'Rue' is the result of the four of us getting together in a dingy studio,  decidedly rolling up our sleeves and reaching out for emo-like catharsis. We wanted to create something that fused the plucky call-to-rage of yesterday's punk with the tenderness of human doubt and uncertainty. This song is the blending of those two contradictions, our idea of a lyrical see-saw—it encapsulates the feeling of being weighed down by your insecurities, trying courageously to rise above them, and still worrying your best might not be enough. It's about fear and anxiety. It's also about hope. It's about regretting that that hope might be fragile. It's about persevering nonetheless. It's about fighting back with everything you have. It's about being unsure. And it's about regret again.

Rue - Fish in the Sink

Oh butterfly of blues looking back
It was all a blast from the past
To fly across the sky
A crooked knack
Its just a time draft
Yet we graft

Ooh ooh

Over the walls so nigh
Its all real
To be lost as one 
Flower to flower
Oh butterfly of blues
I knew then
You weren't heaven sent
But i still lit on it

Ooooh

Butterfly butterfly butterfly of blues
Butterfly butterfly butterfly of blues
Butterfly butterfly butterfly of blues (is the butterfly of blues!)

Butterfly Of Blues

I've seen people fighting wars 
Wars for peace
All these miseries so cruel
Cruel and cold
Hypocrisy 
Hypocrisy
So make the most of the time you have 
Spread joy not bloodshed and warfare
Children being shot down and killed
Is this world you want to live in? 

When thoughts become 
The embers of the sleepless night
Let these memories stay
On for a longer time 

History repeats itself
On a piece of paper
Made by man
Countless soldiers in 
Mindless war zones 
Leave behind
Families
Families
Families

Wars for Peace

Waking up to the hollow sound
A voice broken from within
All my troubles oh so suddenly lie
In the secret chambers of the soul
Aah aah
I'm lying on the ground, fighting the cold
Feeling so odd and out of control
Strange dreams (these are) strange dreams

La la la la la
La la la la la

Love this love that love you love me? 

How can you love me when you fear me? 

Im lying on the ground,  fighting the cold
Feeling so odd and out of control
Strange dreams (these are) strange dreams

Aaaaaaaah

Voice inside your head is calling you now
Voice inside your head is calling you... down?

Strange Dreams

'Rue' is the result of the four of us getting together in a dingy studio,  decidedly rolling up our sleeves and reaching out for emo-like catharsis. We wanted to create something that fused the plucky call-to-rage of yesterday's punk with the tenderness of human doubt and uncertainty. 

'Rue' is what it feels like to move within this conflicting cycle of indecision, belief, and sadness. It's what it means to be human. Now more than ever.

Fish in The Sink

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