In Ruins

by The Milestones

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1.
What secrets can you keep? How do you fall asleep? The lies you tell yourself, don’t work on no one else. Your insecurities, they take a toll on me, Yeah, she said, yeah she said. I’m tired of listening, you’re tired of everything. Don’t ever turn your back, exposes the attack. And all this nicotine, is finally kicking in. Yeah, she said, yeah she said. No I’m never, never, never, never going to leave, I got this card up my sleeve. Maybe one day I’ll make amend, turn right around, do it again. No I’m never, never, never coming home to you, Didn’t sign up for the shit that you do, Yeah, she said, yeah she said. I never heard of you, I never wanted to. So lost in memory, familiar enemies, no. 
I heard you’re leaving me, all apologies, Yeah, she said, yeah she said. No I’m never, never, never, never going to leave, I got this card up my sleeve. Maybe one day I’ll make amend, turn right around, do it again. No I’m never, never, never coming home to you, Didn’t sign up for the shit that you do, Yeah, she said, yeah she said. The lights are low, nowhere to go,
and I feel alone, and I feel alone. No I’m never, never, never, never going to leave, I got this card up my sleeve. Maybe one day I’ll make amend, turn right around, do it again. No I’m never, never, never coming home to you, Didn’t sign up for the shit that you do, Yeah, she said, yeah she said.
2.
Have It All 03:16
Let it in, let it out, let it go. Say the word, join the herd, lose your soul. And I don’t believe things I cannot see. And the ghost ‘round here just don’t follow me. It’s not what’s real, not what you feel, but what you know. You can have it all, you can have it all, And I won’t stop. You can have it all, you can have it all, And I won’t stop, I won’t, I won’t, yeah. Do some shit, raise some kid, make a home. Picket fence, the new trend on your phone. And you won’t find me, upon bended knee, To be praying to higher fantasy, It’s not what’s real, not what you feel, but what you know. You can have it all, you can have it all, And I won’t stop. You can have it all, you can have it all, And I won’t stop, I won’t, I won’t, yeah. They are changing us, playing games with us and they won’t stop. They’re afraid of us, we are dangerous and we won’t stop. You can have it all, you can have it all, And I won’t stop. You can have it all, you can have it all, And I won’t stop, I won’t, I won’t, yeah.
3.
Get Out 04:22
I want to get out, go wherever you want. Run to the hills, or your favorite restaurant. I want to find love, build something that lasts. Forget all my lust, got to make a thing of the past, a thing of the past, a thing of the past. I want to break free, of everything that holds me down. Free from routine, so I can go whenever I want, wherever I want, don't it sound fun? I want to get out, go where you like. I want to feel through, got to be the end of the night, the end of the night, the end of the night. It's a complicated situation, And I know you hate it, And I know.
4.
The drugs ain’t workin’, they ain’t workin’ no more. They tried to contain me, but they only pushing me down. The drugs ain’t workin’, no they ain’t workin’ no more. They tried to contain me, but they only pushing me down. I don’t live how you live, so I don’t know what you know to fit your mold. So I found a way to be, to live with my anxiety, nothing more. The drugs ain’t workin’, no they ain’t workin’ no more. They tried to contain me, but they only pushing me down. The drugs started working (started working), oh I deserve this. The drugs started working (started working), it’s all so perfect. The drugs started work… They ain’t workin’ no more.
5.
Ohio 03:24
Where do we go in Ohio? I said I love you, what do I know? The world is ugly, I am lonely, take a picture, get to know me. Got no money, in Ohio. You were my fixture, so I took a picture. We can go anywhere, I don’t care. Where do we go in Ohio? I said I love you, what do I know? I feel so jaded, so isolated, but when I’m with you, it’s so complicated. Left me waiting, in Ohio. You were my fixture, so I took a picture. We can go anywhere, I don’t care. No I don’t care, I don’t care, no I don’t care, I don’t care, no I don’t care, I don’t care, no I don’t care. I don’t care, I don’t care, no I don’t care, I don’t care, no I don’t care, I don’t care, no I don’t care, I don’t care, no I don’t care. I don’t care, I whisper discreet, I don’t care, I think that I need you, I don’t care, no I don’t care, no I don’t. I don’t care, she says that I’m sweet, I don’t care, I almost believe her, I don’t care.
6.
City of Soul 05:06
A bite of a lip and a slip of a tongue, exposed to much at much too young. So there you were in the dead of the night, I got lost in your love, the firefight went on. So there you stood with a gun in your hand, ready for war and you made your final stand. And I’ll take you, wherever I may go.
Take you, wherever I may roam. Take you, wherever I may go. Right back to the city of soul. King of the coast, the queen of the west, pray to the lord that you might see some rest. Your final beats were the loudest I heard, flooded the streets, out came the holy word. And I’ll take you, wherever I may go.
Take you, wherever I may roam. Take you, wherever I may go. Right back to the city of soul. Yeah, I’ll take you, wherever I may go. Take you, wherever I may roam. Take you, wherever I may go. Right back to the city of soul. Take you, right back to the city of soul.
7.
Cut it close but this aint no disaster It's all tied up with what comes after I don't think you understand Sometimes I'm locked in a loop Lookin all the time just for somethin to do I get stuck in my own mind If I could find a way You don't gotta love me every day I'd die Lady Morphine, Lady Morphine, Lady Morphine I just cannot do anything at all Just not what comes natural She's a problem solver Oh with her Velvet revolver I once had a lovely crystal ball What I saw was unusual Can't get past it Still a fool for her black magic, it's cool Lips move slow but my heart beats faster This aint love it's just good practice I don't want to be your man Still I feel afraid That by now it might be too late To try Lady Morphine, Lady Morphine, Lady Morphine I just cannot do anything at all Just not what comes natural She's a problem solver Oh with her Velvet revolver I once had a lovely crystal ball What I saw was unusual Can't get past it Still a fool for her black magic, it's cool If only I could know my name I would paint it in your heart But there's something in the way And I lose it everyday Baby if it's all the same It's just fine to fade away Cus we're here then we're gone Down the road on and on I just cannot do anything at all Just not what comes natural She's a problem solver Oh with her Velvet revolver I once had a lovely crystal ball What I saw was unusual Can't get past it Still a fool for her black magic, it's cool
8.
Apple Tree 04:38
There’s a garden where my lover sleeps She lays beneath the apple tree And knows the fruit is just in her reach There, the skies are painted gold The Northern Lights, a thousand fold And you can meet with God once a week Woah, oh, oh You made me feel like the one You made me feel like the one Woah, oh, oh You only do what you want You always do what you want My neighbor, he don’t think like me He blew his self to smithereens Vultures circle high for the feast Son, don’t ever think like that It must betray a natural fact That you can hold on to hope at least Woah, oh, oh You can lose what you are Don’t that scare you at all? Woah, oh, oh Best get moving, before too long Better prepare for the fall Born again, a different moon I paint it my own shade of blue Saved the other colors just for you The breeze it plays a symphony Just showing for you and me and I am overcome with jealousy Woah, oh, oh We can groove all night long We can dance the morning sun Woah, oh, oh Gotta prove it to yourself That it’s more than having fun
9.
Say what you want to say. And take all there is to take now honey. I’m not running, I’m not running, I’m not running away. Oh, baby I’m confused. Just, just want to be with you now honey. Please say something, are you running, when you coming home? It’s not fair to say goodbye, so many times, so many times. I don’t think that you tried to make this right, to make this right. Oh, at the golden gate, true, true love never waits now honey.
I’m not running, say sweet nothings, you look lovely today.

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released May 5, 2023

Written by Alexander Wandres, CJ Metz, John Love, Jason Alford.
Performed by Alexander Wandres, CJ Metz, John Love, Jason Alford.
Recorded at Blackbird Studio in Nashville, Tennessee.
Mixed by Chris Goodin.
Mastered by Mat Leffler-Schulman at Mobtown Studios.
Album Artwork created by Matt Muirhead.

Album release date:
May 5, 2023

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The Milestones were birthed by longtime friends Alex Wandres and CJ Metz in a dingy Baltimore warehouse, where guitars would roar well into the night. As they emerged from that seedy void of a practice space, often as the sun was getting ready to rise, some kind of rugged, raucous, and righteous rock n roll came out with them. ... more

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