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Chronicles of the Windwar

by Cosmic Birds

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1.
Failure 04:29
FAILURE Woke up alone in my beanstalk of lies Where do balloons go die? Throughout my life, I've always shut my mouth And now it's filled with blood I feel like I'm losing my way in the dark Feel like I'm nobody and everyone If I'm the fool I'm supposed to be Will the illusion make me or will it break me in half? When the light goes off Everything I've ever wanted's leading me to nothing at all I fly indoors My fairytales are gonna bring me down As I've said before I'll never drink again Only to feel like I have friends Feels like I'm lost in a charade, not even I know who I am I've become what I've been fed Now I want everything, I wanna be the best You don't matter to me and nor do the rest Nobody can tell me what it's like to live a happy life cause Nobody's dreams are mine Until the light goes off Everything I've ever wanted's leading me to nothing at all I fly indoors And all my fairytales come back to life
2.
Manatees 03:44
MANATEES When I saw the wee beatle breathing in paralyzer, The paralyzer keeping it on its back It was the first time I would feel it, how the world is always bleeding And the memories run dry I don't need any hope so now I'm handing it over, Handing it over to the weak and the damned Because despite the stormy weather you do know it's now or never There's no need to weep cause you know I'll be with you there When you are out in the rain at least you feel you're alive The water is wet but it's fine Your eyeballs will not get too dry And someday The rain may turn into sea, we'd sail away to the bright The water is wet but it's fine And we'd sing with the manatees Dum da da dum dum da da da da da dum dum dum da da da da oh oh oh Dum da da dum dum da da da da da dum dum dum da da da da oh oh oh Then I saw all the ponys going round in the fairground Going in circles with their eyes covered up Their heads down like prostitutes who have got nothing else to lose Insensitivity delight I'm not going to tell you that it's gonna get better Sometimes it doesn't and the ponys know that So start to wake up from your slumber cause we'll never be much younger Than we are today and you know I'll stay with you there When you are out in the rain at least you feel you're alive The water is wet but it's fine Your eyeballs will not get too dry And someday The rain may turn into sea, we'd sail away to the bright The weight would be lighter than light And we'd sing with the manatees Dum da da dum dum da da da da da dum dum dum da da da da oh oh oh Dum da da dum dum da da da da da dum dum dum da da da da oh oh oh I'm not going to tell you that it's gonna get better Sometimes it doesn't and the ponys know that So start to wake up from your slumber cause we'll never be much younger Than we are today
3.
The Windwar 03:04
4.
DOWN TO THE CITY Down to the city anymore I'll never go back to the city anymore They tell me there's light in the city but I know That I don't belong Back to the city anymore I'll never go back to the city anymore I could lie forever in these streets but I won't Cause I don't belong Let our minds forget all the city songs As we shed our skin in the summer sun No more pretending to get the joke Cause the road says home is the last of the stops Down to the city anymore I'll never go down to the city anymore They tell me there's light in the city but I know That I don't belong I left the city with the dawn When there was no one and my witness is the sun Cause we were the only to see its honest form So bare in the morn Let our minds forget all the city songs As we shed our skin in the summer sun No more pretending to get the joke Cause the road says home is the last of the stops
5.
PIANO LESSONS "Stop shaking right now and play the song Da capo, gently but with force" You say the words like you are strong But I can see your dying core If I play, will you sing along? Your voice makes me feel less alone Slow down and take a look at us Now my entrails start to ache Try to focus on the notes, first comes the C, then I don't know No, I do not need to know your age The ways of love are often strange Not to worry, in the dark we can be whoever we want Lower your hands so they fit mine Nothing's made sacred by time Melt down the snow between my thighs Kill me now for the first time Tear out my innocence, Virtue's only a pretence Dead stars still glow at night, the snow begins to breathe Don't push me away Dead stars still glow at night, but darkness needs to breed Don't push me away, don't welcome your defeat Touch my hand, teach it well Touch my hand, teach it well Don't lie, don't you love it now that there's a spark in me? Don't push me away If you're the tutoring hand and I'm the apprentice Then do tell me why do you tremble like this? Touch my hand, teach it well Now let's just pretend you love me back Adult words, mouth taken aback Smoke weed beneath the big black sky The Blackeberg bridge will melt the ice Don't say that I'm too young to feel Now I need you to let me in I'll do it all, I'll press the keys like I know what it's like to live Touch you right and make you strong like I know what it's like to love Then I'll bring you back to life like I know what it's going on
6.
CLOUD CUCKOO LAND My life is a musical and I do not care at all That I don't believe in any of the words that I am singing When I say "Yes, I am well" What I mean is "Hi from Hell" But I know everything's fine as long as I have lies to tell Real life was such a bitch I had to build a fantasy Now I'm lost inside a nightmare; I'm misunderstood, you see I don't want to be the king and rule the clouds all on my own I had a dream and now I always feel alone I'm not gonna be the one to let the wind take my identity away Luckily, a black sheep's wool is harder to stain Now I'm gonna get around, now I'm gonna leave this town Now I'm gonna be the warrior who's gonna bring you down Take a rocket out to space Landing site: your fucking face Gonna stop crying in bed cause I feel dead and out of place My freedom's all I've got to give, my freedom's all that I'm not giving I don't wanna go on with this lie that I call living If I want I'll risk it all, that way I'll always be a winner These are hard times for dreamers anyway! And so I pray it's not too late For me to get out of this bubble because mother I'm in trouble, I'm afraid I am the only actor in my play All my life I've lived in fear everyone would disappear If I let my mind run out my mouth for everyone to hear Cause if I show you my bones Then I know there will be stones But if I don't say I'm lonely then I'll only die alone My freedom's all I've got to give, my freedom's all that I'm not giving I don't wanna go on with this lie that I call living If I want I'll risk it all, that way I'll always be a winner These are hard times for dreamers anyway! I'm living in Cloud Cuckoo Land But I don't wanna stay forever because even if you ever understand It will be way too late to hold my hand
7.
DEEP IN THE WOODS Deep in the woods I run I'm on the run because I can't love anyone I've got a black hole where my heart should beat Cause I was born inside a hollow tree Deep in the woods I hide The winds of war outside I just cannot abide The birds they bring me stories from the East The men are running down to kill the beast I'm afraid of them / Fool they see, they follow They say I'm the beast but / Prey they see, they swallow I'm afraid of them / But I can't pretend I'm not ready for war I'm afraid of them / Fool they see, they follow They say I'm the beast but / Prey they see, they swallow I'm afraid of them / But I can't pretend I'm not ready for war So through the woods I ran My life was over even before it began They made me swallow seven roses' thorns To make me feel the pain their hearts had felt before
8.
RETARDED RABBIT Hello Mr Rabbit, gotta tell you a secret And I'm sorry it's gonna be so easy for you to keep it till the end, end! Hello Mr Rabbit, I've got something to tell you I think you're cool and I love the way that we get on But my nature is in my blood I'm a killer on the run, I'm a son of shame You look for Wonderland but you'll find a snare Don't you know, don't you know I'm a real fake? When I feel your foolish heart beat between my teeth Then we'll know it's a bit too late So why don't you run away now you still haven't lost your head? Hello Mr Rabbit, I know you are my friend From the outside looking in everyone's a mockingbird So I says hello Mr Rabbit, why don't you stop staring and run away? Run away! Hello Mr Rabbit, gotta tell you a secret I'm afraid it won't be long until you prove you can keep it till you die, die! Hello Mr Rabbit, I've got something to tell you I'm a big bad wolf and I don't wanna hurt you but I know That my nature is in my blood I like the way you're not impressed by my turn of phrase I like the way one of your eyes is looking into space I like your ears, I like your feet and everything in between Don't you know not even free love is free? Yeah, I know not even free love is free Hello Mr Rabbit, I know you are my friend From the outside looking in everyone's a mockingbird So I says hello Mr Rabbit, why don't you stop staring and run away? Run away! Hello Mr Rabbit, I know you are my friend but From the outside looking in no one's killed a mockingbird So I says hello Mr Rabbit, why don't you stop staring and run away? Run away!
9.
Hillside 04:36
HILLSIDE You can't do this to me, do this to me Yes, betray me You can't go on like this, go on like this Just don't tell me Think about the falling snow above us The day you threw me down the hill You can't do this to me, do this to me Why aren't you thinking of me, thinking of me on this hillside? Now that my lungs are freezing inside Now that my bones don't shape my skin Think about the slope, think about the ground Think about the fall the day you threw me down Think about the day you made me colder Think about the rocks I'm now sprayed over Think about the life you threw away
10.
The Planets 04:12
THE PLANETS In the warm nights of summer I sit on my roof Like to watch how the planets dance inmune They grow older and older but do not change much And I ask, will I know your face if summer brings you back? Cause you know I will love these scars once you've disappeared But your touch is still a stigma burning on my skin Winter will freeze the ferns I'm infecting the sadness, I free my balloon Save it now from the decay in my room I will close all the blinds and become a cocoon Then wake up in an office doing what I ought to do Now the sky is turning red When I watch the amber sun getting away from this town I know I should not have been scared at all I'll never get back what I let go Once the planets have burnt down and the night sky's been blown out Our youth will start being fed to the dark I feel pain in my stomach and it might be love Maybe not, maybe some gastritis has taken control So I run to the toilet and vomit your absence I can't come out, here the paper will heal all my wounds in silence When the planets dance I know my mission But to forget is never a decision When I watch the amber sun getting away from this town I know I should not have been scared at all I'll never get back what I let go Once the planets have burnt down and the night sky's been blown out Our youth will start being fed to the dark
11.
WEARING COLD LIGHT The wind is up, it's out to take us away But I'm afraid of losing myself on the way I could fly in the direction the wayward wind has blown But I don't wanna live a life that's not my own The wind is up, it's out to take us away But I'm afraid of losing myself on the way I could fly in the direction the wayward wind has blown But I don't wanna live a life that's not my own Head to toe my body battles the cold morning light And I don't know if I should put up, put up a fight
12.
THE SINNER & THE MUSICAL GRAVES I know 'bout a man who was married to sin The fires of his blasphemy burning my skin His rose did not wither, vibrant as blood Oblivious to me when I knelt down and begged him to stop I know 'bout a man devastated by sin However his wrongs did not wrinkle his chin He was ever tempted and ever provoked And with each pleasure gained he would knock down the rules of this world Stars are allowed, his kingdom is coming to him In a picture one night his tomorrow he'd find He knew he would not be redeemed I know 'bout a body buried alive But fret not, its soul had so long ago died Held by the devil, held in his hands Beauty's a gift and it comes with a sinister price If he'd tried to stop it would have been too late For the birdsong was already filling the air: "Under every moon you'll exhibit your sorrow For one cannot sleep when sleep is an omen of horror!" Stars are allowed, his kingdom is coming to him In a picture one night his tomorrow he'd find He knew he would not be redeemed He couldn't fight down the need to repent when the end drew near on Judgement Day He longed for salvation but felt no remorse So before he could pray he just tore out his tongue I dance all around the musical graves, now the end is here, it's Judgement Day The story is over, the storm's come and gone So I confess my sins and I tear out my tongue
13.

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Songs written by Mario Llana & David Hernández.

Mario Llana: Main Vocals, Backing Vocals, Lyrics.
David Hernández: Backing Vocals, Guitars, Keyboards, Whistles.
Guille Aragón: Backing Vocals, Drums, Percussion, Theremin.
César Fernández: Backing Vocals, Piano, Hammond, Melodion.

Artur Zagrodzki: Violin.
Oscar Zagrodzki: Cello.


Recorded, mixed and mastered by Pablo Giral
in Valladolid in August and September, 2012.

Artwork: Isabel Ferrara.

Special Thanks to Pablo, Isa, Bea, Javo, Artur, Oscar, Academia Pianisimo, Notedetengas and all our families and friends.

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released October 24, 2012

Astral Travel Records - CC BY 3.0 ES

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