Play Dead (Just for Tonight)

by The Messenger Birds

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lyrics

Sometimes victory is the same as the defeat
We were good as married in the back seat
It wasn't real life, it was just Halloween
Hard to tell the difference

Keep your mask up on the nearest shelf
Just need a night to feel like someone else
Like you got a secret you could never tell
Don't have to make sense

Play dead, it ain't worth the fight
Play dead, just for tonight

It's just another day for the Holocaust
I see we picked it up right where we left off
They're shooting up the street, they hit the synagogue
Looks like we're next

Pipe bombs and false flag conspiracy
I'll probably die just buying some groceries
The headline ain't enough to know the story
Gotta read the rest

Play dead, it ain't worth the fight
Play dead, just for tonight
Play dead, it ain't worth the fight
Play dead, just for tonight

credits

released April 15, 2020
Engineered, Mixed, and Produced by Steve Lehane at Rustbelt Studios
Mastered by Paul Blakemore

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The Messenger Birds Detroit, Michigan

"That's not a rock band, that's just two guys!" - some guy named Kevin

themessengerbirds.com

shows

May 7

The Ballroom at Spiderhouse

Austin, TX
May 10

Diamond Ballroom

Oklahoma City, OK
May 12

Cervantes' Other Side

Denver, CO
May 13

Reverb Lounge

Omaha, NE
May 15

xBk live

Des Moines, IA
May 19

The Pike Room

Pontiac, MI
May 20

Subterranean

Chicago, IL
May 21

HI-FI

Indianapolis, IN
May 23

Electric City

Buffalo, NY
May 24

Cabaret Fouf

Montreal, QC
May 25

Alchemy

Providence, RI
May 27

Mercury Lounge

New York (NYC), NY

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