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Goodbye Reindeer

from Mice by Children Having Children

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lyrics

Goodbye reindeer
Is it sad to say these eyes
Aren't heavy with tears?

The odds unwound
Now weigh them down and how
To yield fortune's frontier

I climb aboard
What you prolong
This sweet and silent premiere

But if you like the stakes
Go take your chances on the lake
I'll leave mine right here

Right there as an infant in the mud

We'll name him Miles
This imitation of a child
Arrested by fear

But we can't shake off
These limitations of the cloth
To which we adhere

I labored long
But the flavors were too strong
All the spirits severe

Severed by the spectacles of love

I lost this year
To sympathy and fear
To love and restraint

What weighs us down
Just gets harder to protest
Pressed for time and success

Goodbye reindeer
It's sad to say these eyes
Aren't heavy with tears

Swept clear of collision by the flood

I didn't know what to show you
I don't know how to grow
Like removing a bandage
Appears to have healed
But is it still really you?

I tried to vanish in the heat tonight

credits

from Mice, released November 19, 2014
ROBERT VAN SADERS - Drums
STEVEN KAISER - Vocals, Guitars, Keys, Bass, Percussion, Programming

Recorded by BOB MALLORY at Avatar and STEVEN KAISER at Lake Toxic Recording / Sandbox Studios

Assistant Engineer - NATE ODDEN (Avatar)

Mixed by BOB MALLORY at Tiny Quarters

Music & Lyrics by S. KAISER (BMI) © 2014

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Steeped in equal parts rock, alternative, and post-everything, then stirred with orchestral ambitions and sweetened with noise, CHC likes to do as they please in an attempt to pay homage to the legacy of great songwriting.

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