B i o g r a p h y (by Jason Ankeny)
Formed in Duluth, Minnesota, in 1993, Low were perhaps the slowest of the so-called "slowcore" bands -- delicate, austere, and hypnotic, the trio's music rarely rose above a whisper, divining its dramatic tension in the unsettling open spaces created by the absence of sound. Initially comprising the husband-and-wife team of guitarist/vocalist Alan Sparhawk and drummer/vocalist Mimi Parker along with bassist John Nichols, Low began as an experimental reaction to the predominance of grunge. Producer and Shimmy Disc Records founder Kramer soon invited the group to record at his Noise N.J. studios, and the resulting demos earned them a deal with the Virgin-distributed Vernon Yard label. After reentering the studio with Kramer, Low emerged with their 1994 debut, I Could Live in Hope, a beautiful set spotlighting the trio's hauntingly minimal aesthetic -- even Parker's drum set consisted of only a snare and a hi-hat. Nichols exited the group prior to 1995's lovely Long Division, recorded with new bassist Zak Sally. A subsequent appearance on the Joy Division tribute A Means to an End was later expanded into the following year's Transmission EP, a five-track set also featuring a rendition of Supreme Dicks' "Jack Smith." With new producer Steve Fisk behind the boards, Low returned later in 1996 with The Curtain Hits the Cast. The Songs for a Dead Pilot EP followed in 1997 and marked Low's debut with their new label, Kranky, for whom they also released the critically acclaimed Secret Name in 1999. The late '90s also saw them issue Owl (Low Remixes) and the Christmas mini-album, which featured a cover of "Little Drummer Boy" that became a minor hit when it was featured in The Gap's holiday season commercials in 2000. The band's brilliant Things We Lost in the Fire arrived on Kranky in 2001, with the darker, more subdued Trust coming the following year. Two years later, the B-sides/rare tracks collection A Lifetime of Temporary Relief appeared on Low's own Chairkickers Music imprint. For their seventh full-length album, 2005's The Great Destroyer, Low moved to Sub Pop; the second leg of the group's tour in support of the album had to be canceled after Sparhawk announced he was in treatment for depression. By 2007 he was feeling well enough to return to work, and the group released its second LP for Sub Pop, the politically charged Drums and Guns; Sparhawk had also launched a side project, the Retribution Gospel Choir, whose debut album appeared in 2008. Released in 2011, C'mon marked the debut of bassist Steve Garrington, while the band also stretched its boundaries by working with producer Matt Beckley, who had previously worked with mainstream pop acts such as Katy Perry and Avril Lavigne. In 2013, Low's 20th anniversary year, the group released The Invisible Way, which featured production from Wilco's Jeff Tweedy. Low returned with a new studio album, Ones and Sixes, in September 2015, which the band produced in collaboration with recording engineer BJ Burton; Glenn Kotche of Wilco was a guest on the sessions.
Try to Sleep You See Everything Witches Done Especially Me $20 Majesty/Magic Nightingale Nothing But Heart Something's Turning Over
...I Love Back Home Again Be there Because you stood still Blowin' in the wind Blue eyed devil Bombscare Born by the wires Boyfriends & Girlfriends Bright Carnival Queen Cheek Condescend David & Jude Don't Carry It All Don't drop the baby Down By The River Fearless Heartbeat Hey Chicago I Am The Lamb I started a joke Joan Of Arc
I Could Live in Hope Words Three inches above the floor Man in a box wants to burn my soul And I'm tired, and I'm tired Is that the truth, he says That pain is easy to put in words Too many words And I can hear 'em If you're hearing screams Come back child, come back My hands are dry But I know they're gonna make it Just one more night Too many words, too many words Fear If you see my daughter Don't tell her I'm scared Forty days without water Feel my hands on her hair I fear Cut Jesse's gone inside out Someone brush her quiet mouth Charity's friend she was I know Fill her cup and leave her alone Distance fails but it keeps her alive Thinks that evil's on her side Gets rid of things that don't matter She used to let me cut her hair Jesse's gone inside out She used to let me cut her hair Slide They tell you come tomorrow Nothing for you now You listen so intently And slide Hearing only yourself You wait for the truth How can you get it When all you do Is slide Lazy It's not enough There's not enough for two Sarah you're lazy She says it's not enough for two Sarah you're lazy Lullaby Cross over and turn Feel the spot don't let it burn We all want we all yearn Be soft don't be stern Lullaby Was not supposed to make you cry I sang the words I meant I sang Sea The sea is a long, long way from me I'd go there if I had the time But lying here will do just fine Down I guess the secret's out Like a river flows It's never over done Out of control I guess the secret's out My simple goal You'll be the one, too Out of control Out of my control I guess the secret's out Above me looking down It's not supposed to be that way Out of control Drag I'm sorry but I can't hold on It works much better if I let it drag me around I'm sorry if I'm losing ground It works much better if I let it drag me around Rope You're gonna need more Don't ask me to kick any chairs out from under you Sunshine You are my sunshine My only sunshine You make me happy When skies are grey You'll never know, dear How much I love you Please don't take my sunshine away The other night, dear As I lay sleeping I dreamt I held you in my arms When I awoke, dear I was mistaken So I hung my head and cried You are my sunshine My only sunshine You make me happy When skies are grey You'll never know, dear How much I love you Please don't take my sunshine away Please don't take my sunshine away
Long Division Violence Lent you my favourite dictionary Came back with ripped out pages Stopped by so uninvited Wasted good silverware on you You can't trust violence Below & Above Once you felt alive Present for a time Those below you whore themselves Those above you know You're a friend of mine Bound by chains and wires Those below you whore themselves Those above you know Shame A long time you waited You thought it had abated Shame of it all The harm that it causes Pours down like a faucet Shame of it all Throw Out The Line Throw out the line Man overboard Passenger fall Maybe the angels will take him Come back no more Bride of my thoughts and anger Nothing to show Patience and strength come springtime Where will you go Throw out the line Swingin' Don't look up I'll have to dictate from the ground Don't mind the sound It's all familiar by now And I'm swingin' so high Unforgiven Unimpressed by my first draft She's a sinker I should have taught her how to swim And I'm swingin' so high See-through You were discovered bended over the dead Only to find out you were not even in the room See through but solid, holy but complete All will be followed Seen to, tended none the least Turn I never thought you took me seriously I never thought you'd be the one to turn me in I thought you saw me on the roof I didn't think you'd be the one to turn me in Caroline Caroline, we don't have much time Mercy lies in the one you hide Caroline, we don't have much time Mercy lies in the ones we hide You don't need to be outside You can stand with me in line Alone If I could get you alone Would you take me back home You remind me that I'm weak You remind me I can fly You remind me I can't read You remind me so I try Streetlight And you can see her Before it cracks and goes out She throws rocks at streetlights Keeps the streetlight changer busy Stay It's much too late for the action You've made this place unbecoming Do I have to stay These eyes have one more discovery Will it be wasted on monday Do I have to stay Take And then they take it all away How many years have I been away
The Curtain Hits the Cast
Anon Clean bill of health Five years at the bell No one will admit The time or the places they've been Anon Three scales of men Trace back to begin No one will admit Ignoring the age of my skin Anon The Plan On the step you handed me Pieces of the plan At the gate you handed me Pieces of the plan Can I hold it for a week Over The Ocean I'm over the ocean Over the hills, over the dell Over the fireline Over the sand, over the plan Over the empire And if I belong, then I'll be longer than expected And if I'm wrong, the mighty and strong will be rejected Mom Says Mom says The astronauts will bring it home Mom says The car won't make it to the lake But I don't know Mom says A farm's the best place to call home But I don't know Mom says We ruined her body Coattails He rides on coattails Standby You'll take it back Glory and failure You'll take it back Pure and unpunctured Standby You'll take it back You'll bring home the frame You'll take it back And weed through the black Standby Take back Laugh They're gonna laugh Behind your back Once you're able to stand Steal your mattress, sever your hand
Lust Are you finding answers Are you speaking in tongues Are you filled with anger Are you filled with lust Is it easy to bargain Is it easy to last Are you filled with anger Are you filled with lust Would it kill you to trust Stars Gone Out It's for certain I never thought I'd last Never thought the sea would try It's for certain You can tie me to the mast Goodbye to all the land and lies And when all the stars have gone out They won't fall, you can hear them crying And when all the stars have gone out They're not gone, you can hear them dying And it say it's enough Same I'm tired of waking up in the same clothes And the same holes in my skin And the same notes, in the same hair And the same words to the same words To the same songs in my head Do You Know How To Waltz One more dance Before they take away the light One more spin around the line One more step And then we'll turn and face the debt One more reason to forget Dark There are many things to be afraid of Like ghosts and death and climbing too high There are many things to be afraid of But don't be afraid of the dark
Secret Name I remember I remember every number I remember graduation I remember painted faces No they couldn't believe it was you I knew Starfire We'll call it starfire Who will know I want a station of my own I have the tools I have my rule I'll load the back and you can drive Broken bodies all the time Let's take a ride Starfire tonight Ten thousand miles away Away Two-step And the light, it burns your skin In a language you don't understand It's not that hard It is not that hard That's not all Voices small Heed them either way they call Two-step around the room Kneel down on white Two-step around the room Kneel down on white Two-step around the room You can kneel down on white Two-step around the room You can kneel down on white That's not all Voices small Heed them either way they call And the light, it burns your skin In a language you don't understand Weight of water Take a cupful from your hand Wait for forty days Make a river through the sand 'Til you're called by a secret name And the weight of the water has brought me back to this Just leave me to the river Let it cleanse my face I have no power to ward it Like the baptism of the earth And the weight of the water has brought me back to this And the step where you stood As I bleed from the wound How I cower to that weight Still I'll make this water home Missouri Oh, speak to me Adam and Eve Oh, Missouri Oh, Missouri You wanted it back, faces painted black Oh, Missouri Oh, Missouri What did you get for your dishes and sweat Oh, Missouri Oh, Missouri Oh, Missouri Oh, Missouri Oh, speak to me Adam and Eve Oh, Missouri Oh, Missouri Oh, Missouri Oh, Missouri Oh, Missouri Don't understand Carry the weight And wait at the last Bloodied my leg And buried my fist I don't understand I don't understand I send it away Now it's back in my breast And drag you to town Treat you just like a son Alone in my house Did they teach you to run I don't understand I don't understand I don't understand Soon Soon it will be over I laughed under my breath over your shoulder There's a message out tonight Nobody's looking at the sky Soon it will be over I laughed under my breath over your shoulder You think that I don't know your name And now your face is all in flames You think that I don't know your name And now I'll stand there all amazed Immune Tell me is the time as slow Only when your eyes are closed Do we stand to waste some more Am I still immune Am I naked too Does it taste like home Only when your eyes are closed Have you been away too long Am I still immune Am I naked too Am I naked too Tell me is the time as slow Only when your eyes are closed Is the point to stay too long Am I still immune Am I naked too Am I naked too Feels like being used Lion/lamb Don't go without, we'd surely die To go without is suicide Are you a lion or a lamb Are you as guilty as i am Are you a lion or a lamb Are you as guilty as I am Days of It was one of those days Of salvation and loss Just one of those days When you weight for the worst First they hold you for a ransom Then they buy you for a song Just one of those days When you laugh at what you've done How they ripped you from the pages Oh you waited for the best It was one of those days Of salvation and loss Will the night Will the night last forever Stay by my side 'Cause tonight, together Would be divine But once it's gone Your face to hide Against the sun The moon Am I on the other side So blind So long Goodbye Goodnight Home Home, everybody wants to go home Even when they're old Even when they're small Home, everybody wants to go home Even when they're old Even when they're small Home Home Home Home
Old man song Once he was up in a plane Saw the world as it was Only to come down again Only to come down again Left to his own accord He would sit up all night Nothing from anyone else Nothing from anyone else Clothes that hang on his frame Now he could go either way Marvels at what he believes Marvels at what he can see Last breath I held your last breath in my hand. I held your last word in my heart. Without the recourse, Without the liable, Without your reasons, What more do I know I held your last breath in my hand. I held your last word in my heart. I held your last hope in my mouth. I held your last trust in my heart. Heart, heart
Christmas Just Like Christmas On our way from Stockholm Started to snow And you said it was like Christmas But you were wrong It wasn't like Christmas at all By the time we got to Oslo Snow was gone And we got lost The beds were small But we felt so young It was just like Christmas It was just like Christmas It was just like Christmas It was just like Christmas… Long Way Around the Sea We've come so far We've followed the star Harod heard Said "bring me word" Take the long way around the sea Here for us A humble birth The son of God Descends to earth Take the long way around the sea On Christmas day On bended knee Please accept The gifts we bring Take the long way around the sea Take the long way around the sea We turn to go An angel shone Said, "don't go back To harod's throne" Take the long way around the sea Take the long way around the sea Take the long way around the sea Take the long way around the sea The Little Drummer Boy Come, they told me Pa romp pa pom pom A newborn king you'll see Pa romp pa pom pom Our finest gifts we bring Pa romp pa pom pom To lay before the king Pa romp pa pom pom Romp pa pom pom, romp pa pom pom So to honor Him, pa romp pa pom pom When we come Baby Jesus Pa romp pa pom pom I am a poor boy too Pa romp pa pom pom I have no gift to bring Pa romp pa pom pom That fit to give our king Pa romp pa pom pom Romp pa pom pom, romp pa pom pom Shall I play for You, pa romp pa pom pom On my drum Mary nodded Pa romp pa pom pom The ox and lamb kept time Pa romp pa pom pom I played my drum for Him Pa romp pa pom pom I played my best for Him Pa romp pa pom pom Romp pa pom pom, romp pa pom pom Then He smiled at me, pa romp pa pom pom Me and my drum If You Were Born Today If you were born today We'd kill you by age eight Never get the chance to say Joy to the world and Peace on the earth Forgive them for they know not what they do Blessed are the meek and Blessed are the humble Blessed are the ninety and nine Deny the flesh Deny all that's evil Tonight you'll deny me thrice If you were born today We'd kill you by age eight Ever get the chance to say... Blue Christmas I'll have a blue blue Christmas without you I'll be so blue just thinking about you Decorations of red on a green Christmas tree Won't mean a thing if you're not here with me I'll have a blue Christmas that's certain And when that blue heartaches starts hurting You'll be doing alright with your Christmas of white But I'll have a blue, blue Christmas You'll be doing alright with your Christmas of white But I'll have a blue, blue Christmas
Silent Night Silent night, holy night All is calm, all is bright Round yon Virgin Mother and Child Holy Infant so tender and mild Sleep in heavenly peace Sleep in heavenly peace Silent night, holy night! Shepherds quake at the sight Glories stream from heaven afar Heavenly hosts sing Alleluia! Christ, the Saviour is born Christ, the Saviour is born Silent night, holy night Son of God, love's pure light Radiant beams from Thy holy face With the dawn of redeeming grace Jesus, Lord, at Thy birth Jesus, Lord, at Thy birth Taking Down the Tree Careful, one by one It is undone Seems before it's over It's begun Another broken reindeer Another candle Another velvet ribbon Another nosebleed Winding up the lights We set the star so high So high So high One Special Gift After we've spent all the money On nieces and nephews And a couple of friends There'll be just enough left For one special gift For one special gift For one special guest
Things We Lost in the Fire
Sunflower When they found your body Giant X's on your eyes With your half of the ransom You bought some sweet, sweet, sweet Sweet sunflowers And gave them to the night Underneath the star of David A hundred years behind my eyes And with my half of the ransom I bought some sweet, sweet, sweet Sweet sunflowers And gave them to the night Sweet, sweet, sweet, sweet sunflowers Sweet, sweet, sweet, sweet sunflowers Sweet, sweet, sweet, sweet sunflowers Sweet, sweet, sweet, sweet sunflowers And gave them to the night Whitetail Stay up all night Waste time, waste light Closer, closer Ever closer You win, you fail Exit whitetail Closer, closer Maybe closer Dinosaur Act You and your daughter And your father Flew airplanes You and your sister Can tell by the back of her hands It was a dinosaur act Dinosaur act Dinosaur act Dinosaur act After expenses And pulling up fences No more airplanes And putting your foot down A nail shot up like a bright red snowflake Just like a dinosaur act Dinosaur act Dinosaur act Dinosaur act Dinosaur And all through the dust You feel that you must hear the strings of a dove But it's a dinosaur act Dinosaur act Dinosaur act Dinosaur act Dinosaur Medicine Magazines They'll never cure this thing With medicine and magazines I know you play your part You cover up your ever-aching heart No one knows where you are And no one thought you'd ever Get that far And how can it be that fun When everyone around you Dies so young And I'm not your favourite one But who will walk you out When it's all done Laser Beam I don't need a laser beam I don't need the time Leave me in the car tonight Rest your drunken mind I need your grace alone Lesser things are on your mind Don't you think I know Will this poison scar my eyes Mother, close the door I need your grace alone I don't need a laser beam I don't need a laser beam July Wait, it's late We've missed the date Gone, I guess With the rest, the rest They'll never wake us in time They'll never wake us in time Maybe we'll wait 'til July Now, at last I hear them pass Gone, I guess With the rest, the rest They'll never wake us in time They'll never wake us in time Maybe we'll wait 'til July Then August, September October, November or December La la, la la la Embrace Holding my head for the last of race Pushing my body to get that embrace It won't last, hold on fast It won't last, hold on fast Breathing in time, so hard to trace Crushing your skull with my warming embrace It won't last, hold on fast It won't last, hold on fast I fell down the stairs I wished I were dead You ran for the light He handed me your head It won't last It won't last, hold on fast It won't last, hold on fast Whore You will get your reward You will get your reward What is the whore you're living for Is it so wrong to think there's more There's always one worth waiting for What is the whore you're living for You fill the house with bells But who can live like that You wanna speak like angels But you can't Kind Of Girl Half your life you kept it in Born without a stomach Now the thread around you spins No, you're not that kind of girl No, you could've had the world Every time they lift you up Every time more thread to cut Seems like you've been cut enough No, you're not that kind of girl No, you could've had the world Now lesser things Pull the strings Of priests and kings No, you're not that kind of girl No, you could've had the world Like A Forest Black, like a forest And still, like a lion My knees are bended We used to speak A different language I wasted my breath On words soon forgotten Left unattended They're moving their feet But nobody's dancing Ah, take your time Ah, take your time How can I blame you For all of the screaming That i've had to turn to Just in time To go off in my hands Closer Hold me closer than that Hold me closer than that How'd we get here so fast? Hold me closer than that On a dark, raging sea Ships lay sleeping beneath Overhead, spinning past Hold me closer than that Things we lost in the fire How'd we ever get by Words will never take back Hold me closer than that Hold me closer than that Hold me closer than that How'd we get here so fast? Hold me closer than that La la la la In Metal Filling holes with tiny sounds Shining from the inside out Picture of you where it began In metal In metal Partly hate to see you grow And just like your baby shoes Wish I could keep your little body In metal In metal In metal In metal In metal In metal
Trust (That's How You Sing) Amazing Grace I knew this girl when I was young She took her spikes from everyone One night she swallowed up the lake That's how you sing amazing grace Amazing grace Amazing grace It sounds like razors in my ears That bell's been ringing now for years Someday I'll give it all away That's how you sing amazing grace Oh, can you hear that sweet sweet sound Yeah, I was lost but now I'm found Sometimes there's nothing left to save That's how you sing amazing grace Amazing grace That's how you sing amazing grace Canada I'm not scared of waking up I'm not afraid of getting cut 'Cause you can't take that stuff to Canada You can't take it anywhere You could la la la la la And you could lie to all your friends But you can't take that stuff to Canada You can't take it anywhere I used to have a golden tongue But now the words just feel like stones 'Cause you can't take that stuff to Canada You can't take it anywhere Candy Girl Candy girl You sing that song so well Candy girl You try to stand so still Wasting all our days With Gillian and Dave Candy girl Candy girl Candy girl You sing that song so well
Time Is The Diamond If I'm not a lion And I'm not an island If time is the diamond Well all right Got a weak pair of lungs From a childhood disease Will it ever come clean Well all right Tried to learn from the past Keep my fist in my mouth But they just keep falling out Well all right Well all right If I'm not a lion And I'm not an island If time is the diamond Well all right Well all right Tonight Trying to keep time Closer than we like Memories still lie Tonight Faces of the day Pressed up to your spine Blessings still to come Tonight Tonight Precious things unsaid As the night begins Who will hang his head Tonight Tonight Tonight The Lamb You go west Where they won't find you With your mother's breast And the poison arrows 'Cause you see black And I see shadows I am the lamb And I'm a dead man They'll take my name And feed my children With my remains In the holy temple 'Cause I am the lamb And I'm a dead man I am the lamb And I'm a dead man In The Drugs I was a child I was on fire But I stayed alive while all else died I held my breath What could I say And I closed my eyes like Marvin Gaye But now I've had enough It's in the drugs It's in the drugs It's in the drugs, ah It's in the drugs You had your plan A heavy hand But the weight was more than you could stand Breaking like dolls Singing like birds We always get what we deserve But now I've had enough It's in the drugs It's in the drugs Last Snowstorm of the Year When we were young We wanted to die But the sound of a drum And the words of a child Brought different light Now no one can tell The winter was nice But the summer is hell The ground was so hard The nights were so long But we suffered the dark And we wrote all those songs Still I was a fool I covered my ears No I would not face the last snowstorm of the year No I would not face the last snowstorm of the year John Prine I verified the math And double-checked the syntax I tried to heal your body But it just kept coming back You never had a chance I thought I was a poet I had so much to say But now I want to see the blood I want to make them pay Yeah, I can see the day I made a place for children They wanted all the answers I gave them all my lectures And now they're perfect dancers 'Cause I'm a perfect dancer Sha la la la la Sha la la la la Little Argument With Myself I want to believe I want to believe I want to believe I want to believe Just keep counting the stars Like someday you'll find out Just how many there are And we all can go home 'Cause there's nothing as sad As a man on his back Counting stars But, I want to believe Yes, I want to believe 'Cause there's nothing as sad As a man on his back Counting stars La La La Song All there years you've been speaking without breathing Spinning closer to the sun Had your way with an unsuspecting public Little threads are all it takes La la la la ... I have learned all your secrets, so familiar I know where you lay your head Fear of god and a disappointing father Holds the hand around your neck La la la la ... Sometimes I could just choke myself with laughter Sometimes everything's so true So when you come down from your death-defying labors I'll still be in love with you La la la la ... Point of Disgust Once, I was lost To the point of disgust I had in my sight Lack of vision Lack of light I fell hard I fell fast Mercy me It'll never last Then, in the dust All the things We discussed Were thrown to the wind So at last We begin 'Cause we fall hard We fall fast Mercy me It'll never last Shots and Ladders They're gonna build a ladder It's gonna take you forever You're always such a disaster But all you hear is laughter They want to keep you for more tests Stick a needle in your chest And send you home to your own bed And kiss your beautiful forehead See how you feel in the morning
The Great Destroyer Monkey Oh my my Little white lies I swear I'm gonna make it right This time It's not the radio Turn it way down low Telling me things I do not know I know Tonight you will be mine Tonight the monkey dies Tonight you will be mine Tonight the monkey dies Now who's to blame You used to be the same Now you won't let me speak your name What a shame It's a suicide Shut up and drive We're never going to make the light But it's all right Tonight you will be mine Tonight the monkey dies Tonight you will be mine Tonight the monkey dies... California See your reflection in your mind You keep your revelations wide eyed They knew just where to draw the line You let them get you every time Though it breaks your heart We had to sell the farm Back to California where it's warm It fell around you like the stars You picked up everything they dropped And though it breaks you like a song You had some secrets of your own (repeat chorus) It's warm It's warm Though it breaks your heart We had to sell the farm Nights were just too long With all your children gone Would it keep you strong If I said it with a song Back to California where it's warm Everybody's Song Pour yourself another cup another cup another cup And wait I can't wait forever Live your life A stupid life a stupid life a stupid life Nobody does it better Breaking everybody's heart Taking everyone apart Breaking everybody's heart Singing everybody's song All your dreams are waking up are waking up are waking up in space You can't sleep forever Every day you torture us you torture us you torture us Nothing stays together (repeat chorus) Silver Rider At times I see you, you silver rider Sometimes your voice is not enough Your face in windows outside forever Nobody dreamed you'd save the world Nobody dreamed you'd save the world Your march is over The great destroyer She passes through you like a knife Oh take me with you You silver rider Sometimes your voice is not enough Sometimes your voice is not enough Just Stand Back I can't decide and I can't hide Make up my mind it's a waste of time Here comes the knife You better just stand back I could turn on you so fast It's a hit its got soul Steal the show with your rock n' roll With a swing like that you better just stand back I could turn on you so fast Just like diamonds in your hand I'll just cut you in the end One more step and I'll slit your neck You'll get use to it you better just stand back I could turn on you so fast I could turn on you so fast I could turn on you so fast Just like diamonds in your hand I could turn on you so fast I just cut you in the end I could turn on you so fast On The Edge Of Soft from your lips to the rise of your stomach Your lungs filled with fingers keep jamming words down my throat Nothing to steal we've got nothing to love Nothing to spill because oh we're so innocent oh Oh on the edge of Oh on the edge of I could have built you a house on the ocean The ocean repeating and receding into the sun So cut to you dead and now cut to the laughing Cut through our bodies and lastly into our oh Oh on the edge of Oh Oh on the edge of Cue The Strings Before you speak The words are plain to see Upon your skin They sing, they dance and spin So what, pray tell Will save you now Here comes that cold sunrise And at the peak We reach to cue the strings They ring So sweet They lay in plain relief So what, pray tell Will save you now Here comes that cold sunrise Here comes that cold sunrise Step The levee's breaking Feel it shakin' like the dirt All the kids are sleeping Silent dreams beneath their heads Go to wake up screamin' Little lights above your bed Hey, keep an eye on what you say You think the words just walk away But they creep into my brain Sinking deep into my step My step I am the walrus darlin' No one ever knows my name You are the chorus sweet thing Never sing that song again Hey, keep an eye on what you say You think the words just walk away But they're creepin' through my brain Sinkin' deep into my step My step (chorus repeated) When I Go Deaf When I go deaf I won't even mind I'll be all right I'll be just fine I'll stay out all night Looking at the sky I'll still have my sight Yeah, I'll still have my eyes And, we will make love We won't have to fight We won't have to speak And we won't have to lie And, I'll stop writing songs Stop scratching out lines I won't have to think And it won't have to rhyme When I go deaf When I go deaf When I go deaf When I go deaf When I go deaf When I go deaf When I go deaf When I go deaf Broadway (So Many People) Last night just north of Houston Broadway so many people Through your third story window I see my favourite record store Where is the laughter Where is the laughter Smiling, tasting the irony Broadway so many people Outside just round the corner Letter and Bob Marley t-shirts Where is the laughter Where is the laughter Baby, 10,000 years ago Broadway so many people Sleeping down at the factory Waiting and singing so softly Where is the laughter Where is the laughter The garden of Eden The voices of children Where is the laughter Pissing I can't see Sing the darker of Pissing on my toes Knowing what I know I know I'm waiting Like a loyal whore Under every stone Lovers sleep alone Alone Alone Lovers sleep alone Alone Alone Death of a Salesman So I took my guitar And I threw down some chords And some words I could sing without shame And I soon had a song I played it around For some friends but they all said the same They said music's for fools You should go back to school The future is prisms and math So I did what they said Now my children are fed 'Cause they pay me to do what I'm asked I forgot all my songs The words now are wrong And I burned my guitar in a rage But the fire came to rest In your white velvet breast So somehow I just know that it's safe Walk Into The Sea I can walk into the sea And I can choke away the memories Do I have to stay alive Just to keep our dresses white You've come to me in dreams With all the other pretty things You tell me about a savior And how his soul goes on forever And time is just a hunger It leads itself to nothing When it finally takes us over I hope we float away together Yeah, time's the great destroyer Leaves every child a bastard But when it finally takes us over I hope we float away together
Drums and Guns
Pretty People All the soldiers They're all gonna die All the little babies They're all gonna die All the poets And all the liars And all you pretty people You're all gonna die Belarus To my mouth Frozen shut Mother's son Paper cup Belarus Belarus Belarus Belarus Pressing light Brighter sound Black and white Fading now Belarus Belarus Belarus Belarus Breaker Our bodies break And the blood just spills and spills But here we sit debating math It's just a shame My hand just kills and kills There's gotta be an end to that There's gotta be an end to that Dragonfly We took our pills It changed the world We had our fill But when we realized That we were dragonflies We knew we had to try to find a way to get more pills Maybe you're right Maybe you're right Oh dragonfly Your thousand eyes What do they see The lines of history Some things should never be Why do we even try There's no such thing as dragonfly pills Maybe you're right Maybe you're right Oh dragonfly Maybe you're right Sandinista Where would you go If the gun fell in your hand Home to the kids or to sympathetic friends Oh Sandinista Oh Sandinista Oh Sandinista, take my side Deep through the clouds Hear them marching up slowly Fresh with the blood Of your fathers, so holy Oh Sandinista Oh Sandinista Oh Sandinista, take my side Take my side Always Fade Come clean and off with your head The streams of bright rosy red Your heart will do the rest And you'll always fade You'll always fade Someday you'll change But you'll always fade Cut free the weight on your neck The screams, the clutching of breast So sorry bout the mess But you'll always fade Someday you'll change But you'll always fade Dust on the Window Dust on the window The sun's darkened angle Write your initials with mine At this time tomorrow I'll be just one day closer One sunset further behind In the morning I'll make up my mind Always a whisper Worthless and tender A break in my arm that won't heal You lie like a shadow Your breath on my pillow You won't let me keep what I steal Tell me where can a girl get a meal Hatchet You be my Charlie And I can be your George Let's bury the hatchet like the Beatles and the Stones They'll play our songs forever on the radio Let's bury the hatchet like the Beatles The Beatles and the Stones I know you've got a thing for ordinary guys But I've heard your records and they sound a lot like mine So you be my Marianne, and I'll be your Yoko Let's bury the hatchet like the Beatles The Beatles and the Stones Like the Beatles The Beatles and the Stones Your Poison I've spent a lot of time Good people Trying to make it rhyme Good people It gave my mind a little place to hide If you don't like my lines Good people You better open wide Good people Call the chief It has become my belief that your tongue is the weapon You cut what you reap with your poison Your poison Your poison Your poison Take Your Time So she waits on the edges of the mattress What it takes to get a bad mess out of a bad dress When she sings it's like a blue dove on a whipping post When she speaks she thanks the good lord for the holy ghost Take your time sweet thing Take your time Take your time sweet thing Take your time In Silence They put the treasure deep inside us Inside us Inside us They thought the desert would divide us Divide us Divide us With silence With silence With silence With silence They filled our hearts and hands with violence With violence With violence It's time to leave the fields behind us Behind us Behind us In silence In silence In silence In silence In silence In silence In silence Murderer One more thing before I go One more thing I'll ask you, lord You may need a murderer Someone to do your dirty work Don't act so innocent I've seen you pound your fists into the earth And I've read your books Seems that you could use another fool Well, I'm cruel And I look right through You must have more important things to do So if you need a murderer Someone to do your dirty work Violent Past All I can do is fight Even if I know you're right All I can do is fight Pretty fingers holding fast Maybe it's your violent past Maybe it's your violent past All you can do is hide God bless the darkness of the night All you can do is hide Pretty fingers, the golden calf Maybe it's your violent past Maybe it's your violent past Maybe it's the violet path Maybe it's your violent past Maybe it's the violet path Maybe it's your violent past
C'Mon
Try to Sleep You try to sleep 'Cause there's never enough You try to sleep But then you never wake up Inside the dream You take a step You come to see To see your debt Try to sleep Don't look at the camera Try to sleep You stretch your wings You take a breath You hide your feet Embrace your head A tragedy No, there's never enough You try to sleep But then you never wake up Try to sleep Don't look at the camera Try to sleep But then you never wake up But then you never wake up You never wake up Never wake up C'mon, wake up You See Everything Quakin' with the ground See my smile Watch you frown Pick it up Lay it down Life's too short To be your clown Your clown You see everything But I don't Lift up the veil Get me out of this well On the shore We recline Come on in The water's fine So fine You see everything But I don't You see everything But I don't You see everything But I don't You see everything But I don't You see everything You see everything Witches You played the part of the one Who was taken down by gods All I could think about was how a guy Like me could fight them off And when you finally Submitted to embarrassing capture Out of the corner of my eye I see my children in rapture One night I got up and told my father There were witches in my room He gave me a baseball bat and said "Here's what you do" When you have finally Submitted to embarrassing capture Take out that baseball bat And show those witches some pasture All you guys out there Trying to act like Al Green All you guys out there Trying to act like Al Green, you're all weak Cause when you've finally Submitted to embarrassing capture All you guys out there Gonna wish you were Al Green Done Left my lair To the wind and the sand With blood on my lips And silver in hand And I'm weary and stumbling In the desert heat Where raindrops, they burn up Before they reach your cheek Your cheek, your cheek And if you see my love And if you see my love And if you see my love Tell her I'm done Especially Me Cry me a river So I can float over to you The bearer to deliver the news I'm over the moon And underfoot All these elixirs would be moot 'Cause if we knew where we belong There'd be no doubt where we're from But as it stands, we don't have a clue Especially me and probably you You've fallen in a slumber Just wake one more time To miss or put asunder Would be a crime Some songs feel like butter Some songs sound like cake This little number is for your sake 'Cause if we knew where we belong There'd be no doubt where we're from But as it stands, we don't have a clue Especially me and probably you, probably you 'Cause if we knew where we belong There'd be no doubt where we're from But as it stands, we all need the truth Especially me and probably you, probably you Probably you, definitely you $20 A heart that won't burst And lips that don't thirst I thought of you first My love is for free, my love My love is for free My love is for free, my love My love is for free The breath of a bird A voice never heard But you knew every word My love is for free, my love My love is for free My love is for free, my love My love is for free The dream is enough The price is too much But it's nothing to us My love is for free, my love My love is for free My love is for free, my love My love is for free Majesty/Magic See how they twist 'round the room Oh majesty, oh magic How could they leave us so soon Oh majesty, oh magic Oh majesty, oh magic Oh majesty, oh magic Oh majesty, oh magic Oh majesty, oh magic Nightingale Sunrise and I see her eyes Oh why'd you come, and oh why Eternally break the spell I try to tell, but I don't Oh nightingale, oh nightingale Oh nightingale don't you cry So sad and my eyes go dead So red, so empty, so red You smile I chase my tail You laugh like hell, but I don't Oh nightingale, oh nightingale Oh nightingale don't you cry Don't cry, don't cry, don't cry Oh nightingale, oh nightingale Oh nightingale, oh nightingale Oh nightingale, oh nightingale Nothing But Heart I would be your king But you wanna be free Confusion and art I'm nothing but heart I'm nothing but heart... Something's Turning Over As a child I hid between the pages Cutting secret phrases overhead But things we turn our back on when we're older Only drag us back into our bed Something's turning over You'd better get out while you can Something's turning over Angels setting fire to the ocean Pirates making liars out of men No, I don't think we'll ever see their faces I don't think we'll ever see the end Something's turning over You'd better get out while you can Something's turning over Get out while you're young Every now and then I feel them breathing Moving through the rooms so quietly And just because you never hear their voices Don't mean they won't kill you in your sleep
The Invisible Way
Plastic Cup You could always count on your friends to get you high That's right You could always count on the rents to get you by You could fly Now they make you piss into a plastic cup Give it up The cup will probably be here long after we're gone What's wrong I'm always on the run and I hate copy past for god's sake They'll probably dig it up a thousand years from now And how They'll probably wonder what the hell we used it for And more This must be the cup the king held every night As he cried Maybe you should go out and write your own damn song And move on Amethyst You hide, you always hide So deep inside the amethyst mind The color bleeds and fades to white What used to be a violent mind I'm always on the run and I hate copy past for god's sake Afraid the things they say They reach and stranger get their way You claim they can't touch you Still you choose to take the edge of the room Oh time, it pulls out your eyes It makes you choose between two lives So what, you've got that too You're nobody's stupid girl So Blue Dream the day Caught in the sway Miles gone inside Into the air I take a breath No longer care To be the death Even time We took a light Songs leaving alive Into the air I'm always on the run and I hate copy past for god's sake I take a breath No longer dare To be the death of you Of you So blue So blue With you And into the air We take a chance Can no longer bare To miss the dance With you With you So blue So blue With you With you So blue So blue With you With you So blue So blue With you With you So blue So blue Holy Ghost Some holy ghost Keeps me hanging on Hanging on Some holy ghost Keeps me hanging on Hanging on I feel the hands But I don't see anyone Anyone I feel the hands But I don't see anyone It's there and gone I'm always on the run and I hate copy past for god's sake Feeds my passion for transcendence Turns my water into wine Makes me wish I was empty Now I don't know much But I can tell when something's wrong And something's wrong But some holy ghost Keeps me Waiting I'm waiting like a child Hope runs wild The truth can hide Sometimes right behind the sorrow I see beyond the smile Cheat and lie I'm not blind Suicide, still I'll be here tomorrow So leave it alone Dogs come home Even the stone finds a place within the hollow, yeah I'm always on the run and I hate copy past for god's sake I'm waiting like a child Hope runs wild The truth can hide Sometimes right behind the sorrow, yeah Clarence White Clarence White and Josh Murray I never thought I'd see the day It hurts to hear but it's so easy to say Clarence White I know I shouldn't be afraid You think it's pretty Oh no, I am a raging river I'll cut through your city Oh no, just like destroying angel The one from the movie Oh no, the one with Charlton Heston That used to scare me I'm always on the run and I hate copy past for god's sake But I know I shouldn't be afraid I know I shouldn't be afraid I know I shouldn't be afraid I know I shouldn't be afraid Four Score Four score Even Alas You'll tell me your Fortunes Taken The stand Forsaken But none forgotten Borrowed Boughten And so All in, all out Of something Worth everything I'm always on the run and I hate copy past for god's sake All in, all out Of everything Worth nothing But none forgotten Borrowed Boughten And so Just Make It Stop If I could just make it stop I could tell the whole world To get out of the way If I could just make it stop If I could just make it stop Breaking my heart Get out of the way If I could just make it stop You see I'm close to the edge I'm at the end of my rope The rope is starting to thread I'm trying to keep my hold I'm always on the run and I hate copy past for god's sake You say I'm something I'm not But I'm not what I seem Get my back off the wall If I could just make it stop If I could just make it stop I could tell the whole world To get out of the way If I could just make it stop If I could just make it stop Breaking my heart Get out of the way If I could just make it stop If I could just make it stop Now I'm looking up From a ten foot hole Seeing nothing but blue sky Shining on my soul As I untie the chord And untwist the knot We could get where we're going If I could just make it stop If I could just make it stop I could tell the whole world To get out of the way If I could just make it stop If I could just make it stop From breaking my heart Get out of the way If I could just make it stop If I could just make it stop Mother When you became my mother There was time You thought I'd be a daughter But didn't mind And as the world began to measure And define We had time We had time I'm always on the run and I hate copy past for god's sake You gave me light and language And a name You held me to the fire To the flame Now if I could tell the future All the same Why would I We have time Deep beneath the surface of the earth So many bodies waiting for the world When every child and mother will return Forever We'll have time On My Own At the end of the story At the start of the song That's the part that just threw me On my own How want turns to hungry How hope turns to no How fear turns to angry On my own On my own So if you wake up before me If you find you were wrong Then there's nothing worth holding On my own, on my own On my own, on my own I'm always on the run and I hate copy past for god's sake Happy birthday, happy birthday Happy birthday, happy birthday... To Our Knees And the love we all need Was running hard to be free It got caught up in the forest By the branches on the trees By the creatures of the daylight And the beasts of the night Then the mountains and the rivers Took their turn on its lean I'm always on the run and I hate copy past for god's sake It went stumbling down the hill side Where it landed on its knees On its knees, on its knees, on its knees And see And the love we all need Once we landed from its speed We adore it and abused it Till it brought us to our knees To our knees, to our knees To our knees
Ones and Sixes Gentle Gentle, middle, quiet, narrow Careful, measure Tortured, stable It doesn't have to end this way But this is where we stand Conscious, watching, waiting Silence, listen, hello Blessing, treading It doesn't have to end this way But this is where we stand Hell could be a colder place Feel my breath slipping away It kills me, even so I stay I will listen to what you say Hell could be a colder place Feel my breath slipping away It kills, even so I stay I will listen to what you say Hell could be a colder place Feel my breath slipping away It kills, even so I stay I will listen to what you say Hell could be a colder place Feel my breath slipping away It kills, even so I stay I will listen to what you say
No Comprende You know you didn't understand me I didn't say it was a problem Before you start to make assumtions Let's try to cut to the solution You know we should have seen it coming You couldn't wait till it crossed that line Your hands were tied I know I do not know the language (our house is on fire) You keep me talking in a circle (house with desire) You can't just throw it in the trailer You've got to stack it so it's stable (our house is on fire) Got to wind up all the cables Couldn't wait to cross that line Your hands were tied To the last that you could find It breaks you everytime On fire House is on fire
Spanish Translation Everything always confusion Things I could never explain Then I saw your Spanish translation And nothing has since been the same All that I thought I knew then Flew out the back of my head Into the river it bled Everything once within reason Falling away like the dust Naked and dim as an echo Far away empty of light Reaching expanding collapsing Breathing repeating and bright All that I thought I knew then Flew out the back of my head Into the river it bled Everything once within reason Falling away like the dust All that I thought I knew then Blew out the back of my head Into the river it bled Everything once within reason Falling away like the dust
Congregation Sometimes The congregation takes the other side An inquisition of familiar lies A grave distraction from a quiet rite Sometimes The congregation can't make up its mind Incarceration creeps up from behind The implication is its own device In the middle of a synod fight Sometimes The congregation can't be satisfied Can't be bothered with the ways and whys Generations like the ways and time
No End I couldn't wait to come back through To you I thought I had so much to prove Untrue I couldn't stand and leave you to Can't lose the last shrew That's cool Wining away the hours and days Unmade Anticipating plans and ways To change So many things that I can't take Away today It's too late Into the night and out again My friend is away With no end With no end No end
Into You I can't explain The slowing of my brain The underlying vein That flows right into you Trace of oil and shell Penetrate the well Tired to be so frail It flows right into you Right through the tomb Below what's new Right into you It flows right into you Right through the tomb Below what's new Right into you
What Part Of Me What part of me don't you know? What part of me don't you own? What part of me don't you know? What part of me don't you own? Can't you see that I'm bleedin' out here? Waking up from a dreamin' out here It's gettin' hard to believe in out here It's a 100 degreesin' out here What part of me don't you know? What part of me don't you own? What part of me don't you know? What part of me don't you own? Sometimes it scares to death Sometimes it takes all my breath Talking, talking and pleading all night It must be somewhere to reach the other side What part of me don't you know? What part of me don't you own? What part of me don't you know? What part of me don't you own? Don't you know
The Innocents All you innocents Make a run for it All you innocents Might be done for it All you innocents Make a run for it All the innocents Might be done for it To begin with, there's the two of us Never minding the world With the armor of a few of us Losing everything to hope All you innocents Make a run for it All you innocents Might be done for it
Kid In The Corner They put the kid in the corner They put the kid in the corner They put the kid in the corner They put the kid in the corner We couldn't wait any longer We couldn't get through the border We couldn't wait any longer We couldn't get through the border You put the kid in the corner Can't you go any faster? Can't you hit any harder? Can't you go any faster? Can't you hit any harder? They put the kid in the corner They put the kid in the corner They put the kid in the corner They put the kid in the corner
Lies When they found you on the edge of the road You had a pistol underneath your coat But it all started back in '79 Your mother used to work from sunset to 5 And when you knew enough to know where to go You said you wanted to be out on your own Why don't you tell me what you really want Instead of making up the same old lies, lies, lies You say you must be going out of your mind And I can see you when I look in your eyes You're always talking on the end of your tongue And sweep the ashes underneath the rug You swear you're having just the time of your life You've got it wrapped in pretty papers and white Why don't you tell me what you really want Instead of making up the same old lies, lies, lies Lies, lies, lies Lies, lies, lies Oh, baby, we gotta go The shadow's taking its toll We're not winning anymore Time is keeping score It's the blind leading the blind One can handle the night Oh, it's not what I wanna say But I'll say it anyway When I saw you on the edge of the road You had a pistol underneath your coat I should be sleeping by your lonely side Instead of working on this song all night
Landslide Talk it out loud Talk to myself A stone in a cloud Silence in hell Look at the smile Broken latif Torn at the mouth Loosing our feet Caught in a landslide Let it all out Scream till you bleed There's no coming back The sun shatter sleep (?) So you call me brother Sister I plea Out of lies (?) An out of all leak Call it a landslide
DJ Our fathers said what their fathers said Our mothers did what their mothers did We find each other on the edge of it To be forgiven if we don't forget You want religion, you want assurance A resurrection, some kind of purpose You have the vision, you opened your eyes A complication, you should have looked twice You have forgotten how to use your head You got somebody else to paint your fence Is it the body or the evidence? You want it all without the consequence You want religion, you want assurance A resurrection, some kind of purpose It's not what you say, it's what you take back Like a DJ, you've gotta shake that
Double Negative
Quorum Quorum's not the reason Selfish interest You've got to break the quorum This time it's over now You've torn vacant stares You tried to blame it on the quorum I'm tired of seeing things You put away the book What are you waiting for? (I am not above the law) It started up with nothing To let them win the war So fast and quick we ran I couldn't help but notice Dancing and Blood What could I say Taken aback All that you gave Wasn't enough What could I say Taken aback All that you gave Chasing the line Tear in the cut It's inside Keep in the know Throw in the earth Dancing and blood What could I say Taken aback All that you gave Wasn't enough Fly I thought we had it made up After all we had to pay up Keep it knocking on the cellar That's no way to earn a dollar But I don't know And I don't mind Leave my weary bones And fly You're telling me just one more I keep it like it's torture Keep my body like a soldier You gotta tell me when it's over But I don't know And I don't mind Take my weary bones And fly Fly Fly Fly Fly Fly Fly Fly Fly Tempest There suck I Bell I lie Owl do cry And bat to fly Forgive, forget Live and let You grin and paw And laugh it off Even when you're on Even when you're on Even when you're on Even when you're on Forgive, forget Live and let You grin and paw And laugh it off Even when you're on Even when you're on Even when you're on Even when you're on Even when you're on Even when you're on Even when you're on Even when you're on Always Up Always up Must be tough Temptation Frustration Turn it out Break it down Mistaken Unshaken I believe, I believe, I believe, I believe Can't you see, can't you see, can't you see, can't you see I believe, I believe, I believe, I believe Can't you see, can't you see, can't you see, can't you see I see it Hearts trailing What you so Afraid of Always Trying to Work It Out I saw you at the grocery store, I know I should have walked over and said hello It seemed like you were in a hurry I didn't want to slow you down so I figured I should let you go Always trying to work it out (Work it out) Always trying to work it out (Work it out) See the little children at your knees I heard you moved back and got a house at East Everybody says that the war is over It isn't something you forget so easily Saw your shit downtown at the gallery Always trying to work it out (Work it out) Always trying to work it out (Work it out) Always trying to work it out (Work it out) Work it out Always trying to work it out (Work it out) Work it out Always trying to work it out (Work it out) The Son, the Sun The son The sun Dancing and Fire I saw you dancing in the "fire it up" Before your breath and barely audible It's more a "let it out" than "let it go" It's not the end, it's just the end of hope A spark of everything you've ever known Incinerated in a light of gold You don't know what you're even fighting for It's not the first time you delayed the boat I saw you dancing in the "fire it up" Before your breath and barely audible It's more a "let it out" than "let it go" It's not the end, it's just the end of hope Poor Sucker Some poor sucker At the bottom of the lake Took the wrong way up When the ground began to break It's a long way back That's the price you gotta pay Should've this, should've that Should've made a list to thank Should have kept a better track Put some money in the bank If your mind's made up Then there's nothing left to say All you've given, all you took All your promise, all your roles After all you've done Feed your body to the wolves It's a lie, it's the truth Only one thing you can do Take my everything, one thing Nothing else to take Kick your ass right out What the hell you gonna say Gonna give it to you fast Gonna give it to you straight Yeah, you go and make him wait Gonna put you in your place Gonna leave you in the dark At the bottom of the lake It's a long way back That's the price you gotta pay All you've given, all you took All your promise, all your roles After all you've done Feed your body to the wolves It's a lie, it's the truth Only one thing you can do Rome (Always in the Dark) Rome in your passions Couldn't even sigh Even when they have To make a roundabout You were higher water It's happens in the soul They can fake derision If we're one and whole Always in the dark Rome in your passions Couldn't even sigh Who will even have To wait the last in line I got magic water You can have it all Let's turn this thing Before they take us out Always in the dark Rome in your passions Couldn't even sigh Who can make a panic At the end of night Warmness that happens Then they tear you up Whisper to me crosseyed If you kill that bird Always in the dark Disarray Before it falls into total disarray You'll have to learn to live a different way Too late to look back on apocryphal verse And to be something beyond kinder than words This evil spirit, man, it's bringing me down It tells me not to do the things that I should It graduated to the back of the bus They say you let it in when you took the drugs Not up for question, it's not even a thought Another portrait you can hang on the wall Dissolve into a state of awful inverse The truth is not something that you have not heard This evil spirit, man, it's bringing me down It tells me not to do the things that I should It graduated to the back of the bus They say you let it in when you took the drugs
HEY WHAT White Horses The consequences of leaving Would be more cruel than if I should stay Though it's impossible to say I know Still, white horses take us home There isn't much past believing Only a fool would have had the faith Though it's impossible to say I know Still, white horses take us home Still, white horses take us home Still, white horses take us home Still, white horses take us home Still, white horses take us home Still, white horses take us home I Can Wait I can wait, I can wait, I can wait I can wait, I can wait But I can't wait for it all And I can't wait too long I'm awake, I'm awake, I'm awake I'm awake, I'm awake Must be another day How long must I wait How you say, how you say, how you say How you say, how you say I can't sail any more Like a ship to the shore I'm afraid, I'm afraid, I'm afraid I'm afraid, I'm afraid A mistake has been made There's a price to be paid If I could trade, I could trade, I would trade I would trade, I would trade I would give you a break Help you carry the weight I can take, I can take, I can take I can take, I can take And I can give it away I could leave or stay My mistake, my mistake, my mistake My mistake, my mistake Just get me out of thе way Somebody else takе the stage All night All night All night All Night All night All night All night All night All night You fought the adversary It was no ordinary fight In flight Inferring on the silent I tried to make my mind add up Don't hide Your secret's safe inside I see a shadow in your eyes Come find Held up and tripped behind it I tried to be so quiet All night All night All night All night All night You fought the adversary It was no ordinary fight All night All night All night All night All night All night All night All night All night All night All night All night
Disappearing Somewhere out on the ocean Across the waves, the rise and fall Deep beyond imagination Some kind of madness, I don't know Every time I see that ship go out It feels like everything's complete But somebody somewhere is waiting Some other ocean at her feet That disappearing horizon It brings cold comfort to my soul An ever-present reminder The constant face of the unknown, unknown
Hey Hey Hey We didn't get past Michigan and Lake Before we found ourselves beneath the weight Hey Told me that I never could contain Went back and wept in the car beneath the shade Hey What does it cost you to give it away You never wanted it any other way Hey Speaking more and asked that you should pray Maybe that's the last thing you should say Hey Hey We didn't get past Michigan and Lakе Before we found oursеlves beneath the weight Hey Told me that I never could contain Went back and wept in the car beneath the shade Hey What does it cost you to give it away You never wanted it any other way Hey Speaking more and asked that you should pray Maybe that's the last thing you should say Hey Hey, hey, hey, hey Hey, hey, hey, hey Hey, hey, hey, hey Hey what
Days Like These When you think you've seen everything Find we're living in days like these Say you only take what you bring Maybe that's just the way they speak Y'know that I would do anything Is it something that I can't see Everybody just chased by dreams That's why we're living in days like these again It isn't something you can choose between It isn't coming in twos and threes Always looking for that one sure thing Oh you want it so desperately Y'know you're never gonna feel complete No, you're never gonna be released Maybe never even see, believe That's why we're living in days like these again Again Again Again Again Again
Don’t Walk Away Don't walk away I cannot take anymore Won this game I cannot play anymore I have slept beside you now For what seems a thousand years A shadow in your night The whisper in your ears I have slept beside you now For what seems a thousand years The shadow in your night The whisper in your ears So don't walk away I cannot take anymore Won this game I cannot play anymore
More I gave more than what I should have lost I paid more than what it would have cost You have some of what I could have had I want all of what I didn't have I learned more than what they ever taught They thought I could never pull it off I saw more than what I ever sought I should have asked for more than what I got
The Price You Pay (It Must Be Wearing Off) I put a lot of thought Into the price you pay To hear the morning come Keep the ghost another day I don't have to pause To feel the magic burn Deep within my heart 'Neath the surface of the earth And I know what they want To forget the hurt But either side you're on You get what you deserve Take you at your word And I know what you want To forget the hurt But either side you're on It's not what you deserve Take you at your word I know it sounds absurd I know it sounds absurd I know it sounds absurd It must be wearing off It must be wearing off It must bе wearing off It must be wearing off
Non Albums Tracks
*** Thanx a lot to Sebastiaan for these Lyrics ***
...I Love ( A Lifetime of Temporary Relief LP ) I love little baby ducks Old pickup trucks Slow moving trains And rain I love little country streets Sleep without dreams Sunday school in May And, hey… and I love you too I love leaves in the wind Pictures of my friends Birds of the world And squirrels I love coffee in a cup Little fuzzy pups Bourbon in a glass And grass And I love you, too I love honest open smiles Kisses from a child Tomatoes on the vine And onions I love winners when they cry Losers when they try And music when it's good And life And I love you too
Back Home Again
( A Lifetime of Temporary Relief LP ) There's a storm across the valley, clouds are rolling in The afternoon is heavy on your shoulders There's a truck out on the four lane, a mile or more away The whining of his wheels just makes it colder He's an hour away from riding on your prayers up in the sky And ten days on the road are barely gone There's a fire softly burning, supper's on the stove But it's the light in your eyes that makes him warm Hey, it's good to be back home again Sometimes this old farm feels like a long lost friend Yes, and hey, it's good to be back home again There's all the news to tell him, how's you spend your time And what's the latest thing the neighbours say And your mother called last Friday, "Sunshine" made her cry And you felt the baby move just yesterday Hey, it's good to be back home again Sometimes this old farm feels like a long lost friend Yes, and hey, it's good to be back home again Oh, the time that I can lay this tired old body down And feel your fingers feather soft upon me The kisses that I live for, the love that lights my way The happiness that living with you brings me It's the sweetest thing I know of, just spending time with you It's the little things that make a house a home Like a fire softly burning and supper on the stove The light in your eyes that makes me warm Hey, it's good to be back home again Sometimes this old farm feels like a long lost friend Yes, and hey, it's good to be back home again Hey, it's good to be back home again Sometimes this old farm feels like a long lost friend Yes, and hey, it's good to be back home again I said hey, it's good to be back home again
Be there
( Songs for a dead pilot EP ) I don't wanna be there when you're wrong I don't wanna be there when you find out I don't wanna be there when you break glass And I don't wanna be there when they drag you out You can't speak backwards You can't save the animals And I don't wanna be there when you're wrong And I don't wanna be there when you find out I don't wanna be there when you break glass And I don't wanna be there when they drag you out La la la...
Because you stood still
( A Lifetime of Temporary Relief LP ) You swallowed your tongue Now you've had your film They said you did nothing Because you stood still Because you stood still Because you stood still Your red ragged wings And cold tiny hands Will never be able To count all that sand To count all that sand To count all that sand They said you were sick Yeah your mighty ill They said you did nothing Because you stood still Because you stood still Because you stood still Because you stood still Because you stood still
Blowin' in the wind
( Bob Dylan Cover / A Lifetime of Temporary Relief LP ) How many roads must a man walk down Before they call him a man How many seas must a white dove sail Before she sleeps in the sand How many times must the cannonballs fly Before they are forever banned The answer, my friend, is blowing in the wind The answer is blowing in the wind How many years must a mountain exist Before it is washed to the sea How many years can some people exist Before they're allowed to be free How many times can a man turn his head And pretend that he just doesn't see The answer, my friend, is blowing in the wind The answer is blowing in the wind How many times must a man look up Before he can see the sky How many years must one man have Before he can hear people cry And how many deaths will it take till he knows That too many people have died The answer, my friend, is blowing in the wind The answer is blowing in the wind
Blue eyed devil
( Soul Coughing Cover / A Lifetime of Temporary Relief LP ) Blue eyed devil Blue eyed devil Born to be a god among salesmen Working the skinny tie Slugging down fruit juice Extra tall extra wide Blue eyed devil Blue eyed devil Thirty three degrees Six hundred and sixty six Come on come on come on Moving door to door to door to door to door to door Stoned motel room Nice cool on the bathroom floor Blue eyed devil Blue eyed devil Leave me alone I'm not the devil Leave me alone I'm not the devil Leave me alone I'm not the devil Leave me alone Blue eyed devil Blue eyed devil Blue eyed devil Blue eyed devil
Bombscare This time Your lips won't be afraid This time Your hand won't be betrayed Made my plan No more counting sand Your last wish Your tax on my demands Another scare Heathrow won't care Turning my hair Once in the air
Born by the wires
( Songs for a dead pilot EP ) May I never go Beyond the mile May I sleep in places Where I'm well Born by the wires Born by the wires May I'm building Castles never done May I sleep in places Where I'm well Born by the wires Born by the wires
Boyfriends & Girlfriends
( A Lifetime of Temporary Relief LP ) Boyfriends And girlfriends And enemies Those upon which we rely I can't wait for the day They place it on my lips For the boyfriends And girlfriends And enemies And God I can't wait for the day They place it on my tongue Boyfriends And girlfriends And enemies
Bright
( A Lifetime of Temporary Relief LP ) I was so bright I was so bright Was so… I was so bright
Carnival Queen ( Jandek Cover / A Lifetime of Temporary Relief LP ) Carnival queen All the ghosts lay by your side Moaning, groaning Songs of woe Carnival queen Your hair is on fire Your arrows pierce my bones Angel, madonna Your eyes are on fire Breathing quiet prayers Angel, madonna You breathe Pumping life into my veins Carnival queen All the ghosts stay by your side Moaning, groaning Songs of woe Carnival queen Your hair is on fire Your nails pierce my palms
Cheek
( A Lifetime of Temporary Relief LP ) Cheek swollen Part of face Between mouth and ears Is included in animals And humans in entire earth Unlike eyes They are not the source of tears They are a natural element Originated at natal birth
Condescend
( Songs for a dead pilot EP ) To a point You will fail So I'll condescend Without doubt You will fail Then I'll condescend At a point I will fail Still I condescend To a point You will fail So I'll condescend Then I'll condescend Still I condescend
David & Jude
( A Lifetime of Temporary Relief LP ) You stay with David I'll stay with Jude You stay with David I'll stay with Jude Someday, the paperwork Will all come through Then I'll stay with David And you can stay with Jude
Don't Carry It All
( A Lifetime of Temporary Relief LP ) Don't carry it all Don't carry it all Don't carry it all Don't carry it Wake up like giants, so tall With open eyes like Judas and Paul And John After all you done Don't carry it all…
Don't drop the baby
( A Lifetime of Temporary Relief LP ) Whatever you do, don't drop the baby Whatever you do, don't drop the baby Whatever you do Don't drop the baby The baby is small The baby needs love The baby will cry Whatever you do, don't drop the baby Whatever you do, don't drop the baby Whatever you do Don't drop the baby Mom will be mad And you will be sad The baby will cry "Remember kids The baby's got a soft spot on the top of his head And you should never touch that" Whatever you do, don't drop the baby Be careful with the baby Whatever you do, don't drop the baby Baby is fragile Whatever you do Whatever you do So, how old are you Two Have you ever seen raging bull No So is there anything anyone wants to say Ok we have a gracias Anything else Oh John Denver Song for Nico I don't know, there's this one band from the sixties and seventies and stuff from America They're called the beach boys. Did they come over here I think they made a record called Holland Anyway, they where over here for a while and maybe a song... It was in 1972... Or 3 they did a record called Holland. This is one of their first songs, and it was really popular in the United States cause of... ‘Cause on the shores, the waves get really big, we borrowed this thing from people from Hawaii And it's called surfing... It's like... skateboarding Do you have skateboarding around here Skateboarding is really cool, you should… it's really popular.
Down By The River (Neil Young Cover) Be on my side I'll be on your side, baby There is no reason For you to hide It's so hard for me Staying here all alone When you could be Taking me for a ride Yeah, she could drag me Over the rainbow Send me away Down by the river I shot my baby Down by the river Dead, oh, shot her dead You take my hand I'll take your hand Together we may get away This much madness Is too much sorrow It's impossible To make it today Yeah, she could drag me Over the rainbow Send me away Down by the river I shot my baby Down by the river Dead, oh, shot her dead Be on my side I'll be on your side, baby There is no reason For you to hide It's so hard for me Staying here all alone When you could be Taking me for a ride Yeah, she could drag me Over the rainbow Send me away Down by the river I shot my baby Down by the river Dead, oh, shot her dead
Fearless ( Pink Floyd Cover / A Lifetime of Temporary Relief LP ) You say the hill's to steep to climb, climbing You say you'ld like to see me try, climbing You pick the place and I'll choose the time And I'll climb the hill in my own way Just wait a while for the right day And as I rise above the tree-line and the clouds I look down, hearing the sounds of all the things you've said today Fearlessly the idiot faced the crowd, smiling Mercyless the magistrate turns round, frowning And who's the fool who wears the crown No doubt in your own way And every day is the right day And as you rise above the fear-lines in his crown You look down, hearing the sound of the faces in the growd You never walk alone, you never walk alone Walk on, walk on with hope in your heart And you never walk alone, you never walk alone
Heartbeat
( A Lifetime of Temporary Relief LP ) I feel old I feel cold I am so blind Is there something there behind me? Like a movie I am mesmerised by my own beat Like a heartbeat Like a heartbeat Like a heartbeat Hey Chicago
( Songs for a dead pilot EP ) Hey Chicago Hey Chicago Hey Chicago I'm leaving Hey that's what you get for stealing
I Am The Lamb You go west Where they won't find you With your mother's breast And the poison arrows ‘Cause you see black And I see shadows I am the lamb And I'm a dead man They'll take my name And feed my children With my remains In the holy temple ‘Cause I am the lamb And I'm a dead man I am the lamb And I'm a dead man
I started a joke ( The Bee Gees Cover / A Lifetime of Temporary Relief LP ) I started a joke That started the whole world crying But I couldn't see That the joke was on me I started to cry It started the whole world laughing If I'd only seen That the joke was on me I looked at the sky Running my hands over my eyes I fell out of bed Hurting my head from things that I'd said I finally died Which started the whole world living If I'd only seen That the joke was on me I looked at the sky Running my hands over my eyes I fell out of bed Hurting my head from things that i'd said 'Til I finally died It started the whole world living If I'd only seen That the joke was on me Me, me, me...
Joan Of Arc
( A Lifetime of Temporary Relief LP ) Joan of Arc Will never save you now But then Joan of Arc Never promised much She never knew your name, love She never knew your name Such a precious hand Such a guilty hand Joan of Arc Will never save you now But then Joan of Arc Never promised much Joan of Arc Will never save you now But then Joan of Arc Never promised much
Kindly Blessed
( A Lifetime of Temporary Relief LP ) Don't ask me for a favor Don't ask me for a plea I'll only do your bidding If you stop condoling me But I'll cry, cry, cry like the best Cry, cry, cry like the rest Don't ask me to forgive you I'm not so kindly blessed Frustrating as it seems You're not the first to thank Excuse me for my needs There is no other way So I'll cry, cry, cry like the best Cry, cry, cry like the rest Don't ask me to forgive you I'm not so kindly blessed Don't ask me to forgive you I'm not so kindly blessed Landlord
( Songs for a dead pilot EP ) Let's keep the landlord in mind As the microphones pick up The soft ones Let's keep the carpets in mind As the microphones pick up The soft ones The loud ones The slow ones The bright ones The meaningful ones The distance The good pets The wordless The stateless
Last Night I Dreamt That Somebody Loved Me ( The Smiths Cover / A Lifetime of Temporary Relief LP ) Last night I dreamt That somebody loved me No hope, no harm Just another false alarm Last night I felt Real arms around me No hope, no harm Just another false alarm So, tell me how long Before the last one And tell me how long Before the right one The story is old I know but it goes on The story is old I know but it goes on Goes on, goes on Goes on It goes on
Lift
( A Lifetime of Temporary Relief LP ) Lift me up Like burdens brought past the light Lift me up Like one light to daring heights Lift me up Like lake of fire, burning white Burning white Lift me up Like building halls counting lights
Long Long Long
( A Lifetime of Temporary Relief LP ) It's been a long long long time How could I ever have lost you When I loved you It took a long long long time Now I'm so happy I found you How I love you So many tears I was searching So many tears I was wasting, oh, oh Now I can see you, be you How can I ever misplace you How I want you Oh I love you You know that I need you Oh I love you
Lord can you hear me
( Spiritualized Cover / A Lifetime of Temporary Relief LP ) Lord, help me out Take my life, I'm in doubt Just where my soul will lie Deep in the earth or way up in the sky Lord can you hear me, when I call Lord can you hear me, when I call Lord can you hear me, when I call Lord can you hear me, hear me at all All, all my love has left my side Can't get enough life Keep me satisfied And I've lost about everything Lord look what's made out of me Lord can you hear me, when I call Lord can you hear me, when I call Lord can you hear me, when I call Lord can you hear me, hear me at all Lord can you hear me, when I call Lord can you hear me, when I call Lord can you hear me, when I call Lord can you hear me, hear me at all
No Need
( A Lifetime of Temporary Relief LP ) I don't need the lot I don't need a lot of things I don't need the past I don't need a lot of things I don't need your smile I don't need a lot of things I don't need my eyes I don't need a lot of things
Overhead
( A Lifetime of Temporary Relief LP ) Wanted Bring him back alive if you can All said You can tell your lies to the dead Overhead You don't have to like What you're fed Overhead Overhead Wanted Bring him back alive if you can Trusted You don't know how fast it could end Overhead You don't have to like What you're fed Overhead Overhead Overhead Overhead
Peanut Butter Toast And American Bandstand
( A Lifetime of Temporary Relief LP ) Peanut Butter Toast and American Bandstand Teach me how to cook Teach me how to dance Nobody's up I don't need anybody Peanut Butter Toast and American Bandstand
Prisoner
( A Lifetime of Temporary Relief LP ) I am not a prisoner I'm not a prisoner but I'm in prison
Sleep at the bottom
( A Lifetime of Temporary Relief LP ) You wanna sleep on the bottom You wanna look up and see them shout Tonight You wanna sleep on the bottom You want your voice in this life to Abide This life This life This life This life This life This life This life
Surfer girl
( The Beach Boys Cover / A Lifetime of Temporary Relief LP ) Little surfer my dear one What makes my heart come undone Do you love me surfer girl Surfer girl my little surfer girl I have watched you on the shore Standing at the ocean's door Do you love me little surfer girl Surfer girl my little surfer girl We could ride the surf together As our love would grow In my woodie I would take you Everywhere I go So I say from me to you I could make your dreams come true Do you love me do you surfer girl Surfer girl my little surfer girl Surfer girl my little surfer girl Surfer girl my little surfer girl
Tear Down
( A Lifetime of Temporary Relief LP ) Who wades through fire Who's the champion It's written on your back Build it up, but they can't Tear down Tear down Who fades the lights Who needs the net It's written on your back Build it up, but they can't Tear down Tear down Tear down Tear down Down, down Down, down
The Last Snowstorm Of The Year When we were young We wanted to die But the sound of a drum And the words of a child Brought different light Now no one can tell The winter was nice But the summer is hell The ground was so hard The nights were so long But we suffered the dark And we wrote all those songs Still I was a fool I covered my ears No I would not face the last snowstorm of the year No I would not face the last snowstorm of the year
Those girls
( A Lifetime of Temporary Relief LP ) Don't speak Those boys don't know you Those boys think you're so empty You know that death is in your mind Close to the frozen borderline And you'll never have to be those girls again And you'll never have to be those girls again Here you come with your reputations Your hesitations And your song And you'll never have to be those girls again You'll never have to be those girls again And you'll never have to be those girls again And you'll never have to be those girls again
Tired ( A Lifetime of Temporary Relief LP ) I'm tired of history I'm tired of maths I'm tired of history I'm tired of maths I'm tired of history I'm tired of maths I'm tired of long divisions I'm tired of the past
Tomorrow One
( A Lifetime of Temporary Relief LP ) Wouldn't you say it's over by now Wouldn't you say it's over Tomorrow makes tomorrow up Today I've learned to feed myself To choose the words to choose the weight To break the hand of someone else Wouldn't you say it's over by now Wouldn't you say it's over Wouldn't you say it's over by now Wouldn't you say it's over
Try try try
( A Lifetime of Temporary Relief LP ) Try try try to live the lie But everybody knows it's me
Turning Over
( A Lifetime of Temporary Relief LP ) I picked the guy Dragged the lake It's turning over Turn around I played the part, I Made you wait It's turning over Turn around
Venus
( A Lifetime of Temporary Relief LP ) Venus I can hardly see you Venus I can hardly see you You're fed up with your friends You're fed up with the end You're fed up with the make-up Make-up Venus Have you ever seen us Venus Have you ever seen us You're fed up with your friends You're fed up with the end You're fed up with the make-up Make-up Have you seen my dreams They're the same as yours it seems Venus I can hardly see you Venus Oh I can hardly see you See you
Walk You Out
( A Lifetime of Temporary Relief LP ) I'll walk you out I'll take the weight You'll never build it You'll never stay I will walk you out I'll walk you out You will feel cold Cry to me often Remember this, you won't I will walk you out I will walk you out I will walk you out I will walk you out
When you walked
( A Lifetime of Temporary Relief LP ) Blinded by love I was lost in the dark And I fell down real hard Should've known from the start When you walked out on me I was put in my place Now you can tell where I've been By the smile on my face So I'll go on Don't retrace my steps But I might just come back Like I never left When you walked out on me I was put in my place Now you can tell where I've been By the smile on my face Now you can tell where I've been By the smile on my face
Will the night ( Songs for a dead pilot EP )
Will the night last forever Stay by my side 'Cause tonight, together Would be divine But once it's gone Your face to hide Against the sun The moon Am i on the other side So blind So long Goodbye Goodnight