Hostage Calm was a rock/punk/hardcore band from Connecticut that debuted in the summer of 2007 with a 4-song CD-R demo, later re-released on a 7" by Headcount Records . Their first LP, Lens, was originally released in May of 2008 on Redscroll Records, based out of Wallingford, CT. Hostage Calm released their second LP, Hostage Calm, on Run For Cover Records in August 2010, and their third LP Please Remain Calm in October 2012, also on Run For Cover Records.
Four years of hard work!This month of May we celebrated four years on the air. We continue working on the dissemination of this wonderful instrument, thank you for participating in our story!
Verse 1: E Staring through F#G#m the disconnect B I felt my own C#m in consequence E Beneath the standing F#G#m army of discontent B I felt my own C#m in consequence E On a waiting train F#G#m that wouldn’t leave B I prayed these chords C#m my soul to keep
Chorus 1: B/EbE To---night they BC#mEEbm won’t take me alive G#m Cause there’s a F#C#m song everyone knows And though no one BE sang a single note C#/F I can hear it
Verse2: E From the rumbling jungles of F#G#m our self-defeat B To the sullen barracks where C#m no one (dares to) sleeps On the E battlefield F#G#m of broken hearts B I saw this world C#m fucking torn apart E Just waiting for nothing
Chorus 1: B/EbE To---night they BC#mEEbm won’t take me alive G#m Cause there’s a F#C#m song everyone knows And though no one BE sang a single note C#/F E-- I can hear it
Bridge: F# Across the C#/F broken heartland C# We’re all coming out F# Blasting the sound C#/F of the trodden down C# And tonight we’re Ebm for it Fucking verse bridge and chorus F# No one knows who C#/F won the wars C# But we know EbmF# something died F# Sleepless, workless FF/A Stuck in line BbmG# Giving in for Eb/G(hold) F#-- the first time F#C#Ebm We just stopped waiting F#C#EbmF#C#Ebm For someone to save us
Outro: F# They tell me we got C#Ebm something to lose F# They tell me we got C#Ebm something to lose F#F#(hold) (Like what to whom?) G#-Bbm-F#-Ebm- x4 I know you hear it too