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And Our Hearts Did Beat
02:33
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Long time ago, watched it roar
The billowing black towering smoke
And our hearts did beat, o they pounded loudly
But we didn't speak, we just stared
Not a word, just silence struck upon our tongues
And heaven heaved a sigh out from its lungs
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2. |
River
03:25
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Walking by the river, whole way home
Put together, summer clothes
Singing loud enough to wake the dead
Out of tune and out of breath
And my head on the wrong way round
Every careless word, I take it back
My tongue was loose, my tongue was slack
At 10 to 3 I tried to plead
My voice got lost in the insistent beat
Left incomplete
Persist with me, eventually I'll come good
We used to talk, you used to have me round
I used to sing for you
But now it's not the same, I sing quietly again
You shrink my world into a fist
You stay mad and I'll stay pissed
And I'll stay here
Every careless word, I take it back
My tongue was loose, my tongue was slack
At 10 to 3 I try to plead
My voice got lost in the insistent beat
Left incomplete
Persist with me, eventually I'll come good
You should clasp your hands and pray
You brought the pain
If you love me lightly, I'd love you the same
In time
Walking by the river, whole way home
Put together, summer clothes
Singing loud enough to wake the dead
Not enough now that you've left
My head on the wrong way round
You should clasp your hands and pray
You brought the pain
If you love me lightly, I'd love you the same
[O the sky could fall tonight on South Street…]
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3. |
Roots
03:02
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Woke up on the cold bathroom floor
Worldly-wise; you were young, you were bored
With a scar from the night before
Etched fresh on your chest
But that's par for the course these days
When she called you up out of the blue
You felt sick for a bit but that passed and you knew
That growing up happened too fast
You can't remember last summer
Or the way that she laughed
Well you can't remember much at all anymore
On a night filled with stuttering stars
You once watched the skies
From your beat up old car
Parked at the side of the road
Guided by voices from the radio
Well you're feeling down so you might go out
And if you get lucky you might fool around
With some girl in some room
While the roots you put down
Are still straining to move
And you'll leave before the morning lights your shame
You're cynical and you've only got yourself to blame
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4. |
Youngblood
04:37
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You've been twisting, turning in your sleep
Your nerves all cut to ribbon, you can barely eat
You're far from home, far from home
Hearing voices on the underground
The built they up and, boy, they will cut you down
And break your bones, break your bones
We've been turning, turning, turning old
Young blood on the floor and a television glow
We're wasting time, wasting time
You've been drinking quietly tonight
Trying to take the edge off the dark, dark bright
Like every time, like every time
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5. |
Ash Wednesday
03:24
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A gale of psalms from the chapel doors
Some trembling song stretched heavenward
And carried on the cold wild wind
Lingering in March
Steadied hand on steady glass
A toast to absent company
Bartered blood and borrowed brass
While outside sirens sing
Left at last call
Dreamed a dream by the old canal
He slept through the night
And they came and they traced him in white
On Ash Wednesday
So midnight falls still and black
As silent as that maker's hand
That left you reeling, left you cold
When your weary world it woke
The phone dropped to the floor in the kitchen
The TV was flickering, hissing the news
Some far flung half truths
But home's where the heart is
And home's where the hurt is too
I left at last call
Dreamed a ghost on the 44
In amber light, the city sleeps peaceful tonight
On Ash Wednesday
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6. |
So Stay Close
05:15
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You found home, it was all that you'd been told
My love, o our blood like the river flowed
So stay close
Let it glow, let it spark
Fast and slow
Burning bright in the dark
I found home in the wasted morning glow
My love, so a broken song I wrote
So stay close
Let it glow, let it spark
Fast and slow
Burning bright in the dark
We stayed up late, talked it over
Tried to dream ourselves awake
O brother, what our father told us
We'll tell ours in our own way
And here is where my heart is
Even though it wanders long
Buts the blood it keeps on flowing
And the wind returns its song
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7. |
Lay Me Down
03:35
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Will you return to sender
The message that I wrote
On a spiral bound pad
Left around your flat?
I had to go
Tell my mother not to worry
Tell my father I'm alright
Been awake for days
O when are you coming
Crashing through my night?
And for a while, I'd lay me down
If I should ever wander
If I should ever stray
I've got a vague idea I like it here
And the feeling I should stay
I did my worst to those who loved me
And gave my best to those who don't
Well I brought them all a wrecking ball
And I took it to their homes
And for a while, I'll lay me down
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8. |
Here Is Where
05:46
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The city sleeps but we're awake
We spirit home before the break
Of dawn upon the streets
In which we live and love and breathe
And half the high-rises have turned to dust
The Fairfields now are scrap and rust
The sirens sing, the west wind howls
What once was here was holy ground
Not now
And I confess that I've lately been a mess
So I wonder where you'll sleep tonight
And decide it would be best
To stay out late and not come home
To wander Kelvingrove alone
I'm young enough to still believe
Some faded glory might just shelter me
And here is where my whole world turns
And here is where my heart returns
And here is where I've sworn and cursed
And here is where I kissed you first
In amber light shot through with rain
I swear I don't intend to waste a syllable
Each word is blessed
The truth must blaze through every single breath
Unbending, stark
A lit steeple against unending dark
And someone sprayed this on the wall:
"I love it here"
I don't at all
Do you live for the love you've found?
Some sad slow song to lay you down
And still your weary worried heart
Throw light upon your darkest dark
That unsung psalm burst into flame
That wild black night that calls your name
O river, take my bloodied bones
The toll can have my heart to hold
Do you live for the loves you've lost?
Do they linger in your thoughts?
And ever in your fitful sleeps
(In your wild and dark imaginings)
Do you ever really dream of me?
And if you did what would that mean?
O river, take my bloodied bones
The toll can have my heart to hold
Unbending, stark
A lit steeple against unending dark
O river, take my bloodied bones
The toll can have my heart to hold
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9. |
Your House Was Aglow
03:42
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Your house was aglow
Blazing through the smoke
I saw you walking out the flames
I heard you still look the same
As you did when I knew you then
Bright as a full cloudless moon
You packed your clothes, far from home
You left without a word while I remain
And these songs I've been singing
Don't keep the world from spinning
Well not much has changed
Your brother he is still the same
We found him passed out in the park
We still sit in the basement
Listening whilst wasted
To all of the stuff our parents hated
You packed your clothes, far from home
You left without a word while I remain
And these songs I've been singing
Don't keep the world from spinning
We prayed for rain, we prayed for rain
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10. |
South Street
04:39
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Stayed up late
Tried to dream ourselves awake
We've been growing up with grace
Been wondering if I should stay
Well, if you say so
Heaven knows
She's not quite who she hoped she'd be
And heaven knows I disagree
Just nod in time and don't misspeak
And all the while be wildly bored
So keep the front door closed
Keep your ears to the ground
Keep your eyes on the open road
But don't go
And since I can't forget
I want to breathe out new lungs
And cast a whole new silhouette
I want to
The sky could fall tonight for all I care
On South Street
I won't be there
After 9, met you at the station sign
Slightly drunk but quite contrite
I'm wired to the moon tonight
I'm going nowhere
Faster now
Headlong through the city streets
May Christmas lights come on for me
Make me believe in make believe
So keep the front door closed
Keep your ears to the ground
Keep your eyes on the open road
But don't go
And since I can't forget
I want to breathe out new lungs
And cast a whole new silhouette
I want to
The sky could fall tonight for all I care
On South Street
I won't be there
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Elder and Oak
05:06
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The faded shine of an old copper coin on each eye
Was it the sound of a holy roar
Or a thief stealing through the back door?
When they carried you home
Did you think you'd stay long?
Are you waiting, waiting, waiting
For something to drink or smoke?
Does it ever keep you up at night?
Now you wait for night to put on his old 45s
And you dance in the starlit loft
While the shadows move quiet and soft
In our coats on the lawn with our Sunday best on
You were shaking, shaking, shaking
And under the elder and oak
We stayed up, we didn't go home
And so we lay our backs against the weeds
A stony sainted silence at our feet
A million foundry fires lit up the sky
And as the city slowly stirred they died
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12. |
The Good Days
03:22
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The pistons have grown silent
And my friends are long gone
Just who the hell do you think you are?
Have you ever built a thing?
This used to be my city
This used to be my town
Now everyone's a stranger
Well hell mend you now
This used to be my dear green place
This used to be mine
I remember music
I remember it was warm
And everyone was smiling
And spinning round and round
And she wore a white dress
The white ribbon in her her
Spinning as she pirouettes
I can't remember her face
This used to be my dear green place
Well thank God for the good days
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There Will Be Fireworks Glasgow, UK
Making music at a glacial pace since 2007. Still alive.
theimaginarykind.bandcamp.com
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