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Love, Mom
02:23
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2. |
Do You Feel Alive?
03:59
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Verse 1
The bay, the boat, the tide
The rifle strapped by my side
My head, my hands, my heart
Watch them break apart
Chorus
Do you feel alive?
Do you think you’ll die?
Try and pass it by
We’re all gonna die
The band still wants to play
The boys don’t want to stay
Island in the sea
No one left but me
(Chorus)
Waving from the pier
Words I couldn’t hear
Crashing into the blue
Now it’s just me and you
(Chorus)
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3. |
Nora
03:36
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Verse 1
The lights aren’t keeping me afloat
And my eyes still sting from the sea
I’m holding on to someone in the background
But I don’t think there’s anyone but me
I found her dancing on the corner
With the San Juan sun shining down
She didn’t say a word but I didn’t need to hear
And we laid our bodies on the ground
Chorus
Let’s fall apart across the ocean
And see if we can make it to the moon
But if we break before we’re born
Nora won’t you sing another tune?
Verse 2
I’ll build our home in the mountains
Far, far away we will be
Just picture her now, in a red linen dress
And she’ll look like you and me
Though I’m tired and torn
And you don’t quite look the same
I’ll hold your hand, and pretend that we can
Remember each other’s names
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4. |
Mrs. Harris
06:25
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Verse 1
The pallbearer's march is heard on the hill
The tempest has faded, the ocean stands still
But oh Mrs. Harris, mad in her time,
Her broken heart breaking her sad little mind.
Twenty-one times they show how he died
Aim at him smiling down from the sky
But oh Mrs. Harris, never once hears
Just stares through the haze, pale in the clear.
"Where is my sweet boy to carry me home?
He died in the tropics and left me alone,"
Cries Mrs. Harris, a shadow of life,
Infinite times for infinite nights.
(Chorus)
Verse 2
The weeks drip by slowly like dew from the trees
Her hatred and spite devour her with ease
And oh Mrs. Harris now knows what to do
"I'll make him so pretty and shiny and new."
She lurked through the blackness of a harsh winter's night
With a void in herself and a psychotic might
Poor Mrs. Harris, with an old kitchen knife
Sang to him soft, "I'll bring you to life".
Raging forth the box lid, staring into his face,
His vibrancy forsake him, without a trace.
Oh Mrs. Harris, all on her own
Carried her hero all the way home
(Chorus)
Verse 3
She dressed him in a brand new jacket and tie
She combed his hair and sang him hushed lullabies.
Doomed Mrs. Harris, and her dashing white knight
Lost in the drift of a desolate night
But one day she saw what she knew to be true
His soulless black eyes, once stormy blue.
Now Mrs. Harris, finding her sight
Sees only the drift of a desolate night.
With John in the yard she lies on the bed
Her baby’s old Winchester, aimed at her head
With a blast and a smile she sleeps at the door
John and Joy Harris don't live here anymore.
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Verse 1
Greenfield seems so far away
From this God-forsaken land
Far from that old and feeble farm
And the man with the white gloved hands
The Moroccan sun is swimming down
And shattering through my soul
The city’s eyes are open wide
And they just may swallow me whole
Chorus
I wish you could’ve been a ghost
I wish I didn’t have to see
You hanging down like wind chimes
From daddy’s hollow tree
Verse 2
Your flowers are pinned up on my wall
But not your little boy in blue
Henry kept him locked away
The same place he kept you
Even now in these moonlit hours
With my calabash burning low
I see your epitaph in the stars
In the haze it weeps and glows
Part 2
I wonder if they’re scared
Do they think we pose a threat?
Well even if we do
We’re not through with them yet
Well mother hear me now
And brother hold me tight
It’s clear against the dark
But I’m still shaking through the nights
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Verse 1
I saw you lying in the sea
You looked inside and then at me
You were confused by what I said
My words were dry like broken bread
Chorus
The innocence, I couldn’t read
The Spanish life, I couldn’t feed
Maybe I’m too strong to tell
That I had spent too long in hell
Verse 2
The sunshine was your favorite tune
But now I’m singing under the moon
Cause your heart bent like burning glass
To tell the stars it couldn’t last
(Chorus)
Verse 3
And after all we could’ve done
You left me for that Spanish sun
I wonder where you’re gonna stay
Oh Nora take my breath away
(Chorus)
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7. |
Las Palmas
02:42
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Verse 1
Who’s that ghost swimming in your pocket
Changing your face from white to blue
Does she know she’s still here,
Lingering with you?
I’ve counted all the times you’ve woken
Covered in the ashes that fell from your cigar
I understand, she’s still here,
In between the stars
Chorus
We know how this’ll end
The prayers of God and mice and men
Can only do so much to save
You from the voice beneath the waves
Verse 2
Freetown left you shaking slowly
As you sank into the lighthouse walls
Where’s your light, its hallowed sight,
That kept you from the fall?
(Chorus)
Bridge
I don’t know if you can hear me
Maybe you might slightly fear me
Trampled till your breathing falters
By the angel in Gibraltar
Verse 3
There’s a ghost burning through your pocket
But something tells me you don’t mind
But you and I, are still alive
At least for a time
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Verse 1
What’re we gonna do
With our shirts stained red
By the mule that paid our rent?
And the manager’s swinging
From the rafters on the ceiling
Was this hell or heaven sent?
Chorus
Well the curtain’s down
And blood’s been drawn
The stars have fallen
And now we’re gone
Times have changed
Well that’s nothing new
We’ll paint Detroit
In black and blue
Verse 2
The gaslight’s burning out
As we stagger down the street
Not a soul to see us smile
But I know they’ll see us coming
So I guess we should be running
But let’s stay just a little while
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10. |
Cape Town
04:50
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Verse 1
She gathered all our paintings in a jar
All dressed like a sunset star
And she whispered to me, as we looked to the sea
That we’re not who we’re supposed to be
The rivers left me feeling alright
And the lights still flicker in the night
And I’m in the middle of it all
And I’m in the middle of it all
Chorus
Tell me, won’t you tell me
When it’s time to go
I’m down here, in the water
And I’m getting low
Verse 2
They look like they’re trying to run
But everyone’s already done
I’m getting hotter to the touch
I think it may be getting too much
We’re landing with our feet on the ground
Trying not to make a single sound
And I’m in the middle of it all
And I’m in the middle of it all
(Chorus)
Outro
The butcher’s child is getting old
And summer’s just a little cold
After all you’ve done and all you hate
Cape Town’s gonna kill me, just you wait
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11. |
Nora (I Miss You)
12:16
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Part 1
Verse 1
Nora I miss you
Where have you been?
People keep crashing into me
And I let them in
Verse 2
There’s nothing out here
It’s just green and blue
The stars look like thunderclouds
And I’m lost from view
Verse 3
Do you think I’ll escape
And run to your room?
I bet it’s still singing
And watching the moon
Pre-chorus
Who knows what I’ll become
After all is said and done
Cause when the water breaks
Who knows how much more I can take
Chorus
I remember when your hair would fall underneath the silent beams
Of radiating melodies of burning suns and silver dreams
You looked at me and slowly screamed for all that we could never be
Our mountain’s crumbled into dust and now I’m dying in the sea
Part 2
Well honestly I don’t think we were ever here
As our eyes kept crossing paths and tracing tears
It was never very sane, all the words we had to say
That pick ourselves up from our bones and carry us away
Almighty and alone, I’ll take this melody and keep,
Those iridescent skies that never sleep
I know it wasn’t long, I know it wasn’t much
But you know you were the only one I could ever truly touch
I’ll tell you every tale I’ve never known
From the bow of my old steel Brooklyn home
And Nora won’t you take a breath for me
One day you may even hear me singing in the sea
Outro
Well I’m tired, I’m tired
Of bugles and alarms
Let me sail sweetly
Into God’s empty arms
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12. |
1904
01:54
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Anna my dear so far and so near
We’re four days from harbor
But Sam fell from starboard
And I think I’ve seen this before
I can’t tell his brothers or sister or mother
I’ll say he’s in Gibraltar
Got tied at the altar
We won’t see him no more
Anna my dear on a far distant pier
Won’t you fix up your chinaware
I’ll meet you anywhere
But hold me when I fall to the floor
And don’t hate me if, my eyes don’t make it past the door.
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The Anchorites Louisville, Kentucky
Will Doty (keyboards)
Aidan Ritchie (drums)
John Sutphin (vocals, guitar)
Luke Pinkowski
(guitar)
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