Pulmonary Archery

Album: Alexisonfire (2002)
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Songfacts®:

  • This song is about the Winter Storms that hit Southern Ontario/Northern New York in 1977. The band grew up in Saint Catharines, Ontario and it was in an area that was hit the worst by the storms. Even though the band members were born after the storms, their parents lived through it and they've grown up hearing stories about what happened and decided to write the song about the storm, seeing as it had affected their parents and surrounding area in such a large way. >>>
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    Jonah - Calgary, AB

Comments: 1

  • Kaitlyn from Vancouver, Bcthats wrong. thats the information to the song "Crisis" but not, "Pulmonary Archery".

    Lyrics from "Crisis" as proof, "Count the snow flakes, little children.
    Count them as they bury you alive.
    Count them as they choke the road ways.
    A blizzard's coming in the year punk died.
    (One nine seven seven)"

    "One nine seven seven" meaning 1977.

    The only thing "Pulmonary Archery" has relevent to the snow storm, or 1977 for that fact is this lyric "But i wont apologize, and 1977 was a long time ago , i dont care:
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