State of the HW Nation

Quick post --what are we up to? Writing of course! It's what we do :) However, to quell that queries of all of our friends, YES! We will be playing out again soon. We're stoked that so many of you have grabbed a copy of our new album and have been saying so many kind things about it. You deserve to hear these songs out live, so be patient, we'll post some shows soon. If you haven't downloaded a copy yet, search for us on cdbaby, iTunes, Amazon, or your music service of choice. We'll also soon have hard copies for sale at cdbaby. And by the way, if you're a fan of our page on facebook, you can buy our album directly through our page! Just click on the Music Store tab and you'll be set!

Much Love,
HW

Brasserie

I have cast a frail and thin
Cloak around my skin
And dreamt of once
When I entered in
A place so warm with friends
With smells of bread
Rich drafts of mirth
So rich it took my sight
I supped and drank
To my heart’s content
I cried tears of delight
We sang for love
We sang for health
We sang with all our might
There was no count of hours past
So stretched a long good night
Now memory is so cruel to me
As I walk in cold tonight
I wonder if I’ll ever see again
That lovely sight
I keep walking
I keep searching
I need something
I am fading

I keep walking
I keep searching
I need something
I am fading

Lustre

Air so close
Haze all I see
There you are
Perfect stock smile
In front of me
How do you choose
Promises to keep?
How do you choose
Which ones to break?
The lustre fades...
Away

It's just way too hot outside
I just want to stay in
But I see you're ready to go out
It's summer again
You crossed the line
So I tried my best
To leave you then
I'm sick of it now
But I'm guessing somehow
I will stay and let you win

Eyes burn with sweat
I think to breathe
Never a look I give
You seem to see
I know I have freewill
All the memories I could kill
But for what?
It's all too much for me
The lustre fades...
Away

It's just way too hot outside
I just want to stay in
But I see you're ready to go out
It's summer again
You crossed the line
So I tried my best
To leave you then
I'm sick of it now
But I'm guessing somehow
I will stay and let you win

Oh! I thought I heard
You say, "Alright..."
But I was not for sure
Oh! But then you would just
Lie to me...
Again
Lie to me...
Again

It's just way too hot outside
I just want to stay in
But I see you're ready to go out
It's summer again
You crossed the line
So I tried my best
To leave you then
I'm sick of it now
But I'm guessing somehow
I will stay and let you win

Tremble Bare

Blanket more
It’s lonely warmth for now
Isolate
Don’t know better at what else
Tremble bare
Put off all the sounds
Flicker stars
Dance behind my sore closed eyes

Narrow view from my side
Distance you must abide
You must know that I want
Nothing more than you

Miserable
It’s a word I loathe to hear
Ventured thought
That it will never be the if
How to know?
I was never good at that
But I trust
That it will all soon turn around

Narrow view from my side
Distance you must abide
You must know that I want
Nothing more than you

I can hear the wind
It blows outside
I can hear your watch
It all feels right
The room it fades
I drift away
We Tremble Bare

Narrow view from my side
Distance you must abide
You must know that I want
Nothing more than you
Nothing more than you

Last Screams

After three a.m.

Walking in forsaken garden

Silver leaves they fall and kiss

Hallowed pale skin
That the moonlight bathes

Hair and cravat

Blown in the crying wind

I stay the fear that I'll forget

No matter how brave we are

In cold like this hearts will freeze

I must stand tall

I must seem strong

They may say the

Last screams loudest

I won't make a sound

Wrestle with the winter's peak

Shuddering, stumbling

Limbs that creak and bow to be

A trellis above your head

So weary but alive

But trembling you sometime soon

Will succumb to it

And leave this behind

No matter how brave we are

In cold like this hearts will freeze

I must stand tall

I must seem strong

They may say the

Last screams loudest

I won't make a sound

I must stand tall

No matter the shadow
Of black showers

I must seem strong
Every minute of
Every single hour

They may say the

Last screams loudest

I won't make a sound

I must stand tall

No matter the shadow
Of black showers

I must seem strong
Every minute of
Every single hour

They may say the

Last screams loudest

I won't make a sound

Evenstar

I caught a breeze
Here where we stood
Was it years ago
So many, yet few have passed
Memory only musters pain
When I remember all
That was beautiful yesterday
Now I'm here
Where we stood

All that I am
Is scattered throughout time
The ends of the world
Are now beyond my grasp
All for you my love

All that were here have left
Inside I feel a rift
An aching that overwhelms me
Like a fever of coming death
The sweetest air will soon leave
The winter soon will strip from me
The last of my resolve
The last shroud of who I was

All that I am
Is scattered throughout time
The ends of the world
Are now beyond my grasp
All for you my love

I close my eyes
And even I forget
What it was like
To see in their faces
The light of the trees
Such is this mortal life

After a thousand seasons leave
You forget that you weren't counting
And it all moves oh so swiftly
You were a gleam of beauty
Beyond that of mortal summers
That flicker and pass
They say that we are not bound
To the circles of this world
So my love I lay me down
For this age I'll no longer endure

All that I am
Is scattered throughout time
The ends of the world
Are now beyond my grasp
All for you my love
All for you my love

Years

Circle around
Double back
Observe it all
Plead to exist
Slow to admit
Somehow I missed
The fall
Was a normal life
Feed and serve
Sweat and bleed
You held my hand
You professed
You swore to me

I conquered all
But I did not kiss the sun
Tell me where do I go
From here?
Tell me where do I go
At all?

What you say you fear is me?
Look! Look at me!
You are wrong to assume
You are wrong to demand
How dare you lay the blame on me
I shouldn't be here
I should not have laid down
I held all the aces
You were the one who fell
I want my life back
Every drop of blood back
I want you gone now
My life begins anew now

I cannot believe
I conquered all
But I did not kiss the sun
Tell me where do I go from here?
Tell me where do I go at all?

What a place to be in
How crazy is this life?
Just yesterday I thought I was free of
Eighteen years of your lies
You think you are
Doing the best thing
For everyone
The hero of us all
And I should be thankful
Now what have I agreed to?
What have I done here?
I have missed my chance to run

I conquered all
But I did not kiss the sun
Tell me where do I go from here?
Tell me where do I go at all?

I conquered all
But I did not kiss the sun
Tell me where do I go from here?
Tell me where do I go?
Where do I go?
Where do I go at all?

Ardor

My head it searchingly aches

My eyes close just to wait

And I want just

One thing...

My heart pounds within my throat

My stomach is afloat

And I want just

One thing...

This room is getting smaller

As the night grows longer

And I want just

One thing...

Such prolonged pendulousness

A dare will only best

And I want just

One thing...

If only prescience were mine

Warmest solace divine

And I want just

One thing...

But the unknown still taunts

All the maybes still haunt

And I want just

One thing...

Amber memories in flames

Desires whisper a name

And I want

Just one thing...

I am ardent and fervent

Zealous and determined

And I want

Just one thing...

I want...
You

Restore

I will sit on smooth dirt floor
I will dream of something more
I will leave all of my friends
I will return never again
I will put my foot on shore
I will last I will endure
I will walk into the wind
I will fall in love again

I will break through tundra’s back
I will sing across that land
I will taste from Siberian stream
I will wake from Peter’s dream
I will look across a farm
I will grip my lover’s arm
I will promise a precious lie
I taste her kiss one last time

Restore Me

I will walk down from the hill
I will erase every kill
I will yearn to be at home
With the one who will never know
I will swim in youth so real
My brothers all alive and well
I will race into a house
The wall turns red the laughter stilled

Restore Me

I will lie in a room so cold
With faces worth more than gold
I will smile and meet every eye
Surrender all the past I know
I will climb into the hills
I will breath every chill
I will touch every hand
That reaches down from Gloryland

Restore Me

Other Door

Hey! Hoorah! You're free!
That's how you look at it
You out of all needed to
Take stock in who you are:
Alive..you breath...
But still cry and say
You never saw the good side of life

What do you want me to say?
I watch you every day after day
Years you pretend don't add up
But that's you there and then
You chose a path because
You always gave up
So shame on you

Oh! I won't dwell on it anymore
Oh! What was said and done
Oh! It's all about the other door
Oh! When it's open you run

I will take a stand
And I will raise my hands
And proclaim to all
That hear my voice
That I have worth
I have dreams
I will never ever
Go out --fade away
I am alive today

Oh! I won't dwell on it anymore
Oh! What was said and done
Oh! It's all about the other door
Oh! When it's open you run

Far away
So you can no longer
Tell me what you think is right
Far away
Till all of it dies
And I become much stronger than you

Oh! I won't dwell on it anymore
Oh! What was said and done
Oh! It's all about the other door
Oh! When it's open you run

Oh! I won't dwell on it anymore
Oh! What was said is done
Oh! It's all about the other door
Oh! When it's open you run
When it's open you run
Run so far
Away
So far
Away