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Calexico - The Thread That Keeps Us Bridge to Nowhere

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Calexico - The Thread That Keeps Us

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Contributors

  • ISRC:USEP41738003
  • Recorded:2017 Wavelab Studio & Panoramic House
  •  ©2018 Calexico, under exclusive license to Anti
  • Guitar, Vocals, Keyboard, Percussion:Joey Burns
  • Drums, Percussion:John Convertino
  • Backing Vocals:Johnny Contreras
  • Cello:Evan Shelton
  • Trumpet, Guitar, Synth, Vibraphone, Backing Vocals, Thunder Drum:Martin Wenk
  • Pedal Steel:Connor Gallaher
  • String Arrangement:Max Knoth
  • Violin:Tom Hagerman
  • Keyboards, Guitar, Bass, Synth:Sergio Mendoza
  • Upright & Electric Bass:Scott Colberg
  • Trumpet, Backing Vocals, Vibraphone, Percussion:Jacob Valenzuela
  • Guitar, Vocals, Vibraphone, Percussion:Jairo Zavala
  • Percussion, Synth, Drum Machine, Distortion & Phase Gate Keeper:Chris Schultz

Lyrics

From the empty streets to abandoned homes
there’s a stinging feeling in my eye

Shelter underground in case the big one comes
why would you plan for it not to work out right
my focus was blurred as the world became consumed, for who?

From the lookout tower another fired flare
I wonder if there’s a light inside that heart

To escape the mess from every misstep
why build another bridge that leads nowhere
my focus was blurred as the world became consumed, for who?

What’s embedded, we’re coming up for air
becomes outdated, we’re coming up for air
lost in the details, we’re coming up for air
it’s raining ashes, we’re coming up for air
we’re coming up for air
we’re coming up even though they say it won’t change a thing
these broken promises only can last so long ‘fore it all goes away