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A Place to Call Home

from Optimal Running Speed by The Press Gang

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IT ALL BEGAN / SOME TIME AGO / I DO RECALL / GATHER ROUND / STOKE THE FIRE / WE REINSTALL / THE PEOPLE SPEAK OF PRE WARP DAYS / RESTRICTED TO THE EARTH / THE DAYS WERE BLEAK / IN MINDS OF MAN / NOT KNOWING WHAT WE'RE WORTH / WE BURNED IT TO THE GROUND / NO LONGER SAFE AND SOUND / THE LAND WE USED TO FARM WE USED TO ROAM / WE LISTENED TO IT'S SONG / COULD NEVER DO NO WRONG / UPON THIS EARTH WE SAT A JEWELLED THRONE / BUT THEN WE LOST OUR WAY / IGNORANCE DECAY / NEGLECT AND RUIN WE DID SURELY OWN / OUR ONLY WAY TO LIVE / SURVIVE AND TO FORGIVE / WAS FIND ANOTHER PLACE TO CALL HOME.../ THE TIDE IT RECEDES WITH THE HOPES OF THE YOUNG / THEY NEVER KNEW WHAT WAS TO COME / THE EARTH IT RECOILED WITH THE PAIN OF THE DEED / IT'S LANDSCAPE A RUIN OF NONE / THE PEOPLE CAN COWER IN MISTRUST AND FEAR / OR RISE TO OCCASION AS ONE / AND TAKE FOR THEMSELVES THE STARS AS THEIR HOST / OUR DAYS STUCK IN PRE WARP ARE DONE! / CHART THE STARS / ENGINES FIRED / WE PLOT THE COURSE / FREE THE MIND / ESCAPE THE EARTH / CLOSER TO THE SOURCE / EMPLOY THE DRIVE / AND BEND THE SPACE / WE TRULY NOW ASCEND / TO FLEE THE SCENE / OF DOUBT AND FEAR / THE DAY IS OURS AGAIN...

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from Optimal Running Speed, released May 9, 2015
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The Press Gang Calgary, Alberta

The Press Gang, formed in late 2006, is a mixture of Punk, classic Heavy Metal, Riff driven Hard Rock, salt air, dirt, and kitchen parties all in one. Half the band hails from the East Coast and the other half the West. East meets West in a hodge podge of The Heavy. This mix of coasts and influences has bred something sweet and unique, otherwise known as “The Heavy”. ... more

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