I stretched my skin and dried, sewed myself up and filled it to the neck with wine, but still we lie. Back’s to hell facing the moonlight. Has the well run dry? No, the well’s half empty with a boy trapped inside, alive, scraping the surface trying to see the light.

When the hammer comes down will it bend the nail at the neck? Or scar the hand of the martyr that you’d hoped to resurrect? When death is infinite will your God ask you, “What did you expect?” When the hammer comes down will it only leave a dent?

I heard the truth once, and like a lucid dream I awoke one morning to hear the prophets plead. “So much to say. So much to sing. So what’s to think? Nobody’s listening…” 

When the hammer comes down will it bend the nail at the neck? Or scar the hand of the martyr that you’d hoped to resurrect? When death is infinite will your God ask you, “What did you expect?”

When the hammer comes down will it only leave a dent?

Remember the song “We’re Rooted Here and You Can’t Pull Us Up” we posted a few weeks ago? Well, our new friends across the pond over at Disconnect Disconnect Records are releasing it as one of several unreleased tracks from bands all over the world (U.S., U.K., Canada, France, Australia, and Sweden). Our buddies The Stereo State, After The Fall, and PJ Bond have contributed tracks and we’re so stoked to be among such good company. Here’s the complete track-listing:

1) Uncommonmenfrommars - Jim Got In A Fight With Brian Molko

2) Hit The Switch - Retroactive

3) IVS - Storm Warning

4) Our Time Down Here - Under Dim Light

5) Counterpunch - Blue Skies

6) The Fear - Great News For Typists

7) Booze Cruise - I Said Light Cream Cheese, Not Light On The Cream Cheese

8) 3 Cards Short - Ashitaka

9) Harker - Loyal Than Most

10) The Stereo State - Altamont

11) Rebuke - Libertine

12) Samuel Caldwells Revenge - The REAL Lost Boys Of Sudan

13) After The Fall - Forgive And Forget

14) Darko - The Smarter I Think I Am The Dumber I Get

15) Caleb Lionheart - We’re Rooted Here and You Can’t Pull Us Up

16) She Likes Todd - Explode

17) Friends With The Enemy - Waking Up

18) Versus The World - In Fear Of Finale

19) Overtime Heroes - Open Hands

20) The Braces - What Happened

21) PJ Bond - Solitude

It should be available early next year and John over at Disconnect Disconnect is planning a record release show (fuck I wish we could play it). Keep an eye out for it, and check out all these great international bands. Here’s the Album art: