1. |
Riverwide
03:02
|
|||
I was a lonely little child
On the banks of a river wide
She was most beautiful and blue
And at rest on the other side
Unfurling foam
Fought for every stone
And the trees began to sway
Lost my life in a roaring river wide
Just to be with you that day
No bridge, no boat
No way to stay afloat
As I began to cross
I was caught and kept in a current that could crush
And within the waves was lost
As my arms feigned and the water overcame
The waves began to sing
And in my ears, I swear to you my dear
Was a lovely silver ring
I was a lonely little child
In love with a silvery sound
Would you shed a tear for me my dear
For on that day I drowned
|
||||
2. |
Iris
04:16
|
|||
In my iris
You will find this
Sweet girl catcher
Where you were captured
Where was your call?
It was your fault
How long did you know
That I was
In my iris
You will find this
Deep desire
To release her
Relive your capture
Rehearse your laughter
So she won’t discover
That I was gone.
|
||||
3. |
Loveless Son
03:32
|
|||
You loveless son
The best is yet to come
The rain just held you up
The rain just held you in my languid arms
Once strong enough to hold the load you carried in the deepest corners of your dangling heart
And I was
You loveless son
You're hopeless as a stone
With nowhere left to roam
Trapped inside your vicious valley walls
That triumphed over all
And deadened every sound
Cause you know with you it's always one more round
And I was
And I was a birch in the snow
Your leafless eyes and your limbs were just expansions of the ground
You loveless son
You frosted over since
The lessons that you missed
Contingent to reverse this loveless spin
Your well defied attempt
I know you spared my life with the wondrous world within the word "forgive"
And I will
|
||||
4. |
Cinder
03:20
|
|||
Lend me your ears for a whispery cinder
And I lay on your lap how I left love limber
A drip from a kiss that was sucked from a lover
With a swish and a spit now condemned to the gutter
Well I shook and I shook
'Til it splintered the bone
It was held in the notion
All sand once was stone
It split open now
It's all pouring out
It's there for the taking
Just gather it up
In your apron
So one day you find yourself inside an oven
Wicked and worn from the strangers I'd covet
Your karma has come cause your promise was rotten
So settle your debts for the heart you've discarded
Well I burn through every penny I saved
And I cold-cocked that sucker right down in his grave
It split open now
It's all pouring out
It's there for the taking
Just gather it up
In your apron
So lend me your ears for a whispery cinder
And my breath will bring that spark to an ember
And I'll fan and I'll fan 'til it builds to a fire
And leave you with nothing but the hell I've inspired
|
||||
5. |
The Truth
04:40
|
|||
The first time I heard the truth that was sung to me, a machine to my microphone, to the lips of the enemy
Well I poured over every shaking chord–You know I cried to your words, but I wept with the melody
Stumbled around with my headphones on listening over and over to a single song
I am mouthing the words, I am fingering the lid to a line that caresses me like you never did
So I contemplate our shit situation
You’re piss in my ear
And I heart leaking crimson
I came to find it’s the state we belong
You took to your sadness like a aroof to a raven
Now your verse decays to a whisper
But they words that your singing sound strangely familiar
And I remember where I heard them before
From the lips of your lover and into my ears
So now we both know there is no such thing as true love
A fiction from poets from in the first dawns of language
A cruel illusion, a first draft of heaven
For us godless heathens to have something to believe in
So now I long for a faith that will linger
Jesus for Christians and true love for singers
I drifted far from every shaken chord
Till your hum was returning
Like a phone off the ringer
The first time I heard the truth that was sung to me, a machine to my microphone, to the lips of the enemy
Well I poured over every shaking chord. But your hum was returning like a phone off the ringer.
|
||||
6. |
Save One For The Morning
06:10
|
|||
What's that silvery sound?
A girl with a wounded gown
Clattering up my street
A silence in secrecy
All the tarnished, they humble me
And everything I found
Is just laid out
And yes I've learned to save one for the morning
Yes I've learned to take my bow
What's wrong, what's wrong baby?
It's nothing now
You heed me like a warning instead of a morning bell
Cause I've been an echo lately
And baby you are a bell
So here's a silvery sound
For those who've been known to drown
For those who know it well
So spread out your secrets for me
And pin them to my lapel
I thought that you might as well
And yes I've learned to save one for the morning
Yes I've learned to take my bow
What's wrong, what's wrong baby?
It's nothing now
You heed me like a warning instead of a morning now
Cause I've been an echo lately
And baby you are right there
|
||||
7. |
Loveless Son
03:46
|
|||
8. |
The 44's
04:20
|
|||
We made love in your car
Down by the 44's
A haunting lot now I'm your passenger
And the light from the street
Washed over our feet
Like some sublime sacred offering
But now I'm headed home
Now I'm standing in the wind
Where our wheel stopped its spin
Seems every stumble I've had was steered
And as I turned to go
I shake the cold from off my coat
Seems every straw that I stuck stows me here
But now you're headed home
Now I hope that you can hold
How much I love you both
More than either one of you could know
And the best breezes you'll ever feel
Will be coming off of your windshield
And revelry and its sum your only toll
And now you're headed home
|
||||
9. |
I've Been Saving Up
17:22
|
|||
There you said it
So it's over now
Trapped, trialed, and sentenced by your own mouth
If I could just impart to you
One thing I've learned
Is that the end will come in a form of love unreturned
You think that I've never been in your situation
But don't stare like I haven't babe cause I've been
So put it in your pocket
Or write it down
Sever, save, and sing it when no one's around
Sketch and scribble out it's the way you feel
Then saw it off and sell it for a single bill
So this is no different than what you've heard before
Common code of accusations and metaphor
So when asked if I had anything to say to her
Well you better take a seat my dear
Cause I've been saving
So there's something in my voice now
Be it tear or terror
Serves as both a message and the courier
I have abandoned everything I've learned
Cause I'll be weeping when it all kicks in
For what we were
You know good luck it ain't nothing but an angel's choice
You know good luck it makes nothing but brittle boys
So the lines on my face they are disdained from joy
Cause I'm finally overflowing now
Cause I've been saving up
|
||||
10. |
||||
Should old acquaintance be forgot
And never brought to mind?
Should old acquaintance be forgot
And days of auld lang syne?
We twa hae run about the braes
And pou'd the gowans fine
We've wandered many a weary foot
Sin’ auld lang syne
We twa hae paidl'd abou’ the burn
From morning sun 'til dawn
But seas between us brayed and roared
Sin’ auld lang syne
And there's a hand, my trusted friend
And gie’s a hand of thine
We'll take a right gude-willy waught
For auld lang syne
And surely ye'll be your pint stowp
And surely I'll be mine
And we'll take a cup of kindness yet
For auld lang syne
For auld lang syne, my dear
For auld lang syne
We'll take a cup of kindness yet
For auld lang syne
For auld lang syne, my dear
For auld lang syne
We'll take a cup of kindness yet
For auld lang syne
|