Empire Builder

by All the Wine

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I should've said you weren't the only one
afraid of the dark and the color of the sky
when we talked about the future
and everything it meant for you

And you were a portrait in a stained glass window
shining light in exploding color.
And I tried to fill the gaps between your fragments
when you never came home.

Found you shaking in the corner,
your face buried in your hands.
As you laid at the foot of the bed
you slept in when you were younger

And I traced your finger wrapped inside my hand
along bold blue lines across the map.
With hairpin turns and bridges burned,
we should've known this would never be
a stone's throw away.

Found you shaking in the corner,
your face buried in your hands
In the hospital bed where you laid
when you got sick for the second time

Here's to the day last August
we hopped on the Empire Builder
Bought a ticket to St. Paul
and got drunk on the bar car
dodging train line security
giving chase up the aisle
We got kicked off in Red Wing
and passed out in the station

With hairpin turns and bridges burned

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released April 24, 2020
Written & composed by Danny Cozzi and performed by All the Wine
Recorded at Kiwi Audio in Batavia, IL, Invigorate Recording in Downers Grove, IL, and Studio 3024 in Chicago, IL
Engineered by Nick Stetina and Shane Hendrickson
Mixed & mastered by Nick Stetina

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All the Wine Chicago, Illinois

Hi we're a band from Chicago. We like mob movies, loud guitars and faraway places.

FFO: The Gaslight Anthem, Spanish Love Songs, Restorations, Against Me!, Kali Masi, The Menzingers, Smith Street Band, etc.

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