1. |
Drinking Song
03:22
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I Spent a few winters
Living In a liquid haze
I misplaced my ego
And I misplaced my father’s shame
Hard news is easier when you have
Someone to blame
Then you start over
A ridiculous new phase
My younger days were languid
Mornings in recovery
That time you never tasted
Will be hanging over me
It’s rarely quite as simple
as I’d like it to be
Wish I could clear out everything
And just set you free
Wallow here with me
It’s not what you think
Sugary thoughts
We left in the past
Is it too much to ask
That we don’t listen
When I left you at the station
It was such a fucking wrench
I made my way home and wondered
What it fucking meant
Another unexpected thirst
That cannot be quenched
A tale of libido versus
Common fucking sense
Put your head on my shoulder
And look ahead with me
Through the darkened hallways
Of responsibility
Hope I never pass along
The damage done to me
We must step forward now
And what will be will be
Wallow here with me
It’s not what you think
Sugary thoughts
We left in the past
Is it too much to ask
That we don’t listen
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2. |
Paul Newman
03:10
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3. |
Tell Them What They Want
04:46
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Make yourself a life
Toss yourself aside
A chasm many miles wide
You can't think it out
Sometimes you allow
Yourself a little spark of doubt
I don't know if I can give you the right
Breaking down a lie
Try to satisfy
An unknown quantity of light
Take it on yourself
And everybody else
Will take a lesson you compel
I don't know if I can give you the right
Build bricks in your skin
till they cut you open
Don't know what to say, so
Tell them what they want to hear
Tell them what they want to hear
Tell them what they want
Sit and face the three
Hopefully they'll see
The other side, a sweet relief
You wish you could sleep
It's been too hard keep
This shit alive for a year
I don't know if I can give you the right
Find some way back in
Leave so much unspoken
Don't know what to say
So tell them what they want to hear
Tell them what they want to hear
Tell them What they want
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4. |
Rivers
04:29
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Boxed in
It's all such a new thing
Misdirected expectations
Back up
Think we've had enough
Of all these wretched interruptions
I think we need a rest
Think we need a rest
Several nights, begin again
And we don't know when this will end
I don't know why I
Can't break these rivers from your side
Why can't I take this off your mind?
Take time
To close off everyone
When all concessions lose their flavour
How long
Can we wait it out
An exhausting intermission
I think we need a rest
Think we need a rest
Several nights, begin again
And we don't know when this will end
I don't know why I
Can't break these rivers from your side
Why can't I take this off your mind?
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The Volunteered London, UK
We like to think of ourselves as a less miserable Sparklehorse.
It started as one person recording
very scrappy demos during his son's naps. As of 2020, we're an actual band, switching between sparse acoustic songs to fuzzy, messy rock and a few points in between.
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