In Line for the End Times, by Howl at the Sky

In Line for the End Times

by Howl at the Sky

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pr1ncest they had me hooked on the first song for a while now I waited and waited to hear the rest of the album. I get the album and release day I get the album and listen to it.
I knew by the second song this album was going to be king.
I was rifted away on a cloud of smoke to a magical land where I can stand in line for the end times. Favorite track: First Among Equals.

FDJ (Desert Psychlist) Ever wondered what Bon Jovi might have sounded like had they invested in some better fuzz and distortion pedals, well wonder no longer. Favorite track: El Estrago.

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1.	Our Lady of the Knives 03:50	lyrics	buy track
Hail Mary, full of shit, dropped in at the sound of a bell Spitting white hot fury from the bully pulpit With fear of fire to sell Stabbing the air with the blade of the righteous Spreading love by way of the fist Steals the blinds without a tell She hides in bytes and dog-eared pages Wagging finger, wagging tongue, trafficking the word Nine times of ten she lost the message Ratified and sanctified Pearls and swine To forget divine Hail Mary, full of shit, dropped in at the sound of a bell Spitting white hot fury from the bully pulpit With fear of fire to sell Pity the viper, learn the hard way Piping venom into your veins No reward for the wicked as well Our lady took an oath to follow Sipped the wine, but never swallowed Lived a thousand lies, told a thousand more To keep the knives aligned Hail Mary, full of shit, dropped in at the sound of a bell Spitting white hot fury from the bully pulpit With fear of fire to sell Stabbing the air with the blade of the righteous Spreading love by way of the fist Steals the blinds without a tell Sipped the wine and lived a thousand lies Ratified and sanctified Pearls and swine To forget divine She’ll keep the knives aligned
2.	First Among Equals 04:51	lyrics	buy track
At the gate Born to win He will pacify no master Baptized by a cult of blinding light Razor thin Legacy Pale rider crawling from the sea Riding the wave to the fringes of the storm Another voice to shape foundations You will recognize the name Army of one Prodigal son He’ll pull the wool down over everyone It should come as no surprise Flesh and blood both serve the lie Never to sever Forever Lionized Sword in hand Bulletproof Unchained heir to an unearned throne Wearing the mark of all who came before Far behind Arriving first Center of his own universe Given the brand as the keeper of the dawn Corrupt by cause of power You will never respect the name Light of the sun Weighs a ton Throws a shadow over everyone It should come as no surprise Flesh and blood both serve the lie Never to sever Forever Lionized Shed the skin Peel back the mask And the image starts to suffer In vanity his saintly armor falls Feed his ego another fix He’ll be right back in the mix Fortune favors the inane Always one more shore to conquer He will live up to his name Over and done Before it’s begun The message he will leave for everyone It should come as no surprise Flesh and blood both serve the lie Never to sever Forever Lionized It should come as no surprise Flesh and blood both serve the lie Never to sever Forever Lionized
3.	The Beast with No Eyes 05:38	lyrics	buy track
Hear the earth moan below its footsteps and breathe a heavy sigh A hulking, sightless juggernaut marching through the mind Coveting the weak and aimless to lead them all astray Weaving its way through nightmares, there is nothing standing in its way Teeth and talons churning Upon what lust it feeds Mad chimera yearning Agent of chaotic creed Bold hearts tremble and wonder what’s behind the disguise Tides and temples fall before the beast with no eyes The beast with no eyes Roots of its dread seduction crawl across the world All the ways how the wicked finds and shapes them into pearls Puppets tied to weathered strings, alone in quiet fear Heartache of its willing victims, falls unanswered and deaf upon its ear Standing on the fault lines Dumbstruck and held in sway In line for the end times Begging for a better way Might and power looming Ever all consuming Titans mesmerized face to face against the beast with no eyes
4.	I You Us Them 04:07	lyrics	buy track
Lips pulled back, howling at the sky  Knuckles white, engines come to life  One electric moment  A feral twitch of an eye  Load the tank with instinct, let it fly   The world behind, loud pedal to the floor  Buried in the red, but needing more  Rumbling over the white line Reckless at 105 A supersonic libertine in overdrive for   I came for adrenaline You came for the strange It’s a game of us and them And we’re waiting for the light to change Treads on fire where the rubber meets the road Pressure mounting, ready to explode Roaring into twilight Power and heat collide Racing to the finish side by side by side
5.	So Many Dynamos 04:24	lyrics	buy track
I’ve been haunted by the burden of insight From walking out on the rail A lesson learned about the weight of an empire Built in my heart, predetermined to fail Lost time trying to hem and haw with vultures Left me bloody, broken, and pale Head down and pressed for time I missed the warning signs There’s no fire but I’m burning alive Slow dive Down low Headlong straight into the gutter Am I A lie The chain is taut With only so many dynamos to lead me astray Watching the time wither and make me its prey When every mountain finally washes away I’ll only have myself to shoulder the blame A walking contradiction of virtues and vices I am chaos and lust Forever humbled by the threat of black clouds Showers turn the shine into rust Wide-eyed promises, dead on arrival It’s not the means, it’s who you can trust But now the truth is out Straight from the horse’s mouth I’m always food for the lions somehow Low light Dead eyes Stare down the barrel to the bottom How long? So long It’s all for naught
6.	El Estrago 03:56	lyrics	buy track
The roar of voices is quiet now Lights are cold, barrel is dry Stumbling over forsaken tiles Plumbing the wreckage of a wounded life Romanticized the burning out Found love inside a loaded lie Searched for the ledge and did no harm No one would ever sound the alarm Rip wide the sky Before you say goodbye Twenty-seven feet from the sun Where all the damage is done And so we followed the wicked, why? Paid no mind to the trouble inside Sirens lured the dream to the shore Had their way with what was left behind Picked up the pieces, put them aside Instead of finding the best way out Woke up the dead for their advice They said, “Don’t worry, rely on the dice” Rip wide the sky Before you say goodbye Twenty-seven feet til we touch the sun Where all the damage is done
7.	Dry as a Bone 06:53	lyrics	buy track
Oh blessed mother Made to discover Rain doesn’t follow the plow Black blizzard comin’ Swirlin’ and hummin’ Darkening the promise now Abandoned by faith, choking on thirst Line ‘em all up to see who’s cursed By the wall of impending doom Even the learned and wise Can’t draw blood from a stone Hear the ugly buzzards cry While they’re pickin’ at the bones No time for hindsight Headed west for daylight Where the dirty and forgotten roam Nomads to wander Waiting for the thunder To welcome all the sinners home Beg for relief, what can you do Walk another mile to see it through But the sky hasn’t spoken Damning the unbroken Day of judgment is nigh The ground told us so Call the undertaker Sweet rainmaker has flown And all he left was bones He left behind the bones The road is long and lined with the souls of the left alone Call the undertaker Holy rainmaker has flown And filled the dirt with bones Buzzards cry and they’re pickin’ at the bones
8.	Stink Eye 03:49	lyrics	buy track
This one gives me confidence That one makes me crawl This one loves me most of all Peel another off the wall Undermined and powerless Bird on my neck is a sign Common sense says it’s past time To leave it dying on the vine I don’t need you to tell me I’m wrong This is my song I can still hear the albatross hum along Fractioned off the poison Thoughtless compromise A version of me I didn’t recognize Had to cut me down to size You gave me the eye You gave me a toast The one damn thing I needed most Kept me tethered to a ghost I don’t need you to tell me I’m wrong This is my song I can still hear the albatross hum along I don’t need you to tell me I’m wrong This is my song I can still hear the albatross hum along I don’t need you to cover my shame This is my pain I can still hear the albatross call my name
9.	Mother Earth Below 04:27	lyrics	buy track
Make time and listen, Mother Earth Girl, you let me down Could I have your attention please Word is getting around I’m leaving here at 4 o’clock in the morning An exit plan made of hope and steel A goliath on the edge of the night Set course a million miles away For the great unknown Blast off into the void above Far away from home Second star to the right, straight on til morning In love with the promise of nothingness I could drift for the rest of my life Til I’m dead and gone Lonely wayward satellite Lost without a sound Deeper into the empty black Never to be found A tiny dot somewhere north of the morning The fading light of a dying star A token for the rest of my life Til I’m dead and gone At the speed of light, and it won’t be long Dreams are lies we tell ourselves in the morning As above, Mother Earth below Left to wander for the rest of my life
10.	Detail in the Devil 03:45	lyrics	buy track
From the onset The finer details  Are colorless and dull  Let’s skip to the good part  The sinking point  That ran against the hull   Thrill of a lifetime  A story to tell  A step too far and we poisoned the well  No surprise when we couldn’t unring that bell   Can I get a witness  Can anyone hear at all  It’s never been a secret  There was pride before the fall   An ounce of prevention wasn’t the cure  For the pound of grief  Even in peacetime nothing felt right  Strung out on the disbelief   Man alive  How could it be?  Karma at a hundred-forty degrees  Headed for hell on a bicycle made for three  Can I get a witness  Can anyone hear at all  It’s never been a secret  There was pride before the fall  You can taste the sweetness  But only for so long  It’s never been a secret  I was bought and sold for a song Speaking in tongues is on brand for a devil  Giving the wheel to ego’s on the same level Shaking the earth couldn’t move enough mountains to measure forever Can I get a witness  Can anyone hear at all  It’s never been a secret  There was pride before the fall  You can taste the sweetness  But only for so long  It’s never been a secret  I was bought and sold for a song
11.	Black Lung 05:49	lyrics	buy track
Lost inside a rabbit hole Spiraling down through the muck to a kingdom of coal All – all I could want and more Is under a blanket of earth that cradles the core Dust fills the air, my lungs are calcified But there’s shelter where dark things decide Or so I’ve been told by the black dog that shadows my stride Smoke and ash prevail Silver linings fail Gravity holds on Well it’s strong, powerful and resolved To find a new way to pull down Walls stare back in arrogance Suck all the air from the room and plead innocence All that I know and what I think I know Fades in time, and in time the cracks start to show Silence I wear like a crown in this fortress below Smoke and ash prevail Silver linings fail Gravity holds on Well it’s strong, powerful and resolved It will find a way To pull me down again My love is blind and planet-sized But my loneliness hides behind a thin disguise Breathe in clean, I’ll never be satisfied Or so I’ve been told by the black dog that shadows my stride The fog has found me again where the small hours hide Smoke and ash prevail Silver linings fail Gravity holds on Well it’s strong, powerful and resolved It will find a way To pull me under Drag me under Tear me asunder
12.	The Monsters are Due 04:19	lyrics	buy track
Feels like January  But it’s mid-October of an Indian summer  The street is dark and the villains came from nowhere  One lone voice of reason  Not enough to stop a perfect storm  From rising up and swallowing the muster   I can see the blood in your eyes  I feel your temperature rise  What you’ve been waiting for  All the other drones in the hive  Wait til the signal arrives  And now it’s time for war   Are they coming for you? Are they coming for me?  If it bleeds it leads, like a moth to a fire  Our time is coming due  With fear in your hand, the wind at your back  Solution at the ready, number one with a bullet  I hope you’ve thought this through   A word becomes a weapon  A bitter pill from a silver tongue  But they’ll say it tastes as sweet as honey  Sold to isolation  A heavy price for some peace of mind  The bridge to somewhere is burned with bad intention   A whisper made a lie of itself  To put the truth on the shelf  What are you fighting for?  Mistaken what the story’s about  And you remove any doubt  And now you’ve lost the war

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released July 22, 2023

All songs written and performed by Howl at the Sky
John Sims - Drums
Mike Shope- Guitar
Scott Wherle - Vocals
Scot Fithen - Bass

Recorded, mixed and mastered by Rob Nadler at Fat Track Studio (Bright,IN)
Album artwork and design: 3rd Digit Creative

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