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Throwing Stones

from Birdstain​-​EP by al Riggs

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This is the "indie rock" song on the album.
It was born out of one of my favorite Patti Smith lyrics "can't you give me nothing but surrender?". Which is why I'm sharing writing credit with her. She doesn't know it. If she does, I'm doing this so I don't get sued.
I don't really know what the song is about. It was just a bunch of left-over phrases from other songs I was writing at the time, and I think it works. If you have any idea of what it could mean, let me know and you win...something. I don't know I just I don

lyrics

Boy, I'm getting tired of your accessibility
It's getting to me, it's getting to me
Grabbing everything you can regardless of what you see
It's getting to me, it's getting to me

Throwing stones into the ocean
Life during wartime is in motion
Can't you give me nothing but surrender?
Can't you give me nothing but surrender?

Boy, I'm missing all the times you talked about your fears
Open up to me, open up to me
It's not like I've been deaf and dumb for 3 long years
Open up to me, open up to me

Throwing stones into the ocean
All of the plans are put in motion
Can't you give me nothing but attention?
Can't you give me nothing but attention?

Six ships sank thanks to pettiness and ignorance
You don't wanna turn the lighthouse on
You just wanna dance
You just wanna bounce around
You just wanna paint the town red
Like you did last night
I'm done with putting up a fight

Throwing stones into the ocean
We used to be poetry in motion
Can't you give me nothing but a sign, babe?
Can't you give me nothing but a sign, babe

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from Birdstain​-​EP, released February 17, 2011
AL- bass, drum loops, guitar
Robert Brightleaf- microKORG

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Sad Songs For, About, And Written By Birds

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