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.
¡Cuatro años de duro trabajo!Este mes de mayo cumplimos cuatro años al aire. Seguimos trabajando en la difusión de este maravilloso instrumento, ¡gracias por participar en nuestra historia!
Chorus 1: F#Ebm And when the floor gave out BbmG#C# we made our way to the ground G#F#Ebm And laid for hours In the ashen BbmG# dirt we knew we didn’t C# G# F#-- have much But it was ours
Verse 1: Ebm Between loneliness C#G# and some broken love C# I’d choose none G#F# of the above Ebm They say we wanted it C# G#-- a little too much
Interlude: Bbm-G#-C#-- x2
Verse 2: BbmG#C# Oh it’s a distant land Bbm The one where we live G# But it slipped from our C#BbmG# hands The grass overgrown C# the broken family home Bbm G#-- See the place where we grew up
Chorus 2: C# Turned a circus G# for gamblers EbmF# and gawkers and thieves C#G# When the word got around Ebm we spilled out on F#m the streets C#G# As the banks decorate EbmB(hold) every house in defeat
Chorus 3: C#C#/F All set to expire Bbm A fighter past his Eb/G prime My daddy said G#C#/F No one likes a whiner G# F# Ebm--F#(Hold) But I got shiners on both eyes
Interlude: Bbm-G#-F#-C#-
Verse 3: BbmG# Boy is there a job for C#EbmBbm you? And if there was G#C#Ebm Would you even want to?
Chorus 4: Ebm Cause when the floor gave out BbmG#C# we made our way to the ground G#F# And laid for hours Ebm Cut-up and hurt you BbmG# held me firm C# The world moved G#F# on without us
Verse 4: Ebm my honesty’s G# a little too much C# But there’s no one G#F# fighting for us Ebm Is there something here C#F#m(hold) that you can still love?
Chorus 5: C#C#/F All set to expire Bbm A fighter past his Eb/G prime My daddy said G#C#/F No one likes a whiner G#F#(hold) But I got shiners on both eyes
Bridge: Ebm Still my memory F#m stays and replays C# The first time G#/C Bbm Eb-- that we held hands Ebm Or was it our
world at all? C# Young and racing towards nothing Bbm Was it our world at all? G# Burning headlong with the blinders on Ebm Sold all my stock of C# the American dream Bbm More than someone to fuck G Before we all fall asleep
Verse 5: Ebm I see a broken world C#G# coming for us And Maria C# It’s you and me G#F# Fighting for love EbmC# If we can believe G# it’s enough Bbm We’ll take the bombs G#C# from the great above EbmBbm from the great above G# Ebm-- from the great above
Chorus 6: C#C#/F All set to expire Bbm A fighter past his Eb/G prime My daddy said G#(hold) C#/F No one likes a whiner BbmG#F#F#m But I got shiners on both eyes C#C#/F All set to expire Bbm A fighter past his Eb/G prime My daddy said G#C#/F No one likes a whiner G#m--F#--F#(hold) But I got