Uploaded April 2013 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
Band: Waxwing
Song: Everything's On Fire
Album: Nobody Can Take What Everybody Owns (2002)
Label: Excursion Records (LP), Second Nature Recordings (CD)
discogs.com/Waxwing-Nobody-Can-Take-What-Everybody-Owns/master/292456
With their third full-length album, Waxwing focuses on a harder musical thread not this insistent since their debut full-length, For Madmen Only. Nobody Can Take What Everybody Owns is unquestionably Waxwing's most linear and aggressive work to date, yet is as always laden with the emotional seeds of regret, melancholy and hope that the band weaves so effortlessly and passionately into their layered musical tapestry. Exploding out of the blocks, "Everything's On Fire" showcases Waxwing at their most propulsive, energetic and pounding, setting the tone throughout with an almost punk-like aesthetic and energy added to Waxwing's patented Americana, indie and rock lexicon. "Colour" continues the theme of a more unrestrained Waxwing, as does "The Gift of Light," while their contrasting melody and moments of restraint only gives clarity, impact and depth to their "rock," as on "The Worst Kind of Liars". Musically, Waxwing has never been as complex, rocking, varied or dynamic, while Votolato's brooding, passionate voice has never been so forceful or compelling, making Nobody Can Take What Everybody Owns Waxwing's most powerful statement yet.
Waxwing on MySpace & Facebook:
myspace.com/waxwing
facebook.com/waxwingseattle
Second Nature Recordings:
secondnaturerecordings.com
facebook.com/secondnaturerecordings
Excursion Records:
excursionrecords.com
Lyrics:
Some of us have chosen to spend our time here
To bring more pain and scaring
To everyone around, excuses ring out loud
It's what we've all been taught, what we were shown when we were kids
You say "Look at me now, look at me now
I am bruised and broken down" and you say
"How do you really expect me to break out
Of a cycle that has been around
Since before we were even born"
A legacy that's been left to everyone
It's hardest in the morning
But nothing else can be done in a casket
Revolution, revolution is what I'm talking about
I've been left here - Someone's left here to pick up the pieces
Breaking your neck, breaking your neck to turn your head around
A legacy that's been left to everyone
It's time to wake up and turn this around
Headed out on a bullet train
Where we are going, ain't no one can tell
I get the feeling everything's on fire
It's on fire tonight
Has all the alcohol affected your brain so badly
You're permanently in a state you can't reverse
You say, "Look at me now, Look at me now
I am bruised and broken down"
Some of us have chosen to spend our time here
To bring more pain and scaring,
To everyone around, excuses ring out loud
"How do you really expect me to break out
Of a cycle that has been around
Since before we were even born"
A legacy that's been left to everyone
It's time to wake up and turn this around
Headed out on a bullet train
Where we are going, ain't no one can tell
I get the feeling everything's on fire
It's on fire tonight
Band: Waxwing
Song: Everything's On Fire
Album: Nobody Can Take What Everybody Owns (2002)
Label: Excursion Records (LP), Second Nature Recordings (CD)
discogs.com/Waxwing-Nobody-Can-Take-What-Everybody-Owns/master/292456
With their third full-length album, Waxwing focuses on a harder musical thread not this insistent since their debut full-length, For Madmen Only. Nobody Can Take What Everybody Owns is unquestionably Waxwing's most linear and aggressive work to date, yet is as always laden with the emotional seeds of regret, melancholy and hope that the band weaves so effortlessly and passionately into their layered musical tapestry. Exploding out of the blocks, "Everything's On Fire" showcases Waxwing at their most propulsive, energetic and pounding, setting the tone throughout with an almost punk-like aesthetic and energy added to Waxwing's patented Americana, indie and rock lexicon. "Colour" continues the theme of a more unrestrained Waxwing, as does "The Gift of Light," while their contrasting melody and moments of restraint only gives clarity, impact and depth to their "rock," as on "The Worst Kind of Liars". Musically, Waxwing has never been as complex, rocking, varied or dynamic, while Votolato's brooding, passionate voice has never been so forceful or compelling, making Nobody Can Take What Everybody Owns Waxwing's most powerful statement yet.
Waxwing on MySpace & Facebook:
myspace.com/waxwing
facebook.com/waxwingseattle
Second Nature Recordings:
secondnaturerecordings.com
facebook.com/secondnaturerecordings
Excursion Records:
excursionrecords.com
Lyrics:
Some of us have chosen to spend our time here
To bring more pain and scaring
To everyone around, excuses ring out loud
It's what we've all been taught, what we were shown when we were kids
You say "Look at me now, look at me now
I am bruised and broken down" and you say
"How do you really expect me to break out
Of a cycle that has been around
Since before we were even born"
A legacy that's been left to everyone
It's hardest in the morning
But nothing else can be done in a casket
Revolution, revolution is what I'm talking about
I've been left here - Someone's left here to pick up the pieces
Breaking your neck, breaking your neck to turn your head around
A legacy that's been left to everyone
It's time to wake up and turn this around
Headed out on a bullet train
Where we are going, ain't no one can tell
I get the feeling everything's on fire
It's on fire tonight
Has all the alcohol affected your brain so badly
You're permanently in a state you can't reverse
You say, "Look at me now, Look at me now
I am bruised and broken down"
Some of us have chosen to spend our time here
To bring more pain and scaring,
To everyone around, excuses ring out loud
"How do you really expect me to break out
Of a cycle that has been around
Since before we were even born"
A legacy that's been left to everyone
It's time to wake up and turn this around
Headed out on a bullet train
Where we are going, ain't no one can tell
I get the feeling everything's on fire
It's on fire tonight
