The Madness Of Crowds, by Cursed Arrows

The Madness Of Crowds

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1.	The Madness Of Crowds 04:52	lyrics	buy track
it's time to opt out, drop out move closer to reason with me speak to me with your greed your proft is the curse in me the madness of crowds can only be found where love does not lie even if that means we all must die we reach the end what have you to show my friend still got war and disease still profit on death with such ease but your profit is our curse the fate we feared would be no worse than this slaughter them in dreams sell their parts so you can feel free lay your body face down on the ground wait for the demographic winter let us find peace a human disease a natural force you destroy without remorse our hands are soaked in blue blood our pocket and our minds are full of fake love our hearts are pumpin fake blood our hearts are pumpin fake blood we let you break it so now you can make it when meat is the maker the makings are dead the makings are dead the makings are dead we guard ourselves from you for everything you do is an affront against the nature of mind but i know all we have is time empty stomachs and plastic oceans all the destruction idle hands can touch poison in the air, the land, the sea our destiny but there are so many of us ready to stand up raise our fists up to the sun don't tell me i'm the only one
2.	Monopoly On Violence 04:21	lyrics	buy track
something lunar is happening tonight pulling heavy on citizen feet if you truly think freedom's guaranteed you should test your luck on the street everyone turned against everyone else a game we all play but no one knows why why? why? orchestrated madness straight from the top built on a mountain of lies rewards to the money hoarders you wouldn't need guards if you didn't start wars a war has started on the ground gather round, gather round a war has started on the ground gather around i thought they were better than this i thought we were better than this drowning in heat waves and who in this world is accountable to clean up the piss? cowardly notions powered by fools but we have the power to rule if you truly think freedom's guaranteed you should test your luck on the street
3.	Death Rattle Blues 04:27	lyrics	buy track
i let the rattlesnake in can't find his way back out i give the reason within another reason to back out reason and sin fingers entwined reason within get out while you're still alive watching you watching me wave at the road signs voices and winds change stare at told polaroids read into the grain see words that aren't there watching your eyes shift their focus to me did they make a sound? dead man in the living room and the lady with no face did she lose it in a gunfight? dog fight/ did he die in his sleep? we didn't make a move dead man in the back seat with the monster who took him apart we're paralyzed now he destroyed us, too we should have killed him when we could still see you i know you're going to talk in code...
4.	Strip Joint Roundabout 03:06	lyrics	buy track
jeb's left a slew of jobs he forgets all his flaws when he looks in the mirror thinks he's superior jane doesn't go outside unless you're by her side she will not user her voice until she's found her stride riding by on a bike, he said "jesus is the lord, not neil young!" riding by on a bike, he said "jesus is the lord, not neil young!" ed drinks too much coffee finds he has twitching feet and when his head expands you'd better take cover you'd better take cover you'd better take cover riding by on a bike, dean says "neil young is the lord, and not jesus!" riding by on a bike, dean says "neil young is the lord and not jesus!"
5.	Fateful Dissuasion 05:23	lyrics	buy track
scrape the lids off your eyes keep your face straight your voice harder than concrete paving pointless conversations buried in a pile of words air to your fire air to your fire drag your ass off the floor and out the door don't give away what they're waiting for manic phases black-eyed forces dig into your skull and pull... two poles apart another day of sun another day of sun throw off those crooked old wires ride bald tires shake the thrill into your eyes fake out your adversaries risk losing friends dissuade them all from coming into play again fake out your adversaries risk losing friends dissuade them all from coming into play again leave your weapons outside leave your weapons outside leave your weapons outside leave your weapons outside your weapons in your way the enemy won't stand if you keep her in hand in your way the enemy won't stand if you keep her in hand in your way the enemy won't stand if you keep her in hand in your way the enemy won't stand if you keep her in hand
6.	The Swindler 05:49	lyrics	buy track
a flash of light coming out of the dark at me some new social disease two clouds drift, opposing the wind divided by electricity even when there's a fire in the air some will claim to be free that's how they try to take you try to take you that's how they get you to need they almost had me convinced i was just like them i bought and sold the disease if i'm not part of the solution i am the enemy one-legged hustler sceptre of humanity swindle us indefinitely one-legged hustler sceptre of humanity swindle us indefinitely
7.	Last Stop 06:08	lyrics
i'm gonna break this thing i'm gonna break this thing i'm gonna break this thing before i learn to use it slow-dripping honey off your tongue forked prongs in the lawn leave them there until we're gone liquor-spanked inflection cautiously deflected sink into the floor children carry monsters children carry monsters children carry monsters hidden in their skulls when it's a toss-up over us you'd better watch what you wish i got myself to this place where every demon exists you've got to leave that savage grin on the bedside table she's not your darlin' once upon a time's gonna count when you're able when will all the houses be homes when will this land be our own the last stop is coming up children carry monsters children carry monsters children carry monsters hidden in their skulls forgive only the sins of non-believers forgive only the sins of non-believers forgive only the sins of non-believers forgive only the sins of non-believers forgive only the sins of non-believers forgive only the sins of non-believers
8.	The View 05:25	lyrics	buy track
an earthquake when you pass the archer aims at the stars leave you here for three days with an ancient wisdom a nation on fire what do they fly over us unhealthy distraction unwilling contraction contraction contraction... the lights flash white, red on black they warn you there's no going back the lights flash white, red on black they warn you there's no going back love strife and affection the gift and the curse of duality duality humans no longer human i will take your suffering i will give only light i will give only light give only light give only light

about

Dedicated to the memory of Don Van Vliet, and Tracy Wright.

"The husband-and-wife-Halifax based Jack E Stanley and Ry N Stanley first met as 21 year-olds and have been making mad passionate music together for seven years now. The Madness of Crowds delicately balances the yin and yang of Cursed Arrows. On one hand, they’re beating the shit out of the drums and making their guitars bleed, and on the other they layer poetic, almost tribal lyrics over top all the noise like only two people in love can do. "
~Quick Before It Melts (Canada)

"A great record that mixes equal parts even-keeled observation of the world around us, with gritty, bluesy rock & roll."
~Herohill (Canada)

"I was reminded as the sound filled our ears like a sandstorm how much this reminded me of PJ Harvey (the band has, fittingly, covered “Rid of Me”), or Patti Smith, or maybe even more appropriately the Israeli co-ed duo Carusella as although the woman in front of us sang more lead (as she played drums!), the man sang as well. They harmonized well when needed as on the strangely beautiful “Strip Joint Roundabout,” an oasis, to stretch the metaphor, of jangly pop in the midst of the blooze-rock bluster. But here they were like angels, these Cursed Arrows, here to show us the way."
~Critical Masses (US)

"There’s something eerily prescient about Cursed Arrows’ third full-length album The Madness of Crowds...The album addresses themes of violence and desolation, environmental degradation and the search for meaning within the unrest and chaos. The triumph of this album, however, is that it’s never mired in despair. These songs move and cajole us and then explode with stunning and impossibly vital grooves. This is the triumph of The Madness of Crowds---it’s heavy but never heavy-handed."
~The Coast (Canada)

"Cursed Arrows’ album “The Madness of Crowds” is filthy. But I think that’s the idea. Eight tracks of huge, gritty rock chug by like a lurching freight train. The guitar is huge. The drums are huge. The lyrics are, you guessed it, huge. There is little subtlety, little virtuosity, no showing off and no respite to be found on this album. Sometimes, however, big, loud and hard do the trick...These lyrics lean toward non-linear, surreal pastiche. A lot of the songs are composed of random declarative statements, variations on a vague theme. They’re mostly dark and mostly left-leaning. There are allusions to individualism, environmentalism, anti-war and anti-capitalist sentiments, natural disasters, ancient wisdom and honey-dripping tongues. Among other things. Jesus is mentioned repeatedly in a song called “Strip Joint Roundabout.”
~Noisography (Canada)

credits

released April 5, 2011

All songs by Cursed Arrows, 2011 SOCAN.
(except hidden bonus track)

Jack E Stanley - Vocals, Drums, Guitars on tracks 1,4,5,8
Ry N Stanley - Guitars, Vocals, Drums on track 8

Recorded, mixed and mastered by Cursed Arrows, 2010.

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Cursed Arrows Nova Scotia

Our music seeks to translate and transmute our love and humanity into a listenable format. We live with our son, Fox, in close proximity to the sea in South Shore Nova Scotia. We released our 7th full length record, Crone, in 2022.

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