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Pretty Boy Attack

by Pretty Boy Attack

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Sonya's just an imitation of her mom Kwanda has the nuance of a cluster bomb Teo's on the slab about to be embalmed If I betray him, he'll have no one else Kasim is riding off into the lion's den Milich's favorite weapon is the fountain pen Nobody's seen Georg since I don't know when If I betray him, he'll have no one else That's the reason why I'm standing on this bridge all alone That's the reason I'm not letting you through I could just as well be knocking back a cold one at home But some of us still feel compelled to do the job he hired us to do Griffith is a coward with a shaky hand Valeria's not qualified to take command Kraze and Kanaan couldn't run a snowball stand If I betray him, he'll have no one else If I betray him, he'll have no one else
2.
Yeah, this land is the toy of greedy men always flying into rages Yeah, their tantrums will poison us all across time, generations Yeah, the place they are taking us now is one grim set of stages And I don't really know if anybody can save us I don't really know if anybody can save us But I'm holding for hope, for this country that raised us Yeah, I'm holding for hope that our people are selfless In a world filled with dragons, griffins, other creatures courageous In a world filled with magic, I don't think that's outrageous Oh no Yeah, we don't need a hero, a silent figure looming We don't need to be led when it's leaders we're fighting There's a spirit that touches everybody that's hurting And it grows clearer, stronger the more of us are talking Sure as there are stars, there are paths we must follow
3.
When it gets to be my turn, I'm setting sail for the land of precious stones It's time to let my hair down, to raise a glass with Vincent and Simone Festooned in wreaths and garlands, I'm pounding vino 'til my vision blurs And if you see me out there, you can call me Schtolteheim Reinbach III Golden monuments rise and golden monuments fall You'd hardly notice either way when you're riding through the sprawl Sweet is the prayer, but sweeter is the prey The bank of beauty doesn't take bank holidays Augustine, get the brandy; Esmeralda's about to do some shots Josephine's on the jukebox, so let's get nice and abandon ugly thoughts Golden monuments rise and golden monuments fall You'd hardly notice either way when you're riding through the sprawl Sweet is the prayer, but sweeter is the prey The bank of beauty doesn't take bank holidays
4.
Odessa++ 04:19
The people in my town are queer They'd rather live in war than live in fear They keep the tools of their trade near They name them after those they hold most dear Spring into my hand, Odessa++ A vessel unjustly taken from me No salve in the world can numb me Get out of my dreams, Odessa++ You tessellate us, you imbricate us But we're not on the same plane Your brothers always used their heads But if they're so smart, the how come you're so dead? Your namesake's covered up in red These village swords don't ever lose their edge Spring into my hand, Odessa++ A vessel unjustly taken from me No salve in the world can numb me Get out of my dreams, Odessa++ You tessellate us, you imbricate us But we're not on the same plane
5.
I saw the daylight break upon an empty siege No banners waved the air, no drums rang through the breeze The soldiers of the fortress proud to lay down for their liege Arose the very next night, their souls no more at peace The graves of Lorimar are empty, desecrated, and defiled They're open to the air, dirt lying in a pile One hundred men were locked away and left alone to die One hundred bodies left that night marching single file There looms across this valley a force we've never seen It comes from yonder castle, it's claimed by a new king They say he's neither man nor beast, his power takes its wing His course is due disaster and his joy is suffering The graves of Lorimar are empty, desecrated, and defiled They're open to the air, dirt lying in a pile One hundred men were locked away and left alone to die One hundred bodies left that night marching single file The graves of Lorimar are empty
6.
During the war my home fell victim to the Mirror of Fire All that I've been, all that I've known, consumed as the flames reached higher I ran when I heard but I couldn't stop the Mirror of Fire I ran when I heard but I couldn't stop the Mirror of Fire My family is lost and nothing remains from that Mirror of Fire The trees I climbed for safety each day disappeared in that fire I ran up to fight but I couldn't stop the Mirror of Fire I ran up to fight but I couldn't stop the Mirror of Fire The sun and the breeze turned to disease by that Mirror of Fire The sun and the breeze turned to disease by that Mirror of Fire All that I've been, all that I've known, gone like my memories are lies No warning, no shouts, no defense they could mount, no closure, and no goodbyes When you look back, tell me what you see I see reflections of what will no longer be
7.
We are all travelers - we travel freely across the skies (Well, not us, but the things that we represent) We are the avatars - we are the dreamers in darkest night (Well, not night, but the time when the day is spent) Think of your families Think of your friends We've still got laundry left to do before the game ends Everybody come on Come on everybody When we form a party, something special's crystallized Everybody come on And I mean everybody If our clothes are gaudy, it's just 'cause we've got starry eyes Everybody come on We are the architects - we bend the world 'til it fits our shape We found trash, and we built it into a home We balk at nothing - we won't be frightened or turned away We won't run, but that's not to say we won't roam Get on the ramparts Get on the phones The road is built by laying stone after tiny stone Everybody come on Come on everybody When we form a party, something special's crystallized Everybody come on And I mean everybody If our clothes are gaudy, it's just 'cause we've got starry eyes Everybody come on

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Music from and inspired by the Konami RPG series, Suikoden
A loving tribute to our favorite game

Pretty Boy Attack is Colin and Justyn

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released October 27, 2015

All samples originally appear on "Genso Suikoden I - Original Video Game Soundtrack" by Miki Higashino, Tappi Iwase, Taniguchi Hirofumi, Mayuko Kageshita, and Hiroshi Tamawari (© 1996 Konami, All Rights Reserved)

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"If I Betray Him" (Colin) - samples "Glorious Island Fortress"
"Freedom Rock Rockland" (Justyn) - samples "Rock Rockland"
"The Bank Of Beauty" (Colin) - samples "Theme For A Narcissist"
"Odessa++" (Colin) - samples "Gathering Of Warriors"
"The Graves Of Lorimar" (Justyn) - samples "Gate"
"Burning Mirror" (Justyn) - samples "Mysterious Forest"
"Everybody, Come On!" (Colin) - samples "Theme Of The Advancing Army" and "Premonition Of Victory"

Recorded February-September 2015 in Moorhead, MN; Washington, DC; Berea, OH; and Denver, CO

Mastered October 2015 by Simon Callahan in Washington, DC

Cover art by Jordan Levine, Baltimore, MD

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