Life On The Moon, by Modern Life Is War

Life On The Moon

by Modern Life Is War

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Everyday Balloons i was not a fan of the tracks released before the album proper, but fuck me if it doesn't make sense as a cohesive whole. For a band that was synonymous with the desperation of post 9/11 America, this sounds like a resignation to there being no hope left. as such, this is a fearless record and could be the best MLIW LP. Favorite track: Empty Shoes.

niclmx Cheers to genuine exploration of post-hardcore and punk-rock! Favorite track: There Is A Telephone That Never Stops Ringing.

vanbuilderass i love when a band throws a bunch of stuff at the wall and it all fucking sticks ❤️

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1.	Invocation 02:04	lyrics	buy track
I’ve got a scarlet letterbox, and a crown of thorns  I’ve got a singing feeling, about someone I adore  Making the cup of tea, I am the war (In the lovely light of day)  I’ve got a deja vu feeling that I’’ve been here before (Dream for me) I’m afraid to go home in the dark  And I’ve got the sound of slamming doors tattooed on my heart
2.	First Song on the Moon 02:30	lyrics	buy track
Dear Moon let’s follow that Cadillac Yazoo Mississippi plates in the back she said “I adore the way they roll” Can you feel the echoes of laughter?  Can you see the traces of smoke pouring out of every open window?   And if the wheels of that Cadillac should leave the road  Let ‘em know we’re on our way home Head dead east, flapping dirty wings, to the spinal fluid, stumble to the banks Big muddy going my way, new vulture on the highway Looking for epiphany and something dead to eat Now we’re floating south, blissed out into the mouth being gnarled driftwood on the toxic waste Can you feel the wheels on the pavement? Can you feel vibration below life? is but a dream and we are rising slow And if the wheels of that Cadillac should leave the road  Let ‘em know we’re on our way home Staring out the window  Staring at the depot  (Watching the barefoot drunks, walking on the blacktop as if it were the surface of the moon) And if the wheels of that Cadillac should leave the road  Let ‘em know we’re on our way home  Let ‘em know we’re on our way home And we don’t need to make a deal out on the road  We can meet the devil at home  You know where to find me
3.	There Is A Telephone That Never Stops Ringing 02:46		buy track
4.	Empty Shoes 04:02		buy track
5.	Jackie Oh No 04:19		buy track
6.	Johnny Gone 01:59	lyrics	buy track
Hi my name is Johnny and I’m sorry the house is a mess  I’ve just received a threatening letter from the IRS  And a similar bit of erotic mail from the Iowa Department of Revenue  I’m counting on you tonight my strange lover  They’ll find me sulking towards a government center  Clutching a copy of the apocalypse flea Storm Struck Johnny  Saw one body carrying a red flag  Next thing johnny knew the coroner and the body bag Life Stuck Johnny  Saw two bodies carrying a white flag  Next thing Johnny knew I knew you when you were poor  I heard you’re working for the CIA  Heard you ain’t poor no more  I couldn’t hack it at the factory, sorry daddy  I slumped out of university, sorry mommy  What the **** is wrong with me Hi my name is Johnny  Tornado Johnny  Derecho Johnny We’re gonna burn, burn, burn, burn with the empire I’ve got Jinx and Jane and the Queen of California in the backseat And we’re riding in threes  I’ve just received a dispatch, from Mickey Mouse of East Palestine  And he was clutching a copy of the apocalypse flea chanting Mahsa Amini, Mahsa Amini Hi my name is Johnny and I’m sorry the house is a mess  I’ve just received a threatening letter from the IRS  And a similar bit of erotic mail from the Iowa Department of Revenue  I’m counting on you tonight my strange lover  They’ll find me sulking towards a government center  Clutching a copy of the apocalypse flea
7.	Homecoming Queen 03:35	lyrics	buy track
Black market firework I’m on fire, it’s the sixth of July  Of all the goddamned rooms I coulda walked into I chose the one with your light Here come the little monsters of the summer  They’re dressed and groomed Sneering like a high school punk band  Plugged into the wall in the living room Molly Freeze shaved her head in a manic panic  And drove her shitty car to the sea  A few years later, so did Rocky Dean The thrill is the joyride and all joyrides must come to an end  And all the King's horses and all the King's men couldn't put me back together again Teach me how to love and defend and I will never again take this all for granted  Teach me how to love and defend and I will never again take this all for granted Fluoxetine honeymoon, getting drunk on a schoolbus with Marshalltown punks  And to be clear and for the record, I love where I come from  The thrill is the joyride and all joyrides must come to an end  I feel like I’m teetering, can they put me back together again? Here come the little monsters of the summer  Fake lashes, Mickey Mouse boots  Here come the little monsters of the summer  Sneering like a high school punk band  Plugged into the wall in the living room
8.	You Look Like The Morning Sun 00:38	lyrics	buy track
You look like the morning sun you rise on every corner  You look like the morning sun you shine on every street  You look like the morning sun darkness is surrounding me  You look like the morning sun love deliver me  The time we’ve spent apart may my heart turn a brighter shade  Time we’ve spent together could never ever be spent in vain  You look like the morning sun
9.	In The Shadow of Ingredion 02:00	lyrics	buy track
In the shadow (In the shadow) In the shadow (Yeah in the shadow) I wanna roll spring sunny Saturday Winter be gone good times are coming our way You hit my eyes like a bloom every time I see you again In the shadow of Ingredion In the shadow of Ingredion In the shadow of Ingredion There is power in union Who wanna roll? Spring sunny Saturday Winter be gone good times are coming our way You hit my eyes like a bloom every time I see you again If watch out for my friends (In the shadow of Ingredion) May my friends watch out for me  It takes a village (In the shadow of Ingredion) It takes a higher ethic than greed In the shadow of Ingredion May no evil forces move against me In the shadow of Ingredion There is power in union
10.	Bloodsport 02:15	lyrics	buy track
I don’t know all about Kali Yuga I don’t know if this is Babylon  All I know is that peace from within is the final mission of the path I’m on Help others along, admit when I’m wrong  Speed and velocity singing our song  It’s a violent world but we’ve got borderless love  United and strong I don’t want blindness I wanna see  I don’t want bondage I wanna be free  2024 and I can’t believe the way your hatred seethes  Sounds like your fear and your trauma to me  Say it with me it still needs to be said  There’s no such thing as a racist friend   If they want war, we’ll meet them.  I’ve never been the kind to sit around worryin’  If they want war, if they want war  We’ll meet them, we’ll meet them If they want war, if they want war  We’ll meet them, we’ll meet them
11.	Kid Hard Dub 01:40	lyrics	buy track
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12.	Over The Road 02:02	lyrics	buy track
Riding as fast as he wanted to with the gas brutes in the days following Rolling in the driftless Enamored with Ms. Black as the shock was peeling  Backyard bonfire, 505  Infernal, oh my soul  I can hear the trainyard  I can feel the speedway  I can hold my hands to the fire that is burning below Over the road Over the road Over the road Over the road Over the road
13.	Talismanic 05:46	lyrics	buy track
A riot For all these years of squirming  For all these days I’ve laid to waste  All these years of lead  Oh this consequence, oh this grace  I’ve been trying to remember you  The way you would have wanted me to After all these years riding low  Maybe I’ll rise again  Then again maybe I won’t  Maybe I did it all for Jackie  Maybe I don’t care what that makes me Beauty persists  Make me an anvil, make me an instrument   Oh to reach such great heights  At such a tender age  It was you  Standing below Madonna taking my breath away And I love you in the dead hours  And I love you in crystal days  And I love you in growth  And I love you in decay It doesn’t have to be the way I want it could be  Nothing is permanent I carry you with me  It won’t always be the way I wish it could be  Nothing is permanent I carry you with me  I don’t have to be what you want me to be  Nothing is permanent, I carry you with me Nothing is permanent, I carry you with me I carry you with me