re against the wall.
One pellet in the brain,
and watch them fall.
I don’t want to sound willing or mean,
but expect times like these to become routine.

EVERY NIGHT.
FROM THE TIME OUR OLD SUN FALLS DOWN,
‘TIL THE HOUR WHEN IT STRUGGLES BACK UP –
THIS IS NO TIME TO PROTEST OR TO DISAGREE.
THERE ARE WORSE THINGS THAN MONSTERS
SLIPPING THROUGH OUR DARK CITY STREETS.

Hold close onto my coat.
Try not to make a sound.
Hold close onto my coat
or we’ll be found.
Always be prepared to retreat.
There are worse things than monsters slipping through our dark city streets.

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from "Secret Weapon", released April 27, 2010

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The music of New York-based The Qualia speaks to the heart as much as to the head. Reflecting the passionate and analytical personalities of Lars Casteen, Rossen Nedelchev, Matt Raymond, and Will McCutcheon, the group’s music combines a wry humor and dancefloor sensibility with lyrical depth and jangle to create their own brand of modern new wave music. ... more

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