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The Bird & the Cage

by Western Shout

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My Wild Like / Come Back to Me 07:14
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Lost in my mind not hearing your words you're so far away so much has changed Lord knows my plight the fight to remain but no matter why when I reach out it flies away my wild light So take it as it comes and once in a while you hold up the dreams and sweep out the lies Find them cold and pale but the old were once young the world that we knew will throw off her veil and shake you awake my wild light ___________________ When the walls come down without a sound we'll pick it up on silent alarm The'll be no late checkout no turning around we'll be slipping out of sleeping arms Lord knows how we tried to live out the lie you don't even know you're living So, while we must go we can forgive but we can never forget who we are All the color and light of a life that I couldn't see Yea come back to me There's a million lives all the people I couldn't be I come back to me It's a refugee heart keeps it simple and smart always know just where your exits are Because in the bewilderedness you can confess but you can never forget who you are All the color and light of a life that I couldn't see They come back to me There's a million lives all the people I couldn't be I come back to me Come back to me So, while we must go we can forgive ourselves but we can never forget All the color and light of a life that I couldn't see They come back to me There's a million lives all the people I couldn't be I come back to me Yea Come back to me Come back to me Philip Watts - IRONLUNG Music ASCAP
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The Bird & the Cage 04:03
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Now here's the tormented self tormenter, ..or has it just got to be that late. The night's a bully, I know him very well, and pleas for mercy just don't rate. Now here's a secret, a life time hidden, a long story on an empty page. A desperate scrawl I wish unwritten You are the Bird, you are the cage. If I'm the hammer, and the nail, the builder of this both heaven and hell, I'd like to think I could tear it all down. Start again when I'm not around Because in the darkness, dreams are blinding, they slip their shell and fly away Leave me muttering at an empty sky "you are the bird - you are the cage" Lord how I hold on when I long to let go. Still, I am the shelter as sure as I am the storm. Now here's a secret, that was never hidden, The gifts you're given you give away. The door swings open but you'll carry they weight You are the bird - you are the cage Philip Watts - IRONLUNG Music ASCAP
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Just Like Always 04:30
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I won’t spoil the ending Because you’re always taking your own sweet time. So I’ll go on pretending That you’re still on the other end of the line. Just like always - you say we’re forever bound Just like always - you go and knock forever down It’s not like never - we land somewhere in between Just like always - it’s not all or nothing now You’re the reigning grand champion And still undefeated Shit talking self saboteur Just like always - you say we’re forever bound Just like always - you go and knock forever down It’s not like never - we land somewhere in between Just like always - it’s not all or nothing now Now we know - how it had to go All the while you’re wiling honey I’m taking up the slack And all your plans you made for blood and money I’m pushing at the back So pop the clutch already Just like always - you say we’re forever bound Just like always - you go and knock forever down It’s not like never - we land somewhere in between Just like always - I guess it’s all or nothing now Now we know - how it had to go Philip Watts - IRONLUNG Music ASCAP
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Stray Dog Eyes 03:54
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Here comes another one with the stray dog eyes won't come inside Beautiful vagabond telling the easiest lies getting me high stealing my time and leaving me broke Day after night I gotta be somewhere You're g*damn right So many shoes to wear And I have no idea where I go from here Yea I have no idea But I know you were chased by a dream Same as me now same as me same as you, same as me ________ What if she never comes the one that splits you wide drags you outside plants you in the garden grows you up high Night after day I'm waiting all alone I paid and I paid and I paid for my ticket back home But I've no idea where it goes from here yea I have no idea What I know I was chased by a dream Same as you, same as you Let's wait and see Same as you, same as me Philip Watts - IRONLUNG Music ASCAP
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Forever in the Sun 03:38
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I've got a picture of you I keep in my mind You're gazing at the ocean saying your goodbyes I couldn't stay there anymore than I could hold back time But I keep you right there Forever in the Sun Forever in the Sun I was the mouse in the cathedral of your mind But mine became the arm you clung to to stay upright I never held your gaze for long in the clear and bright But you hold mine right there It's the darkness that blinds all the days gone bye Forever in the Sun I forced the laughter through tears of my lonely years Forever in the Sun Forever in the Sun Forever in the Sun (I keep your picture there the wind is in your hair We are -we will be there Your eyes forever on the ocean horizon I couldn't hold back time) Forever in the Sun (If you should call my name I will be listening I will come in time Until the when and where I'll keep your picture there) Philip Watts - IRONLUNG Music ASCAP
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Canyon Dream 04:04
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Might have know by then there's no right or wrong road for the lost will roam What I know right now is any road I'm on will lead me home If I had told you just how lost I really was If I'd showed you my heart, a spinning compass If I know you, maybe now you're my due north So when I'm spinning around Maybe still more lost than found would you stand still for me ___________ From the canyon dream we came down to a crowded room and took your hand caught your eye did you realize? If I had told you just how lost I really was If I'd showed you my heart, a spinning compass If I know you, maybe now you're my due north So when I'm spinning around Maybe still more lost than found would you stand still for me Philip Watts - IRONLUNG Music ASCAP
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The Music 04:37
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Keep you hands up that shield you from the blows Work your feet now and stay out off the ropes You know what's waiting there when you take your shot ready or not when you come around it's singing out It's in the blood, it's in the bone in the hand that holds the phone In her voice all alone "when you coming home?" It's in the wind, it's in the wires in the knife that slashed your tires The music everybody knows but it's yours alone _________ Bring it down now All the way down to the ground Is that a choir of angels? or the drankards row Oh god what a racket But go on and take your shot with all you got When you come around It's ringing out It's in the blood, it's in the bone the broken hand that holds the phone In her voice all alone "when you coming home?" It's in the wind, it's in the wires in the knife that slashed your tires The music everybody knows but it's yours alone ______ It's in your blood, it's in your bone it's in your heart in overflow in the tension in a crowded room "I love you" said far too soon The stone that's stuck in your throat the serpent swimming in your moat The song everybody knows but it's yours alone and you hear it alone you sing it alone and dance alone and it's calling you home it's calling me home calling me home Philip Watts - IRONLUNG Music ASCAP
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I Drive Fast 03:50
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I drive fast in my car So no matter where you are you're not very far I keep a fire burning low for your love when you come around And by the dashboard's lonely glow I can tell that you won't be long now I keep a combination for a lock I keep a letter safe inside a box I keep the box in the empty trunk of a car I drive fast from your love I will never be free Sleep in my clothes I sleep with my clothes on So when you call my phone I can get gone I keep a fire burning low for your love when you come around And by the dashboard's lonely glow I can tell that you're not too far now I keep a combination for a lock I keep a letter safe inside a box I keep the box in the empty trunk of a car I drive fast from your love I will never be free I drive fast never far from your love I will never be free Philip Watts - IRONLUNG Music ASCAP
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The End 04:22
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This is the end, over and out. Whatever, ride into the sunset, whatever that's all about. Now I'm still alive, now I might still be a man. I won't deny I rode it way past the edge. Still want to light a fire in you that catches in me, Let it out, yea, set it free. Now tell me where's the lie that tells me I gotta be true to love for all to see. But there's no "there" there anymore and I can't keep crawling back anymore. This is the end... again unless it's not. Because I can't keep reaching for what won't reach back, I gotta go with what I got. It's an old man's right to make a damn fool if he will. There's nothing to fight swinging at air, nothing real. And if you ever wonder why I kept coming back for more, I wouldn't take the cue, couldn't read the room. They won't tell you to your face won't look you in the eye, when you break the same rules all the young dudes do. So I'll let myself out now, because it's nowhere to here. And it only gets ugly now, after it's over, after the end. Philip Watts - IRONLUNG Music ASCAP
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Just Like Always (Radio Edit) 04:31
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I won’t spoil the ending Because you’re always taking your own sweet time. So I’ll go on pretending That you’re still on the other end of the line. Just like always - you say we’re forever bound Just like always - you go and knock forever down It’s not like never - we land somewhere in between Just like always - it’s not all or nothing now You’re the reigning grand champion And still undefeated S*** talking self saboteur Just like always - you say we’re forever bound Just like always - you go and knock forever down It’s not like never - we land somewhere in between Just like always - it’s not all or nothing now Now we know - how it had to go All the while you’re wiling honey I’m taking up the slack And all your plans you made for blood and money I’m pushing at the back So pop the clutch already Just like always - you say we’re forever bound Just like always - you go and knock forever down It’s not like never - we land somewhere in between Just like always - I guess it’s all or nothing now - x2 Now we know - how it had to go Philip Watts - IRONLUNG Music ASCAP

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released March 1, 2024

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New Jersey's Philip Watts is Western Shout. Philip has been band leader and journeyman in many indie bands over the years including Overnight, Summer Beast, Cobra Libre, Breach and Gliss. He’s played with current and former members of bands as varied as Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, Brain Johnstown Massacre, Beck, Rye Coalition, Lauren Hill, Space Hog & Damien Rice. ... more

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