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Calexico - The Thread That Keeps Us Thrown to the Wild

Contributors

  • ISRC:USEP41738014
  • Recorded:2017 Wavelab Studio & Panoramic House
  •  ©2018 Calexico, under exclusive license to Anti
  • Guitar, Vocals, Keyboard, Percussion:Joey Burns
  • Drums, Percussion:John Convertino
  • Backing Vocals:Johnny Contreras
  • Cello:Evan Shelton
  • Trumpet, Guitar, Synth, Vibraphone, Backing Vocals, Thunder Drum:Martin Wenk
  • Pedal Steel:Connor Gallaher
  • String Arrangement:Max Knoth
  • Violin:Tom Hagerman
  • Keyboards, Guitar, Bass, Synth:Sergio Mendoza
  • Upright & Electric Bass:Scott Colberg
  • Trumpet, Backing Vocals, Vibraphone, Percussion:Jacob Valenzuela
  • Guitar, Vocals, Vibraphone, Percussion:Jairo Zavala
  • Percussion, Synth, Drum Machine, Distortion & Phase Gate Keeper:Chris Schultz

Lyrics

Cold linoleum just seems to amplify
every sob, every sound, every sigh
down at the bus station waiting for the red-eye
tears of a stranger no meth to this madness
no proof of sadness
do you steer clear
or do you turn around

Home’s waiting like a motherless child
from the chaos we’re thrown into the wild
in an instant it could all go away
or we could choose to keep holding on to the pain

Do you steer clear
wipe glances in the cracked and dirty mirrors one last time
console the town and their future as it slides away