Name: Choking on My Own Smoke Signals
Duration: P00H03M20S
Description: This will be the first song from our first album Shitty Songs for Shitty Kids

Choking on My Own Smoke Signals

by We're From Out West

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This will be the first song from our first album Shitty Songs for Shitty Kids

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I am a turtle
wanting nothing for them a shell, candle-lit
and the curve of a singers voice,
and a good book,

I have a field,
in front of a theatre
and a bottle of beer
and loneliness like the English Channel on a clear day
You can see Normandy
But you cannot reach it
Do not try
Stronger men and women have drowned

So I put my fingers into the wounds in my hands and my side
Doubting Thomas that I am
I find each weak place in my defenses
and I go for the throat.

Hoping to set my little desert island on fire
and signal a rescue
Or if I had my druthers
die choking on smoke.

That’s a lie.
I’m not dramatic enough to hurt myself so I must be extra dramatic in my description of my desire.
I just keep sending out messages in bottles.
Waiting for someone to say, I love you
and that to heal me.

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released February 14, 2016

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We're From Out West Toronto, Ontario

Jesse Byiers and Tom McKechnie are from small towns orbitting a larger small town in central Alberta, Canada. They moved to Toronto for school and theatre. They didn't know anyone so ended up sitting in their basment apartment being sad and decided to start making music. They sing songs about depression and girls and murder. They play sad songs fast and would love to play in your kitchen. ... more

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