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Red Metal Rescue

from Even Clothed by Marmalakes

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In a suburban neighborhood, grid laid way before the war
Out of windows smoke billows, nearly every day it seems
The oaks and elms keep the soot down, but they can’t contain the flames
And roofs are only mighty crowns, when they run off the rain

Red metal rescue, sirens in song
Ground laying clouds, heavy and long
Grown men ascending, dressed in custom costumes
Red metal rescue, red metal rescue

The regulars drinking it black, sit and stir conversing
“Did you hear the explosion? It happened in the night”
“Where exactly? Were you there?”; “No, but I was close”
“I could see it tearing up the sky, the air still reeks of a roast”

“Was anyone caught up in it?” His response was slow
“An elder lady and her husband both; they were in their tenth decade”
They’d lived there for sixty years, their parents there before
They both limped out with canes in hand, but collapsed there on the porch

Red metal rescue, sirens they whine
Crying for those they may not get to in time
In the seasons ignited, equipped with heavy hearts
Red metal rescue, ascending the dark

Neighbors emerged instantly, thinking they’d been bombed
They all witnessed the tragedy, as the frame fell bright and loud
And water rushed down faces, but could not tame the flames
Or ever hold the places of the hands that held the canes

Red metal rescue, sirens they whine
Crying for those they may not get to in time
In the seasons of fire, equipped with the heaviest of hearts
Red metal rescue, red metal rescue

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from Even Clothed, released November 15, 2011

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Marmalakes Austin

Marmalakes is the Austin, TX, group led by Chase Weinacht and Josh Halpern, lifelong friends whose spirited intensity leaps from their recordings and performances.

Weinacht pays tribute to rural life in sparsely populated Texas towns he lived in as a child (those scenes and voices permanently inform his songwriting), while employing a playfulness only found in the city. ... more

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