1) a mathcore band from Orla… Read Full Bio ↴Arms is the name of at least 2 artists:
1) a mathcore band from Orlando, Florida:
http://facebook.com/armsfl/
https://armsfl.bandcamp.com
2) an indie folk artist:
"I was exhausted," says Todd Goldstein, reflecting on the years since the release of his band ARMS’ lush, ambitious 2011 album, Summer Skills. “I put everything I had into that album—creatively, emotionally—I had nothing left in me." After spending his mid-20s playing guitar in New York’s much-loved Harlem Shakes and the ensuing years crafting two albums and an EP as ARMS, Todd took a sharp turn away from music. He went back to school to study design; he spent long afternoons throwing down in the kitchen; he looked elsewhere to find his creative kicks. Eventually though, he remembered why he can’t help but write songs. ARMS’ EP2 is the proof.
The product of a long, slow collaboration with drummer Tlacael Esparza, EP2 feels both urgent and relaxed, its five home-recorded pop songs projecting a lived-in looseness without sacrificing an ounce of tension. “Comfort," the EP’s opening track, seems at first to be about music—or a girl. But, unlike most love songs that pull this double duty, the message of “Comfort" is unexpected: Neither one is a prescription for the ailments of real life. “Sleepwalker" plays like an insomniac’s wake-up call, dressing a careening rhythm in melancholic guitar figures and peals of glowing distortion, while “Up & Up" is the late-night ripper, an album closing comedown that refuses to land. EP2 is the sound of a kid with a worried mind—a frequent character in Todd’s musical universe—learning to let go at last. It only seems right that ARMS’ leanest, most immediate record would finally arrive after leaving it all behind.
ARMS is Todd Goldstein and Tlacael Esparza. ARMS has shared the stage with Passion Pit, Walkmen, Beach House, White Rabbits, The Long Winters, A Place to Bury Strangers, Japandroids, Hospitality, Caveman, Asobi Seksu, and more.
More info:
http://www.armsarms.com/
http://www.facebook.com/armsongs
Construction
Arms Lyrics
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Calm your nervous hearts
Knit your brows and lie in the dark
With your pile of silent parts
Safe from your worries
Sweating in your coats
You will miss the softness and snow Or the row of egg-shaped holes
Run your tiny fingers through mild and abiding winter
Everything is strange to me
Your presence gives me cause for concern
Think of your parents
And may they rest in peace
If they were here to see this ungodly mess
It would scare them half to death
This wasn't what we planned you know
We stay inside on Sunday mornings
Sleeping through construction and
The pounding of the rain
The lyrics of Arms’ song Construction paint a picture of a dark and uncertain time, where the world is changing and people are trying to adapt to it. The opening line, “Steady your tremors, calm your nervous hearts”, sets the tone for the rest of the piece, as if the singer is trying to convince someone to keep their cool in the face of danger. The next line, “Knit your brows and lie in the dark with your pile of silent parts”, is particularly evocative, conjuring up imagery of someone lying alone in the dark, surrounded by their thoughts and fears.
As the song progresses, the singer addresses their listeners directly, telling them to “run your tiny fingers through mild and abiding winter” – a moment of tenderness in an otherwise bleak piece. The singer is struggling to make sense of everything that is happening around them, and the presence of the people they are speaking to both comforts and concerns them. They think of their parents, and how they would react to the “ungodly mess” that surrounds them.
In the final verse, the lyrics take on a more poignant tone, as the singer laments that “this wasn’t what we planned”. The last line, “sleeping through construction and the pounding of the rain” is particularly striking, suggesting that the singer is almost resigned to the chaos around them, and just wants to retreat into themselves. Overall, the song is a haunting meditation on change, uncertainty, and the human need for connection.
Line by Line Meaning
Steady your tremors
Control your shaking and be calm
Calm your nervous hearts
Relax your anxious minds
Knit your brows and lie in the dark
Furrow your eyebrows in worry and lay in the darkness
With your pile of silent parts
Amidst your collection of quiet pieces
Safe from your worries
Free from your fears
Sweating in your coats
Perspiring in your outerwear
You will miss the softness and snow
You'll long for the tenderness and winter precipitation
Or the row of egg-shaped holes
Perhaps even the line of oval-shaped gaps
Run your tiny fingers through mild and abiding winter
Pass your small digits through a gentle and steadfast winter season
Everything is strange to me
I am unfamiliar with everything around me
Your presence gives me cause for concern
Your being here alarms me
Think of your parents
Consider your guardians
And may they rest in peace
And may they be at peace
If they were here to see this ungodly mess
If they were present to witness this terrible situation
It would scare them half to death
It would terrify them immensely
This wasn't what we planned you know
This isn't what we had intended, you understand
We stay inside on Sunday mornings
We remain indoors on Sunday mornings
Sleeping through construction and
Slumbering through the sound of building work being done, and
The pounding of the rain
The heavy and harsh pelting of precipitation
Contributed by Andrew N. Suggest a correction in the comments below.
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