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The Only Truth Is Music

by His Name Is Codeine

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    "A lushly recorded work with all of the dark, caterwauling menace of the heavier end of 4AD's output - at times sounding like some unholy hybrid of the Pixies and This Moral Coil."
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    ""The Only Truth Is Music" seems a brash declaration for the title of a band's debut album. But in this case though it fits perfectly. His Name Is Codeine have produced a complex, dynamic and ambitious record which is just as comfortable trawling the sleazy gutters as it is shooting for celestial highs." Peenko

    "Forsaking where you came from…no matter where that is, even if it caused you some troubles. His Name Is Codeine is here to tell you a story about that…" Sunrise Ocean Bender

    "A tonal trip that’s leading into a landscape of nightly psych rock and shoegaze, circulating somewhere between The Brian Jonestown Massacre, Velvet Underground and Spiritualized." Clank For Breakfast

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1.
Come bail me out I'm sinking fast But I don't think I should trouble you tonight My day was long And full of traps But I don't think I should trouble you tonight For a while I walked too far in someone else's shoes Walked so far I couldn't find my own For a while I kept it steady but I'm destined to let it slide It's no surprise Come dance around my tragic end I don't think I can stomach this no more I won't keep you long or drag it out I don't think I can stomach this no more Chorus Come bail me out....
2.
He found him in a desert land and in the howling waste He lead him, he instructed him. You begged I'd do the same Hide you in the shadow of my wings and keep you warm Live and love my law and get no rest 'til you belonged We did it all before the apple fell We did it all before the apple fell Blacken out your eyes and draw the curtains on your soul Let your love spread far across the years you'll never know Hang me on a pedestal no one would say I earned And when they come to drag me down you'll be there standing firm To say we did it all before the apple fell We did it all before the apple fell Let your tears run like a river day and night I'll get no rest....
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Shoot shoot shoot to kill Shoot shoot shoot to kill Try make it look real Try make it look real Give some get some Give some get some Try make it look real Try make it look real Blind love best love Blind love best love Slow burn fast car Slow burn fast car Shoot shoot shoot to kill Shoot shoot shoot to kill You were never all you said x 4 Shoot shoot shoot to kill Shoot shoot shoot to kill I'll make it look real x 6 Shoot shoot shoot to kill
4.
Not A Number 04:17
Weatherin' my storm I've been here before I wonder could I hold my head up and look you in the eye I wonder if I look to long would I go blind Tell it like it is and don't go crawling to the bottom of some ole pit If you're gonna start something big gotta watch it burn You're only ever one step from a wrong turn You would rip the heart from me if I let you And all because I make you laugh You would whip the legs from me and kick some dirt my way And all because I'm not a number Start running. Run run run Start running. Run run run You're only ever one step from a wrong turn You're only ever one step from gone Chorus
5.
Magdalena 05:11
I saw the celebration end I saw you with Magdalena She wore my patience ultra thin She winked at all the sailors I saw you carve a memory Your blood splashed on the pavement You threw my sympathy at me I wished you'd be a painter Then I smiled as I wished her away Her bed is only half made Her head is full of sand If she's rough then he will tumble She's probably half a man So I smiled as I wished her away I saw the celebration end My friends were wearing thin I took to hanging out alone You took to drugs and drink And I smiled as I welcomed you home Yeah I smiled as I welcomed you home Yeah I smiled as I welcomed you home Yeah I smiled as I welcomed you home
6.
Replica Gun 03:12
I'm not saying it's never gonna happen Things go on and on and on Got no control lost my light Skinned my knees when I fell in a puddle Two whole days to the end of the world Two whole days to the end of the world I always thought of Vegas I got no time Time that day I ran into trouble Who shot me as I turned my back Who shot me as I turned my back Why do you wanna be a little different girl? I wouldn't wanna be different at all I'm not saying it's never gonna happen I'm not saying it's never gonna happen Sugar didn't rot my memory I told you once but you never really listen Sugar didn't rot my memory But alcohol and time just might I wouldn't wanna be a little different girl I wouldn't wanna be a little different girl You're so pretty and I'm so dull Pretty dull pretty dull pretty pretty damn dull You're so pretty and I'm so dull Pretty dull pretty dull pretty pretty damn dull
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If I could put you anywhere I would I'd put you in the lost not found for good I'd hold you up so all could see The measure of your misery If I could put you anywhere I would It's much too soon for taking any good It's all been tied in knots and cut in to And friends don't know how much you burn And you don't know how much you've learned It's far too soon for taking any good Drag me from my home and analyze me Coz you're really thinking that would do me good I'll hold you up so all can see The measure of your misery Drag me from my home and analyze Hold you up so all can see The measure of your misery
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When they'd taken everything I had ever known I took solace in the truth, truth will drive you home When they laughed at my mistakes and they kept me down Started picking holes in things I took comfort from All those who failed took a step in the light I never failed coz I barely even tried Well they don't care what I think My track isn't work And they don't care what I say and what I say it for They want to hammer down my eyes And push me through a door Put some tape across my mouth and never take it off You'd be so fun if you weren't what you are Sometimes you're fun but you take it too far Don't be frozen with fear Fear will slice you up Do chase what's right Do chase what's right Do chase do chase do chase do chase what's right All those who failed took a step in the light I never failed coz I barely even tried You'd be so fun if you weren't what you are Sometimes you're fun but you take it too far I'm not in love with the way things are I'm not in love with the way things are
9.
Medal 06:23
I don't really wanna make my mark on something I don't really wanna change my world as I know it When they come to take me down Can I say I thought of everyone but me? It's lucky it's never luck it's meant and if you need proof I'll tell ya my love is truer since I his the bottom Showed my knuckles and nearly drowned Back in time I shared my spirit with a shadow Who always told me what I did was right I was wrong couldna have been more wrong I shoulda lost them but I came good in time Forget the things you hang around your neck Your neck is fragile and eventually will break And who will be responsible but you They got the dirt from under your nails Would you share my growing up with me I'm growing every week and I can see the sun you showed me Yeah a different sun It's not the sun that falls on everyone This medal that the powers gave to me I sit and wonder when they'll come and see the rest You only find the right path by heading down the wrong path it's true

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Soundscape, effect lovin', dark, fuzz riddled, reverb soaked debut album from Scots His Name Is Codeine.

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released May 30, 2013

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His Name Is Codeine is a band of dark, intense, hypnotic, gloomy, pedal gazers armed with melodies to split the wall of sound noise. Debut album 'The Only Truth Is Music' released May 30th 2013....

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