B i o g r a p h y (by Jason Ankeny)
The onetime frontwoman for the acclaimed indie pop combo Crowsdell, singer/songwriter Shannon Wright was born and raised in Jacksonville, Florida. A product of the area's thriving all-ages punk scene, she formed Crowsdell with bassist Paul Howell and drummer Laurie Anne Wall, debuting in 1995 with the underground favorite Dreamette and soon after relocating to New York City. However, when relations with the Big Cat label soured in the wake of 1997's Within the Curve of an Arm, the group dissolved, and an embittered Wright sold most of her belongings and moved to rural North Carolina, where she began recording a series of deeply personal, folk-inflected songs to four-track. A handful of solo singles followed before she recorded the full-length Flightsafety, issued on Quarterstick in 1999. Maps of Tacit appeared a year later. Wright released the sparse mini-LP Perishable Goods and the typically eclectic Dyed in the Wool in 2001. In 2004 she put out the tempered and emotionally rich Over the Sun, followed by the equally affecting Let in the Light in 2007. After Wright's longtime label Quarterstick/Touch & Go closed down operations, she pushed forward with new albums Honeybee Girls in 2009 and Secret Blood in 2010 as well as performances at the All Tomorrow's Parties festival curated by Shellac in 2012. In Film Sound, Wright's first album for Brooklyn-based indie Ernest Jenning, saw release in 2013.
No mercy for she Dragon fly Sound the bells Something to live for Dried sea While you sleep Ode to a friend Ways to make you see Callous sun Pale white
I started a Joke Lurking in Sagas
Flightsafety
Floor pile I stood inside your pool in some palm setting reel A picture on a screen there sat you and me And i comb the wire for a lock of papier-mache I build a tower for you to portray You let go of my hand and acted like we never touched Like some harbour a ship never brushed I am the floor pile walk over me My light has grown tired paint over me All at once i just can't abide i fear On the cobble swims a king with a hearty smile
All these things Under the carport that has no spring Cement floors where the creatures ring And your mother she never calls Says you're the cause of all her pain But all these things don't carry camelot Through the betrayed all these things Don't hold form with a stout cord and chain You are out of sorts and ready to retire On the brink of my answer i fell asleep For a little while
Rich hum of air I croon like a lumber crane Sank quick inside your snare Her fellow steps across my head I'm her colt and she's my mare Dense falls across my face That's the source i won't contemplate You can't tear my shell away
You're the cup Up the hill to a vacant lot There's nothing to see Walk the pillars to settle in And find that you've turned from me You're the cup and you're the drink That keeps swimming up north through the stream I'm the raft that got filled with sand That keeps knocking about in the drain My hands are laid out to persuade a gathering Hair is polished and shiny trim Just keep a friend in me
Twilight hall Shade calls the bone marrow she left a stage so bare And everyone clapped to see you rise so gracefully What a fright on such a beautiful night The soldiers rang around my head The flies ate the called cabs Everyone says i'm scared not you you believe i'm dead
Captain of quarantine I'm rushing a lamppost fevers got me I'm thawing my best jokes but i sat alone With the captain of the quarantine I chewed my way through my boat I paddled with feathers i fell snug in a fish snare My faulty fins fell impaired You boasted about your coins I seared back your wooden charm You shelved my affections
Hobos on parade You eloped with a bout of slurs Flew the hedge with a pace I must convey when i feel good then i pay Keep quiet about my lane Lost you through distaste
William's alabama He's a man of the grain Wears his robe of burly pain Bowls the town for alcohol Chewed up his name and he sold it all Perched it up for sale He turned the light out He turned the sign down farewell goodnight The awning falls flat and the clocks are spinning Bowl the town for alcohol you are what i need He resides in a carnival turns the pages And mocks it all he's a martyr with a wide rope Turns his head to watch it fall Hacked his hand through the toil He's a product of failed love
Yard grass Built a house made out of blood Fought the serpent and his thugs Played the game fought the fought All wrapped you astound me living life through Your sleep Yard grass in flight on the ledge we fly Yard grass in flight the serpent has moved from sight
Heavy crown I'm never gonna live in that room with you Weathered from seeing the upside Choking on my own smile I float around with my heavy crown Grease the coil to watch it unwind It feels so fitting to cover things with gauze Sever the from the outcome When what's existing subsides
Maps of Tacit
Absentee Mend the sea on this floating tin can On the branch i bend This swollen page is a yawning friend Through the straw i stem Reframe and cut this, ailing theme In the lenses i tame How can i conceal this woven outline How can i fray from this lane of you
Within the quilt of demand What could hinder this haste Calm strewn the isle of this tattered grain In all this muzzled distaste I brush the vial hoping to misplace Cover me with soil and tread Drape me with flames this frock of disdain Atop this sunken ravine pull out the slate From under me This kingdom in the quilt of demand Forces the conquer of the plan
Fences of pales This drone you sound alarmingly meek Is inside my head and plummets my bed It rallies and summons me in my sleep The sun is groggy and upon your plate Arms do fumble they're out of their frame Luster has moved and opted your space When you call a caddy I'll be the kind you use The sagas pose their levee That's the kind that floats to you And after all i idle to carry on The clocks married the dated Operas sails salutes The planks are calm with boredom It's the kind you tend to coo Every gala's a blanket in flight And i'm the kind you use And you with all your ready is a horror The recital is staged and ready to recite Stating the flaws and running you wild But i'll be any stable you like The radius is starting to stumble and fright The loveliest station is wailing from sight But i am ready to part from you
Ribbons of you
These bloated veins have climbed Hillsides and airlines Looking for a limb to reside This eager scheme has turned Lathered up your bottled smile But the notice just passes the tether by In storms the coils do fail And I will paw for air You buckle and stir My brittle hand O' this empty glance of you Folds only to consume How they fray away These ribbons of you
*** Thanx a lot to Dissonancetheory for this one ***
Flask welder Long before this deserted map You use to dim to light The person you show one use to believe The facet has blurred the link You boil the greatest of lakes You lid the envelope of monsoon Your mar hushes my frame You lid the envelope of monsoon Your gilded eye Your sharpened speech You use to lend the light A flask welder Your jaunty trade You use to pry the weight
Dirty facade This background is so vague This falter much too strong A slew of reluctance Makes the focus warble on For every laden vein Is a grim pail of prey The true are open They wrestle with this state What a dirty facade The coming of an ugly file Every guide is ill-timed Purely lit for the lofty kind What a dirty facade The coming of an idle qualm And everyone is so still No one ever is pure
Heavy Crown
I'm never gonna live in that room with you Weathered from seeing the upside Choking on my own smile I float around with my heavy crown Grease the coil to watch it unwind It feels so fitting to cover things with gauze Sever the from the outcome When what's existing subsides
Noise Doldrums badger the hum Flapping about for everyone These limbs they do ring Stagger with frugal means Hector pillars within Choking the laughter thin This checkered timely place Your babble swells the complaint Carry the cost But what will turn this noise down
The hover is ajar The hover is ajar My worth has fled Be certain of this empty tray Do we maintain that there is no one For me to ring This stale sight of you Your spotted eyes They're soiled through These fragments i skew
Emberdays So stark is this burrow So void is this valley So bare is this vessel These emberdays have grown grey So vague is this refuge So wide is this pattern So clean is this tassel These emberdays have grown grey
Pay no mind I'm the bagpipe that is bursting I'm the shuffleboard at night Your eyes they swim like oceans Every word is a lovely rhyme You're sporadic and so lovely Every room is so alive I'm laughter and a fake My bulb is an ugly shrine Pay no mind to me I cannot show love
Dyed in the Wool
Less than a moment Why is this delight Excused as nothing Is this vigor A vast decay This ugly state I shall not answer This nausea I delve to slain This only takes one moment Could you explain your meaning This only takes one moment My pleasure in your meaning This majesty is no longer A replica with no taste May I admire Your tinted cheek This lobby of worth I urge to keep This only takes one moment Could you explain your meaning This only takes one moment My pleasure in your meaning
The hem around us You fiend, you friend, you confidant You hold me against my will I scurry and scant this hectic step You climb adrift this boorish racket 'Cause it's you, it's you Come and see You're ridding me of my plan It's you, it's you Come and see You're ridding me of my plan You and me could ride this fleet You and me could drive the sea This wire, this mane, this coronet You hold me against my will You rummage and sear this furious step You climb adrift this boorish racket 'Cause it's you, it's you Come and see You're ridding me of my plan It's you, it's you Come and see You're ridding me of my plan You and me could ride this fleet You and me could drive the sea
Hinterland Come let's probe these blackened eyes Come let's smear this spectacle Come let's slam on the light This must soon be revised Hinterland, I shall descend Hinterland, I crumble within Hinterland, I shall descend Hinterland, I crumble within I shall feel nothing I shall be rinsed Hinterland, I shall descend Hinterland, I crumble within Hinterland, I shall descend Hinterland, I crumble within
A vessel for a minor malady There's no cure so why should I care We have fled into this blackness In this sling I must contain With your force You comfort my trembling hands And fold them aside These hued eyes They have sent The longest beating The hour bows I seek some light With golden strings You use your force To comfort my trembling hands And fold them aside You construct this wheel With your threads of argentine
You hurry wonder This frost you stand in It draws me on wobbled legs This sway is stabled I gnaw through your gate And you sort what I bend You jar me for relief You hurry wonder And fasten it in This order is frantic For the marvel you'll send This canter is guided This room I pace You hurry wonder And fasten it in You idle my forfeit My dire you mend The uproar is cautious The error absent This order is frantic For the marvel you'll send
Dyed in the wool There goes your body in a box That's all I have left Now this odor lines my shaking bed There's no order to you Order to you, order to you, order to you Come with me you dirty wretch I will keep this in Come with me you dirty wretch I will keep this in And how does this duty send me relief When I've been cheated of you Unlessly There's no order to me Order to me, order to me, order to me Come with me you dirty wretch I will keep this in Come with me you dirty wretch I will keep this in
Method of sleeping Oh, you bastard son You can't be counted on Oh, you bastard son You can't be counted on There's the palest shape Steady your weeping face Lay the pillow to your cheek We are failing it seems This funeral lies inside My mourning head What was between us Has now become a wedge What was is failing in your eyes What was is failing in your eyes What was is failing in your eyes What was is failing in your eyes
Surly demise This state it cannot be sound for seeing through The days with fresh eyes Try to lick these bits back in place These tanks bore there wintry weight To wake these scraps of morn It bears a stone and that's what I've become These legs are built upon a surly demise We all reach for a, a hand in which we will guide Let's sit quiet and shall not stir Your mouth is fragrant and lassoing this room No never is too long to date Your crusty petals are prying away These legs are built upon a surly demise We all reach for a, a hand in which we will guide Pails of cheer have become stains Pails of cheer have become stains Pails of cheer have become stains Pails of cheer have become stains
The path of least persistence (Figure II) There goes your mother and her plague What a terrible display Of a charcoaled tongue That wouldn't lend a hand Though this deed was a thoughtless act With alcohol intact And quietly she seeks the day to pass With these stitches that you clean You hold your flag of your doleful plea And you're steadfast and it's make You raise your flag of your doleful plea No there's nothing left to recall A fruitless title bestowed Among someone you could never know In the plight of this dismay The thickness of this plague She's just a ??? that's lost its way With these stitches that you clean You hold your flag of your doleful plea And you're steadfast and it's make You raise your flag of your plea The sable Air dives from your reach You cover your mouth Hoard your lovely breath For which not to speak The sable is dead Its absence has spread You're always sweet In the darkest of days ??? The sable is dead Its absence has spread
Bells Your presence howls inside my ear You lifted the ark from me Now there's nothing I cannot see A wooden tin, a hidden sleet Throw the matches upon my bed In this boiling light It swims through this Hollowed bin to me Now you ring, in his parlour (?) Now these bells ring
Over the Sun With Closed Eyes
Your eyes Tarnished gold So crystallized And wise You stood Just like A tender child Whenever you stumble by Your smile Familiar eyes You disturb my sleep I pursue your cheek To possess Whenever we try to speak So save me In the restless sun And save me Before the crashes come And save me In the rushing sun And save me Before the moment's gone From now on It shall be you Though we may never speak Your light Comes in Crashing down All over me So save me In the vacant sun And save me Before the crashes come And save me In the restless sun And save me Before the light is gone I won't do without you I won't do without you I won't do without Save me In the restless sun You save me Before the crashes come You save me In the vacant sun You save me Before the light is drawn You save me In the restless sun You save me Before the moment's gone You save me In the vacant sun You save me Won't you save me?
Portray
What's this That I see Have you turned yourself from thee You wanna hide Won't you portray any longer Well There it is No more comfort Will comfort me You are not Whom you appear Anymore Let it not subside That beacon falls from your eyes There's nothing left but change Well Quietly My eyes ??? "sight to see" You are not what you seem Any longer Let it not subside That beacon fallen from your eyes There's nothing left but change What was, what will be Have you turned yourself from me You wanna hide Won't you appear to be any longer Longer Look at you You wouldn't do this to... me Well Quietly My eyes ??? "sight to see" You are not what you portray To be any longer Longer, oh If, by chance, you come for me I won't slip away If, by chance, you come for me I won't slip away From you Me... You wouldn't do this to... me.
Black Little Stray
Bring yourself up to the light You shall be burned senselessly Bring yourself up to the light You shall be rinsed out of your state Confine yourself to the light And burrow your tepid shame Bite down on your tongue What does not wither will pry away Bite down on your tongue That black little stray has come for your taste That black little stray has come for your taste Confess all that you've seen Confess with one of all your tragic misdeeds See the sun wrestle with your door See the sun wrestle with your door Trembling stray, this is now your home See the sun wrestle with your door
You'll Be the Death
When the day is over And it falls into grey Move your body close They're changed And could you be the answer For a wretch like me Claps your hand in mine I must confess You'll be the death... Of me... And all my trials start Move to the light Your arms your face The cruelest eyes And could you blur my visions No words do we need Claps your hand in mine I must confess You'll be the death of me While I... I sit here waiting... All day I was aged I'll be your friend All day I was aged All day I'll be your friend You'll be the death... Of me... You sing the saddest songs And the voice in my room Your arms your face The cruelest eyes And could you be the answer For a wretch like me Claps your hand in mine I must confess You'll be the death of me While I... I sit here waiting... All day I was aged I'll be your friend All day I was aged All day I'll be your friend You'll be the death of me While I... I sit here waiting... Waiting... No hope for you No hope for me You'll be the death of me While I... I wait for you.
Throw a Blanket Over the Sun
He throws a blanket over the sun He closes out everyone While she prays, "Don't let him take me There must be a better way" You will come to me in a dream Rifled up my sorrow Oh just to ease my pain And let it slay me Oh let me suffocate Oh, why must you leave This lamb you wound remains if only to see your face I pray on my knees Oh, why must you leave This lamb you wound remains If only to see your face I've taken everything Even the birds could not Take the burden of her body's plane No wires held in place Her body just could never mend And let it take me Oh, come take me instead No love is here No love is here No love is here No love is here No love is here No love is here No love is here No love is here Oh, why must you leave This lamb you wound remains If only to see your face I pray on my knees If only to see your face This lamb you wound remains I pray on my knees You've taken everything
Avalanche
My man Dissolved in my hand Just like an avalanche He's gone Our plans There's no plans White mountaintop I climbed down My man Dissolved in my hand Just like an avalanche He's gone Our plans There's no plans White mountaintop I climbed down
If Only We Could
Though it may seem You never denied me of anything You said in your worthless lie Better stay with your own and I'll stay with mine But if only we could just leave from this place And step away from your black frugal sky If only we could just leave from this place And step away from your black frugal sky Better watch what you say You might just find out your words have no worth You said in your miserable lie Better stay with yours and I'll stay with mine But if only we could just leave from this place And step away from your black frugal sky If only we could just leave from this place And step away from your black frugal sky Such a mistake Such a mistake to spend time on you Such a mistake Such a mistake to spend time on you But if only we could just leave from this place And step away from your black frugal sky If only we could just leave from this place And step away from your black frugal sky
Plea
Into this state I watched you confirm all of my fears Have given birth Offer me Offer me Offer me some restraint Not for this Not for this It cannot take place Let them hear my plea When your love comes after me Let them hear my plea When your love comes after me No sayin' this No sayin' this Why must we try Metallic sky buries me I'll soon forget Let them hear my plea When your love comes after me Let them hear my plea When your love comes after me Your love is a forgery A mockingbird to mimic through me And these eyes, they will not recover Your eyes have turned to black Turned to black Turned to black Turned to black
Birds Deep beneath the sound of your breath I lay craving your death This damp room full of concrete Lonely i stand And alone i will leave There is no reason for your display Now a dead cloud that's drawn clean When all the birds have broken their wings Oh mercy you Oh mercy me And all at once i turned I follow your hand to our funeral bed It echoes my name When sorrow sings It brings me no chance we'll ever mend When all the noise is driven away There's my love, now it's stained Gallant words You must refrain Lonely i stand And alone i will leave There is no reason to your display You're a fable Now come clean When all the birds have broken their wings Oh mercy you Oh mercy me And all at once i turned I follow your hand to our funeral bed It echoes my name When sorrow sings It brings me no chance we'll ever mend Walk, walk walk walk away Burn, burn burn, burn into flames Shy, shy, shy, shy away Over this past Over this pain And all at once i turned I follow your hand to our funeral bed It echoes my name When sorrow sings It sings me no chance we'll ever mend
With Yann Tiersen
*** Thanx a lot to Ember Days & Lolito_fr & Myxini from the Unofficial Shannon Wright Forum ***
No mercy for she
Today fell to her feet She called his name She called his name She called his name She called his name No mercy at my feet No mercy come for me She called his name No mercy at my feet She called his name No words shall be No words shall be No mercy for she To fall at her feet
Dragon fly
On the day that we met I awoke From a total sleep You said Keep your eyes open wide And keep my arms open wide You brought me courage You bring me courage To keep my eyes open wide And keep my arms open wide You brought me courage You show A kind of delight Dancing 'round Like a dragonfly Like a coverlet in the summer's air In the summer's air In the summer's air On the day that we met I awoke From a total sleep You said Keep your eyes open wide And keep your arms open wide You brought me courage You bring me courage To bring my eyes open wide To keep my arms open wide You bring me courage You wrap your curve of delight Round my cold cold neck You're a coverlet In the summer's air In the summer's air In the summer's air
Sound the bells
Sound the bells We can break away Sound the bells Dizzy am I It's come to light Most days Put a smile Upon your face It's come to light Most days Put a smile Upon your face Something to live for
Warm like the sun You give me your hand And say come in ?? breath A funny face You say come in All has changed from here I will (come in)?? / I welcome it in All has changed Now i can't explain The path is newly paved And sorrow hides its face I've found someone to live for No i can't explain The path is newly paved And sorrow hides its face I've found someone to live for Give me your hand I'll lead the way No i can't explain The path is newly paved Sorrow hides in shame I've found someone to live for Someone to live for Now go Little sparrow I'll send you on your way With paper wings I'll send you on your way No i can't believe What i've seen No i just can't believe Farewell Little sparrow On your way
Dried sea
Our trouble Come for me I row a dried up sea Trouble tore at my sleep(sleeve?) I row a dried up sea Ribbons to hide my face Shame does not come to claim Trouble tore at my sleep(sleeve?) I row a dried up sea Never you mind You can manage Never you mind You can manage Never you mind You can manage Never you mind Well....fuck that (?) I fail to explain (?) Never you mind You can manage And never you mind If, when you stand (?) Would you sleep (? ) Never you mind You can manage If you try You can manage You can manage You can manage If you try While you sleep
Temptation red Inside my head Temptation red Inside my head You're so innocent When you sleep You're so innocent When you sleep Oh my darling You're too good to eat Oh my darling You're too good to eat You're so innocent When you sleep You're so innocent When you sleep Come on, come on This can't be wrong. I'd put you in a bottle I'll take you away from harm Come on, come on This can't be wrong I'd put you in a bottle I'll take you away from harm Come on, come on This can't be wrong You're so innocent When you sleep
Ode to a friend
Friend I let myself in Little bold (???) saturated sigh I hoped you might Help my sorrow's din Bring out your breath of strife My friend Can you help me Why did I drink From that devil's hand Oh my friend Can you help me Why did I drink From his hand It's not easy It's not kind These things we turn to face It's not easy It's not kind These things we turn to face Oh my friend Can you help me Why did I drink From the devil's hand Oh my friend Can you help me Why did I drink From his hand Come take my hand We'll say goodbye ????? Come take my hand We'll ride from here
Ways to make you see
You are following me Under crusted teeth (?) No no no this cannot be You'll never know who I am Ways to make you see It's not that love has failed me Ways to make you see It's not that love has failed me Do you touch her Like you touch me Do you corrode her Like you corrode me Ways to make you see It's not that love has failed me Ways to make you see It's not that love has failed me I'm not the first One falling past (?) Voice that i've heard (how my?) Disguise (?) I'm not (hurt?) I'm not afraid (?) I'm not (afraid / praise?) I'm not afraid (?)
Callous sun
By her bedside He brought to her a (?) By her bedside We sit to redeem My father, my father He darkened my name My father, my father You must not get away The sun is out And it's callous and stout And i can't believe Offer what Offer what you can The sun is out And it's flawless and sound And I can't conceive The sun is out And it's callous and stout And I can't conceive Of this loneliness My father turn Turn away The sun is out And it's callous and stout And I can't believe Of the night I bleed (?) It's reckless and helpless It falls down my face This conflict is coming It wrestles with fear (?) This folly/falling is coming (?) It's fragrant with haste (?) Pale white
Mr Haley turned and said You must not cry now Crossed the ocean For his love To bring her falter And his chest beat like a wolf To bring her home And his chest beat like a wolf To bring her home Nobody will come dance Will come dance upon our grave Nobody will come dance Will come dance with us Her face's so delicate and bright In alabaster And his chest beat like a wolf To bring her home And his chest beat like a wolf To bring her home And if ever you try to sever All the things we've come to know And if you ever try to sever All the things we know Nobody will come dance Will come dance upon our grave Nobody will come dance Will come dance with us
Let In The Light
Defy this love You help me do the things I hold You help me do the things I hold Defy, defy our love Defy, defy our love And it's not the roles you play And it's not the roles I play Defy, defy our love Defy, defy our love. Oh, how they start Little birds so gently I give you all the love I've got And let it shine right through me Can we please forget the pain Can we please forget today Define, define our love Define, define this love Oh, how they start Little birds so gently I give you all the love I've got And let it shine right through me All the while I still carry The lullabies that you sing Circle round angry on me If only you would come for me St Pete Two young horses dragging to St Pete Worn out tired, right here And the night falls on this oceans' white hour ‘Cause you won't be coming home to me And you said it sad and so playfully I wish God would make things clear ‘Cause there's no fight left in me Relentlessly the sun is igniting While all these concrete boxes sit empty On these defeated Floridian streets I know you won't be coming home to me Two young horses dragging to St Pete Worn out, tired Worn out, tired There's no fight left in me You baffle me In the backyard today The light ricochets Along the dark trees And I never thought I would be So ready to play Alone in your sea You baffle me You baffle me You baffle me You baffle me And now your tongue may be bold When I just want to hold Your delicate cheek And tear the page from your hymn Your song is too grim The night is tucked in You baffle me You baffle me You baffle me You baffle me And the moon trails on You speak mildly You move in me You baffle me You baffle me You baffle me You baffle me Idle hands It is cruel The tricks we play Only I could find my way Do what you want to Say what you want to say Your unruly eyes Ruly eyes They speak When there's trials So quiet When there's trials Watch for idle hands We need the tender care Of useful things To prepare So bend the light to share When there's trials So quiet When there's trials Watch for idle hands When the light shone down You couldn't keep Your lavish voice down Like a volcanic flow That clings to the ground When the light shone down Upon your checkered face You reach but don't take In a quiet room No more time to spend alone This place is drab You're the best friend I ever had When the light shone down Upon your checkered face When you say the things you say I don't know what to think In a quiet The things you say No more The things you say In a quiet No more When the light shone down Upon your checkered face When you say the things you say I don't know what to think. Don't you doubt me Oh give it time These trying days Just let it lie Your boat will come And when it comes Don't send it back Yes when it comes Don't send it back Don't you doubt Don't you doubt Don't you doubt me Don't you doubt Don't you doubt Don't you doubt me Lift your voice The depth of ??? And soon you'll see Don't you doubt Don't you doubt Don't you doubt me. Don't you doubt Don't you doubt Don't you doubt me. Your boat will come And when it comes Don't send it back Don't you doubt Don't you doubt Don't you doubt me. Don't you doubt Don't you doubt Don't you doubt me. In the morning You, dead sparrow Used to sing And now what once was yours Is out of reach Oh, everything you wanted gave way Oh, everything you wanted gave way You were timid, shy away If only you'd let the day unfold Oh, everything you wanted gave way Oh, everything you wanted gave way Oh, everything you wanted gave way Oh, everything you wanted gave way In the morning light Cold, tender light In the morning light Cold, tender light Oh, everything you wanted gave way Oh, everything you wanted gave way Oh, everything you wanted gave way Oh, everything you wanted gave way In the morning light Cold, tender light In the morning light Cold, tender light Steadfast & true Like a barrel of dread You are hovering 'round my head If only you could try to resist Come now, wont you try to forget Steadfast and true Gentle are few When everything just slips away So glad to see you smiling On this new morning with me Steadfast and true Gentle are few When these thoughts just get in our way Steadfast and true Gentle are few When everything just slips away… They'll kill the actor in the end If not for you I'd be lost And with too much to repay With one lace and one shoe If not for you I would be a broken bird with broken wings That won't move That won't mend Everything must come to an end Let's stay as long as we can Everything must come to an end They'll kill the actor in the end If not for you I'd be cast With my tail between my legs Without you There'd be no rest Everything must come to an end Let's stay as long as we can Everything must come to an end They'll kill the actor in the end Louise Louise has spilled her bottle of pills She speaks with a foul mouth And struggles with them And she Could do most anything Yes she But as you turn You do, my dear You do Look so sad Your badges Your pictures Are hung on the wall The house has been painted The numbers are gone But as you turn You do, my dear You do Look so sad She's barren She's bare She stares at me She's frozen in my memories In my memories In my memories Everybody's got their own part to play You ought to know by now Nobody's coming to make a sound You take the fork to your mouth Have no shame Try to contain What's it like What's it like When everybody says you ain't trying What's it like What's it like When everybody says you ain't even trying Oh, the faithful heart Is when we start With these trying things Should have known better To ask for something You wouldn't give You take the words from your mouth And nobody knows what the truth is So what's the point What's the point When everybody else ain't even trying What's the point, what's the point When everybody else ain't even trying Oh, the faithful heart Is when we start With these trying things Oh, everybody's got their own part in their own play And I wish I could pour some salt on this tepid rain But oh, the faithful heart Is when we start With these trying things
Honeybee Girls
Tall countryside Riding through the tall countryside A one and a two So shiny and new With the noise ahead in the torn trees The ink is to pale for me and you to read And your sterling cup that you hold too much Reads the name that your father gave to you Just a dream never came true You are the light chasing the room Just a dream never came true You are autumn that blew through Riding through the tall countryside A one and a two So shiny and new Just a dream never came true You are the light chasing the room Just a dream never came true You are autumn that blew through
Trumpets on New Year's Eve Oh, let them all see 'Cause it's now New Year's Eve And I'm pacing the floor Wanting you at the door I stand in the crowd With my silver tin crown Darting glossy new smiles And I don't hear a sound 'Cause the music's too loud And everything turns to you I look towards the door Wanting you all the more Hoping just by chance You will be there I look towards the door Wanting you all the more Hoping just by chance You will be there My fist in a clinch Al my terrible tricks Are starting to, starting to flood But you will decide If the door will be shut If these strings will be cut I look towards the door Wanting you all the more Hoping just by chance You will be, you will be You will be there
Ember in your Eyes Birds never sleep On this mountain peak In a borrowed town The bells never ring Piercing the sky On a noon time flight Casting down These dampened streets Your ember eyes Outshine the night Outshine the night Hiding rivers from the sea Your ember eyes Outshine the night Outshine the night Hiding rivers from the sea Your lie locked hair On the back of your chair Is the robe of a cavalier Hours in the night Soon will strike This tower that we built Your ember eyes Outshine the night Outshine the night Hiding rivers from the sea Your ember eyes Outshine the night Outshine the night Hiding rivers from the sea Honeybee Girls On Cheshire bridge Where the skyline sits We truly live Honeybee girls giving it all While the lurking eyes Tip the dirty glass Silver skyline Mingles into the night Say good night's fire Statues in the sky On Cheshire bridge Silver skyline Mingles into the night Silver skyline Mingles into the night Black Rain The world came tumbling down The day is crashing through Your tear dim eyes in their best disguise Know that things must fall somewhere Come let's make things safe The trouble it shall break The leaves have changed to red No more black rain No more black rain to come There's no need to ask why When the boat is sinking We didn't move when we needed it most Know that things must fall somewhere Come let's make things safe The trouble it shall break The leaves have changed to red No more black rain No more black rain No more black rain to come Come let's make things safe The trouble it shall break The leaves have changed to red No more black rain No more black rain No more black rain to come
Father
Father Come save me now Just whisper A simple advice It's been too long Since I've seen you When change come I won't answer So please (?) I'm an unsolvable cell So please (?) I'm an unsolvable cell This house a speaker No sound No static No concern So please (?) I'm an unsolvable cell So please (?) I'm an unsolvable cell
Sympathy on Challen Avenue These firefly's buzzing around our heads Shoot the light into your bright eyes As you fix your hair It's never seemed quite like this When the warmth of your hand Travels to blood in mine And they will churn the bells All the mistakes that we hail Turn your broken key in the lock As the day turns inside This black night A well wishing friend a catastrophe sits Across the wall your lie has come home So weathered and bent So many ???, years of ??? Now you're older It all seems to fall from your hands And all this time we've been broken-hearted And we never let on that our ship had parted And they will churn the bells All the mistakes that we hail Turn your broken key in the lock As this day turns in To the night And all this time we've been broken-hearted And we never let on that our world had grown quite And all this time we've been broken-hearted And we never let on that our ship had parted And they will churn the bells All the mistakes that we hail Turn your broken key in the lock As this day turns inside This black night
Never Arrived
You never arrived You never arrived You never arrived You never arrived You refuse me Never arrived Kept clear from sight
Strings Of An Epileptic Revival It's taken its toll It's beyond my control I'm lying in my shaky head Your voice impaired I can see that you're scared Let me know when it's done I'm hanging from your string I'm your puppet I'm not your king I'm hanging from your string I'm your puppet I'm not your king This weather doll (?) With axes over my eyes I see but cannot speak Pulling threads from my sleep I'm hanging from your string I'm your puppet I'm not your king I'm hanging from your string I'm your puppet I'm not your king Tell me when it's over Tell me when it's over I'm hanging from your string I'm your puppet I'm not your king I'm hanging from your string I'm your puppet I'm not your king
Asleep ( The Smiths Cover / Junior hymn 7-inch ) Sing me to sleep Sing me to sleep I'm tired and I I want to go to bed Sing me to sleep Sing me to sleep And then Leave me alone Don't try to wake me in the morning 'cause I will be gone Don't feel bad for me I want you to know Deep in the cell of my heart I will feel so glad to go Sing me to sleep Sing me to sleep I don't want to wake up On my own anymore Sing to me Sing to me I don't want to wake up On my own anymore Don't feel bad for me I want you to know Deep in the cell of my heart I'll feel so glad to go
Secret Blood
Palomino White horses stumble in the rain White horses stumble in the rain Me and you run Run like white horses You and me run Run like white horses White horses stumble in the rain White horses stumble in the rain Me and you run Run like white horses You and me run Run like white horses
Violent colors One thousand people Move with the sun Blur in the distance That tore into night Burn my eyes Cut me with your kiss Under the station light Gentle and weightless Violent colors ??? ??? light Radiant sun Violent colors ??? ??? light Radiant sun One thousand people Move with the sun Blur in the distance That tore into night Burn my eyes Cut me with your kiss Under the station light Gentle and weightless Violent colors ??? ??? light Radiant sun Violent colors ??? light Radiant sun Two pale green eyes ??? my ??? Two pale green eyes ??? my ??? Two pale green eyes ??? my ??? Two pale green eyes ??? my ??? Violent colors ??? ??? light Radiant sun Violent colors ??? ??? light Radiant sun
Fractured Burn your iris with a clash of light Dubious son doubled up inside Magnify build a son Rather than mend a man Hide your face ringside in fright Hammer down broken up inside Magnify build a son Rather than mend a man Magnify build a son Rather than mend a man
Dim Reader We all wake up just the same Hawthorne crowns promise spring Still I can't shake the noise from outside The promise took to never They torpedo their daggers Against us while we climb up Eden's wall Magnetic electric tides You buckle up your lonesome eyes And I'm so busy to fall into empty arms
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On The Riverside
Young and tender ones Red and blue wagging tongues So quiet in their sleep Under the tales and through the tows Bridges turn from new to old River's running through me Rush the river and jump the tides Kids run around in summertime Still anger runs through me ??? Rush the river and jump the tides The kids run around in summertime Anger still runs through me
Commoner's Saint ??? ??? Relentlessly exhausted Been held here for days Crossed over rivers slip muddy banks Caught by the snare of a commoner's saint Crossed over rivers slip muddy banks Caught by the snare of a commoner's saint There is something strange here And I don't understand ??? ??? and exhausted ??? Crossed over rivers slip muddy banks Caught by the snare of a commoner's saint Crossed over rivers slip muddy banks Caught by the snare of a commoner's saint
Merciful Secret Blood Of A Noble Man We said When your cough was stopped Half the night you spit Showing me your noble heart And tell how it once bled Showing me your noble heart It takes all kind of people To make the world go round Your weary eyes They are so kind Houses falling down I put my arms around Your merciful secret blood Winter creeks the floor Morning is at your door Your merciful secret blood Your weary eyes They are so kind Your noble heart Houses falling down I put my arms around Your merciful secret blood Winter creeks the floor Morning is at your door Your merciful secret blood
Satellites Every day the sun beats down Knocking flames ?? Kingdom that we use to keep Now a fable not a dream A silver coated satellites Such a sad and lovely sight Winter comes ?? Knocking ?? And I was born an only child Now a fable not a dream And every child stands in line For silver coated satellites
In The Needle No one lived here last night Just a mind full of worry Another needle off the pine No one ever said goodbye Stagger from light to dark Blood rushing in on me Stagger from light to dark Blood rushing in on me ??? Another needle off the pine Swinging from your hands Stagger from light to dark Blood rushing in on me Stagger from light to dark Blood rushing in on me ???
Under The Luminaries We built mountains out of sand The home we tried to defend We live deep beneath the ground Cardboard walls falling down White light stood still Under shades we drew I'm soon to be bound by the warmth of you White light stood still Under shades we drew I'm soon to be bound by the warmth of you Still All this time going past There is no one around It's just a day moving fast White light stood still Under shades we drew I'm soon to be bound by the warmth of you White light stood still Under shades we drew I'm soon to be bound by the warmth of you Still White light stood still Under shades we drew I'm soon to be bound by the warmth of you Still
In Film Sound
Noise Parade Feel it in your head Collapsing your chest Bodies growing stiff Tremors in your head Tremor take control Feeling on the floor Gloom is glowing thin Your shaking lips I'm always on the run and I hate copy past for god's sake The noise parade The noise parade The noise parade The noise parade All alone to the end Afraid to slip again And your tired eyes Tunets free again The noise parade The noise parade The noise parade
The Caustic Light You must have heard me Trying to reach you One hundred words One hundred times Fear in your eyes Caustic light Break and collide No more delight Stand to the hurt Hurts so soft Stand to the hurt I bled and bled The color is over End in sight No longer yours No longer mine Stand to the hurt Hurts so soft Stand to the hurt I bled and bled Now let's turn Coming from the sun No more to wait No more, no more No more to wait No longer yours No longer mine I'm always on the run and I hate copy past for god's sake Caustic light Shines in our eyes The caustic light Shining in our eyes Now let's turn Coming from the sun Now let's turn Coming from the sun Caustic light Shining in our eyes Caustic light Shining in our eyes
Tax The Patients So you drink this filthy water From your filthy hands Use your thunderous breath Ask for more, give much less So you should Don't try to sell me onward So you drink this filthy water From your filthy hands You broken all in the way And this adds what you claim So you should But don't try to sell me onward Try to withstand, try to withstand Try to withstand, try to withstand Just a bit longer I'm always on the run and I hate copy past for god's sake Try to withstand, try to withstand Try to withstand, try to withstand Just a bit longer You try, you try You try, you try You try, you try You try Yea you try, you try You try, you try You try, you try You try
Who's Sorry Now Walkin tonight Nowhere to go You turn me out I have no say And now you deny What you take And home go at least Such to its taste Who's sorry now Now that you're alone Who's sorry now When you have no hope In the linger of night So cold When I only want Someone to hold And that's why I'm afraid What you choose You turn me out I have no say Who's sorry now Now that you're alone Who's sorry now When you have no hope I'm always on the run and I hate copy past for god's sake Who's sorry now Now that you're alone Who's sorry now Now that you're alone Who's sorry now Now that you're alone Who's sorry now When you have no hope Who's sorry now When you have no hope Who's sorry now Now that you're alone
Bleed Won't somebody Come and shade This bleeding heart It's so helpless And out of shape Oh, this heart So I'll wait I'll wait for you I'll wait I'll wait for you Won't somebody Come and shade Oh this heart I'm so useless I can't sleep This bleeding heart So I'll wait I'll wait for you I'll wait I'll wait for you No one, no one No one, no one can change you No one, no one No one, no one can change you I'm always on the run and I hate copy past for god's sake Won't somebody Come and shade Oh this heart It's so useless Without you Oh this bleeding heart So I'll wait I'll wait for you I'll wait I'll wait and wait for you No one, no one No one, no one can change you No one, no one No one, no one can change you No No, please stay No, please stay No one, no one…
Mire They want Truce and havoc Can't you see that's what you do best Tell me how To rid this poison That you put inside your head Tell me how How it's over You're relying I'll be in here So you cry for something Just don't know where Tell me that it's over The look on your face Now the door's wide open ‘Cause that is too late And little you had Can't give away They want Truce and havoc Can't you see that's what you do best I'm always on the run and I hate copy past for god's sake Tell me how To rid this poison That you put inside your head Your misery Comes in harmony Misery Comes in harmony So you cry for something Just don't know where Tell me that it's over The look on your face Now the door's wide open ‘Cause that is too late And little you had Can't give away
Captive to Nowhere
Burst into flames In pieces on the ground Have you been to nowhere To no one In fable's arms From this moment on Bitter in my mouth As it washes down Like you're captive In these burden days Captive to nowhere Yea, you're captive In these burden days Captive to nowhere Burst into flames In pieces on the ground In fable's arms From this moment on It's bitter in my mouth As it washes down I'm always on the run and I hate copy past for god's sake Like you're captive In these burden days Captive to nowhere Yea, you're captive In these burden days Captive to nowhere You're captive In these burden days Captive to nowhere Like you're captive In these burden days Captive to nowhere
Surely, They'll Tear it Down On the longest day Since you were with such decay Back in here, brothers sleep You think you're there to keep From two vacant eyes Never to reach up to me Back in here, brothers sleep You think you're there to keep Your chance to reach Just as clear, clear to see On the longest day Since you were with such decay I'm always on the run and I hate copy past for god's sake Didn't you tell, didn't you tell Didn't you tell, given its try Didn't you tell, didn't you tell Didn't you tell No chance, no chance to be No chance, nothing to keep No chance, no chance to be No chance, when you throw your crumbs at me Didn't you tell, didn't you tell Didn't you tell, given its try Didn't you tell, didn't you tell Didn't you tell
Division
Division We stay up half the night Tied to what's after Dissolve the faintest flame When I believe in you What you're after What you're after What you offer Offer me The more, the more We get closer The more, the more We get closer I'm always on the run and I hate copy past for god's sake Oh the more, the more, the more We divide, divide, divide, divide We stay up half the night Trying to reconcile Taste of the distorted kind We stay up half the night The more, the more We get closer The more, the more We get closer Oh the more, the more, the more We divide, divide, divide, divide The more, the more, we get closer The more, the more, the more, we divide
The Thirst It's my thirst The thirst for your hand Vast as the sea I'm always on the run and I hate copy past for god's sake So vastly I seige A fool, a con, a fiend You fell into a fool
Wayward Come away from the thieves here They will just devour you You're just the prey they need your electric wonder Flickers in the neon You can't see the worth I see All the while In the wayward Such a crime Round in circles You see the world wide We just shuffle through it You won't see the worth I see I'm always on the run and I hate copy past for god's sake In my arms you'll be safe Your electric wonder Will no longer corrode away All the while In the wayward Now we ride To our rescue Stuck inside In this warfare Such a crime Round in circles Stuck inside this warfare Stuck inside this warfare Stuck inside this warfare In my arms I will catch you Come away Let's leave here
Lighthouse (Drag Us In) I climb aboard a little boat And drift with all the dead souls We turn out stars just for show And they wave their sails of gold I'm always on the run and I hate copy past for god's sake You're the lighthouse Drags us in You're the lighthouse Drags us in Night is clear Night is clear Night is clear Night is clear Canons sound From you from me No sight, no sound No light You're the lighthouse Drags us in You're the lighthouse Drags us in Night is clear Night is clear Night is clear Night is clear
Providence Fragments Drag me in Tear up your words They are taking over you If we slow down, slow down We won't get up All these things That we ever knew You knock them down Til you watch them break To think of you Is my mistake Mournful eyes I trace If we slow down, slow down We won't get up All these things That we ever knew You knock them down Til you watch them break All these things That we ever knew You knock them down And set to flames If we slow down, slow down We won't get up If we slow down, slow down We won't get up
These Present Arms This is how you Cause a bitter scene As I just fade away No need for talking These lungs have little air And your eyes reveal nothing Under your army Under their weight We just disintegrate So goodbye So long to you Now you, turn out the light Wait, wait Take them off These chains Oh take them off Before it's too late Wait, wait Take them off These chains Oh take them off Before you leave When you care so much less What do I care if you go away All the harmonies Swinging side to side And your eyes reveal nothing So goodbye So long to you Let's just turn out the light Wait, wait Take them off These chains Oh take them off Before it's too late Wait, wait Take them off These chains Oh take them off Before you leave Wait, wait Take them off These chains Oh take them off Before it's too late Wait, wait Take them off These chains Oh take them off Before you leave
Close The Door Close the door Close it behind you You don't want the world To find you When the fish stop to breathe And wash up on the shore Let the water roll Let me fall You and your pride (?) ??? Such a price to pay Close the door Close it behind you You don't want the world To find you Not a minute more Someday There's no need No need to ask We are tied We are bound If it was you that cried Don't hold Hold it against me Take your hand Into mine The world will comfort you Someday Someday Someday You and some part of me Cavaliers In a softest light If it was you that cried Don't hold Hold it against me Take your hand Into mine The world will comfort you Someday Someday Someday Wish You well Your hand is Like a bridge Before you break Your hand is A woven sea ??? If you come apart I'll hold you steady If you hesitate I'll reach for you If you come apart I'll hold you steady If you hesitate I'll reach for you I'll reach for you I'll reach for you If you come apart I'll hold you steady If you hesitate I'll reach for you If you come apart I'll hold you steady If you hesitate I'll reach for you Disguises Just below rolling waves We turn from blue to grey Hold your face inside my hand Under our disguise Under our disguise There across the room Echoes ring And tremors too You'll see me and I'll see you With uninviting eyes You'll see me and I'll see you Under our disguise There across the room Echoes ring And tremors too You'll see me and I'll see you With uninviting eyes You'll see me and I'll see you Under our disguise There lies Such deperate things There lies You and me There across the room Echoes ring And tremors too You'll see me and I'll see you With uninviting eyes You'll see me and I'll see you Under our disguise There lies Such deperate things There lies You and me
Non Albums Tracks
I Started a Joke
( Perishable Goods EP )
I started a joke Which started the whole world crying Oh if I could only see that the joke was on me I started to cry Which started the whole world laughing Oh if I could only see that the joke was on me I looked at the sky Rubbing my hands over my eyes And I fell out of bed Hurting my head From things that I said Til I finally died Which started the whole world living Oh if I could only see that the joke was on me I looked at the sky Rubbing my hands over my eyes I fell out of bed Hurting my head From things that I said Til I finally died Which started the whole world living Oh if I could only see that the joke was on me
Lurking in Sagas
( Crowsdell - Within the Curve of an Arm LP )
A ruffled brow A sturdy snout I'm not much fun to be around Refrain from you, refrain from me Afraid of what we might could be You turn me out, you kick at me I never ask what you ask of me And backing up from it all I'm ready to flee But I have erased it Very clear And all of my friends have complained to me A filthy sound A wretched mouth I'm not much fun to be around I'm not afraid to be myself I never want to let you down You turn me out, you kick at me I never ask what you ask of me And backing up from it all I'm ready to flee I have erased it Very clear And all of my friends have complained to me Yeah, I have erased it Very clear And all of my friends have complained to me Da da da da . . . Complain, complain, complain to me Complain, complain, complain to me Complain, complain, complain to me