This was our first song ever written and it' kind of funny how it took us almost a year to get it recorded. So yeah. The title and the lyrics are a straight refrence (and a homage) to Phillip Pullman's The Golden Compass.


Lyrics:

Plead with me in the sea of the artistic glow
With all these people around will you take it slow

Would you grab a hold of my hand,
if I'd be there to take you back?

And I fought through the northern lights
There I found another land
And with all the hurt I've been through
I'll come back to you

And finally, through the mist, I saw Svalbards peak
With all these people around I can show no more fear

Would you grab a hold of my hand,
if I'd be there to take you back?

And I fought through the northern lights
There I found another land
And with all the hurt I've been through
I'll come back to you

And even though I still believe,
that youll be somewhere out there waiting for me
I disappear, I'll go away,
'cause with this guilt I can't live with myself

Lyra

The Dictator was conceived last christmas during one our jams! It's one of our personal favourites.


Lyrics:

It's been awhile since ive tried to smile
I have slaved thousands of men and women
and at my cost theyve laboured and lost
Lost my cause somewhere beneath these walls

And I will keep on the fight
'Til you get the freedom I took
I did it all for you

Now im away, like a mountain in space
Drifting for, well, I dont know anymore
I was prone to be rendered all alone
and now that I am 
I want much more than that

So will you keep on the fight
While I heal my wounds and in time
you'll know, its not where we go

I was prone to be rendered all alone
and now that I am 
I want much more than that

So will you ignite the light 
deep inside my mind?

The Dictator

Here is the acoustic demoversion for our newest tune called 'Mary and the Trees.' In some weird, twisted way this one was also inspired by Phillip Pullmans 'His Dark Materials.'

Enjoy. 

Lyrics:

I raise my eyes from the horizon 
Burning its way through 
My gaze meets yours 
In the middle of a pointless conversation
Oh and then I'm wondering how did I end up here in the first place
Oh

And here I'm staring 
While the rest of my life is flying away to the distance
Along the vapid speakers loud enough to break 
The sense of tension and failure
They come hand-in-hand in the same story of my life 
That's being made a-new as we speak
Or they do, at least 

I stand ashtonished 
As the memories of my history are flashing away 
And it feels just like a dream

And it seems that in the end I was searching 
For an answer for every question but oh well
Let's pretend that it's we who bring to a close 
What to believe 
When it's all breaking down around me
Hold out a hand
'Cause it's all breaking down around me
Help me out
It's all breaking down around me

So here I'm staring 
While the rest of my life is waiting for me in the doorway
and I raise my gaze from the table and it summons yours and then 
I'm gone

Mary And The Trees (acoustic demo)

After quite a while, it's acoustic demo-time again. So here's for you to enjoy, a brand new song (though not the only one in the works right now!)

Lyrics:

Decayed tapestries
And broken families
Dispatched memories
And destroyed sanities

All these empty rooms
And all theses open doors
Transparent window glass
And late night lying in the grass 

Worn out photographs
Sharing a pizza in half
This brown floor mat
Was all that we had

I will be missing you
I hope you know that it's killing me too
So out of the blue
To be apart from you
I will be missing you

Wake up in the night
Wanting to reunite
And with all your might
Holding my hand so tight

And all these late night calls
Were always really for
Me to realize
The depth of your demise

But in the end, the Fall
Your messed up curtain calls
I'm not accepting that
They were all that we had

I will be missing you
I hope you know that it's killing me too
To be apart from you
But still you lit the fuse

I will be missing you
I hope you know that it's killing me too
To be apart from you
But I have nothing to lose
I will be missing you



Empty Rooms And Open Doors (Acoustic Demo)

The flames and smoke came out of 
Concentrated years full of doubt
Put together like a bomb that's ready to blow
Then the wind took up and the warmth spread
Igniting everything in its way
And it was clear that we couldn't remain

The embers that burned through words that we spoke
Lit on fire the scene on the whole
Scorching everything that we used to own
In a fiery flash it was over 
And our minds were left in composure
And it felt like it hadn't happened at all

The words we take with us to the grave
Are what shouldn't be left unexpressed
And the words we choose to speak out loud
Are what we should leave out
So when I meet my time to die
The flame turns into new life
And when in time as it goes out
I'll promise you I'll guard it with my heart

But after the fire the days passed
And I had time to dim down the flame
Even though the cinders are here to stay

After The Fire

A clear summer day has gone away
And we are left to wonder where it went
Outside there's not a soul left to be found
Except for the ones who refuse to be tied down

I saw the shadows play on the curb as I walked away
The steps leading me to the void and that's where I'll stay
I'm on the edge

There are leaves drifting in the cold fall breeze
But without any guide to show them where to go
And I hope that one day the wind will guide me too
Grab my arm and lead me straight to you

I saw the shadows play on the curb as I walked away
The steps leading me to the void and that's where I'll stay
I'm on the edge

I saw the colours bleed from your eyes as I walked away
The shades streaming down on your face until you looked away
Climb on the edge

A clear summer day has gone away 
And we are left to wonder where it went

Circles

Quick recordings from last friday. Had fun! Recorderd on Yamaha Pocketrak PR7.

Through The Garden (Live)

Circles (Live)

Birds (Live)

Maailma On Sun (Live)

The Dictator (Live)

Mary And The Trees (Live)

The words you want to hear
Can't form in my mouth
They're blocked by an iron gate
And it won't open even if I try my best

My teeh are the ridge of a castle wall
That surrounds me without a fail
Cemented in their sturdy skin
Lie secrets that the walls want to keep in

If my time is running out
How would I know?
I need a clock to show me right from wrong
And a needle to point me home

Your fingers around my throat
Leave a mark like footprints leave on the snow
And I can't escape the trail
Of your feet when you follow in my wake

And if my time is running out
How would I know?
I need a clock to show me right from wrong
And a needle to point me home

We both know that you could break my wall
Because I gave you the key
But until then I'll wait inside the bastion in my head
For the barriers to break

I've Become a Memory

Bastion

In a small town you keep your voice down
'Cause everything that you're uttering will be heard
Though I am not one to critisize what you do
What goes around will always come back for you

'Cause in a city that's made out of glass
The smallest of fractures can make it crack
And every lie feeds straight into its scars
Until you see how frail it always was

Now don't deny you all have tried how it feels
To be shunned upon and getting cast out entirely
Take this to heart you don't have to try so hard
'Cause that way you'll never be the one who runs out of cards

'Cause in a city that's made out of glass
The smallest of fractures can make it crack
The sickness spreads and grows within the folds
And it waits for us to reap what we have sown

In a place where we feel like home
We shouldn't be afraid of open doors
'Cause each one can lead us to a new world
We never knew existed until now

Glass Cities Acoustic

Brave the Tortoises is a Finnish indie/alternative band currently consisting of three members.

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