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Balance and Composure – Defeat the Low (2011) | Track profile | Dork

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Balance and Composure
Separation
Defeat the Low

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Balance and Composure

Defeat the Low

Release date: 9th May 2011

From SeparationTrack 124:29

Rock Music Alternative Adult Alternative

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About This Track

"Defeat the Low" is a track by Balance and Composure, from the album Separation, released 9th May 2011. The track is 4:29 long. It's filed under Rock. Full lyrics are available below. Dork has published 1 article about Balance and Composure.

About the Artist

Balance and Composure

Balance and Composure

Lyrics

Defeat the Low

Breathe me in
I am the ghost of better past lingering deep down
South of here
Where we know his face
But not the name of a brother drowned in his last years
Have you been skipping stones across the lake ablaze
For your own damn sake
Open wide
It's this taste we've all been tasting in our tongues and in our minds

And take that head of yours and stick it through the clouds
You've been buried underneath our world
With all your selfish doubt

Feel the heat dripping from our dirty tongues
Gathering flames now
Just last year we felt the hell of a sneaky spark
Let it burn us to the ground
There's a hole in all there is to see in these waking days
And it's all fake
Open wide
The taste we've all been tasting in our tongues and in our minds

And take that head of yours and stick it through the clouds
You've been buried underneath our world
With all your selfish doubt
By the time you turn the clocks all back
You'll be covered in all the leaves
It's a shame you didn't look around
Oh, all the things you'd see

Defeat the low

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Track details

From Separation

4:292011

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Album

Balance and Composure

Track number

12

Release year

2011

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3Quake
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4Stonehands
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Returning five years after calling it a day, Pennsylvania band Balance and Composure reflect on their newfound energy, growth, and latest album, 'with you in spirit'.

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8Progress, Progress

12Defeat the Low

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Credits

Production & Engineering

Producer: Brian McTernan