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Prisoners of Love

by Prisoners of Love

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Specksynder STELLAR album! My car doesn't have an aux port or bluetooth, so I burned this album to a CD expressly to play it as I drive 'cause I love it so much. My favorite songs are Lullaby Lapine, which feels like a snowboarding song, and Hills and Valleys because same (also it's REALLY GOOD!!!). And, the bass is amazing all throughout!!!! Please legalize this music. Favorite track: Hills and Valleys.
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marco tewlow common prisoners of love W Favorite track: Sad Song.
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1.
LYRICS: “We are Prisoners of Love, and our music is so good, it should be illegal!” Lungs keep on breathing Wheezing They'll surely rust Heart keeps on squeezing Heating It's moving dust Scorching my mind Burning fuel and time Yeah My body's bleeding Fleeting I'm leaking oil I've got no feelings Peeling Off cinder skin Scorching my mind Burning fuel and time Yeah Don't need no sustenance Don't need no sleep Pulling my marrow out Collapse in a heap Thinking is edible Minds can't be free We're insects at the core Dirt, bone, and meat Dragging myself along Torso on the coals Searing my skeleton Fire eats me whole Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
2.
LYRICS: Rabbits in the night, their eyes go white Lullaby Lapine, Lullaby Lapine Foxes picking out the wounded’s whine Lullaby Lapine, Lullaby Lapine Soon your brothers will fight you for does Lullaby Lapine, Lullaby Lapine Hope we don’t starve under sheets of snow Just follow your wits wherever you go Wow! Wow! Wow! Yeah, yeah, yeah, hoo! For blindness and wounds all I can do is sing a Lullaby Lapine Lullaby Lapine For foxes and raptors, the natural disasters a Lullaby Lapine, Lullaby Lapine For fighting over those fresh spring does, oh a Lullaby Lapine, Lullaby Lapine For hoping we don’t starve under sheets of snow Just follow your wits wherever you go Wow! Wow! Wow! Yeah, yeah, yeah, hoo! Your mother is here For now you are safe For now For now For we’re deep in the burrow underground Hoping it doesn’t collapse all around And maybe there ain’t much that goes bump in the night But we got plenty left over to give us a fright And so I sing this Lapine Lullaby, This Lapine Lullaby Oh, Lul-Lul-a-by Lullaby Lapine
3.
Copperhead 03:36
LYRICS: Lies start to cast Bluebonnets fly past Floods cover blindly Days are not meant to last Heated times Dulcet laced with crime Hateful with honesty Harking back to the prime Unfold beyond me What could I have done? Spirits are haunting me My own past, for one Trees burn down Embers coat the crown Innocent and brotherly Silent with a frown Unfold beyond me What could I have done? Spirits are haunting me My own past, for one
4.
LYRICS: Waking up, empty room Total darkness, it consumes Suddenly, a flash of light The furthest wall springs up to life It’s a screen, on it I see surveillance of a room. In that room are all the people who are important to me It dawns quickly. My stomach sinks. This will be their tomb. Can’t stop the flames from burning high Can’t help no matter what I try I get to see my loved ones die from the safety of my mind. Safety of my mind. My stomach’s sunk so low. Communication's been lost long ago. I felt everything, now there's nothing left. Don't care anymore. Nothing I can do can change their fate now. Think I'm going numb God, oh God. They're all gonna die. The people in the room can’t be distinguished. It’s all just flames and embers. It's all gone. Can’t stop the flames from burning high Can’t help no matter what I try I get to see my loved ones die From the safety of my mind. From the safety of my mind. Safety of my mind.
5.
Matador 04:31
LYRICS: I’ll have to wait til’ the matador comes down My stomach’s sinking I must play to the crowd in the stadium Future is charging now I prepare my flag and Hope to see another day to fight for my life again Someone do something about it! Let me out of the ring! Let me collapse with nothing to do Live my life with nothing to prove It's not ideal, but what is? I’d rather not live on the cusp of fight and flight, day and night For the rest of my life So here he comes, this matador with his sword As my stomach’s sunken Filling me with fear and hope and doubt, soon there will be time to lie down Soon this bull will meet its end Though I could not hope to do it With my hands, barely strong enough to keep the cloth from slippin’ Someone do something about it! Let me out of the ring! Let me collapse with nothing to do Live life with nothing to prove It's not ideal, but what is? I’d rather not live on the cusp of fight and flight, day and night For the rest of my life Doubt rains, pooling in my head A slip here is the end Keep my feelings gray so not to think about it My red flag waves The matador is coming soon and it will be the end for you So entranced by the dance we are Til’ we see the gored and trampled from before Life intends to make an example And she must prepare his sword Yeah, he must prepare his sword He must prepare his sword Oh, he must prepare his sword His sword Oh, he, oh, he Oh, he, oh, he (AAAAHHHHH) Yeah, must prepare his sword Oh, he must prepare his sword His sword Oh, he, oh, he Oh, he, oh, he Oh, he, oh, he
6.
Acetone 03:32
LYRICS: Look like a bird got caught in the engine The plane is going down The plane is going down Nowhere to go, we’ll crash in the ocean Say your goodbyes now Say your goodbyes now I should’ve expected to give this more attention Instead I directed to give into deflection And now we’re going down Put your mask on before you put on mine Yeah, it’s mayday, we’re going down Put your mask on before you put on mine Get your life together, I’ll get on with mine I should’ve expected to give this more attention Instead I directed to give into deflection It’s mayday, we’re going down Put your mask on before you put on mine Put your mask on before you put on mine Mm-mm Put your mask on before you put on mine Get your life together, I’ll get on with mine I should’ve expected to give this more attention Instead I directed to give into deflection Ooh
7.
Summer Song 08:05
LYRICS: I could carve it into stone But not make it my own The form of the memory banks on this river of thought When long ago hits me in the present I can never hold on to it Can never hold on C’mon, push through it, move on Cut to the good part and live To the good part and live Never good enough, never good enough Only getting worse with every passing day so bland Addiction, oh addiction Strip away my muscle memory till I can’t raise my hands Oh, am I a coward for not being able to pick up my own gauntlet? Always told myself I liked a challenge C’mon, push through it, move on Cut to the good part and live To the good part and live Oh, ooh Friends, do you remember me? Think of me? Cherish me? And when another day is through, Will I still remember you? Friends, do you remember me? Think of me, Cherish me? And when another day is through, Will I still remember you? Carve it into stone Carve it into stone Carve it into stone Carve it into stone Carve it into stone Carve it into stone Carve it into stone Carve it into stone Carve it into stone Carve it into stone Carve it into stone Carve it into stone Friends, do you remember me? Think of me? Cherish me? And when another day is through, Will I still remember you? Friends, do you remember me? Think of me? Cherish me? And when another day is through, Will I still remember you? Oh, friends, do you remember me? Think of me? Cherish me? And when another is through, Will I still remember? Friends, do you remember me? Think of me? Cherish me? And when another day is through, Will I still remember you? Carve it into stone Carve it into stone Carve it into stone Carve it into stone
8.
LYRICS: Perched at the nest Readying my wings Stood at the edge Catching the breeze Bend at the knees Look to the skies Give into fate Launch into flight Barrel after barrel, water pushes up against the board Coasting me on forward, rushing feeling, reeling, being floored Bikini babes avoiding all the shrugging shores and shrouded sharks Doggie in the water yelling “bark bark bark bark bark bark bark bark” Satan watching on as all the surfers race across the beach If he wants to join us, he can come on in, we’re down to teach! I’m yelling “WEEEEEEEEE!” Face hit with the wind Water underneath Blue skies above I’m going higher Falling in love Playing with fire This punity comes finally Sullen disgrace for just a taste Pounding away, parts disarray Robotic shift, quick motors lift This punity (Broken feathers, melting wax) Comes finally (Flailing arms and useless flaps) Sullen disgrace (This vessel is crashing down) For just a taste (Good thing that I cannot drown) Pounding away (Perched at the matronly nest) Parts disarray (Readying my shattered wings) Robotic shift (Standing at the edge of lust) Quick motors lift (Catching the breeze for my mom)
9.
Sad Song 04:24
LYRICS: The best person I ever met In my pool of stinging sweat Splintering inside my guts Always trapped inside my ruts Wish I was inside your head Together we would wind up dead Slice my neck, drag me away You can’t let me escape I’m a sucker for your bite Rope all tied in organs tight Our souls so closely felt Sewing together the pelts Together the pelts Wish you’d trap me in your vines Then I’d never have to hide Hurts so much to look at you Over plains of grass we flew Arrest my logical device Burrow in the brain like lice You are all that you could be Wish you could take over me I’m a sucker for your bite Rope all tied in organs tight Our souls so closely felt Sewing together the pelts Together the pelts Let me crawl into your life Into your life Let me crawl into your life Into your life Let me crawl into your life Into your life I’m a sucker for your bite Rope all tied in organs tight Our souls so closely felt Sewing together the pelts Together the pelts For your bite, ooh For your bite For your bite For your bite
10.
Happy Song 02:10
LYRICS: “We are Prisoners of Love” “This is, like, the tenth track on the album” “Just go, just go” I’m so happy today Cause I took over the world And now nobody else can It was a very easy task To sever my appestat Oh, now I took over the world I took over the world Took me a minute to get to the top of the world Only took me a minute to get to the top of the world Only took me a minute to get to the top of the world
11.
LYRICS: I’m teetering between a peak and an all-time low One minute, I’m ecstatic, then I’m pushed back half a year ago Everyday, I strive to work on my sense of balance Then the phone is scary and I’m feeling fantastic I don’t know why I’m always crying I don’t know why I’m always smiling Guess it’s just the way I am This is my new normal Guess it’s just the way I am And I can’t undo it now I’ve a rose-colored eye and the other’s dark and gray I can only have one of two types of days Either everything is perfect, couldn’t get more out of life Or I’m filled with so much dread that I feel like I’m gonna die I don’t know why I’m always crying I don’t know why I’m always smiling Guess it’s just the way I am This is my new normal Guess it’s just the way I am And I can’t undo it now I don’t know why I’m always crying I don’t know why I’m always smiling Guess it’s just the way that I am This is my new normal Guess it’s just the way I am And I can’t undo it now
12.
LYRICS: Another soul departed for the clouds If only the one above could see me now If only he was still righteous in his throne While I send the purest flock back home Christened in blood as I am, the work must be done You’re an archangel riding right on my heels Too blind to see the man upstairs is off his rocker You won’t prevail, I’ll see the lambs out of damnation So get lost, you overpaid stalker You’re on my trail, you’re god’s betrayal I’ll make you quiver and quail Oh yeah, yeah, yeah Just what I needed, another loon turned on to sacred killing What a funny way to love thy neighbor through lobotomy With all the overtime went my late-night weekend drinking So what, we got ourselves a pious neurologist? What a funny point of view Quite the motive, quite the curious twist too Time to catch this round-the-bend killer with the M.D. We got the place surrounded, cops are swaying like a sea Every shadow’s moving through this old abandoned shack He’s here, in the dust and stripped paint, better watch my back He’s a slimy snail, beyond the pale, and sharp as nails Long ago, I freed this old veteran cop His brain was overflowing with rot I did all that I could, but there was nothing to be done Said a prayer as I pulled the plug You think that I’m unjust? I knew my bible back and forth But now, all the prayers seem in vain On the floor, a hole in my stomach But I can still win I’ll show you pain I’ll pick your brain

about

After many months of deliberation, we are proud to release our self-titled debut album.

When we parted ways with our former vocalist Ethan Welch, we determined that we would be retiring most of the material written during his time in the band. Many of these songs were fan favorites and personal favorites, and we knew we couldn't let them go undocumented. So, with the help of producer and engineer Jan Schwartz, we piled into a basement to record everything in one day.

The results are a portrait of our unconventional and homemade aesthetic, and a tribute to Ethan's time with us. We are deeply thankful to Jan Schwartz for seeing our vision and helping us create this record. In addition, we offer our thanks to the visitors of love who have supported us endlessly. These songs live on because of you all.

"We are prisoners of love, and our music is so good, it should be illegal."

credits

released July 14, 2023

lead vocals: Ethan Welch
guitar: Garrett Sellers
bass: Alannah Roxanne Torres
drums: Cameron Dempsey
producer/engineer/mixer: Jan Schwartz

(track 1 was co-produced and engineered by Jack Monteleone)

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Prisoners of Love Boston, Massachusetts

Dog-rock band from Boston that doesn't know right from wrong, but tries its best.

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