"Under the Wheels" from The Thread That Keeps Us by Calexico

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ISRC:USEP41738005
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

Walking around with your head bent down complacent in a sedated state
I wanted to hear what you had to say but there was too much talking over each other

Find me some peace a mindful heart a break in the tide when the fighting starts
power’s down and the town goes dark when words fail we scatter

Under the wheels of the war machine always someone else’s scheme
show me a sign when the world falls apart
from the core to the seams the threads that we seek

All the way in and totally gone the panic button is dead to me now
changing your shape in your overcoat but somehow you manage to stay afloat
defy the system and avoiding the eyes that stay well hid
surrendered the words while the lovers leap out of the fray and into the infinite

Deep in the war regime always someone else’s scheme
show me a sign when the world falls apart
coming together from all of the corners tonight
from the core to the seams the threads that we seek

Calexico - The Thread That Keeps Us Under the Wheels

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