Name: Red, White and Bruised
Duration: P00H04M53S
Description: The first new single from the forthcoming album from Parlour Bells, Waylaid in the Melée, available November 18, 2017.

Red, White and Bruised

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The first new single from the forthcoming album from Parlour Bells, Waylaid in the Melée, available November 18, 2017.

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RED WHITE AND BRUISED

In the dust, in the dirt
drop the needle if it hurts
on the vinyl not the tourniquet…

Do my stars match the stripes?
I'll be wearing them all night
I’ll be right here sharpening my knife

On the eve of the first
Time to bring my very worst
Blow a bubble, live in it, and burst!

When the news solidifies
Into brick and mortar heights
Should we take the stairs or take a dive?

When the stars make the stripes
As they're falling from the sky
Would you rather run and hide or fight?

Come with me...is that what you mean by revolutionary?
Come with me and never pledge allegiance on your knees.

Acronyms and trinity
Have you learned your ABCs?
Who is counting when they die in threes?

Patriarchy, KGB,
FBI and Wikileaks
Are you listening? Hello...it’s me

Chop the silicon up fine
You’d think there’d be a less divide
thought we actually struck gold this time

Come with me...is that what you mean by revolutionary?
Come with me and never pledge allegiance on your knees.

When the stars make the stripes
As they're falling from the sky
Would you rather run and hide or fight?

In the dust, in the dirt.

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released September 28, 2017
Written by Glenn di Benedetto
Performed by Parlour Bells
Recorded at Q Division Studios
Mixed and Engineered by Matt Tahaney
Mastered by Mike Quinn
Produced by Glenn di Benedetto and Matt Tahaney

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